Les Misérables #2

Two imposing figures — a stern, broad-shouldered man in a dark overcoat and bowler hat and a pale, wary young man beside him — stand against a backdrop of warm autumn foliage and a gaslit street, setting a mood that is at once melancholic and charged with tension. This is manga artist Arai Takahiro's adaptation of Victor Hugo's enduring novel, and even on the cover alone the contrast between the two characters speaks volumes about the story's moral weight. Volume 2 promises to carry that beautifully rendered drama forward through one of literature's most beloved conflicts.