落園の美女と野獣 [Rakuen no Bijo to Yajū] #2

A dark, romantic retelling of a timeless fairy tale, this second volume of La Belle et la Bête du Paradis Perdu draws you in with a striking cover pairing a gentle young woman in a pale dress — her violet hair and teal eyes radiant against the gloom — with a towering, shadowy beast whose monstrous features loom protectively (or perhaps threateningly) behind her. Kaori Yuki's gothic sensibility is on full display, weaving beauty and menace into a single haunting image that perfectly captures the tension at the heart of the story's premise.