Copernicus no Kokyuu cover

Copernicus no Kokyuu

Author
Nakamura Asumiko (中村明日美子)
Type
Manga
Status
Complete
Year
2002
Genres and tags
Historical Psychological Drama Supernatural Tragedy Shounen Ai Romance Slice of Life Yaoi Adult Nudity Circus Love Triangle Age Gap Boys' Love Prostitution Foreign LGBTQ+ Themes Bisexual Masochism Rape Incest Sadism Bondage Torture Watersports Suicide Smut

Description

The story takes place in a circus in Paris in the 1970's. Much is made of the romance of the circus atmosphere, of flying through the air on a trapeze etc. We're talking about Old World riffs on the romance and tawdriness of the ring. There are no elephants in tutus walking on their hind legs in this circus; but there are slit-eyed jugglers, daring death-loving trapeze artists and sad Pierrot clowns; though the Pierrot clown – our hero, Torinosu, *does* have a false red nose.

The tawdriness comes from the circus master pimping out his performers to anyone willing to pay. Decadence is strife throughout the tale – ghosts who wander into the action looking like teenage girls even though they're actually the hero's brother; abandoned neurotic women with a thing for inflicting pain; buracon and possible murder, not to mention mountains of unspoken pining and a hero who looks about to perish at any moment from terminal angst.

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Chapters (14)

  1. Chapter 13Vol. 2
  2. Chapter 12Vol. 2
  3. Chapter 11Vol. 2
  4. Chapter 10Vol. 2
  5. Chapter 9Vol. 2
  6. Chapter 8Vol. 2
  7. Chapter 7Vol. 2
  8. Chapter 6Vol. 1
  9. Chapter 5Vol. 1
  10. Chapter 4Vol. 1
  11. Chapter 3Vol. 1
  12. Chapter 2Vol. 1
  13. Chapter 1Vol. 1
  14. Chapter 0Vol. 1

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