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line-height:1.3em; font-weight:normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:120%">70億の針</span></span></span></span><br />(<span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">70 Oku no Hari</i></span>)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">Horror</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">Science fiction</a></td></tr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background:#CCF; font-weight:bold;">Manga</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobuaki_Tadano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nobuaki Tadano (page does not exist)">Nobuaki Tadano</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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title="Monthly Comic Flapper">Monthly Comic Flapper</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Demographic</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Seinen_manga" title="Seinen manga">Seinen</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original run</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">April 2008</span> – <span class="nowrap">March 2010</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Volumes</th><td class="infobox-data">4 <span class="noprint">(<a href="#Release">List of volumes</a>)</span></td></tr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tbody></table> <p><i><b>7 Billion Needles</b></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">70億の針</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">70 Oku no Hari</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> is a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">manga</a> series written and illustrated by Nobuaki Tadano and published in North America by <a href="/wiki/Vertical_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertical (company)">Vertical</a>. It was inspired by the 1950 <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Needle_(novel)" title="Needle (novel)">Needle</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hal_Clement" title="Hal Clement">Hal Clement</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=7_Billion_Needles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story revolves around Hikaru Takabe, a reclusive teenage girl who is secretly host to a being known as Horizon, in search of an intergalactic murderer intent on killing humanity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=7_Billion_Needles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The series, partly inspired by the science-fiction novel <i><a href="/wiki/Needle_(novel)" title="Needle (novel)">Needle</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hal_Clement" title="Hal Clement">Hal Clement</a>, began serialization in <i><a href="/wiki/Monthly_Comic_Flapper" title="Monthly Comic Flapper">Monthly Comic Flapper</a></i> in April 2008. It was licensed in North America by <a href="/wiki/Vertical_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertical (company)">Vertical</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last two volumes of the Vertical edition are out of print, and are only available in digital format.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" width="70%" style=""> <tbody><tr style="border-bottom: 3px solid #CCF"> <th width="4%"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th width="24%">Original release date </th> <th width="24%">Original ISBN </th> <th width="24%">English release date </th> <th width="24%">English ISBN </th></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><th scope="row" id="vol1" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; background-color: transparent;color: var( --color-base );">1</th><td> November 22, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-vol_1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vol_1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-2291-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-2291-7">978-4-8401-2291-7</a></td><td>September 28, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-en_vol_1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en_vol_1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-934287-87-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-934287-87-3">978-1-934287-87-3</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 3px solid #CCF;"><td colspan="5"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent;color: var( --color-base ); table-layout: fixed; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"></tr></tbody><caption></caption><tbody><tr><td style="border: black;"> <div><ol start="1"><li>"You are not Alone"</li><li>"Leave me Alone!"</li><li>"Horizon"</li></ol></div></td> <td style="border: black; width: 48%;"> <div><ol start="4"><li>"Investigation"</li><li>"Friends"</li><li>"The Contract of Light"</li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"><th scope="row" id="vol2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; background-color: transparent;color: var( --color-base );">2</th><td> April 23, 2009<sup id="cite_ref-vol_2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vol_2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-2559-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-2559-8">978-4-8401-2559-8</a></td><td>November 23, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-en_vol_2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en_vol_2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-934287-95-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-934287-95-8">978-1-934287-95-8</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 3px solid #CCF;"><td colspan="5"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent;color: var( --color-base ); table-layout: fixed; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"></tr></tbody><caption></caption><tbody><tr><td style="border: black;"> <div><ol start="7"><li>"Home Island"</li><li>"Childhood Friend"</li><li>"Another Disaster"</li></ol></div></td> <td style="border: black; width: 48%;"> <div><ol start="10"><li>"Repetition"</li><li>"Alone"</li><li>"Conversation in Light"</li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"><th scope="row" id="vol3" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; background-color: transparent;color: var( --color-base );">3</th><td> October 23, 2009<sup id="cite_ref-vol_3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vol_3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-2924-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-2924-4">978-4-8401-2924-4</a></td><td>February 15, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-en_vol_3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en_vol_3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-932234-27-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-932234-27-5">978-1-932234-27-5</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 3px solid #CCF;"><td colspan="5"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent;color: var( --color-base ); table-layout: fixed; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"></tr></tbody><caption></caption><tbody><tr><td style="border: black;"> <div><ol start="13"><li>"Mutation"</li><li>"Subspecies"</li><li>"Evolution Moderator"</li></ol></div></td> <td style="border: black; width: 48%;"> <div><ol start="16"><li>"Castle of Selection"</li><li>"Survival"</li><li>"Union of Light"</li></ol></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"><th scope="row" id="vol4" style="text-align: center; font-weight: normal; background-color: transparent;color: var( --color-base );">4</th><td> March 23, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-vol_4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vol_4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-2993-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-8401-2993-0">978-4-8401-2993-0</a></td><td>April 26, 2011<sup id="cite_ref-en_vol_4_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-en_vol_4-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-935654-16-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-935654-16-2">978-1-935654-16-2</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 3px solid #CCF;"><td colspan="5"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: transparent;color: var( --color-base ); table-layout: fixed; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align: top;"></tr></tbody><caption></caption><tbody><tr><td style="border: black;"> <div><ol start="19"><li>"Family"</li><li>"Monster"</li><li>"The Moderator's Judgement"</li></ol></div></td> <td style="border: black; width: 48%;"> <div><ol start="22"><li>"Acceptance"</li><li>"Separation of Light"</li></ol></div> Extra: "Hikikomori Headphone Girl"</td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=7_Billion_Needles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Eisner_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Eisner Award">Eisner Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Eisner_Award_for_Best_Adaptation_from_Another_Medium" title="Eisner Award for Best Adaptation from Another Medium">Best Adaptation from Another Work</a> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deb Aoki from <a href="/wiki/About.com" class="mw-redirect" title="About.com">About.com</a> said that "<i>7 Billion Needles</i> is a solid and entertaining sci-fi/action read that's well worth a look", and praised the "crisp and straightforward graphic storytelling", but criticized the "unimaginative character designs" saying, "do all Japanese schoolgirls look like siblings, just with different hairstyles?". Aoki also noted that the plot is basically the same as <i><a href="/wiki/Parasyte" title="Parasyte">Parasyte</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing for <a href="/wiki/Anime_News_Network" title="Anime News Network">Anime News Network</a>, Carlo Santos described the manga as a "modern polish and hard-hitting action". He also commented that, in the end, "Hikaru's quest as the Everyday Teenager Who Miraculously Discovers Special Abilities And Must Now Save The World is just like all the other ones".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_It_Cool_News" title="Ain't It Cool News">Ain't It Cool News</a>'s Scott Green thought "<i>7 Billion Needles</i>... maybe it was some failing that I didn't figure it out earlier, but once the title's meaning became evident, it became pretty brilliant." Green praised "the ways in which the manga plays with perception, senses, and connection with alien intelligence are the ways in which sci-fi writing is made interesting", but noted that "it doesn't manage that to the extent that the series becomes one of the more urgently involving that you'll read."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chris Kirby writing for Mania Entertainment said it's "a very exciting series as it avoids any preconceived pratfalls this type of story can lean towards." Kirby "would love to see this series animated because of how clean and attractive the art is and how mature the overall story is."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Joseph Luster from <i><a href="/wiki/Otaku_USA" title="Otaku USA">Otaku USA</a></i> said that "there are times that Tadano's artwork comes off as slightly amateurish; awkward poses and angles abound, mostly from human characters. However, he makes up for it in spades in almost every other area" and noted "the hulking mutations are reminiscent of <i><a href="/wiki/Akira_(manga)" title="Akira (manga)">Akira</a>'</i>s Tetsuo [Shima]—organs and appendages spewing and twisting together in a tidal wave of flesh."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luster also commented that it "makes for a briskly paced and well-constructed narrative that, despite some of the aforementioned shortcomings, is one of the better examples of sci-fi manga currently available."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carlo Santos in another review "love how the ending of <i>7 Billion Needles</i> hinges on humankind's capacity for love. It's a beautiful, moving message in a series where so much of the action is centered around fantastical, non-human things", but said that with "powers building up, the final battle turns into this outlandish celestial light show that would be more at home in <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_Ball" title="Dragon Ball">Dragon Ball</a></i> rather than a thoughtful sci-fi masterpiece."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=7_Billion_Needles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-09-25/vertical-adds-twin-spica-chi-sweet-home-needles-manga">"Vertical Adds Peepo Choo, Twin Spica, Needle, Chi's Sweet Home (Update 2)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Anime_News_Network" title="Anime News Network">Anime News Network</a></i>. 25 September 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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