Call of the Night #5

Volume 5 of Kotoyama's *Call of the Night* opens on a quiet urban night that feels anything but safe — a confident young woman in a striped jacket glances back with a knowing smile, while two figures linger on an overpass above and another lone figure in a trench coat watches from the darkened street behind her. The mood is perfectly calibrated: atmospheric Japanese streetscapes, traffic signals casting a cool glow, and a cast of characters whose intentions seem deliciously uncertain. If you've been following this series, this 2023 Kurokawa edition delivers exactly the kind of stylish, nocturnal tension that makes it so hard to put down.