Renaissance Italy, beautiful boys, intrigue, evil, murderous plots, flawless art...sound good? You might want to check out Cantarella.
The artwork alone is truly reason enough to buy the entire series. I confess to being a Yuu Higuri art fanatic and this series had me swooning. Higuri did her research and the clothes, scenery and background art is as authentic as you could ever hope to expect from a manga. (As far as I can tell, having not lived in Renaissance Italy, or modern Italy for that matter.) The clothes are never-ending, the gowns, the puffy-sleeved shirts, the jewelery, the elaborate hairstyles, capes and shoes! Always changing,
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Alternative TitlesJapanese: カンタレラ More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 12
Chapters: 49
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 16, 2000 to Apr 16, 2010
Demographic:
Shoujo
Serialization:
Princess Gold Authors:
Higuri, You (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #29502 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #6115
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Your Feelings Categories Apr 21, 2014
Giving this series a 10/10 for everything- story, art, character, enjoyment.
Its a story full of angst, forbidden relationships and unrequited love. Each character is doomed to suffer emotionally for life. And the protagonist Cesare has the worst share of them all. Story: The story is well woven with historical facts (can't say how much percentage though) + heavy dose of supernatural elements to it, similar to how the Hakuouki anime series has been made. It gave me a vague idea of what kind of struggles must have taken place between France and Italy which was really interesting to read, since I haven't really read much about ... |