Anime Like Laughing Under the Clouds: Gaiden Part 1
A man who saved the world wakes up broken, and his family has to learn how to reach him all over again. The show doesn't pretend this is a simple problem with a heroic solution. What matters isn't the action that got him here, it's the quiet, brutal work of staying close to someone who has stopped staying close to themselves.
SYNOPSIS
A year has passed since Tenka Kumou's world shattered in battle. Once a formidable fighter, he now sits confined to a wheelchair, his legs stolen by the cost of victory. The man who once stood at the center of everything has chosen isolation instead, pushing away everyone who tries to breach the walls he's built around himself. His brothers refuse to let him disappear. Sousei and their allies persist in their attempts to reconnect, unwilling to accept that Tenka is simply gone. But beneath the surface of his withdrawal lies something deeper than physical injury. Fragments of Tenka's past begin surfacing, pieces of his history that might explain why he's so determined to sever himself from those closest to him. This is a story about what happens when the body heals faster than the spirit. As old wounds reopen and forgotten truths emerge, Tenka must confront whether isolation is protection or just another kind of death. The question becomes whether his bonds are strong enough to pull him back from the edge he's chosen.
