Arte #17

Set against a moody twilight landscape of open fields and distant riders, the cover of Arte #17 places its long-braided, violet-cloaked heroine at the foreground, sword in hand and gaze cast back over her shoulder with quiet resolve. Beside her, a second darkly dressed figure tends to a horse while the horizon stretches wide behind them — Kei Ohkubo's art giving the whole scene a contemplative, almost melancholic stillness that feels worlds away from the Italian Renaissance setting fans know. This 2023 volume from Komikku Éditions invites both longtime readers and newcomers to follow Arte wherever her determined steps may lead.