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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's Spinoff Manga Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Gets 9th Episode in August
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The August issue of Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret magazine is revealing on Thursday that Hirohiko Araki will publish a new installment of his Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai (Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan) manga in the magazine's next issue in August. The ninth installment in the one-shot manga series is titled "DNA."
Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai is a series of one-shots starring the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable character Rohan Kishibe, who is also Araki's fictional alter ego. Shueisha published a compiled book volume of the different Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai stories in November 2013. Shueisha's Jump Square magazine published the most recent one-shot, "Episode #07 Getsuyōbi - Tenkiame" (Monday - Sun Shower), in December 2015.
The manga is getting an original anime DVD (OAD) adaptation. The OAD will be distributed to customers who buy all 13 DVD or Blu-ray Disc volumes of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable anime. The 13th and final DVD and Blu-ray Disc volume of the anime shipped on June 28. The anime's cast includes Takahiro Sakurai as Rohan Kishibe, Mai Nakahara as Kyōka Izumi, and Kaori Mizuhashi as Ikkyū.
The 39-episode JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable anime premiered in April 2016, and Crunchyroll and Viz Media streamed the series as it aired in Japan.
The main JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga is inspiring a live-action film that will open in Japan on August 4.
