History Manga / Blame

** Silicon Creatures have heads like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Borg]], bodies like [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorphs]], and dress like [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Cenobites]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Early scanlations translated Sana-Kan's name as "Sanakan", but Tokyopop insists Sana-Kan is the correct spelling.

* TabletopGames: ''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Blam! Blam!]]'', a homebrew RPG.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Graviton Beam Emitter. It apparently becomes too much overkill for Killy near the end, as he takes the first opportunity to invest in a more... [[BoringButPractical subtle weapon]].

** [[spoiler:Killy]] and eventually Sana-Kan are the only Safeguards who want humans to reclaim the Net Terminal Gene, without it falling under the control of the Authority.
** Pcell VIII in ''Blame![[superscript:2]]'' is the [[LastOfHerKind sole survivor of her village]] after Silicon Creatures became victims of persecution from humans.

* GenocideBackfire: After spending untold centuries under constant threat from the Silicon Life, humanity is more than happy to pay back tenfold after regaining control of the City, so much so that their positions have been fully reversed by the start of the sequel one shot. 

* GuiltFreeExterminationWar: The Silicon Life have been hunting humans since the dawn of the city, as they pose a threat to the established state of the Net Sphere. Humans fare no better: [[spoiler:when they get a hold of the architects, they find no guilt in destroying entire hives, as told by Pcell in the sequel one shot.]] Neither seem to consider coexistence to be possible, even though the City is big enough to house both their civilizations. [[spoiler:She seems to value human life, however, so there might be hope after all]].

* IAmWho: [[spoiler:Killy is related to the Safeguard. It is also theorized (and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the [[WordOfGod author]]) that he is also a kind of ''Internet Ghost'' that appears whenever humanity is in danger... And judging by the sequel, not only humanity. Everyone is [[TranshumanTreachery human]] in Blame! anyway.]]

* MindScrew: You'll be lucky if you catch everything the first read through.

* OrderVersusChaos: In ''[=NOiSE=]'', the main character is a cop investigating a cult who worship the power of chaos who are kidnapping children to use for human sacrifices in their bizarre MagiTek rituals. When they kill her, she is resurrected by the Safeguard, protectors of order, but they turn out to be a pack of fascists who plan on disenfranchising or killing everybody who can't afford network implants and brainwashing the ones who do. Then in Blame!, we see the aftermath of this; the cult succeeded in throwing the world into chaos, but since they're so poorly organized their descendants, the Silicon Creatures, don't amount to much more than a bunch of roving cyber-barbarians. The Safeguard doesn't fare much better, as their directives become so corrupted that they essentially believe that everything that's not them must be exterminated with [[AbusivePrecursors extreme prejudice]].

''Blame!'' (ブラム ''Buramu!'') is a 10-volume {{cyberpunk}} {{Seinen}} {{Manga}}.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Killy seems to have been conceived as a regular (albeit very strong and durable) human. Finding food and water is a constant concern of his in the early chapters, and he has a considerably more "survivalist" look, carrying utensils, cups and binoculars along with his more high-tech gear. Being ambushed and having his bag thrown into an abyss by his assailants is framed as a huge setback for him. He also bleeds quite a lot, suffers a concussion at a point, and needs Cibo's help to reattach an arm that had been sliced off. Besides that, he seems to be actively working with or, at the very least, in contact with other agents, as seen in the second chapter. This is a far cry from Electrofisher-arc Killy, that can see miles in the distance with his bare eyes, reattaches or even regrows most of his body without batting an eye, never needs regular sustenance, carries only a couple of gadgets besides his trusty GBE, and is basically on his own for the rest of the story.

* MookMaker: Conversion Towers

* Early-Installment Weirdness: Killy seems to have been conceived as a regular (albeit very strong and durable) human.
Finding food and water is a constant concern of his in the early chapters, and he has a considerably more "survivalist" look, carrying utensils, cups and binoculars along with his more high-tech gear. Being ambushed and having his bag thrown into an abyss by his assailants is framed as a huge setback for him.
He also bleeds quite a lot, suffers a concussion at a point, and needs Cibo's help to reattach an arm that had been sliced off. 
Besides that, he seems to be actively working with or, at the very least, in contact with other agents, as seen in the second chapter. 
This is a far cry from Electrofisher-arc Killy, that can see miles in the distance with his bare eyes, reattaches or even regrows most of his body without batting an eye, never needs regular sustenance, carries only a couple of gadgets besides his trusty GBE, and is basically on his own for the rest of the story.