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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...]]).

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

* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: Sort of touched on. The Parasites believe this is the case.

* [[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.

 

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