Parasyte
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| Yeah the anime definitely dropped off when Reiko died. So much wasted potential. Even when she did die nothing came from the changes we saw in her. Instead we go to a police raid. I mean that wasn't the worst thing ever, but it did introduce this random idea that the humans are he evil ones polluting the earth. Like bruh? And then somehow all parasite activity across the world comes to a lull? Idk man. Also feels weird that the final arc came down to Shinichi vs the super parasite. Plus they had to force in the parallel between the garbage toxin killing Gotou and pollution destroying the world. Then the actual final episode with Migi going to sleep. I mean they came up with a passable excuse but it really doesn't seem necessary. Plus serial killer man coming back to really make sure we don't forget about how Shinichi went through most of the show fighting with his level of humanity. That really didn't seem necessary. Shoulda died in the raid. Shinichi's dad should have at least been featured in this ep. |
| People bitching about this show are such hypocrites. Giving this 6 while rating stein's gate 10 smh. Both shows had asspull ending just to save lover of mc? 8.5/10(let's not forget awesome ost and awe-some first 20 episodes) |
Cheer_LeaderApr 5, 2021 11:53 AM
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| Even in the last episode it was suspenseful this was very good |
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| My 25th completed series chronologically. For the record, I extended it a 9/10 rating. |
| Overall it was a great watch, Madhouse killed it as usual and adapted the manga extremely well. 9/10 |
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| Well that was one of an ending, seems like it's the same as in the manga. This was a pretty good anime. A few plotholes but whatever. The rest was really good. Soundtrack, characters, animation were really good. Espically the OST was amazing. Migi MVP 8/10 |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| so migi just gets up and leaves for no apparent reason other than it's the finale so they gotta make it feel like a finale I guess. First third or so, great stuff. Great set up, made me super curious as to see how it would pan out. But then they introduce so many different factors to the story and it just becomes unclear as to where it is wanting to go. It wouldn't have been a problem at all if there was some sort of pay-off to all these moving parts, but as far as I can see, there really wasn't any. Shinchi possibly becoming more parasite than human? Yeah no he's fine. Tamiya Ryouko showing signs of human emotion, being a mother, perhaps introducing a possibility that parasites are more human than they seem? Yeah no it's just there in an attempt to appear deep, because she just lets herself die for some reason and we don't really address it again. Those were some examples that came to mind, but I'm sure there was more than I'm just forgetting about. So many different elements that could've continue to elevate the story but they choose just not to go anywhere with them. Shinchi does give a monologue here at the end to try and tie everything together, but I think it really was half-assed. "We're two different species! Sometimes we'll use each other, sometimes we'll kill each other, but we will never understand each other." Yeah it's not "people die if they are killed"-level, but I can't help but cringe just a little. And what's with all the parasites apparently and suddenly being able to blend in with humans? Sure it's hinted to have happened eventually, but it didn't happen gradually at all. Shinchi and migi beat goto and then all of a sudden all the parasites wanna just chill all at once, for, reasons. Man I guess I can't complain about this anime specifically if all it did was follow the manga. But the studio does have the chance to change certain aspects as the obviously do all the time. They could have fixed what I find to be rather poor writing and perhaps create a more cohesive story with a more conclusive ending. Come to think of the characters, I sadly find them all to be pretty much throwaway characters apart from our main duo. Migi is the best and is the saving grace of this show, obviously, but shinchi while definitely having a lot going for him character wise, at this point I still don't know what his deal is. At one point he's like eren jaeger, wanting to kill all the titans (parasites), and then out of nowhere he's like "yeah we chill I guess." The change is not the problem, it just feels abrupt even though we had 24 episodes to smooth it out. None of this shit feels earned; in MY, HUMBLE, opinion. Maybe I glossed over something important while watching. But from what I personally FEEL, it just isn't, well, good. Just want to mention the two chicks for a minute. I really don't know what they were trying to do with Kana, who died halfway through or somewhere there. She has the ability to sense parasites but it was never explained. She just has it for some reason, same with that other guy who got a few episodes to be in, the psycho murderer who also can somehow detect parasites. They don't explain how they acquired the ability, and neither do they explain the origins of the parasites themselves. Are they really just aliens, or were the manufactured by man in a lab somewhere? If they're just aliens you don't really have to explain anything, it doesn't REALLY matter where they came from in that case, but if they were man-made, you can't just ignore that! But it's okay the ignore ALL of it because the origin of the parasites is not once ever mentioned or even hinted at. Dangit, got off track a bit, was supposed to talk about Kana. Yeah she ignored shinchi's warnings like three times and then she died because of it. She totally deserved that and I couldn't care less about her and her character writing because she just doesn't fit in with whatever story this anime is trying to tell. Then we have the on-and-off girlfriend of Shinchi, Murano. She's not a bad PERSON at all. But as a character I just found her annoying. Her character writing is this: merely go back and forth between "Hi shinchi how are you are you okay? and "shinchi something is wrong with you gtf away from me you monster!" And yeah just rinse and repeat. As for the other characters, I don't even feel like they're worth mentioning. Ryouko was interesting but she just dies, to show that she was "human", being a mother and protecting her baby, I guess? But she could've very well just fled the scene or something idk. And goto is like the one significant parasite that they have trouble against, the big baddie that they have to defeat near the end. But he dies to some rusted pipe so that was some nice pay-off. Sadly all this has been really negative, but again I really did enjoy the first third or so. It was really promising and had the potential to tell a riveting story, one that could do what the likes of death note and psycho pass failed to do (yeah sorry I wasn't a big fan of either of those either), but imo, this falls onto the same level as those. SUPER high potential, but again, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, just isn't executed as well as it should have. Visuals were fine. Some pretty good animation here and there but a lot of the fights just looked like two kids throwing spaghetti at each other. While I wish there could've been a more clear central narrative, I'm glad they didn't go full on to the environmentalist message they were touching at when discussing the landfill and the poison that came from it. This final episode though, gave us the "WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN??" message though. Couldn't think of anything better could they, and maybe perhaps be just a little bit deeper than that? I can't really complain about the ending though, I thought it was fine; because you can't really expect that much of a finale with writing that doesn't have any clear direction. 3 out of 10 Migi saving murano despite being, asleep, was pretty chad though. Migi's just the best. 3.1 out of 10. |
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| So they got their good life back after everything they went through. Liked it. |
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| Ah it was so good....loved it...goodbye migi... |
| We’ll never forget you Migi! |
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| this series suffered from the same struggles that princess mononoke did. sacrificing story quality for the sake of a political theme. this show could have been a masterpiece if there wasnt so much focus on the "human nature" |
| I started to lose interest when it got more political and the police got heavily involved. Glad it came down to Shinichi in the end but it seemed really weird how he decided not to kill Gotou, we see his reasoning for that and then all of a sudden changed his mind. Shinichi and Murano sleeping together also seemed out of the blue. Correct me if I'm wrong but up until then, they weren't exactly on good terms. Then in the last scene we see Murano fall to her death, next scene she's fine. It kind of felt like a visual novel, giving glimpses of alternate routes but it's not based on a VN. Would have given this a 9 in the early episodes, in the end, 7.5 rounded down. |
| Parasyte is definitely the best non-comedy-non-silly anime to come out of a seinen manga. Positives: - The first ten episodes were enjoyable. - Voice Acting was great. - Graphics were great. - OST was great - Episodes 20 to 24 were awesome and really intense. - Parasyte is an anime that deserves credit for trying to be different. It started off as a fighting-shounen, but then it became a theme-heavy-seinen, and because of this, I can see why Parasyte is considered a deconstruction of the fighting-shounen genre, and for this it should get credit. Negatives: - Even though the first 10 episodes were good, sometimes they also felt stupid with how many of the characters were just jerks to be jerks, or dumb to be dumb. - From episode to 11 to 19, even though it was interesting, the anime was also mostly dull, that I could only watch one episode per day due to how slow it was. |
oooo3333Mar 1, 2023 1:40 AM
| A Classic anime indeed...10/10. |
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| Really did not like this one unfortunately. It's like series focused too much on being profound and philosophical and forgot to add the story and engaging characters along the way. I liked the first half and was waiting for the plot to progress but second half is just awful. Ost is kinda weird too, dubstep always sounded out of place which ruined lots of scenes. At least Murano survived, that's cool I guess. |
| I thought I've forgotten how to binge watch for a long time. Then I found this show. |
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| This episode felt sooo unnecessary, bringing that psycho back and for what? It was so random. If you're gonna bring him back then at least something relevant should've happened, killing off Murano would have been dumb too, and overdramatic, but at least it would have been... something? to show that he's not going to be depending on anyone to protect others anymore but oh nvm, surprise cause Migi's plot armor is still there lol. Them fondly remembering the puppy scene made me cringe. "oh yeah remember when i threw that dead dog in the trash lol well actually since i saw how pissed you got i did the bare minimum any decent human being would do and buried it" "dawww you're so sweet <3 you're sinichi after all <3" like, really......? of all scenes to remember back on you pick the worst one possible lol I'd give it like a VERY generous 6/10 purely because of its entertainment value but in general it's a really really flawed show. If I were to try and view it from a completely objective point of view I'd give it like 1-2 points less. |
nostalgiaasJan 17, 2023 3:40 PM
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| It was so good, what can i say? Loved the Migi scene. "-Everyday, on my way... I run into somebody on my way, a small part of my life. And suddenly, that somebody died. Why am I still sad then? +Because it takes time for humans to reflect on things, but that is why humans are so unique and thats why you should keep that. You are the creatures that have time to share what is in their hearts... A prodigy!" |
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| Great show, but many questions left without an answer in the end, not cool( Also, I really was expecting that in some point of the show Izumi will tell Murano about his problems and his hand. And then she will, well, at least comfort his feelings, or maybe give him some thoughts from the side, in order to change his dry\depressive mindset. After all, she looked like an understanding personality, like if she was crafted by the author for this kind of "moral compass" role. Unfortunately, Izumi never told her the truth and till the end she felt like a somewhat pointless character, with a goal of being a victim in some scenes and a kinda trite girlfriend in others. Up to the point where some people in the comments higher outright hate Murano and wish she died instead of Kimishima Kana (which I don't understand, Kana wasn't that great either, she was like an egoistic stubborn donkey). A shame Despite those confusing things, will drop it a 9, because the show was thrilling to watch and gave some interesting brainfood to think about |
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| Strong beginning (episodes 1 to 4), weaker follow up due to the romantic and harem subplots (episodes 5 to 12), then a strong middle point on the same or even higher level of quality from the beginning (episodes 13 to 18), and as it was pointed out already, a weaker last bunch or episodes from 19 to 24. |
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