History Manga / CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Juan to Cesare. He thinks his brother is whiny and stupid (a view that may or may not have been instilled by their father) and likes Miguel's company better. Occasionally, Lucrezia, although he dotes on her more.

* TheGhost: Vannozza Cattanei only appears in a single two-frame flashback, and in a letter in the last volume.

%%* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Miguel towards Cesare. Although, while he will follow Cesare, he will also yell at him when he does something stupid. See also, Della Rovere and Rafaelle Riario.

** Somewhat averted, despite the fact that everyone in historical Europe seemed to juggle between seven or eight names. The series has three "Johns" so far, each called by a different name: Giovanni de'Medici is the most important one, Juan Borgia goes by his Spanish name, and the other Juan Borgia goes by his nickname, Silenzio.

* WomanScorned: Adriana clearly despises Vannozza Cattanei, and is scorned on behalf of her son at how Rodrigo sleeps with his wife.

* AdaptedOut: Gioffre Borgia, Cesare's youngest brother, is never mentionned. There is no hint that he even exists in the manga.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Cesare has fond memories of his mother Vannozza Cattanei, though he hasn't seen her in many years. He wants to silence every one who attack her for his and his sibling's birth status.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Some characters are already well-established when we meet them, such as Leonardo Da Vinci or Christopher Columbus (although he has still to land in America), but Michelangelo is still an apprentice and Machiavelli is a young student with an AscendedFanboy crush on Cesare. Of course, Giovanni, Cesare and his younger siblings, even Miguel all count as this, as the story so far predates the conclave that put their families in power. Little Giulio de'Medici, Giovanni's little brother, is also future Pope Clement VII.

* SharedFamilyQuirks: Cesare and Lucrezia have very familiar expressions, which make Angelo see him in her.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Some characters are already well-established when we meet them, such as Leonardo Da Vinci or Christopher Columbus (although he has still to land in America), but Michelangelo is still an apprentice and Machiavelli is a young student with an AscendedFanboy crush on Cesare. Of course, Giovanni, Cesare and his younger siblings, even Miguel all count as this, as the story so far predates the conclave that put their families in power.

%%* AdaptedOut: Gioffre Borgia, Cesare's youngest brother, is never mentionned. There is no hint that he even exists in the manga.

** Angelo's mother and Clarice Orsini, Giovanni's, are given descriptions and flashbacks that say a lot about their personalities.

* ShownTheirWork: Souryo Fuyumi has been working with several Renaissance experts to make her work as authentic, detailed and accurate as possible.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Some characters are already well-established when we meet them, such as Leonardo Da Vinci or Christopher Columbus (although he has still to land in America), but Michelangelo is still an apprentice and Machiavelli is a young student with an AscendedFanboy crush on Cesare. Of course, Giovanni, Cesare and his younger siblings, even Miguel all count as this, as the story so far predates the conclave that put their families in power.

Angelo Da Canossa, a young student from Florence, arrives at the prestigious Sapienza university in Pisa. Suddenly surrounded by boys from the greatest families in Italy, the young man is particularly drawn to Cesare Borgia, the brilliant natural son of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia. The era is particularly tense for Italy. Old alliances are crumbling, the Pope is on his deathbed, and Cesare is about to bring Angelo into this world of sharks...

In creating ''Cesare'', Souryo has collaborated with a Dante scholar to bring to life a vivid portrait of Renaissance Italy in great and accurate detail.

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* AdiposeRex: As depicted on their historical paintings, King Ferrante of Napoli, Ludovico Sforza of Milan and all the men in the series who will eventually be Pope (Rodrigo Borgia, Giuliano Della Rover, Giovanni de'Medici) are quite heavy-set.

** Draghignazzo to Miguel. Both are TheDragon to the head of their association
, and Draghignazzo tells Miguel they [[NotSoDifferentRemark aren't so different]], with one being illegitimate and the other Jewish, depending respectively on the Medici and the Borgias to survive. Unlike Draghignazzo, though, Miguel is a BrutallyHonest [[TheConsigliere consigliere]], and the closest thing Cesare has to an actual friend; while Draghignazzo just flatters Giovanni to better manipulate him into doing his will, and Giovanni laters blames himself for not being a better friend to Draghignazzo. It is quite clear that Miguel would follow Cesare to the end of the world, while Draghignazzo [[spoiler: betrayed the Medici at the first hint of their power fading.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who knows a bit of history knows that Rodrigo will becomes Pope, Della Rovere after him, and Giovanni eventually. They also know that the death of Lorenzo marks the beginning of the end for a few generations for the Medici, and that the Borgias will indeed kill Savonarola eventually.

''Cesare - Il Creatore che ha distrutto'' (Japanese: チェーザレ 破壊の創造者, ''Chēzare Hakai no Sōzō-sha'', lit. "Cesare, the Creator who Destroyed") is a manga series by Souryo Fuyumi, serialized in the Japanese monthly comic magazine Morning and published in tankōbon format by Kodansha. The series ran in ''Morning'' from 2005 to 2021.

** Giovanni to Cesare. Both are very intelligent young men from powerful families, both clergymen, respected heads of their respective associations, and their debates are the greatest animation during class. Initially, Giovanni was hinted to be [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness as sneaky as Cesare]]. However, Giovanni is a meek pushover; Cesare is a major player with resounding authority. Giovanni is more of an artistic soul ; Cesare is a politically astute MagnificentBastard. Giovanni describes himself as plain ; Cesare is strikingly handsome. Giovanni's concerns are petty and worldly; Cesare is always looking at the bigger picture. Giovanni is extremely sheltered and initially very egocentric; Cesare makes himself aware of the evils of the world and knows his men. Finally, Giovanni is genuine in his friendship towards Cesare, despite being often annoyed by his antics; Cesare humors him for political reasons, but does enjoy teasing him.

** Draghignazzo to Miguel. Both are TheDragon to the head of their association, and Draghignazzo tells Miguel they [[NotSoDifferentRemark aren't so different]], with one being illegitimate and the other Jewish, depending respectively on the Medici and the Borgias to survive. Unlike Draghignazzo, though, Miguel is a BrutallyHonest [[TheConsigliere consigliere]], and the closest thing Cesare has to an actual friend; while Draghignazzo just flatters Giovanni to better manipulate him into doing his will, and Giovanni laters blames himself for not being a better friend to Draghignazzo. It is quite clear that Miguel would follow Cesare to the end of the world, while Draghignazzo [[spoiler: betrayed the Medici at the first hint of their power fading.]]

* TheGhost: Vannozza Cattanei as only appeared in a single two-frame flashback so far, and not even big frames, despite being mentionned frequently.

* HitSoHardTheCalendarFeltIt: We meet Christopher Columbus right before he leaves on the journey that will lead him to America. At one point, the Spaniards celebrate the successful end of the Reconquista. These two events, on top the invention of the printing press and the fall of Constantinople, are generally said to mark the switch from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance.

* LonelyRichKid: Cesare was this as a child, mixed with IntelligenceEqualsIsolation. In the end, Miguel was brought from Valence to be a comrade Cesare would not need to dumb down for.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Cesare, for the entire factory arc. All of the Fiorentines are in awe of Giovanni's excellent management of the project, but Angelo knows that Cesare is the one making all the decisions.
* ManipulativeBastard: Ultimately, Cesare just uses all of his friends. All the members of the Spanish associations are his personnal guard more than fellow students; Miguel is his protector, and has killed for him; Giovanni is a pawn to serve as a link between the Borgias and the Medici, and Angelo is a spy. Miguel is acutely aware of this and warns Angelo not to put Ceare on a pedestal. Cesare seems to sincerely regret [[CorruptTheCutie his treatment of Angelo]] when his schemes lead to Angelo getting stabbed for him. By this time, however, Angelo is ready to knowingly accept his place in Cesare's service.

** Angelo, literally Angel. A little on the nose with this one, uh?
** Dragho, the beginning of Draghignazzo, means Dragon. Accurate for TheDragon to Giovanni, one can suppose.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Miguel towards Cesare. Although, while he will follow Cesare, he will also yell at him when he does something stupid. See also, Della Rovere and Rafaelle Riario.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Cesare, after Julius Caesar of course. Rodrigo Borgia also names ''himself'' after Alexander the Great.
* {{Nephewism}}: Cesare is always referred to as Rodrigo's nephew. Rodrigo himself was brougt into the Curia by his uncle Calixtus III, and Della Rovere by his uncle Sixtus IV.
* {{Nepotism}}: Cesare has a ridiculously impressive resume as a clergyman for a boy of sixteen. Most of it is due to his father's influence.

** During his escapade in the streets of Pisa, he runs on rooftops, spits nuts into a gentleman's hat, interrupts a play with his comments, plays fair games, gets frustrated by a puzzle he can't figure out, innocently tries to pay for things with gold, and flirts with a bunch of weavers.
** You wouldn't picture him in a brothel, but he seems to know a lot about the prostitutes his friends frequent.

** Rodrigo takes Giovanni under his wing when he arrives in Rome, and Giovanni even ends up calling him his "Roman father". Unfortunately, his brother demands he support Rodrigo's rival during the conclave, which he can't quite bring himself to do.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: Obviously, Pope Innocent VIII's, for the conclave arc and all the arcs that will follow.

** How Giuliano Della Rovere gained so much influence in the Curia : despite his humble origins, he's loud, confident, angry, and scares the meeker cardinals.

* SecretlyDying: Lorenzo de'Medici. During the Riario/Medici reconciliation dinner, Cesare, who has been made aware of this by Machiavelli, distracts Rafaelle and sends him away before he can see Lorenzo have a seizure.

* SuccessionCrisis: Also known as [[Series/AmericasNextTopModel Who Will be Christianity's Next Top Pope]] starting in book 12.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Cesare and Henri's bullfight is essentially a debate on CulturalPosturing occasionally intercut with a punch. As Cesare points out, words are useless on someone like Henri. During their second fight, after the melee, they completely drop the arguments and simply lash out at each other with swords.

* UnknownRelative: Upon [[spoiler: his death]], Draghignazzo admits to being an illegitimate child. Considering that he still gets to study at the university of Pisa and how he looks more like Lorenzo de' Medici than his own children, it does not seem impossible that he and Giovanni could have been half-brothers all along.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Early on, Cesare secures an impressive quantity of sugar to bribe Dominico Della Rovere into supporting Rodrigo. Cardinal Dominico is never mentioned again after this.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Some characters are already well-established when we meet them, such as Leonardo Da Vinci or Christopher Columbus (although he has still to land in America), but Michelangelo is still an apprentice and Machiavelli is a young student with an AscendedFanboy crush on Cesare. Of course, Giovanni, Cesare and his younger siblings, even Miguel all count as this, as the story so far predates the conclave that put their family in power.

* AllForNothing: Played with. Cesare spends the 10 first books curating the support of the Medici family (it's the very reason he's in Pisa in the first place),but [[spoiler: upon Lorenzo's death, his son Piero decides to break his father's alliances, including the one with the Borgias. However, Giovanni is the one actually voting in the Conclave, and his friendship with Cesare and Rodrigo still matters to him. It is not yet known how his vote will affect the Conclave, if it does.]]

* ArrangedMarriage: Lucrezia is currently betrothed to a young Spanish aristocrat.

* AttentionWhore: Although he has only appeared once in the series so far, Juan seems to be this. [[FreudianExcuse With brothers like genius Cesare and war hero Pedro-Luis, he has reasons to want his place in the sun too.]]

* AuthorAppeal: Souryo Fuyumi was once famous for her horse art; horses are prominently featured in the series and even become Cesare and Angelo's first bonding point.

** By book 10, beware Angelo himself. While he is still mostly dorky and well-meaning, he has definitely developped a political acumen and works for Cesare as [[spoiler: Giovanni's new right-hand man]].

* BigBrotherWorship: Lucrezia for Cesare. Borders on BigBrotherAttraction. Knowing [[BrotherSisterIncest the rumors that followed these two characters in history]], who knows where this road leads?

** Giuliano Della Rovera is having one build for himself, but according to Ascanio Sforza, he is mistaking "fancy" for "vulgar".

* ChildhoodFriends: Cesare and Miguel. Miguel was brought from his Spanish orphanage to Rome at age 6 to become Cesare's companions, and they quickly bonded, both in desperate need of a friend.

* DecadentCourt: The Curia. It is part of the reason why Cesare was the destroy- ahem, reform it so much.

* DisappearedDad: Angelo's, as above. Miguel is an orphan from the beginning. Lorenzo de Medici eventually dies, leaving Giovanni and all of his sibligs orphans.
* DotingParent: Rodrigo... to Lucrezia and Cesare. He quite clearly despises Juan.

** Giovanni was initially a very proud and confident, if cordial, young man, supposed to be Cesare's more studious and courtly {{Foil}}, but with the same potential to be a MagnificentBastard. He quickly became more of a meek pushover over the chapters.

** Cesare introduces first his parents as a monster and a whore. While the intent to begin with their reputation is clear, later-chapters Cesare would hate anyone to accuse his mother of being a whore, and him and his siblings of being bastards.

* {{Ephebophile}}: Rafaelle Riario seems to have... a thing, let's say, for Cesare.

* EvilUncle: Ludovico il Moro of Milan in the eyes of his niece, Caterina Sforza. She despises him and consideres the power over Milan should go to her younger brother.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Fans wonder how far the series will be able to go in the life of Cesare Borgia, as the first ten books barely cover a year. Book 1 came out in 2005.
* FacialHorror: Poor Orsino suffers from an eye infection that disfigured him, causing a huge edema that makes him look positively like Quasimodo. Everyone avoids him, terrified of contamination, and he believes himself abandonned by God.

* AdaptedOut: Gioffre Borgia, Cesare's youngest brother, is never mentionned. There is no hint that he even exists in the manga.

''Cesare - Il Creatore che ha distrutto'' (Japanese: チェーザレ 破壊の創造者, Hepburn: Chēzare Hakai no Sōzō-sha, lit. "Cesare, the Creator who Destroyed") is a manga series by Souryo Fuyumi, serialized in the Japanese monthly comic magazine Morning and published in tankōbon format by Kodansha. The series ran in Morning from 2005-2021.

A musical adaptation was produced in 2020. All performances were cancelled due to Covid-19 but it was finally performed in January and February of 2023.

''Cesare - Il Creatore che ha distrutto'' (Japanese: チェーザレ 破壊の創造者, Hepburn: Chēzare Hakai no Sōzō-sha, lit. "Cesare, the Creator who Destroyed") is a manga series by Souryo Fuyumi, serialized in the Japanese monthly comic magazine Morning and published in tankōbon format by Kodansha. The first volume was published in 2005 and there have been 12 volumes published in Japan so far (as of 2020). The series is currently ongoing in Morning.
The manga went on a hiatus from October 2014 to November 2018.

* {{Retcon}}: Depending on the circumstances, Miguel is either a poor orphan or the son of an aristocratic Spanish family. The later is likely to be his cover story for being allowed to frequent Cesare and study at La Sapienza.

* HoYay: What with Cesare's tribute to Miguel after the bullfight, the offer to give him Savonarola's corpse for insulting him, and all their general {{Bromance}}... It is very easy to ship them, especially when Miguel has no other love interest and Cesare's interest in [[SatelliteLoveInterest Ottavia]] is only in surface (he can't even get her name right).

* OneSceneWonder: Charles VIII of France is probably supposed to be this, so far. If the series last until his Italian conquests, he will become a major antagonist and this one scene will be an EarlyBirdCameo.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Giovanni's final exam at the university consists in a series of theological debates with scholars and ecclesiastics. He is acing it, until Cesare comes to ask him about the religious morality of money-lending. As he comes from a banker family, he struggles to confront his biases without sounding like a complete hypocrite.
** Subverted in that it turns out to his favor. The audience was feeling like the professors were being easy on Giovanni, and Cesare actually putting up a fight in the debate allows him to really shine as an orator and theologian.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Angelo finds Lucrezia so sweet that he can't believe she's Cesare's sister... until she passive-aggressively destroys two ladies who were mocking her.

* BigFancyCastle: The archbishop's palace where Cesare resides in Pisa is an admirable building filled with works of arts. It is utterly dwarfed by the Borgias' palace in Rome.

* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Very much averted. France was arguably the most powerful country in Europe at the time, and Henri and his French association are the most brutish, honor-obsessed, vindictive bullies at the university. Young King Charles VIII, who will eventually pose a problem to the Borgia rule, is presented as a voracious conqueror.

* HollywoodHealing: Averted. When Angelo is [[spoiler: stabbed to protect Cesare]], it takes him weeks of being bedridden and the care of Cesare's physicians to eventually recover. Similarly, when Cesare breaks Henri's nose during their bullfight, it stays broken and heals very crookedly.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Often centered around Cesare: while he is a clergyman and a MagnificentBastard, he is also, at times, just a sixteen-year-old boy.

* OneSteveLimit: Somewhat averted, despite the fact that everyone in historical Europe seemed to juggle between seven or eight names. The series has three "Johns" so far, each called by a different name: Giovanni de'Medici is the most important one, Juan Borgia goes by his Spanish name, and the other Juan Borgia goes by his nickname, Silenzio.