An audiobook of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection‘s third volume, Rohan Kishibe Does Not Fall, released today on November 12, 2024 in Japan. It is available on “audiobook.jp“, Japan’s largest audiobook distribution service.
It will also be available on Amazon Audible, Google Play, and Apple Books as of tomorrow, November 13, 2024.
This is the first Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection volume to be made into an official audiobook. The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure light novels also have not gotten any official audiobooks as of yet.
Rohan Kishibe Does Not Fall Audiobook
There are three stories in the audiobook, Golden Melody, Original Author Rohan Kishibe, and The Five-Bedroom House With A…, all written by Ballad Kitaguni.
The narrator and Rohan Kishibe are voiced by Kou Bonkobara, Kyoka Izumi is voiced by Yuri Noguchi, and additional voices are by Kazuki Miyagi.
There are 18 chapters in total, having a total runtime of 8 hours, 24 minutes, and 56 seconds. Golden Melody has 4 chapters, Original Author Rohan Kishibe has 6 chapters, The Five-Bedroom House With A… has 7 chapters, and the final chapter is for the Author Profile.
Golden Melody has the first meeting between Rohan and his editor, Kyoka. Rohan meets an audiophile named Kyomei Isaka who has transformed himself into a monster made of audio equipment. In Original Author Rohan Kishibe, Rohan encounters an extreme form of method acting during filming of a live-action adaptation of one of his works, which allows an actor to wield the paranormal powers of his character. In The Five-Bedroom House With A…, Rohan encounters a house where residents vanish every June.
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Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: Short Story Collection is an anthology of short stories based on Hirohiko Araki‘s Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan spin-off series. Shueisha originally released the stories in the Ultra Jump magazine in small separate paperback booklets. The authors of each story are different, including Ballad Kitaguni, Ryo Yoshigami, Yusuke Iba, Mirei Miyamoto, and Katsuie Shibata. All stories revolve around the adventures of Rohan Kishibe from Diamond is Unbreakable.
JUMP j BOOKS compiled the stories from each booklet into three volumes released between 2018 and 2022, alongside some new stories exclusive to the volumes. A fourth volume titled Rohan Kishibe Does Not Laugh will be releasing next month on December 18, 2024.
