ダークギャザリング [Dark Gathering] #18

Volume 18 of Kenichi Kondo's Dark Gathering arrives in 2025 with a hauntingly delicate cover — a wide-eyed young girl with lavender hair and rosy cheeks clutches what appears to be an anatomy textbook, her pale teal kimono dissolving into swirling petals and shadowy wisps around her. The contrast between her innocent, almost tearful expression and the unsettling supernatural atmosphere drifting at the edges makes for a quietly striking image that captures the series' signature blend of the eerie and the endearing.