| “ | Reality is the lifeblood that makes a work pulse with energy. Reality itself is entertainment! | „ |
| ~ Rohan Kishibe |
Summary
Rohan Kishibe (岸辺 露伴 Kishibe Rohan) is a major character in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond Is Unbreakable and reappears in a variety of spinoffs to the main JoJo story, including the series Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe; Rohan at the Louvre and Kishibe Rohan Meets Gucci. Rohan is a successful professional mangaka for Shonen Jump, and he is often roped into paranormal events while conducting research for his latest manga.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-A, Unknown with Heaven's Door
Name: Rohan Kishibe
Origin: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable
Gender: Male
Age: 20 in Part IV. 27 in Mutsukabezaka. 32-33 by Part VI. Unknown in Hot Summer Martha and Drip Painting Style
Classification: Human, Stand User, Mangaka
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Extrasensory Perception (Can see ghosts and souls among some other supernatural forces that are normally otherwise invisible), Accelerated Development (After a single battle, his Stand's capabilities noticeably improved, increasing even further as the Part progresses), Aura and Summoning (Of his Stand). Heaven's Door has Incorporeality (Stands are the incorporeal manifestations of one's vital energy, and can only be harmed by other Stands), Non-Physical Interaction (Stands can interact with ghosts and other Stands), Information Manipulation, Transmutation (Heaven's Door turns people, mythological beasts, food, etc. into living books with all of the information about them written on its pages; Can remove pages or write new information that can control or alter the person's [future] actions completely), Biological Manipulation (Turning others into books manipulates the biology in many ways such as separating many parts of the body and elasticizing them. Removing memory pages causes a significant decrease in body mass), Status Effect Inducement via Mind Manipulation, Mind Control (Can control his targets with a write-in command), Morality Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Information Analysis (Of past and future events), Sense Manipulation (Can remove and bestow senses such as the ability to see), Fate Manipulation (Heavily implied to have sent Cheap Trick to hell by writing that he will go there when he was taken by the ghostly hands)
Attack Potency: Athlete level, Unknown with Heaven's Door (Heaven's Door never shows any notable attack feats), Heaven's Door's ability bypasses durability
Speed: FTL, possibly higher (Has been consistently shown to be able to give autographs to his fans before they could react. Could casually out-speed The Hand and a furious Crazy Diamond, Was able to keep up with his manga deadlines under the effects of Made in Heaven accelerating time to which days were passed in minutes, and the ink on a pen would dry almost instantly.[1])
Lifting Strength: Unknown
Striking Strength: Athlete level, Unknown with Heaven's Door
Durability: At least Building level (Able to barely survive Killer Queen's bomb implanted in his eye. Survived a barrage of punches from Crazy Diamond), Unknown with Heaven's Door
Stamina: Superhuman (Able to keep up with Made In Heaven's time/speed acceleration mandated manga deadlines)
Range: Unknown with Heaven's Door (Had activated and put in new commands on people far away than he was, though was not specific on how far it was)
Standard Equipment: Heaven's Door (in the form of Rohan's drawings) | Heaven's Door | Heaven's Door
Intelligence: Gifted (By the age of 20, he was an accomplished Manga writer and artist. He has experience fighting many different stand users and using the powers of his stand effectively, usually to mess with the minds of his enemies)
Weaknesses: Any damage taken by Heaven's Door is reflected back onto Rohan. Rohan is incapable of reading his own memories, nor can he perceive memories shared with a target. He cannot heal with Heaven's Door, and by his own admission he also cannot use Heaven's Door to change the biological makeup of something.[2]
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Heaven's Door: Heaven's Door is a small, white-and-gold humanoid Stand with a hat consisting of mostly outlines. Sometimes, Heaven's Door's body is entirely composed of outlines. Heaven's Door acts when Rohan's target sees it or an image of it drawn by him, which he can make in mid-air, with a pen or with his finger. It can also affect multiple targets with its abilities.
- Book Transmutation: Heaven's Door's basic ability is to incapacitate and turn people into books with pages revealing detailed and absolutely true facts on everything the person knows, from memories to their body measurements, secrets, and their abilities. Heaven's Door is also effective on animals, ghosts, and the undead, but dying targets seem to gradually lose their pages.
- Write-In Command: Rohan writes into the pages of people to create artificial memories, or make highly effective commands. Rohan's target will always obey the commands written, whether them being against their will or humanly impossible. Rohan can write commands for himself despite not being able to read them. He can also add capabilities to a person (for instance, "is fluent in Italian") and has claimed that he could destroy a person's Stand by writing the proper command in them. Due to his experience with artistry and making tight deadlines, Rohan can write the command with remarkable speed.
- It has been shown before that Rohan does not need to physically write in commands or touch a person to activate these abilities. In Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 7: Monday Sunshower, he could rewrite two separate minds while people were gathering in train tracks.
- Memory Removal: Removing pages causes his target to lose any memories detailed there, along with a proportionate quantity of body mass. If too many pages are removed, they can die from the ill effects.
Note: Rohan at the beginning of DiU is restricted to using images of his Stand to induce his book transmutation ability. By the end, Rohan is able to manifest his Stand in mid-air whilst also allowing him to induce the same ability with just a point of his fingers. Later in his one-shots, Rohan is seen using his Stand ability through thought alone. Thus, one must specify what point in time Rohan is when using him.
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Ungalo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Ungalo’s Profile (Speed was equalized)
Magane Chikujoin (Re:Creators) Magane's Profile (Speed was equalized)
Enrico Pucci (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Pucci's Profile (Speed equal, Made In Heaven can amplify its speed)
Hitoshi Shinso (My Hero Academia) Shinso's Profile (Speed was equalized)
Boa Hancock (One Piece) Hancock's Profile (Speed was equalized)
Amnesio (Lilo & Stitch) Amnesio's Profile (Speed was equalized)
Weather Report (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Weather Report's Profile (Speed was equalized)
Diavolo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) Diavolo's Profile
Hazard (Arrowverse (CW)) Hazard's Profile (Speed was equalized and both started 4 meters away from each other)
Four (Battle for Dream Island) Four's Profile (Middle of DiU Rohan and base Four was used, both were 25 feet apart and speed was equalized)
Samara Morgan (The Ring) Samara's Profile (End of DiU Rohan was used and speed equalized)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
Abra Stone (Doctor Sleep (Film)) Abra's Profile (Speed was Equal, No Prep, 5 Meters Apart, Both Bloodlusted)
God of Light (RWBY) God of Light's Profile (End of DIU Rohan was used, and speed was equalized)
Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord) Ainz's Profile (Speed was equalized, both had limited intel)
References
Discussions
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