Strain

In the late 1990s, manga master Ryoichi Ikegami brought his signature gritty, hyper-detailed art to this five-issue crime thriller from Viz. The series follows a shadowy, near-future conspiracy as a detective investigates a mysterious designer drug that grants users terrifying, uncontrollable powers. Ikegami's intense visual storytelling and dark, cinematic pacing make this a taut, overlooked gem of late-90s translated manga.