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.[1] It was adapted in 1997 into an OVA series.

Eight Clouds Rising
八雲立つ
(Yakumo Tatsu)
Manga
Written byNatsumi Itsuki
Published byHakusensha
MagazineLaLa
DemographicShōjo
Original runOctober 19, 1992 – November 5, 2002
Volumes19
Original video animation
Directed byTomomi Mochizuki
Written byTomomi Mochizuki
Music byHajime Mizoguchi
StudioBandai Visual, Studio Pierrot
Released October 25, 1997 – November 25, 1997
Episodes2

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.

References
  1. Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 2010-01-02.


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