血の轍 [Chi no Wadachi] #6

The sixth volume of Shuzo Oshimi's Chi no Wadachi (Blood on the Tracks) greets readers with a quietly unsettling ensemble cover: a crowd of young faces — students, expressionless or subtly troubled — surrounds a central boy whose hands are pressed to his cheeks, as if bracing against some invisible pressure. Oshimi's delicate, naturalistic linework gives each figure a distinct, lived-in quality that makes the gathering feel less like a crowd and more like a tightening circle. If you've been following this psychologically intense series from Shogakukan, volume six promises to keep that slow-burn tension very much alive.