Blame! 4

Blame! [ブラム!] #4

by Tsutomu Nihei, 弐瓶勉

最強の銃を持つ男・霧亥（キリイ）！！　無限に広がる階層都市を行く冒険者・霧亥を描く渾身のハードＳＦアクション。

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

212 pages, Paperback

First published March 21, 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

[Isabela]

I know it’s getting repetitive writing this with every volume, but Jesus… this is seriously something else.

Did I understand anything? No.
Do I have the slightest idea what’s going on? Also no.
Is there some deeper explanation for all of this? Probably!

Whatever! I want action, combat, gigantic structures with cyber cosmic horror vibes, and lots and lots of exploring through these completely insane environments.

Blame promised me that, and so far, it’s delivering exactly that. So honestly? I’m perfectly fine with it not explaining a single thing. I’m way too busy staring at these absurd structures and pretending I know what the hell is going on.

[47Time]

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.

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. Killy wants to return to Mensab and have a talk with her.

[Strangerealms]

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.

[M. Ashraf]

We go back to the min. dialogue as possible.
It is all artwork and you figure it out for yourself and with that things got very intense in this volume still great, like the concept.
New place and characters in this volume to advance the story.
Still holding on!

[Ashley]

Unfortunately, I am dropping this one. I think there's some interesting and intriguing things about this series, but it just hasn't really grabbed me. The main character is essentially a gun attached to a body, and him and Cibo just get abused by random monsters until they reach the next checkpoint. The artwork is not enough to keep me going either. I don't feel any actual stakes and it just trudges on.

[Paul]

This series continues to improve!!!

[beyzu]

4.5

[Bradley]

Killy really does have the Halo one pistol...So do others. I'm at a loss here. The synthetic ones are pretty badass, but they've taken a backseat and have the least explanation (which might not be a bad thing). There is a grudge with Killy, but I always felt that some of the synthetic ones were helping him. He also destroyed that transport which contained those bodies once he discovered that they weren't trying to loot the transport. That's the type of story I enjoy.

We're getting into something much broader that goes beyond mere survival in this crazy plate-world. The different factions add variety. I don't wish to sound like I complaining, I'm simply weary of where the plot is headed. I should just shut my mouth and enjoy the ride. On to the next!

[Davi Bampi]

Another good volume, continuing the story and introducing more lore.

And there are some really cool designs in this one!

[Emperador Nui]

Los episodios de combate y lucha tecnológica que se vieron en el volumen anterior no cesaron con su locura, por lo que el inicio del tomo 4 es un arranque potente de acción, que luego por fin se diezma en favor de una investigación mayor de los demás fuerzas que habitan los escenarios.

Inteligencia artificial, enemigos destinados a convertirse en recurrentes y una extraña metamorfosis inmaterial son los elementos más memorables, aparte de la enriquecedora acción, de los presentes capítulos.

[Alejandra Rubio]

Este tomo y el tres es donde se revela más sobre killy, y también donde la trama da un poco más de cambios, lo que es bueno porque los tomos anteriores se estaban volviendo repetitivos. Realmente con estos tomos el manga volvió a captar mi interés.

[Kurtis Burkhardt]

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👍😁❤️

[scafandr]

3 том меня сильно поразил развитием сюжета. Мы узнали много неожиданный подробностей, Килли оказывается сильно непрост. 4 том менее неожиданный. Я бы сказал, что это больше 3.5, чем полноценный 4. Неожиданных столкновений всего парочка штук, всего пара изображений, который я бы с радостью нанес на майку или набил на руке. Какие странные кремниевые хранители... Забавные летающие существа а-ля Венди насмешили=)
По-прежнему очень интересно, к чему идут герои, уверен, мы увидим еще кучу огромных монстров, которые не умещаются на двух страницах. И пускай этот том больше похож на флегматичный первый, он все равно меня сказочно порадовал, как и весь Blame! в целом.

[Bradley]

Fascinating world-mystery going on here. Little details keep popping up that make it super rich. Like silicon life forms and AIs now, as well as unlocked features in his own body. But the real treat isn't in the new things, but just how obvious and normal the truly strange is.

I'm loving this. Truly weird and original and out there. Cyberpunk on hard SF steroids as imagined as an Escher painting and H.R. Geiger. :)

[Mohammad Sabbir Shaikh]

Blame! Tsutomu Nihei's popular manga is all about his fabulous art. Page after page Nihei's art blows your mind. After one point, you just don't care about the story or the character arc or anything else. No. All you wish is to get lost in the Nihei's world, which is brilliantly imagined and fantastically presented here.

[Shin Donghae]

Jilid ini dan sebelumnya memberikan fakta yg cukup mendukung terutama dari sisi latar si MC. Setidaknya pada plotnya memberikan lebih banyak twist yang cukup bagus. Barangkali ini cukup menjaga asa saya utk bertahan melanjutkan serial ini :)))

[Aggrrressivtot]

meh, dragged it out long enough to be sure that's it for me. I'm not one who reads for pretty picture only with vague plot and characters.
and this title is a bit weird with women, but I can't pinpoint issue surely, above basic misogyny present in lots of mangas.

[Denisa]

Another rating: 8/10

[Angelo]

It only gets better and better!❤️

[Eressea]

好難懂Orz

[Raluca]

The graphical work is incredible, a really interesting story and incredible visuals

[t.h.]

4.5

[Pennina-Lynn]

I really like the art style... Oh, and the cyborgs... Sexy, sexy cyborgs...

[spirited.pages]

Beautiful panels. Story telling without needing words

[Céline NARICADOU]

3.5/5

[Nacho]

Que carajo está pasando, me encanta

[vera]

no entiendo nada bro pero que bonito es

[Saúl Meza]

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]

minimum dialogue, packed action scenes and plenty of revelations

[du]

é impressionante como cada vez que vc lê mais, mais coisa vc quer saber sobre a história, ciclo vicioso do caramba