思い、思われ、ふり、ふられ [Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare] #9

Two young people lean close together on this soft, pastel-toned cover — a golden-haired boy and a pink-haired girl whose faces are almost touching, caught in a quietly charged moment. Io Sakisaka's shōjo series Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare has a gift for capturing the tender uncertainty of teenage feelings, and volume 9's cover art radiates exactly that bittersweet intimacy. Fans of heartfelt romance will find the delicate illustration alone reason enough to pick this one up.