Blame!, Vol. 10 by Tsutomu Nihei
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wild, mythical, strange, and hauntingly beautiful.

And let's not forget--unutterably sad.


This manga flies in the face of most manga. It's unapologetically dense and forces you to speculate just to keep up with the action, but more than that, it's transcendental. Lovecraftian, H.R. Geigerish, totally cyberpunk in every sense of the term, but also a pure Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came feel. Only, unlike King's version, this is a true dark tower for the whole series and it does just about all those feelings JUSTICE.

To be fair, it's also extremely minimalistic. Nobody will ever explain much of anything. But out of the hints and the things we do get, it's powerful.

I think I might consider this one of my favorites. Not because it's universally accessible (it isn't) but because it's awesomely brave.

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