Blame!, Vol. 9

Blame! [ブラム!] #9

by Tsutomu Nihei

In the aftermath of an apocalyptic battle, all that remains in the world of Blame! is Killy is on the brink of death, and Cibo's fusion with the Level 9 Safeguard unit has reduced her once-impressive intellect to that of a child. As the merciless silicon creatures close in, a mind-boggling spherical space inside the city may hold the key to salvation... "Action packed, bloody, and cerebral to the core, it's stunningly drawn and impossible to put down." -Dave Halverson, Play Magazine

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

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 20, 2002

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

[Monsour · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chibo's lost her memory and turn into semi-child like figure.

Killy's already in full recovery and now looking for clues to find Chibo.

While doing so, he stubble a group of builders(AI robots without humanoid body) whose guarding a dying man with possibility having a connection to the NET-TERMINAL GENE.


Yet Killy hesitate to gain info on him(possibly afraid his body getting hack and steal).

While on the top of the construct he meet a Non-hostile Silicon Creatures whose navigating a never ending unfinished construction.





And...wat..is..dat..thing?


ALRIGHT ALMOST THERE.
GONNA TRY TO MAKE MY OWN INTERPRETATION OF THE STORY AFTER READING THE LAST Vol

[47Time · Rating 1 out of 5]

Without the synopsis I would have been totally in the dark. Still, is this a different story? The characters speak about as much as before, but nothing makes sense any more. Not that half of what I read so far made any sense. Is this part of the series filler for a grand finale or is the author running out of ideas? How did he manage almost 200 pages with so little happening?

Cibo fused with a 9th level safeguard, because it says so in the synopsis, and is now relearning to speak. Killy had his ass handed to him in some pretty destructive scenes, but he is apparently nigh indestructable and repairs his damage for the next leg of his journey to nowhere. Any other detail is meaningless as far as I can tell.

[Himanshu Karmacharya · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are some really weird stuffs going on in this volume in an already convoluted series, but not in a wrong way.

[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.

[Davi Bampi · Rating 4 out of 5]

We re back on track! It looks like its building to something big and deep. It still doesn't say anything, and keeps the mysteries, well... Mysterious. I just hope one last volume is enough to answer them. At least the main ones.

But I did enjoy these chapters way more than the last ones. It felt like the beginning of the manga. Creepy and weird, with intriguing characters populating the world Killy wanders by. Like the 'pen-drive guy' he carries with him after accepting its quest lol
I love these silly moments and the dialogue Nihei writes.

All in all, a fun volume.

[Engie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esto me tiene pensando diferentes cosas al tiempo. Qué loco todo.

[Shin Donghae · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ini tinggal satu jilid lagi loh hha
Tanpa sinopsis, mungkin sy akan benar-benar dalam kegelapan laiknya dunia Blame! ini LOL.
Tidak begitu banyak dialog. Harapannya karakter di sini pada volume 9 akan berbicara tentang sebanyak2nya, tapi tidak ada yang masuk akal XDD.
Apakah ini bagian dari pengisi seri untuk jilid final atau Nihei sensei kehabisan ide? Setidaknya, salut juga sensei mampu mengelola hampir 200 halaman dengan begitu sedikit kejadian :-/
Killy telah "sembuh" setelah rekonstruksi, sedangkan Cibo mengalami "penurunan" mental setelah bertransformasi menjadi A lvl 9

Semoga volume 10 menjawab semua pertanyaan hhe

[Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

And now I'm getting the DISTINCT feeling I got in the later parts of Nier Automata. It's a very unique feeling. And now that I'm reading Blame! this way, I'm really respecting it a lot more because it came out first. Or perhaps I respect Nier more for how it really ran with aspects of Blame!?

I don't know. Blame! goes rather hard and a lot farther in some ways. It's very impressive, either way.

[Vincent Saint-Cyr · Rating 4 out of 5]

BLAME! Volume 9 is an excellent entry in this uniquely uncommon cyberpunk manga series by Tsutomu Nihei. The sparse dialogue, as usual in BLAME!, leaves space for the visuals and the feeling of isolation to speak for themselves.

The minimalism enhances the tension and emotional impact.

[Denisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another rating: 8/10

[M. Ashraf · Rating 2 out of 5]

The aftermath!
It is the end now!
Next volume the whole series conclude.
And it is dark! not what I expected the end would be.

[Raluca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really hope the last volume answears all my questions.

[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👍😁❤️

[spirited.pages · Rating 3 out of 5]

:/

[Khyzer (is studying) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though Cibo forgot her memories she still remembered Killy upon hearing the GBE sound and knew he will be coming to rescue her. I'm crying

[Céline NARICADOU · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5

[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.

[Thikrayat Al-aradi · Rating 3 out of 5]

more mystery...

[vera · Rating 4 out of 5]

shibo parece una rata autista y a killy le volvió el mutismo selectivo

[du · Rating 3 out of 5]

é isso msm? estamos indo pro final? é agr que a inter vira net?

[Nura · Rating 3 out of 5]

mangakanya lupa gambar luka di mulutnya Killy. *ga penting* dan tebak siapa yang muncul kembali? Sanakan. cibo yang menyatu sama Safeguard berubah jadi anak-anak dalam wujud yang agak mengerikan menurut gw. sphere yg ada di perutnya agak-agak gimana gitu.

[Andres Zen'In · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quizá el tomo que menos aporto a la historia, 3 capitulos casi sin diálogos y sobre el final se pone interesante, el arte sigue mejorando cada vez más y me preocupa que llegue al tomo final y a la historia al menos yo no le veo un desarrollo significativo

[Thesexycaptain · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vol.9 of the Captain's favorite manga.

[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

[Sebastian · Rating 5 out of 5]

90/100

[Kittyki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nagyon kedves kis Építővel lett gazdagabb a szívem.

[keereads · Rating 3 out of 5]

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