Bokurano: Ours #5

Mohiro Kitoh's haunting mecha series continues with this fifth volume, its cover dominated by a close-up of a dark-haired young pilot gazing downward with quiet intensity — the battered, green mechanical form of a giant robot looming behind and around him. The weathered, torn-paper styling of the title treatment perfectly echoes the series' tone of heavy burden carried by young shoulders. If you've been following Bokurano: Ours, this volume's striking cover art makes it impossible to pass by on the shelf.