好きな子がめがねを忘れた [Suki na Ko ga Megane o Wasureta] #5

Two teenagers sit side by side on what looks like a school windowsill — a boy in a casual blue shirt and a girl in a sailor-style school uniform, her auburn hair framing the glasses she's wearing on the cover of this fifth volume. The gentle, sun-washed palette and their quietly close proximity capture exactly the sweet, low-key romantic tension that makes this shōnen rom-com from Square Enix so charming. If you've been following along, volume five looks like another warm, unhurried chapter in one of manga's more endearing young relationships.