Gorgeous Carat - Kurayami no Bitoku

Description

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Welcome to last XIX century in Paris, where ball gowns swirl, laughter rings through marble hallways, and jewels sparkle—both at the throats of the elite of the city, and in the amethyst eyes of one particular young man. A phantom thief is stalking the city, and nothing beautiful is safe from his clutches!

Meet Florian, the only son of an impoverished noble family who ends up indebted to the stunning, mysterious Ray Balzac Courland. He may have been sold to repay a family debt, but you can count on the fact that Ray is going to get a whole lot more than he bargained for!

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Gorgeous Carat

Gorgeous Carat - Virtue of Darkness

ゴージャス・カラット　暗闇の美徳

怪盗迷情

Groups Scanlating

Kanzashi

Mangagedon

MISSA

Latest Release(s)

v.4 c. by Kanzashi 18 years ago

v.3 c. by Kanzashi 18 years ago

v.2 c.1a by Mangagedon 20 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

4 Volumes (Complete)
3 Volumes (Aizouban, Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

Gorgeous Carat - Kurayami no Bitoku by ame_no_tori

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (140 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.78 / 10.0

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Last Updated

August 7th, 2025 4:34am PDT - 1 month ago

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Genre

Adventure Drama Historical Mystery Shounen Ai
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Gentosha

Home-Sha

Serialized In (magazine)

Web Spica (Gentosha)

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Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

Blu (Defunct / 4 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #751

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Monthly Pos #1679

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3 Month Pos #2199

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6 Month Pos #5743 (No change)

Year Pos #7145

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List Stats

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On 254 wish lists

On 471 completed lists

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Will there be more?

18 years ago

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by letterbee96
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

This is like reading a simple straightforward fanfiction that rushes drama and character development..

Don't get me wrong! This manga is generally good seriously! It's just that....a scene can change within a single panel and suddenly BOOM. But I admit, it's difficult to find a manga with this ambience and plot. So, I say, give it a shot.

I just wished...that there was something more between Florian and Rei.. Yes, Florian falls for Rei like BOOM after torturing him and shit but for us to decide whether its logic or not, I dont think we have the right to. Under multiple circumstances, you might have done the same. I'm not gonna rate this manga cuz I have mixed feelings about it but honestly, I think it's worth a shot. Just dont be so disappointed when suddenly BOOM manga ends.

(OMG I LOVE TO USE BOOM)

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Good story

by GOKI408
13 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

It was really a good story !! like you said in the first chapiter it's really annoying and i was nearly gonna drop it but when i starte reading ch 3 it's begin to be interesting .
I really wish the sequel of it will be scanned !
i thinks the art is not bad but not too beautiful too !
and the end is just not the end haha 😀 but i really like theire relation-ship between them , but like you aid i don't really like the torture at chapiter 1 ? it was too much ...

i really recomande it, just patiently go on till chapiter 4 😀

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More bad than good

by falloutgal
15 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Some general spoilers ahead, synopsis of first chapter.

If you don't mind a lot of senseless callous violence then this can be an exciting romp of an adventure series with lots of cliffhangers to tease you and pretty men to smoulder at you. I read all four volumes because the story is good at suspense and I was interested to find out what happened next but I never could relate to or sympathise with any of the characters so never cared about any of it.

The first chapter is terrible and the rest of the story just never quite recovers. Poor Florian is sold to Ray and the first thing Ray does is to indulge in a spot of torture. Don't imagine some sexy sort of teasing torture, nope, it's just straight-up torture with whips. Halfway through he gets bored and lets his henchmen finish off the job till Florian loses consciousness. The henchmen and Ray's loyal sidekick look on in chibi form with mild worry. Haha, are we supposed to find it funny that Ray is a callous sadist?

Ray is impressed that Florian suffered through it all without complaining and falls for him, I guess. Later on in the chapter Ray saves Florian from something or other and Florian falls for Ray, conveniently forgetting all about the torture episode. The whole setup is frankly ridiculous.

I pity poor Florian throughout the story because he goes through even worse things. I don't feel an iota of anything for Ray because, unlike Florian, I can't conveniently forget the little torture incident.

Later on we're introduced to a beautiful baddie with an eyepatch and long flowing hair. I think we're supposed to find him hot but unfortunately he has a habit of engaging in cold blooded murder and yep, you guessed it, torture; I don't know about other girls but that's rather a big turn-off for me. He, like Ray, has a traumatic past that explains away the behaviour but to me it's all somewhat contrived and trite.

Some other reviewer mentioned depth but I have to disagree. The characters are more like caricatures. Ray swings wildly from randomly evil to randomly sweet. I think he's supposed to be the troubled antihero sort but he lost me from the first chapter so I don't really give a toss. Florian is a sweet noble guy but his acceptance of Ray is wholly unbelievable. He's the typical innocent martyr type whose goodness verges on saintliness. The eyepatch baddie is just evil all the way, I don't get the attraction - is it the eyepatch?

The story actually has some potential, Higuri spins an interesting tale of adventure and a possibly intriguing relationship between Ray and Florian but unfortunately the whole thing just falls short.

I rated it a 5 because it kept me reading till the end and I was willing the characters to develop, well, more character, but they sadly disappointed.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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Don't let the first few chapters mislead you.

by Doki
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

The laid-back feeling of the first few chapters (although they have some sad elements) doesn't prepare you for the heartbreaking scenarios later in the manga.
Overall, I did love this; the art is gorgeous as is expected of Yuu Higuri and the story is sweet and funny while also having a great deal of depth.

The thing that most greatly disappointed me in the manga was the ending, which resolved everything but left the main relationship feeling "incomplete". Then I remembered that there are two sequels which I can only assume finish the main relationship instead of just having you infer what happens from hints.

My conclusion that this is a must-read for all BL fans. The art is beautiful and the story comes with a tear-jerker warning.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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by dreamer00013
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

I so don't recommend this. Stupid characters, mediocre art and there's a clear gap between good and evil. Plot isn't that good-
-__- Only for those who would die without shounen ai.

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wish it didnt end

by japanyaoilover
18 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

this was a grate manga ^_^ own vol.1-3 and read the 4th in the store(i didnt say that ok) wis they would of least coughf sorry cant tell or i'll be spoiling the hole manga

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