Blame! Vol. 1
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (892 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1595328343 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Horrible Tokyopop Localization Anonymous The text font was unbecomingly juvenile and was too reminiscent of American comic books. The diction of the translation was just as bad. The final result has the childish wording clashing with the complex art quality. The former wins out.. "Excellent series with a slow start" according to R. Gage. I've been interested in BLAME! ever since I found an art book on an import website. After readint through the volumes in Japanese, I must say I wasn't let down. This series is easily one of my favorites. Unfortunately, It also takes a while to get going.The ten volume series tells the story of Killy as he wanders through the what was once the earth, and now is a gigantic city known as the megastructure which . Fantastic Art + Action = : D Tsutomu Nihei's "Blame!" is a masterpiece. I've previewed the entire series before it was licensed in the United States and was amazed by 3 things:1) the art - it's breath taking2) the story - so many twist and turns! And,3) the originality,Blame! is a journey story at it's core. It's the story of Killy's quest to find a carrier of "net genes," but it carries a much greater depth than that. I'd tell you, but
Enter Killy, a quiet, dark-clad loner who is looking for the "net terminal genes." What are they? Why is he looking for them? Those are apparently questions for volume 2. From Publishers Weekly Earth. Basically, the plot here is a thin MacGuffin on which Nihei hangs a relentless series of chases and gun- and swordfights between Killy and escalating waves of humanoid robots, disfigured mutants and spiny-necked mutated robots with guns for eyes. The future. But with ascending levels, occasional fights and increasingly bigger monsters for Killy to defeat, the storytelling is indistinguishable from old versions of Doom and Duke Nukem. The world has become an endless metal labyrinth, populated by people hunted by unknown forces for their genetic material. All rights reserved. . (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. This new manga is likely to appeal to younger male readers jon
In a future world rife with decay and destruction, Killy is a man of few words who packs one very powerful gun. Everyone is searching for the Net Terminal Genes, but no one is quite certain what kind of power they contain. The answer may lie hidden among the scattered human settlements of this vast and desolate future world.. He wanders an endless labyrinth of cyberdungeons filled with concrete and steel, fighting off cyborgs and other bizarre silicate creatures