Docteur Yôkai #12

Volume 12 of Yûki Satô's Docteur Yôkai arrives with a beautifully atmospheric cover featuring a young woman dressed in a soft white fur-trimmed hood, holding what appears to be a striking crimson, gear-adorned ornament alongside a small green sprig. The delicate tension between the wintery, fairy-tale aesthetic and that intricate, almost mechanical red object gives the image a quietly unsettling charm that perfectly captures the series' blend of the everyday and the supernatural. Published by Pika Édition in 2016, this volume is a lovely addition to one of French manga publishing's more quietly compelling ongoing series.