血の轍 [Chi no Wadachi] #11

Against a deep crimson wash, the cover of Chi no Wadachi Vol. 11 presents two unsettling faces — a woman's and a younger figure's — rendered in Shuzo Oshimi's characteristically delicate yet deeply unnerving linework, with a pale butterfly drifting between them and scattered petal-like shapes falling through the red. The contrast between the fragile butterfly and the emotionally charged expressions captures exactly the suffocating tension this psychological series is known for. Oshimi's ability to make beauty feel threatening has rarely looked more striking than on this volume from Shogakukan.