ロスト・ラッド・ロンドン [Lost Lad London] #3

Two figures stride through a muted, atmospheric London streetscape on this quietly arresting cover — a younger person in a bright yellow-green jacket alongside a taller companion in a dark suit, birds scattering into a dusty pink sky above them. Shima Shinya's spare, painterly style gives the scene a mood that's equal parts mystery and melancholy, perfectly suited to a thriller set against the city whose name the series carries. Volume 3 of Lost Lad London from Kadokawa's Beam Comix line continues what's shaping up to be one of the more visually distinctive manga crime stories around.