Beast Complex #1

Paru Itagaki's Beast Complex arrives with this striking Ki-oon seinen volume, its cover depicting two anthropomorphic animals — a pale, sharp-toothed canine and a golden, bespectacled camel-like figure — facing each other intently against a moody urban nightscape of overpasses and city lights. The tension and curiosity between these two characters hints at the kind of charged, cross-species encounters that define Itagaki's world. Fans of thoughtful, character-driven anthro fiction will find this 2021 volume a genuinely compelling place to start.