メタモルフォーゼの縁側 [BL Metamorphosis / Metamorphose no Engawa] #5

The fifth volume of Kaori Tsurutani's warmly celebrated series closes in on this gentle image of two figures — an older woman with curly white hair and a younger woman in casual clothes — sharing a quiet moment together on the engawa (wooden veranda) of a traditional Japanese storefront, a teapot and cups between them, lush potted plants framing the scene on either side. Tsurutani's soft, delicate linework gives the cover an unhurried, lived-in intimacy that feels genuinely inviting. For readers who've been following this 2021 series, volume five promises more of the same understated warmth that makes it so easy to love.