Akuma to Love Song #5

Volume 5 of *Akuma to Love Song* arrives in its French edition from Kana, and the cover alone sets a quietly devastating tone — a young woman with red-rimmed, tearful eyes gazes out from a bed of deep crimson roses, her hands pressed to her lips around a Celtic cross pendant. The contrast between the lush roses and her raw, searching expression captures everything this series does so well: beauty wrapped tightly around emotional pain. A compelling addition to this 2012 French release of the series.