Koisuru Kiseichuu

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this manga was a great experience for me. It was a short romance, drama, mystery story about two people falling in love in an unconventional way.

the art was the best part of the manga and a 10/10 for me.
i also quite liked the characters especialy the girl and the story was original.Also i found the plot twist at the end very good.

The manga was a top tier read for drama lovels like me and the ending was very sad but a little unclear.I whould like a sequel but it is not nessesary.

Overall i consider this story a 9.5/10
( i tottaly ... recomend it )

Part of being human is to encounter a problem that subtracts from our enjoyment of life. Whether this issue is in the form of addiction, illness or phobia, it would surely make sense for us to wish those problems away so that we can evolve into our ideal selves. Right?

This manga poses an interesting thought experiment to this topic - if you got rid of your most problematic behavior flaws, would you not change into a foreign version of yourself? Who is the you that no longer suffers from social anxiety? Do you remember the version of yourself who never feared rejection? "You" may ... cease to exist if such ailments are removed entirely. In contemplating such topics, this manga prods existential themes of knowing the self in the absence of what defines you in the present, and how it’s perhaps not necessary to get rid of these issues in order to move on in life. The reality is that once you are addicted to something, or are used to a certain behavioral pattern, the urge to return back will always exist in some form even if dormant (or we may compensate by finding another addiction). It becomes more practical to manage that urge rather than ignore it entirely.

The way that these messages are delivered is another matter, however, I found the plot to be rather confusing. In this narrative there exists a medical case that spreads from person to person like a contagious disease, hence parasyte, and this is the cause for various mental afflictions some of which are deadly. And because this is an adaptation of a novel, the dialogue does become rather heavy handed and technical to an extent that I’m not entirely sure was necessary. As the story progressed and got more confusing, I felt myself wishing that I’d read the light novel instead as it probably gets across the messages a bit more concisely.

This is a conceptually fascinating manga, and the artwork is also very immersive. The character drama felt moving at some points as its fairly easy for one to self insert themselves into the internal conflict of a person suffering from an addiction. But the evolution of the plot into scientific technical jargon felt rather hard to follow, dropping the score from what began as a masterpiece to around a 7 where I mark a note to read the source material someday.

Romance/Horror scifi must read. Warning as this manga does contain suicide and very heavy topics. Not to give any spoilers but the main focus of the story is whether the characters are in love because of the parasites in their brain or by their own will. This concept is super unique and is unlike anything I’ve read prior. I will say that the age difference is off putting as the girl is 17 and in school while the guy is 27. The depressing winter setting mixed with the socially isolated main characters really gives an eerie feeling. This is on my top 10, but this ... is definitely aimed at a reader who likes slow burning manga with twists and turns.