Donten ni Warau
Laughing Under the Clouds
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Synonyms: Cloudy Laugh, Utakata ni Warau
Japanese: 曇天に笑う
English: Laughing Under the Clouds
Spanish: Riendo bajo las nubes
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 6
Chapters: 29
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 15, 2010 to May 15, 2013
Genres: Action Action, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Historical Historical
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Comic Avarus
Authors: Karakara, Kemuri (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.101 (scored by 68376,837 users)
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Ranked: #5822
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Popularity: #775
Members: 23,076
Favorites: 664
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Chapters: /29

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Synopsis

In the dawn of the Meiji period, the Gokumonjou, an inescapable prison, has been established in the middle of an enormous lake to counter the soaring crime rates the new era has brought. Serving as the ferrymen are the famous Kumou brothers: the eccentric family head, Tenka; the reckless but noble second son, Soramaru; and the guileless youngest, Chuutarou. In spite of their grim work, the three lead relatively peaceful lives in the ever-cloudy town of Oumi, together with their housekeeper, Shirasu Kinjou.

But buried in the long history of Oumi is the legend of the terrifying "Orochi," a serpentine beast that awakens every three hundred years in a human vessel. Unbeknownst to Soramaru and Chuutarou, the actual job of the Kumou family is to seal the Orochi away before it fully revives—or the world will be plunged into destruction. Amid the monster's next resurrection, the Kumou family must find the resolve to keep laughing under the clouds.

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Included one-shot:
Volume 1: Utakata ni Warau (2 parts)

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Donten ni Warau was published digitally in English as Laughing Under the Clouds by Tokyopop from March 15, 2021 to September 29, 2021, and in print from April 20, 2021 to February 1, 2022.

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Related Manga

Prequel:Rengoku ni Warau
Side story:Donten ni Warau Gaiden
Spin-off:Yamainu no Zangyou ni Warau
Adaptation:Donten ni Warau

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Characters

Kumou, Tenka
Kumou, Tenka
Main
Kinjou, Shirasu
Kinjou, Shirasu
Main
Kumou, Soramaru
Kumou, Soramaru
Main
Kumou, Chuutarou
Kumou, Chuutarou
Main
Nishiki
Nishiki
Supporting
Abeno, Hirari
Abeno, Hirari
Supporting
Abeno, Sousei
Abeno, Sousei
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Ashiya, Mutsuki
Ashiya, Mutsuki
Supporting
Botan
Botan
Supporting
Kagami, Naoto
Kagami, Naoto
Supporting

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Jun 8, 2022
squeegee-c
Recommended
Story:
Wacky, but enjoyable. The plot doesn't hold up if you think about it too hard, but the uniqueness of it is refreshing. The blend of history and myth is interesting.

Characters:
The characters are what makes this story stand out. Tenka is the charismatic and self-sacrificing older brother, Soramaru is the angsty middle child (enough said), and Chuutarou is the innocent youngest child. In my opinion, what the manga had to say about brotherhood was more interesting than the whole orochi thing.

Art:
The art is great! What stood out to me is how the Kumos all actually looked like brothers without appearing identical.

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May 25, 2020
Onodrim
Recommended
Story (6/10) : Probably this manga's weakpoint in my eyes. The story is interesting but becomes engaging a bit late in my opinion. It was kind of hard to follow during the first chapters, and I didn't quite know where we were headed. Glad I stuck with it though because it gets better and better as the story progresses.

Art (9/10) : The art might be my favorite thing about this manga : some action shots might be a bit messy sometimes, but the art is usually truly great. It's a style I haven't really seen anywhere else either, so it was really refreshing. I especially ...
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Nov 29, 2012
BookmanJunior112
Recommended
Preliminary (16/29 eps)
Like the person before me this is my first review. I have read all of the chapters out right now which is 16 so I'm basing the review on that.

I came upon Donten Ni Warau pretty much by accident but I thought the art looked nice so I gave it a shot. For the first chapter or so I thought that it was a decent manga but I thought it would be all about 3 brothers who transported criminals to prison and this would be the whole plot of the story. How wrong was I?

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