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Biomega, Vol. 5 (2011)

by Tsutomu Nihei(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1421531887 (ISBN13: 9781421531885)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

VIZ Media LLC

series

Biomega / バイオメガ

review 1: Nightmare-ish, as usual. I can't pin-point why, but for some reason I had an easier time following events in this volume than in previous volumes. Given that this is the second to the last book in the series, it seems a bit late for the story to suddenly start making sense. But because I'm fascinated with the grotesque characters and the horror-movie atmosphere, it's hard to be objective. Especially with this volume, where a couple of new characters popped up. Little Funipero was cute in a creepy-doll kind of way, but it was the brief manifestation of mature Funipero that had me all excited for the final volume. I'm probably the only one, but I thought the (super-)brief romance between Higuide and Irungorunuruka was sweet (I'm probably the only one who actually thought it ... morewas a "romance"). The end of their story may have been sad, but it was still a welcome one-chapter break from Sci-Fi Shoot-Em-Ups and horrifying space blobs. I'm sure she won't show up, but I'd like to see Irungorunuruka again.
review 2: This manga is the usual Nihei stuff, some Killy-like badass character is on a mission and kills monsters along the way. You can expect action, violence, blood, decapitations, etc. The drawings are beautiful as usual. The whole world seems to be set in the same as Blame but before Blame and Noise. Nihei introduces interesting characters, new monsters and a new storyline. But, and there is a big but, the manga would have been better if it would have been a book or two longer. The manga is good up until the fourth volume and then you have the feeling Nihei is on hyper speed and he goes so fast introducing a new world and new characters, and reintroduces the old ones, by the sixth book we're short of breath anf it ends so quickly we wonder if there is going to be more volumes or a sequel but there won't be any. Nihei should have slowed down and make the serie a bit longer so we can enjoy it better and that we are less confused. Still, it's a great read, not as good as Blame but definitively better than Noise or Abbara. less

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