Kishibe Rohan Louvre e Iku
Rohan at the Louvre
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Kishibe Rohan Louvre e Iku

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Rohan au Louvre
Japanese: 岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く
English: Rohan at the Louvre
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Finished
Published: Apr 29, 2010
Genres: Mystery Mystery, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Serialization: None
Authors: Araki, Hirohiko (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.701 (scored by 72717,271 users)
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Ranked: #17432
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Popularity: #1572
Members: 13,469
Favorites: 130

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Synopsis

Professional mangaka Rohan Kishibe has seen the blackest color in the world—and this elusive color is connected to an incident where a French translator, the curator of the Louvre's Far East art section, and two firemen disappeared without a trace.

Three hundred years ago, a Japanese artist named Nizaemon Yamamura discovered the darkest pigment known to mankind. But because he cut down an ancient tree to retrieve it, he was executed. Following his death, it is said that a curse existed on every painting he used the color on, imbuing them with hatred. When Nanase Fujikura recounts the legend to him, Rohan is immediately intrigued and learns that one of Nizaemon's artwork had been saved by a curator, who took it to the Louvre.

Ten years later, Rohan heads for Paris to search for it. As he prepares to unearth the ominous painting from the archives, Rohan quickly finds that the curse is far more powerful than he could ever imagine.

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Background

Kishibe Rohan Louvre e Iku was the first manga by Japanese mangaka to be displayed at the Louvre Museum. It is also the first full-color manga Hirohiko Araki has ever done. The beginning pages of the manuscript were displayed from January 22, 2009, to April 13, 2009, as a part of the "Little Design Exhibition: Manga World Showed in Louvre (The Louvre invites the comics)." It was adapted into a live-action movie in 2023.

The manga was later serialized in Japan in the Ultra Jump magazine from April 2010 to June 2010 and released by Shueisha on May 27, 2011. It was published in English as Rohan at the Louvre by NBM Publishing on April 1, 2012. It was also published in French by Futuropolis on April 9, 2010; in Italian by 001 Edizioni on December 8, 2012; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Pipoca & Nanquim on January 31, 2020.

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Jan 20, 2024
Truly, I'm the first to review this? Being the only story or collection outside of the main manga series that has been officially translated into English, I would have thought this story would be one of the first stops for new Jojo readers. And it's not even that hard to get - less than $20 on Amazon with Prime Shipping available. I know that today I'm likely the only one who was still invested in reading more about Rohan, what with all the one-shots and his OVAs that were produced recently, but c'mon.

Though I just want to take a moment to ask: how do you ...
Aug 9, 2022
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Similar to most of the other Rohan one-shots, Araki continues more of the same horror you have come to expect from Rohan. While artistically Araki's use of color and movement are as good as they always have been, the plot tends to be thinly developed due to constraints. Some of the "reasoning" like insects being used to make the ink really made little sense, even more than Araki's usual affair. It is not a long work, and as a result the moment the plot begins to reach a crescendo is the very moment it ends.

The similarities to Part 4 and Reimi's story are obvious, ...

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