Obsessed with Alouette no Uta's depiction of Inspector Javert.
Credits to @hadleysmis, i wouldn't have been able to have ref images (oralinktolegallypurchasethemangaforthatmatter) for this mf if it weren't for them!! Still hoping i'll be able to get this manga, if y'all don't know it's a manga drawn in the "horror style" by Inuki Kanako, adaptating Les Mis through Cosette's POV.
Probably because my first proper exposure and introduction to Les Mis was Shoujo Cosette, Cosette's story is one of my favorite parts and the one i'm always the most interested to; While rare, everytime there is a particularly Cosette-centric adaptations (mostly from Japan lol) i try my earnest to get my hands on it and check it out.
With that being said, Alouette no Uta has one key difference with Shoujo Cosette, in that it's definetly not for kids. Shoujo Cosette pulled no punches in showing Cosette's horrible life while under the Thénardiers' "care", but Alouette no Uta, from what i've been able to see (which, again, big thanks for Hadleymis, i likely wouldn't even be aware of this manga's existence), goes even further and is much darker and more violent/psychologically brutal. Shoujo Cosette is a gut-punching adaptation, but it certainly didn't go to the levels Alouette no Uta does, plus there's the fact the latter has a... unique art style, to say the least. I like it!!! But it can certainly can get a while to be used to it (Gavroche'sdesignisagoodexample).
With that being said, these are exactly the reasons for why i want to check it out for myself!! It's not guaranteed it'll become one of my most liked adaptations afterwards 100%, but i think it is worth a try- Plus look at this man!!!
Gonna say, my experience with finding out about his design was very funny to me. Previously, the only image i had of Javert from this manga was the aftermath of his suicide (which, for such a dark manga, it's a really peculiar way to portray something like that..) so one of the reasons i wanted to get it for myself was too see how Javert's drawn!
Welp, in the end i didn't have to wait until i got the manga (if it happens), but... yeah when i first saw him, i was.. dissapointed, to say the least. It's not a bad design! I don't hate it!! I was just... expecting more. And idk, i'm not a fan of Javert looking so young, or being clean-shaven. But it's precisely because of how off he appears to me that i like this design!! I unironically like Javert's depiction from the 1988 animated special for the same reasons :p.
With that being said, i look forward to when i might finally get the possibility of reading this manga. Yap's over :))!