Le vilain petit canard #5

Volume 5 of Ai Morinaga's Le vilain petit canard arrives in this 2005 Éditions Tonkam edition, featuring a striking cover of a sharp-eyed young man in a bright green shirt delicately balancing a small round fruit — with tiny blue duck silhouettes playfully scattered around him. The clean, expressive linework and soft palette are classic shōjo manga at its most appealing, drawing you in with equal parts cool confidence and quiet charm.