Laughing Under the Clouds
曇天に笑う · どんてん に わらう
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Overview
In the eleventh year of the Meiji era carrying swords was forbidden by the government and those known as samurai were slowly fading away. However there were plenty that didn’t like those changes taking place in Japan and inevitably the crime rates increased. Japan’s only resolve was an inescapable lake prison. While the prison had no other way to access it but only through water, the 3 boys of the Kumo family were assigned to transport the criminals to their new "home". Although... is that the only thing they were doing...? Included one-shot: Volume 1: Utakata ni Warau (泡沫に笑う) - 2 chapters
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Synopsis 日本語
1878年(明治11年)。明治維新以降、日本国内は士族反乱などで多くの犯罪者を抱えるようになり、彼らの多くが送り込まれた監獄からの脱獄も後を絶たなかった。そこで政府は滋賀県の琵琶湖に浮かぶ巨木の中に絶対脱獄不可能な監獄「獄門処」を作り、重罪者を容赦なく送り込んだ。護送の最終段階となる「橋渡し」を担当するのは湖畔の大津(滋賀郡大津、現・大津市役所周辺)にある「曇神社」の曇三兄弟だった。 おりしもこの時、大津の空は300年に一度という長期の曇天が続いていた。この時現れ、人々に災いをもたらすという「大蛇(オロチ)の器」を求めて、長男・天火がかつて所属していた右大臣直属部隊「犲(やまいぬ)」が動き始めた。
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