Parasyte
| "Parasyte: The Maxim Appreciation Post" 1. Had interesting ideas and themes. 2. Failed to do anything meaningful with those. There's a whole plethora of titles doing that same thing (failing good ideas) like PsychoPass or more recently 86. |
alshuMar 26, 2023 11:46 PM
| The plot itself was pretty boring, and it went way too preachy with the environmentalist stuff... The one good plot thread was that mommy parasite, the rest wasn't worth seeing. |
| Cucumber ice cream is the best! |
| I like this series. It was thrilling. Although it went too overdrama and took death count to the unneeded, the story was catchy most of the time. |
 |
| It's very good. I love the manga more because I didn't enjoy some of the directing and modernization decisions in the anime. Surprised seeing people say the plot was meh, I think it has one of the more engaging plots in anime. |
| Yes, it's good, but I think it already got the recognition it deserves. It's a pretty popular anime, and very high rated, same for the manga, overall people like and know the story fairly well. |
  Grant me one hour on love's most sacred shores To clasp the bosom that my soul adores, Lie heart to heart and merge my soul with yours |
| 8/10 for me. first half is great but the second half has lots of issues so it's definitely not a masterpiece or anything. I especially didn't like the love triangle story. The losing girl was much more interesting than the other one. Could have combined their characters into one and improved things quite a bit. Overall a very solid show that could make a good gateway for people who don't watch anime. |
 |
| it doesn't deserve any appreciation because the anime is a bad adaptation, the manga is superior in every aspect |
    |
| It needs a remake, you need to delete all the shitt* romance, make Shinji more confident/stronger since the start and change his wannabe savior aptitude, maybe that the show can reach an 8/10. The OP is a 10/10 though, a total banger!. |
| It was decent, but I felt like it had too much sudden interruption of whatever with "I sense a parasyte near". |
| Yeah, it was a pretty good show. Better than I expected. |
 |
| I'm with you on this, OP. It a 9/10 from me (and I don't have a huge abundance of 9s), and #14 in my overall Top 20 - a position and rank which it has occupied for quite some time and from which I do not foresee it being dislodged anytime soon. When reading reviews and forum discussions pertaining to it on MAL and elsewhere on other websites, I've found despite its relative popularity and having some mainstream appeal it is also more divisive than one might initially suspect on first glance, although not to the same degree as some other series which tackle some of the same or related topics and themes. And within that divisive divide, I've found that generally the attributes which many people tend to cite about it as examples of bad things or points against it on the negative side of that divide are actually, on the contrary, that which provided more spice and heightened my interest level and investment in the series exponentially. Besides being a committed veteran horror fan, fan of Sci-Fi Horror (this is basically an anime rendition of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Faculty, or Invaders from Mars with far more time to get psychologically inquisitive and philosophical), and body horror, as well as it having an overall above average OST with the inclusion of those two or three outright sublime tracks that fit certain segments and moods in the show like a pair of velvet gloves, the part which really helped make it special and set it apart for me was basically how openly and persistently the narrative is willing to get into challenging the worldview of anthropocentrism and how it accomplishes this though the creation of a running and evolving discourse and very vibrant, alive interplay with a non-human yet not only sentient, but also highly intelligent main character (Migi) capable of utilizing and conversing in human speech. For the same reason I enjoy any series with a mentally advanced but emotionally and/or socially alien, sometimes humanoid literal alien, vampire, mutant, etc. obviously envisioned and written by human writers and artists, but portraying an interpretation of a non-human (or at least, very uncommonly-held among humans) perspective on humanity's exploits. It's also for that reason which leads me to believe it's something (and this ties into the environmentalism some mention, or you could say the deep ecology perspective it offers) which would come off as preachy to some, and beyond that, even innately and instinctively repellent to those who either celebrate and embrace anthropocentric-derived morality and values, or unconsciously internalize anthropocentrism and its outlook without even being aware of it. Even though, at least in my subjective experience, it seems to me like so many series of this type, it's not attempting to forcefully instruct or command the viewership in a way like "You must believe this!", but just initiating a dialogue and asking very poignant, interesting, even existential questions, which undoubtedly inevitably riles some people up. |
WatchTillTandavaMar 27, 2023 1:39 AM
WatchTillTandava said: Parasyte lacking nuance in its message is a myth in my eyes. The author doesn't deny that he started the story with a pro-environmentalism mindset, but as the story continues you can see him sympathizing more and more with the "selfish" human mindset, which climaxes in the final battle between Izumi and Gotou where Izumi wonders if he has the right to kill him but decides to do so anyway because he puts protecting his loved ones over some environmentalistic ideal that he doesn't even fully understand himself. It's a clear message expressed through a binary decision the protagonist had to make, but I don't see how it's forced when the author earned it over almost 70 chapters of constant development and looking at the theme from various angles. It's not demonizing one side to make the other side look good, nor does it take the easy way out by taking the decision away from the protagonist.It's also for that reason which leads me to believe it's something (and this ties into the environmentalism some mention, or you could say the deep ecology perspective it offers) which would come off as preachy to some, and beyond that, even innately and instinctively repellent to those who either celebrate and embrace anthropocentric-derived morality and values, or subconsciously internalize anthropocentrism and its outlook. Even though, at least in my subjective experience, it seems to me like so many series of this type, it's not attempting to forcefully instruct or command the viewership in a way like "You must believe this!", but just initiating a dialogue and asking very poignant, interesting, even existential questions, which undoubtedly inevitably riles some people up. |
MizunoWaveRider said: Yes, and also notable in that situation and scene, might I add, at least as it was portrayed in the anime, is the fact that the reason why Shinichi is personally tasked with killing Gotou in the first place is because at that very moment of truth Migi shies away from it. Migi, who previously wouldn't think twice about exterminating another one, a dozen, 100 of other parasites, humans, dogs, cats, a school of fish, or any living thing, because he is portrayed as possessing a single-minded drive toward maximization of chances of survival to the exclusion of even consideration of all else and depicted more like I would imagine the inner workings of the mind of an insect or bacterium would be portrayed, is moved to inaction. And it's insinuated that at least for his one human partner or "friend", and now, also, members of his own species, he has gained some of the empathetic sense typical of a mammalian social animal. WatchTillTandava said: Parasyte lacking nuance in its message is a myth in my eyes. The author doesn't deny that he started the story with a pro-environmentalism mindset, but as the story continues you can see him sympathizing more and more with the "selfish" human mindset, which climaxes in the final battle between Izumi and Gotou where Izumi wonders if he has the right to kill him but decides to do so anyway because he puts protecting his loved ones over some environmentalistic ideal that he doesn't even fully understand himself. It's a clear message expressed through a binary decision the protagonist had to make, but I don't see how it's forced when the author earned it over almost 70 chapters of constant development and looking at the theme from various angles. It's not demonizing one side to make the other side look good, nor does it take the easy way out by taking the decision away from the protagonist.It's also for that reason which leads me to believe it's something (and this ties into the environmentalism some mention, or you could say the deep ecology perspective it offers) which would come off as preachy to some, and beyond that, even innately and instinctively repellent to those who either celebrate and embrace anthropocentric-derived morality and values, or subconsciously internalize anthropocentrism and its outlook. Even though, at least in my subjective experience, it seems to me like so many series of this type, it's not attempting to forcefully instruct or command the viewership in a way like "You must believe this!", but just initiating a dialogue and asking very poignant, interesting, even existential questions, which undoubtedly inevitably riles some people up. |
WatchTillTandavaMar 27, 2023 3:14 AM
| It has such profound, life changing dialogues. "How dared you touch my boob you filthy villain." "I'm sorry for touching your boob. I didn't intend to touch your boob when I touched your boob." "Maybe I'll forgive you for touching my boob. Don't ever try to touch my boob again." "I'll never touch your boob. Pinky promise." Yeah, I dropped it after episode 2. |
 |
| ima the number of unwanted criticisms in an appreciation post, I wonder how these people cope with when somebody does the same thing to their favs. |
kizumi91Mar 27, 2023 4:04 AM
kizumi91 said: ima the number of unwanted criticisms in an appreciation post, I wonder how these people cope with when somebody does the same thing to their favs. Most people have long forgotten about my favourites already. |
| Cucumber ice cream is the best! |
| I like the milf mathematics teacher ryoko tamiya. she was sexy badass milf |
 |
| This one was one of the best animes i've ever watched it had everything at the highest rank . THE STORY WAS GREAT ,CHARACTERS WERE GREAT , VISUAL ,MUSIC,YOU NAME IT.... BUT WHAT THE HELL WAS THE EPISODE 21 ??!!! THAT SCENE . IT WAS THE WORST PART OF IT . AND IT WAS UNNECSAARY . |
   third picture :re:zero reddit ( [Media] Emilia & Subaru in kimono by@51senre) |
| I really enjoyed this show! people talked about it a lot when it first came out but I don’t see it mentioned anymore migi was the best |
Koloptr said: kizumi91 said: ima the number of unwanted criticisms in an appreciation post, I wonder how these people cope with when somebody does the same thing to their favs. Well, if you can't handle criticism you shouldn't make a thread in the AD forum and just make it in the related anime forum. bro do you have reading-comprehension problem? |
| Parasyte is an awesome series. One of my personal favourites I've seen. |
Sometimes it takes a real man to be best girl. Gilgamesh is also chad.   |
Koloptr said: You said no but you completely misunderstood my words. How ridiculous.No but you have a problem with coping with criticisms of your favorite anime apparently even though you are not the one who made the thread. |
| Parasyte is that 0.1% Anime in my list that I've rated full 10/10 |
| If you want to reply to my posts, come up with valid arguments instead of ad hominem HIGHER LEVEL THINKERS ONLY |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Dec 24, 2014 |
643 |
by defaulticus
»»
11 hours ago |
|
Poll: » Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu Episode 24 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )bastek66 - Mar 25, 2015 |
662 |
by Virtecek
»»
Dec 20, 4:09 PM |
|
» Rewatch value is highJk_m - Jul 19 |
15 |
by Philltheguy04
»»
Dec 20, 2:47 AM |
|
Poll: » Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu Episode 18 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Feb 11, 2015 |
382 |
by GavrocheN7
»»
Dec 18, 12:14 PM |
|
Poll: » Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu Episode 13 Discussion ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )Stark700 - Jan 7, 2015 |
316 |
by GavrocheN7
»»
Dec 17, 8:36 PM |