アオハライド [Ao Haru Ride] #5

Two figures stand back-to-back against a softly bubbling, dream-like background — a tall young man with silver-white hair in a yellow coat and a petite young woman with rosy-pink hair in a cool blue-grey ensemble, their postures carrying that particular tension of closeness and distance at once. This manga adaptation of Io Sakisaka's beloved shojo series is rendered here by Akiko Abe, capturing the quiet emotional charge that makes Ao Haru Ride such a resonant read. Volume 5 of this Shueisha Cobalt Bunko edition is a lovely addition for fans of heartfelt, beautifully illustrated romance.