Rohan at the Louvre

Rohan at the Louvre (岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く) is a short story that centers around mangaka Rohan Kishibe. Its original title in French is "Rohan Au Louvre". It is set in the museum of the same name. The one shot was published in Ultra Jump in May 2010, and released in Hard Cover edition in French on April 29, 2010. The hard cover edition for the Japanese version was released on May 27, 2011, and the English version on April 1, 2012.

Louvre Edition's synopsis
Rohan is a young student who dreams of becoming a mangaka. His life changes the day he meets a young woman who introduces him to the world of art. She tells him about sculpture, music, and painting - particularly a "cursed painting" by a Japanese artist long ago acquired by a curator at the Louvre. Then the young woman suddenly disappears.

Ten years later, Rohan, now a mangaka, decides to conduct his own investigation at the Louvre to find the painting that just might lead him to the young woman. But he discovers strange phenomena: does approaching the painting mean death? What does it represent? What is its secret?

Appearances

 * Rohan Kishibe
 * Nanase Kishibe
 * Rohan Kishibe's grandmother
 * Koichi Hirose
 * Okuyasu Nijimura
 * Josuke Higashikata (barely acknowledged)
 * Noguchi
 * Pierre
 * Gaucher
 * Heaven's Door

Trivia

 * Rohan at the Louvre is the first manga in the comic-art collection published by Musée du Louvre Editions.