Smokin' Parade #4

The fourth volume of Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou's dark manga series puts a striking young woman front and center — long blonde hair, red glasses, and a mechanical prosthetic arm holding what appears to be a crossbow or mechanical weapon, all rendered in moody purples and grays. That mix of sleek school-uniform style and unsettling body augmentation captures everything Smokin' Parade does so well: elegant surfaces concealing dangerous edges. If you've been following this series, volume four looks like exactly the right moment to stay hooked.