so Blame! has a prequel. It's called NOiSE. Follows a detective as she uncovers mysterious kidnappings related to an organisation called The Order. She also finds a Cool Sword.
it also does my favorite thing in all like, action media which is:
"Hey what's the enemy this chapter?"
"A single, kinda beefed up mook enemy."
like killy would waste dudes like that by the thousand.
but here?
one safeguard is all it takes.