Les Fleurs du Mal #1

The opening volume of Shuzo Oshimi's Les Fleurs du Mal arrives in this French-language Ki-oon edition, its cover immediately striking a mood of unsettling beauty — a red-haired schoolgirl in a crisp white uniform with a bold red bow smiles with an ambiguous confidence, flanked by dark, almost menacing sunflowers rendered in stark black ink. That contrast between her vivid coloring and the withered blooms beside her sets a tone that's equal parts innocent and deeply uneasy. A compelling starting point for readers drawn to psychologically charged seinen manga.