After a freak accident during a school trip, antisocial teenager Hikaru Takabe becomes the host for an intergalactic lifeform on a mission. This accidental fusion forces her into a lethal game of hide-and-seek with a cosmic entity threatening humanity.

Hikaru Takabe prefers the isolation of her noise-canceling headphones to the social pressures of Japanese high school. However, her quiet life ends when a celestial being accidentally kills her and reconstructs her body to serve as its local host.

Now tethered to this alien investigator, Hikaru must track down a dangerous extraterrestrial criminal capable of evolving and assimilating all life on Earth. The 7 Billion Needles manga blends psychological horror with high-stakes action as one girl stands between global extinction and a silent invader.

7 Billion Needles manga follows Hikaru Takabe, a high schooler who becomes the host for an alien investigator to stop a cosmic threat.

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