Back view, Rohan emerges from his villa's pool
Rohan notices Jodio's rain ability
Encountering Dragona after noticing the Diamond
Suddenly strangled by Paco
Looking over a collapsed Usagi and Paco
“
You haven't done so yet, but if you pick that diamond up again, you'll be in danger.
”
—Rohan Kishibe, The JOJOLands Chapter 4: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 2
Rohan Kishibe (岸辺 露伴, Kishibe Rohan) is a character featured in the ninth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, The JOJOLands.
Rohan is a wealthy and successful professional manga artist, having created the series Pink Dark Boy, which has an anime adaptation. He is on a sightseeing vacation in Hawaii alone, staying in a villa on the Big Island of Hawaii for 15 days. He is a Stand user who wields Heaven's Door, which allows him to turn people into books for him to read.
Appearance
Rohan is an adult with a muscular build and average height. His hair is slicked sideways with an undercut. He wears a headband with serrated edges and earrings designed to look like pen tips. Rohan's outfit in Hawaii consists of a button shirt, shorts, and sandals. His shoulders, the sides of his shorts, and his wristbands also have pen tips stitched on.
Personality
Rohan Kishibe is an inquisitive and passionate manga artist dedicated to his work. To gain inspiration, Rohan is constantly seeking new experiences or facts, investigating anything regardless of the danger or legality. For instance, he explores a volcanic area, takes detailed photos, and brings back samples of cooled lava with him despite the area being forbidden to tourists. He is easily able to discern when something appears suspicious, such as when he wonders about the cat at his house, as well as how the rain only targeted a specific spot.
In addition to his own work, Rohan pursues art in all its forms. At his villa, he possesses a notable amount of statues, antiques, and bottles of alcohol.[3]
Rohan is laid-back and unflustered even when he is outnumbered by the gang robbing his house. Despite the four of them being Stand users, Rohan remains calm and easily handles them, even warning them of the dangers should they continue to try stealing the diamond.[5]
Abilities
Stand
- Main article: Heaven's Door
Heaven's Door enables Rohan to transmute people into "human books", with written pages unfurling from their bodies. These pages allow Rohan to learn detailed information about that person, including biological characteristics, history, personality, or even details of their Stand and its abilities.
History
Background
Rohan has a pet dog, though he presumably left him in Japan when he traveled to Hawaii.[3] Upon arriving at Kona Airport, Rohan declared to customs that he has a 24-carat diamond with him, news of which reaches Meryl Mei Qi through her underground connections.[2]
When he arrives, he goes to a volcanically active area that is forbidden to tourists and takes several photos of the volcanoes and lava on his iPad. He also brings back samples of ʻAʻā lava with him to research, storing them in several flasks and in a safe behind his bookcase together with the diamond. He has a polyhedron encyclopedia with him as well.[3]
The JOJOLands
Three days into his vacation, Jodio Joestar, Dragona Joestar, Paco Laburantes, and Usagi Alohaoe are sent to steal the diamond from his villa. The group arrives at the villa while Rohan is swimming in its pool. Jodio discovers Rohan's identity while spying on him with binoculars, mentioning that he owns multiple volumes of his manga and watches its anime adaptation online.[6]
Jodio hides behind a chair, excited to see Rohan swimming in the pool in front of him, as well as the manga artist's Pink Dark Boy drawings on his iPad. Rohan sees a stray cat and gets out of the pool, seeing it jump onto his roof. Rohan wonders whether that was a stray cat, thinking that it's strange to suddenly appear and might actually belong to someone. As soon as Rohan gets dressed and heads inside, Jodio uses November Rain to make it rain on the balcony. Rohan is confused about the sun shower, but heads back to retrieve his iPad and book. When he picks up the iPad, his finger is pricked by a cactus spine from a potted plant behind the chair. Jodio used his Stand to make the spines drop with the water dripping from the cactus. This makes Rohan suspicious, realizing that the stray cat and the rain both aren't natural phenomena and that something is up.[3]
Rohan enters his villa and finds a trio of young burglars on the second floor who almost made it out with his diamond. However, they somehow let the precious stone fall on the floor and Rohan is able to graze Dragona's hand as they are about to pick up the diamond. Rohan is impressed about Dragona breaking into the safe but warns them not to touch the diamond, or else they will be in danger. Dragona stands back up, but contrary to Rohan's impression, it is not because they heeded his warning but rather because they are preparing to confront Rohan and tie him up. Rohan chooses this moment to reveal his power and activates Heaven's Door, his Stand ability which allows him to turn anyone he touches into books and read their bio on the pages. Rohan has only turns Dragona's arm into a book and thus can read Dragona's identity as well as the presence of a fourth burglar outside on the lookout. However, he doesn't have a complete understanding of the situation yet. Thus, Rohan confronts the other two burglars to learn about how much they know about the diamond. Rohan confidently advances towards Paco, ignoring his warning. Paco then suddenly jumps out of Rohan's view, surprising the manga artist. Paco then comes from above and grabs Rohan by the neck, clinging to an air vent on the ceiling with his muscle power, which makes Rohan realize that the whole group must be Stand users. Rohan tries to touch Paco's arm, but Paco twists his arm muscles to grab onto Rohan's wrist safely. Paco orders the others to take out zip ties to immobilize Rohan, but when Usagi approaches, Rohan tosses the diamond at him. Distracted, Usagi is turned into a book by Rohan and the manga artist manages to graze Paco as well, turning him into a book and taking him out. Reading Paco's bio, Rohan learns about Meryl Mei Qi as well as the customs leaking the intel to her. Rohan is relieved to read that the group only wants to steal the diamond for the money.[5]
Chapters
Manga AppearancesChapters in order of appearance
- The JOJOLands Chapter 1: Departure (1st mentioned)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 2: South King Street (1st appearance)
- The JOJOLands Chapter 3: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 1
- The JOJOLands Chapter 4: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 2
Gallery
Ultra Jump June 2023 Cover
Trivia
- In 2013, Hirohiko Araki stated that it is absolutely set in stone that Rohan would not appear in JoJolion, but another weird manga artist might appear instead.[7]
References
- ↑ Jump Square - December 2007: Memo from Araki
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The JOJOLands Chapter 1: Departure
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The JOJOLands Chapter 3: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Rohan au Louvre
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The JOJOLands Chapter 4: The Villa on Hawaii Island, Part 2
- ↑ The JOJOLands Chapter 2: South King Street
- ↑ All Star Battle's Guidebook (August 2013)