Busshi no Busshin

Busshi no Busshin - The Sculptor's Buddhakaya (Japanese: ぶっしのぶっしん 鎌倉半分仏師録 Busshi no Busshin - Kamakura Hanbun Busshiroku) is a manga written and illustrated by Yuhki Kamatani. The series debuted in 2013 and is published online on Square Enix's Gangan Online, a free online manga and light novel magazine. To date, there are a total of 5 volumes. The series went on hiatus in 2016 while Kamatani focused on their other series, Shimanami Tasogare, with no news yet on when it may resume.

Plot
The story follows Sō, a young busshi who can call gods and Buddhas into sculptures he carves using a technique called raigou. During a battle against the god Mizuchi in Hiraizumi, Sō calls on the bodhisattva Myōjō to defeat the god, but the two are overpowered, and each eaten in half. In an attempt to save his own life, Sō manages to fuse his own body with the remaining half of the statue used to call Myōjō, and their discovered body is delivered to the busshi Unkei. Five years later, Sō finally reawakens with no memory of his past or who he is, but must face the pressing threat of the fallen Taira clan wrecking havoc with the power of Mizuchi and other gods as they aim for their revival.