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Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai adapts a handful of one-shots based on the manga series JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken, and follows the bizarre adventures that Rohan Kishibe goes through as he searches for inspiration for his manga. Fugou Mura Rohan accompanies manga editor Kyouka Izumi to a secretive village where she plans on buying a house. Izumi informs Rohan that inhabitants of the village suddenly become rich at the age of 25 after purchasing their homes. Being 25 years old herself, Izumi has high hopes for moving into the village and invites Rohan to gather ideas for his manga. As they enter one of the houses for an interview with the seller, they are greeted by a servant named Ikkyuu, who puts them through a test of etiquette with deadly consequences. Mutsukabezaka Rohan meets with his editor, Minoru Kagamari, to discuss both his manga and the six mountains that the manga author recently bought. He explains that he purchased the mountains in order to search for a legendary spirit known as the Mutsukabezaka. To give his search context, he tells the tale of Naoko Osato, a wealthy heiress who murdered her boyfriend and became cursed by the spirit. Zangenshitsu Rohan decides to vacation in Venice after putting his manga on hiatus. While there, he explores the interior of a church and examines the structure of its confessional. After stepping into the priest's compartment, Rohan hears a man enter the confessional and begin to confess his sins. The man recounts his confrontation with a starving beggar and the haunting events that followed. The Run Youma Hashimoto is a young male model who has quickly risen to success. As his popularity grows, so does his obsession with his appearance and body. One day, he meets Rohan at the gym, and the two quickly form a rivalry which pushes Youma to intensify his training. Soon. Youma's fixation on his physique takes a dark turn as his training takes precedence over his life, and he challenges Rohan to a fatal competition on the treadmills. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
7.7/10
Average Review Score
85%
Recommend It
20
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A unique aspect of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable compared to other parts of the series was that it didn't really have to end where it did. While other parts have very specific goals that left no room for further expansion, the story of the strange little town of Morioh and it's inhabitants could have continued after the defeat of Kira Yoshikage, but was ended so that the series could move on to new storylines. Seeing an opportunity to expand on DiU's open ending, Hirohiko Araki came up with the series of spinoff one-shots known as "Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan", which follows thefan favorite character through various weird anecdotes from his life. These one-shots have been written intermittently throughout the years, starting in the middle of Part 5: Golden Wind, and continuing to this very day. Of course, that's only about the original manga shorts. The OVA adaptations of these one-shots were created by David Production, who made the first of them in 2017 as a bonus for ordering every DiU BD, and they have currently made 4 episodes. Story: 8/10 For those who are discontent with the lack of the paranormal in JoJo ever since the switch to Stands, you will be in for a pleasant surprise. Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan does not feature battles with enemy Stand users, and instead focuses entirely on the titular character's encounters with various paranormal beings. The only Stand featured is his own Stand, Heaven's Door. Since it was adapted from a series of one-shots, everything is episodic and unconnected. Each episode focuses on a new story about a different strange occurrence. Art: 7/10 This is a bit complicated. You see, they started animating these alongside the anime adaptation of DiU, and both of them have massively different character designs. As a result, the character designs in the first two episodes do not look very good, as they were not used to doing Araki's modern artstyle at the time. However, the other two episodes (The Run and At a Confessional) look much better in the design department. The former is most likely because they got better at animating Araki's modern designs, and the latter is because it uses Golden Wind's artstyle (as it was written during GW's run), which they had just finished adapting into it's anime. Character designs are just one aspect, though. The animation also matters, and it looks absolutely phenomenal. David Productions is great at doing storyboarding for JoJo, and it still applies here. Furthermore, the OVA format really shows it's benefits here, as it consistently looks higher quality than every episode of the TV anime. One episode in particular, "The Run", had my jaw agape with just how good it looked. Sound: 10/10 The sound design in the JoJo Anime is absolutely fantastic to the point where you could write an entire thesis praising it and then some. There is an entire Youtube channel dedicated just to showing off the sound profiles of each individual Stand, just to give an idea. That master-class sound design has carried over to this series. The sound effects are great, the background music is great (as far as I know, it's all reused from the anime, and the anime's soundtrack has millions upon millions of views due to it's quality), and the ED they created just for this series, "FINDING THE TRUTH", is beautiful. Character: 9/10 This is going to be the shortest segment, as this is basically just a rating of Rohan only. There are no other reoccurring characters. Basically, if you like Rohan, you'll like it, and if you don't, you won't. I like Rohan a lot, as he's one of my favorite characters in the series, and I rated this segment as such. Enjoyment and Overall: 9/10 Ultimately, the only reason you would or should consider checking this out is if you already liked the main series. I highly doubt it would win over someone who didn't already enjoy it, and even if it did, it's not very long. However, for those who did like it, I highly recommend checking it out. It's a nice, short little accessory to the main series, perfect for fans who enjoyed Diamond is Unbreakable and Kishibe Rohan.
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Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe is a collection of one-shot stories adapted from the Diamond is Unbreakable spin-off manga, and is produced by David Productions. The OVA is released over a span of two and a half years, and the time spent thoroughly producing all four episodes really shows. The final two episodes are finally out, so Iāll take the chance in writing a review. We follow the daily life and mishaps of Rohan Kishibe, one of the main characters from Part 4 of JoJo who works as a manga artist and is a fellow stand user who can peer into people and edit information about themas if they were a book. DP decided to adapt four out of the nine currently-released chapters, or āepisodesā as they are called, from the manga, but not in release order. The episodes adapted are āMillionaire Villageā, āMutsu-Kabe Hillā, āThe Runā, and āAt a Confessionalā. Each episode is based on a story that Rohan has either heard from other people, or has experienced himself. They all involve some sort of mystery involving youkai, ghosts or other stands and users, which Rohan has to try and solve the puzzle as to what is happening and what he can do to come out on top. Being able to spend a long time with the production of each episode, added with the bonus of improvement of technology, the artwork and animation is at a very high standard. Comparing this to the main series, I would say that itās either on par or even better. The art is clean and very polished, whilst retaining that JoJo-esk art style, and the animation is also smooth. Though there have been a couple of instances where the artwork was a bit funky, mainly Kouichiās face in the confessional episode, DP did a great job. Knowing David Productions, they obviously would pick out some great songs for the show. The opening is very fitting for the OVA, as the theme of this show is based on mystery; it makes me feel as if Iām watching X-files (which funnily enough, after doing a little research, it appears they focused the soundtrack based on X-files and Twin Peaks (the original series)). The ED from Coda is also very nice and mellow. Each episode is very enjoyable, and if youāre a fan of Rohan or just the JoJo franchise in general, then youāll get a kick out of these four episodes. My pick as my favorite episode would have to be āThe Runā. Depending on the DVD sales, this might be the last time weāll see these characters and Part 4 as a whole. Overall, this Rohan-oriented OVA is very good.
David Productions decided to give JoJo fans an Rohan OVA instead of any informations about the animated version of Vento Aureo, at first I was optimistic... until I saw the teasers and screenshots (Okuyasu what have they done to you). My pessimism was growing more and more until I actually watched it, and I was pleasantly suprised I'll start with the best thing about the episode which is suprisingly the animation and music. Everything looks great, the animation itself is smooth and the overall style fits the tone of the story, especially the moments with the darker colour pattern look very nice. The Music... well it'sDavid Productions so there's not much to talk about, it's really good, especially the opening and the ending After getting that out of the way let's talk about the story which is told using only three characters (not counting the final scene which is more like a cameo of the main cast of DiU). There's also not much to talk about here, the setup is pretty good, there is no deeper message in here, it's simple but also pretty interesting, if you're looking for action you won't find it here, the story focuses more on the mystery surrounding the "Millionaire Villiage". The previously mentioned characters are also nothing special (well maybe except Rohan, I think that guy's great but that's only my personal opinion). Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan is nothing special, but it's a short really enjoyable episode, I recommed you'll give it a watch
The world's most asshole JoJo character comes back again to draw on some faces and punch some children, These two OVAs are pretty interesting because David Production worked on this instead of making a good part 5 ed. The two OVAs starts out in the town of Morioh where eagle eyed viewers will notice that this is actually a parallel universe to the Morioh from part 8 of JoJo. Other things eagle eyed viewers will notice are Rohan's headband and the appearance of Koichi's dad. The story of these OVAs is secondary to the genius character of Rohan which successfully scared many people away from talking toAraki. music returns from part 4 and I eat up part 4 like I overeat after having a bad day. Art is slightly different from part 4 but still has the obvious JoJo style so anyone who complains is objectively wrong. I really enjoyed these OVAs, they're a fuck ton of fuck fun. 8/10 in the part 4 ed i thought that pink dark boy was gyro, eat shit and fall off your horse rohan.
Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai is a spin-off short series centering around the 6th main character from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 4, Rohan Kishibe. The person whose stand power was practically reading anything and anyone like an open book -- turning them into the given book first, of course. The first story (5th in release order, 3rd in chronological order because sense) was originally released by David Production to reward those who bought the bluray releases for the main story. This episode centered around bunch of rich kids who all had become rich under highly similar circumstances. This type of event could -naturally- only be thework of an enemy stando! And Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, just like the English name suggests. The second episode (which is the 2nd in all but original manga release order) was planned to be released to confirm season 05, but the plans apparently changed, as the first episode was shown already 2 weeks before the release of this OVA, confirming that the next part (Vento Aureo AKA Golden Wind) centering around Jojoverse would air in Fall 2018, making the hype real, and this OVA 2 only feeding the hype even more. The real crime here is the price, as 40 bucks just to see episode 2 legally is a robbery to say the least. The story of the 2nd OVA is also heavily driven by money, in the beginning that is. Rohan has a problem here because the manga author life isn't bringing in enough income. He has to go as far as sell his Sailor Moon fig collection just to cover living expenses. What blasphemy! The actual plot centers around this woman who accidentally "kills" a man, but this dude doesn't really die, instead keeps on bleeding blood year after year. The ways in which she tries to block the blood flow as well seeing how much this ends up effecting her life, all are pretty fucked up, but also comedic in the Jojo style. Greatness that should be witnessed by every fan of the franchise. As a conclusion, those who enjoy DP's adaptation of Araki Hirohiko's work, have little to no reason to not watch and not enjoy these specials. Knowing that even such short side stories are getting adapted, only give hope that future seasons will be as glorious as everything else has been thus far.