Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus: Die In Peace

Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus (Collected Editions) #1

by Kianna Shore, Mariano Taibo

About Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus: Die In Peace

Introducing the first of three in a new Blade Runner mini-series, exploring and expanding the Blade Runner universe with a whole new home planet!

Sickened by the seemingly never-ending war on the far-off planet of Kathanlia, a squad of 12 Nexus 6 Combat Replicants, led by their human NCO, go AWOL in an attempt to escape and live out their days in peace, preferably on some sun kissed outer world colony. To finance their dream, they plan to rob a corrupt Tyrell syndicate Executive and erase their records before disappearing. Learning of their desertion and theft, the CEO sends out a team of Corporate Blade Runners to retire them all with extreme prejudice.

Now to earn their retirement, they’re going to have to fight for it…

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Science Fiction

112 pages, Paperback

Published February 18, 2025

About the author

Kianna Shore is a Korean American adoptee and writer based in Japan. She studied at Boston University’s School of Global Studies and received her masters from UCLA’s MFA Screenwriting program. Kianna is the author of the upcoming comic series Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus, published by Titan Comics. An innovative storyteller, she weaves impactful and engaging stories to create immersive experiences and build connections between people. Kianna is represented by Zabé Ellor at JD Literary Agency for publishing and by Kate Hart at Anonymous Content for film and TV.

Reviews

[Khurram · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very confusing book. I was more confused when I finished this book than when I started it. The artwork was good but why would you draw two characters to look exactly the same?

Mead and Stix have worked together for a long time, but now things seem to be on the rocks. Enter a client with missing a missing relative, shady family business, and a Blade Runner (who looks like Mead's list twin).

Everyone is playing everyone, what do they want? I finished the book, and I still don't know. The book finishes with a thumbnail varient covers gallery and a sketchbook with page designs.

[Lucas F. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fairly compelling concept, with what I’d consider fairly stellar artwork, even if it does differ from the traditional Blade Runner sensibilities. It still felt right, just a varied flavor of the same world.
I thought the story was compelling, but it’s not done so I’m withholding wholesale judgement.

I will say the worst thing about this book is the lack of breaks between issues. It makes for some very weird page-to-page transitions, or lack thereof. I think they wanted it to flow like a Walking Dead volume, but it simply does not flow. Which works in some ways, and doesn’t in others. It just sort of keeps going, and this caused some confusion for me at times. On the other hand, I did read more than half of this while thinking it was still the first issue.

I’m of the opinion that we should always know when the breaks happens, even if it’s not given a whole cover splash page with an issue number.

[Travis Duke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Blade Runner story that is honestly pretty boring and confusing. It follows a couple of private detectives that get mixed up in a big story, or so it seems. I honestly got pretty disinterested because the characters are mundane and the interconnecting stories are just boring. Art is pretty good but not worth much.

[Theediscerning · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's not just this being set in broad daylight that makes it a great diminution of the original story. Uninteresting characters want something or something else, while others don't want them to get it. I think. It's all far too vague and dull – these electric sheep are mighty woolly.

[Rish · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75⭐️/5⭐️