Les Fleurs du Mal #8

The eighth volume of Shuzo Oshimi's Les Fleurs du Mal arrives with one of the series' most quietly arresting covers — a young figure in a blue jacket reaches one arm upward into a wash of soft watercolor hues, their gaze turned sideways with an expression caught somewhere between longing and resolve. The delicate, ink-splashed background gives the image a dreamlike fragility that perfectly mirrors the series' emotionally raw sensibility. Published by Ki-oon in 2018, this volume is a compelling addition to one of seinen manga's most introspective coming-of-age stories.