Des Teufels Geheimnis #1

A striking boys'-love manga from Hinako Takanaga, this 2008 Tokyopop Germany release sets an immediately charged tone: a silver-haired, shirtless figure with an ornate red-jeweled tattoo pulls a dark-haired young man dressed in clerical black close against him, crosses decorating the vivid pink background. The tension between the demonic and the divine feels built right into the cover's visual language, promising a story where sacred and dangerous forces are anything but separate.