Laughing Under the Clouds - S01

In the 11th year of the Meiji Era, the fall of the samurai shogunate and the ban on swords have left deep scars across Japan. Unhappy with these changes, many former samurai scheme against the new government, sparking a wave of bloodshed. To push back against this movement, the government builds a massive prison in the middle of Lake Biwa. Though unofficially tasked with helping the police arrest criminals, Tenka Kumou also works as a ferryman to the Lake Biwa prison, with help from his two younger siblings: the ambitious Soramaru and the eager Chuutarou. Alongside the former Fuma ninja Shirasu Kinjou, the Kumou brothers lead a simple, cheerful life mostly spent studying and training. But beneath this fairly quiet daily routine, the shadow of the "Orochi" curse begins to spread over the city of Oumi. Legend says that every three hundred years, Orochi reincarnates in a human vessel, and many believe this signals a coming catastrophe. As various groups clash in search of Orochi's vessel, some seek to seal the curse, while others have darker plans in motion.