Tsugumi Project #5

Volume 5 of Ippatu's Tsugumi Project arrives from Ki-oon Seinen with a cover that commands attention: a massive, fur-covered creature dominates the frame, its glowing eyes burning from the shadows as a striking array of colorful orbs — red, blue, green, gold, and more — hang across its broad chest like some ominous adornment. The sheer scale and presence of this being, rendered against a blood-red backdrop, sets a tone that feels both mythic and unsettling. If this 2022 volume is any indication of the series' direction, Ippatu is crafting something genuinely singular in contemporary seinen manga.