The plot of each episode is generally divorced from the main JoJo's Bizarre Adventure storyline, featuring many esoteric creatures not appearing otherwise in the series, such as yokai. Araki has also stated in JOJOVELLER that JoJolion is a world "set alongside" the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series, and elements such as Trussardi Restaurant, the Seiten Birdies, and Mutsu-kabe Shrine appear or are mentioned in both works. However, there are often cases in which the events of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan conflict with the timeline of Part 4, such as Rohan's age. The events of Part 4 are also included in Rohan's profile at the start of each volume. Several characters from Part 4 appear in Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, including Yukako Yamagishi and Tonio Trussardi. However, the numerical episode order matches neither the order of publication nor chronological order. Each episode is numbered, with the exception of two chapters produced as collaborations. Nearly every chapter of the series has been published in a different magazine, with hosts besides Weekly Shonen Jump including Jump Square, JOJO magazine, Ultra Jump, and even the women's magazine Bessatsu Margaret. A paperback volume of the series was released on November 19, 2013, with a second following on July 19, 2018. The second episode of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, Mutsu-kabe Hill, was published much later on December 4, 2007, after which the series began releasing more frequently. Araki himself believes that if he hadn't been prohibited from writing spin-off works at the time, he probably would not have centered the story around Rohan. The Japanese title, Rohan Kishibe Does Not Move, was initially derived from the fact that Rohan was not the main protagonist, but rather a "navigator" or onlooker of the story who ultimately does nothing. As a workaround, Araki took inspiration from the 1950's TV show, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and made Rohan the narrator of the one-shot. This was because the editorial department had a strict policy against spin-offs or side stories. It was created under the restriction set by the magazine that it couldn't be related to the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. The first episode, At a Confessional, was published in Weekly Shonen Jump on Jand was later included in Under Execution, Under Jailbreak on November 19, 1999. Rohan serves as the protagonist of the series, who frequently witnesses and subsequently makes accounts of the supernatural phenomena around him. The Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series is a set of short stories that revolve around Rohan Kishibe, a manga artist originally featured in Part 4 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Diamond is Unbreakable.
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