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{{Nihongo|'''''Episode 16: At a Confessional'''''|エピソード#16 懺悔室|Episōdo #16 Zange-shitsu|lit. Episode #16: Confessional}} is a {{W|One-shot (comics)|one-shot}} written and illustrated by [[Hirohiko Araki]], and the first chapter inof the titular ''[[Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan]]'' series. It was originally created for ''Shonen Jump: Readers' Cup '97'', which released on November 23, 1997,<ref>[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/shonen-jump-readers-cup-97-1/4000-652446/ Shonen Jump: Readers' Cup '97 #1]</ref> but debuted ina ''[[WeeklyJoJo's ShonenBizarre JumpAdventure]]'' 1997 #30 on June 24, 1997. The onespin-shotoff featuresfeaturing [[Rohan Kishibe]] from ''[[Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', who finds himself a confidant to [[The Confessor|a sinner]]'s terrifying story while in Italy.

Things soon looked up for the man; after creating a brand of popcorn, he became rich and eventually had a [[Tamiya's Daughter|daughter]] with a top-model[[Tamiya's Wife|supermodel]]. One day, as thehe man walked withand a servant and watched his daughter cheerfully playing with a bag of his popcorn, hethe man couldn't help but think that it was the happiest moment of his life.

Suddenly, the spirit of the beggar possessed the little girl and revealed that he hashad assisted the man's prosperity from behind the scenes, soin thatorder he couldto fulfill his threat of revenge. The ghost explained that he wanted [[Fatefate]] to judge the man fairly, and thus challenged thehis manenemy to throw a piece of popcorn in the air higher than a nearby lamppost and catch it in his mouth, each time at the clap of his hands, three times in a row. If thehis manenemy succeeded, the ghostspirit would leave the man forever,; otherwise, the beggar would immediately cut off his head.

With luck and ingenuity, the manbeggar's enemy succeeded twice, but attracted a flock of pigeonpigeons lookinghungry for the popcornspopcorn. To deter them atfrom the last trytoss, the manhe lit the pop cornpopcorn on fire asbefore he threw it,. butBut just when the popcorn began to fall, sunlight shone out from behind the clouds, preventingmaking thehim manunable fromto seeingsee the popcornflame. ThusThe itpopcorn thus landed on his shirt, and without a second to spare, the beggar cut off his head.

YetAnd thatyet, manthe wasconfessor alivesurvived. TheAt twothe confessional, the ghosts of the beggar and [[Mizuo|the servant ]] both appeared near him,; revealingby thatswapping their faces via plastic surgery, the man had used his own servant as a body double to trick the beggar, only incuringto incur the wrath of both as ghosts. Rohan witnessedwatched the spirits follow the man as he left, vowing to endlesslynever stalktake their eyes off him again. Deciding to interview him later if given the chance, he alsoRohan expressedexpresses some respect for thea man who triedclung to hanglife onso to lifedesperately.

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|Translation = '''''Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 16: At a Confessional'''''<br/>(Published in ''[[Weekly Shonen Jump]]'' #30, 1997)<br/><br/>When I was a child, my father and grandfather used to scold me by saying, "People like you should move to a deserted island," or, "I'll go ask the prison to lock you up!" (There was a prison near our house.) I thought, "I'd like to go to a deserted island," but I also thought, "Prison is so scary, please don't let me go there!" One particular rebuke he used was, "If you live your life mocking people, you'll be struck down when you are happiest." I still find it terrifying. I fear being struck down whenever I'm happy, and as I grow older, I'm becoming more and more afraid of it. I don't think I'm cheating anyone, but I still don't like it. However, I do like the [[Tamiya|main character]] of this work, who remains undaunted. The "Thus Spoke" part of the title means that Kishibe Rohan is not the protagonist, but instead the navigator of the story. (I'd call it a B-type work.)

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During the time period this one-shot was written, ''[[Weekly Shonen Jump]]''{{'}}s editorial department restricted the publication of side stories for pre-existing ongoing Jump titles, which prompted Araki to find a workaround. The resulting concept of Rohan narrating a short story was largely inspired by the 1950's TV show, {{W|Alfred Hitchcock Presents}},<ref>[[JOJO A-GO!GO!]]: Hirohiko Araki</ref> and the series's name, {{Nihongo|'''Rohan Kishibe Does Not Move'''|岸辺露伴は動かない}}, was derived from the fact that Rohan is not the main protagonist in this one-shot, but rather a "navigator" or onlooker of the story.<ref>[[Under Execution, Under Jailbreak]] postscript, pp. 229-231</ref>

*Following the one-shot's initial publication in ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' and ''Readers' Cup '97'', the ending pages were heavily altered for ''Readers' Cup '97'' and all subsequent volumizations: the single page revealing the ghost of the confessorMizuo's servantghost was extended to take up two pages with additional drawings and dialogue, and the ending page was expanded into a full two-page spread.

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