Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

All of a sudden, they arrived: parasitic aliens that descended upon Earth and quickly infiltrated humanity by burrowing into the brains of vulnerable targets. These insatiable beings acquire full control of their host and are able to morph into a variety of forms in order to feed on unsuspecting prey.

Sixteen-year-old high school student Shinichi Izumi falls victim to one of these parasites, but it fails to take over his brain, ending up in his right hand instead. Unable to relocate, the parasite, now named Migi, has no choice but to rely on Shinichi in order to stay alive. Thus, the pair is forced into an uneasy coexistence and must defend themselves from hostile parasites that hope to eradicate this new threat to their species.

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Izumi, Shinichi Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Migi Main

Hirano, Aya Japanese

Tamiya, Ryouko Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko Japanese

Kimishima, Kana Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Murano, Satomi Supporting

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Joe Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Gotou Supporting

Inoue, Kazuhiko Japanese

Uragami Supporting

Yoshino, Hiroyuki Japanese

Hirokawa, Takeshi Supporting

Mizushima, Yuu Japanese

Uda, Mamoru Supporting

Suzuki, Takuma Japanese

Nakatani, Toshio Producer

Inage, Hiroyuki Producer

Shioiri, Souta Producer

Ooshima, Yuka Producer

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Jan 28, 2025

dueyy

Recommended

This could have been a 10/10 if the protagonist was not a self-insert and it had more than three interesting characters. The love interests, aka the girls throwing themselves at our mc every chance they got, were all shallow and boring; they only served to connect him to his humanity and were not treated as actual characters.

The story was predictable and even though the alien invasion genre is overdone at this point the show wasn't really focused on that part so I think it's still worth watching for the moral analysis of the characters and the general themes. It also did a great job at ... the ending which most short anime fail to do. Overall pretty good.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 27, 2024

Nigganator

Mixed Feelings

Parasyte: The Maxim

In this story about sentient parasites that seek to take control over human hosts by taking over their brains, Shinichi Izumi is a young highschooler who suddenly gets invaded by these parasites. As he is witness to the invasion, he tries to stop it from expanding further into the body, due to which it takes Izumi's right hand as the host instead. Izumi and the parasite named "Migi"(meaning right hand in japanese) form a symbiotic relationship for their survival.

It is one of the earliest animes I've been recommended by a dear friend almost a decade ago, and I gave it a watch back ... then. I then recently checked that it wasn't there on my MAL, which was weird. And so I decided to give it a watch once more after nearly a decade and here is my final verdict.

Plot (6.5/10):
The plot is nothing crazy, but it is very consistent to the theme and a very decent story without any plotholes or anything crazy. But this might possibly be the show's undoing. Many of the scenes that were supposed to be tragic just....didn't hit hard enough. It was just another loss, it didn't leave any impression on me. Whether it be the deaths of any characters, or deadlock. There were loads of opportunities for suspense, but the anime manages to miss it all.

Characters (7/10):
The characters are....great. Nothing more, nothing less. None of the characters are really memorable, except for maybe Tamura Reiko, who I really feel is a wasted opportunity for a very deep and introspective character. She perishes without ever being completely fleshed out of her full potential, which makes the character development of the series all the more tragic. I have finished watching the show and I still can't recall any of the characters. Even the protagonist is uninteresting to the point that I kind of had to Google his name for this review. The only two memorable characters are Reiko Tamura and Kana.

Animation (8/10)
The animation of the show is definitely it's strongest suit, especially for something made in 2014. The animation is fluid and is great to watch. Although even here, it is mostly a miss during intense scenes. It doesn't invoke the horror or darkness where it needs to. The gore doesn't even really feel gore. It just feels like the blood is there just for the sake of being there.

Soundtrack: 1/10
Easily the culprit behind ruining the show for me. Parasyte is a really great show. It really is. Just that the soundtrack are so obnoxiously goofy and cringesque that most of the time that it isn't even a hit or miss, it's all miss. Even in precarious situations, the soundtrack ensures with no fail that you entirely miss the feels. I would actually pay a couple grands just to replace the horrendous soundtrack.

Conclusion:
Well, you could watch it if you want ig, it isn't really particularly interesting and you're surely not missing out on anything special. But if you ever run out of anything to watch, Parasyte might be to your liking.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 23, 2024

Ouimerci

Not Recommended

TLDR: overrated and underwhelming anime. It's not terrible per se, it's just extremely uninteresting.

Sadly this anime is very overrated, to a point I don't get why people were hyped at all.
The best description for me is "underwhelming". Nothing is actually interesting past the first 2 episodes. Most fights in the second half involve characters you just met and have not attachment to, whatsoever.

The most tensed episode is the last one... And it's just extra, unnecessary drama that brings nothing new to the story.

The rest is either predictable, unnecessary or underwhelming. When a major death happens, the animation and direction makes it look like a slice ... of life anime.
The fights themselves are the best part, but are still unoriginal.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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