Hot Tails #1

Yui Toshiki's Hot Tails Volume One arrives from Fantagraphics' Hot Hits Mangerotica line in 1998, presenting the artist's distinctly lush manga style right from the cover, where a young woman with flowing auburn hair relaxes serenely in what appears to be a warm bath or hot spring, her expression languid and self-possessed. Toshiki's linework — both pencils and inks his own — brings a polished, intimate quality to the image that sets the tone for the collection within.