Tableau Numéro 20 #[nn]

A striking manga volume from est em, whose cover art frames two contrasting figures with quiet intensity — a shirtless young man with curly hair holding a fine brush or pen, draped against rich red fabric, while a bespectacled dark-haired man in a suit rests in the foreground, the two figures locked in an atmosphere of intimate tension. The composition has the feel of a painted tableau, all muted elegance and charged stillness. Published by Viz in 2013, this explicit-rated title carries the refined, emotionally layered sensibility est em brings to both story and art.