Rohan Kishibe ★ Histoire
Une biographie détaillée de Rohan Kishibe.
Passé
Rohan Kishibe est né en 1979 dans la petite ville côtière japonaise de Morioh. Lorsqu'il était très petit, ses parents le laissaient parfois au soin des voisins et Reimi Sugimoto devenait sa baby-sitter. Un soir, le 13 août 1983, les parents du petit Rohan avaient un rendez-vous importants et durent confier Rohan à Reimi. Le même soir, le jeune Yoshikage Kira s'introduit dans la maison des Sugimoto et tua toute la famille. Apparemment, Reimi sauva Rohan en le jetant par la fenêtre. Etant petit, Rohan ne comprit pas ce qui lui arriva et on retint surtout qu'il pleurait de s'être fait jeté dehors. Plus tard, Rohan scellant inconsciemment l'incident dans sa mémoire, et ne s'en souvint plus jusqu'à l'âge adulte. La famille de Rohan partit de Morioh à Tokyo.
Durant son enfance, Rohan eut un accident particulier. Alors qu'il était en train de jouer à la plage, Rohan tomba sur des rochers et se cassa des côtes sur le côté gauche. Depuis, il a quelque fois mal là, quand la pression atmosphérique est exceptionnellement basse.[1]
A l'âge de 17 ans, Rohan était un jeune homme qui rêve de devenir mangaka. Pour préparer un script à envoyer à un concours pour se faire remarquer, Rohan décida de passer l'été dans l'auberge de sa grand-mère. Il y rencontra une jeune femme nommée Nanase Fujikura sont il tomba lentement amoureux. Un soir, il la surprit en train de se déshabiller à cause d'une confusion sur les salles de bains. Un autre jour, Rohan la vit à l'étage et décida de la dessiner. Nanase montra de l'intérêt pour ses dessins, et lui demanda de lui montrer ses dessins plus tard.
Plus tard, Rohan entra dans la chambre de Nanase pour lui montrer ses dessins. Nanase lui parla alors de Nizaemon Yamamura, un peintre dont la toile "Sous la Lune" serait la toile "la plus sombre du monde" et qui serait maudite. Nanase interrompit son histoire pour répondre à son mari au téléphone. Rohan s'approcha et vit que Nanase semblait supplier son mari. Nanase le surprit à l'espionner et s'énerva, puis s'enfuit de l'auberge.
Une semaine plus tard, Nanase revint voir Rohan, se jetant dans ses bras en larme pour une raison inconnue. Rohan fut tenté de regarder ce qu'elle avait avec Heaven's Door mais se retint. Rohan voulut lui montrer ses dessins, mais Nanase s'énerva alors en voyant qu'il s'était inspiré d'elle pour un personnage féminin. Elle prit une paire de ciseaux et poignarda les pages, puis recommença à pleurer et s'enfuit dans la nuit, disparaissant pour de bon cette fois. Rohan oublia l'incident, bientôt pris par sa carrière de mangaka.
Trois mois avant le début de "Diamond is Unbreakable", Rohan déménagea à Morioh pour se rapprocher de son enfance. Keicho Nijimura transperça Rohan avec une Flèche, lui donnant un pouvoir Stand, qu'il appelle "Heaven's Door".
Diamond is Unbreakable (1999)
En 1999, Rohan Kishibe est devenu un manga célèbre dont la série phare Pink Dark Boy connait un franc succès. Son manga est publié à Taïwan et dans plusieurs pays européen, mais pas en anglais.
Rencontre avec les héros.
Un jour, Koichi Hirose et Toshikazu Hazamada, qui sont tous les deux fans de Rohan, apprennent qu'il habite à Morioh et vont sonner chez lui pour le rencontrer. Alors que Koichi s'apprête à sonner, Rohan ouvre la porte et saisit Koichi par le poignet, croyant d'abord que c'est un jeune farceur. Koichi et Hazamada s'expliquent, et Rohan est ravi de les inviter chez lui. Non seulement il veut bien fréquenter des fans, mais il souhaite secrètement les transformer en livre pour les utiliser comme source d'inspiration. Il amène les deux lycéens à son bureau, leur montrant son matériel et comment il travaille. Lorsqu'il voit une araignée, il l'éventre et lèche même ses viscères pour gagner le plus d'information sur elle, car il soutient que l'art doit s'inspirer de la réalité. Ceci horrifie Koichi et Hazamada. Lorsque ce dernier vomit, Rohan veut aussi s'en inspirer mais il arrête quan il voit que Hazamada exagère exprès.
Rohan part de son bureau en prétextant aller faire du thé pour ses invité, mais il a en fait laissé son prochain chapitre de Pink Dark Boy exprès pour que les deux soient tenté de lire. Ils essaient bien de regarder le chapitre et sont donc affectés par Heaven's Door. Ainsi, Koichi réalise que Rohan est un manieur de Stand. Rohan lit la vie de Koichi et est fasciné par ses aventuré, même si Koichi lui est surtout terrifié par son état. Koichi essaie d'attaquer Rohan avec Echoes mais il manque toutes ses attaques car Rohan a écrit sur Koichi que Koichi ne "peut pas attaquer Rohan Kishibe". Ainsi, Koichi ne peut pas lui faire du mal. Rohan lit aussi la biographie de Hazamada mais est dégoûté par sa personnalité. Il refuse de s'en inspirer, au grand désarroi de Hazamada. Quand Koichi lui demande pourquoi il utilise des méthodes aussi extrêmes pour son manga alors qu'il est riche et célèbre, Rohan se vexe. Il explique qu'il veut surtout être lu et que l'argent ou la célébrité ne l'intéressent pas. Rohan est surtout hanté par l'idée d'être lu par les gens et c'est pour cela qu'il est constamment à la recherche d'inspiration. D'ailleurs, il arrache une page à Koichi pour le lire plus tard. Il laisse cependant les deux garçons partir avec son autographe. Mais, il a écrit sur Koichi que le garçon reviendrait le voir. De plus, Koichi est toujours interdit d'attaquer Rohan et il est incapable d'appeler à l'aide.
Pendant la nuit, Rohan est très inspiré par Koichi à tel point qu'il a dessiné un autre chapitre en quelques heures. Le lendemain matin, Koichi revient chez lui alors qu'il finit son chapitre, et va arracher une autre page de la vie de Koichi. Lorsque Josuke Higashikata et Okuyasu Nijimura sonnent à la porte car ils ont aperçu Koichi aller chez Rohan et sont curieux, Koichi leur dit que tout va bien, car il ne peut toujours pas "nuire" à Rohan. Koichi reprend ses esprits dès qu'il ferme la porte. Cependant, Josuke et Okuyasu devinent que quelque chose cloche car Koichi s'est aussi blessé la main. Okuyasu rentre dans le bureau de Rohan par la fenêtre et le menace. Cependant, Rohan a lu sur Okuyasu grâce aux pages de Koichi et le déstabilise en parlant de son frère Keicho, et de son complexe quant à sa bêtise. Rohan en profite pour montrer une page à Okuyasu. Affecté par Heaven's Door, Okuyasu se transforme en livre dépliant et est immobilisé. Ne reste donc que Josuke, qui se cache derrière la porte du bureau.
Pour forcer Josuke à rester, envisageant la faible possibilité qu'il batte en retraite, Rohan ordonne à Okuyasu de s'immoler si Josuke part. Josuke entrer dans le bureau mais le fait les yeux fermés pour ne pas voir les dessins de Rohan. Josuke court vers lui à l'aveugle. Rohan tente de lui lancer des pointes de stylo au visage pour le forcer à ouvrir les yeux mais Josuke résiste à la douleur. Ainsi, Rohan décide d'insulter la coiffure de Josuke pour qu'il perde son calme. Josuke s'énerve et s'approche, puis Crazy Diamond lance un coup de poing. Rohan est le plus rapide et dégaine une page pour la montrer à Josuke, mais il se prend le poing de Crazy Diamond en pleine face. En effet, Josuke est aveuglé par sa colère et ignore même l'art de Rohan. Crazy Diamond cogne Rohan, le propulsant dans une étagère. Josuke passe un moment à chercher Rohan, aveuglé tel qu'il est. Pendant ce temps, Rohan entend l'histoire de Josuke, qui lorsqu'il été petit, avait été sauvé d'une tempête de glace par un jeune homme inconnu avec un pompadour. Depuis, Josuke porte la même coiffure que son sauveur. Rohan est ravi d'entendre une telle histoire et la note pour s'en servir, mais là, Josuke le retrouve et le tabasse encore. Rohan est envoyé à l'hôpital et son manga est mis en pause pour un mois.
Reimi Sugimoto et le Tueur en Série
Rohan quitte l'hôpital en ayant développé un grand respect pour Koichi et en venant à détester Josuke. Un jour, Rohan décide d'explorer Morioh et de retrouver le quartier de son enfance pour reconnecter avec son enfance. En chemin, il rencontre d'ailleurs Koichi et lui met la pression pour que le garçon le suivent dans son escapade. Rohan consulte une carte de la ville qu'il a acheté et remarque avec un certain agacement qu'une allée juste devant lui n'est pas noté sur la carte. Rohan et Koichi explorent donc l'allée, marchant dans une rue vide aux maisons abandonnées. Ils se rendent vite compte qu'il tournent en rond et ne semblent pas pouvoir échapper à l'allée, ce qui les rend nerveux. Soudainement, une jeune fille les salue. Rohan la transforme immédiatement en livre avec Heaven's Door et lit sa biographie. Il apprend ainsi qu'elle s'appelle Reimi Sugimoto et qu'elle est apparemment une jeune fille ordinaire. Rohan va trop loin dans la vie privée de Reimi et Koichi lui dit d'arrêter. Rohan efface ce qui vient de se passer dans Reimi pour qu'ils aient des présentations normales.
Reimi se présente et offre au duo de les guider jusqu'à la sortie en prétextant qu'ils sont simplement perdus. Reimi tend un bâtonnet en biscuit "Pocky" à Rohan et le brise. Comme Rohan a le plus petit morceau, Reimi s'amuse à dire qu'une fille va le plaquer, mais Rohan se moque d'elle. Reimi va ensuite raconter l'histoire horrible d'une fille qui aurait été assassinée dans une des maisons ici. Un soir, une jeune fille entendit un égouttement étrange venant de la salle de bain. Elle était cependant rassurée par la présence de son chien au pied du lit qui lui léchait les doigts quand elle pendait sa main. Elle décida d'aller vérifier le bruit et fut horrifiée de voir que le bruit venait du cadavre de son chien qui avait la gorge tranchée. Le tueur se révélé sous le lit et tua la fille. Rohan et Koichi découvrent alors le chien à la gorge tranchée, Arnold, et ils réalisent que Reimi est le fantôme de la fille dans l'histoire.
Rohan et Koichi sont terrifiés et essaient de s'enfuir, mais sont toujours coincés dans l'allée. Reimi les calme finalement et s'explique. Elle révèle qu'elle est une revenante car elle n'est pas en paix, sachant que son tueur court toujours. Elle supplie Rohan et Koichi de retrouver et d'arrêter son tueur. Lorsque Rohan lui dit comment elle peut savoir que son tueur est toujours là, Reimi révèle les horribles blessures qu'elle a dans le dos et explique que périodiquement, elle voit les âmes d'autres victimes avec les mêmes blessures. Koichi et Rohan acceptent l'affaire, même si Rohan dit qu'il s'intéresse surtout à ceci pour l'inspiration dont il en tirera. Reimi révèle alors aux héros comment sortir en se dirigeant simplement en arrière, de là où ils sont venus. Elle les prévient cependant de ne pas regarder en arrière en toute circonstance car au sinon des esprits malins vont les emporter dans l'au-delà. Rohan, Koichi et Reimi se dirige vers la sortie, sentant une présence derrière et et des bruits inquiétants. Koichi se fait duper et regarde en arrière, faisant apparaitre une nuée de mains fantomatiques qui se saisissent de lui. Heureusement, Rohan utilise Heaven's Door et écrit sur Koichi pour le faire voler en arrière. Koichi et Rohan quittent l'allée fantôme sains et saufs, et Reimi dit qu'elle va les attendre là, appelant d'ailleurs Rohan "mon petit Rohan".
Plus tard, Rohan va au cimetière de la ville pour confirmer l'histoire de Reimi et il découvre sa tombe. Il rencontre aussi un vieux prêtre qui non seulement confirme l'histoire de Reimi mais il informe aussi qu'il était présent la nuit de sa mort. En effet, Reimi le babysittait et l'avait jeté par la fenêtre pour le sauver du meurtrier. Rohan a simplement scellé le souvenir en lui, étant très jeune quand le meurtre s'est passé.
Le meurtre de Shigechi
L'homme qui a assassiné Reimi est en fait un citoyen de Morioh nommé Yoshikage Kira, qui a jusque là réussi à effacer toute traces de ses meurtres grâce à son Stand. Un jour, Kira doit tuer le jeune Shigekiyo Yangu en le faisant exploser. Reimi voit l'âme de Shigechi aller au ciel et reconnait ses blessures. Ainsi, la communauté des manieurs de Stands de la ville est alerté et se réunit auprès de Reimi. Ils tombent d'accord pour agir de concert pour trouver le tueur.
Jotaro Kujo et Koichi sont les premier à trouver une piste solide grâce au bouton que Shigechi a laissé au héros. Cependant, Kira les attaque avec son sous-Stand Sheer Heart Attack. Kira est acculé un moment, mais il parvient à s'enfuir et force Aya Tsuji a échanger son visage avec un autre passant quelconque. Kira réussit à changer d'identité et les héros perdent sa trace.
Qui veut jouer à Papier-caillou-ciseaux
The ghost of Yoshihiro Kira decides to create as many Stand Users as possible in an effort to kill the heroes. One of them, Ken Oyanagi, is a boy who decides to defeat Rohan to make a name for himself. While Rohan takes photographies of every commuter in Morioh, Ken confronts him and asks him to play rock-paper-scissors. Rohan uses Heaven's Door to confirm he isn't an enemy and then ignores him as he believes Ken is an ordinary boy. However, when Rohan calls a taxi, Ken overtakes him into the car and forces a first round. Rohan wins with a "rock". At a café, Rohan sees Josuke, Okuyasu and Yukako sitting together; although they invite him, Rohan looks down on each of them and decides to sit alone. However, Ken steals his seat and makes a scene, forcing Rohan to play again. Rohan wins the second round with "paper". At a bookshop, Ken again takes a book Rohan was interested in. Angry, Rohan punches Ken in retaliation but loses the round because he technically played "rock" against Ken's "paper".
Ken's Stand, Boy II Man, steals a third of Heaven's Door. Rohan realizes the trouble he's in. Ken uses this opportunity to throw doubt in his mind whether he will use "paper" again. In the fourth round, Rohan is fooled into playing "rock" and loses. In the fifth round, Rohan's legs give in as he prepares to play "rock". Luckily, Ken changes his "paper" into a "rock", disturbed when Rohan drops to the ground. Ensues a stalemate. When Josuke and Joseph pass by with Shizuka in his hand, Ken tests his luck. He waves at the JoJo's waging that they will not come. As Josuke hates Rohan with a passion, the two do wave back but leave. Moreover, Ken breaks a window and stands in the middle of the falling shards, coming out unscathed. Ken's luck is at its apex. However, Rohan is determined to make his own luck. In another round, Rohan plays "paper" and Ken plays "scissors", but his the boy's fist closes inexplicably, making it a "rock". Rohan wins and regains his Stand. The mangaka reveals that he's used Shizuka to modify Ken's hand.
Furious, Ken takes Shizuka hostage and forces a new game. Determined, Rohan wins easily. To neutralize Ken, he decides to write a command preventing Ken from ever playing rock-paper-scissors. Desperate, the boy throws himself in front of a truck. Amused, Rohan also throws himself in front of the truck. Luckily, Yoshihiro's photo blocks the view of the driver, forcing him to swerve. Rohan and Ken survive. Ken recognizes his defeat and Rohan merely tells him not to use his Stand. However, they have lost Shizuka and must look for her even though she's invisible.
Jeu de Dés avec Josuke
When Josuke finds a shapeshifting alien named Mikitaka Hazekura, he concocts a plan that will allow him to win big. Josuke rings at Rohan's doorstep and begs him to play Cee-lo with him. Despite his contempts, Rohan accepts. As a precaution, the mangaka refuses to play with the dice Josuke has brought and uses his own. Unbeknownst to him, Josuke has planned for this and planted Mikitaka beforehand in Rohan's drawer. During the first round, Josuke wins five times his wager with a triple 6. Then, Rohan has the worst possible result. Suspicious about the results and Josuke being visibly panicked, Rohan takes the dice, goes inside his home to take a magnifying glass, and calls Tamami Kobayashi. First, Rohan examines the dice but doesn't see the trick thanks to Josuke's lies. During the second round, while Rohan has a seemingly normal result, Josuke gets a triple 6 again.
Humiliated, Rohan cuts his finger with a pen and declares that he'll discover how Josuke is cheating by the next round. If he does, he'll take Josuke's pinky as punishment. With Tamami's help, Rohan forces Josuke to cheat again. Mikitaka's dizziness threatens to undo his disguise and Josuke is forced to throw the dice with Mikitaka on the verge of being discovered. However, a fire starts in Rohan's house and the mangaka is distracted. This allows Josuke to flee after he quickly heals Rohan's finger. Rohan's hate for Josuke increases.
Highway Star
Some time later, Rohan crosses path with Josuke again in the bus. Rohan's passive-aggressive behaviour makes Josuke uneasy. Inside of a tunnel, Rohan sees a room in the walls of the tunnel, where someone is cutting off a woman's hand. Rohan tries to warn Josuke but he isn't believed thus Rohan checks on the room alone. Driving his motorcycle in the tunnel, he soon finds the room but realizes that something is pursuing him. Rohan flees on his motorcycle and manages to keep the enemy away as long as he drives above 60kmph. Forced to slow down because of a passing truck, Rohan is caught by the Stand Highway Star. Highway Star proceeds to sap Rohan's lifeforce and takes him out. Josuke comes back and also sees the room, where Rohan is kept. Highway Star promises to let Rohan go if he lures Josuke inside, but Rohan refuses out of principle. The mangaka warns Josuke to stay away. When Josuke still steps inside the room, an angry Rohan calls him out on his stupidity. When Highway Star attacks, Rohan makes Josuke fly out of the tunnel and warns him about Highway Star's limitations. To shut him up, Highway Star takes the last of his strength.
After Josuke finds and defeats Yuya Fungami, Rohan is found and recovers although his opinion about Josuke doesn't improve.
Cheap Trick
During his investigation, Rohan notices the strange behaviour of a boy named Hayato Kawajiri filming someone in one of his photos. Because his house has been burned down, Rohan makes an appointment with an architect named Masazo Kinoto to appraise the cost of repairs. When Kinoto appears, Rohan uses Heaven's Door to confirm Kinoto is not a Stand User and even writes a command on him. Sure of his safety, Rohan lets Kinoto free. Intrigued by Kinoto's obsessive fear of having his back exposed, Rohan traps the architect to take a look. At first disappointed by Kinoto's ordinary back, he sees the back open and Kinoto dying. Cheap Trick then appears on his back.
Rohan cannot use Heaven's Door without hurting himself and cannot run from the enemy Stand. As it tells him to burn the photos, Rohan decides to call Koichi as he trust him. However, Cheap Trick is invisible to Koichi and Kinoto's body has shrunk to the size of a toy. The boy thinks that Rohan is messing with him and thus leaves. Rohan examines the photos once again, but falls asleep from exhaustion. Cheap Trick almost kills him by ordering several deliveries. As they open the door to his living room, they bump into his chair and wake him up just in time.
Rohan is thus forced to go to Jotaro Kujo and must cross the city. Hiding his back with the trees and walls, Rohan is blocked by a passageway. He decides to walk backward, his back stuck to a passerby. Cheap Trick insults the man to make him turn, but Rohan uses Heaven's Door to force him to keep walking. In an alley, Rohan finds himself surrounded by dogs and cats. He tries to shoo the cats, but Cheap Trick explains that he's slandered Rohan in dog and cat language to turn them against the mangaka. Thankfully, Koichi reappears and Echoes ACT3 makes the animals flee. However, when Echoes uses his power on Rohan's back, Cheap Tricks holds and threatens to rip Rohan's back.
Rohan seemingly loses his mind out of desperation and shows his back to Koichi and Cheap Tricks turns around to possess Koichi. However, Rohan reveals that they are in Ghost Girl's Alley. The malicious spirits of the alley take Cheap Trick away and to seal its fate, Rohan commands the enemy Stand to go to hell. Out of the alley, Reimi looks at Rohan's scattered items and sees the photo of a certain Kosaku Kawajiri.
Another One Bites the Dust
During the final investigation of Yoshikage Kira's new identity, Rohan narrows it down to Kosaku Kawajiri after finding a suspicious photograph of Kosaku being tailed by his son, Hayato Kawajiri, holding a video recorder. Rohan manages to meet with Hayato and uses Heaven's Door to find out more about his father. As Rohan opens contents of Hayato's body book, he discovers a warning on Hayato's pages to not read further. Rohan eventually discovers that Kosaku is actually Yoshikage Kira in disguise. His excitement of this revelation is cut short when a miniature Killer Queen appears, revealing that Kira has unlocked a new Stand Ability, Bites the Dust. By discovering Kira's identity through Hayato, Bites the Dust marks Rohan. Wounded, Rohan feebly attempts to call out to Koichi and Jotaro who were just a few blocks away from him and is promptly killed by an explosion, which, coincidentally, reminded him of his first time with Josuke. Bites the Dust loops time back an hour and in the second version of the hour, Rohan is killed again as he was already marked by Bites the Dust in the previous time loop, despite not meeting Hayato in the current time loop. In the third and final time loop, Kira is forced to deactivate Bites the Dust in order to protect himself when Josuke discovers his identity, sparing Rohan just seconds before his fate.
Later, Rohan arrives with Jotaro and Koichi, as the gang manages to corner Kira. As Kira attempts to use Bites the Dust to escape, the group witnesses Kira's last moments as the serial killer is crushed by an ambulance.
Epilogue
Plus tard, Rohan et les autres manieurs de Stands de Morioh saluent Reimi alors qu'elle part au ciel avec son chien Arnold. Rohan essaie de faire comme si elle n'allait pas lui manquer mais il finit par l'admettre devant elle quand Koichi lui met la pression. Reimi va au ciel, son objectif atteint.
On revoit enfin Rohan recommencer à travailler sur sa série Pink Dark Boy. Plus tard, Okuyasu dit à ses amis qu'on aurait attrapé Rohan à voler à l'étalage au supermarché Kameyu.
Post Diamond is Unbreakable
The Book: 4th Another Day (2000)
Rohan apparait pour la première fois dans l'histoire alors qu'il essaie de droguer près de 34 chats, tout ça pour savoir lequel s'est introduit dans sa maison plus tôt. Lui est Koichi trouvent alors un chat couvert de sang, dont il apprend le nom : Trinita. Il recherche son maître avec Koichi et découvre alors le corps de Hanae Orikasa chez elle avec les portes et fenêtres fermées. Rohan utilise son Stand Heaven's Door sur le chat pour enquêter sur cette mort ; il trouve que le tueur a des tâches rouges sur ses bras. Il accompagne Koichi dans son enquête.
Vento Aureo (2001)
Rohan uses Heaven's Door on Koichi so that Koichi could understand Italian for his trip to Italy.
Rohan at the Louvre (2006)
Rohan tells Josuke, Okuyasu, and Koichi about Nanase. He then decides to investigate the painting she told him about and travels to Paris. There he discovers the painting is located at an abandoned section in the Louvre and asks to see it. Thinking it's strange that there's a painting in an abandoned section with its archives being top-secret, the interpreter Noguchi accompanies Rohan there with Gaucher and two firefighters. When the group finds the painting they are attacked by a ghost mob of their relatives and everyone save Rohan is killed the same way the ghosts died. Rohan is almost killed by his grandmother, but the ghost of Nanase, who reveals that she was actually his ancestress, reveals to him that the painting uses the memories of its victims. Thus, Rohan erases his memories with Heaven's Door, but not before writing a clue to recover it once he's outside of the Louvre. In the end, his four unfortunate companions are considered missing and Rohan discovers the painting was burned after being examined by scientists, even though he doubts it.
Stone Ocean (2012)
When Made in Heaven sped up time to the point where one work day lasted for less than 5 minutes, Rohan was mentioned as the only mangaka to continue to meet his weekly deadlines, easily publishing over 20 pages in less than an hours time without food or sleep. Rohan himself does not appear however, as it is mentioned over the radio.
JORGE JOESTAR
In the light novel JORGE JOESTAR, an incarnation of Rohan lives in the 37th universe. Rohan has the same appearance, personality, and Stand as his original universe counterpart. He is friends with Koji Hirose, Muryotaisu Nijimura, and Fukashigi Nijimura, but considers them annoying because they always bring trouble with them every time they appear at his house.
Background
Rohan had a manga called Pink Dark Boy in serialization for twenty years, and had recently started part eight of the series. In January 2012, Rohan purchased the Arrow Cross House after his previous house burned down. The original owners of Arrow Cross House couldn't be found, and the house had appeared on a hill out of nowhere, so it was going to be torn down before Rohan stepped in to buy it.
Rohan found a girl named Reimi Sugimoto there, who he decided to let stay as a guest after discovering that she has amnesia. He attempted to use Heaven's Door on her but couldn't find out anything about her past.[2]
At some point, Rohan found Yoshikage Kira and was almost killed.[3] Bites the Dust's effect was put on Rohan but Reimi's ability allowed her to keep Rohan in a suspended state between life and death beneath the Arrow Cross House, preventing other Stand users from being able to see him. As there was no oxygen in that area, he would not explode. Due to his state of being an "astral projection", Koji, Muryotaisu, and Fukashigi assumed that he was missing for two weeks in July.
On July 24, Rohan found Tsukumojuku Kato's corpse mounted to a stuffed polar bear in his study room. Despite being a light sleeper, the corpse and polar bear somehow appeared there without him noticing. On that night, Reimi and Rohan mixed up their bedrooms and slept in each other's rooms.[2]
Detective Murder Case
Rohan meets Detective Jorge Joestar, who arrived at his house to investigate the case. He is frustrated that his house was already used for a murder like some cliché story. Rohan then lectures Jorge that he should only call him "Rohan" rather than "Kishibe-san" or "Kishibe-sensei". Jorge hesitates so Rohan uses Heaven's Door to prevent Jorge from calling him anything else besides Rohan.
Rohan describes the mystery of the Arrow Cross House. He also mentions how more than one detective was murdered in Morioh recently. The first was Sachiari Hakkyoku, whose body was found seated on a giant stuffed sea turtle, designed to resemble Urashima Taro. Nekoneko Nyan Nyan Nyan was next and was found near Angelo Rock, surrounded by stuffed dogs, cats, and pheasants. Her death resembled the Momotaro folk tale.
Rohan takes Jorge to the scene of the locked room murder. The police had taken away Tsukumojuku's body, but the bear was left behind as it was too large. Rohan shows Jorge copies of the crime scene photographs that he had the police leave behind, leading Jorge to wonder how Rohan was capable of having everyone listen to his orders as if he could bend the world to his will. The two wonder how someone managed to bring a giant polar bear into the room without Rohan noticing. Later, Rohan tells Jorge about Reimi. Rohan shows the exact locations of each murder case on Jorge's map, and Jorge realizes that the triangle of dead detectives matched the exact shape of the Bermuda Triangle.
As an experiment, Jorge borrows Rohan's hair clippers and cuts the fur of the stuffed polar bear. Rohan whines that he could never use those clippers again. After Jorge points out how Rohan could have theoretically not noticed the polar bear due to its white fur in the white room, Rohan reacts with a bizarre noise that causes Jorge to burst out laughing.
Rohan explains what Stands are and what his Stand could do, explaining that Morioh has several Stand users who are drawn to one another. Jorge tries to mention Kira's name, but suddenly forgets it. Rohan had used Heaven's Door to prevent Jorge from saying the name aloud or else Jorge would explode. Suddenly, the doorbell rings and Rohan asks Jorge if he can get his visitors to leave. He flees the room, asking Reimi to come with him. At the door, Jorge is greeted by Muryotaisu, Fukashigi, and Koji, who confront Jorge assuming he did something to Rohan. After Fukashigi mentions Kira's name, Reimi uses Arrow Cross House's ability to protect him from exploding like Rohan.
Jorge deduces that Reimi is actually a humanoid Stand who could control the Arrow Cross House and used her ability to hide Fukashigi. Rohan is intrigued to learn that she is actually a Stand and not a human. Accepting Jorge's request, Rohan uses Heaven's Door on Jorge so that he could see Stands. Jorge then asks Rohan to use Heaven's Door on Muryotaisu and Koji, allowing them to see "astral projections" like Rohan and Fukashigi. Jorge also realizes that each arrow on the house could rotate, explaining why Rohan did not notice anything happening after Tsukumojuku's murder.
Suddenly, Morioh has an earthquake and a chasm opens along its borders. Koji flies into the air with his Stand and reports that Morioh somehow detached off of Japan and became its own island, sailing on the sea. Just then, Rohan also reveals that he had read Jorge's pages from Heaven's Door. All of Jorge's adventures as a detective were listed under a heading titled "Forgery". Behind Jorge's left ear, Rohan found his true story. He was born in 1889 in the Canary Islands, became a pilot, fought in World War II, and then was murdered in 1920 by an air force general.[2]
Mass Hysteria
Separated from Japan, Morioh travels south at an insane speed of 100 knots (185 km/h). Rohan draws a map of Morioh for Jorge. They assume Morioh became an island from the powers of an individual and plan to head to Budogaoka Academy, because the school was located in the center of the dome. Reimi reveals that Kira had canceled the effect of Bites the Dust, so Fukashigi and Rohan were now safe and freed from Arrow Cross House's protection. Suspicious of the timing, Rohan wonders if Kira is the one who is moving Morioh.
A loudspeaker in the distance declares that Morioh will have an emergency meeting at the Budogaoka gymnasium and all citizens must attend. Rohan says his temporary goodbyes to Reimi as she could not come with them and the Nijimuras and Koji tease him for flirting with her. Jorge questions whether he should come with them because he isn't a Stand user, but everyone convinces him to because he's the detective and has to solve the case.
Muryotaisu summons his Stand Grand Blue, manifesting as three dolphins which carry the group and fly away toward the school like rockets. By the time they reached Jozenji, they found the temple had burned to the ground. The remains of the walls and floor were covered in drawings of moths and the citizens there had set themselves on fire. Jorge and Rohan realize that since this place had some sort of mass hysteria, it might also happen at Budogaoka gymnasium where all of Morioh's anxious citizens were gathered. They quickly head to the gym on Grand Blue, finding thousands of people pouring gasoline on each other when they arrive. They acted like zombies, constantly muttering "scared" in a trance. Rohan tried using Heaven's Door but everyone's books were filled with the word "scared" and there was no white space left for him to write any orders. Jorge realizes they could probably alter the conditions of the hysteria by destroying the locked room, so Koji uses Blue Thunder to destroy the gym's walls. As the locked room disappeared, everyone had come to their senses, wondering why they were covered in gasoline.
Rohan and Jorge wonder if there was anyone there who could be Kira. He would have to grab someone on the way to the beauty parlor but Kira was a careful man who couldn't rely on coincidences like that. Rohan states just standing around watching people won't get them anywhere so he heads to Koji.[3]
Rohan flies back to Arrow Cross House with Koji's Blue Thunder, stating that he'll protect Reimi himself. Jorge follows him back to Arrow Cross House anyways. However, Reimi states that Cube House is the safest place for her to be as nothing would affect its walls. Jorge decides that they should all escape into Cube House, but Reimi is unsure whether its old power still exists since it transformed into Arrow Cross House. Jorge then demonstrates that Cube House simultaneously exists with Arrow Cross House, revealing the hidden door below Rohan's rug. Jorge reveals that someone might be hiding down there and asks Rohan for anything he could use as a weapon and escape gear. As Rohan gives Jorge a golf club, Reimi warns Jorge that it's a bad idea to go into Cube House as it's meant for a single occupant. If two people are running around in different rooms there then it could cause severe contradictions, leading to one person possibly being trapped in a parallel universe. Rohan worries about what may happen if they go in now, but Reimi assures him that since she is the owner of Cube House, she can decide where the floors, ceilings, and walls are. The three safely descend into the first room of Cube House and then Jorge goes further into the rooms below to investigate. Eventually, Jorge checks every room but they are all empty. Reimi then screams after checking the camera, as Tsukumojuku Kato is on the screen. Despite being dead, he walks up to the camera and laughs, saying that he guesses his life entirely belongs to Jorge Joestar, before he then vanishes.[4]
Passione Murder Case
After Passione takes over Morioh, Team Bucciarati stays at Arrow Cross House. Kira (actually Kosaku Kawajiri) and Diavolo's bodies are mysteriously also found in Rohan's study with a time of death at 8 AM, despite Rohan and Jorge having been in the room at that time. They find the original universe George Joestar injured on the ground outside and bring him in so Giorno Giovanna could heal him. Rohan makes it so everyone in the house could speak English, Italian, and Japanese.
When George is conscious, Giorno introduces himself and explains what Stands are, revealing that Rohan also made it so George could see Stands. Rohan introduces himself by stating that the only reason he's helping is because he wants all of them to leave as soon as possible, angry that they got George's blood on his bed. Giorno and Rohan explain how they learned George's history by reading everything about him, and decided that he is the best man to solve the mystery of the two deaths. They also reveal to him that Tsukumojuku had died there and another Jorge Joestar was in charge of that case. George is informed of Jorge's adventures and what the current situation is like now in London.
Rohan's Heaven's Door had tried turning the two bodies into books, but the pages were filled with the word "death" in different languages. He then tried using Heaven's Door on the holographic recordings of Videodrome, but only their names and information about their Stands were written on the pages. After Rohan mentions how he had a clock in his study but someone had stolen it, Guido Mista replies that he should just buy another one. Rohan angrily rebukes Mista saying that he has affection for his own items, so Mista backs off. From that hint, George deduces that there must have been a reason for the clock being stolen, with "time" being the key word. He realizes that time must have been sped up, even though their bodies were moving normally.
George asks Rohan for a thermometer so that they could do autopsies. Leone Abbacchio and NYPD Blue are reluctant to take rectal temperatures until George convinces them to by saying they shouldn't let an amateur handle it. Grossing Abbacchio out, Rohan describes how he used the thermometer on various wild animals such as birds, cats, and a boar, but he assures that the thermometer is well sterilized. The two officers take the temperatures and then examine the inside of Kira and Diavolo's mouths and eyes. Abbacchio asks if George figured anything out, but George ignores him. Abbacchio throws the thermometer at George, but the latter dodges and the thermometer shatters, angering Rohan.
Following George's request, all of the clocks in the house are brought to the study by Rohan, Muryotaisu, Fukashigi, and Koji. The Nijimura twins are creeped out at how all of Rohan's clocks are exactly in sync with even the second hands matching, but Rohan argues that he isn't as sloppy as them. George then asks Reimi about the Cube House. Rohan explains how Stands can unexpectedly evolve, so it's natural that Reimi doesn't have her old memories. Noting how Reimi looked depressed after what Rohan said, George asks the manga artist if he ever felt the fear of forgetting what he lived through. Rohan denies by saying he's thrown his whole life into drawing manga so there's nothing frightening about it to him. Koji and the Nijimura twins scold Rohan for his rudeness to Reimi, leading Rohan to finally realize his thoughtlessness. Rohan apologizes and says that he's not trying to be conceited but he just expects too much from people. The Nijimura twins and Koji laugh about his arrogance. George interrupts their banter and explains that he doesn't think Reimi evolved because a Stand forgetting their User would be a problem. Rather, he believes that something traumatic happened and Reimi was inflicted with a Wound.
George explains his final deductions to everyone. Meanwhile, NYPD Blue and Abbacchio notice that Diavolo's pages from Heaven's Door were not in order; his body only had odd pages, meaning that Diavolo had an alternate personality and someone else had the even pages. Rohan discloses that he used Heaven's Door on everybody except Giorno who could already speak Japanese and Italian, and Doppio, since he arrived late. They notice that Doppio is no longer with them so Muryotaisu summons Grand Blue to go find him. The dolphins quickly retrieve him from Cube House below the study, where he angrily points out that he was on the phone. Rohan was suspicious of Doppio from the beginning because of the crazy things he had been saying. However, Heaven's Door reveals that Doppio has both odd and even-numbered pages, so he is a normal person who is just a bit peculiar.
Enrico Pucci arrives and reveals himself as Diavolo and Kira's killers, but Giorno quickly defeats him with Gold Experience Requiem. With Giorno off guard, Rohan uses Heaven's Door on him. They verify that his body has the even-numbered pages. Giorno finally reveals his betrayal and appears in Diavolo's body after healing it. The gangsters and the Japanese group try protecting George but they are all easily defeated by Diavolo, who kidnaps George and jumps into Cube House.[5] In the end, Rohan assists Bucciarati's gang with Jorge's requests.[6]
Références
- ↑ TSKR Episode 7, p. 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 4: Morioh
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 6: Island
- ↑ JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 8: Nero Nero Island
- ↑ JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 15: Beyond
- ↑ JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 16: Beyond II
