Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (GN 1)
Title: Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
Volume: GN 1
Pages: 200
Distributor: Viz Media
Release date: 2011-02-01
Suggested retail price: $9.99
Age rating: 13+
ISBN-10: 1421538911 1421538911
ISBN-13: 9781421538914 9781421538914
Description:
While the day belongs to humans, the night belongs to yokai,supernatural creatures that thrive on human fear. Caught between these worlds is Rikuo Nura. He's three-quarters human, but his grandfather is none other than Nurarihyon, the supreme commander of the Nura clan, a powerful yokai consortium. So, Rikuo is an ordinary teenages three quarters of the time, until his yokai blood awakens. Then Rikuo transforms into the future leader of the Nura clan, leading a hundred demons.
Story and art by Hiroshi Shiibashi.
(added on 2010-10-25, modified on 2010-10-25)
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