Malicious Code #4

Volume 4 of Ikeno Masahiro's Malicious Code announces itself with an unsettling elegance — a dark-haired girl in elaborate gothic lace gazes out with a wide, unnerving smile and a single eye visible at her forehead, surrounded by pale blossoms against a deep blue backdrop. The combination of delicate floral detail and that quietly menacing expression captures the series' signature tension between beauty and dread. Published in 2014 by Komikku Éditions, this volume is a compelling entry point into Masahiro's distinctive visual world.