なまいきざかり [Namaiki Zakari] #12

Two young people share a tender, close moment on this soft, heart-dotted cover — a warm-toned girl with chestnut hair and a boyish, sandy-haired guy leaning intimately near her, their expressions caught somewhere between shy and earnest. It's the kind of quietly charged composition that fans of shojo romance have come to love from Namaiki Zakari, serialized in Hana to Yume and collected here by Hakusensha. Volume 12 carries that same gentle emotional tension right through to its cover, making it a lovely continuation for anyone following this sweet series.