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The key visuals of the new OVA 「At a Confessional」 and 「The Run」 from 「Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan」 have been released. The visual is inspired by the episode of 「The Run」.

「Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan」 is a spin-off work depicting the strange experience that the manga artist Kishibe Rohan went through by visiting, seeing, and hearing for interviews. In the OVA series, episode # 05 「Millionaire Village」 and episode # 02 「Mutsu-kabe Hill」 were animated in the past. This time, the new 2 episodes will be animated, which are 「」At a Confessional」 depicting the episode of horror that Rohan accidentally heard about at church in Venice, Italy where he visited on an interview trip and 「The Run」 depicting the scene of a horrible game that begins with the encounter with a young man named Hashimoto Yoma in the gym.

Currently pre-reservation of the lottery on the website are available for the tour event “Kitan Kenbunroku”, which screens two new OVA works: 「At a Confessional」 and 「The Run」 in 6 cities across Japan: Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Sendai and Omiya. This is a must-see event for JoJo fans nationwide, where a special talk show will be held by Sakurai Takahiro as Kishibe Rohan at all 6 cities for 9 events.

Episode # 16 「At a Confessional」
Manga artist Kishibe Rohan was interviewing the “confessional” in a church in Venice, Italy where he visited during his interview trip. The confessional is a place where you confess your “faults” to the priest and purify your soul. Rohan, who is interested in the wisdom, tries to experience confession himself. However, Rohan mistakenly entered the room where the priest should be, and a man entered the room of the confessionalist. “Experience creates reality in the work”. With curiosity, he decides to listen to the man’s confession. And the man starts confessing a story of fear.

Episode # 09 「The Run」
Hashimoto Yoma, who came to Harajuku from Morioh town, is called out by a scout of model production. From then on, he started working on the model and was inspired by precept from the production that “the professional models must pump up” and began to immerse himself in training. Manga artist Kishibe Rohan, who met Yoma at the gym of the Morioh Grand Hotel, ends up on starting a game with him from a small talk. “With the running machines that accelerated to 25km / h, which can quickly grab and push the emergency stop button?” A change began to appear in the body of Yoma who showed an unusual tenacity for the game.

Screening Tour “Kitan Kenbunroku” Information
Dec. 8, 2019 (Sun) Tokyo TFT HALL 1000 Stage: Sakurai Takahiro (scheduled others) day and night live performance for each
Jan. 19, 2020 (Sun) Nagoya Zepp Nagoya Stage: Sakurai Takahiro (scheduled others) day and night live performance for each
Feb. 9, 2020 (Sun) Osaka Mielparque Hall Stage: Sakurai Takahiro (scheduled others) day and night live performance for each
Feb. 23, 2020 (Sun) Hiroshima Ueno Gakuen Hall Stage: Sakurai Takahiro (scheduled others) day and night live performance for each
Mar. 8, 2020 (Sun) Sendai SENDAI GIGS Stage: Sakurai Takahiro (scheduled others) day and night live performance for each
Mar. 29, 2020 (Sun) Omiya Sonic City Large Hall Stage: Sakurai Takahiro (scheduled others) day and night live performance for each

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