Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

About “Orb: On the Movements of the Earth”

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Uoto. It was serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits, a seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, from September 2020 to April 2022. The series was later collected into eight tankōbon volumes. The story is set in 15th-century Europe and follows scholars who take great risks to study the heliocentric theory, a concept considered forbidden at the time. Their journeys are filled with danger as they seek knowledge in a period of strict religious and scientific control. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)