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Mar 16, 2009 5:55 PM
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Whoa when I thought it was all over. The serial killer >_< I forgot about him. I almost thought his girl died too. This chapter was like a roller coaster. Loved it. One of my very few 10/10's. Not one chapter bored me. It could easily be a great though. :p
Mar 19, 2009 9:51 AM
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Overall it was a great manga and so was this last chapter
i really thought the girl died and at that moment i was kinda upset because Shinichi suffered so much that i wanted a happy ending for him,so i was glad to see her alive after all :)
Apr 3, 2009 9:56 PM
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awsome, need more
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Peralisc said:
awsome, need more

second the first part, but it was a perfect ending, nothing more, nothing less.
the continuation would just ruin the whole story and atmosphere.
he deserved happy ending and he got it.
Apr 20, 2009 9:19 AM
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Incredible manga.I want to see it anime :)
Jun 19, 2009 1:12 AM
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omg when migi said "pull her up" i was like... no way.

and then it shows him holding her arm i was shocked and excited at the same time

ahh, good ending :D
Aug 7, 2009 9:54 PM
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Perfect way to end the manga, really; instead of a simple after-story/showing how they live a peaceful life, the mangaka managed to make the reader surprised with the serial killer's appearance and how Satomi seemed to have died. He could have done it, we've seen Kana die earlier, so I was thinking "gah, that fucker made fun of us", heh.

Glad it turned out much better instead.
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Aug 10, 2009 7:59 PM
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Incredible manga.I want to see it anime :)


I think it's way too grotesque for a tv airing.
Aug 11, 2009 1:26 AM
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^Eh, Mnemosyne was more grotesque IMO, and no it's not hentai either, lol.
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Aug 11, 2009 1:35 AM

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^Eh, Mnemosyne was more grotesque IMO, and no it's not hentai either, lol.

Mnemosyne was an OVA so they could do whatever they wanted.
Aug 11, 2009 2:36 AM

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Yeah, but that's still an 'anime' whichever way you see it. If Parasyte is done as a 12 ep OVA, would it be illegal? Wondering.
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Sep 18, 2009 11:57 AM

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Good manga I like it, but I ended wanting more from the ending. If this manga was turn into an anime it would be one hell of a scary one which would be awesome!
Jan 14, 2010 6:56 PM
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I understand that this is a very old poll, but I just read the entire series in two days and was blown away. I LOVED THIS MANGA!!! Does anyone have any suggestions to another kind of short and sweet manga like that?
Jan 26, 2010 4:15 AM

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Maybe it's my fault for reading this so soon after finishing Elfen Lied, but was I the only one who was pissed off that Shinichi started feeling sympathy for the freaking monsters? It's not like they even had a legitimate complaint against humanity.
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Ah...It ended. I wasn't expecting a happy ending, but I'm glad with it.

I don't know, I feel lil sad for Migi. Migi's "reclusion" felt like it noticed it could not find a place for itself in the world and, at the same time, coexist while maintaining its conscience without troubling Shinichi.

The only thing I would like to know is where the parasytes really came from, the truth about them.

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Maybe it's my fault for reading this so soon after finishing Elfen Lied, but was I the only one who was pissed off that Shinichi started feeling sympathy for the freaking monsters? It's not like they even had a legitimate complaint against humanity.


Pissed, not really. I kinda understood how he felt. He could call himself human no more, he was still human, yet he was more than just that. He started to see the world and humanity differently.

It was though, not all parasytes were genuinly bad or evil. Even when he thought of sparing Goto/Kuroro I wasnt pissed. Thankfully he did the sensible thing.




Apr 19, 2010 12:46 AM

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Parasyte is one of the best manga I have ever read. Reading hundreds of Seinen manga and this one is close to perfection when it comes to entertainment and intelligence. Parasyte's style is what Death Note should have been instead of that over dramatized poor excuse of what fans call amazing writing.

Parasyte is a consistently entertaining read with interesting interjections of philosophy taking the reader through amazing twists and turns of a roller coaster.

9/10 (Amazing)
May 28, 2010 5:18 AM
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This manga is really cool with great ending..
Jun 2, 2010 7:12 AM
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very moving couple of final pages...

overall i greatly enjoyed this manga but often felt like something was missing. whatever it was, author just saved it for last.
Jun 4, 2010 4:39 PM

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Maybe it's just me but it looked like they died in the end... I'm not saying they did though, that was just what I thought.
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Maybe it's just me but it looked like they died in the end... I'm not saying they did though, that was just what I thought.


They survived. The twist gave the illusion that they both died. It was one of the best surprising twists I encountered.
Jun 26, 2010 5:20 PM

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I think they both survived, since Migi responds are hevely based on his emotions, he porbably woke up even from his sleep. And his sleep is volunterly and more as observer as i understood last part of his dreams. It's just that he won't mendel with his life anymore and be dormant. And that never vaking up is well he will have to wake up if he is ded, so it's logical that he instintivly trys to protect a life tretening situation again. I think it was great ending. Not excluding alien thing but also pointing out he won't do anything but absolutly nesesery in order to survive.
Jul 2, 2010 6:16 PM
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Masterpiece of a manga.

Perfect execution of everything.

Genius "live or die" ending.

Infinite respect towards the author.
Aug 14, 2010 7:10 PM

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The ending was amazing, but I felt that some earlier parts of the story was dragged out a bit too much. Still, it was very enjoyable and had some interesting philosophical themes. 8-9/10. Probably 8 because of the drawings.

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Then, the closing page. A shot of the planet with the text "I only want to feel some warmth... even from that which death would take from me."

According to the English translation in the new Del Rey releases the text on the last page reads, "Hold close to something... until the day you die", which is really different from that. Makes me wonder how bad amateur translations have messed up my understanding of other mangas I've read.
Sep 24, 2010 12:05 AM
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Regarding the fate of Shinichi and Satomi, they hadn't sustained any mortal wounds, so it will be illogical that they died in the end. Also, in the Del-Rey edition, Shinichi mentioned when the people came and looked in their direction that they thought they had also died, which is also another proof that they had survived. I think that he and Satomi were just savoring the moment. Anyway, I was screaming in my head when Shinichi missed Satomi the first time that "NO, not her also. Isn't it enough that Shinichi had already lost his mother and Migi T_T"

It was sad seeing Migi go; he was my favorite character in the manga. Iwaaki mentioned in the interview in vol. 8 of the Del-Rey edition that he was contemplating drawing Migi's eyes in the close-up on Shinichi's hand in the end, but he decided not to. I would've loved if he had gone with that idea.

I wish if Del-Rey or any other company would license more of Iwaaki's work, especially the masterpiece, Historie.
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1. That also happened in the scanlated edition.
2. That is not proof of anything.
3. If they had died during that scene, we wouldn't know what kind of wounds they had sustained, as the ending scene would take place in Shinichi's head. They could have both fallen from the roof, for all we know.


1. I haven't read the scanlated version; I just mentioned Del-Rey to clarify that it's the version that I read and based my statements according to the translation in it.

2. Satomi's use of "they think we're dead too" equates that "we look like dead to them since we are lying on the floor like the victims, but we're not", which is yeah, I consider it a strong proof that they had survived.

3. Actually, Iwaaki had confirmed Shinichi's survival in the interview in vol. 8, Del-Rey edition:

"Shinichi and Migi are both pretty much alive... (But please don't turn pro and actually continue their adventures. We do have Copyright laws!)

(From Afternoon, March 1995)
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one word.....AWESOME!!!
Dec 5, 2010 9:50 PM

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I thought it was an alright series. It was definitely a page-turner but I didn't find it to be awesome.
Mar 21, 2011 5:06 AM

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Great ending! I thought migi woulnd't appear at all but there is still hope Migi is looking out for Shinji's loved ones. 10/10 from me!

I do believe Migi has become a great life form in this manga. With the transformation he's gone through i believe it reflects on the mass of information he has gathered on human life.
Sep 27, 2011 10:48 PM

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9/10 too
A nice manga.
Sep 28, 2011 12:34 AM

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Sakujo said:
According to the English translation in the new Del Rey releases the text on the last page reads, "Hold close to something... until the day you die", which is really different from that. Makes me wonder how bad amateur translations have messed up my understanding of other mangas I've read.


I think I might have made a thread about this years ago...I think the general consensus was: they have messed up nearly every manga translation VERY BADLY. They're not professionals, just fans. As a result, whenever I read a manga, I just presume I'm getting the jist. I do like some scanalators who add notes to the end of a chapter explaining references in the chapter or why they chose to use specific words, that kind of behaviour is professional.
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Oct 24, 2011 8:11 PM
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I know this thread is quite old.

I think the translation of the last chapters is somewhat wrong or not exactly accurate, and since it is the ending of this awesome manga, I want to read almost exatly what the author wrote... For example, in the last dialougue between Migi and Shin, Migi seems to be not that clear, as he mentions the concept of soul or something...

The point is, does it exist a version translated by professionals or other scanlation groups, and is it available online? I just read the mangafox scanlated edition.
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Wow this was an awesome manga i really enjoyed reading this :D

10/10
Jul 15, 2012 10:33 PM

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Woot, Migi saved the day again. Shinichi deserved the happy ending! :D
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Jul 20, 2012 5:22 AM

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liked the manga , just one question : wasn't the mayor a parasyte too ? why didn't he fight , he just die like that from the military .......? ........or was he human who hates the mankind's actions .......?
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liked the manga , just one question : wasn't the mayor a parasyte too ? why didn't he fight , he just die like that from the military .......? ........or was he human who hates the mankind's actions .......?

The last parasyte (that with a lot of parasytes inside of him, can't remember his name) talked with the mayor when he was dying and said that he was human.

This was a really nice manga, I honestly didn't expect the manga to show this kind of psychological stuff about who is the real monster of the story.

As for the ending, the scanlated version is probably bad translated in the last pages.
In my opinion both of them survived

10/10 for me
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Really good manga. 10/10
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Oct 16, 2012 9:19 AM
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As for the ending, the scanlated version is probably bad translated in the last pages.
In my opinion both of them survived

10/10 for me


It is confirmed by the manga–ka that Shinichi and his girlfriend both survived, as it was stated in the interview from Parasyte vol. 8 Del–Rey edition that I quoted in my previous post. I'd take an official translation over a fan translation any day.
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[It is confirmed by the manga–ka that Shinichi and his girlfriend both survived, as it was stated in the interview from Parasyte vol. 8 Del–Rey edition that I quoted in my previous post. I'd take an official translation over a fan translation any day.

That's good to know, thanks for the info.
Feb 25, 2013 8:44 AM

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its nice to read something like this every now and then. very good story.
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Apr 5, 2013 12:28 PM

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Read it in less than a day, genuinely enjoyed it. 9/10 from me. Migi is awesome, wish I had him lol.
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Amazing ending just amazing..This HAS to become anime!
Jul 18, 2013 8:54 AM
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So they can make it into a complete shit adaptation? No thanks.
Oct 11, 2013 12:39 PM

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What a masterpiece, the ending was perfect.
Nov 29, 2013 1:33 PM

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This was awesome !! Enjoyed it!
Mar 27, 2014 10:25 PM

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Great manga. I, as everyone, thought she had died. I'm glad she didn't; otherwise, I would have felt very trolled. Plus we got to see a little of Migi :)
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What the fuck kind of ending was that? I'm so confused..
Why did this chapter exist? It could have ended perfectly at 63!
May 4, 2014 1:33 PM
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i never thought i'd tear up at this manga
Jun 5, 2014 6:00 PM

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can anyone tell me why does the superstrong parasyte have two names? no, actually, three: sanji, goto, kuroro. Afaiu , Sanji was the weak one.
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skualninja said:
Raven_Shinobi said:
[It is confirmed by the manga–ka that Shinichi and his girlfriend both survived, as it was stated in the interview from Parasyte vol. 8 Del–Rey edition that I quoted in my previous post. I'd take an official translation over a fan translation any day.

That's good to know, thanks for the info.


Ah good to know as well!

What an interesting story here with the premise and characters. Migi...I won't forget you or the events of the final chapter and their journey. Overall, rating this 8/10. Can't wait to see the anime!
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