Jin #12

Volume 12 of Motoka Murakami's Jin arrives in this French-language edition from Éditions Tonkam, placing a thoughtful, scrubs-clad modern surgeon and a elegantly dressed young woman in traditional Japanese attire side by side against the backdrop of a wooden bridge — a striking visual shorthand for the series' collision of eras. The two figures share the cover in quiet, composed tension, the doctor's contemplative gesture hinting at the weight of the choices he carries across time. Fans of historical drama and medicine-meets-Edo-period storytelling will find this 2010 volume a compelling continuation of one of manga's most richly imagined series.