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7 Billion Needles, Volume 1 (2010)

by Nobuaki Tadano(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1934287873 (ISBN13: 9781934287873)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Vertical

review 1: 7 Billion Needles was an interesting read for me in several ways. I'm not familiar with the classic novel that inspired this manga, and it was recommended to me by a friend who knows my tastes very well. So I did no "research" at all and started reading knowing absolutely nothing about it. This is a character driven, imaginative, suspenseful science fiction story. I really liked watching this first volume unfold without having any preconceptions or framework. As I'd recommend trying it the same way I'm going to avoid any plot or premise discussions in this review. Things move at a brisk pace while still having amble depth and development. The characters are engaging and the premise intriguing. There are moments of the grotesque and gruesome, but with purpose and impact to ... morethe story. The art is perfectly matched to the tale being told. Clean and detailed, with careful and unusual use of panel layout, design and negative space at key moments to add to the atmosphere and tension.A wonderful entry into a genre sometimes underrepresented in manga. Highly recommended.
review 2: I'd never heard of the original golden age sci-fi story from which this was adapted, Needle by Hal Clement, but this was a really interesting sci-fi manga story in its own right. Hikaru is a great character, isolated and lonely as she grieves the mysterious loss of her father and lost in her own world of headphones. She certainly doesn't expect to die and then be brought back to life sharing her body with a plasma-based space alien in a symbiotic relationship where they both need the other to survive. The end result blends action and story with a creepy old-school sci-fi feel and an action packed cliffhanger. less

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