おやすみプンプン [Oyasumi Punpun] #9

The ninth volume of Inio Asano's quietly devastating series arrives wrapped in its signature minimalist aesthetic — a warm chocolate-brown field bearing only the faint, ghostly outline of Punpun's simple bird-like form and the delicate Japanese title lettering. Published by Shogakukan under the Young Sunday Comics imprint, the restrained cover design speaks volumes about the series' approach: something small and strange at the center of something much larger and harder to name.