Happiness #2

The close-up cover of this second volume from Shuzo Oshimi is quietly unsettling — a young woman in a school uniform stares out with hollow, distant eyes, a faint bruise marking her otherwise pale face. That tension between the title's cheerful word and the figure's haunted expression is exactly the kind of understated dread Oshimi does so well. A compelling pick from Pika Édition's 2018 lineup for readers who appreciate manga that lingers in the spaces between beauty and unease.