Biomega (manga)

Biomega (manga)
Genre	Sci-fi
Manga
Written by	Tsutomu Nihei
Published by	Kodansha
Related works
NOiSE, Blame!, Net Sphere Engineer

Biomega is an ongoing seinen/action manga by Tsutomu Nihei, the creator of BLAME!. Biomega is the second prequel to BLAME! and is the story of how the world in BLAME! became shrouded by the Megastructure.

Volume 1 was released 2004 and stopped, chapter 11 of Volume 2 was released May 2006, 2 years later in Ultra Jump.

Synopsis

Set in the future. It follows a character by the name of Kanoe Zouichi and his AI companion Kanoe Fuyu whose luminous form is integrated into the system of his bike. They are agents sent by a powerful organization (Toh-a Heavy Industries) to retrieve humans with the ability to resist and transmute the N5S infection that is spreading across the world.

The art in BioMega is similar to BLAME!, with its complicated concrete sprawl and ludicrously wide, empty spaces. However, things seem to happen at a more reasonable pace. In this manga, there is emphasis on the swiftness of the attacks made by Zouichi, such as the gun being holstered just before the enemies fall to the ground. Speed is crucial in this manga, unlike in BLAME!, and the plot develops just as quickly.

Main Characters

• Zouichi Kanoe: Main character of the manga. He is a synthetic human made by the Toha Heavy Industries and is on a mission for them to find persons that have adapted to the N5S virus. He meets Yion Green in the MSCF, Mass Security Containment Facility, in south district 17 of J9O, where he have been asked to help out with a "exorcism". He fails to rescue Yion when she is taken by the Public Health Department, after which he starts to track her down so he can rescue her. He uses a weapon similar to the Gravitational Beam Emitter in Blame!. He rides a 4000XLA Toha industries mark carrying-model linear gun, in it there is a large rifle, possibly a railgun, and a axe for close combat. He's A.I. is Fuyu Kanoe
• Nishu Mizunoe: A female synthetic human that makes contact with Kozlow Loewic Grebnew in former Izhits Co. and is on a mission to find Loew Grigorievic Grebnev, one of original founders of the DRF, Data Recovery Foundation. She has the same weapons and vehicle as Zouichi. Her A.I. is Shin Mizunoe.
• Yion Green: One of two immortals. She is 17 years old and have adapted herself to the N5S virus. She parentless and lives with Kozlow Loewic Grebnew in her grandfathers house in the MSCF in south district 17 of J9O. She has a super-regenerative healing factor. She is taken in to custody of the Public Health Department by a patrol officer, after which she rearly appears in the manga.
• Kozlow Loewic Grebnew: Is a bear that walks like a human and talks. He lived with Yion Green and tried to protect her when the patrol officer came to get her. He befriends both Zuichi and Nishu after a short unfriendly start with both. He saves the A.I. Taira Hinoto from falling in to the hands of DRF. He loses parts of his body true the manga, as of chapter 23 he have lost one hand and a ear.
• Kardal: A young women that works with the Public Health Department. For unknown reason she can cover her body with something that looks like vines, she can also create new ones and use them as bolts, she also have some form of telekinesis ability. She is first seen taking Yion Green with her from the MSCF, Zouichi later meets her in her human form again and spends some time with her without knowing who she is.
• General Narain: Head of the Public Health Department, is a huge, possible mutated, creature with lots of tentacles. He appears to have some form of telekinesis ability. He is later transfering his mind into a synthetic human body when the DRF is attacking his headquarter.
• Nyaldee: One of the highest ranking members of the DRF and also the second oldest person in the world. His/Her weapon looks like long white worms, they can both affect people mentally and destroy things, it’s a close range weapon.

Factions

• Toha Heavy Industries: The main rival to the DRF. They are the creators of the synthetic humans which they sends out to gather up all the immortals before the DRF gets them. In 26 February 3000 A.D. the Toha Heavy Industries headquarter self-destructs, leaving the synthetic humans on their own.
• Data Recovery Foundation: Also known as the DRF. Founded in 2272 under the name Microvolt. The main antagonists of the manga. They are trying to find all immortal humans so that they can use them to create their own immortals. They believe that all humans should be infected with the N5S virus, believing that it will cleanse the human race, calling it "the christening". After the destruction of the Toha Heavy Industries headquarter they proclaim themselves as the new world government.
• Public Health Department: An ally of the DRF, possibly even a subsidiary of the DRF. Their headquarters is a monadnock. The head of the Public Health Department is General Narain. The Public Health Department later turns against the DRF, but are quickly overrun by DRF forces.