どうせ、恋してしまうんだ。[Dōse, Koishite Shimaunda] #1

A striking opening volume from creator 満井春香 (Mitsui Haruka), published by Kodansha under their Comics imprint. The cover centers on a young man with soft lavender-tinted hair, rendered in delicate shojo linework against a wash of pale blue and white — his upturned gaze and reaching hand giving the whole composition a feeling of longing suspended mid-moment. The title, which translates roughly to "Anyway, I Will Fall in Love with You," sets an irresistibly bittersweet tone right from volume one.