MASTERキートン [Master Keaton] #5

Volume 5 of Master Keaton presents the series' quietly compelling protagonist in close-up on a stark black cover — a sharp-eyed, thoughtful man rendered with Naoki Urasawa's characteristic precision, his expression carrying equal parts wariness and calm intelligence. The cover text itself sets the stage beautifully: Keaton is "half-English" in Japan and "half-Japanese" in England, a failed academic and skilled operative who, as the blurb puts it, "couldn't belong to any society." Published by Shogakukan with story by Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki, this volume continues what the cover confidently bills as "a suspense story with a totally new sensation.