アオのハコ [Ao no Hako] #17

A hauntingly beautiful cover greets readers of this seventeenth volume of Ao no Hako, published by Shueisha under the Jump Comics imprint. A young woman with long, pale hair and wide, luminous eyes gazes outward, surrounded by elegant goldfish drifting through an aquatic atmosphere — the subtitle 最後の花火 ("Last Fireworks") lending the image a quietly bittersweet mood. Creator 三浦糀 (Miura Koji) brings a delicate, dreamlike sensibility to the artwork that makes this entry in the series feel both intimate and emotionally resonant.