Knights of Sidonia

Tsutomu Nihei

Apr 2014 · Knights of Sidonia Vol 1 · Kodansha Comics

About this ebook

"CORE EXPOSED"

Outer space, the far future.

A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world continue to pose an existential threat.

Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel’s bowels deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a treasured legacy by the spaceship’s coolheaded female captain.

Ratings and reviews

This was a very uncomfortable read. For some reason, they made the future have a third gender, and the main character is constantly being humiliated, making it very cringe-inducing. Which is unforunate, cause I kind of dig the atmosphere, but the writing holds it back.

When it comes to SciFi or Mecha manga this has got to be a Must Read! You are given a good amount of information about Sidonia and you cannot help but falling instantly in love with the characters. I suggest taking your time reading this first volume because it doesn't go in the traditional chronological order, but it does fill in the gaps with flash backs so don't worry. Truly a magnificent start to yet another great masterpiece - give it a try 😊

decent I would like more of the smaller details as it cuts between plot points but overall it's ok

About the author

Tsutomu Nihei is an internationally known Japanese comic artist and draftsman. Born in 1971, Nihei made his debut in the comics world as the winner of the 1995 Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for short stories. He then briefly worked as an assistant to veteran comicker Tsutomu Takahashi before making his break-through hit BLAME! (published by Tokyopop).

The BLAME! franchise was so well received worldwide, that it inspired an animated mini-series and eventually drew the attention of Marvel Comics in the US. Nihei would later go on to draw Wolverine (X-Men) and HALO comics for Marvel to great fanfare. An architectural student, Nihei's early work were mainly wordless, relying on visuals and backgrounds to tell their stories. Now, his works are deeply rooted in hard science-fiction, as was seen in the multiple NY Times Bestselling books HALO: The Graphic Novel (published by Marvel Comics) and BIOmega (published by Viz Media).