Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
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Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: About the Movement of the Earth
Japanese: チ。―地球の運動について―
English: Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 8
Chapters: 62
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 14, 2020 to Apr 18, 2022
Genre: Award Winning Award Winning
Theme: Historical Historical
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic Spirits
Authors: Uoto (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.881 (scored by 18111,811 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #10232
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2311
Members: 9,191
Favorites: 103

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Synopsis

In fifteenth-century Europe, heretics are being burned at the stake. Rafal, a brilliant young man, is expected to enter university at an early age and study the era's most important field, theology. But Rafal values Reason above all else, which leads him both to the shocking conclusion that the Earth orbits the Sun, and into the hands of the Inquisition!

A decade later, two members of the Watch Guild, the dour young Oczy and the cynical Gras, find a hidden stone chest that details the secrets of the universe Rafal left behind. Dare they try to change their own stars by selling the heretical texts, or would that only lead to the stake and the fire?

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Background

Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite won the Grand Prize at the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards in 2022. In the same year, it was nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award and the 46th Kodansha Manga Awards in the General category. It ranked second in the 2022 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers Division. In 2023, the manga won Best Comic at the 54th Seiun Awards.

The series has been published in English as Orb: On the Movements of the Earth by Seven Seas Entertainment as 2-in-1 omnibus volumes since November 21, 2023. It was also released in Italian by Dynit as Il Movimento della Terra from January 20, 2023, to March 22, 2024.

Characters

Rafal
Main
Badeni
Main
Oczy
Main
Nowak
Main
Jolenta
Main
Hubert
Supporting
Schmitt
Supporting
Lewandlowski
Supporting
Heretic
Supporting
Draka
Supporting

Reviews

Oct 12, 2023
Well-writtenWell-written
About the Movement of the Earth is a nice story about humanity's purpose told through the struggle for heliocentrism. It goes through the lives of its multiple main characters while they fight for this cause, each having their own personal struggles, covering different themes alongside the main one.

The themes are brought up thoroughly in long dialogue that are tied into the story itself. The characters talk A LOT about philosophical ideas in these blatant lecture-style ramblings (?). It feels more like the characters are having debates in the middle of whatever's happening in the story. But more often than not, it does feel quite natural. ...
Aug 1, 2022
Preliminary (Unknown/62 eps)
About the Movement of the Earth is a historical manga, a rather underappreciated genre in the medium. But branding it merely as such takes away its allure – despite it being set in 15th Century Poland and exploring a historical finding that is commonplace knowledge now, the appeal of its central theme is both universal and timeless.

The story does not take time in establishing that theme – an authority who is controlling the circulation of information, and heroes who are risking it all to bring the truth to light. The truth here being that Earth is, in fact, moving around the sun and is not ...
Jun 22, 2024
Mixed Feelings
FunnyFunny
This is a weird little manga. I very much enjoyed my time with it, though. TL;DR, it's not an amazing story, it's really not a good art book but it was fantastic as what is almost a philosophical text.
The story focuses on a range of characters who become entranced by the theory of heliocentrism in a geocentric world and are subsequently hunted by the inquisition. They all share their passion for knowledge and truth and struggle against their faith in the face of what they know to be heretical ideas.
Oh, right, also a warning. It's a very graphic manga very quickly.

The major downside of ...

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Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite Chapter 1 Discussion
18927 - May 19
2 repliesby Michaelva12 »»
Oct 26, 1:24 PM
Questions about the ending(SPOILERS AHEAD)
Yosakusan - Oct 21
1 repliesby kkurai »»
Oct 26, 1:57 AM
What are your thoughts on the manga?
removed-user - Mar 24, 2022
12 repliesby MalyRBT »»
Oct 21, 7:05 PM
WTF happened with the MAL score ?
Kumoiro_Shizuki - May 23
1 repliesby KayKimii »»
May 23, 2:02 PM
The desire in finding the truth comes with high danger
bakagabriel - Sep 20, 2022
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