KNOW THY FATHER After well over a decade’s absence, Yoichi Yamashita journeys back to his hometown to attend his father’s funeral. As the relatives gather and the stories flow alongside the drinks, Yoichi’s childhood starts to resurface. The spring afternoon playing on the floor of his father’s barber shop, the fire that ravaged the city and his family home, his parents’ divorce and a new ‘mother’. Through confidences and memories shared with those who knew him best, Yoichi rediscovers the man he had long considered an absent and rather cold father. (Source: Ponent Mon)

1627; A young, noble and penniless man rides towards Paris. The impetuous d'Artagnan harbors a single dream: to become a Musketeer of the King and thus join an elite corps symbolizing prestige and heroism. By a twist of fate, he will cross paths with three valiant companions in arms: Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, known as the Three Musketeers! In the realm of Louis XIII, conspiracy reigns. Catholics strive to retain their power against Protestants, the English are perceived as a threat, and the Musketeers must thwart the schemes of the powerful Cardinal de Richelieu and his elusive accomplice, Milady de Winter. But don't they say that strength lies in unity? The Three Musketeers have made it their motto: "One for all... all for one!" *Source: FairSquare Graphics, Vol. 1*

Short stories by Jiro Taniguchi. Five short stories. The first one tells the death of an old dog, hence the title. The last one is a bit similar to a later work of the author, Kamigami no Itadaki.

**Forest Sirens** Aokigahara Forest in Japan, also known as “the Sea of Trees” or “the Suicide Forest”… A man loses his life there, as if guided by mysterious creatures. Some time later, Kai, his younger brother, arrives on the scene, determined to uncover the reasons behind his disappearance. But as he ventures deeper into the heart of the forest, the place seems to transform… What if an encounter between a human and a mermaid could influence the future of the world? *Source: Glénat, Vol. 1, translated*

The main character of the manga, a young man called Shizuku Kanzaki, discovers the beauty of wine after his father, a famous wine critic, dies and leaves an unusual will: a description of 12 wines he considers to be the best in the world, comparing them to Jesus Christ’s disciples. The first person to find these “disciples” will inherit the father’s wine collection, a contest that pits Shizuku against his adoptive brother, Issey Tomine, who works as a sommelier.

The year is 1951. Twenty-year-old wallflower Lee Kyeonga ekes out a living at the US military Post Exchange where goods and services of varying stripes are available for purchase. She peddles hand-painted portraits on silk handkerchiefs to soldiers passing through. When a handsome, young northern escapee and erstwhile fine artist is hired despite waning demand, an unlikely friendship blossoms into a young woman’s first brush with desire against the backdrop of the Korean War at its most devastating. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly)

Acclaimed manga artist Jiro Taniguchi provides the latest entry in the Louvre collection of graphic novels. After a group trip to Europe, a Japanese artist stops in Paris alone, intent on visiting the museums of the capital. But, bedridden in his hotel room with fever, he faces the absolute solitude of one suffering in a foreign land, deprived of any immediate or familiar recourse. When the fever breaks somewhat, he sets out on his visit and promptly gets lost in the crowded halls of the Louvre. Very soon, he discovers many unsuspected facets to this world in a museum in a journey oscillating between feverish hallucination and reality, actually able to speak with famous painters from various periods of history, led to crossroads between human and personal history by... the Guardians of the Louvre. (Source: Potent Mon)

The turn of the 20th century. From the Korean village in Siberia where she was born, to Khabarovsk where she founded the Far Eastern People's Committee for Lenin, Alexandra Kim (1885-1918) dedicated her dazzling life to the defense of workers' rights. At the risk of her life, this Korean Bolshevik revolutionary became the sounding board for the anger of Russian, Korean and Chinese proletarians, constantly endangered by their working conditions. A convinced political activist, she accomplished each of her actions with a soul and a will that no force could hinder. Blending into the panorama of a tumultuous time, a porous region, and a merciless society, the unknown destiny of this woman was to live her life according to a horizon where freedom, like the landscape, would be offered to all.

Aki can't find his way home. Everyone seems indifferent to this lost child. Everyone... except Jizo, a strange boy who appeared out of nowhere. Is he a street kid? Will he really take him home? Is Aki right to follow him to the temple where he's leading him? Despite his big smile, Aki struggles to trust his new friend. Especially since a terrifying witch hunts children at nightfall… *Source: Glénat, Vol. 1, translated*

"What makes me feel alive?" " Love? Friendship? My family? The will to make my dreams come true? We spend our whole lives trying to answer this question. To live is to hope, to feel, to love, to fight to stay upright. 4LIFE is the story of four young girls who discover strange powers in themselves, and who will have to find in them a solid reason to face an entity that came out of nowhere, more threatening than ever.