ディエンビエンフー [Điện Biên Phủ] #12

Volume 12 of Nishijima Daisuke's Điện Biên Phủ greets readers with a quietly unsettling image: a young, pale figure with long blonde hair, one eye normal and the other a dark, dripping void, surrounded by scattered pill-like shapes against a stark yellow-and-white background. The restrained, almost clinical art style makes that corrupted eye all the more striking, balancing vulnerability and dread in a single glance. Published by Shogakukan, this volume carries the series' signature blend of understated design and deeply affecting unease.