Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
| Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan | |
Japanse cover art for the collected volume, featuring Rohan Kishibe
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岸辺露伴は動かない (Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai) |
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| Written by | Hirohiko Araki |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Demographic | Shōnen, shōjo |
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| Original run | July 7, 1997 – August 12, 2017 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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| Studio | David Production |
| Released | TBA |
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, known in Japan as Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai (Japanese: 岸辺露伴は動かない, "Rohan Kishibe Does Not Move"), is a series of manga one-shots created by Hirohiko Araki. The series is a spin-off from Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, and features the character Rohan Kishibe from Diamond Is Unbreakable, the fourth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Rohan, a manga artist, travels around the world to get inspiration from people's lives.
The series is published by Shueisha, starting with the one-shot "Episode 16: At a Confessional" in 1997 in their Weekly Shōnen Jump; new episodes have since appeared in their Jump Square, Shōnen Jump+ and Bessatsu Margaret magazines. The series was originally meant to be completely original, but it was changed as Araki found it too tempting to use Rohan. One collected volume was released in 2013, collecting four Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan episodes along with another story featuring the same character. The collected volume was the 68th best selling manga volume of 2014 in Japan, and was well received by critics. An original video animation adaptation of one of the one-shots is in production by David Production.
The series follows the Diamond Is Unbreakable character Rohan Kishibe, a famous manga artist who wants to give his works more realism, and therefore travels around the world to draw inspiration from people's lives. He does this by using his Stand ability – a manifestation of his inner strength, named "Heaven's Door", which he uses to read and write in a person, allowing him to learn everything about them and altering their memories and behaviors.
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