Real Girl #5

Volume 5 of Mao Nanami's Real Girl presents a quietly tender cover — a bespectacled boy in a school uniform sits turned away, glancing upward at a cheerful girl with flowing pink hair and a yellow cardigan, the two of them sharing the frame in that unmistakable push-and-pull of a shojo romance. Pika Édition brings this French edition to readers with its signature clean, pastel-toned charm, perfectly capturing the series' warm, earnest tone. If you've been following this sweet story of an unlikely connection, volume 5 looks like a very good reason to keep turning pages.