Blame!, Vol. 5

Blame! [ブラム!] #5

by Tsutomu Nihei

第９空洞に出てしまった霧亥(キリイ)とシボは、メンサーブに会うべく第８空洞へと戻っていく。その途中で出会った珪素(けいそ)生物から、隠された人間を捜すためにメンサーブを追い詰めているという情報を聞いた霧亥たちはメンサーブのもとへ。しかしメンサーブは転送を開始し、それに巻き込まれた霧亥は異次元へ飛ばされ、シボと離ればなれになってしまった……!!

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Comics, Cyberpunk, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Horror

217 pages, Paperback

First published September 20, 2000

About the author

See also 弐瓶 勉.

Tsutomu Nihei (弐瓶 勉 Nihei Tsutomu, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following. He has a relatively large community of fans in Germany where his manga Blame!, NOiSE and Biomega were published by Ehapa. Blame! was also published in France and Spain by Glénat, in the US by Tokyopop and in Italy by Panini Comics.

At first he studied architecture and later it is shown up in his manga works with drawing huge structures. This became one of his general theme that makes his manga unique. His works are usually in black and white. He is also an avid fan of the video game series Halo, as he mentions in his commentary section in the Halo Graphic Novel.

Taken from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_...

Reviews

[47Time · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series sure doesn't hold your hand. It's a shame that more explantions aren't included. The story would get a solid 5-star rating with a few more clarifications on how this universe works. It's still a pretty good scifi that has gotten me hooked, even with all the deus ex machinas the author pulls out of his ass. Comic book death is a thing here.

Cibo's identity has taken an electronic form as a result of her ordeal while controling the builder. With the Auhority's help, Cibo disables the safeguard and learns that Killy is a secret agent of a pre-safeguard system. She then trasfers her consciousness into Sana-Kan's android body. She still shares it with Sana-Kan, though, so Killy uses the Toha Heavy Industries filters to help Cibo maintain control.

The facility has an A.I. designed to fight the safeguard, so Killy's gun is also disabled. Killy and Cibo face two silicon creatures and are overpowered. Two agents from Toha Industry, Mensab and Seu, defeat the creatures. Killy and Cibo are spirited away by pixie-like creatures who reveal that Mensab has been infected by the silicon creatures.

The Silicons' intent is to destroy the net terminal genes to prevent humans from taking control of the Netsphere. Killy pursues Mensab into an unstable parallel world and meets another Cibo. The original Cibo also joins them so they can stop the gravity furnace, the device that is destroying this world. The second Cibo dies in a fight with a silicon creature. Killy and the original Cibo are brought back in time to when Mensab fought the silicons. Mensab reveals that the Toha Industries were attacked by the silicons and she had to transport the 8th level humans tovthe 13th level, the only one free from infection.

The safeguard intend to destroy the Toha Industries central A.I. which would make finding net terminal genes impossible. Cibo loses control and is taken over by the Sana-Kan persona while the otherworldly Cibo is resurrected. Ivy seems to have been able to take control of the central A.I. instead.

[Angelo · Rating 5 out of 5]

It only gets better and better.❤️

[fioo ! ♡ ∗ ˚ ˖࣪ ∗ ‎˖ ݁ . ° · ˚ ₊ · Rating 4 out of 5]

MASTERPIECE DE LA ARQUITECTURA, HERMOSO HERMOSO

[Emperador Nui · Rating 4 out of 5]

La inmensidad de "Blame!" es difícil de explicar, sobre todo porque cada tomo se encarga de amplificar su totalidad a un nuevo nivel, pero en este tomo no solo se tiene en cuenta ese detalle, sino que el propio autor se mete de lleno en un desarrollo de guion en el que se habla de control gravitatorio y temporal, un avance tecnológico tan desmesurado que incluso sobrepasa lo habitual dentro de su propio mundo.

Es a partir de aquí que se empieza a percibir cierta exageración con el tema de generar enigmas y misterios, sobre todo en el apartado tecnológico y trasfondo de las figuras involucradas, pero, de todas maneras, sigue siendo una historia muy curiosa que invita a seguir imaginándose la grandeza de ese mundo artificial.

[Engie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Voy muy rápido con este manga, pero es que está súper bueno e interesante; además el dibujo es impresionante.

[beyzu · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[melyssa]

incrível como as estruturas mostram o tempo todo como o ambiente não foi construído para humanos

[Aleixie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm,

I

Have

NO

WORDS

!!!!!

I'z

Is

Confuzzled

.

Arg

.

[Selçuk Gökhan Kalkanoğlu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Şuradaki wiki sayfası olmasaydı pek bir cacık anlamayacaktım. Bunun birazı benim aklımı pek veremiyor oluşumdan (ya da yeterli akla sahip olmamamdan), birazı da çizerin pek de bir şeyler anlatma derdi gütmüyor olmasından kaynaklı.

Neyse ki "bu ne ola ki?" diye bakınırken şu wikiye denk geldim -ki kendisi Blame!'e adanmış wikiden kat kat daha iyidir- de mevzuları anlar oldum. Kaçırdığım tonla ayrıntı varmış, söz gelimi
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Toha Heavy Industries'in aslında bir tür O'Neill cylinder olabileceğine dair bazı fikirler... 30. chapterle ilgili yerin tırı vırı bilgi kısmında bahsi geçiyor.

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Mekan ve eleman tasarımları, anlayabildiğinde arka planda dönen mevzular falan güzel.
https://tsutomu-nihei.fandom.com/wiki...

[spirited.pages · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE PLOT IS PICKING UP. The art!!!!! Cibo my love what’s happening??? Did she come back??? Mensab, very much obsessed with her very existence and lil rebellious attitude. Also Seu …

Got me questioning is this all in a computer like matrix type beat. Or??? Just the world taken over by technology.

Cause seeing “ space” was disappearing and wiping out. Even years go by when it’s been 4 minutes for one person

[M. Ashraf · Rating 3 out of 5]

That was interesting the story is moving forward
Meeting another Cibo
The whole teleportation missing time thing was unusual
Got a bit confusing at the end but :/
Still waiting to see where it is going...

[Mohammad Sabbir Shaikh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Killy, the protagonist, almost succeeds in his quest of Net Terminal Gene but gets interrupted by Silicone Creatures. What follows is a fight between them. If you haven't read Blame! yet, please read. No Nihei's frame ever fails to amaze you.

[Shin Donghae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seiring perkembangan volume, mulai terlihat jelas pengelompokan yang bertikai sekaligus posisi Killy yg mulai "terang" meski masih begitu banyak pertanyaan yg muncul.

Killy melalui gua-gua mematikan di Toha Heavy Industries. Namun ketika semakin dekat untuk menemukan Net Terminal Genes... hmm

[Davi Bampi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume was a trippy one. Some really weird sci-fi concepts, but cool nonetheless.

I feel Cibo is a bit weird and out of character while in Sanakan's body. But maybe that's why, maybe her personality is merging with it.

But I do miss old Cibo, she had a presence, a weight...

[Denisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another rating: 8/10

[Raluca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible cliffhanger at the end of this volume.

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

The “Blame!” Series is pretty good, lots of cool action and interesting art but can’t give a 5⭐️because it lacks in the story👍😁❤️

[Pennina-Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

👍

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quality series. Well worth your time.
Arigato

[jester the fool · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars for ivy and maeve i kin them

[Céline NARICADOU · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Nacho · Rating 3 out of 5]

Los viajes en el tiempo y los multiversos totalmente innecesario, pero yo veo un caballero espacial con una espada gigante y me alcanza.

[Saúl Meza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nunca creo poder explicar en palabras el sentimiento de soledad, tristeza y pequeñez que me hizo sentir este manga, una completa obra maestra en todo sentido.

[Himanshu Karmacharya · Rating 4 out of 5]

i don't know how a story could be so confusing and weird, yet so entertaining and incredible at the same time.

[vera · Rating 5 out of 5]

mola pila shino y sanakan lololol

[du · Rating 3 out of 5]

ok

[Strangerealms · Rating 5 out of 5]

This dark, gritty, alienating, violent cyberpunk manga is really good. The artist Nihei is really gifted to draw buildings and he creates an empty world left with never ending growing buildings, metallic structures, and deadly creatures out to get you. The structures and the Safeguards who were once protecting the population, are now out of control and kill everyone on sight, due to a virus the population was exposed to. Killy is set to find a person whose genes (Net Terminal Genes) are uncorrupted by the virus in order to get back the control over the structures and the Safeguards since only such a person can access the control center. During that time the Silicones, the official bad guys, keep causing troubles and want to stop Killy. Thankfully, Killy is a powerful cyborg and makes friend along the way with Cibo a scientist.

The manga has barely any dialogue, Blame! is the kind of manga where you really have to pay attention to each image and even reread a few times the manga in order to really understand what is going on. I think it is worth it.

This is my review for the whole manga.

[Thesexycaptain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vol.5 of the Captain's favorite manga.

[Nura · Rating 3 out of 5]

ok, faksinya udah mulai jelas. gw suka cara mangaka-nya bikin ilusi kalo keadaan sekelilingnya tuh keliatan gede banget dengan perbandingan orang-orangnya.

[Abdulaziz Fagih · Rating 1 out of 5]

No story, a lot of strange things happening without explanation don’t waste your time on this manga.

لايوجد قصه وأشياء كثير غريبة تحصل دون إعطاء أي تفسيرات هذه القصه مضيعة للوقت