Les Mémoires de Vanitas #2

Jun Mochizuki's gothic fantasy Les Mémoires de Vanitas continues with a cover that drips with atmosphere — a pale, red-eyed young man in Victorian-style formal wear stands framed within an ornate golden mirror, blood at his lips and spattered across his clothes, while a mysterious blue-skinned figure looms behind him amid a starlit, purple-draped backdrop. The contrast between the gilded grandeur of the frame and those unsettling crimson eyes gives the whole image a beautifully sinister tension that perfectly suits the series' mood. Published by Ki-oon in 2017, this second volume is a striking showcase for Mochizuki's lush, detail-rich art style.