'7 Billion Needles' is a sci-fi horror that explores themes of humanity, life, and connection. The story centers around Hikaru, a young girl that recently transferred to a new school after the death of her parents. Hkaru struggles to connect with others seemingly as a result of some past trauma that is only alluded to in the first volume. After a meteor strike kills her on a class trip a sort of alien symbiote fuses with her and revives her. Now back at school the symbiote known as "Horizon" tells her that in order to save humanity she must find and eliminate "Maelstrom"; an alien lifeform that, similar to Horizon, has found a host to carry out its bidding, this being eliminating all life on the planet. For the sake of humanity Hikaru must locate and take out Maelstrom before it can spread across the globe. From here, Hikaru must bridge the gap and find a way to connect with her peers for the sake of the planet. Initially the story reminded a lot of 'Parasyte' with the whole alien parasite concept but ‘7 Billion Needles' is definitely worth the read. The characters and core concepts aren't anything crazy but they form a very compelling story and really keep you invested. Quality: I'd say a solid 7/10 it was a quick entertaining read that made me excited to continue with the story. Overall well-written Enjoyment: 6/10: a fun read, I'm not the biggest sci-fi fan but I thoroughly enjoyed it Questionable material: 0/10 One thing I appreciated about this book is a complete lack of fan-service and problematic material, it does have a bit of blood and minor gore but I don't consider that a problem Art: 6/10 I like it, its got a nice classic look nothing super standout but visually appealing and nothing that distracts from the story Characters: 6/10 simple but effective I do quite like the main character she feels very realistic Story: 7/10 solid Overall I'd say 7 Billion Needles is worth a read (at least volume one) with what I've read so far I'd say it's an entertaining manga with a good story. Maybe not award-winning but worth trying out -Lila -Intern

Hey! so I thought now that I have a little time I might try this one more time. Today I'm starting with:... '7 Billion Needles' by Nobuaki Tadano written in 2008.

Once again I WILL NOT be reading any series with excessive sexual content or sexual violence. (Ai Ore )

HELLO!! I'm back doing another library internship and this time I plan to actually write some reviews. Last year I was swamped with finals and cataloging. I had almost no time to read the stack of books I had checked. Hopefully now that I'm not balancing 4 AP classes I will have more free time.

Hey! Sorry there haven't been any updates so far. I have been encountering more obstacles with the series than I thought (lots of questionable material). Just gonna say I will not be reading any series with s/a (especially if it's romanticized ) Anyway, I'll try to put out my first review soon.

I'll be starting with Ai Ore later today

- Rating Scale - 1-10: Quality 1-10: Enjoyment 1-10: Questionable material 1-10: Art 1-10: Characters 1-10: Story This is not set in stone

Side note: I may also make a list rating them from favorite to least favorite

I was taking inventory of the manga earlier this week and noticed some series that hadn't been checked out since 2007. Going through, scanning each of the books I saw a number of obscure series that piqued my interest. This gave me the idea to read one volume of every manga series in the library (excluding 18+ ones). With each volume I read I'll write a short review and post it here. Sorry this intro is a bit sloppy but if this sounds interesting to you I hope you'll follow along!