ホムンクルス [Homunculus] #9

Volume 9 of Hideo Yamamoto's unsettling psychological manga Homunculus announces itself with a cover image that is quietly, deeply eerie — a young woman rendered in delicate pencil linework, her face entirely blank, a dark tribal-style tattoo curling beside her figure. The absence of features where a face should be captures the series' obsession with perception, identity, and the disturbing visions that lie beneath the surface of ordinary people. Published by Shogakukan in their Bunko imprint, this is atmospheric manga presentation at its most understated and effective.