Alice & Zouroku #4

Tetsuya Imai's heartfelt manga continues in this fourth volume, its clean cover perfectly capturing the series' quiet emotional tone — a dark-haired girl clutching an oversized teddy bear with a blue ribbon bow, her expression somewhere between guarded and contemplative. There's something disarmingly tender about the image that speaks to the bond between childhood vulnerability and the need for comfort this series does so well. Fans of the series will find volume four a welcome continuation of Imai's distinctive blend of the everyday and the extraordinary.