There are questions better left unanswered, like "what happened to previous OP"
He probably deserved it. He was probably tasty. That was just a guess on my part, it's not like I have any way of knowing, ha-ha

Chapter 42: A little family 1

>>280848457
oh, it's this chapter...

Bump

>>280848690
this is especially sad considering it was sort of an accident. reiko reprimands the parasyte that did it and calls it a retarded move

>>280849246
The shirts inform the reader that this is a happy memory

>>280848831
Migi got sticky fingers.

>>280848384 (OP)
Man these covers are great
Both these and the original ones

>>280848555
Thought we'd seen the last of him

>>280848555
Pulled his head out of the deathtrap too little, too late

>>280848690
Man

>>280848831
Can't tell if this makes him a bro or not
I suppose nothing Migi does is broish in nature though

>>280848937
God

>>280849166
This chapter is intense man

>>280849325
Good dad
Good son

>>280849395
Thanks new OP

>>280848831
Otherwise grim chapter, but this scene with Shinichi was hilarious

>>280848384 (OP)
how many OP are there? 3? or 5? Or maybe they're all just one...

>>280722233

Last thread

>>280848384 (OP)
This cover might be my favorite one

>>280848856
Migi's become dangerously convincing now that he's gotten the hang of moral reasoning. Does he realize how big of a change that is? Unlike Shinichi he doesn't have a big reason to worry about it.

>>280850068
Do you prefer the Miki OP, or the Goto OP?

>>280849395
Thanks OP. I was dreading this chapter. At least everything is offscreen

>>280848690
>still removed his shoes indoors while comtemplating his wife and kid being in mortal danger
Why are the japanese like this?

>>280848690
Jesus Christ. The parasites are like a combination of a super effective predator and the yakuza

>>280848831
You didn't steal anything, Shinichi, Migi did. He's his own person.

>>280848896
Does he say the "Christian" line in Japanese? I thought that Kami was present in Japanese tradition too

>>280849095
I like how he cuts through the bullshit, I can see a parent doing that

>>280849298
It's both sincere and emotional manipulation

>>280849395
I wouldn't blame him for blowing Shinichi's cover at this point

>>280849395
Thanks, OP!

>>280849395
>if only you knew how bad things really are

>>280853238
Shinichi says 'kamisama' that implies monotheistic kind of god, and migi does explicitly say Christian.
Would attach raws to illustrate but I'm on my phone right now

>>280849166
One of the few times he actually kinda looks like how the anime adapts him

>>280849166
Great page

>>280849298
Touching illustration of trust

>>280854505
Yeah, the art really captures these human moments

>>280849395
Thank you for posting.

>>280848384 (OP)
i like this

>>280848384 (OP)
im neutral

>>280848384 (OP)
i hate it

>>280848384 (OP)
I don't know

>>280848384 (OP)
You're not the boss of me now

>>280854160
Maybe they were inspired by those panels lol

>>280848856
Migi's really fed up with Shinichi's bullshit at this point

>>280860789
kek

>>280848690
That ain't okay,man.

>>280849359
What a dick.

>>280849395
he was a dumbass and a coward, maybe even woulda had dying coming to him...but noone deserves that

>>280848831
Funny. In the anime Migi says he stole it from the truck driver who did the hit and run. I don't think Migi would ever be so bold as to going around pick-pocketing, risking being seen, so I think I prefer the anime version.

>>280848690
Smoking saved his life

>>280860789
hehe

>>280849395
Thanks.

>>280864626
Time to take up smoking.

Bump

>>280867894
Not sure it was worth it

>>280848690
>Do you feel like a man now
;_;

>>280849395
Thanks OP the hand(s) or leg(s)

bump

>>280868517
I didn't get the impression that this was a major part of his motivation
>is this any way to treat your husband
line feels distinctly semi-ironic, too

>>280848831
This translation has some errors, but overall it's nearly gold standard. Some lines land straight up better than original ones
>with what money?
>first we're picking locks, now pockets!
and who can forget about
>daaaamn. that was retarded

>>280860789
got a genuine laugh

>>280860789
good work. Did you just recognize the needed font instantly?

Chapter 43: A little family 2

>>280871792
TOMBOY
SPOTTED

>>280871792
>girl, go get laid

What would you answer her?

>>280872065
I don't know man, we have been at it for thousands of years and we don't have a definite answer for that one.

>>280871712
cute sneak

>>280872065
>>280872065
(Marry and) reproduce. Does it have to be more complicated than that?

As for these parasites who cant reproduce I dont know thats their business.

>>280864626
Parasites also don't target smokers. Just a net positive in this universe

>>280872515
>Does it have to be more complicated than that?
Yes

>>280871535
I guess an autistic parasite is just a more convincing human

>>280871575
oh NOW you're going to feel bad about Abe-kun

>>280872043
Booby

>>280871792
Wingwoman right there

>>280871860
Man, his face was so fucked up during that chapter

>>280872065
Thanks OP. Things are heating up.
>what would you answer her?
To like and subscribe and hit that bell

>>280869051
She was worrying him.
Can't say she was wrong too, considering what he did even after Shinichi and Migi warned him

>>280871575
You know you could've warned Abe-kun instead of telling him it's a simple infidelity case you fucktard

>>280871998
>>280872018
Tamura is in trouble

>>280872018
>200% mad

>>280871469
It's not a good idea to say that to an angry person.

>>280869365
How does the tokyopop translation compare on this page?

>>280872065
Thanks op

>>280875782
Gah sorry I don't know why it's on its side.

>>280875782
it's that mirrored one? not inaccurate but clunkier

>>280875970
thanks! yeah this version came out in the early 2000s when it was still normal to mirror manga

>>280876252
What is Migi called in it?

>>280871575
I don't feel the least bit sorry for this faggot. His wife and daughter didn't deserve it but this retard put his family in danger and got an innocent man killed because he wanted to play hard boiled. Fuck this dude.

>>280872065
To die.

>>280876837
Lefty. That's why this translation keeps "Migi" as is since "Righty" would just sound awkward.

>>280876837

>>280871415
Oh god please not her

>>280871712
I spy a cutie

>>280876992
I see your point, and agree with it, but I think that he didn't actually understand what the fuck he was dealing with until he saw Shinichi kill one of them

>>280871726
Please please please please stay safe

>>280871792
Another cute couple spotted

>>280871982
Fuck...

>>280872065
Thanks OP
To live

>>280872799
I had forgotten just how shitty he looked at that point

>>280877113
I'm more of a TL purist, but I love Woolseyisms like this, for the time they were made in
You have to wonder where /a/ would be without them

>>280871712

>>280872515
>(Marry and) reproduce. Does it have to be more complicated than that?
This does make me wonder what Reiko's thoughts on reproductive instinct would be. Surely she'd learn at some point that virtually all life on Earth lives to pass on their genes to the next generation no? Why are parasites the exception?

>>280877868
Traumatized, dehydrated and fused with another creature, yeah

>>280878072
Do we actually know that?
It would be truly cursed if her research eventually found parasyte reproductive system and it turned out they lay hundreds of eggs at a time or something

>>280876252
I'm surprised that they'd think it's more effort to read it in the Japanese style than to flip the entire book around.

>>280878072
Well, just look at their physiology. They are a plant spore, which has a snake inside, which burrows into any host thet come across, assimilate into their brain, and instantly seek cannibalistic behaviour. It's all over the place. There's not really any way for them to reproduce me thinks because they were probably never meant to end up as parasites inside living animals. Maybe they are plant parasites or something Idk

>>280878356
you have to understand that manga was barely a thing in the west at the time and publishers were worried about alienating/confusing potential readers in a territory that already had a well established comic scene. they felt it was far safer to release this brand new type of comic in a format that people would know how to read straight away to minimize the teething problems that could arise as they slowly started to introduce manga to the west.

i remember reading the first editions of dragon ball that were released right to left and while it obviously wasnt as hard to adjust to as publishers initially thought, it did feel incredibly novel

>>280872043
>>280872065
that oxitocin is exciting her brain that imitates a human brain and making her less of a psycho

>>280877890
Not entirely /a/, but nearly every Pokemon name is a Woolseyism.

>>280872043
I'm surprised she bothered with breastfeeding. It's inconvenient and eats a lot of calories.

>>280879158
She probably wants the baby to develop physically as best it can

>>280879158
She's doing it for science. She probably knows about physical attatchment and she wants to experiment with it. She's basically the equivalent of a tiger rising a goat.

bump

>>280872065
Well you see a long time ago there emerged a chemical that was able to duplicate itself. Eventually a stray UV ray or somesuch damaged one of these duplicates and you now had two competing chemicals that were able to duplicate themselves. Ever since then things have gotten a bit out of hand.

>>280869594
No, I copy-pasted existing text on the page and rearranged them, which is an annoying way of doing things but it works for small amounts of text. Couldn't find anything close in my existing font library.

>>280878356
I don't think mirror flipping images was too complicated or labor intensive, but sometimes it could mess up symbols, highlight flaws, or produce strange looking pages. And a lot of mangaka just didn't agree with having their work messed around with so the pool of available titles was even more limited.
Meanwhile Blade of the Immortal was rearranged by cutting of the panels to reformat the manga, which was much more labor intensive. It's the only title I'm aware of that got that treatment.

>>280872065
Well, if your birthday's in September - probably because some Christmas or New Year celebration turned saucy

>>280884457
what?

>>280884457
Ah, I got it

>>280875433
Person?

>>280875433
He's not actually angry. He can't feel angry.
He's just acting like it.

>>280887677
He is though

>>280872018
God forbid a woman have a hobby

>>280860789
>Pirating a manga
What kind of parasyte would do that?

>>280877969

>>280887677
He is angry.

>>280848555
>>280848602
why didn't this dense nigga take his family and ran away as far as possible the second he knew of at least suspected he was compromised by these man eating monsters?

>>280890014
He's dense
What do you expect

>>280889682

>>280887677
>t. coping parasite

>>280878671
It's interesting that they don't seem to absorb the cognitive abilities of their hosts; the one that got stuck inside a dog was still able to talk.

>>280891806
Maybe they poop the brain out after eating it

>>280891806
Well, no. The parasites aren't born with any conscience. They learn through their environment. The dog parasite most likely learned speech from the dog's owner (I think it had a collar), probably either killed the owner or ran to feed before it could fully master speech.

>>280891806
Reiko I think is the smartest one there since she actually went to a University and knew enough about human nature to larp as a teacher and hire nannies/take care of children, the rest of the parasytes either didn't bother to read too much or didn't try to learn too much. Migi only got the chance to learn off random books and things it saw on the Internet, and Mouth parabro learned through watching movies.

>>280871535

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>>280871469
What a couple of idiots.

>>280876992
Lemme pull a hair, anon.

>>280872065
Why means a reason. So there is only a "why" if someone made you exist for a reason. On an individual scale, Your parents wanted to pass on their blood. On an universal scale, maybe the creator wanted "children" as company. Thank you.

>>280871469
>>280893499
>It was dark
tamura's face just says >really nigga? here

>>280892071
>>280892701
>>280892813
You're all right but that's not what I meant. I'd think that a parasite would only br as intelligent as its host, but they have a similar degree of consciousness and autonomy as a human being regardless of the creature they parasite. Yeah, they can learn and become smarter or be dumber, but the point is that they have degrees of intelligence equivalent to a person's.

>>280893499
>>280893631
The fact that parasites can judge each other, turn against each other (without them being "defective", such as Migi) and even conspire just shows how they are very much becoming human. I appreciate that the series doesn't seem to try to make a statement about how humans are bad and parasites are superior, it's a conflict between two apex predators.

>>280894053
they have personalities, they just operate on a different morality axis.
like take migi and jaw, migi from the start was a researcher, he always wanted more material to study and learn. meanwhile jaws was mostly content watching tv and learn from that

>>280848384 (OP)
not sure if i like this

>>280879158
Maybe's she's getting attached

Chapter 44: Impetuosity

>>280896682
What’s your plan if one of them is a parasyte

>>280896784
You could kill this woman by putting a claymore in a cardboard box.

“Oooh what’s in the box” “you’ll never know”

>>280896797
She’s constantly testing them. Constantly proving her point,

3 vs 1 showdown in a few hours.
First time readers, any guesses about how it will go?

>>280896451
Hobomaxxing

>>280896667
Maybe he should have been a mystery writers instead of playing detective

>>280896872
Goddamn, is she creepy. Her face has a statuesque quality to it, like it's carved out of marble.

>>280896904
Thanks, OP!

>>280896904
>Weeee!

>>280896382
There should be a figurine of this Migi if there isn't already.

>>280896904
Woooo look at her go

>>280896838
>I've had enough of this bitch

>>280896904
comedy page

>>280896742
get things over with quickly, I suppose

>>280896904
>So long gayrasyte!

>>280896382
Always a good reminder that Migi is, in fact, a bizarre inhuman creature completely separate from Shinichi and not just his wacky talking hand

>>280896667
>protecting Shinichi
Good for him

>>280896817
>reminiscing over her baby's father in her (maybe) last moments

>>280896904
Thanks OP, look at her go
I think our bumbling detective is going to get some shots of this fight

>>280896817
>>280901277
I can't believe it took me until now to realize her baby daddy was literally named /a/.

>>280901982
By me btw

>>280896872
smug parasite
let's see if she can back it up

>>280901982
And he was retarded

Chapter 45: Cold-blooded battle
If anyone ever tries dumping a chapter with 4chanX - just select files from your pc folder and drag and drop everything at once, and they will slotted in the correct order, at least if they are labeled properly
I'm definitely not writing this because I placed each file manually until this moment, I mean, no way I would be stupid enough to only check after dumping ten chapters, right?

Looks like the new OP (Parasyte) doesn't need to sleep for 24 hours.

>>280901187
He's stupid but at least he's not malicious

>>280903274
I'm aiming at slower pace, but don't mind dumping 2 per day if there's a cliffhanger

whatever happen to "I don't care who sees"

>>280903681
>I don't care if your spotted
>Not me tough.

>>280903546
>not my problem

>>280903266
I know it's not the case because Iwaaki has proven himself, but it sure is convenient not having to draw a variety of facial expressions with parasites. Maybe that's why everyone else is so expressive.

>>280903228
https://files.catbox.moe/57j5lu.flac

>>280903354
What a nightmarish face

>>280903417
>>280903505
>>280903546
What a goofy girl

>>280903634
I've heard this is what happens when they see an American streamer walking around Tokyo

>>280903787
Love how even these things can be horrifying to each other

>>280904115
>>280904145
based youkai larper

>>280904000
What a bitch, she knows the power of a crying woman in public

>>280904044
>calls you a monster
>immediately hits on you
Do men really?

>>280903228
Women, amirite?

>>280903354
She studied the tentacle

>>280903453
Kinky

>>280904145
I love this woman, first parasite to develop a sense of humor

>>280903546
What the FUCK is she doing

>>280904145
>Running away cackling
Lmao, silly girl

>>280904402
She just indirectly called him a molester?

>>280903710
Woah
She's like some kinda parasite in him

>>280903962
Cute

>>280904512
I wonder if she got the reference or if she's just focusing on the "detective" part.

>>280904044
Not a single hair pulled

>>280904549
Love these glare close-ups.

>>280904145
She's completely lost it

>>280904402
Woof woof

>>280904549
Thanks new OP
For a moment her mama instincts kicked in

>>280904145
Lmao she's definitely enjoying this no matter what she says

>>280904549
Reiko really is a great character.

>>280904145
Beyond cute. She truly is the perfect woman.

>>280896395
What the hell is cable TV?

>>280904343
Warranted.

>>280903453
Local bully not so tough after getting raped.

>>280903417
>>280903453
oh shit

Good fight

>>280904549
Thank you OP!

>>280904549
Thanks OP.

Tamura Reiko is probably the best character in the whole manga

>>280903962
>>280904000
It seems she's taken some acting classes too. Her looks are doing the heavy lifting but she's much better at it than Miki.

>>280904662
>yo dawg i heard you like parasites

>>280896904
Thanks OP. I don’t remember the detective witnessing this scene in the anime

>>280904549
Thanks for the double feature OP. Respect to the detective for ignoring a parasite fight to go steal a baby. I know I’d want to stay and watch

>>280904549
Stop liking evil women

>>280910340
Is she even a woman

>>280896904
And sheeeeeeeee's OUTTA THERE!

>>280903588
Damn, HUGE reaction material on this page alone. Grab 'em while the grabbin's good, anons.

>>280904145
I love that she's lost the rational and calculating side of her, and this is the other half of Reiko we don't get to see. Just a nutty, silly girl.

>>280904549
Love Reiko. She's a maneater, but she's OUR maneater.

>>280909073
and all that at half the brain power
though maybe it actually helps

>>280904549
Back when the anime aired my favorite girl was Kana but now I love this manga Reiko.

>>280896682
Wait, when did they figure out the mayor was a parasite?

>>280912707
It was probably in the detective's report

>>280896904
This jackass with the short black hair is going to ruin everything for them.

>>280910531
From the neck down she is. And considering how parasites can't properly function if they try to hijack a body of the opposite sex that they initially took over, even the head is partially female too.

>>280904442
I'm pretty sure Reiko was intentionally acting goofy to throw off the other parasytes signals and distract their attention to something they think is higher priority, she was plenty rational before she reassimilated her other portion

>>280896784
Does she have enough piss to get out of the tetrahedron?

>>280896784
Wonder where did the half of the car go
Seems like otherwise coherent doublepage spread

>>280903748
Sex

>>280910340
Traditional concepts of good and evil should not apply to such an entity, so we must respect each other's differences and avoid pushing our own ideals on her.

Therefore it is perfectly acceptable to drug and rape her continuously.

>>280903417

>>280915314
The gutter

>>280916619
Hey if you can more power to you

>>280896547
I like how they view the case differently
Like a newbie and a pro

>>280901982
>>280902010
>>280902913
Just like us

>>280896904
Thanks OP the hand
Are you left or right hand?

>>280903274
You mean new OPs (Parasyte Lefty and Righty)

>>280904549
Thank you OP

>>280904000
>>280904044
Man moment.

>>280904549
Thank you, OP

>>280916619
I wonder how effected they are by intoxicating materials
She's probably already tested that

>>280896838
She's great.

>>280896904
lol

>>280903546
Look how happy she is :)

>>280904145
Hate when this happens on a date.

>>280921889
They get wasted just eating a drunk person.

>>280922588
Oh yeah

>>280904549
Thanks.