BLAME! Vol. 2 by Tsutomu Nihei
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Here is my chaotic step by step ramble…
::LOG.10:: THE NETSPHERE
Actual, traditional story telling! We meet Cibo again. Maybe in an earlier timeline? And after a little backstory we come full circle to the end of the previous chapter. A bit difficult to tell the characters apart, they all pretty much have the same face.
The Administration… The ruling level of the Netsphere.
::LOG.11:: SAFEGUARDS
I think I like the artwork better than in the first volume. It‘s probably the same and has just grown on me.
The city grows… what is with all the phallic, turd-shaped and drippy, goey things? Yuk?
Other than that, pretty cool looking.
::LOG.12:: STORAGE KING
Very Matrix-like, I keep waiting for Mr. Smith to pop out of the woodworks.
And then there is this whole I, Robot-thing…
… and a litte H. R. Giger…
Well, that was very, very good!
::LOG.13:: ELECTRO FISHERS
An in between chapter, going places…
::LOG.14:: PLANTERS
Meeting new people, finding mysterious passages… eep…
Some great spreads in these last two chapters!
::LOG.15:: AWAKENING
Oh, shoot! Well, that was not good… on the other hand, what is going on with Kyrii?
I like this story! This is a lot more interesting and suspenseful than the first collected edition!
::LOG.16:: THE ATTACK
::LOG.17:: LANGUAGE MATRIX
::LOG.18:: ANNIHILATION
Great action, I like the plot. Exciting! Great panels…
::LOG.19:: THE BACKUP WORLD
Think of the last part of The Matrix! And Tron. And a reveal that I had half expected already anyway. Still, good stuff. Oh, and colour!
Wow, what an ending.
::LOG.20:: RESTRICTION LIFTED
Wow, what an ending. Wait, I wrote that already…
Ok, sorry for this weird non-review. I decided to consider the first master edition as set-up. A confusing, mostly plotless set-up. This made totally up for it. Loved it.
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