Ghost & Lady #1

Part of Ki-oon's 2017 French edition of Fujita Kazuhiro's The Black Museum series, this opening volume presents itself as something genuinely elegant — the cover design evokes an ornate antique tome, its deep green and gold framing immediately signaling that this is a story steeped in gothic atmosphere. At the center, a striking figure in a wide-brimmed hat gazes out with an otherworldly intensity, surrounded by flowing, flame-like tendrils that blur the line between the ethereal and the dangerous. If you've been looking for manga that takes its visual presentation as seriously as its storytelling ambitions, Ghost & Lady volume one makes a compelling first impression.