BLAME! Academy and So On

ブラム学園! アンドソーオン 弐瓶勉作品集

by Tsutomu Nihei

Welcome to BLAME! Academy and So On, the spinoff set in the same “City” as Tsutomu Nihei’s science-fiction manga classic BLAME! BLAME! Academy and So On is also a parody/comedy about various characters in the main BLAME! storyline set in a traditional Japanese school environment. Various elements of the main BLAME! story are parodied, including the relationship between Killy and Cibo, and Dhomochevsky and Iko. Consists of: 1. Zeb-noid (ZEB-NOID); Champion RED 2004-07 A bloody war that spans millenniums. Two soldiers set out to kill each other. An encounter that could change their two species’ fate forever. 2. Blame Gakuen! (ブラム学園!, Blame Academy!); Afternoon 2004-05 Set in the same "City" as Blame!, it is a parody and comedy about various characters in the main Blame! story in a traditional Japanese school setting. Various elements in the main Blame! story are being parodied, including the relationship between Killy and Cibo, and Dhomochevsky and Iko. 3. Blame Gakuen! Kyoto Nara Aiai-gasa (ブラム学園! 京都奈良相合傘); Afternoon 2007-10 4. Blame Gakuen! Sakura Saku Tou no Shita de (ブラム学園! 桜咲く塔の下で); Afternoon 2008-05 5. Kozutsumi (小包); unpublished, later collected in "Akai Kiba" doujinshi A man looks for his brother. 6. Netsphere Engineer (ネットスフィアエンジニア); Bessatsu Morning 2005 The much-awaited sequel to BLAME! follows a man, called a Dismantler, who is in charge of sub-dividing the nexus towers that incur Safeguard interference upon its detection of humans without the net terminal genes. Although humans are once again able to reside in the Net Sphere, the Safeguard are still a threat. The Dismantler or NSE, or Net Sphere Engineer, goes on a journey to aid mankind in their survival. 7. Pump (ポンプ); unpublished, later collected in "Akai Kiba" doujinshi 8. BLAME!² - Dai 8-keishitai Pcell no Toshi Kouzoutai Dasshitsuki (BLAME!² 第八系子体プセルの都市構造体脱出記); Morning Zoukan Mandala 2008 The protagonist is a descendant of Pcell. This story happens a long time after the events of BLAME!. This young silicon creature knows well the havoc that Killy brought and decides to move towards the end of the megastructure, to look for him. 9. Numa no Kami (沼の神); Afternoon 2008-10 10. Senshi Kouchuu Suzumega (戦翅甲蟲・天蛾); Young Gangan 2007#3 (Source: Kodansha USA)