Very interesting - both artistically and story-wise - SF story.

Story is placed on the surface of gigantic planetary mega-structure. Inner core is ruled by the chosen ones (victors in the large war waged in the past) while everyone else is forced to live on the surface, under harsh conditions.

And so story begins, small military training group comes under attack from Rebedoa Empire when they try to assist the unknown girl running away from the Rebedoa pursuers. This results in a very high cost for our heroes.

Wont go into more details here because I do not want to spoil experience to other readers.

Some very interesting concepts are given here - endowing people with the so called Frames, basically providing nanobots (I think, they are called placenta here) to strengthen the body and provide one with armor and advanced weapons, to as long as body can produce energy for it.

Everything is very game-like, as story progresses our main character Etherow will level up with every battle he survives. Enemies, Rebedoa Empire, are ruthless and fielding the same type of Frames. While Etherow survives initial challenges it is visible that there is more to come.

Art is very interesting. When it comes to panoramas and epicness of battle scenes, they are still the trademarks of the author, well established in Blame series.
But, unlike Blame, art style is very much like pointillism in pencil strokes - everything is very light and distorted, strong lines come into play in some panels but majority plays out like a mirage, trembling around the edges, I have to admit it does take some time to accommodate to but after a while it does create certain dynamic art. In general characters are no longer lanky ones from the Blame but with more proportional bodies, although almost everyone from this Etherow's military training unit look like kids. Gotta be related to the story itself.

All in all, interesting story. I am on a lookout for other volumes.

Recommended to fans of SF. ( )

The world of APOSIMZ is an interesting one. A planet with different layers to it, with the exiled living on the barren topmost layer, and the "chosen people" living in the deepest layer, the Core. The world-building was something that was pretty fascinating to me. The concept of an entire planet being a type of structure isn't new, but the way it's handled here feels unique. The plot seems like it went fairly fast, and there is a LOT of exposition in it. Once the main plot arc was set up in this volume it feels a lot like it belongs in an RPG. "Defeat all of these smaller bosses to get stronger to achieve your goal of defeating the Big Bad." This manga has a LOT of common RPG tropes actually, now that I think about it more. The concept of the frames is an interesting one, although their transformed forms feel like they came out of a 1980s kids' anime. I personally don't care for that design, but that's just my personal opinion. The art style is interesting. It's very bare bones and has a sketchy feel to it, with thin lines and very little shading. The lack of shading was a smidge annoying when looking at wide shots of landscapes since still started to blend together, making it hard to comprehend properly. While I'm not head over heels for this manga series, I am interested enough in the world that I'm curious to learn more about it. Honestly, it reminds me a lot of the video game ECHO, which is probably why I like it a little more than I thought I initially would. ( )

Starts right off with the action. You're certainly left bewildered at what's going on but that keeps you reading. I do wish the artwork was better or at least sharper and more inked in. ( )