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KODANSHA COMICS Digital Edition

BLAME! 1 copyright © 2016 Tsutomu Nihei

English translation copyright © 2016 Tsutomu Nihei

All rights reserved.

First published in Japan in 2015 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Electronic Publishing rights for this English edition arranged through
Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or

by any means without written permission from the copyright holders.

English digital edition published by Kodansha Advanced Media, LLC,

San Francisco.

www.kodanshacomics.com

ISBN: 9781682333730

Digital Edition: 1.0.0

Translation: Melissa Tanaka

Production: Risa Cho
Translation provided by Vertical Comics
 GORE EXPOSED
Outer space, the far fbture. *

A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since
the obliteration' of the solar system. The massive, nearly
indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed
humanity’s home world continue to pose an existential threat.

Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel’s bowels

deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved
photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges
from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a
treasured legacy by the spaceship’s coolheaded female captain.

Meticulously drawn, peppered with clipped humor, but also

unusually attentive to plot and structure for the international
cult favorite, Knights of Sidonia may be Tsutomu Nihei’s most •
accessible work to date even as it hits notes of tragic grandeur
as a hopeless struggle for survival unfolds.

“One of Knights ofSidonia’s chief strengths is that it doesn’t

bog down the intrigue of its world with too much unnecessary,
bloated dialogue... It’s definitely a solid pick-up for Vertical;
there’s not really anything else in their catalog like it, Dig into
the first volume and see if Nihei’s gorgeously depicted wreck
of a sci-fi future doesn’t secure an immediately tight grip.”
— Otaku USA

“Knights of Sidonia is off to a solid start with its first volume...

All in all i't’s a promising and entertaining offering and one
that’s left me chomping at the bit for the next volume.”
— Comic Book Resources