The Tree of Death: Yomotsuhegui #3

The cover of volume 3 sets an immediate, visceral tone: a dark-haired young man with burning red eyes faces off — or perhaps merges — with an enormous, grotesquely organic creature whose body is a mass of writhing, root-like tendrils and hollow, eyeless faces. Masasumi Kakizaki's linework is extraordinary here, the split composition perfectly dividing the human and monstrous while suggesting they are terrifyingly intertwined. If this series has been on your radar, volume 3's cover alone makes a compelling case for diving into The Tree of Death: Yomotsuhegui.