Arata: The Legend #6

Volume 6 of Yuu Watase's Arata: The Legend brings together a striking trio of characters on its cover — a dark-haired young man clutching an ornate shield-like relic, a red-haired companion close at his side, and a blue-haired figure adorned with gold accessories in the foreground, all set against a warm, petal-scattered landscape with a silver-haired, red-eyed figure looming in the shadows above. Watase's linework is as fluid and expressive as ever, balancing the tension between that brooding presence overhead and the more intimate cluster of allies below. With Chapter 48 titled "Reunion," this 2011 Shonen Sunday volume promises the kind of charged, emotionally layered storytelling the series does so well.