Karneval

Description

Nai–a young man who travels in search of another by the name of Karoku, a lone bracelet his only lead. Gareki–a willful young man who earns his daily bread by thieving and picking pockets. Thrown together at an eerie mansion, where they are entrapped and framed, Nai and Gareki are soon hunted down as criminals by national security forces. As they are driven into a corner, before them appears the most powerful defense agency in the country, “Circus”–!!

Type

Manga

Karneval Anthology (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Carneval

Carnival.

Kaanivaru

Karnaval

Karneval ล่าทรชน

K∀RNEVAL

Vòng Tay Người Ấy

Карнавал

كرنفال

カーニヴァル

狂欢节

黑色嘉年華

카니발

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.125 by Niji Scanlations 4 years ago

c.121.5 by Niji Scanlations 5 years ago

c.124 by Niji Scanlations 5 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

28 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 7, Chap 37

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

4 topics, 10 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (411 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.26 / 10.0

35%

17%

22%

13%

Last Updated

March 23rd, 2025 3:08am PDT - 6 months ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Drama Fantasy Josei Mystery Sci-fi Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Ichijinsha

Serialized In (magazine)

Comic Zero-Sum (Ichijinsha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Yen Press (14 2-in-1 Omnibus - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #697

(+18)

Monthly Pos #1989

(-74)

3 Month Pos #3372

(-67)

6 Month Pos #3965

(-629)

Year Pos #5383

(-9)

List Stats

On 2045 reading lists

On 1341 wish lists

On 124 completed lists

On 142 unfinished lists

On 520 custom lists

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Did this stop being translated?

10 years ago

Romance?

13 years ago

Anime of Karneval Announced

13 years ago

RAW scan?

15 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

tbh

by Miachann
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

this manga with me since i was kid until now, thankyou sensei for your beautiful work

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by rukiamara
3 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I truly loved this manga, Nai is one of the most adorable main characters ever, his friendship with the others, mainly Gareki, truly beautiful! Unfortunately the ending is really rushed, You can see that the author wanted to finish quickly, which is a pity...

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Good Story

by lvchuanguang
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

一直都很喜欢这部动漫，今天无意间来到外文的这个网站看到狂欢节了好开心w，我最喜欢的就是小无了，感觉网站上没人刷cp所以我来刷一帖：花无王道！嘉无赛高！
translate：I‘ve been loved this animation [and manga]for a long time,today i come here by accident and found karneval.i love every people here,especially nai chyan~~~he is always so cute!
it seems that nobody like CP here 😕 so i have to say:garenai is so good!karonai is so good too!!!
[my first language is not english so lost all the capital form here,sorry]

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Beautiful and Fascinating

by whistlebird
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Tried it out because of the fantastically beautiful art. Got addicted because of the fun chemistry of the characters and ever more intriguing and exciting plot.

Nai is just so darn cute and innocent you wanna squeeze the heck out of him. Yogi comes off a little cloying sometimes but he's just so genuinely NICE you can't help but root for him (and laugh at him) and besides, he gets a lot more interesting when certain things come to light. Gareki is impossible not to like (to tease) and watching him grow and very reluctantly learn to interact with people is fun and interesting. Karoku of course is the source of much of the series' mystery and the more you learn the more curious you get. And the Varuga? Downright FREAKY sometimes, in just the right unnatural, twisted way, without going too far. I've lost much sleep reading this. It's downright beautiful. Lighthearted and innocent, full of dream-like fantasy wonders and nightmares in a world cunningly crafted and filled with detailed and beautiful inventions and special abilities. It's got everything I like.

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....

by jnatsumi
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

It s probably the amnesia but god dang the protagonist is stupid. "What's 5 minutes?" Seriously? There's something called innocence, but this is stupidity,...or extreme extreme extreme amnesia.
I don't know if I have the will power and patience to plow through these first few chapters... I dearly hope it gets better.

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The art is beautiful!

by silverblueroses
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

I'm currently halfway done with whats updated (so basically up to chap 30 ish) and really, the plot is kinda boring me. I read this mostly for the art and the interesting tags. The art is truly breathtaking and I have to say, Yogi looks very much like Gary from IB, right up to the thorns and

silver hair (am I the only one who thought that?)
Let me just say this...
the only thing that has somewhat captured my attention is ! Nai being part niji and Karoku's mysterious back story with Nai

Again the art is amazing and if the plot was more toward what I like then maybe I'd be more intrigued. I'll continue reading for now, and if my opinion somehow changes... then I'll update this... then again, I might be so bored with this that I just never finish reading. It just isn't my cup of tea.

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(Y)

by yennyenn
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I actually prefer reading the manga to watching the anime. Just because the anime skips all the funny scenes. But the main storyline is still adapted well. The drawing is so adorable! Love Nai and Gareki! 😀

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Somehow...

by zelly006
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Karneval really suprised me with it´s plot. I didnt expect much of it at first but I kept on reading because the art is eye catching. Yes the plot is a bit dragging but it is going somewhere and I really like the way it is taking. But the question is... am I the only one who was bawling her eyes out for no apparent reason? It has something to do with the innocence of some characters, it´s just heart warming. I never felt like this towards a manga before. Especially Nai. The artist really did an amazing job in expressing Nais view of his surroundings. And even thought I´m a person for romance the friendship and the platonic love that is going on is refreshing and beautiful. I hope it stays this way. Otherwise I don´t see anything that could go wrong with Karneval. If not for the plot people should read it for the characters. They´re lovely and unique.

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Quite good

by Sami_chan
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

The art is really pretty, the uniforms and clothes are well designed, characters have personalities and the story is quite fun to watch... But put that aside, there are too much characters and some of them are quite redundant, not to mention the meaningless POVs and suppose to be touching stories... Uhm, not much for my liking but it's still good I guess...

But not like ForteAtrox, the person I hate the most in this series is Yori, not Nai. Nai is my fav one. Just like you said, Nai is innocent, but he has a reason for that. He is not human, he is an animal, a small and extremelly weak animal to begin with, so what more could you expect an animal to behave? I find him sweet and lovely.

But Yogi is opposite. He is innocent, childish, girly, clumsy, cheerful, emotional... kind to everyone and get scared easily, even more than Nai! I want to tell you that I actually don't find these guys Hatori or Akari hot at all, I've always fond of cute and kid-like guys, but Yogi is just too much. He had cross the line and became really annoying after each chapter. Not the main character, yet he appears sooooooo much, and the shouen ai-ish he give off doesn't annoy me any less . I admit, I like shounen ai, but can not with some unreasonable character like this.

p/s: ah well, I also love Gareki. But who wouldn't tho? 🙂

... Last updated 12 years ago

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well planned

by namu76
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

then again I think one difference between shounen series and shoujo or josei is that in shoujo or josei, it (the story) seems more likely to stick to the author's original plan, in which shounen (e.g. jump) the series will be soon canceled once they lose popularity.

so, in all likelihood, I love how the story seems to be well planned by the author and the way the mysteries being unfold one by one neatly

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