Golden Kamui #23

Volume 23 of Satoru Noda's Golden Kamui, published by Ki-oon in 2021, puts a battle-hardened soldier front and center — a scarred, broad-shouldered figure in Imperial Japanese military uniform bearing the number 27, his grin equal parts confidence and menace. The worn wooden planks framing him add a gritty, claustrophobic tension that's pure Golden Kamui atmosphere. Fans of Noda's sharp character work and rugged Meiji-era setting will find this volume's cover impossible to walk past.