He was terribly introverted and fragile, mostly consumed by memories of his brother's death during a performance in the tightrope, and haunted by delusions of said late brother who would often even serve as his alter-ego. The protagonist is named Bird's Nest, an eighteen-year-old pretty boy who used to be an acrobat but has now retired to your average clown. Without giving away too much, the basic premise is this: A traveling circus owned by a deranged ringmaster sells his employees for purposes of sexual exploitation.
That being said, it's been an incredible reading experience for me, and it could be for you too. As intriguing as the sum of all its parts ultimately produce, certain aspects of the narrative are weak and baffling. Each of these elements have a hefty serving in the story itself, and worth paying attention to. In fact, the boy-love element of this manga isn't nearly as pivotal, and more or less focuses on themes of personal liberation, quest for identity and community, and recovery from sexual and emotional trauma.
With a sparse total of only two volumes, The Breath of Copernicus is a worthwhile read filled with symbolic significance that someone with a morbid fascination for dark fairy-tales can't possibly resist. There are many amazing character composition and landscape in her visuals that are just damn impressive. I think Nakamura's artistic style is what really made reading this manga particularly hypnotic. I didn't know what to expect when I first skimmed through the pages, but the visuals did stand out immediately upon browsing. Of the finalized list of BL-GL mangas I plan to read this 2016, Coponicus is something I only stumbled upon by chance during downloads of certified recommended yaoi online.
Nothing about it is for the sake of fanservice, which was a most thrilling shock for me. This isn't your average yaoi story at all.
"Eventually I'll break off from the swing, and become a constellation."Ī truly magnificent and perplexing yaoi manga, The Breath of Copernicus (Copernicus No Kokyuu) written and illustrated by Asumiko Nakamura is both dark and enchanting, something of a fairy-tale in its trance-like pacing and gothic appeal.
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