7 Billion Needles, Volume 1
"[7 Billion Needles] is a suspenseful, intense book.  What I enjoyed best is how skillfully Nobuaki Tadano develops Hikaru’s character...It’s impossible to not care about anything, and by the end of this introductory volume, it’s impossible to not care for Hikaru." --MangaManiacCafe "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."--Antick Musings