Inspecteur Kurokôchi #11

Volume 11 of Inspecteur Kurokôchi presents a genuinely unsettling cover: a wide-grinning, masked figure rendered in stark green tones peers out with an almost theatrical menace, his suited frame and halftone-patterned jacket lending him an air of dangerous elegance. Writer Takashi Nagasaki and artist Kôji Kôno continue their acclaimed collaboration, with Kôno's bold linework turning even a smile into something quietly threatening. This 2017 Komikku Éditions release is a strong entry point into one of manga's more distinctive crime series.