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First review ever, but i felt the need to write something after reading this. I'm not going to write a huge load of text, but here's my take on why you should read it :

1 - Do you like Moebius inspired manga such as Nausicaa From The Valley Of Wind (a minor work for a little known guy named Miyazaki, rings a bell ?) ?

Well you get plenty of Moebius inspirations in Biomega, along with outstanding art and the striking double pages panels depicting the usual cyberpunk and futuristic style of Tsutomu Nihei. It's really awesome to see how much he has improved since ... Blame! and NOiSE, which provide already exceedingly good art, albeit a bit different than Biomega's, and somewhat more messy too.


2 - Did you like the characters from Blame! and wish to see more of Killy like badassness/blowing one's way through everything to achieve his mission ?

Killy was already a very good MC in my book, sure he wasn't very talkative and seemed mostly broody, but the rare bursts of emotions and his whole depiction as a badass synthetic blasting his overpowered gun at anyone or anything opposing him were what make me love him.
Well here, we have a more hot-blooded character in Zoichi, who, to top that, is accompanied by his faithful AI companion integrated in a bike that would make Akira salivate with envy. He has an entire arsenal of badass weaponry, wears a biker headgear and a morphing suit that allows him to fight bare-handed against insaely strong modified humans.
Zoichi is not just a mindless protagonist, and his relations with other characters are pretty well done, and a more complex than what you'd originally think.
Besides that, the characters relevant to the story are legion, and each have their own backstory relating them to each other in some way. You will quickly get attached to them :)


3 - Do you like when a manga fucks with your brain as you try to understand the intricate lore left behind by the author for the reader to interpretate ?

It's Tsutomu Nihei we are talking about here. If you prefer to have a clear story where nothing is left to interpretation, Biomega is not for you.
While the plot is released in a clearer way than in Blame!, it will still require a lot of mind gymnastic from your part to piece it all together. Nothing is left behind, so you'd better pay attention to everything mentioned in the early chapters and etch the different characters and their place in Biomega's world before reading ahead. It may even necessit a second read for you to understand it fully, but i guarantee you that it's worth it, if dystopian sci-fi are your thing.
I myself still haven't grasped everything explained in Biomega, but hey, wouldn't be much fun otherwise hmm ?


4 and finally - Do you like action packed fights involving (but not restricted to) : dismembering, explosions, riding a bike through a horde of zombies, blowing your foes' brains out, telekinesic powers, swords and axes... ?

Well look no more, for Biomega has all this, and much more, depicted beautifully and coherently by Nihei's amazing artwork.



If those four aspects are what you're looking for in a manga, then Biomega is something you most definitely will enjoy reading. If not, then maybe consider taking a peek at it, who knows, you could discover yourself a passion for cyberpunk and dystopian fictions :)


PS : i may or may not have made some enlish mistakes here, please take into account that it's not my native tongue . And i just realised i wrote way more than what i'd originally planned, sorry for that too.