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Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, often shortened to TSKR, is a series of one-shot manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It began in June 1997 and features the titular character, Rohan Kishibe, as the narrator and/or protagonist. Since then, it has spawned various spin-offs and adaptations such as an anime, novels, a live-action TV drama, and films.

Rohan Kishibe's Encyclopedia's goal is to create a comprehensive database for all official material related to this ongoing series and Hirohiko Araki's other works, ensuring to keep the information accurate and up to date.

April Calendar

April 18, 2025: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 12: Bruschetta
April 12, 2025: ROHANDAY
April 18, 2024: El Aleph
April 18, 2024: The JOJOLands Volume 3
April 19, 2022: Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 11 (Part 1)
April 4, 2021: KISHIBE The Inherited Soul
April 17, 2020: JoJolion Volume 23
April 10, 2019: Golden Wind Anime Volume 4
April 26, 2017: Diamond is Unbreakable Anime Volume 11
April 15, 2016: Morioh RADIO 4 GREAT Episode 1
April 1, 2016: Diamond is Unbreakable Episode 1
April 22, 2015: Stardust Crusaders - Battle in Egypt Anime Volume 1
April 17, 2015: Hirohiko Araki's Manga Techniques
April 23, 2014: STAND PROUD
April 5, 2014: Stardust Crusaders Episode 1
April 4, 2014: Rohanium Volume 6
April 26, 2013: Battle Tendency [Leicht Verwendbar]
April 26, 2013: Anime Volume 4
April 19, 2012: JoJolion Volume 2
April 17, 2012: JoJo's Bizarre Words
April 10, 2010: Rohan au Louvre
April 10, 2003: ROHAN in Paris
April 4, 2003: Stone Ocean Volume 16
April 4, 2002: Stone Ocean Volume 11
April 27, 2001: OVA Episode 4
April 4, 2001: Stone Ocean Volume 6
April 30, 1999: Volume 63
April 4, 1997: Volume 52
April 10, 1992: Volume 26
April 10, 1990: Volume 15
April 10, 1989: Volume 9
April 8, 1988: Volume 3

ROHANDAY

ROHANDAY will be held on April 12, connecting the past and future of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan animation series! Stay tuned for the latest announcements!
THE✒ROHAN WORLD

New permanent shop in Shibuya, THE✒ROHAN WORLD, opens with Rohan-themed merchandise in Summer 2025
Episode 12: Bruschetta

A new chapter, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 12: Bruschetta, and the third volume of the manga release in April and May!
2nd Live-Action Film

The second Rohan live action film adapts At a Confessional. Filmed in Italy, it releases on May 23, 2025!
ROHAN magazine 2025 SUMMER

ROHAN magazine's fifth issue releases on May 23, 2025 with over 90 pages of Rohan! There's also the new book Kishibe Rohan Jump releasing on May 16!

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May 19, 2022

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
Episode 11:
"Drip Painting Style"

July 19, 2018

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Volume 2

December 27, 2022

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Volume 2

March 25, 2020

Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 16:
"At a Confessional"

Upcoming Releases

23 days, 0 hours, 4 minutes and 13 seconds until Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Volume 3 and The JOJOLands Chapter 25 release in Japan
27 days, 0 hours and 4 minutes until ROHAN magazine 2025 SUMMER and At a Confessional release in Japan

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Rohan Quotes

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Wrists at a right angle. Then with the right hand having a one-finger delay behind the left, bend the fingers. And then, with another one-finger delay... open them again. He~~w. Done. Warm-up no. 2: complete.

”

—Rohan Kishibe, TSKR Episode 6

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02:51, 25 April 2025 - HudgynS commented on Doctor Wu: It's a callback to the flashback in JoJolion Chapter 71, where the Hair Clip Rock Animal uses its ability to make Yasuho hallucinate seeing her dad. Besides the visual effect, the two abilities have nothing in common.

02:29, 25 April 2025 - InASilentWay commented on Doctor Wu: Hey, I have a question about Doctor Wu. At the Beginning of Chapter 78 of Jojolion, Yasuho recalls having seen Doctor Wu before when her dad told her that he wanted to spend time with his new girlfriend. Upon doing so, her dad seems to disintegrate almost identically to the way Wu does. Is her dad cracking apart and turning into particles just Yasuho’s imagination of life without her dad, or was Wu using his stand to make her think he was her dad, like rearranging his particles to do so.

10:16, 24 April 2025 - TuskActMinusOne commented on King Crimson: When you hover over the quote and it shows the romaji it looks odd due to "nowiki" being present, what can be done about this?

08:53, 24 April 2025 - Ijona commented on Man in the Mirror: Omg, you're so right!

06:37, 24 April 2025 - TuskActMinusOne commented on Man in the Mirror: in the manga he looks like he belongs in the movie 9

23:18, 23 April 2025 - Joshua Joestar commented on Parallel World: It doesn't create parallel worlds. The Stand just lets you jump to another universe and that's it If it was capable of creating alternate worlds, it would be broken (in power scale)

18:39, 23 April 2025 - TSpoon commented on Parallel World: I don't believe there is anything implying it created the worlds.

18:08, 23 April 2025 - Dreiva 734 commented on Parallel World: Hi, I'm gonna ask something about parallel worlds cause I still haven't finished SBR and I don't wanna read this page cause of spoilers so here I go: these "worlds" existed before D4C or they where created along the conception of the stand? like, when Valentine got his stand was like "there are parallel world to this one, and this stand grants the ability to jump from one to another" or "this stand allows you to jump from one world to another, so therefor multiple worlds will be conceived in order for the ability to make sense". I know it may be pointless but is it explained somewhere? like at least in a spin-off? I just want a straight forward answer and the source material, like don't add the context in wich this is explained pls to avoid spoilers and such, thanks for reading and even better if you can answer!

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Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 12: Bruschetta

Episode 12: Bruschetta (エピソード#12 ブルスケッタ, Episōdo #12 Burusuketta) is a one-shot manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki as part of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series, featuring Rohan Kishibe. The one-shot was published in Ultra Jump on April 18, 2025 in the May 2025 issue.

While on vacation in Hawaii, Rohan begins hearing noises repeating themselves. As he struggles to discover the cause and find a remedy, the noises only intensify in volume. What follows is a battle for and against evolution itself.

Eco-Terrorist

The unnamed Eco-Terrorist is the main antagonist of the one-shot Drip Painting Style, the 11th episode of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series.

He is a mentally ill man who worries about the fate of the Earth due to carbon dioxide emissions. No longer having hope, he plans to blow up a power plant in Morioh.

Mutsu-kabe Hill Yokai

The Mutsu-kabe Hill Yokai (妖怪六壁坂, Yōkai Mutsukabe-zaka) is the main antagonist of the one-shot Mutsu-kabe Hill, the second episode of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series.

Known as a yokai, it is a lethal creature whose sole purpose is to proliferate. There are potentially several of them. Rohan Kishibe named it based on the location he found it in, Mutsu-kabe Hill.

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, Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū) is a series of short story anthologies based on the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series. Published by Shueisha, the stories are written by five Japanese authors, based around Hirohiko Araki's original concept. They all revolve around the adventures of Rohan Kishibe from Diamond is Unbreakable, the fourth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

The short stories in the series are originally published in booklets released with various issues of Ultra Jump before being compiled into paperback form. The first and second booklets were included with the August and September 2017 issues to coincide with the release of Deoxyribonucleic Acid, and the third was released later with the January 2018 issue. The fourth was released with the November 2021 issue to commemorate the release of the second season of the TV Drama. The fifth was released in the May 2024 issue.

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