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Gorgeous Carat

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Kurayami no Bitoku, The Virtue within Darkness
Japanese: ゴージャス・カラット―暗闇の美徳―
English: Gorgeous Carat
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 21
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 25, 1999 to Sep 25, 2002
Genres: Adventure Adventure, Boys Love Boys Love
Theme: Historical Historical
Serialization: Eyes
Authors: Higuri, You (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.341 (scored by 851851 users)
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Ranked: #43332
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Popularity: #10236
Members: 1,789
Favorites: 34
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Volumes: /4
Chapters: /21

Synopsis

The story is set in Paris of the early 20th century.
Florian Rochefort is the only son of an impoverished aristorcratic family and becomes Ray Balzac Courland's collateral in exchange for the loan the pawnbroker pays to Florian's mother so she can amortize some of the family's depts. But in fact Ray is the infamous thief Noir who, having a special liking for extraordinary jewels, couldn't but claim Florian's outstanding amethyst eyes for his collection.
As the story unfolds the reader follows the protagonists on their adventures in France, Morocco and Tunisia while their relationship deepens.

Background

Gorgeous Carat was published in English by Tokyopop's Blu Manga imprint from February 7, 2006 to February 28, 2007.

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Reviews

Jul 8, 2024
The general summary of Gorgeous Carat you’ll find if you’re trying to decide whether to read it is that a phantom thief becomes enamoured of a young man’s jewel-like eyes, and determines to make them his at any cost. From that, it’s easy to assume the series is a trashy yaoi and write it off. That is the basic starting concept, and there is certainly a trashy yaoi element to this manga, but i don’t think that’s an accurate assessment of Gorgeous Carat as a whole. The story is much more complicated than that, and the story is far more important than the sex or ...

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