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Parasyte (Manga)

Parasyte

Alternative Titles

English: Parasyte
Synonyms: Kiseijuu, Parasite, Parasitic Beasts
Japanese: 寄生獣

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 64
Status: Finished
Published: 1990 to 1995
Authors: Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Story & Art)
Serialization: Afternoon

Statistics

Score: 8.301 (scored by 5233 users)
Ranked: #3492
Popularity: #194
Members: 9,461
Favorites: 487
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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horror sci-fi seinen

Synopsis

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?

(Source: Del Rey)

Characters

 Migi
Migi
Main
 Shinichi
Izumi, Shinichi
Main
 Kabuto
Kabuto
Supporting
 Nakai
Nakai
Supporting
 Gotoh
Gotoh
Supporting
 Taro
Taro
Supporting
 Saitoh
Saitoh
Supporting



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May 3, 2013
5camp
Parasytes are an alien species that take over the human body by replacing the head. Our shmuck lead Izumi was about to be taken over by a parasyte, but due to some quick thinking he manages to stop the alien inside his arm, upon which the parasyte consumes his arm and takes it place. The two then have to learn how to live with each other while also dealing with all the other parasytes that have landed on earth.

What drew me to Parasyte originally was seeing the body horror pictures of how peoples’ bodies mutated and warped and started growing tentacles and teeth and occasionally read more
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May 17, 2011
thejackal1234
Parasyte is a series written and drawn by Hitoshi Iwaaki. Unfortunately this is his only notable series so I can’t so much about his career. I mostly picked up Parasyte on a whim and also because my favorite manga reviewer, Y Ruler of Time mentioned it on his Seven Deadly Series list. But I digress, lets get started.

Story: The story is your standard alien invasion story. Little spores about the size of tennis balls fall from space and give birth to little worm like creatures. The creatures then invade the heads of humans and take over their bodies. The end result being that the creatures read more
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User Recommendations

Both stories involve creatures which take over people's minds and bodies and can morph them in monstrous ways, and a protagonist who manages to retain his human personality despite being one of these hosts. Both protagonist's have to deal with this fact while keeping their identity secret and struggling not to lose their humanity.
In both stories, the main character gets taken over by an ALF and he has to learn to co-exist with him.

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