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{{quote|''"Parasyte: Because ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' was for pussies."''|'''[[Y: Ruler of Time]]'''}}

 

 

One night, strange spores fall from the sky onto the earth. They spawn out weird little worms that quickly infiltrate human infrastructure, looking for host bodies. The worms (their parasites) crawl or burrow their way into the head of a human host, transforming it and the brain inside. This effectively kills the victim, replacing the host's personality and intellect with that of the Parasite. The Parasites have a ravenous appetite for the flesh of the species they take over - in this case, human flesh.

But one specific worm goofs it up - instead of ending up in the brain of the intended target, an [[Ordinary High School Student]] named Shinichi, the parasite instead ends up living in Shinichi's right arm. The little guy is called Migi (Japanese for right), and because of this unique situation, Shinichi and Migi are sharing the same body, but still possess their own individual intellects. This gives them an edge in battling the other Parasites, who see Shinichi's ability to think independently as a threat. Shinichi also feels compelled to fight other Parasites, who kill and eat humans as a source of food, whereas Migi, like other Parasites, is incapable of emotion and only fights to preserve his own life. And so, Shinichi is forced to deal with all kinds of teenage issues while keeping a horrifying secret and having to battle against hordes of other Parasites who want to use him (like Reiko Tamura, a scientist and Shinichi's teacher), kill him (just about everyone else) or worse.

 

 

 

* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]:

** {{spoiler|Kabuto}}'s knife is able to slash a guy's throat open and decapitates a girl with ease ([[Art Major Biology|though the girl appeared to have no backbone...]]).

** The parasites' blades, though they might be monomolecular-edged.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Kabuto}}. Crosses into [[Moral Event Horizon]] and [[Nausea Fuel]] territory when {{spoiler|he is shown remembering how he got captured, which includes visuals of some of his victims, one of whom he had sex with after he decapitated her}}.

* [[Badass]]: Shinichi

* [[Deliver Us From Evil]]: Reiko is revealed to be pregnant after sleeping with Mr. A, another Parasite-infested human. She originally plans to bear the completely normal human child out of dispassionate scientific curiosity, but soon enough, devotes herself to protect her baby once it's born.

* [[Diagonal Cut]]: The Parasites' preferred killing method.

* [[The Dragon]]: Gotoh to Takeshi Hirokawa. {{spoiler|Played straight, as Gotoh is}} ''{{spoiler|a lot}}'' {{spoiler|more dangerous than Hirokawa, and eventually, [[Dragon Their Feet]]}}.

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Migi,in a very touching scene}}

* [[Horseback Heroism]]: Shinichi, in Kana's dream.

* [[It's Personal]]: After {{spoiler|a Parasite took over Shinichi's mother and came very close to killing him,}} Shinichi becomes a bit more ruthless in his pursuit.

** Averted when he's beaten {{spoiler|Gotoh, and the pieces are trying desperately to reunite, probably in vain.}} He's about to leave him like that, but instead makes it clear that it's [[Nothing Personal]] before dispatching him, thereby also nicely averting [[Once Is Not Enough]], because he makes ''sure'' that he's dead.

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Strangely averted here, as practically everything else gets used - dismemberment, impaling, gunfire from [[Five Rounds Rapid|bullets]] to shotguns, and on one occasion, ''[[Improvised Weapon|a rock]]''. Flamethrowers are briefly considered, but rejected. The one time it's used {{spoiler|(Shinichi's plan to hit Gotoh with a flaming spear while Migi takes off his head)}} fails.

* [[Kill the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|Poor Kana.}}

* [[Losing Your Head]]: Shinichi to {{spoiler|Gotoh's head in their first fight.}} [[Nigh Invulnerable|Of course]], he doesn't really care.

* [[Lovecraftian Superpower]]: Guess who?

* [[The Quisling]]: {{spoiler|The mayor was a human all along.}}

* [[Rule of Cool]]: The Parasites' ability to distort bodies is pretty damn awesome.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Shinichi picks up large scars on his chest and back as a result of Migi saving his life, and a scar through his right eyebrow thanks to Gotoh.

* [[Shapeshifter Weapon]]: Parasites can transform the parts of their hosts' bodies that they've taken over (usually just the head) into...''things'' that can shred human flesh '''faster than the eye can see'''.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Migi. Shaba. (Right hand and chin.)

* [[Tin Man]]: The Parasites all claim to have no emotions, despite them clearly possessing several, just not '''all''' of them (chiefly they're missing disgust and romantic love, but seem to be capable of everything else).

* [[Vomiting Cop]]: "Don't puke in the crime scene."

* [[Victimized Bystander]]: One of the parasites turned a boy's right arm into a giant penis after he offered to show her an animal.

 

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