Episode 16: At a Confessional Magazine
Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci, Magazine
Episode 7: A Rainy Monday, Magazine
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan[1] (岸辺露伴は動かない, Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai, lit. Rohan Kishibe Does Not Move!) is an ongoing series of one-shots featuring the titular character, Rohan Kishibe, as the narrator and/or protagonist. These one-shots are intermittently published in various magazines such as Weekly Shonen Jump or Jump Square.
A volume compiling the first five chapters, including Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci, was released on November 19, 2013. A second volume containing another four chapters was released on March 13, 2019.
An English release for Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan was announced on February 14, 2022 by VIZ Media.[2] It will have digital and hardcover editions. Volume 1 releases on September 27, 2022 and Volume 2 will release on December 27, 2022.[3][4]
The series has spawned an OVA adaptation, a collection of short stories, and a live action TV drama adaptation.
The Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series is a set of short stories, each spanning a single chapter of around 40 to 60 pages and usually organized into disordered "episodes". They all feature Rohan Kishibe, who frequently witnesses and subsequently makes an account of the supernatural phenomena around him.
The first chapter of the series, At a Confessional, was published in Weekly Shonen Jump on July 7, 1997, under the restriction set by the magazine's editorial team that it couldn't be related to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. As a workaround, Araki took inspiration from the 1950's TV show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and made Rohan the narrator of the one-shot.[5] The title, Rohan Kishibe Does Not Move, was initially derived from the fact that Rohan is not the main protagonist of At a Confessional, but rather a "navigator" or onlooker of the story who ultimately does nothing.[6]
The series features many esoteric creatures other than Stands, such as Yōkai, eldritch species, or divinities. The plot of each chapter is generally separated from the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure storyline, although characters from Diamond is Unbreakable and the town of Morioh regularly make an appearance.
In ascending chronological order:
A spin-off titled Rohan at the Louvre was featured at the Louvre in the The Louvre Invites The Comics exhibit from January 22 to April 13, 2009. The following year, it was published in the April 2010 issue of Ultra Jump on March 19, 2010. Like Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci, it does not have Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan in its title, but the spin-off is included among the series in the Spring 2022 issue of JOJO magazine.[15]
An OVA adaptation by David Production was announced on April 15, 2016, and was released as a promotional DVD to those who had purchased the entirety of the Diamond is Unbreakable anime adaptation before a specific deadline. The series has since then had multiple episodes released through various means.
An anthology of short stories based on the series was released with various issues of Ultra Jump from July 19, 2017 to 2021. The stories were written by multiple Japanese authors, including Ballad Kitaguni, Ryo Yoshigami, Yusuke Iba, and Mirei Miyamoto.
A live action TV drama adaptation with six episodes has aired between December 28, 2020 to December 29, 2021.
Episode 16: At a Confessional Magazine
Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci, Magazine
Episode 7: A Rainy Monday, Magazine
WSJ 1997 Issue #30, Table of Contents Illustration
Jump SQ 2016 Issue #1 - Episode 7: A Rainy Monday Postcard
WSJ 1997 Issue #30, Rohan Ep. 16
WSJ 2012 Issue #45, Rohan Ep. 5
WSJ 2013 Issue #46, Rohan Ep. 6
WSJ 2018 Issue #13, Rohan Ep. 9
Jump SQ 2008 Issue #1 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill
Jump SQ 2016 Issue #1 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 7: A Rainy Monday
Bessatsu Margaret, September 2017, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 8: D.N.A
Ultra Jump May 2022, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 11: Drip Painting Style, Part 1
Ultra Jump August 2017 Announcement
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