Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は動かない 短編小説集) is an anthology of short stories based on the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series. They released with various issues of Ultra Jump. The first and second stories were included with the August and September 2017 issues to coincide with the eighth episode release of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series, while the third was released later with the January 2018 issue.

Published by Shueisha, the stories are written by four Japanese authors, with the original concept by Hirohiko Araki. They all revolve around the adventures of Rohan Kishibe from Diamond is Unbreakable, the fourth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

The first volume includes three short stories (159 pages) written by Ballad Kitaguni (北國 ばらっど) and Ryo Yoshigami (吉上 亮). The second contains two short stories (95 pages) written by Yusuke Iba (維羽 裕介) and Mirei Miyamoto (宮本 深礼), and the third contains another two short stories (117 pages) written by previous writers, Ballad Kitaguni and Mirei Miyamoto.

Kushagara
At, Rohan organizes his material for a new story when he is caught by a fellow manga artist who had the same idea, Jugo Shishi. Jugo starts making small talk with Rohan such as his change of editor. His new editor gave him a list of prohibited terms for manga, but Jugo found a word in the list that he wasn't familiar with, "kushagara". Jugo didn't understand the meaning of the word or why it was prohibited. He tried to investigate about "kushagara" but couldn't find anything meaningful. After telling Rohan about it, Jugo asks Rohan to tell him if he finds any clues.

About a month later, Rohan and Jugo coincidentally reunite at an antiquarian bookstore. Rohan gets the feeling that Jugo is extraordinarily obsessed with the meaning of "kushagara" and tries to find out what is happening to him.

The word "kushagara" used in the story is set as a substitute term for an actual prohibited term that cannot be written. People who are interested in this word gradually become oblivious to other things as they try to investigate it.

Volumes
A compilation volume containing all the stories (with two new ones), titled Rohan Kishibe Does Not Shout: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は叫ばない 短編 小説集), was released on June 19, 2018. A second story collection titled Rohan Kishibe Does Not Frolic: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は戯れない 短編 小説集), was released on July 19, 2018.