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“Isolated teen Hikaru hosts alien Horizon, gaining powers to battle planet-killing Maelstrom and break her shell.”
7 Billion Needles
70億の針
6.73
14,297 rank · 5,252 readers · 51 favorites
Seinen
Sci-Fi
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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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- 4 “The art style is undeniably captivating and serves as the series' only redeeming quality. However, the narrative is a nonsensical trainwreck filled with contrived philosophical musings, while the...”
- 3 “The art is quite impressive, particularly the realistic animal drawings and decent background panels, and the initial concept of evolution held some promise. However, the series suffers from...”
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Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — 7 Billion Needles begins and ends here.
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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