観用少女 [Kanyou Shoujo] #1

The opening volume of Yumiko Kawahara's Kanyou Shoujo ("Ornamental Girl") sets a quietly haunting tone from its very first cover: a golden-haired girl in an elaborate white Victorian dress cradles a small doll that mirrors her own delicate appearance, the two figures emerging from soft swirls of green and white. That dreamlike pairing — a living child and her miniature double — perfectly captures the eerie, fairy-tale atmosphere this 朝日ソノラマ series promises. Fans of melancholy shōjo fantasy will find this first volume an irresistible invitation into Kawahara's porcelain world.