Séki mon voisin de classe #9

Volume 9 of Takuma Morishige's charming school comedy finds our two desk neighbors each peering through binoculars — Seki apparently absorbed in whatever elaborate miniature world he's constructed right there on his desk, while his exasperated classmate watches his antics with wide-eyed disbelief. The cover perfectly captures the series' quiet, deadpan humor: two students in the same classroom, yet lost in entirely different realities. Published by Éditions Akata in 2017, this French edition is a delightful entry in one of manga's most quietly inventive slice-of-life series.