どうぶつの国 [Doubutsu no Kuni] [Animal Land] #12

A striking close-up dominates this volume's cover: a sharp-eyed, dark-haired figure with vivid violet eyes holds a snake coiled around his hand and finger, his expression cool and calculating. Doubutsu no Kuni ("Animal Land") has long balanced wonder with tension, and this twelfth volume from Kōdansha signals a decidedly darker, more intense chapter in that journey. Makoto Raiku's series continues to pull readers deeper into its wild, unpredictable world.