Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit #8

In this eighth volume of Motoro Mase's unsettling dystopian series, the cover sets a quietly chilling tone: a suited government official sits back in his chair with hands clasped behind his head, coolly composed, while an enormous, anguished face looms in the blue-grey background behind him — the contrast between bureaucratic calm and raw human terror says everything about the world Ikigami inhabits. Mase's clean, restrained linework makes that tension all the more effective. Carrying an explicit content advisory, this mature manga continues to be one of the more thought-provoking titles in Viz's catalog.