Demographic Shōjo | Volumes 19 Publisher Hakusensha | |
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Original run October 19, 1992 – November 5, 2002 Adaptations Eight Clouds Rising (2004) Similar Hanasakeru Seishōnen, Ceres - Celestial Legend, A Gentle Breeze in the Village, Wish, His and Her Circumstances | ||
Yakumo tatsu eight clouds rising
Eight Clouds Rising (Japanese: 八雲立つ, Hepburn: Yakumo Tatsu) is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Natsumi Itsuki. It won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was adapted in 1997 into an OVA series.
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Plot summary
Kuraki Fuzuchi is a quiet young man who has immense psychic powers and sword skills. He meets Takeo Nanachi, a college student with similar powers.
The story opens with Nanachi traveling to a small shrine in the mountains to purify his deceased grandfather’s sword in a festival that only occurs every 49 years. There he meets Kuraki and later accidentally stumbles upon Kuraki’s initiation ritual as a Shaman. From there on, their lives are inexplicitly intertwined as they encounter ghosts, spirits, demons, and other characters with supernatural powers while the author provides a parallel running story depicting their previous life.
