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A review by cathepsut
BLAME! Vol. 2 by Tsutomu Nihei
5.0
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.
![BF8931-E5-52-C0-492-D-A38-A-83557-E225-EC1](https://i.ibb.co/QJyHNnW/BF8931-E5-52-C0-492-D-A38-A-83557-E225-EC1.jpg)
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...
![696-B70-A9-5-D22-4-C67-9-C4-B-8-EA2-B53-AAA98](https://i.ibb.co/0fxQ598/696-B70-A9-5-D22-4-C67-9-C4-B-8-EA2-B53-AAA98.jpg)
... 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...
![01415-E2-A-FD65-4-AE8-A6-C9-A02-EBDD19128](https://i.ibb.co/vP1nsrX/01415-E2-A-FD65-4-AE8-A6-C9-A02-EBDD19128.jpg)
![68593-B01-BAC9-4791-8-AE2-99-BA300-AC8-BE](https://i.ibb.co/gdkW4L5/68593-B01-BAC9-4791-8-AE2-99-BA300-AC8-BE.jpg)
::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!
![67-BCF8-B0-9-F80-49-FA-A054-5-DCF559-A7-C82](https://i.ibb.co/YfMPZ3H/67-BCF8-B0-9-F80-49-FA-A054-5-DCF559-A7-C82.jpg)
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.
::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.
![BF8931-E5-52-C0-492-D-A38-A-83557-E225-EC1](https://i.ibb.co/QJyHNnW/BF8931-E5-52-C0-492-D-A38-A-83557-E225-EC1.jpg)
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...
![696-B70-A9-5-D22-4-C67-9-C4-B-8-EA2-B53-AAA98](https://i.ibb.co/0fxQ598/696-B70-A9-5-D22-4-C67-9-C4-B-8-EA2-B53-AAA98.jpg)
... 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...
![01415-E2-A-FD65-4-AE8-A6-C9-A02-EBDD19128](https://i.ibb.co/vP1nsrX/01415-E2-A-FD65-4-AE8-A6-C9-A02-EBDD19128.jpg)
![68593-B01-BAC9-4791-8-AE2-99-BA300-AC8-BE](https://i.ibb.co/gdkW4L5/68593-B01-BAC9-4791-8-AE2-99-BA300-AC8-BE.jpg)
::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!
![67-BCF8-B0-9-F80-49-FA-A054-5-DCF559-A7-C82](https://i.ibb.co/YfMPZ3H/67-BCF8-B0-9-F80-49-FA-A054-5-DCF559-A7-C82.jpg)
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.