Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
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The English localization of the manga is titled Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe.
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. The series has spawned an OVA adaptation, a collection of short stories, and a live action TV drama adaptation.
Summary
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.[2] 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.[3]
The plot of each chapter is generally divorced from the main JoJo's Bizarre Adventure storyline, featuring many esoteric creatures not appearing otherwise in the franchise, such as Yōkai. However, characters from Diamond is Unbreakable and the town of Morioh regularly make appearances and/or are referenced.
Characters & Stands
Characters from Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
Chapters
Release Date
ISBN
Chapter Titles
- Episode 16: At a Confessional (エピソード#16 懺悔室, Episōdo #16 Zange-shitsu)
- Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill (エピソード#02 六壁坂, Episōdo #02 Mutsukabe-zaka)
- Episode 5: Millionaire Village (エピソード#05 富豪村, Episōdo #05 Fugō-mura)
- Episode 6: Poaching Seashore (エピソード#06 密漁海岸, Episōdo #06 Mitsuryō Kaigan)
- Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci (岸辺露伴 グッチへ行く, Kishibe Rohan Gutchi e Iku)
Release Date
ISBN
Chapter Titles
- Episode 4: The Harvest Moon (エピソード#04 望月家のお月見, Episōdo #04 Mochizuki-ke no Otsukimi)
- Episode 7: A Rainy Monday (エピソード#07 月曜日 天気-雨, Episōdo #07 Getsuyōbi Tenki - Ame)
- Episode 8: Deoxyribonucleic Acid (エピソード#08
D ・N ・A , Episōdo #08 Dī Enu Ē) - Episode 9: The Run (エピソード#09 ザ・ラン, Episōdo #09 Za Ran)
Rohan au Louvre
岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く Kishibe Rohan Rūvuru e Iku
Release Date
ISBN
May 27, 2011[8]Chapter Titles
- Rohan au Louvre (岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く, Kishibe Rohan Rūvuru e Iku)
Release Date
March 19, 2022 - May 19, 2022Chapter Titles
- Episode 10: Hot Summer Martha (エピソード#10 ホットサマー・マーサ, Episōdo #10 Hotto Samā Māsa)
- Episode 11: Drip Painting Style (エピソード#11 ドリッピング画法, Episōdo #11 Dorippingu Gahō)
Publication
In Japan, Shueisha publishes the series in various different magazines before the individual chapters are compiled into volumes.
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 16: At a Confessional (Weekly Shonen Jump 1997 #30: Released June 24, 1997)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill (Jump Square January 2008: Released December 4, 2007)
- Rohan au Louvre (Ultra Jump April 2010: Released March 19, 2019)[a]
- Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci (SPUR October 2011: Released August 23, 2011)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 5: Millionaire Village (Weekly Shonen Jump 2012 #45: Released October 6, 2012)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 6: Poaching Seashore (Weekly Shonen Jump 2013 #46: Released October 12, 2013)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 4: The Harvest Moon (Shonen Jump+: Released September 22, 2014)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 7: A Rainy Monday (Jump Square January 2016: Released December 4, 2015)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 8: Deoxyribonucleic Acid (Bessatsu Margaret September 2017: Released August 12, 2017)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 9: The Run (Weekly Shonen Jump 2018 #13: Released February 26, 2018)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 10: Hot Summer Martha (JOJO magazine: Released March 19, 2022)
- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 11: Drip Painting Style (Ultra Jump May 2022 and June 2022: Released April 19 and May 19, 2022)
Taiwan was the first country to publish the series after Japan. The two volumes were published in Chinese on September 14, 2014, and February 2, 2019 by Tong Li Publishing.[9][10]
Star Comics published the series in Italy as "Così parlò Rohan Kishibe" on January 8, 2015 and November 13, 2019.[11][12]
Delcourt published the series in France as "Jojo's - Rohan Kishibe" on April 6, 2016 and March 13, 2019.[13][14]
Munhak published the series in South Korea on March 3, 2021 and May 14, 2021.[15][16]
In Spain and Argentina, the series is translated into Spanish with the title "Así habló Kishibe Rohan". Mil Comics published the volumes in Spain on July 22, 2021 and August 12, 2021. Ivrea Argentina published the volumes in Argentina on June 10, 2022 and September 23, 2022.[17][18][19][20]
In North America and the United Kingdom, the series is translated into English with the title "Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe", using the Western name order. The two volumes were published on September 27, 2022 and December 27, 2022 by VIZ Media.[21][22]
Unlike the other international releases, the English and Spanish releases do not include Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci due to Shueisha's request.[23]
Other Media
An OVA adaptation by David Production was announced on April 15, 2016. The first two episodes were released as a promotional DVD to those who had purchased the entirety of the Diamond is Unbreakable anime adaptation. Another two episodes released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 25, 2020.
Three booklets of an anthology of short stories based on the series were released with issues of Ultra Jump from July 19, 2017 to December 19 of the same year, with a fourth following suit on October 19, 2021. The stories were written by multiple Japanese authors, including Ballad Kitaguni, Ryo Yoshigami, Yusuke Iba, and Mirei Miyamoto. The stories were later compiled into three volumes that released on June 19, 2018, July 19, 2018, and December 19, 2022.
NHK aired a three-episode live action TV drama adaptation of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan in December 2020. The live action series follows a different format from the manga, choosing to adapt various chapters, short stories, and arcs from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure featuring Rohan into one cohesive storyline. The adaptation received good reception and continued with two more seasons that aired in December 2021 and 2022, as well as a theatrical film based on Rohan au Louvre.
Gallery
Japanese Volume 1 Cover
Japanese Volume 2 Cover
English Volume 1 Cover
English Volume 2 Cover
Taiwan Volume 1 Cover
Taiwan Volume 2 Cover
Italian Volume 1 Cover
Italian Volume 2 Cover
French Volume 1 Cover
French Volume 2 Cover
Korean Volume 1 Cover
Korean Volume 2 Cover
Spanish Volume 1 Cover
Spanish Volume 2 Cover
Chinese Volume 1 Cover
Chinese Volume 2 Cover
Argentina Volume 1 Cover
Argentina Volume 2 Cover
Thai Volume 1 Cover
Thai Volume 2 Cover
Episode 16: At a Confessional Magazine
Episode 16: At a Confessional, Cover A Digital Color Volume
Episode 16: At a Confessional, Cover B Digital Color Volume
Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill, Digital Color Volume
Episode 5: Millionaire Village, Digital Color Volume
Episode 6: Poaching Seashore, Digital Color Volume
Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci, Magazine
Rohan Kishibe Goes to Gucci, Digital Color Volume
Episode 4: The Harvest Moon, Digital Color Volume
Episode 7: A Rainy Monday, Magazine
Episode 7: A Rainy Monday, Digital Color Volume
Episode 8: D.N.A, Digital Color Volume
Episode 9: The Run, Digital Color Volume
Rohan au Louvre, Magazine
Volume 1, Clean Cover
Episode 9: The Run / Volume 2, Clean Cover
Episode 16: At a Confessional, Clean Magazine Page
WSJ 1997 Issue #30, Table of Contents Illustration
Episode 2: Mutsu-kabe Hill, Clean Magazine Page
Rohan au Louvre, Clean Magazine Page
Episode 5: Millionaire Village, Clean Magazine Page
Episode 6: Poaching Seashore, Clean Magazine Page
Rohan Goes to Gucci, Clean Magazine Cover
Episode 4: The Harvest Moon, Shonen Jump+ Debut Illustration
Episode 7: A Rainy Monday, Clean Magazine Page
Episode 7: A Rainy Monday, Postcard
Episode 8: D.N.A, Clean Magazine Page
Bessatsu Margaret, Clean Back Cover Art
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
Bessatsu Margaret, September 2017, Back Cover
Ultra Jump April 2010, Rohan au Louvre
Ultra Jump May 2022, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan - Episode 11: Drip Painting Style, Part 1
Inside cover of the volume release
The illustration found in Volume 1
The illustration found in Volume 2
Volume 1 Rohan's profile
Volume 2 Rohan's profile
Ad for Volume 1 on sale
Ad for Volume 2 on sale
Rohan au Louvre at The Louvre Invites The Comics
Jump SQ 2008 Issue #1, Table of contents
Spur Promo Poster
Gucci window display
WSJ 2012 Issue #45, Table of contents
WSJ 2013 Issue #46, Table of contents
Jump SQ 2016 Issue #1, Table of contents
Ultra Jump August 2017 Announcement
Bessatsu Margaret Sticker Set
WSJ 2018 Issue #13, Table of contents
Ultra Jump March 2022 Advertisement
Hot Summer Martha Stickers
Ultra Jump May 2022
Ultra Jump June 2022
Notes
- ↑ Although Rohan au Louvre does not have Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan in its title, it is nonetheless included as part of the series in pages 14 and 86 of the Spring 2022 issue of JOJO magazine.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shueisha Official Website
- ↑ JOJO A-GO!GO!: Hirohiko Araki
- ↑ Under Execution, Under Jailbreak postscript, pp. 229-231
- ↑ Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan 1 (JUMP COMICS DIGITAL)
- ↑ Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Color 1 (JUMP COMICS DIGITAL)
- ↑ Shueisha Official Website - Volume 2
- ↑ Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Color 2 (JUMP COMICS DIGITAL)
- ↑ 岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く - 集英社
- ↑ Tong Li Publishing
- ↑ Tong Li - Volume 2
- ↑ Star Comics - Volume 1
- ↑ Star Comics - Volume 2
- ↑ Delcourt
- ↑ Delcourt - Volume 2
- ↑ Munhak
- ↑ Munhak - Volume 2
- ↑ Mil Comics
- ↑ Amazon ES - Volume 2
- ↑ Ivrea Argentina tweet
- ↑ Ivrea Argentina tweet
- ↑ Amazon US - Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Volume 1
- ↑ Amazon US - Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Volume 2
- ↑ Ivrea Argentina tweet
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