History Manga / GorgeousCarat

%%* BloodBrothers: Ray and Azura.

* BloodBrothers: Ray and Azura.
* BreakTheCutie

* HeroicBSOD: Florian. Drugs and rape are bad.
* ImpoverishedPatrician

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Azura, many times]].
* KissingDiscretionShot
* {{Loan Shark}}s: Averted and played with. Ray jokes about being this, but he goes out of his way to prevent Florian from being able to pay him back.

* NoSenseOfDirection: Very much Florian.

* ParentalAbandonment: Pretty much everyone.
* PhantomThief
* PrivateDetective: Solomon Sugar.
* RapeAsDrama: Poor Florian.
* SecretIdentity

* TheSyndicate: The Black Hand.

* UnderwaterKiss
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Poor Laila.

* WhipItGood: Ray.

* WhatBeautifulEyes: Florian gets it constantly. They're {{purple|eyes}}.

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Florian. It's [[WhatBeautifulEyes the]] [[PurpleEyes eyes]].

* LoveAtFirstSight: The relationship starts off quite one-sided. Ray just needed one look at [[WhatBeautifulEyes those]] [[PurpleEyes eyes]]. More of a "desire for possession at first sight".

* TechnicolorEyes: Florian has [[PurpleEyes amethyst eyes]]. For once, unusual eyes in a manga ''aren't'' treated as an everyday occurrence; they're commented on quite frequently.

* LoanSharks: Averted and played with. Ray jokes about being this, but he goes out of his way to prevent Florian from being able to pay him back.

''Gorgeous Carat'' is a BoysLove manga series by You Higuri (mangaka of ''GakuenHeaven''), set in Victorian-era France. Currently a four-part series and a one-shot sequel, with more on the way.

A BoysLove manga series by You Higuri (mangaka of ''GakuenHeaven''), set in Victorian-era France. Currently a four-part series and a one-shot sequel, with more on the way.

* [[strike:YaoiFangirl]][[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fanboy]]: Ray and Azura embrace in a Muslim greeting. Everyone misunderstands. It is Noel, the ''five year old boy'', who is squealing with glee, little hearts floating around him.

A BoysLove manga series by You Higuri (mangaka of GakuenHeaven), set in Victorian era France. Currently a four-part series and a one-shot sequel, with more on the way.

Paris is in an uproar over the famous and notorious PhantomThief Noir, aka usurer Ray Balzac Courland. A [[ImpoverishedPatrician peniless aristocratic]] woman seeks Ray out to help with her family debts, and is forced to give him the only thing she can as collateral - her son, Florian du Rochefort. Their relationship starts off quite rocky, but this being BL, things run their natural course as the pair go on treasure hunting adventures, try (unsuccessfully) to fool the [[PrivateDetective private detective]] bent on proving Ray's identity, and have run-ins with the [[TheSyndicate crime syndicate]] Black Hand.

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This series provides examples of:
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The HoYay between the heroes isn't as blatant as other BoysLove series, but that just makes the sweet moments all the sweeter. [[spoiler:Like Florian (and Ray, but it's not quite as poignant when he does it) willing to give his life for Ray. And Ray increasing Florian's debt so that he can never leave him.]]

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Florian. It's the eyes...
* EveryoneIsBi: Characters' sexualities are never addressed (except for a couple 'are you gay?' jokes at Ray's expense). [[EvenTheGuysWantHim The guys just all want Florian]].

* IntimateHealing: Azura does the MedicineKiss variation. [[spoiler:That ain't medicine, though, and he ain't trying to heal.]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Azura, many times.]]

* LoveAtFirstSight: The relationship starts off quite one-sided. Ray just needed one look at those eyes. More of a 'desire for possession at first sight'.

* NoSenseOfDirection: Very much Florian

* SpoilerOpening: Manga variation. [[spoiler:Azura's evil isn't much of a shocking plot twist when it's shown on that chapter's title page.]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Ray and Florian aren't the type of couple to fall into bed together by the end of the first volume. [[spoiler:They don't even kiss until the end of the fourth volume, and it isn't really shown. We're still waiting for outright declarations of love, and sex.]]
* [[strike:YaoiFangirl]][[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fanboy]]: Ray and Azura embrace in a Muslim greeting. Everyone misunderstands. it is Noel, the ''five year old boy'', who is squealing with glee, little hearts floating around him.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Azura and his flowing silver locks. He is also [[DarkSkinnedBlond dark skinned]].

* AllDevouringBlackHoleLoanSharks: Averted and played with. Ray jokes about being this, but he goes out of his way to prevent Florian from being able to pay him back.

* DeadLittleSister

* ClicheStorm

* TheWoobie: Eleonora is pretty batshit. But you would be too if, as a child, [[spoiler:your mother was killed by your father, then your maternal uncle showed up and killed your father in front of you - and oh yeah, your maternal uncle is your real father. Uncle/father then molests you, and keeps you locked up with your dead mother.]] Whew.

* IntimateHealing: Azura does the Medicine Kiss variation. [[spoiler:That ain't medicine, though, and he ain't trying to heal.]]

* YaoiGuys