Le Requiem du Roi des Roses #17

Volume 17 of Aya Kanno's Le Requiem du Roi des Roses arrives from Ki-oon with a cover that is quietly haunting — a pale, androgynous figure crowned with a wreath of white flowers gazes out with an unsettling calm, a cluster of deep red roses resting just below. The contrast between the delicate floral crown and those blood-red blooms sets an atmosphere that is equal parts ethereal and ominous, perfectly capturing the series' gothic sensibility. If you've been following this seinen saga, 2022's seventeenth installment looks ready to deliver another beautifully melancholic chapter.