| 7 Billion Needles | |
| 70億の針 (70 Oku no Hari) |
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| Genre | Horror, Science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Nobuaki Tadano |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| English publisher | Vertical |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Flapper |
| Original run | April 2008 – March 2010 |
| Volumes | 4 |
7 Billion Needles (70億の針 70 Oku no Hari) is a Japanese manga series by written and illustrated by Nobuaki Tadano and is licensed in North America by Vertical. Inspired by the 1950 science fiction novel Needle by Hal Clement.
The story revolves around Hikaru, a reclusive teenage girl who is secretly host to a being known as Ciel, in search of an intergalactic murderer intent on killing humanity.