We first follow the naive Angelo as our eyes, an innocent yet sometimes bold young man who is rather out of touch with pretty much everything going on in his world. Pretty standard as far as a main character goes really. Easier to self-insert and allows the manga to give some information about the world to the readers while still being a proper character in his own right.
From there, we are introduced to the political world of Italy alongside with the school's prodigy and our true main character, the young Cesare Borgia, the later famous figure from the Renaissance era infamous for being Machiavelli's model for an ideal ruler. This is where the manga really starts picking up, and we see with more in depth and active involvement with the world as a whole.
I haven't really mention the university, haven't I? Because man, they're just so great. It's such a nice place to introduce the story, especially for someone like me who have no idea who Cesare Borgia even is or what's going on in Italy back then. The teachers can tell story and ask deep important question, while the students who have different nationalities and values can "exchange ideas" (though I guess bickering would be more accurate, even if it's more comprehensible) and make the school setting into this mini-political world for us to dip our feet into to prepare us for the real one.
If there's anything I want to critique, I guess sometimes I feel like Cesare is too... OP, I guess? As in, there's not really a moment where he's wrong or anything like that? But that's not really a big deal, and it does seem something big will be happening soon in the future.
Well, enough about the story and let's talk about the art.
It's just phenomenal.
It feels... "quiet", if that even makes any sense for you.
The character's faces are not very dynamic, but they made up in it in other ways that I can't really explain very well other than quiet.
Instead of One Piece's jawdrops and My Hero Academia's intense lines, Cesare's artstyle has this dream-like state which reminds me of an artwork involving a pure white sand beach-like land under a pure black starless night sky. It's odd and barely say anything, and yet its whisper pulls you in nonetheless.
The clothing and architectures are also top notch. I can't say for sure about its historical accuracy and all that stuffs, but I can definitely say that they look great and manage to immerse me even more than I already did.
Overall, I have almost nothing but good things to say about the art and the story as a whole, and I hope they can keep up this quality of art and story or maybe even improve it in the future.
