I can only imagine tsutomu nihei Having recently entered the Roguelike Fantasy RPG, which must have inspired his latest comics, which is a lot different from his usual job. The most famous in the West blame! and Sidonian Knightshis comics tend to be futuristic and dystopian in nature, and the story is filled with horror sci-fi monsters. Prior to his comics career, NIHEI worked in the construction industry, then pursued a degree in art and design. His interest in buildings and extreme architectural styles uniquely gives his comic flavor, the story often introduces dialogue, but is full of visual creativity and great splendor.
although blame! It has a huge machine-built city that spans almost the entire solar system’s volume, and Sidonian Knights Set on a 18-mile seed starship, towerThe nominal overall erection is a huge pillar of uncertain size, suspended vertically above the top of a high mountain. At its peak, an evil necromancer murders the king of the local kingdom and kidnates the princess, heirs the throne. In a tried and tested fantasy style, a group of brave knights challenged ambitious buildings, turning to local farmers for digital reinforcement despite repeated efforts with little fruit. This is where our protagonist Yuva fits.
Nihei is more like a man of world building and visual concepts – except that he is a stoic, reliable person, we don’t know much about Yuva, who can help his family and neighbors and will not give up in the face of adversity. He used an upward-bend pot for weapons and a firewood as his only weapon to give in, which was a great ridicule to the other soldiers. When he showed strange power, they would pay attention, but lifted up the huge boulder without sweating.
Yuva joins his first expedition, some of whom have been seriously injured from previous entry into the tower. Some are covered with wound dressings, others appear to lack the eyes or bandages. It is obvious that this is not an easy journey – Nihei’s character is often haunted by the undead soldiers (presumably their former comrades), while the corridors and open areas bear the transformed remains of beings who were once human but now have become others.
As is common in Nihei’s works, numerous explanations of strange creatures and architecture, even fully provided. His character hardly understands this strange place, and the reader provides no privileged information. We are like uneasy adventurers, in the darkness. In this way, it is more of an atmospheric work, and Nihei has seemingly simple but confident lines that achieve amazing views of stunning views and impossible structures. His gaze for composition shapes many scenes, and the strange and effective angles really remind people of terrible verticality.
Nihei’s character art matures over time. In a sense, his current emulator style is evocative Chainsaw man‘ Tatsuki Fujimotoespecially in facial expressions. Previous NIHEI works had a cooler aesthetic view, and characters were usually hard to separate, and this was not a problem than this tower. Even in the Royal Guard group, there is a wonderful variety. Monsters are also varied and incredibly weird, which is not surprising considering Sidonia and recent quirky creature designs Aposimz.
With only 160 pages, it’s a disappointing brief, as it seems that the true story has just begun. As a big fan of Nihei’s work, I’m very happy to see him dabbled with the fantasy genre’s attempts. And the recent sci-fi animation series Kena in heavy snowwritten and designed by NIHEI, some fantasy, and so far there is no science fiction aspect at all tower. The building looks like it was placed directly from the rock, or was scrambled into pieces, rather than constructed from metal and carbon fiber. It’s an unusual look for NIHEI comics, and it’s fascinating to see him do something new, even if the concept of a huge, agnostic, dangerous dungeon is good. I can’t wait for the next volume in September.
