Under Execution, Under Jailbreak

Under Execution Under Jailbreak (死刑執行中脱獄進行中) is a One-Shot Volume written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The volume has seven chapters containing four unrelated short stories:


 * 1) Under Execution,Under Jailbreak
 * 2) Dolce and His Master (2 chapters)
 * 3) Dead Man's Questions (3 chapters)
 * 4) Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 16: At a Confessional

Under Execution Under Jailbreak features a prisoner attempting to escape from a strange jail full of deadly traps. His jail is actually the execution room. After he is severely wounded, he discovers a hole in the wall, his only chance to escape. However he is too scared to try going through it.

Dolce and His Master is about a wrecked yacht in the midst of the ocean. A cat named Dolce and his master are the sole survivors. Originally published in Allman magazine in 1996.

Dead Man's Questions features a ghost who is trapped in the living world after his death. He can't remember anything but his name, but he is sure he cannot get to heaven. Later in the first chapter, we learn his true identity is Yoshikage Kira, the main antagonist of Part IV. Originally published in Allman magazine in 1999.

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 16: At a Confessional is the first chapter of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Series, a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure spin-off starring Rohan Kishibe as the main protagonist. In this chapter the mangaka hears a horror story from a mysterious sinner's confession. Originally published in Shonen Jump magazine in 1997.