CHARACTER PROFILE
Rohan Kishibe (Universe 37)
- Primary work
- JORGE JOESTAR
- Version
- Universe 37
Rohan Kishibe (岸辺 露伴, Kishibe Rohan) is a primary ally featured in the light novel JORGE JOESTAR. He is an incarnation of the original Rohan, living in the 37th universe. Rohan has the same appearance, personality, and Stand as his original universe counterpart.
He is a Japanese manga artist working in Morioh, whose horror mystery Pink Dark Boy series has been serialized for 20 years. After a murder occurs in his recently purchased Arrow Cross House, Rohan becomes involved with helping the 37th universe's Jorge Joestar and the first universe's George Joestar with their detective work.
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02Appearance
Rohan is an adult with a slim build and average height. His hair is slicked sideways with a neatly trimmed cut that he maintains himself. He wears a headband with jagged edges and earrings designed to look like pen tips. Despite being in his thirties, he possesses a youthful appearance that could mislead some to believing that he is in his teens.↗↗
When fighting Yoshikage Kira in the past, he wore a suit. In one photo with his friends, he wears a deep V-Neck sweater vest on top of a collared long sleeve shirt. During the story, he wears a plain crop-top jacket with upturned collars on top of a collarless long sleeve shirt.↗
03Personality
Rohan is an eccentric manga artist exuding an aura of self-assuredness that borders on arrogance at times. He's profoundly passionate about manga, asserting that the loss of his memories wouldn't distress him; he believes most of his life has been consumed by the art of drawing manga, rendering other experiences insignificant. He is accustomed to the world catering to his desires due to his Stand, evident when he confidently states he had the police leave behind evidence at a crime scene for him to keep. Despite the potential insensitivity of showing Jorge the grim crime scene photographs of Jorge's friend and then studying his reactions to them, Rohan's intentions aren't malicious.↗↗↗
He speaks rapidly, often jumping between subjects, which can make holding a conversation with him mentally exhausting. He is a fan of mystery literature, as he references Agatha Christie and Ellery Queen. He even takes a video of the boar's body being decomposed by maggots.↗↗↗
His lifestyle and habits also portray a disciplined individual. For instance, Rohan has a rule against consuming anything post nine PM. While he may indulge in a drink from time to time, he ensures it's never to excess. Rohan is particular about how he is addressed. While most are familiar with him by his first name due to his fame and interactions in town, he gets extremely irritated if called by his family name or given honorific titles like "sensei" and goes as far as to use Heaven's Door to force people into only calling him "Rohan". He is meticulous as he cuts his hair himself and is notably obsessed with symmetry.↗↗↗
04Abilities
Stand
Like the original Rohan, Heaven's Door enables this universe's Rohan to transmute people into "human books", with written pages unfurling from their bodies once he draws a transparent figure in the air. These pages relate detailed information about that person, including biological characteristics, history, personality, or even details of their Stand and its abilities. Rohan can also use his Stand to make Stands visible to non-Stand users by writing that it's possible to see them in their books.↗↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
Rohan had a manga called Pink Dark Boy in serialization for twenty years, and had recently started part eight of the series. In January 2012, Rohan purchased the Arrow Cross House after his previous house burned down. The original owners of Arrow Cross House couldn't be found, and the house had appeared on a hill out of nowhere, so it was going to be torn down before Rohan stepped in to buy it.↗
Rohan found a girl named Reimi Sugimoto there, who he decided to let stay as a guest after discovering that she has amnesia. He attempted to use Heaven's Door on her but couldn't find out anything about her past.↗↗
Detective Murder Case
Rohan meets Detective Jorge Joestar, who arrived at his house to investigate the case. He is frustrated that his house was already used for a murder like some cliché story. Rohan then lectures Jorge that he should only call him "Rohan" rather than "Kishibe-san" or "Kishibe-sensei". Jorge hesitates so Rohan uses Heaven's Door to prevent Jorge from calling him anything else besides Rohan.↗
Rohan takes Jorge to the scene of the locked room murder. The police had taken away Tsukumojuku's body, but the bear was left behind as it was too large. Rohan shows Jorge copies of the crime scene photographs that he had the police leave behind, leading Jorge to wonder how Rohan was capable of having everyone listen to his orders as if he could bend the world to his will. The two wonder how someone managed to bring a giant polar bear into the room without Rohan noticing.↗
Jorge deduces that Reimi is actually a humanoid Stand who could control the Arrow Cross House and used her ability to hide Fukashigi. Rohan is intrigued to learn that she is actually a Stand and not a human. Accepting Jorge's request, Rohan uses Heaven's Door on Jorge so that he could see Stands. Jorge then asks Rohan to use Heaven's Door on Muryotaisu and Koji, allowing them to see "astral projections" like Rohan and Fukashigi.↗
Mass Hysteria
Separated from Japan, Morioh travels south at an insane speed of 100 knots (185 km/h). Rohan draws a map of Morioh for Jorge. They assume Morioh became an island from the powers of an individual and plan to head to Budogaoka Academy, because the school was located in the center of the dome. Reimi reveals that Kira had canceled the effect of Bites the Dust, so Fukashigi and Rohan were now safe and freed from Arrow Cross House 's protection.↗
Rohan and Jorge wonder if there was anyone there who could be Kira. He would have to grab someone on the way to the beauty parlor but Kira was a careful man who couldn't rely on coincidences like that. Rohan states just standing around watching people won't get them anywhere so he heads to Koji.↗↗
Passione Murder Case
After Passione takes over Morioh, Team Bucciarati stays at Arrow Cross House. Kira (actually Kosaku Kawajiri) and Diavolo 's bodies are mysteriously also found in Rohan's study with a time of death at 8 AM, despite Rohan and Jorge having been in the room at that time. They find the original universe George Joestar injured on the ground outside and bring him in so Giorno Giovanna could heal him. Rohan makes it so everyone in the house could speak English, Italian, and Japanese.↗
Rohan's Heaven's Door had tried turning the two bodies into books, but the pages were filled with the word "death" in different languages. He then tried using Heaven's Door on the holographic recordings of Videodrome, but only their names and information about their Stands were written on the pages. After Rohan mentions how he had a clock in his study but someone had stolen it, Guido Mista replies that he should just buy another one.↗
Enrico Pucci arrives and reveals himself as Diavolo and Kira's killers, but Giorno quickly defeats him with Gold Experience Requiem. With Giorno off guard, Rohan uses Heaven's Door on him. They verify that his body has the even-numbered pages. Giorno finally reveals his betrayal and appears in Diavolo's body after healing it. The gangsters and the Japanese group try protecting George but they are all easily defeated by Diavolo, who kidnaps George and jumps into Cube House.↗↗↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
He showcases apathy towards real-life crime scenes and dead bodies, demonstrated by his indifference about a murder in his newly acquired Arrow Cross House. For the sake of his manga, he experiments on things in real life, such as by using a thermometer on the corpses of birds, cats, and a wild boar to see what it's like to be a coroner.↗↗↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Alive (JORGE JOESTAR)↗
07Sources & attribution
- Rohan Kishibe
Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
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