Rohan au Louvre (Movie Novelization)

Rohan au Louvre (Movie Novelization) (映画ノベライズ岸辺露伴ルーヴルへ行く, Eiga Noberaizu Kishibe Rohan Rūvuru e Iku, lit. Movie Novelization Rohan Kishibe Goes to the Louvre) is a movie novelization of the 2023 Rohan au Louvre film.

It was written by Ballad Kitaguni based on the script by Yasuko Kobayashi and published by Shueisha. It releases alongside the film on May 26, 2023.

Summary

Rohan Kishibe, a manga artist with a special ability, once heard a rumor in his youth about a Black Painting from a woman he had a crush on. It was not only the blackest, but the most evil painting in the world.

Time passes, and in the process of writing a new work, Rohan learns that the painting is held at the Louvre Museum. He thus visits France for a viewing, and for a faint yearning he once had. However, strangely enough, even the museum staff was unaware of the existence of the Black Painting, and its storage location in the database was Warehouse Z-13, an underground warehouse that should have been empty.

There, Rohan comes face-to-face with the horrifying events caused by the Black Painting...