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BLAME!, spelt as bu-ra-mu in japanese (probably a translation mistake, as bu-ra-mu (bulamu!) imitates the blast from a gun. Therefore BLAM! would be the correct translation.), is set far, far away in the future, in a planet Earth (I guess) covered up by hundreds of thousands of concrete and metal jungles where different non-human, human, humanoid and computerized beings live connected to some sort of network called the Netsphere, which only a few can use, and try to survive ambush attacks from Safeguards, humanoid-cyborg beings that try to destroy any human (pure human) being, as some of those remaining humans contain a gene, a net terminal gene, that allows them to enter and use the Netsphere to restore peace.
The whole planet is a single city, called the Megastructure. It is probably more than 3000 levels tall, more than 200,00 km of distance from the deepest level to the surphace.

It is a very dark world. Nothing from the past world, geography, remains. Just buildings over buildings over buildings. Ocassionaly, anybody might find empty rooms or spaces, which can be more than 10,000 km wide, where things are being built or destroyed by builders, robots that only live to build.
The main plot evolves around a human, suprisingly, called Killy (ki-ri in japanese). He is given the task

The manga is held in 10 volumes. The drawing and art is incredible, not only with the character's poses and astonishing blank and tired faces, but the buildings and scenery themselves are wonderful. That is Nihei's signature, incredible buildings with awesome complexity.
The battles the story includes are incredible too, although you can always exp

I really recommend it, if you are a cyberpunk person or a sci-fi fan. It took me a while to localize the manga out there, but there are always a few ways and methods to get the scans or books.
There is also an anime based on the manga, although the story isn't that great, because it takes separate parts from the manga to fuse them into a surreal anime experience. Muffled explosions, weird basses, high pitched sounds and surreal animation is what makes BLAME!, the anime series, another alternative to those who haven't read the manga. But I don't recommend it, because it is pointless unless you read the manga!
If you have read the manga, or have seen the series, I would like you to post a comment, to express what you think of the manga/anime. I don't know if there are enough people out there that have read the manga or watched the series, specially english-speaking people.

Have fun!
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