7 Billion Needles, Volume 4
“Tadano’s style of storytelling strikes a nice balance between words and  pictures… His artwork leans toward  ‘hard,’ with realistic and expressive faces, characters who all  look different (except when the plot requires them  to look alike) and detailed, photo-like backgrounds that are  sometimes recognizable as specific places in Tokyo. The only problem  is that each short volume is a very quick read, and Volume 3 won’t  be out until February.” —Daily Yomiuri“Tadano made this science fiction story—with its monster-movie  overtones, and a jolting dose of ultraviolence—mostly  quiet and subdued, with a heroine who falls into none of the usual  manga stereotypes. Hal Clement might have had a hard time  seeing his story in this, but I think he would have appreciated  those quiet moments, and the communications between Horizon  and Hikaru.” —Andrew Wheeler, Antick Musings“The lack of easy outs keeps 7 Billion Needles fresh…and manages to bring the sixty-year-old  story into the present day and an all new setting with aplomb.  Hikaru is detached, but not to the point where it puts off the reader.  She just comes across as a normal girl who is a little out of her  depth in life, and a lot out of her depth when it comes to alien  invasions… This is good stuff, and assuming the next three books  maintain this level of quality, yet another entry in  Vertical, Inc.’s stock of great manga.”—ComicsAlliance