Before You Discard Me, I Shall Have My Way with You #2

The second volume of this romantic manga arrives framed in cascading purple roses, with artist Seren delivering a lush cover that puts the dynamic between its two leads front and center — a silver-haired young man in a gold-epauletted military coat seated on an ornate throne-like chair, while a confident brown-haired woman in a lavender gown leans over him with a knowing smile. The tension between his guarded expression and her composed boldness captures the series' delicious power-play energy perfectly. With story by Takako Midori and character designs by Mami Surada, this 2024 release looks like exactly the kind of slow-burn aristocratic romance that keeps you turning pages.