“Isolated teen Hikaru hosts alien Horizon, gaining powers to battle planet-killing Maelstrom and break her shell.”
7 Billion Needles
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Synopsis
Isolated teen Hikaru hosts alien Horizon, gaining powers to battle planet-killing Maelstrom and break her shell.
Accepting only the comfort of her headphones, high school student Hikaru Takabe spends her time isolated from her classmates. However, her life takes a new turn when she meets a powerful intergalactic being named Horizon. As a result of the surreal incident leading to their encounter, Horizon must stay within Hikaru's body, much to her chagrin. Now armed with Horizon's powers of spatial manipulation, Hikaru is dragged into the mission that brought it to Earth: to destroy Maelstrom, a lifeform whose instinctive purpose is to kill every living being on whatever planet it finds itself on. For Hikaru, this not only involves partaking in an evolutionary game of cat and mouse, but also taking the first steps out of her shell.Included one-shot: Volume 4: Hikikomori Headphone Girl (pilot)
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Running avg · Jul 2015 → Jul 2023
- 4 “Beyond the captivating art style, 7 Billion Needles falls disappointingly short. To put it plainly, the story is an ambitious yet ultimately nonsensical piece of work. While the premise may appear...”
- 3 “If you've read any of my reviews, you know that I put a lot of stock into story concepts. The concept of immortality, reincarnation, lucid dreams, and basically any concepts that I, as a reader,...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 24 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 12m approx
- Published Mar 2008 – Feb 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9584 catalog