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Japanese: BLAME!
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 66
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 25, 1997 to Jul 25, 2003
Genres: Action Sci-Fi
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Nihei, Tsutomu (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.291 (scored by 4835748,357 s)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #3292
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #70
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Favorites: 9,339

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In an enormous steel labyrinth riddled with horrifying creatures, humanity is forced to isolate itself in small enclaves while living in constant fear of its annihilation. In this dystopia, only a strange young man known as Killy is brave enough to traverse its unforgiving territories.

Possessing superhuman strength and a rare Graviton Beam Emitter, Killy fights off bloodthirsty beasts and other fiendish forces in his desperate search for a human with the Net Terminal Gene—genetic information that holds the potential to restore the corrupt world.

The dark world of Blame! follows Killy as he meets new people, sheds more blood, and draws closer to finding the Net Terminal Gene. Through these exploits, the true nature of the world is slowly pieced together.

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Blame! was published in English by Tokyopop from August 9, 2005, to November 6, 2007; this release was nominated for the Harvey Award in the Best American Edition of Foreign Material category in 2006. Vertical Inc. re-released the series in English following the Japanese shinsouban reprint from September 13, 2016, to December 12, 2017. The manga was also published in Italian by Panini Comics from March 16, 2000, to November 18, 2004; in Polish by Japonica Polonica Fantastica from April 8, 2016, to January 31, 2018; in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC from December 2016 to June 2018; and in Russian by XL Media from May 24, 2017, to October 4, 2018.
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55 Recommended
14 Mixed Feelings
9 Not Recommended
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Jan 23, 2025
Dompa112
Recommended
Blame is a strange one for me. Initially when i started reading it i wasnt feeling it and stopped at page 100. It was a bit boring very little dialogue. Confusing. And even now when ive finished it if you would ask me what its about i couldnt really tell you. But then still having finished it i feel quite satisfied and giving it a high score of an 8/10. And even that i cant really explain why. Theres just something about the unknown stuff. The hard to grasp story. The world itself. The characters. Its all a mystery. And it adds to the final ...
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Feb 13, 2025
Boozarda
Mixed Feelings
Blame! Is without a doubt a very intriguing, Unique piece of art.

I doubt anybody could read it and not be intrigued by it's aesthetic and atmosphere. With that being said, I would not say this manga is for everyone by any means. The Story can be very hard to track at times, either with how difficult the sense of scale in this world is to capture in manga format, or by how in depth some of the dialogue the characters have can be.

In short, if you are a cyberpunk/goth/distopian-future/ fan you will most likely be attracted to the world and charactes presented in ...
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Oct 5, 2021
itsyaboi8675309
Not Recommended
Blame is a manga that starts off confusingly but 20 chapters in it starts to explain a lot of the world in its own way. But after those 20 chapters they stop trying to explain themselves and instead just drag you on for a confusing ride.

The only thing that kept me from dropping blame is that I liked the art, the characters are not amazingly drawn but the action s and two page spreads make it all look better.

Even though i enjoyed the art all the amazing s cant make up for the fact that the story is incoherent and insane. Blame is the only ...
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