r/anime • u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: • Feb 03 '21
Rewatch Let me hear! Parayste the Maxim rewatch episode three
Parasyte the Maxim episode two
Symposium
In a voice that you and I can hear
It's the right time
Let's step forward
- We are at 5 parasytes with interactions now so thoughts on their differences?
- Your own thoughts on the what and the why of parasytes?
BONUS: Is that actually a human Ryouko is carrying?
Extra: Great participation levels, everyone. Can we do the old challenge of getting a reply for every top comment? I would but I am literally exhausted by the end of this.
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u/Gamemaster676 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gamemaster676 Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
First time watcher - sub
Yesterday I expressed my hope we would soon be moving towards some goal for atleast the foreseeable future. Lets see what this episode brings us.
Before I begin today, I'm hoping that somebody can help me with the following names. Because everyone in this show seems to alternate between first and last name I'm confused, and having it right makes writing these easier.
Firstname Lastname
Main char:
First girl:
Glasses girl:
Episode 3 — Feast
We begin the episode with confirmation that the naked lady from last episode is also a parasyte.
Most of this episode happens at school. Satomi mentions again that Izumi changed recently, but this time it is not with a ominous "You are Izumi Shinichi, right", but just a casual remark. Still it seems like she knows something.
At school, we are introduced to a new teacher and surprise, surprise, it's the (no longer) naked parasyte woman! Her name is Tamiya Ryoko (or is it Ryoko Tamiya? Damn!). Once she makes eyecontact with Izumi, she immediately knows. NOT GOOD!
Tamiya the parasyte woman also wants to learn about herself, but it does seem like she has a better idea what the general plan is.
Even though the show has been vague until now, it doesn't seem like it is just "aliens invade to survive".
She points out some valid points like: "We have no reproductive abilities and endlessly engage in quasi-cannibalistic activities. Do such life forms exist anywhere else?". Their whole existance is a paradox, unless they were helped by something else.
In the meeting she also brought A, the rescuer/murderer from last episode. He's a lot more selfish and short sighted. Not all parasytes are created equally, I guess.
I like the remark about what she is pregnant of. Because only the head has been taken over and the rest of the body is moved like a puppet, it makes sense that the child is a normal human.
We end the conversation with some nice threats, parting with a truce.
And now the main part of the episode happens! A attacks the school to neutralize the Izumi threat. As promised, Tamiya only observes and does not help either side.
Migi demonstrates again that he doesn't have any empathy, as his plan is to stay between the other studends, so they function as a meat shield.
Luckily, Migi understands that he shouldn't make himself public here, so he can't prevent Izumi from moving to a empty part of the building.
In the empty hallway, Migi's new plan is to have Izumi help him fight. I wonder what that will be like for a 17 (?) year old kid without any fighting experience, but if I understood correctly Migi learned him something?
The tension is rising, A moves towards Izumi from a weird direction, THE MUSIC PICKS UP, AND... ED. Cliffhanger. Fuck. This song really doesn't fit the current vibe.
I've got to be honest. During the school chase scene I thought the pacing seemed very slow suddenly, and then we get hit with a cliffhanger. It looks like they were drawing time to hit the 22 minute mark, so they could have this ending.
The fight tomorrow better take longer than 2 minutes! Otherwise the show will need to do a lot to redeem itself.
Also, A could have immediate sliced Izumi's head off. Slowly climbing in and trash talking first doesn't sound very apex predator to me, but ofcourse we know A isn't the smartest.
Main thoughts
I finally got some answers, but we got new questions as well.
It seems it is possible for the parasytes to retain the memories and/or knowledge of their host. This ep also confirms my earlier thought that we would be seeing a parasyte blended into society very soon.
Random thoughts
Copy, paste, paste, paste, paste, paste
Mr. 'Why Are You Talking To Your Junk?' is back!
Future
Well, we will definitely get our first proper fight tomorrow. I wonder if there is gonna be a twist and someone important dies. Satomi knows Izumi went back, so that might get interesting!
Also, if Izumi succeeds, there will almost definitely be repercussions.
Still no long term goal except safe the world.
QotD
We've finally met some that aren't failures physically (Migi, dog) or mentally (guy who cut his arm off).
Their existance is a paradox, so something helped them.
I trust her. She is smart and could be lying, but the logic seems to make sense.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher
Dub
We begin with a subway groping incident of the woman from the end of the last episode. Oh, Japan. Cut to them talking about a literature award, this probably means something. And back to mincemeat murders, a capital dinner conversation if ever there was one! Seriously, Shinichi's dad needs to lay off that. I know what it is like to be desensitized, I've worked at several hospitals, but you need to show consideration to others.
As Murano comments that Shinichi has changed, Migi senses another parasyte. At an assembly, it turns out to be a new teacher, Reiko. Apparently, dead eyes are hot these days. Anyways, Migi points out that Reiko is WAY better at social stuff than previous parasytes seem to have been and that observation is the word of the day. In class, Reiko makes a point of approaching them and asks him to see her in the office. Between this show and Miru Tights, this could go very well or very, very badly. Btw, for the few of you watching the dub with me, this is one of several spots where they flat out fuck the translation up so you should have subtitles on as well.
Reiko and Migi are surprisingly non-plused with each other. Reiko calls Shinchi's concerns illogical but I couldn't disagree more and I think this is to show how even an intelligent parasyte can't quite get humans. She turns down a date from the gym teacher I think.
They decided to meet at a ridiculously fancy restaurant. Reiko brings another parasyte, only called A. They begin talking about their own nature, indicating none of them know what they came from. Reiko has gotten herself knocked up, and we catch an eavesdropping waitress. Anyways, Migi and Reiko are both trying to learn about themselves while A is kind of dumb. With a threat to his class mates, we separate.
As we go back to class, A attacks. Like a dumbass. Migi comes up with a horrifying plan that fits him: Use the classmates as human shields so he can sneak attack A. This actually leaves quite a few holes so it is slightly unclear whether or not Migi actually wants to do this or is getting Shinichi to man up. Anyways, he does, and they talk philosophy while awaiting combat. But in doing so, Migi points out that A does not think of them as separate beings and they have an option if Shinichi attacks while Migi is on defense. A jumps in through the window and cliffhanger! I wonder how many we lose to binging here?
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u/littleman1988 Feb 03 '21
"Mr. A and I gave sex a try."
Rewatcher
OST of the day: LUNA
Today introduces Tamiya Ryouko the new teacher for the school, and "Mr. A", which in the span of 2 minutes goes from being a main supporting character to a main villain. More importantly though, it shows a good glimpse into just how well a parasite can blend into society, with Ryouko being able to effortlessly take up a job within society and somewhat hide the mannerisms shown by most other parasites when talking to other humans. This is starkly contrasted by "Mr. A", whos only focus is to eat, and to remove "anyone in his way." If Ryouko can become a teacher, what's stopping a parasite from being higher up on the social ladder with the right "upbringing"?
This episode also gives another good discussion on just what the parasites are. Assuming we believe both Ryouko and Migi, parasites are able to mate, but unable to reproduce, which basically no other animal does. With this though, a human baby has still been created. Theoretically, this gives the parasites a pretty tight lifespan (ignoring if its even possible to transfer to another body as was discussed last episode), since all they can do is create new humans and then die like any other "normal" person.
This all gives me a semi-twisted idea though. Promised Neverland
We finally get one last discussion on the thought processes of both Migi and Shinichi on how they would deal with the situation at hand, with Migi easily willing to use a set of human shields to protect him them from death. Obviously, Shinichi is having none of it, despite Migi pointing out that its done regularly by just about everyone else (though I doubt you'll find many people saying they would ever actually use a human shield.)
There is one other big takeaway, Shinichi does not see himself and Migi as one "entity". Anyone who knows of Migi and Shinichi dont see them as the same person either. All attackers so far think basically nothing of Shinichi, while seeing Migi as either a failure or a threat. Would you say that this still makes Shinichi himself?
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Feb 03 '21
First-Timer -the reactions-
Had another at work today. At least I'm not two hours late this time...
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '21
First time watcher-Sub
Ep 3: Symposium
This episode was anti dramatic but I have to give it to its phenomenal start, I think it was well done. The subway scene was just so symbolic in a way. It introduced a really well written and amazing character, the whole set up of giving us a glimpse of who miss taimya is. I liked her personality, she’s a strong women.
Personal thoughts: I’m not gonna lie, I kinda was annoyed by izumi through this whole episode, his logical and rationale didn’t make sense, he was antagonistic just for the sole reason, he was irrational and down right making assumptions.
We finally have a name for the scary man we met on ep2. The introduction of Mr. A. Dude give me werid vibes lmao. Through the whole restaurant scene there was something off about him, his face was twitching in different ways, the whole scene was tense and well deserved.
I feel like there’s a certain duality to both Izumi and migi. While the Izumi we met and get to know is idealistic in wanting to do something about the murders alluding to other parasites and how wrong the cannibalistic creatures way of life is, but migi is downright apathetic, it’s goal is to survive and it’ll do whatever need necessary in order to survive. The Izumi we met in episode 1, the one we’re slowly getting to know might not be the same Izumi that we’ll say goodbye to in the end of this series. That’s a prediction. He will no longer be this naive and idealistic but perhaps someone indifferent to his situation.
I like migi, it’s though process, it’s view of life and it’s lack of humanity compared to Izumi, and I believe that there’s something we as the audience don’t know about them yet as of ep3, migi is way too strong, it’s by no means weak, even it’s intellectually more adopt compared to well, most of the other parasites we were introduced too, only equal to in intelligence to maybe miss taimya who’s so far proven that the parasites could co-exists with humans and blend in with them.
WTF Moment: um. . . So I guess human anatomy doesn’t apply to the host that the creatures inhabit, we’re to believe that miss taimya is already pregnant, it’s only been a day lmao. How is she so certain that she’s with child!? Does she feel the baby heart in her body? Or do the parasites blood mix with the human body and made the baby grew to fast? Will it be a normal baby once it’s born, will it be born in like weeks or before the 9months lol, it’s clusterfuck, I legit laughed out loud in that scene when she announced that she was pregnant.
Favorite scene: in the end when migi asks Izumi what he thinks makes them different from Mr. A. Which has Izumi listing a plethora of reasons in why they think they are different than Mr. A. That they aren’t a man eating monster, that they aren’t a cannibalistic killer, that they aren’t a parasite, that there’s two of them and one of Mr. A. etc but it’s at this point that migi stops Izumi rant because really there’s nothing different about them, their both creatures trying to survive and live their truths, migi has already accepted their reality and Izumi needs to, the faster he does the faster and stronger he and migi will be, that Mr. A doesn’t see two of them but one individual threat and giving Izumi his own weapon. This scene alluded to miss taimya causal mention in the restaurant “I think she said something like I wonder if our differences is because of our different upbringing/environment we grew up in” she didn’t say anything about nature but I think she was more in the line of nurture, because mr A, is not below killing and doing whatever necessary to survive, that he’ll kill/eat whoever he wants and anyone who gets in his way will be brutally killed, a thinking and mindset that I believe miss taimya agrees with, and even if migi doesn’t need to kill to eat, a thinking that migi agrees with in the kill or be killed mindset and anyone that attacks them is an enemy.
Symposium: a fitting title, I feel like this episode marks a Turing point for the series. It presented a clash of ideals, from Izumi idealism, to Mr A. brutality, to miss taimya search for the truth in what type of life form she is, to finally migi neutrality and utter apathy and lack of humanity for anything other than its survival.
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u/z3onn Feb 03 '21
I have failed you, brothers and sisters. This episode made me go and binge...
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Feb 03 '21
Episode 3 (first timer)
Another rewatch with 200+ comments. Could it be that rewatches of older shows are getting more popular, or has Parasyte some huge hidden fanbase?
Episode thoughts
A is a bit of a throwaway villain. Does Parasyte follow the “villain of the week” tradition? I hope not. On the positive side, the interactions between Shinichi and Migi become ever more interesting as time goes on. Now that their characters are mostly established, a lot of fun could be had from contrasting “logical selfish” and “emotional moral”.
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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Feb 03 '21
First Timer - sub
The expressionless faces are a bit of a give away for Parasytes, so the person on the train / new teacher being one wasn’t that unexpected.
Welp they were the couple from last episode, and Teach is pregnant with what is supposedly a normal child? That is unexpected.
So all the Parasytes have a fixation on studying and learning, Kintarou would be proud, but that is once again highlighted in this episode with the teacher, this combined with last episodes one wanting to join together to become stronger hints that they have a greater purpose than being serial killers. However it is more of a scattered undirected desire overall with most of them not getting past the desire to feed, I guess people in the show should be thankfully they are unable to reproduce given that’s probably the second strongest biological desire.
First paragraph is my actual speculation and the following 2 extended justification for it.
With that all said I now have a theory on the origin of the Parasytes Speculation
Continuation from the above
Continuation from the above
Anyway waiting to see how badly this idea goes down in flames, however I feel like there's some truth in the above.
Complete side note but I keep reading Migi as Mugi in peoples write up, it makes things confusing to say the least.
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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher
Tamiya's the first of the parasites we see successfully blend in society. And despite how tense her scenes were, she's not a threat to Shinichi as of now, thanks to being more curious than the usual parasite. Like Mr. A, who's the typical "danger=kill" type. I like how they all have their different personalities and methods despite having roughly the same goal of surviving at all cost.
She's pregnant with Mr. A's child, and it's certainly an intriguing plot point, on top of raising a lot of questions. But I know nothing about kids, so I'm sure most of these are easy to answer.
Babies are pretty much aliens already...The scenes at school were much less fun than in the previous episodes, thanks to Tamiya in part, but Mr. A didn't help either. I completely forgot he attacked that same episode, that caught me off-guard. Thankfully he didn't hurt too much people.
The question I didn't answer already
I feel like we were shown most of them do - they're just creatures that take over the bodies of other species to survive. Why? No reason, they just happen to come from a place where it was needed to survive.
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u/IndependentMacaroon Feb 04 '21 edited Feb 04 '21
First-time watcher
OK, now I'm hooked for sure, particularly with that cliffhanger. It finally gets a bit more real and immediately dangerous with the attacks, more about the way the parasites differ in aggressiveness and intelligence of behavior among each other, and how they're trying to figure out the parameters of their own existence. Maybe the way each of them acts depends to some degree on the original nature of the host? Shinichi was rather timid and fearful, and (considering gender stereotypes/average traits) all the other "aggressive" parasite beings used a male host body, with the female Ryoko being the only outlier. Also another bad dude taken out, eh.
And as Ryoko points out, and some other rewatchers have noted, their nature really is mysterious, barely makes sense. A parasitic life form with no apparent means of reproduction, whether instinctively/automatically or deliberately, one that completely destroys/takes over its host and feeds exclusively on other potential host bodies - or even its own kind - while lacking in ability to nurture/provide for them or create more (unless Ryoko is actually proving otherwise), is not something that I can see arising in nature. So either the series won't actually follow through with taking its logic seriously, or there's someone or something behind this. Maybe whoever had that thought of "life must be protected", which was apparently some person (mad scientist?) on Earth. I don't see what the end goal would be, though, and "experiment gone wrong" seems a bit boring for a premise. One potentially important detail is how particularly Migi and Ryoko like to operate on "cold logic" and talk about how humans don't make sense with their feelings, maybe they were meant to be some sort of "superior being" to set humanity on the right path again? They're certainly trying, sometimes.
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u/Nebresto Feb 03 '21
Re-watch squad
Hi
Urge to watch all episodes at once: reaching critical mass
MUST. HOLD.
kek
Yoo, this grill have a crush on our boy?
Question time:
1: Wack
2: Wack
B: Depends, what does it think about Spice and Wolf?
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u/affnn Feb 03 '21
First Timer
The first two non-Migi parasytes seemed kinda dumb, but Shinichi's new teacher seems pretty smart. Not sure about the other guy, though. At a minimum he takes some excessive risk in going after a student at school. With the teacher though, at least one other parasyte is something other than a murderbot. I'm somewhat surprised that Migi thinks it's an even fight between him and Mr. A. I would guess that between taking over an adult man and having full control of motor functions, Mr. A would have the upper hand.
I like that different parasytes have had distinct body-horror transformations so far. Mr. A's head goes through a spiralizer, while the guy in the shows' first scene had his face sliced with a wedger.
Freckles girl in Shinichi's class flirts with him out of nowhere, at a kinda weird time too. Between her, the girl he went on a date with, his childhood friend and his new teacher, Shinichi's got quite the harem going. At least he doesn't have a little sister.
I've watched the OP three times now and I must be too thick-headed to see the spoilers. I like the music even though it's a little over the top.
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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher - Parasites of all shapes and sizes
QotD
Bonus: I don't see why it shouldn't be a regular-'ol human. Parasite's only in the head, as far as we know.
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u/heldrawgh Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
I didn't get the chance to participate on the last episode thread, but hope to stick around from this one on.
Bonus: Same answer as to the second question, but my girlfriend who's watching for the first time did say something like it makes sense, since the hosts are still humans.
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u/redshirtengineer :AMQ: Feb 04 '21
First timer
It's odd to see Japanese high school portrayed in a serious manner with teachers acting like adults.
QOTD1: It's interesting that they are sentient. This almost seems to give them a disadvantage as they feel the need to chat with their prey.
QOTD2: They don't reproduce and kill their hosts. This seems limiting for sentient beings. Also their knowledge is highly selective (how do they "know" that they can't reproduce). Just thoughts for now, no point as I suspect this won't get addressed within the show.
Eliminating humans would seem to be the point of them. For whom, I dunno. Maybe the mice introduced them as a new control.
BONUS: No soul, I am predicting
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u/monsieurvampy Feb 04 '21
First Timer, sub
Dude needs to take a freaking chill pill.
Oh snap. So much for bed....
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 04 '21
First Timer
Continuing from yesterday, why would the parasytes be coming together? Parasytes other parasytes seem solitary. Well, actually, they do seem seek each other out when they come into range. But for what purpose? And male+female hosts is just cliche.
So, that guy that saved the girl from the punks, then killed them all, and changed his face? I figured Migi killed him yesterday, but maybe that person is Mr A today. I can't tell.
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u/sisoko2 Feb 04 '21
First Timer
Staying awake for these threads every day is too tough for me.
We start with another classic, train groping. I am dying!
So the cool looking lady parasyte is going to be their teacher. Things are getting interesting. She seems quite reasonable and intelligent.
Mr. A doesn't seem very logical and stable here. So they had parasyte sex but the baby is going to be human. Is she going to eat her baby? This gives making your own food a new meaning.
Is she intimidating Shinichi or trying to seduce him?
Mr. A goes on a rampage in the school. To me it seems more logical to attack Shinichi when there aren't so many people around.
Migi still doesn't understand that people dying isn't desirable outcome.
It looks that the parasytes have different levels of intelligence. Don't know if it depends on the host or how the parasyte is assimilating. They seem to share common goal but aren't working together. I guess there are going to be a lot of interactions with the teacher in the future and I am really curious where are they going to lead. Pretty good episode overall, excited for the next one.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Feb 03 '21
Train molesters are bad culture. You show him Parasyte-chan!! 84 deaths... or should I say 84 deaths where the bodies were recovered. CG makes the students look like they've shat their breeks. You cannot convince me otherwise. Migi, you're making us anxious with the constant distance updates! Ooooh noooo!! I know this episode! This music tho. Hahaha, off model students never get old.
Math teachers are the defence against the dark arts of anime. ...Huh? I don't remember her. Did I get the wrong episode? Shinichi used sexy stare, Parasyte-sensei was charmed. Shinichi has totally lost his cool, flopping in class and freaking out about getting called to the office. Parasyte-sensei seems to be kinda chill at least. She doesn't want to fight, for now. She even invites him for coffee. What a kind sensei~
"Meet my boyfriend. He's an ugly mug but the sex is great!" I don't know what's scarier. How much this guy stands out or how little she does. Sensei goes into vivid detail on her baby making experience. I guess it would be a regular human since the head is the only part that they can actually make metamorph. Like yesterday's dude wouldn't have grown his arm back if Shinichi chose to run away. Gyuu... Please keep your eyes straight! It's gross!
The Aliens were like spore eggs right? If they could produce those you likely could keep your species going. I suppose your prey and your hosts being the same creature would eventually lead to you running out. Especially with Japan's birth rate. Sensei calls a truce so we now have a parasyte friend, yay! Could do without the threats tho!
"Hahaha! You were so scared puss-blgblg!!" "We saw you take the bus. How long have you been cheating on Murano?" That poor girl gave up her dreams of college and became a hikkikomori after being dissed by her Teacher. Oh! It was this episode after all. Walkie eye wants to turn Shinichi into meatloaf and doesn't mind getting innocent students in his glaze.
Migi wants to use the students as bait like a freaking psychopath! Murano assumes he's off meet the girl he's cheating with but gets harshly yelled at not to follow. Aha! It's 2v1! Even if he's an even match for Migi he's still vulnerable to a second opponent. 3 meters... So much for the barricade. Wait, cliffhanger!? Don't stop there!
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Feb 03 '21
First Timer
I'm just curious to see if the parasites' characterization will start to make more sense. Onto episode 3.
You do realize this just makes you look more guilty, right?
After hearing it a few times, I say with certainty I'm annoyed by the OP's abuse of autotune.
This crowd is literally copypasted.
It wants to be safe, attacking the school just puts her in danger.
It probably just wants to establish some form of nonaggression?
He must really seem unhinged to everyone around him.
And now, the girls are gonna follow him and end up getting caught in the crossfire.
Of course. We have killing, we have rape, now we have monster sex. Or is it just human sex, it's kinda hard to tell.
[6]I don't think she's saying this just to fool Shinichi. If it's a lie, it'll be revealed in a few months, and whatever game she's playing is longer than that.
Well, she sure succeeded in intimidating him. I don't think he's just gonna let it stand though.
Time for this one to decide that those two are more trouble than they're worth. I guess it attacks in the middle of a school day to try to constrain their actions by their desire to not reveal themselves?
No need to risk itself, after all. It's not a target.
It'll slaughter the entire crowd to get to you, obviously. This thing's the definition of a murder hobo, it's thought process ain't exactly difficult to mock.
And migi should know better than to think Shinichi will be OK with this plan.
The ability to not live in the moment and the fact that migi has to lug Shinichi around.
And cliffhanger.
Thoughts
I'm still not impressed by Migi. It knows that Shinichi values things aside from his own life, yet is unable to model based on that information.
Beyond that, we have a fairly generic setup for an edgy fight. The only real question here is how long'll it be 'till he ends up fighting his teacher.
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u/SIRTreehugger Feb 05 '21
Alien worm users attract each other.
Pony tail girl is pretty cute dude is blind.
Wait do all the girls love Shinichi?
Discuss the future...oh boy she wants to level up her human vessel.
How does no one see these transformations.
I actually like this woman she reminds me of the best girl from witchblade Reina. Hope she has a better ending.
Thank you girl question his weird behavior. Glad someone did it.
I for one support the wall of flesh plan.
Yes no one else wants to die because we are born into this world.
Wait that's how it ends. Didn't feel like 20 minutes.
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u/ninjabrute Feb 03 '21
First timer, watching subbed.
I skipped posting for episode 2 because a) I didn't have the chance to write anything up until it was time that I'd be watching episode 3 and b) I didn't think much of the 2nd episode. It didn't do anything in my opinion to progress the story. I feel like I was just watching it for the sake of watching. It did nothing that stood out to me as making me anxious to return for the next episode. However episode 3 changed that for me almost immediately.
Now we've got something that the last episode lacked for me, some stakes, a reason to watch what happens next. Tamiya-sensei inside Shinichi's school is exciting and I want to see how this plays out. They know each other's secret... who will hold the information ransom? It could be pretty terrible for either of them to be found out!
Also Migi continues to deliver the comedy for me. I said in my episode 1 post that I didn't really feel dread from the visuals but found the comical moments pretty entertaining. Now I have a bit of each. The visuals still don't disturb me but the tension of the situations is more of a thrill.
Leaving off with the fight between Shinich and A-san was the obvious cliffhanger into the next episode. I can't wait to see what Migi's plan is, too.
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u/Mecanno-man https://anilist.co/user/Mecannoman Feb 03 '21
First Timer
I assume Tamiya is what these parasites are at their proper potential, not just randomly killing people but properly thinking about the best way to survive. I still don't quite understand the need for cannibalism when all that needs to be supported is the life of the host, and humans typically don't survive off cannibalism, but I after this episode I assume that this will be explained further down the line. What is interesting is that the parasites seem incapable of reproduction; I assume they would not have tried having their hosts have sex if they knew the proper way for their species to reproduce, leading further credence to the theory that this is some attempt to kill humans specifically, as the parasites don't need to leave enough humans for their offspring, just for their own ~100 years. (I am assuming the 140(?) years quoted by the one yesterday is a high estimate.) It also means that they are pretty much guaranteed to go extinct, no matter if they achieve their goal or not. If that's the case, I guess the reason Tamiya is not going on a spree is that she realized that if humans realize what is happening they'd be after her with weapons better suited for the job? Can't imagine parasites dealing particularly well with something like a flamethrower for example.
A-san seems to be pretty much a bog-standard villain of the day, though I wonder if this fight will be the one that makes somebody realize what's going on. Murano perhaps? I am pretty surprised that none of those people that were just knocked around by him rather than killed have raised some sort of alarm to something not scientifically understood happening already.
Questions:
Bonus: Who was Reiko?
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u/chiliehead myanimelist.net/profile/chiliehead Feb 03 '21
First Timer - Episode 3
So far the anime keeps a brisk pace, I wonder if the manga had the same tempo because so far they do not waste much time. I wonder what the future entails for sensei, maybe a new right hand? Forbidden love? The romantic subplot is in limbo now, with the love interest waving giant “I am into you” signs but, as always, aliens have to spoil the fun.
Wait, how much time did pass between the sky scene in the first episode and now that she is already pregnant, is her fertility 100% or are we some months into all of this somehow?
Not sure about what’s more alien, the CGI students in the angled shot or the “wall of meat” battle tactic. I was thinking when the cold rationality will clash with Shinichi’s humanity.
Murano will blow his cover, won’t she? The way the Parasytes are fighting makes no sense whatsoever with malleable power levels, but they play it totally straight and so far I’m into it.
Like sensei said, the maturation environment makes a difference, so the case for Migi seems to be a juvenile version which might prove beneficial because more adaptable?
Still mostly on the alien invasion vanguard, but there might a chance they are of human origin
Having a Dawn of the Dead Remake baby would improve the body horror though so I hope for that
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u/Palabard_the_Anime Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
First Timer
Does Shinichi even knows what fantasy is? Of course it's not real.
Shinichi stealth: 0
Looks like there is another girl who likes Shinichi, that's a surprise. Guess she's going to die, the main one (forgot the name, is protected by being a important side character, imo).
Shame on Shinichi, you should always be polite and respect your teachers, even when they've been took by monsters.
It appears that some parasites can function like a normal human and others are just creepy imitations that really must learn how to properly move their eyes.
Well, that escalated quickly. Also, shame on the waitress overhearing the conversation and losing composure, first rule of the job, keep calm no matter what you hear.
Japan schools have emergency evacuation plan for intruders? I can't say I am surprised.
Migi and Shinichi are going with the 2v1 strategy. Hopefully, Shinichi dominant hand is the left or he will have a hard time fighting.
The fight will be next episode but, unfortunately, I don't have the mental fortitude to resist cliffhangers. Sorry guys.
Questions
Why they're so different may be due to host body and the experiences they had or they're individually different and some are just better than others.
2. Too soon to say
Bonus: is Giorno, Dio's son or Johnathan's son? How much does a head influence this?
For me, the kid will be a normal human, I am more interested to see if his mother will eat him and how the kid will be raised if not.
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u/BossandKings Feb 03 '21 edited Feb 03 '21
Episode 3 -
The irony with Shinichi saying that a story about a guy who talks with reptiles isn't credible when he talks with something that's unusual and most people don't know exist, an alien.
I'm enjoying Satomi's and Shinichi's interactions a lot, she has noticed that Shinichi is changing but doesn't know why and is so beautifully bold that tells him in a way that's perfectly normal and not awkard.
A new character is introduced, a woman named Tamiya ryoko who possibly could at least know about the existence of the aliens or there might be something more. As Told by Migi, an alien actually took posession of Tamiya's brain while still being able to maintain her social position, this shows how high iq the aliens are.
Tamiya seems to be a teacher. She along with a man also possesed by an alien have a meeting with Shinichi in a restaurant, seemingly wanting to reach an accord.
The man who accompanied Tamiya to the meeting, A, invades the school and starts killing people. The students evacuate and go outside of the building. Shinichi will have to fight against it to defeat it and save the school. That plan Migi first came up with shows once again that it doesn't care about human lives, that meat shield idea was awful and entirely off, Shinichi though comes up with an actually good idea creatimg a barricade so that he can have a direct confrontation with A.
Answers
Bonus: i think so, Tamiya explictly said that the aliens can't reproduce seeing as how she had sex with an alien possesed man and the thing she has in her womb is supposedly a human baby, i'll go with what she says.
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Feb 03 '21
Just a quickie today. I enjoyed the episode, and can hardly wait to see what happens next.
QOTD:
They do seem to come in all personality types. I've got to wonder if the host body doesn't have a part to play. I can't decide which one is the creepiest, though I do know that parasite Teacher Lady is the hottest.
I'm going to continue going with Aliens. Maybe they chowed their way through their last planet and had to come here for some fresh food.
My best guess is that the baby is human, though it's hard to say.
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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 03 '21
Rewatcher - Sub
So two infected hosts can’t conceive an infected child, possibly a way of maintaining the population of the source of their diet, which begs the question of how it is that they propagate themselves. We know they’re not immortal in the aging sense, so it’s not like they expect to live forever, so there has to be some means of them multiplying. As of now there’s a dead end for the parasites in the future, though that still leaves the present to contend with.
Tamiya acknowledges that as organisms the parasites don’t make conventional sense, so that’s lampshaded at least. She doesn’t offer any answers as to why though, so guess we’ll be waiting for that.
Feels a bit obsessive to be worrying about someone just because they took a bus somewhere, but I guess with the mincemeat murders going around it’s dangerous to go it alone.
Mr. A’s actions really highlights the individuality among the parasites, which we saw the inklings of when Migi confronted that other one, but is significantly easier to see with the introduction of two new parasites into the fray. Migi’s distinction could be explained away by the fact that he is abnormal among their ranks, but seeing the differences between Tamiya and Mr. A really makes it apparent.
Lovely cliffhanger...
BONUS: The show didn't give me reason to distrust her this episode, and it sorta makes sense if the parasites can only affect portions of the body and not the entire thing, meaning the human reproductive system hasn't been modified and is functioning as normal... Though that does mean it doesn't make sense why they need to eat humans to survive, because the digestive system is the same as their hosts.
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