荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ [Arakawa Andā za Burijji] #12

Volume 12 of Hikaru Nakamura's beloved slice-of-life comedy brings an arrestingly striking cover: a young man stands poised inside an ornate birdcage, a great white-winged creature looming behind him with feathers spread wide. The contrast of the delicate Victorian ironwork cage against that deep black background gives the image an otherworldly, almost dreamlike gravity that perfectly captures the series' blend of the whimsical and the strange. Fans of the Arakawa riverbank's wonderfully eccentric cast will find this a fitting visual send-off for the final volume of Nakamura's celebrated run.