Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan

*Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan* adapts select one-shot stories connected to *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure*, following manga artist Rohan Kishibe as he chases fresh material and repeatedly stumbles into the uncanny. Each episode drops him into a self-contained mystery where creative curiosity becomes a gateway to supernatural danger.

In “Fugou Mura,” Rohan travels with editor Kyouka Izumi to a secluded village rumored to grant sudden wealth to residents when they turn 25—if they buy a home there. Their meeting with a seller quickly turns into a rigid etiquette trial administered by a servant named Ikkyuu, with lethal stakes. “Mutsukabezaka” has Rohan’s editor Minoru Kagamari recounting his search for the spirit said to haunt six mountains he purchased, framed by the story of Naoko Osato, an heiress cursed after killing her boyfriend.

“Zangenshitsu” shifts to Venice, where Rohan—on hiatus—investigates a church confessional and overhears a stranger’s grim account of a starving beggar and the disturbing aftermath. In “The Run,” rising model Youma Hashimoto’s obsession with his body spirals after meeting Rohan at the gym, escalating into a rivalry that culminates in a deadly treadmill showdown.