70億の針 [70 Oku no Hari] [7 Billion Needles] #1

A striking opening volume from Tadano Nobuaki, whose title 7 Billion Needles immediately hints at something vast and sharp. The cover presents a blue-haired girl in a school uniform, headphones resting around her neck, gazing upward with quiet intensity as electric energy crackles at her fingertips — all while an enormous mesh or net looms behind her against a dusky sky. It's a beautifully composed image that balances stillness with tension, making this first volume hard to put down before you've even opened it.