Reviews

Blame!, 6 by Tsutomu Nihei

anlattner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ferns_citruscorner_8's review

tense fast-paced

3.75

toc's review

4.0

This review is for the entire six-issue corpus of Blame! Master Edition.

First, a caveat. The illustrations in Blame! are works of genius. But I am not as fluent in the picture language of manga as I should be so at times I was left a bit befuddled as to the exact goings on. Not so much to harm the story, mind you, but I did have to strain at it from time to time. Hopefully your milage will differ

None of which harmed the story! A grand epic taking place in some futuristic mechanical world/building/structure following the efforts of one man/machine/whatever at first to just get by and then to save humanity? Everything? A single baby? My son turned me on to this and after I finished it and we were discussing he said "I don’t think anyone has the capacity to understand the ending of Blame! but it’s very cool."

You must read it. If you're a true manga fan then you probably already have. If you're not a true manga fan then you might want to start with something a tad more accessible. But maybe not! Dive in. Just don't blame me (see what I did there?) if you don't come out the other side…

kerrycat's review

5.0

this series continues to be wonderfully stark and cold, and incredibly beautiful in design. I love the emptiness of this story, coupled with the desperation of the search for the net terminal gene - it makes my blood run cold, and I love every single page of it.

beingshort's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

madbrad22's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

ennsez's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Monumental

faux_crow's review against another edition

5.0

I have no idea what happened but it was great

nolansmock's review

5.0

Re-read. Six volumes of BLAME! in six days.. I need a shower. Covered in ash and grime and oil. Last volume is beautiful honestly. For whatever slips through my grasp in the narrative this is always something to come back to as an art book and this last act is a prime example of it. The battles are sparse and there's a resignation and slowness building up to the finale; it really relishes in how far the story has come. I remember my feeling after my first read-through because it so vividly came back to me, that despite the mixture of emotions going through this story I'm left wanting to return right back to the beginning again.

nooker's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5