伊藤潤二傑作集 [Junji Ito Kesssaku-shū] #11

The cover of this volume in Junji Ito's collected masterworks series presents an image that is immediately, memorably unsettling: a pale face with long dark hair radiating outward, a leaf-like mark on the forehead, and a wide mouth bristling with jagged, fang-like teeth, rendered in Ito's characteristically meticulous linework. It's a striking encapsulation of the hypnotic dread that defines his horror manga — faces that draw you in even as every instinct says to look away. Published by Asahi Shimbun Publishing as volume 11 of this curated series, it's a handsome addition to one of manga's most distinctive horror bibliographies.