さらい屋五葉 [Sarai-ya Goyō] #6

Volume 6 of Natsume Ono's House of Five Leaves continues this quietly gripping edo-period series from Shogakukan's Ikki Comix line. The cover presents two figures rendered in Ono's distinctively spare, angular style — a close-cropped face looming in the foreground with hollow, searching eyes, while a second figure stands at a cautious distance beneath the eaves of a shadowed wooden structure. It's a composition that perfectly captures the series' mood: watchful, restrained, and loaded with unspoken tension.