Beastars #10

Volume 10 of Paru Itagaki's Beastars puts a commanding lion front and center — suited, bespectacled, and holding what appears to be a small card or photograph with a cool, measured gaze that radiates quiet authority. Published under the Shōnen Champion Comics imprint by Akita Shoten, this volume continues the series' distinctive blend of sharp character study and richly detailed anthropomorphic world-building. Itagaki's linework gives this lion a weighty presence that makes you want to know exactly what — or who — he's sizing up.