Eight Clouds Rising Explained

Ja Kanji:八雲立つ
Ja Romaji:Yakumo Tatsu
Type:manga
Author:Natsumi Itsuki
Publisher:Hakusensha
Demographic:Shōjo
Magazine:LaLa
First:October 19, 1992
Last:November 5, 2002
Volumes:19
Type:ova
Director:Tomomi Mochizuki
Music:Hajime Mizoguchi
Studio:Bandai Visual, Studio Pierrot
First:October 25, 1997
Last:November 25, 1997
Episodes:2
Type:manga
Yakumo Tatsu: Arata
Author:Natsumi Itsuki
Publisher:Hakusensha
Demographic:Josei
Magazine:Melody
First:February 28, 2018
Volumes:8

is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Natsumi Itsuki. It won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo.[1] It was adapted in 1997 into an OVA series.

Plot summary

Kuraki Fuzuchi is a handsome and 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kodansha Manga Awards . Joel Hahn . Comic Book Awards Almanac . 2010-01-02.