Thread 279524051

Chapter 4: Killer's Aura

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>>279524996
IT COULD HAPPEN
PARASYTES RAINING DOWN FROM ABOVE AND INFESTING HUMAN HEADS TO TURN THEM INTO SUPER-POWERED CANNIBALS?
COMPLETELY POSSIBLE

Cool I didn't know this was cut from the anime, I wish we could've saw the lion in the anime

>>279524051 (OP)
I've never seen the anime but hear it's very good. Should I watch it first instead of reading?

>>279524796
everyone in this universe is a prick, even the zoo animals kill "just because"

>>279524199
I quite like the way this lion's face is drawn
Particularly the snout

>>279524336
>shit

>>279527371
Keep your pants on

>>279524771
Is he aware they go out on dates

>>279524796
What a fag

>>279524103
dumbass

>>279524934
Savage

>>279524966
Why does every thug in this run and cry the second things get dicey

>>279524996
Thanks OP
This reads almost as if the parasites are home-grown earthlings. Suppose we'll see

>>279524996
huh so the author had already thought of the anime climax dialogue already at this point

>>279526280
It's a different tone, but it's very good imo
I haven't read all the Manga, but I'd assume they changed the anime to have a more consistent tone throughout the whole show, not sure if there are anime original arcs or not

>>279527521
That's pretty realistic, to be fair.

>>279527544
The aliens are calling from inside the house.

>>279527521
they can't take pain

>>279527544
for sure. I remember the anime hints at the idea, but the manga really seems like it's going for that angle.

>>279524796
The anime did move some scene around, this come up a bit earlier, shinichi is less assertive than here

BTW
>>279508138
Just checked out and the anime does mention the killings are happening around the world

>>279503171
he did say He would fight for humanity, not that diferent from the manga imo

>>279524996
Thanks OP!

>>279527521
Because that's how most thugs are like

>>279524996
Thank you for posting.

>>279524199
>>279524268
one of my favorite scenes in the whole series just for how unique it is.

>>279524796
Good thing he screamed "I Challenge you" before he started to beat Shinchi, that makes it a fair fight and not just bullying.

>>279536221
I've been reading too much battle shonen garbage, I'm surprised how good this is. I really don't understand why I never actually finished it the two times I've read it before.

>>279537161
kek

>>279527521
Most people would've done the same.

>>279524134
GET IN THE CAR!!

>>279524268
Tarantulas are frail as fuck

>>279524456
What a playa

>>279538666
What if they're giant tarantulas?

>>279538756
Same thing really. They're practically suicide chargers if humans want to fuck with them

>>279524996
Thank you OP!

>>279524875
The paneling is really nice, that punch really feels like it came from nowhere.

>>279538666
So are parasytes.

>>279538666
Tarantula have vertical fangs so it's probably a wolf spider or something. Either way I don't think the point is a tarantula could kick a lion's ass.

The biggest problem with the anime was the fart sounds when the parasytes morph.

>>279529770
They were never meant to be aliens, the spores are shown descending from the air as a reference to dandelions.

>>279542263
it works as just a single panel

>>279543599
Applies to a lot of panels, really.

>>279545264
Yeah, it's a good manga for that.

>>279540339
Good point.

Chapter 5: Studyholic

>>279553074
>five months
Manga's moving quick

>>279553196
A true custodian of the food chain

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>>279553402
I need a short-haired 80s JK gf and I need one NOW

>>279553620
All bets are off
SAVE YOUR GIRL

>>279553665
Intense

>>279552878
Todai BTFO

>>279553758
Thanks OP
Is it gay if it's a genderless but typically male-presenting parasite in the body of a woman?

>>279553162
Chaddest move you can pull on a woman

>>279553665
Best girl btw

>>279553314
:)

>>279553665
ENTER
Loved her arc in the anime

>>279552791
This is genuinely scary to think about. What a horrifying last image to see before you get sliced up.

>>279553620
>>279553665
>>279553707
Aaah idiot!! It said don't look!

>>279553665
>>279553707
>>279553758
Oh fuck.

>>279553758
thanks OP
>>279553665
always wondered if this shot was just for dramatic effect or if she actually whipped her head around to stare at him

>>279553162
>>279553196
I don't remember him becoming a chad this soon in the anime.

>>279553665
ENTER
#1 MOM

>>279553162
>>279556723
This happens in the first episode, but it wasn't a bug.

Though the anime did set up shinichi was afraid of bugs before, hinting he was changing

>>279557751
wasn't a cochroach*

>>279553758
Thank you OP!

>>279524134
I have a theory that Togashi was inspired by this to create Leol, there are so many things in common.

>>279553758
Thank you for posting.

>>279527521
>>thug
You just answered your own question you know

>>279527521
They're only tough in numbers.

>>279496009
migibros...

>>279524051 (OP)
Kinda funny how the guy on the cover was a jobber that died in a single chapter

>>279524079
GET IN THE CAR
>>279524103
he just wants a hug <3

>>279524134
>>279524161
damn, what an asshole

>>279538666
They're cute, though.

>>279524336
>but man, am I bad at math

>>279524771
Seething.

>>279537161
This is unironically true.

>>279527521
He just can't take pain.

>>279566666
>66666
>only tough in numbers
Carlos!

>>279524996
>something like this might actually happen
Does Office Worker know something we don't?

>>279537223
Having a chapter served in a silver platter each day helps.

>>279552791
What an egghead.

>>279553125
Interesting how life just seems to keep going on as usual despite everything.

>>279553237
Her face is a little mannish, but she's really cute.

>>279553481
imagine... a booba parasite...

>>279567634
Her slight boyishness is quite a big part of her charm to me

>>279553665
>animal print
WHORE

>>279567514
That's not carlos, it's hypersatan!

>>279553665
She's so much prettier here.

>>279552915
>Gonna be
>Future tense
How optimistic of him.

>>279553665
Enter best girl and best mother.

>>279567399
Can't argue with that

>>279570612
I fucking love this mangaka. Is he doing anything now?

>>279571108
Yeah, Majo to Kyurasu

>>279571189
Oh, just by the cover it looks right up my alley.

>>279571189
What's it about?

>>279573112
Just read it, it's only 2 chapters so far.

>>279527521
Theyre japanese

>>279553034
Kind of weird to have such a thorough recap 5 chapters in

>>279567657
with how many spinoff manga there are I almost guarantee there's one with a booba parasyte.

>>279567679
I FUCKING LOVE A GIRL IN LEOPARD PRINT

>>279575410
I had no idea it was a franchise, I just thought it was a one and done.

>>279576036
It has such influence that it's used for lots of official spinoffs by different authors

>>279524996
Thanks, OP, been enjoying this

>>279552993
Migi's kind of cute

>>279574394
The previous chapter marked the end of the first volume, so I imagine this recap was made with the idea that someone might be buying or reading through the second one without context.

>>279537161
The reason mutual combat was banned is because back in the day people bored out of their skulls because they had no video games would just duel each other for any perceived sleight
They should really bring it back

>>279576602
issue is that it's an easy way for bullies and thugs to pressure someone unwilling into a "duel" and just kill him
if two men really want to duel each other they should be willing to break the law to do so

>>279526280
They are different experiences but both very enjoyable. Sad that Parasyte never got the recognition it deserved

>>279527521
Bullies and thugs always punch down, they know instinctively who not to mess with. Druggies and people who have nothing left to lose are bad targets because of how unpredictable they are, people who fight back? Even if they are weak, not worth it. At worst they snap and take the violence elevator(scrawny kid gets beat up and instead of fistfightin up he just brings a Uzi to the yard), at best you seriously injure him and then you got finger pointed at you. Thugs go for easy targets not necessarily out of cowardice but wisdom. You won't last much as a thug otherwise

>>279552993
cute migi

>>279576482
Ah, that was my initial thought but the filename suggested it was still volume 1. I've only ever owned like 2 tankobans so I have no real concept of how many chapters there usually are per volume.

>>279573170
Damn. Well were they good?

>>279581687
I like them, but don't want to go more off topic.

>>279581687
They are if you like flat hags

>>279582137
Ok, I respect that.

Chapter 6: Tamiya Ryōko

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>>279586262
She's 24??

>>279586284
>>279586310
Ooh, i really like the way this flashback is done visually. Clever panelling.

>>279586576
KEK. The humour is just right.

>>279586124
Is it still heterosexual and non-bestiality to do her

>>279586148
>>279586174
Why would a parasite do this

>>279586203
>blushing
He's unlocked a new fetish

>>279587132
Wanted to see what would happen would be my guess

>>279586768
Thank you OP! Ryoko is such a good character.

>>279586262
>24 year old single teacher hag
SEX

>>279586345
God why couldn't I have been born in Japan and called -kun by a sexy teacher

>>279586420
Stop liking evil women

>>279586370
I don't know why my brain made this connection.

>>279586420
A date with sensei
It'd be hot if he didn't have a girlfriend who might see

>>279586576
Too late...

>>279586596
Pretty interesting questions being raised here

>>279586695
That was the weirdest fucking flex

>>279586630
What an autist
Good to know some things don't change across species

>>279586768
Thanks OP

>>279586695
imagine the blowjobs

>>279587132
Migi is super curious, no reason she can't be too.

>>279587244
Nope

>>279587342
Imagine the head

>>279587132
I think the anime cut that scene too
It seems a little too self aware of what a woman would care about and altruistic

>>279586630
A-san is cold as hell here
>>279586768
thanks OP

>>279587419
>can warp body into the perfect onahole to suck you off before she eats you alive
Is there a better woman?

>>279553665
sensui traced that

>>279553276
What a loser

>>279575410
Shinichi was able to stop migi because he could tie up his arm, how would a woman avoid being completely overtaken and stop the parasite going up beyond her boobs?

>>279589921
Coincidently she was taken over during a hardcore BDSM session

>>279586630
Derp.

>>279589921
It got itself trapped in silicone like a fish in a fish trap

>>279586576
A-san won so hard, bros...

>>279586695
>>279587365
>>279587419
This just got me thinking.
If a parasyte can replace your hand, can one also replace your cock?

>>279590903
That's just the premise of Uran's new manga

>>279587132
Probably to test in which circumstances humans find violence admissible.

>>279590903
Of course it could, it could replace anything.

>>279580293
Remember that serialized comic might have big issues and different sized volumes on first editions so the recaps can appear strangely placed on much later releases. Usually recaps are trash, but having the protagonist seriously reflect on what's happening can be important.

>>279567606
Day to day, more people are dying of violent crime in every major urban center. We all just look away.

>>279587103
She still has tits and a vagina.

>>279586148
It's that easy.

>>279586203
damn, this hag is-
>>279586262
Wait, she's 24? Bitch looks 40.

>>279586370
:v

>>279587244
Too bad

>>279587245
Better than 'pog', at least.

>>279587244
>evil
just following nature

>>279586544
maybe megane should stop being such a nosy bitch

>>279586576
it should have been me

>>279586596
She's such a captivating villainess.

>>279586695
sex

With my cock.

>>279594906
Clothes will age up anyone and even age down in some cases.

I hope she ends up being a genuinely caring mother

Bumpisyte.

>>279596887
I agree, Yzilma.

>>279586576
I wonder how she convinces A-san to have sex with her, doesn't seem something he would have much interest in,

>>279554063
Do they even have gender?

>>279586967
That's how flashback done back in the time...without all the fancy panel

>>279592931
In Japan, just under 1000 people were murdered in 2024. The mincemeat murders are on target to be about 20% of that in 1 year. That's honestly pretty crazy. If 20% of the US murder rate was seemingly the work of a single serial killer/group I don't think that would be getting ignored.

>>279600588
a couple years ago my city had an abnormally high number of gun shootings for a summer. I remember the general mood was a bit more fearful but people had a "what can you do" attitude about it. obviously not the same as people getting torn up but still. I do wish they explored how the general public reacts to the murders more

Bumpijuu.

This storytime is giving me something to look forward to while I work.

>>279600197
That's why I said genderless

>>279595151
Clothes, her emotionless alien eyes, and emotionless alien behavior.

Poor woman though, she couldn't even have been a teacher for that long, I'm pretty sure that requires a uni degree in Japan.

>>279603776
Same here
Shan't be doing this but it can't be help

>>279604645
Doesn't it require a degree everywhere

>>279595026
and start being my bitch

>>279600197
They can jump between bodies and have difficulty if the new body is a different sex to the one they matured in.

>>279605696
>parasites job to gender dysphoria

>>279600197
When they're wearing a dress, they're a girl.

>>279602014
Another one!

So, how much more physically capable could a parasite become if they started working out their hosts like crazy?

>>279608787
I can't image it makes much difference when normal looking people could kill entire groups of people in seconds
It'd be like Superman lifting some dumbbells at that point

>>279605696
I don't even remember this, guess I shall watch it again. I will leave the reading fun to story time

>>279599839
Tell him that sex is a potential power-up.

Chapter 7: Attack

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>>279613930
Anyone else reading the Platinum end storytime as well?
Just saying

>>279613963
Iwaaki is too good at violence. Thank you for posting anon.

>>279613331
>spergout

>>279613481
What the hell are these retards doing

>>279613501
Could just be a TL thing, but it feels a little like Migi's talking more casually now

>>279613575
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E8YdqLG5c8

>>279613628
>>279613647
She's too cute to suffer

>>279613803
Reminds me of Shimada Death with her mouth feelers

>>279613647
Savage Migi

>>279613963
Our protagonist
Murdering a father-to-be

>>279613963
Thanks OP
RIP

>>279614010
Shinichi didn't spend 3 chapters convincing himself the parasitized body deserves to live and be happy without a brain. I'm confused.

>>279613963
That's such a great fight, not only because of its internal mechanics but because of how it also affects the story.

>>279524051 (OP)
oh shit there's a daily for this. dis gon be gud

>>279567695
666 satan storytime when??

I had already noted the obvious similarities to Devilman in the anime, but in the manga they seem even more pronounced.

oh parasite thread? did anyone watch the korean live action spin-off? it was campy as fuck but it was fun and expands the world a bit

Migi and Shinichi travel to Korea at the end and make a cameo

>>279613266
The veiny head looks super gross.

>>279614747
Yeah, I read Devilman years after Parasyte and I remember literally going "wait, Parasyte was a Devilman reimagining all along?"

>>279615693
If Akira had been forced into working with Amon rather than overtaking his consciousness then maybe. I guess that the cooperation aspect is much more pronounced in Parasite. Both Sinichi and Akira have a tomboy gf but no yandere Satan, unless you want to count Migi.

>>279614299
>>279613481
Give him some credit, he almost got it right. It's not like the modern era where we all have drills for these things whenever someone does something stupid.

Will you storytime the anthology sequels too?

>>279613826
He might have a point if he did anything except standing still. Develop some body/tentacle coordination.

>>279617410
I meant more the students milling about giggling than the principal

>>279613963
Thank you OP! I love how brief the fights are while still being meaningful.

>>279613647
Wow. Played it off smooth
>>279613963
thanks OP

>>279613647
Dolphin will kill themselves if they get depressed enough

>>279620532
More pointedly eusocial insects will suicide attack threats to the colony

>>279586880
ZAMN!

>>279618144
Why wouldn't they?

>>279613963
Thank you for posting.

>>279613266
first panel kinda looks like a giant cock

>>279613313
The art is good, but the coloring leaves a bit to be desired. Especially sensei's hair.

>>279613628
This chapter I liked the manga drawing him as a chad
The manga has him make a lot of random goofy faces and wuss moments that kinda conflict with his look tho, so I don't mind him being a nerd in the anime plus it works much better for when he isn't a nerd in the anime anymore

>>279613331
He smoked ONE gram of marijuana.

>>279613432
gnarly

>>279613481
AIEEE HE'S GOT A KNIFE

>>279613544
>>279613575
flawless plan

>>279620707
kamikaze isn't really the same as normal suicide

>>279613720
Cute.

>>279613963
kino

>>279614010
>>279614615
Shinichi also let Tamiya and A go when they said they had no incentive to kill anyone close to Shinichi.
I almost didn't process that fact, but it's a shocking bit of pragmatism for a shonen protagonist.
I feel like an average modern MC would try to lecture them about eating humans and that would lead to the inevitable conflict, rather than because A got paranoid and exercised poor game theory.

>>279613647
to be fair, this was before wikipedia and household internet, so Migi probably wouldn't have the opportunity to learn about suicide in other animals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matriphagy

>>279614500
based dai dark bro

>>279627308
I'm glad we're human.

>>279567524
look at your local politicians
do you really think they're human

>>279627308
It's funny to think that this series would play out completely differently in modern times with internet access.

>>279590903
>parasyte crawls up your urethra
>have to unzip your pants to use your power
i think having the parasyte on your arm is a much better deal

>>279626972
>pragmatism
The author is pretty pilled on that already that's why
>>279524996

>>279628609
If Migi was given access to the internet it may just become super racist, but I'm also assuming that it'd see it as a weird thing humans do

>>279628855
nta but fair enough

>>279629774
Migi would 100% quote crime statistics and wonder why the white humans don't just kill all the brown ones.

>>279626972
Parasyte is seinen and it shows in moments like that.

>>279631414
Or would assume that the whites are an inferior breed for allowing themselves to be killed and it's just natural selection

>>279631414
Or why society focuses on 1% of the community when they are unable to procreate.

>>279620532
Being a dolphin would be fucked up, holding your breath most of your life.

Makes me wonder if any of these little dudes fell into the ocean and infested marine life.

>>279631465
Gonna be real here, I forgot it was a seinen.

>>279629774
Migi's a survivalist who's endlessly curious. He would recognise intergroup hostility as as a primal instinct, but will likely be intrigued that we're somehow not happy with ourselves both when we practice racism and when we reject racism

>>279623422
Because of how short they are. A lot of fights in other series are much longer and barely hold any meaning.

bump

Chapter 8: Species

>>279639336
not very smart huh, he should know humans still have weapons that could kill them if they are hit right, after all the human body is as vulnerable as any

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>>279639818
Look at that eyeball, that level of detail

>>279639849
That's what he gets for using Migi to masturbate

>>279639336
I like that A-san refers to Shinichi as "the human portion." He really doesn't think of them as separate entities. Shinichi might as well be clothes Migi's wearing. Imagine getting killed by someone's belt developing independence.

>>279639870
Do mangaka still exchange letters with their readers?
Also, a Cronenberg film would have been perfect.

>>279639818
>>279639849
Manga nowadays won't be able to deliver greatness like this

Reiko, or I guess Ryoko still for now, really is such a great character.

>>279639677
This page made me wonder if she knows that pregnancy requires a good diet. I suspect the baby isn't going to make it if she's only eating humans.

>>279639365
Hardcore

>>279639423
>on the verge of dying
>only thinking about going for round 2 with the teacher
He truly became human after all

>>279639541
I wish I had a friend like her in school

>>279639567
First panel feels like the moment we'll look back to at the end as the point he went from fully human to a codependent being

>>279639590
Pro-life manga

>>279639724
I was expecting 'procreate'

>>279639870
Thanks OP

>>279639445
Is there a page missing after this, this doesn't look right

>>279639870
thanks OP. I wonder what Cronenberg would think of Parasyte

>>279639870
Thank you for posting.

>>279524079
Same energy as the average Baki page that is just Yujiro walking through the street.

>>279642526
there's no missing page here, you can see it with the filenames

>>279642526
Alarm and confusion conveyed through "!?" followed by an explosion

>>279644167
anon might be confused because in the anime it shows the inside of the room and Tamiya jumping out before the explosion shot

>>279639870
Thanks, man

>>279524079
Valjean...

>>279639849
it's better than I remember, i should rewatch the anime, too

>>279646534
Yzilma...

>>279640349
>Imagine getting killed by someone's belt developing independence
kek

>>279640495
>mangaka still exchange letters with their readers?
With Japanese readers I don't doubt it.

>>279639321
>Shinichi kills both A-san and Gotou with a bit of sharp metal
>A-san dies because of what comes out, Gotou dies because of what goes in
Cinema

>>279639423
Can he join her body? Where would he go? I thought he can only be a head.

>>279652919
He can
One of them will be the head and controls the other.

>>279639870
Damn, this nigga spoiling

>>279639306
what a satisfying pop

>>279639623
Ruthless bioweapon can't handle being slut-shamed

>>279631546
>>279632256
Both also true. Do you think he would relate to jews? He is a parasite after all.

>>279652919
Technically yes, a parasite can morph into other extremities. Like in case of Gotou that has a body composed of five different parasites.

Problem is, once a parasite is merged one body it's no longer compatible to another body of opposite sex. So joining Reiko's body is no longer possible for Mr.A.

>>279639623
Anti-slut shaming manga

>>279655109
kek
Yes.

>>279652919

Technically yes, a parasite can morph into other extremities. Like in case of Gotou that has a body composed of five different parasites.

Problem is, once a parasite is merged into one body it's no longer compatible to another body of opposite sex. So joining Reiko is no longer possible for Mr.A.

>>279655109
>parasytes are jews
>hide themselves in society and ruin it slowly
> they get discriminated against and executed, along with anyone that tries to hide them
Is this just our natural reaction to them?

>>279655524
I always thought they're only incompatible if they're the head
The other limb will not have the same problem since they do not need to control anything
Although we do not have any example for this except the mother case

>>279655109
Unironically if he had access to the internet I think he'd admire Jews for all the power they've amassed despite being such a small sample of the population

>>279656990
>Migi attempting to stealth circumcise Shinichi

>>279656990
Remember the city hall of cost, goy

Just once on this site it would be cool if a discussion didn't switch to obsessing about jews and/or trannies at the first possible opportunity.

>>279657741
Terrible bait. Consider closing thread and or filtering posts.

>>279657741
It is what it is
sadly

>>279657741
It's actually funny to imagine whether Migi would browse /pol/ or not and you're a joyless faggot

Just once on this site it would be cool if a discussion didn't switch to obsessing about thread meta faggotry and/or posters at the first possible opportunity.

>>279657771
TRVTH NVKE

>>279657762
Unless you're claiming /pol/ is 100% logical and shows no emotional biases it's not even a debate.

>>279657771
The struggle is real.

>>279639365
Of course, now I understand everything.

>>279639541
>moralfagging
It's just some murder now and then, you whiner.

>>279639623
very thin skinned

>>279659905
Can't even do a casual murder nowadays. Fucking zoomers.

>>279659873
hehe

>>279553665
northing beats the three panel page (shout out to Darwyne Cooke )

>>279589572
kek

>>279664878
See you there!