Character Relationship Map: BLAME!

Characters

• Killy (played by Takahiro Sakurai) — protagonist

  A mysterious wanderer who saves Zuru and Tae from robotic exterminators. He seeks the Net Terminal Gene to regain human control over the city's automated defense systems. He provides food rations to t...

• Cibo (played by Kana Hanazawa) — protagonist

  A pre-disaster scientist whose machine-corpse is discovered by the group. She reveals she built the village's protective shield generator and helps produce automated food rations. After being rejected...

• Zuru (played by Sora Amamiya) — supporting

  A member of the Electro-Fishers tribe who accidentally triggers a Watchtower while searching for food. She survives alongside friend Tae and follows Killy on his quest. She witnesses crucial events, t...

• Tae (played by Aya Suzaki) — supporting

  Zuru's close friend who accompanies Killy and the others to the automated factory. The real Tae is killed and impersonated by a Safeguard agent named Sanakan, who later destroys the village and attack...

• Pop (played by Kazuhiro Yamaji) — supporting

  The leader of the Electro-Fishers village. He shows interest in Killy's origins and oversees the community's survival efforts before the village is attacked and destroyed by the impersonator Sanakan.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Tae → Pop (Power Community Member)

  Tae is an Electro-Fisher who travels with the village group to obtain rations for the community led by Pop.

• Zuru → Pop (Power Community Member)

  Zuru belongs to the Electro-Fishers village, whose leader is Pop, and participates in efforts to secure food for the community.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Killy → Pop (Social Guest And Leader)

  Killy is brought to the village, where Pop, its leader, questions him after learning that he came from 6000 levels below.

• Cibo → Pop (Social Community Supporter)

  Cibo's shield generator protects the village led by Pop, and her ration plan addresses the community's food shortage.

• Cibo → Tae (Alliance Expedition Ally)

  Cibo helps the Electro-Fishers, including Tae, access the automated factory and produce food rations.

• Cibo → Zuru (Alliance Mission Ally)

  Zuru follows Killy to the Rotting Shrine, where Cibo reveals how the village can obtain more food.

• Killy → Cibo (Alliance Quest Ally)

  Killy discovers Cibo in the Rotting Shrine, and Cibo explains the shield generator and the automated ration factory.

• Killy → Tae (Alliance Rescuer)

  Killy saves Tae alongside Zuru when the exterminators attack the group searching for food.

• Killy → Zuru (Narrative Rescuer)

  Killy saves Zuru and Tae after a Watchtower spawns robotic exterminators and kills most of their companions.

• Zuru → Tae (Social Close Friend)

  The plot identifies Tae as Zuru's close friend, and both survive the initial exterminator attack together.

Story Analysis

A desperate community seeks survival and a path toward human control in an endlessly expanding automated city.

Plot Progression

1. Survivors Beneath the City
2. A Promise of Control
3. The Factory's Rejection
4. The Village Betrayed
5. A Map Beyond Control