Asura Cryin'

Asura Cryin'
Cover of the first light novel cover featuring Misao Minakami.
アスラクライン (Asura Kurain)
Light novel
Written by	Gakuto Mikumo
Illustrated by	Nao Watanuki
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Original run	July 10, 2005 – February 10, 2010
Volumes	14
Manga
Written by	Gakuto Mikumo
Illustrated by	Ryō Akizuki
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh
Original run	September 27, 2008 – September 27, 2010
Volumes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Keizō Kusakawa
Studio	Seven Arcs
Original network	AT-X
Original run	April 2, 2009 – December 24, 2009
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)

Asura Cryin' (アスラクライン, Asura Kurain^?) is a Japanese light novel series by Gakuto Mikumo, with illustrations by Nao Watanuki. The novel series began on July 10, 2005, with fourteen volumes currently published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation by Ryō Akizuki premiered in ASCII Media Works' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on September 27, 2008, and an anime adaptation began airing in Japan in April 2009.

The story is a semi-serious school action story revolving around Tomoharu Natsume. He is haunted by the ghost of his childhood friend, Misao Minakami, who died in an airplane accident three years earlier, which Tomoharu barely survived. On entering high school, Tomoharu takes the opportunity to live on his own and moves into Meiou-tei, a dormitory, where he starts enjoying a carefree high school life (also, his mother has recently remarried and doesn't want him interfering in her newlywed life). His life changes when a beautiful girl named Shuri Kurosaki appears with a mysterious trunk which she claims Tomoharu's brother, Naotaka Natsume, asked her to deliver to him. Things become complicated when Kanade Takatsuki, a girl dressed like a shrine maiden, appears seeking the trunk in Tomoharu's possession. It is revealed that the trunk hides secrets about the world they live in.

The anime first premiered on April 2, 2009. The opening theme used for the first season is "Spiral" by Angela, and the ending theme is "Link", also by Angela. The single for the two songs was released on May 13, 2009. A second season aired on October 1, 2009, again using opening and ending themes by Angela. The opening theme of the second season is "Alternative", and the ending theme is "Kanata no delight".