Eight Clouds Rising

Eight Clouds Rising
八雲立つ (Yakumo Tatsu)
Manga
Written by	Natsumi Itsuki
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	LaLa
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	October 19, 1992 – November 5, 2002
Volumes	19
Original video animation
Directed by	Tomomi Mochizuki
Written by	Tomomi Mochizuki
Music by	Hajime Mizoguchi
Studio	Bandai Visual, Studio Pierrot
Released	October 25, 1997 – November 25, 1997
Episodes	2
Manga
Yakumo Tatsu: Arata
Written by	Natsumi Itsuki
Published by	Hakusensha
Magazine	Melody
Demographic	Josei
Original run	February 28, 2018 – present
Volumes	8

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.

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.

External links

• Eight Clouds Rising (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Eight Clouds Rising (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia