Limit

In the early 2010s, Vertical brought Keiko Suenobu's six-issue psychological thriller Limit to English-reading audiences. This stark manga series follows a group of high school students whose school bus crashes deep in the mountains, forcing them to abandon their social hierarchies and fight for survival. Suenobu's unflinching art and tense storytelling made this a standout entry in the survival horror genre, examining how quickly civilization's veneer can peel away when the stakes are life and death.