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Nihei's magnum opus, idk why it's rating is only 9, should be at least 9.25
BLAME!
- Thread starter MangaDex
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This is one of the masterpieces.
@katsu_curry that may be because this manga is not for everyone. You are just suddenly thrown into a world and actually have to put effort into understanding things. That is why this is my favorite
@Iandiazgentry read the master edition. there is a pdf of all volumes somewhere on the net
For those who can't understand the story, check the wiki on fandom.com for chapter explanations
@katsu_curry that may be because this manga is not for everyone. You are just suddenly thrown into a world and actually have to put effort into understanding things. That is why this is my favorite
@Iandiazgentry read the master edition. there is a pdf of all volumes somewhere on the net
For those who can't understand the story, check the wiki on fandom.com for chapter explanations
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Came here after watching the Netflix movie. Good thing I did too, as that movie set up the context of things much better than this manga did early on. This manga has the opposite problem of those crappy manga / anime with overly long backstories where there's paragraphs of exposition and history you don't give a crap about it the beginning that you don't even have the context to understand. It's too minimalist and doesn't explain anything. Plus the art makes the action scenes a bit hard to follow.
It has its strengths, like being atmospheric and establishing a mood, but so far, it's lacking characterization and context for what's going on. I like it so far, but can see why it never became a megahit, and only got animated after Knights of Sidonia was successful.
It has its strengths, like being atmospheric and establishing a mood, but so far, it's lacking characterization and context for what's going on. I like it so far, but can see why it never became a megahit, and only got animated after Knights of Sidonia was successful.
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Cult classic, you're probably going to either love or hate this manga.
Strengths:
[ul]- Fantastic world and atmosphere
- World is kept as mysterious to the viewer as it is to the MC through a lack of exposition/info dumping
- Most chapters are relatively easy to read, and most of the manga is entirely visual with minimal storytelling
- Most arcs are short and don't drag on too long
- Visual style and storytelling does an incredible job at selling the scale of the world and the ungodly lengths of time it takes to traverse it
- Visual storytelling done right ("show, don't tell")[/ul]
Weaknesses:
[ul]- Practically no dialogue
- Early chapters are disjointed from the remainder of the book
- Art style evolves over time and gradually improves, leaving earlier chapters looking clunky and unrefined in comparison to later chapters
- Some chapters are total cluster-fucks and require numerous re-reads to grasp[/ul]
Overall, one of my favorites of all time. It's definitely not everybody's cup of tea, but most of the chapters are easy to read through, and it's not a joke to say that the ~2,000 pages of this manga series can be read in about 6 hours. Give it a try, at least a handful of chapters. If you're not digging it, you won't like it later. If you fall in love, you'll love it all the way through.
Strengths:
[ul]- Fantastic world and atmosphere
- World is kept as mysterious to the viewer as it is to the MC through a lack of exposition/info dumping
- Most chapters are relatively easy to read, and most of the manga is entirely visual with minimal storytelling
- Most arcs are short and don't drag on too long
- Visual style and storytelling does an incredible job at selling the scale of the world and the ungodly lengths of time it takes to traverse it
- Visual storytelling done right ("show, don't tell")[/ul]
Weaknesses:
[ul]- Practically no dialogue
- Early chapters are disjointed from the remainder of the book
- Art style evolves over time and gradually improves, leaving earlier chapters looking clunky and unrefined in comparison to later chapters
- Some chapters are total cluster-fucks and require numerous re-reads to grasp[/ul]
Overall, one of my favorites of all time. It's definitely not everybody's cup of tea, but most of the chapters are easy to read through, and it's not a joke to say that the ~2,000 pages of this manga series can be read in about 6 hours. Give it a try, at least a handful of chapters. If you're not digging it, you won't like it later. If you fall in love, you'll love it all the way through.
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Started reading this manga because i saw someone mention it when i was reading Usogui (read this manga it's amazing). And man i enjoyed this allot i really liked everything about it esp. the buildings and world design it was very interesting but also gloomy and gritty but oddly relaxing aswell. Deff will re-read this soon.
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heard about this offhand in a video on youtube, proceeded to read the entire thing over the course of three days and absolutely fell in love with it.
pros-compelling storyline, interesting characters, some of the best setting art i've ever seen, and an ability to carry a lot of emotional weight despite having very little dialogue
cons-first few chapters have no real effect on the rest of the plot, the lack of color/midtones leads to some bits of it being super visually confusing
notes-
read this before you watch the movie. seriously. the movie is great but makes no sense without it.
if you don't like/can't handle body horror and gore, this isn't for you.
overall-one of my favorites. 9/10
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pros-compelling storyline, interesting characters, some of the best setting art i've ever seen, and an ability to carry a lot of emotional weight despite having very little dialogue
cons-first few chapters have no real effect on the rest of the plot, the lack of color/midtones leads to some bits of it being super visually confusing
notes-
read this before you watch the movie. seriously. the movie is great but makes no sense without it.
if you don't like/can't handle body horror and gore, this isn't for you.
overall-one of my favorites. 9/10
edit:
what the fuck was that ending
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Didnt love It but It was alright. Can tell why people love it the art Is fantastic, the story would be too If I could tell what exactly was going on more.
