Beastars #1

The opening volume of Paru Itagaki's Beastars announces itself with quiet, unsettling confidence — a grey wolf in suspenders and a collared shirt stares out from the cover with wide, hollow eyes, his expression somewhere between vulnerability and barely contained menace. That tension between civilized appearance and predatory nature is written all over the image, making it a perfect visual introduction to this acclaimed Shonen Champion series. If anthropomorphic drama with genuine emotional depth sounds appealing, this is exactly where to start.