History Manga / Blame

This story has a prequel, ''[=NOiSE=]'', and a followup anthology called ''Blame Academy! And So On'' containing two short sequel chapters: ''Net Sphere Engineer'' and ''Blame[[superscript:2]]''; as well as a three chapter spin off manga, featuring all the characters of ''Blame!'' in...[[HighSchoolAU high school?]] That's right ''Blame! Academy'' -- Adventure-student Killy in the Cyber school quest! Creator/TsutomuNihei is obviously even more insane than we gave him credit for.

** The Silicon Life start out attempting to destroy all traces of the Net Terminal Genes and forever seal humanity from the Netsphere - but by the time Blame 2 takes place, the new generation of Synthetic Life are being hunted down and simply want to be left in peace.

* PetTheDog: Killy indiscriminately destroys any Silicon Life he encounters, regardless of whether they're hostile to him or not. [[spoiler:Until Blame 2, where he rescues a heavily injured SL from the Safeguard and takes her to safety.]]

* RedBaron: In the epilogue ''Blame[[superscript:2]]'', the silicon beings refer to Killy as "The Calamity".

** Pcell VIII in "Blame[[superscript:2]]" is the [[LastOfHerKind sole suvivor of her village]] after Silicon Creatures become victims of persecution from humans.

This story has a prequel, ''[=NOiSE=]'', and a followup anthology called ''Blame Academy! And So On'' containing two short sequel chapters: ''Net Sphere Engineer'' and ''Blame!''; as well as a three chapter spin off manga, featuring all the characters of ''Blame!'' in...[[HighSchoolAU high school?]] That's right ''Blame! Academy'' -- Adventure-student Killy in the Cyber school quest! Creator/TsutomuNihei is obviously even more insane than we gave him credit for.

** The one wielded by Susono in the {{Prequel}} Noise is a powered up version, easily slicing through an enormous building.

* HomosexualReproduction: [[spoiler:Sana-Kan and Cibo are the mothers of the child with the Terminal Net Genes]]. Just [[HandWave go with it]], okay?

* [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains]]: The two nameless Silicon Creatures killed off near the beginning of ''Blame!'' return in ''Blame! Academy'' 2&3 as a pair of these.

* OrderVersusChaos: In Noise, the main character is a cop investigating a cult who worship the power of chaos who are kidnapping children to use for human sacrifices in their bizarre MagiTek rituals. When they kill her, she is resurrected by the Safeguard, protectors of order, but they turn out to be a pack of fascists who plan on disenfranchising or killing everybody who can't afford network implants and brainwashing the ones who do. Then in Blame!, we see the aftermath of this; the cult succeeded in throwing the world into chaos, but since they're so poorly organized their descendants, the Silicon Creatures, don't amount to much more than a bunch of roving cyber-barbarians. The Safeguard doesn't fare much better, as their directives become so corrupted that they essentially believe that everything that's not them must be exterminated with [[AbusivePrecursors extreme prejudice]].

* [[spoiler:HomosexualReproduction: Sana-Kan and Cibo are the mothers of the child with the Terminal Net Genes]]. Just [[HandWave go with it]], okay?

* EnergyWeapon: Lots of these.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Here and there. Flavors include infantry-sized laser weapons to [[WaveMotionGun Graviton beams]].

* ShoutOut: Silicon Creatures have heads like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Borg]], bodies like [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorphs]], and dress like [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Cenobites]].

* DarkIsEvil / LightIsGood: The most dangerous Silicon Creatures, such as Blon, Schiff and the Silicon Knights, have entirely black armor. Conversely, the characters who come closest to LawfulGood, like Mensab, Seu and representatives of the Authority, are completely white. Everyone else, who subscribe to GrayAndGreyMorality, tend to have pale skin and wear black clothes.

A short six episode Web-{{Anime}} series adaptation was created by Creator/GroupTAC in 2003. The manga received another anime adaptation in the form of a film called ''Anime/{{Blame}}'' produced by Creator/PolygonPictures (who also adapted Nihei's ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'') and has been licenced by Creator/{{Netflix}}. You can watch the first trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO0JsSYTFzQ here]] and the second [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k75jXSruSs here]]. The film was released in Japan and worldwide via Netflix on May 20, 2017.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Since everyone is technically human they do what humans do best, fight so that their faction can prosper at the expense of others. Who do you side with? The freedom loving but [[AnarchyIsChaos utterly insane]] Silicon Life who want to maintain the chaotic decay of the City, and are willing to exterminate humans who have the net terminal gene to prevent the Authority from regaining control? The KnightTemplar Safeguard who will kill anyone to keep the City from decaying further than it already has, even though it is evidently [[HopelessWar hopeless]]? The inept bureaucrats of Authority who want to reverse the decay of the Megastructure and employ sometimes heroic, sometimes [[IDidWhatIHadToDo ruthless]] protagonist on a quest that has gone on for millennia without tangible results? Or the more human factions that struggle to get by in this crapsack Dyson sphere?

* HandCannon: Killy's Graviton Beam Emitter, looks like a small pistol but packs one hell of a punch.

A short six episode Web-{{Anime}} series adaptation was created by Creator/GroupTAC in 2003.
The manga received another anime adaptation in the form of a film called ''Anime/{{Blame}}'' produced by Creator/PolygonPictures (who also adapted Nihei's ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'') and has been licenced by Creator/{{Netflix}}. You can watch the first trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO0JsSYTFzQ here]] and the second [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k75jXSruSs here]]. The film was released in Japan and worldwide via Netflix on May 20, 2017.

''Blame!'' 『ブラム!』 is a 10-volume {{cyberpunk}} {{Seinen}} {{Manga}} and a short six episode Web-{{Anime}} series created by Creator/TsutomuNihei.

The manga received another anime adaptation in the form of a film called ''Anime/{{Blame}}'' produced by Creator/PolygonPictures (who also adapted Nihei's Manga/KnightsOfSidonia) and has been licenced by Creator/{{Netflix}}. You can watch the first trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO0JsSYTFzQ here]] and the second [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k75jXSruSs here]]. The film was released in Japan and worldwide via Netflix on May 20, 2017.

* CloningBlues: In one chapter, Killy and Cibo stumble across a machine that [[spoiler:has been continually cloning the same woman for untold centuries.]] The worst part? [[spoiler:the original woman - hooked up to the machine and completely incapacitated - [[AndIMustScream is apparently ''alive and conscious'' for all that time]]]]

** Played to extreme measures by the Safeguard as a whole, who consider anyone without the Net Terminal Gene to be non-human and subject to immediate execution. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the Net Terminal Gene practically died out long ago, meaning ''nobody'' has it and effectively turning most of the Safeguard into {{OmnicidalManiac}}s.

** Played to extreme measures by the Safeguard as a whole, who consider anyone without the Net Terminal Gene to be non-human and subject to immediate execution. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the Net Terminal Gene practically died out long ago, meaning ''nobody'' has it and effectively turning most of the Safeguard into [[OmnicidalManiac]]s.

** Played to extreme measures by the Safeguard as a whole, who consider anyone without the Net Terminal Gene to be non-human and subject to immediate execution. Unfortunately for everyone involved, the Net Terminal Gene practically died out long ago, meaning ''nobody'' has it and effectively turning most of the Safeguard into OmnicidalManiacs.

* BoomHeadshot:

* BadassLongcoat: The [[AlmightyJanitor protagonist]] of ''[[{{Spinoff}} Net Sphere Engineer]]'' wears one of these. [[spoiler: Sana-Kan, when she returns and becomes Cibo's protector.]]

** Some of the artwork implies the structure reached Jupiter. If that’s canon, the distance between Earth and the Sun is less than half the distance between Earth and Jupiter. Assuming it still rotates like the Earth, the Sun’s destructive energy would have to be neutralized or the structure would tear itself apart.

** Some of the artwork implies the structure reached Jupiter. If that’s cannon, the distance between Earth and the Sun is less than half the distance between Earth and Jupiter. Assuming it still rotates like the Earth, the Sun’s destructive energy would have to be neutralized or the structure would tear itself apart.