Beastars #15

Volume 15 of Paru Itagaki's Beastars arrives from Ki-oon with a cover that demands attention — a large, unsettling deer-like figure in a floral pink shirt sits in a quietly menacing pose, one hand raised to its maw in an ambiguous, unnerving gesture. The antlered character's hollow, mask-like face and relaxed yet predatory posture perfectly capture the series' signature blend of the mundane and the deeply strange. If this 2021 release is any indication, Itagaki's world of carnivores and herbivores navigating their uneasy coexistence remains as psychologically compelling as ever.