Parasite Eve (novel): Difference between revisions

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In it, Kiyomi Nagishima, wife of Toshiaki Nagishima, crashes her car. Kiyomi survives but is brain dead. Toshiaki and Kiyomi's doctor transplant her kidneys into the teenage girl Mariko Anzai as an organ donation. What they didn't know was that Kiyomi's mitochondria had undergone an evolution, granting them special powers and a will of their own. Toshiaki is compelled to culture Kiyomi's liver cells, which he reffers to as Eve, and the mitochondria in Mariko's new kidney start transforming her into something suitable for giving birth to the next step on the evolutionary ladder. The story then goes rather haywire as Eve takes on a form of her own, kidnaps Mariko, starts setting people on fire, and <nowiki>*ahem*</nowiki> acquires a sperm sample from Toshiaki to create the Ultimate Being.

* [[Body Horror]]: Full stop.

* [[The Bully]]: {{spoiler|the reason why Mariko stopped taking her medication the first time she got a transplant.}}

** The sounds Mariko dream/hallucinate and the comic book mentioned earlier.

** The lecture about mitochondria.

* [[Frankenstein's Monster]]: Mariko believes that getting an organ from another person makes her one {{spoiler|because [[The Bully|school bullies]] mocked her with it.}}

* [[Gambit Roulette]]: {{spoiler|Kiyomi's mitochondria have played with their limited control over her body to get her together with Toshiaki, as well as to enroll her on the list of kidney donors and to kill her in hopes of getting her kidney into a female recipient. They also influenced Toshiaki to cultivate Kiyomi's liver cells. This is all part of the plan to give birth to Ultimate Eve.}}

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: When Eve-1 took control of {{spoiler|Kiyomi}}.

* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]: Asakura's childhood complex.