乙女椿は笑わない [Otome Tsubaki wa Warawanai] #1

A tender opening volume from this shōjo series, Otome Tsubaki wa Warawanai arrives with a cover that sets the romantic tone beautifully — a young woman in a soft pink-accented outfit is drawn close by a sharp-dressed young man in a suit and tie, their expressions caught somewhere between longing and hesitation. Published under Shueisha's Margaret Comics imprint, this first volume promises the kind of quietly emotional storytelling that fans of the genre will find genuinely hard to put down.