History Manga / ThusSpokeKishibeRohan

* AccidentalMurder: In Episode 2, Naoko Osato accidentally murders her secret boyfriend Gunpei by pushing him into metal golf clubs, piercing his head. [[spoiler: The rest of the episode all but confirms this wasn't accidental at all, however.]]

* AppearanceAngst: Yoma Hashimoto is a model who becomes obsessed with personal fitness after growing to like his routine. His constant efforts to improve his physique chip away at his sanity, to the point of accusing his girlfriend of trying to "poison him" with his favorite carb-heavy spaghetti dish, complaining about the delivery man ringing the doorbell and ruining his sleep schedule, and glaring daggers at a man who reserved his personal trainer before him. He eventually snaps and murders his girlfriend, the delivery man, and the other gym-goer because he saw them all as threats to his fitness.

Two {{OVA}}s of these stories were made by Creator/DavidProduction. One based on "Millionaire Village" was given to those who purchased the entire set of ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' blu-rays or [=DVDs=], while "Mutsu-kabe Hill" was bundled with the second volume of ''Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan''. After the completion of ''Golden Wind,'' David Pro released two more adaptations of "At A Confessional" and "The Run" on December 8, 2019. A live-action drama mini-series airs on Creator/{{NHK}} in the days leading to New Year's Eve from 2020 onward, while Creator/{{Netflix}} picked up the [=OVAs=] for distribution internationally in 2021. The [=OVA=]s are also set to be released on Blu Ray by Creator/VizMedia in July 2023.

Associated with the series while not being officially part of it is the one-shot ''Rohan at the Louvre'', also featuring Rohan who investigates a supposedly cursed painting. Similarly, ''Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci'' has Rohan going to the Gucci factory in Florence to inquire about his heirloom Gucci bag that makes things put into it seemingly disappear. There are also a series of short stories by various Japanese authors collected in anthologies with titles like ''Kishibe Rohan Does Not Shout'' and ''Kishibe Rohan Does Not Frolic''. One of these short stories, "Kushagara" by Ballad Kitaguni, became the basis of an episode of the NHK mini-series.

* AccidentalMurder: In Episode 2, Naoko Osato accidentally murders her boyfriend Gunpei by pushing him into metal golf clubs, piercing his head. [[spoiler: The rest of the episode all but confirms this wasn't accidental at all, however.]]

* AdaptationalComicRelief: Kyoka Izumi becomes a ManicPixieDreamGirl whose easygoing and gentle personality clashes with Rohan's brooding and more unpleasant behavior. One gag consists of her being regularly kicked out from Rohan's house.

* ColorMotif: In ''Rohan at the Louvre'', the only real story Araki has actually colored, colors are used in palettes of two or three. Each with significance.

* DecompositeCharacter: In the drama, the personal client's role is instead fulfilled by two people who take the treadmills for a running competition. Neither escapes, and their bodies right behind a pillar are one of the clues that puts Rohan onto the fact things are wrong.

** The Mutsukabezaka sustain themselves on people's affection and guilt. They use people as hosts and set up [[AccidentalMurder Accidental Murders]] to trick people into hiding and taking care of them forever.

* EtiquetteNazi: The gods of the mountains Rohan and Izumi come to visit, as well as their staff, are [=VERY=] strict on etiquette, and Japanese etiquette at that. If you can follow the etiquette then the gods will make you rich, but any breach of etiquette equals [[DisproportionateRetribution someone or something dear to you dying on the spot]]. And something as innocuous as stepping on the edge of a tatami counts as a breach...

** In Episode 9, Rohan has a AbsurdlyHighStakesGame against the GodInHumanForm Yoma Hashimoto, who's become the avatar of Hermes. Both must try to take a remote at a precise moment or fall out of the window of the 8th floor of the building they're in. Rohan genuinely tries to catch the remote and is bested, but has written a command so Yoma Hashimoto must push the stop button on the remote in Rohan's favor anyway. Rohan hopes that outsmarting the god won't incur his wrath but flees rather than wait for Yoma's impeding return.

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* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: The malevolent Moon Spirit in Episode 4 set ups how the members of the Mochizuki Family that way. The whole evening is a setup involving a toy helicopter crashing into a fishbowl, causing the fish to fall off, then the daughter knocks her father's glasses onto the branch, sending the goldfish into the grandmother's mouth, nearly choking her. However, the same series of mishaps causes the son's kiddie pool to pop after the father hits it with a pair of hot tongs, making the boy lose control of the helicopter which falls onto his grandmother to knock the goldfish out of her throat, saving her life. The pool water, however, washes a hornets's nest out, which the daughter is allergic to.

Two {{OVA}}s of these stories were made by Creator/DavidProduction. One based on "Millionaire Village" was given to those who purchased the entire set of ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' blu-rays or [=DVDs=], while "Mutsu-kabe Hill" was bundled with the second volume of ''Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan''. After the completion of ''Golden Wind,'' David Pro released two more adaptations of "At A Confessional" and "The Run" on December 8, 2019. A live-action drama mini-series airs on Creator/{{NHK}} in the days leading to New Year's Eve from 2020 onward, while Creator/{{Netflix}} picked up the [=OVAs=] for distribution internationally in 2021. The OVAs are also set to be released on Blu Ray by Creator/VizMedia in July 2023.

Two {{OVA}}s of these stories were made by Creator/DavidProduction. One based on "Millionaire Village" was given to those who purchased the entire set of ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' blu-rays or [=DVDs=], while "Mutsu-kabe Hill" was bundled with the second volume of ''Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan''. After the completion of ''Golden Wind,'' David Pro released two more adaptations of "At A Confessional" and "The Run" on December 8, 2019. A live-action drama mini-series airs on Creator/{{NHK}} in the days leading to New Year's Eve from 2020 onward, while Creator/{{Netflix}} picked up the [=OVAs=] for distribution internationally in 2021.

* {{Mundanger}}: Most of the threat Rohan encounters are supernatural, or just very strange organisms. However, the danger in "Drip Painting Style" is [[spoiler: an incredibly capable eco-terrorist threatening to blow up one of Morioh's power plants.]]

* DecoyProtagonist: Initially, "Drip Painting Style" focuses on Mitsuki Murase, a married woman who is having an affair. In her attempts to quickly drive to pick up her daughter from kindergarten and avoid suspicion from her husband, she is rammed into by another car following her and has a fire extinguisher sprayed onto her windshield by the driver. [[spoiler: In the second part of the story, the other driver is quickly revealed to be Rohan himself who was trying to get her out of the car, and Mitsuki's neck is snapped by the eco-terrorist who had snuck into her car while she was distracted by her husband calling her earlier.]]

* DecoyProtagonist: Initially, "Drip Painting Style" focuses on Mitsuki Murase, a married woman who is having an affair. In her attempts to quickly drive to pick up her daughter from kindergarten and avoid suspicion from her husband, she is rammed into by another car following her and has a fire extinguisher sprayed onto her windshield by the driver. [[spoiler: In the second part of the story, the other driver is quickly revealed to be Rohan himself who was trying to get her out of the car, and Mitsuki's neck is snapped by the eco-terrorist who had snuck into her car earlier.]]

* Episode 7: Monday, Sunshower -- Rohan tells the story of a strange day where everyone seems to be oddly fixated on their cell phones.

''Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan'' (岸辺露伴は動かない ''Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai, lit. Rohan Kishibe Does Not Move!'') is a SpinOff of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', more specifically its fourth part, ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'', which focuses on the eccentric mangaka Rohan Kishibe. In these stories, Rohan recounts various bizarre supernatural happenings, often centered around the town of Morioh.

* RuleOfThree: The ghost of the Asian beggar in Episode 16 orders the protagonist to succeed in catching a thrown pop corn with his mouth three times or die.

* AdaptationSuperpowerChange: In the live-action drama. Stand-based abilities are not associated with {{Fighting Spirit}}s, and as such are known as "Gifts" instead. How characters got their abilities are also altered to be tied to other supernatural sources instead, rather than the Stand Arrow.