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“Prequel to BLAME! showing society's collapse through officer Susono Musubi, plus Nihei's original BLAME prototype.”
NOiSE
NOiSE
7.17
7,074 rank · 26,279 readers · 167 favorites
Seinen
Action
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Prequel to BLAME! showing society's collapse through officer Susono Musubi, plus Nihei's original BLAME prototype.
The Bible has its Genesis. The Matrix has The Second Renaissance. BLAME! has NOiSE. Through the eyes of police force member Susono Musubi, this one-volume prequel gives readers a glimpse of the world before the Netsphere went haywire. Witness the events that threw the technologically advanced society into chaos: the cancerous growth of the Megastructure, the birth of the parasitic lifeforms called Silicon Creatures, and the development of the ruthless killing machines known as the Safeguards. Also included in the compilation is Tsutomu Nihei's debut work BLAME which served as the prototype of the acclaimed 10-volume series, BLAME!.
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 10
σ 3.77
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.77 · split reception
The polarity gap
9.0 pts
Recommenders 10.0 · others 1.0
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Score over time
↓ 3.50
Running avg · Aug 2009 → Jun 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “What to say about "Noise"...without sounding like the cult trying to recruit a new member... Fascinating. Noise properly introduced me to Tsutomu Nihei, even though I had heard of Blame! before...”
- 10 “This manga was quite interesting. The story is very dark in that dystopian future with a secret to hide sort of way, and even though this type of narrative seems to be not all that different from...”
- 5 “"NOiSE" is really unnecessary. Being a prequel of "BLAME!", we just get a little smell of what was before it all crumbled down for eternity in that world. Way more clear with the storytelling, but...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 8 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 04m approx
- Published Jan 2000 – Jan 2001
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0451 catalog