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# BLAME! 1

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desertcart.com: BLAME! 1: 9781942993773: Nihei, Tsutomu: Books

Review: The is a TON of story and a TON of character - I 100% disagree with the following "critical" review... ""The amazing thing about BLAME! is that it's such a good read even though it has almost no story or characters. It's all about the art and the experience of being there, of not knowing what will happen next, of the contrast between landscapes of endless sameness and bloody eruptions of chaos and gore." - Jason Thompson, Manga Encyclopedia " wrong, wrong wrong... no. this is a story told through visual media. There is very little dialog, but it is RICH in story and characters. Kiri is unbelievably memorable. He has a history, a goal that is clear, a personality, and an obvious method to which he will stop at nothing to accomplish what he set out to do. There is mystery, adventure, romance (yes, romance), and a moral tale... The most amazing thing about this series is the scope of time and space that it involves... SPOILERS If you pay close attention, you will realize that the setting is a "city" that is really a dyson sphere from a type 2 civilization that has harnessed the complete energy output of our sun. This is made clear in a number of ways but most obviously in an an encounter between Kiri and one of the synthetics (the watcher/observer) who makes a comment about how they are visually watching a settlement of humans at a distance equal to the distance 88,000 ,miles (and all INSIDE a single room within the city). The city itself is implied to stretch from the lowest level (the level facing the sun) all the way out to the Ort Cloud (thousands of AU from the sun...). It is MIND BLOWING. The story is primarily told through a visual lens with only the occasional dialogue to drop major pieces of information. It is subtle and intentional story telling (and Jason misses the mark so bad I question how they ever became a "critic"). If you love story telling, pondering the nature of everything, imaging the vastness of space and time (as the adventure of Kiri spans hundreds of thousands of years)... than this is a MUST HAVE manga. The art is amazing, the story is incredible, the characters are so memorable you will not forget their names... it is a master work of true science fiction and worth your time. 100% recommend... 100% disagree with Jason's take... shame... he got paid for that...
Review: Almost Perfect - I am not a huge manga fan (is this manga? That's how much I know, lol) I used to collect Lone wolf and cub comics way back in the day and thought them amazing. These comics were recommended to me by a friend for it's deep cyberpunk themes and epic settings. I'm about three chapters in and I am struggling with my feelings on this book. Are the settings epic? Most definitely! The author has an architecture drafting background and you can really tell. The setting of some kind of massively expansive automated world/ecosystem are very well drawn. The scale is great! Are the ideas novel? So far, I would say yes. The characters are interesting, and from what's been revealed so far the story is intriguing. Without too much given away, there seems to me a time when humans had a gene that allowed them to communicate with a computer system, but due to a mutation that ability has been lost. Again, I'm only into the third chapter, so more has yet to be revealed. Here's where I take a star off, and it's going to play my hand with what a western novice I am. I don't like the flipped format of these manga comics. I am used to reading the left page first, top left to bottom right, then the right page second in the same way. I keep getting tripped up with the sequencing, but I'm getting more and more used to it. My only real quibbles would perhaps be the paper and it's quality. I feel that something with this amount of detail and scale deserves a really quality bright white paper and possibly even a slightly larger format. The format IS large, and the quality of the paper is normal, I just think the scale and detail of some of the drawings warrant a slightly larger format. But I am pleased with how large this is, and again, the paper is quality. I am betting that the paper and print quality is what keeps the price down, though. So it's understandable. My second small quibble is that sometimes the action scenes get a little busy and it's hard to understand what's going on. It's a small thing, and I need to reiterate just how well this comic IS drawn. The epic scale, the look of the differing types of people and whatnot ... visually, it's very interesting. With all that being said, I would recommend this book. The characters are revealing themselves, the setting is being developed, and the story line intrigues me. I'm excited to see where this leads to. I would recommend this book to any cyberpunk or sci fi fan for the images alone. Just a cool book, overall! UPDATE Finished the first book, and I'm about to purchase the next two. It's an interesting story with lots to look at, and for the price, it's kind of a no brainer! I'd fully recommend.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #15,733 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2 in Dystopian Manga #6 in Science Fiction Manga (Books) #51 in Horror Manga (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,431) |
| Dimensions  | 7.1 x 0.98 x 10.2 inches |
| Edition  | Illustrated |
| ISBN-10  | 1942993773 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1942993773 |
| Item Weight  | 1.83 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Part of Series  | BLAME! |
| Print length  | 408 pages |
| Publication date  | September 13, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Vertical Comics |
| Reading age  | 13 - 17 years |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The is a TON of story and a TON of character
*by W***R on October 5, 2023*

I 100% disagree with the following "critical" review... ""The amazing thing about BLAME! is that it's such a good read even though it has almost no story or characters. It's all about the art and the experience of being there, of not knowing what will happen next, of the contrast between landscapes of endless sameness and bloody eruptions of chaos and gore." - Jason Thompson, Manga Encyclopedia " wrong, wrong wrong... no. this is a story told through visual media. There is very little dialog, but it is RICH in story and characters. Kiri is unbelievably memorable. He has a history, a goal that is clear, a personality, and an obvious method to which he will stop at nothing to accomplish what he set out to do. There is mystery, adventure, romance (yes, romance), and a moral tale... The most amazing thing about this series is the scope of time and space that it involves... SPOILERS If you pay close attention, you will realize that the setting is a "city" that is really a dyson sphere from a type 2 civilization that has harnessed the complete energy output of our sun. This is made clear in a number of ways but most obviously in an an encounter between Kiri and one of the synthetics (the watcher/observer) who makes a comment about how they are visually watching a settlement of humans at a distance equal to the distance 88,000 ,miles (and all INSIDE a single room within the city). The city itself is implied to stretch from the lowest level (the level facing the sun) all the way out to the Ort Cloud (thousands of AU from the sun...). It is MIND BLOWING. The story is primarily told through a visual lens with only the occasional dialogue to drop major pieces of information. It is subtle and intentional story telling (and Jason misses the mark so bad I question how they ever became a "critic"). If you love story telling, pondering the nature of everything, imaging the vastness of space and time (as the adventure of Kiri spans hundreds of thousands of years)... than this is a MUST HAVE manga. The art is amazing, the story is incredible, the characters are so memorable you will not forget their names... it is a master work of true science fiction and worth your time. 100% recommend... 100% disagree with Jason's take... shame... he got paid for that...

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Almost Perfect
*by R***A on August 20, 2025*

I am not a huge manga fan (is this manga? That's how much I know, lol) I used to collect Lone wolf and cub comics way back in the day and thought them amazing. These comics were recommended to me by a friend for it's deep cyberpunk themes and epic settings. I'm about three chapters in and I am struggling with my feelings on this book. Are the settings epic? Most definitely! The author has an architecture drafting background and you can really tell. The setting of some kind of massively expansive automated world/ecosystem are very well drawn. The scale is great! Are the ideas novel? So far, I would say yes. The characters are interesting, and from what's been revealed so far the story is intriguing. Without too much given away, there seems to me a time when humans had a gene that allowed them to communicate with a computer system, but due to a mutation that ability has been lost. Again, I'm only into the third chapter, so more has yet to be revealed. Here's where I take a star off, and it's going to play my hand with what a western novice I am. I don't like the flipped format of these manga comics. I am used to reading the left page first, top left to bottom right, then the right page second in the same way. I keep getting tripped up with the sequencing, but I'm getting more and more used to it. My only real quibbles would perhaps be the paper and it's quality. I feel that something with this amount of detail and scale deserves a really quality bright white paper and possibly even a slightly larger format. The format IS large, and the quality of the paper is normal, I just think the scale and detail of some of the drawings warrant a slightly larger format. But I am pleased with how large this is, and again, the paper is quality. I am betting that the paper and print quality is what keeps the price down, though. So it's understandable. My second small quibble is that sometimes the action scenes get a little busy and it's hard to understand what's going on. It's a small thing, and I need to reiterate just how well this comic IS drawn. The epic scale, the look of the differing types of people and whatnot ... visually, it's very interesting. With all that being said, I would recommend this book. The characters are revealing themselves, the setting is being developed, and the story line intrigues me. I'm excited to see where this leads to. I would recommend this book to any cyberpunk or sci fi fan for the images alone. Just a cool book, overall! UPDATE Finished the first book, and I'm about to purchase the next two. It's an interesting story with lots to look at, and for the price, it's kind of a no brainer! I'd fully recommend.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by T***N on August 24, 2025*

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