A young girl named Jane arrives at a new boarding school and befriends Sena, finding comfort in their budding friendship. However, as girls start vanishing one by one due to a mysterious illness, Jane and Sena grow closer. Yet, when Jane discovers that their school isn’t what it seems, and that her best friend is different…Can Jane break through to her friend, or is Sena lost to the darkness forever?

I gotta admit that this comic book is a pretty compact, quietly devastating gem which is filled with tender without being saccharine, sharp without being cynical.

There are a lot of chemistry between the characters in this comic book. The demon and the human lead click instantly, not through grand speeches but in the microbeats which is awkward humor, shared silences, and those revealing, sideways confessions.

The artwork of this comic book feels purposeful. Backstory arrives in deft brushstrokes, letting subtext do the heavy lifting.

This comic book swings from playful banter to aching vulnerability without jarring gear shifts, making the final notes feel earned

The visual storytelling aspect of this comic book has a lot of expressions and body language carry the heart of the story; layouts guide the eye with confident rhythm, saving splashy panels for emotional peaks.

The dialogues in this comic book are natural, lightly ironic, and precise which add enough flavor to define voices without crowding the page.

The pacing in this comic book is tight rise-fall-rise structure that respects the “one-shot” form, delivering set-up, complication, and catharsis in under a chapter’s worth of space.

I Give This Book 5 / 5