With the return to Paris, we’ve also returned to the golden picture frames of the earlier volumes. This cover is dominated by the color yellow. With a close look at the frame itself, we can see the golden roses (just like Jeanne’s frame) reach out and wrap around Domi’s arm. This fits the pattern so far: Domi is being held back by a memory from her past. The memory in question is her brother’s death, an event Domi and Noé never truly came to terms with. Domi’s arm sinks into the contents of the painting, which is either Louis or herself pretending to be Louis. The surface is cracked, the same cracks that show up in Domi’s memories (indicating her deteriorating mindstate as she progressively wishes to die more and more.)
Her hair becomes yellow at the fringes at the top left corner. The tails of her coat are yellow, as well as the epaulettes, tassels, embroidery, and buttons on her uniform. Lastly, her sword’s hilt and her eyes are yellow. Yellow is the color of jealousy, a feeling that consumes her during the Misha arc. Domi thinks Noé would’ve preferred Louis to have lived instead of her, an idea she probably got from her sister, and perhaps the rest of her family if Veronica’s attitude was shared by them as well. She is jealous of and resents Jeanne, who she sees as having a better personality than her, and as being a much better match for Noé than herself. Her life up to this point has corroded her own sense of value to such an extent that Misha takes advantage of these feelings to turn her into bait.
