Perfect World #12

Rie Aruga's heartfelt romance series reaches its twelfth volume with a cover that radiates warmth and hard-won happiness — a young man in a wheelchair and a smiling woman in a floral dress hold hands with a beaming little boy between them, the three of them forming a picture of quiet, tender togetherness. Perfect World has always been celebrated for its honest, empathetic portrayal of love and disability, and this 2022 Kodansha USA release suggests the story has arrived somewhere genuinely meaningful. A lovely addition to one of shojo manga's most emotionally grounded series.