NSE: Net Sphere Engineer

NSE: Net Sphere Engineer (ネットスフィアエンジニア) is a manga series by Tsutomu Nihei. Presented as the sequel to Blame!, the first chapter debuted in the infrequently published Bessatsu Morning magazine. To date, a second chapter has not been released.

NSE: Net Sphere Engineer follows a "Dismantler", a Net Sphere Engineer in charge of sub-dividing the nexus towers that incur Safeguard interference upon its detection of humans without the net terminal genes. Although humans are once again able to reside in the Net Sphere, the Safeguard are still a threat. The Dismantler goes on a journey to aid mankind in their survival.