Clear Skies!
{{short description|Japanese manga}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image = Clear Skies! vol 1.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Cover of Clear Skies! volume 1 as published by Tokuma Shoten
| ja_kanji = 毎日晴天！
| ja_romaji = Mainichi Seiten!
| genre = Yaoi
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Akira Sugano
| illustrator = Etsumi Ninomiya
| publisher = Tokuma Shoten
| publisher_en = {{English anime licensee | NA= Digital Manga Publishing}}
| demographic =
| magazine = Chara
| first = October 2000
| last = June 2001
| volumes = 2
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|Clear Skies!|毎日晴天!|Mainichi Seiten!|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series written by Akira Sugano and illustrated by Etsumi Ninomiya. The manga is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing under its Juné imprint, which released the first volume on 28 August 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.junemanga.com/books/94/ |title=Clear Skies! Vol. 1 |work=Juné Books |publisher=Digital Manga, Inc |accessdate=December 30, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325034107/http://www.junemanga.com/books/94/ |archivedate=March 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }} It's about four brothers living together, when one of the brother's old high school flame turns up and claims that he's married to the brothers' wild older sister, who is nowhere to be found, bringing his adopted son.
Reception
Danielle Van Gorder described the premise as "an even more unlikely version of the Brady Bunch", and praised Ninomiya's work on the eyes of the characters.{{Cite news |last=Van Gorder |first=Danielle |url=http://www.mania.com/clear-skies-vol-01_article_87035.html |title=Clear Skies! Vol. #01 |work=Mania |publisher=Demand Media |date=November 14, 2008 |accessdate=December 30, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005105609/http://www.mania.com/clear-skies-vol-01_article_87035.html |archivedate=October 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Holly Ellingwood praised the series' humour and character interactions,{{Cite web |last=Ellingwood |first=Holly |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2008/09/10/clear-skies-vol-1/ |title=Clear Skies! Vol. 1 |work=Active Anime |date=September 10, 2008 |accessdate=December 30, 2011 }} saying it's "a gentle and lovely story about what makes a family".{{Cite web |last=Ellingwood |first=Holly |url=http://activeanime.com/html/2009/03/09/clear-skies-vol-2/ |title=Clear Skies! Vol. 2 |work=Active Anime |date=March 9, 2009 |accessdate=December 30, 2011 }} Leroy Douresseaux describes the feel of the tale as being 'quiet, intimate', but sometimes 'a little too dry'.{{Cite web |last=Douresseaux |first=Leroy |url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/clearskiesyaoi002.html |title=Clear Skies! 2 (Boys' Love) |work=Comic Book Bin |publisher=Toon Doctor |date=March 9, 2009 |accessdate=December 30, 2011 }}
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