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Template:Book 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 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, Kitaguni Baraddo) and Ryo Yoshigami (吉上 亮, Yoshigami Ryō). The second contains two short stories (95 pages) written by Yusuke Iba (維羽 裕介, Iba Yūsuke) and Mirei Miyamoto (宮本 深礼, Miyamoto Mirei), and the third contains another two short stories (117 pages) written by previous writers, Ballad Kitaguni and Mirei Miyamoto.

Summary

Kushagara

At Café Deux Magots, Rohan organizes his material for a new story when he is caught by a fellow manga artist who had the same idea, Jugo Shishi (志士十五(しし じゅうご), Shishi Jugo). 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 immediately inform 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.

Blackstar.

At the café, Rohan gets in touch with a man named Agent Gabriel (エージェント・ガブリエル, Ējento Gaburieru). One week prior, Rohan was contacted by Gabriel who claimed to be from the Speedwagon Foundation and had a request for Rohan. The agent wanted a portrait of a person and offers Rohan $500,000. Rohan is bewildered by the amount of the reward, but when he hears that the name of the person is "Spaghetti Man" (スパゲッティ・マン, Supagetti Man), Rohan agrees. Rohan had actually encountered Spaghetti Man in the past and was the only one who survived, so he tells the story to Gabriel.

Blood-Stained Bookmark

Investigating fugu poisoning, Rohan visits the library in S City and asks the librarian to take out the rare book "Introduction to Eating Fugu" from the closed stacks. There were only a few people in the library and Rohan finds out that people stopped coming due to a rumor that finding a "bright red bookmark" caught between the books there would cause unhappiness.

Interested in the story, Rohan begins searching for bookmarks while the librarian goes to the closed stack library to get the book he wanted. However, in the children's corner, Rohan discovers the "Introduction to Eating Fugu" book which shouldn't be there. Upon opening it, he sees the bright red bookmark.

Censored Equation

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Okami-sama

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Box of Happiness

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Yu Yanagidai

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Symmetry Room

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Gleaner's Paradise

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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, Kishibe Rohan wa Sakebanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū), 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, Kishibe Rohan wa Jarenai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū), was released on July 19, 2018.

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Chapters	Release Date	ISBN	Cover
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection (1) (岸辺露伴は動かない 短編 小説集 (1) Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū (1))
"Box of Happiness" (辛福の箱, Kōfuku no Hako) "Kushagara" (くしゃがら) "Blackstar."	July 19, 2017	491-0118-13087-1 (Ultra Jump)
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection (2) (岸辺露伴は動かない 短編 小説集 (2) Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū (2))
"Censored Equation" (検閲方程式, Kenetsu Hōteishiki) "Yu Yanagidai" (夕柳台, Yū Yanagidai)	August 19, 2017	491-0118-13097-0 (Ultra Jump)
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection (3) (岸辺露伴は動かない 短編 小説集 (3) Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū (3))
"Blood-Stained Bookmark" (血栞塗, Chi Shiori Mitoro) "Symmetry Room" (シンメトリー・ルーム, Shinmetorī Rūmu)	December 19, 2017	491-0118-13018-5 (Ultra Jump)
Rohan Kishibe Does Not Shout: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は叫ばない 短編 小説集 Kishibe Rohan wa Sakebanai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū)
"Kushagara" (くしゃがら) "Blackstar." "Blood-Stained Bookmark" (血栞塗, Chi Shiori Mitoro) "Censored Equation" (検閲方程式, Kenetsu Hōteishiki) "Okami-sama" (オカミサマ)	June 19, 2018	978-4-08-703455-4
Rohan Kishibe Does Not Frolic: Short Story Collection (岸辺露伴は戯れない 短編 小説集 Kishibe Rohan wa Jarenai Tanpen Shōsetsu-shū)
"Box of Happiness" (辛福の箱, Kōfuku no Hako) "Yu Yanagidai" (夕柳台, Yū Yanagidai) "Symmetry Room" (シンメトリー・ルーム, Shinmetorī Rūmu) "Gleaner's Paradise" (楽園の落穂, Rakuen no Ochibo)	July 19, 2018	978-4-08-703457-8