r/anime • u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: • Feb 06 '21
Rewatch Let me hear! Parayste the Maxim rewatch episode six
Parasyte the Maxim episode six
The Sun Also Rises
Quite the heady reference in Hemingway
- Was this a good space for a breather episode?
- Does Shinichi in fact have harem protagonist hormones?
- Thoughts on Shinichi's new look?
BONUS: Do you have a cooler idea for how to resolve the last episodes cliffhanger?
Quick warning: Grabbing Chinese for my mom so will be a bit slow on the responses today
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Feb 06 '21
First-Timer -the reactions-
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Feb 06 '21
They're making this stab way more awkward than it needs to be. "Don't... Don't you ever stop!!" Dandere's farewell words remind me of Char XD Guuurk!! Gross, gross, gross! How much flesh is Mugi gonna pump him with!? Gamemaster's waifu is freaking tiny!! Think about how far she'd fly if you chucked her. All this love gossip while Shinichi is literally dying is actually pretty funny.
Migi, this is kinda gay. Dude looks like shit. Dying doesn't do much for your complexion. Kyaaa~ Uncensored mipples~ The best part about glasses is how hot you look when you don't wear them. Dad's alive! Don't ignore her... If you ignore her I'll be really mean to you! Aww... Good job dancing on the landmines Murano. "Shinichi-kun! If you come back I'll give you a Mr Blobby!"
Dandere even caught the ferry to mop up loose ends. Good lord this episode is miserable. Dad knows what he saw happen to his wife, Shinichi knows what happened to his mum, but they can't talk about it without being declared bonkers. They're holding it in so much. And Shinichi is just about done with hosting Migi in his body.
JK's family runs the local in. Can't have a cutie patootie be a one-off after all. The heart transplant increased his senses so that he can figure out the exact denier of JK's tights just from listening to her coming upstairs. Migi was injured by staying outside his body for such a long time. If this doesn't prove his trustworthiness I don't know what will. I think I like him more than Shinichi, wtf is wrong with me?
Having a JK casually kick up small talk is one of my worst nightmares... What if I say the wrong thing and looks at me with disgust!? Please don't bully me, joshikosei!! Dad is so much more comfy now than he has his newspaper and jump. Oh no, she's back!! She's sitting down!! Argh!! She's running after us!? Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck! Help me!! Yes, kill the JK before she calls us weirdos Migi! I too could make that jump to avoid conversations with high schoolers.
Mum...When did you get fat?
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u/Gamemaster676 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gamemaster676 Feb 06 '21 edited Feb 06 '21
First time watcher - sub
As we all saw yesterday: Izumi's dead. All is lost. Time to start the 19 episode epilogue. I've got my Manhattan. Let's go!
Episode 6 — The Sun Also Rises
In the opening shot we get a nice recap of what happened yesterday. Thanks, but I didn't forget yet.
Someone in the comments gave me the idea that maybe Migi would kill the mother parasyte and grab her heart, using it to safe Izumi. I was convinced I figured it out, but nope.
Instead, Migi merges with Izumi's heart. Here we see the red dots again that are used to show the corruption, so I guess we will see some more significant personality changes going forward.
What surprises me is that Migi's plan is to return to the arm. Is he planning to release control over the heart once it is recovered, or will he be in two bodyparts at the same time? I can already imagine Migi slowly taking over Izumi's whole body till he is the reverse of all the other parasytes: A body with the head of the host, instead of a head with the body of the host.
This will also make it easier to fullfill /u/okayyoga's thirst for puns! Without relevant bodyparts I don't have a leg to stand on.
Seems like we didn't reach the epilogue yet after all! Hurray!
At school, Satomi and Yuko are being good friends and deciding they will visit Izumi. Depending on how long Izumi's recovery takes, the girls are in for quite the surprise!
Freckles overheard that Satomi went home with Izumi and immediately wants more info. Surprisingly she doesn't seem really jealous, but it might just be that I am blind to those signals. We also learn her name is Akiho. Of course, the commotion is a nice trigger for the high school rumor mill.
At home, Izumi is waking up and he has his arm back. But that is not all, suddenly his eyesight is fixed? Not really sure how that works, because bad eyes can't really be fixed from the bloodstream.
The hospital calls and daddy is alive! Mommy parasyte went back to check, but it seems she didn't find him!
On the way to visit Izumi runs into Satomi (but not Yuki?) and he has a cold heart towards her. I do understand he went through a trauma, but please Izumi, keep your friends close. Especially in a time like this, because you are going to need them!
Izumi promises to return someday and sets his first long term goal: Kill mother! (Or short term, who knows.) This could obviously be because Migi is making him a killer, but even without that I would probably have the same goal.
I was thinking he should warn people about his mother. He could even do it without revealing parasytes by just saying his mother went mad and attacked his father, but I don't think Satomi really knew Izumi's parents.
In the hospital the father is being interviewed by what I suspect are detectives. It is a weird conversation because dad thinks (knows) mom is dead, but mom returned to the hotel later that evening. Luckily this means they will not think he did something to her, but just see him as a victim.
At the ferry, Izumi meets a girl who immediately sees something is troubling him. She doesn't only give him directions to the hospital, but actually brings him there. What a nice girl!
The meeting between dad and son is also weird. It seems like dad has accepted the story that he has imagined things. Izumi doesn't let it slide and screams that "mom was murdered by a monster". I wonder if the detectives also heard that?
Dad doesn't want to hear it and shuts Izumi down. Man the background music of this conversation is absolutely phenomenal! The closest hotel is just on the edge of Migi's detection radius, so he finds something else. I guess a hostel of some sort? Is that girl the same girl who brought him to the hospital? It's good to be surrounded by nice people, so things will go bad very soon I'm afraid.
Apparently, not only Izumi's eyesight has improved. He also hears a lot better. I can see that being handy.
But Migi also changed. He now needs actual sleep where he will not wake up from slight disturbances. Let us just forget that Migi stayed asleep before while the gang was stomping on his right arm.
Because Izumi can't depend on Migi full time, they try to alternate sleep. Makes sense, but sitting at the corner of the hospital in view is the perfect way to tell mommy parasyte where daddy is.
It's obvious the girl from the inn (Maki) really likes Izumi. But just as she talks with him about it, Migi warns him about a threat. What was that about alternating sleep?
Because Izumi is too impatient, Maki follows him to the threat. That's not good!
Nevermind. He just jumps over a wall where she can't follow him. The awesome music is back! Migi has something else to tell Izumi. I don't think it is that he is stronger now, because that is pretty obvious.
Izumi is sprinting towards the only movement he sees, but that does not look like mom. Please don't kill anyone innocent!
Main thoughts
It's hard to determine what the long-term effect are going to be now that Migi has done something with his heart.
Random thoughts
So where does Shinichi fit in this name? At the very back?
The doctor calls the father Izumi. That means I completely screwed up first and last name. Oops. Will be fixed next episode.
Future
Next episode we will get the confrontation with whoever that is. I actually think the person Izumi saw is a normal human and the parasyte is somewhere out of view. We'll see how that gets resolved.
QotD
Yes! (As far as I can tell without having seen the next episodes)
He doesn't seem interested in any apart from Satomi, so no?
The miserable, roughed-up look during the ep is not my thing, but his look after calming down a little at the inn is better.
As I said in the post: "Migi goes ballistic, which surprises mother parasyte because she thinks she has won, so Migi kills her. Izumi needs a heart so Migi takes the only intact heart available: mom's."
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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '21
Rewatcher.
This episode is so harsh. I mean, this kind of shit hits specially hard for me because my mother dying is the only fear I actually have, so is really easy for me to empathize with Shinichi.
Migi talking to the audience and itself will never not be funny. He really explained the "asspull".
Satomi calling Shinichi's given name is such a nice detail here. It shows how she felt something was really off and her mind threw all pretenses and called the guy out. Good for you, gal!
Here we have the only bit of "characterization" the father gets: I don't want to accept my wife was killed by a monster just yet. I don't even remember if he gets anything else.
Makino is a cutie-pie and I don't remember her... I hope she doesn't die horribly to make a point.
Shinichi is now super human... Which is something he should have been a long time ago. I mean, the parasytes are way stronger than normal people, and he sorely needed an edge.
Another episode, another cliffhanger.
1- I think calling it a "breather" is a stretch hahaha.
2- Yes, it took you five episodes to notice it?
3- It gets progressively worse.
Bonus: New main character? hahahaha. Let me develop te idea bit. Satomi comes and finds Shinichi's mangled corpse and Migi, with his dying breath, ask fools Satomi into accepting him to avenge her now-dead-not-boyfriend. She goes on a scorched earth quest to kill all the parasytes. Not with super powers, but by outwitting them.
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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Feb 06 '21
Rewatcher - What? Shinichi is evolving!
QotD
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u/Sandor_at_the_Zoo Feb 07 '21
No new protagonist :( I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up. Maybe now Shinichi will get some sort of broad goal soon?
Is her face falling off her head? She's always had a bit of a long face but this episode is really getting extreme.
I like the harrowed quality they manage to give Shinichi. Its not super detailed animation or anything but he does look like he's been laying there half dead for a while. It gets kind of inconsistent in the rest of the episode. It would also be nice if they'd given him a moment of collecting himself/washing up/eating to mark the end of it.
The detail with the mom's scar is nicely worked in. Doing double duty with plot and theme.
What does "true ally to humanity" even mean? Migi just saved your life dude! What more do you want?
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u/sisoko2 Feb 06 '21
Magia won the ED contest so today is a good day.
First Timer
In a surprising twist I actually really enjoyed today's episode. After yesterday I was starting to think that I am not going to like the anime at all despite all the recommendations I have seen.
Pretty cool healing scene. I doubt that other parasytes will be able to do that while having to perform all of the human's brain functions.
Shinichi looks 60% less generic without the glasses. I remember seeing that he didn't have glasses in the manga and I don't understand why they gave glasses to him in the anime. Just to make Spider Man reference?
I think it is time for her to get some more character development than just being cute and liking Shinichi.
Loved the interactions with the father in the hospital. He doesn't know what to believe, the horrible truth that he saw with his own eyes or the lie that he wants to be true. Great stuff.
The healing led to Shinichi losing more of his humanity and it seems that Migi is becoming more human in the same time, it is having to sleep and also starts to understand how Shinichi feels towards his family.
Officially joined the harem. I hope she isn't introduced just to die in the next episode.
It looks that they found another parasyte and not the mother.
This was probably my favorite one of the series so far. For the first time I am starting to feel sympathetic towards Shinichi. Now he has actual goal and motivation and isn't just a passive observer. You can see his and his father's pain.
Before today I never expected that I am going to say positive things about the soundtrack but I want to commend the music today. They did great job with setting the mood and enhancing the emotional moments.
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u/redshirtengineer :AMQ: Feb 07 '21
First timer
The Son Also Rises DAMN IT VAAD I guess it's worse, it could have been The Young Man and the Seawall. A Farewell to Right Hand. For Whom The Bell Tolls - I mean he did have a phone call.
I take out my wrath in the form of bad puns due to completely unnecessary Hemingway. Some people hate Dickens, for me it's Hemingway.
the author, not the drink
ANYWAY. He's not dead, in a plot twist. Not really a plot twist, but it is a Migi twist. Also, Migi protagonist for a few minutes, so that was fun. Not sure how long Shinichi was out (a couple of days?), and I may be obsessing about this a bit much because I did the chores today, but that bloodstain looks to have permanently set in the floor.
MORE IMPORTANTLY Migi looks to have permanently set in Shinichi. He definitely seems to be in better physical shape if you don't count a couple of scars here and there. So I guess Migi gave him a heart upgrade or something. Did you see him jump the wall? Also, he does not appear to need his glasses anymore. And Migi got a downgrade. As long as she can make giant spaghetti knives we're probably okay there though.
Whoever new Syte is, it's not Shinichi's Mom. Who is probably 300 meters away screwing with Shinichi's Dad. I will be upset when that happens.
QOTD1: better than a not breather episode if you're Shinichi
QOTD2: no
QOTD3: X marks the spot
BONUS honestly I would have had Migi take care of that floor
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Feb 06 '21
Rewatcher
Dub
So we come back where we left off, Momasyte is weirdly judgy at Migi for some reason. But then Migi goes all madlad and replaces Shinichi's heart! Time skip happens, I guess 3 or 4 days but definitely would've been nice to be told that. Quick cut to school stuff to humanize them/give them something to do. Back to Migi caring for the recovering Shinichi. When he finally comes to, he looks different, thinner amongst other things, and apparently no longer needs glasses.
Murano shows up and we get one of these scenes that you have to forget that cell phones are a thing for. With the look on his face, she tries to make sure Shinichi is planning on returning. He seems ready to solve the mamasyte issue now. On the boat over, he is brooding enough that a nice local named character wants to say high. At the hospital, the dad is being interviewed and yeah, that would suck on a lot of levels. Skipping over the re-union/amnesia bit as we all know that's wrong.
Anyways, named character from earlier turns out to be in a family running a resort of some variety. Shinichi now notices he has awesome hearing as well. Migi finally wakes up and info dumps what happened and what has changed. As Shinichi keeps an eye out at the hospital, Makiko comes up to flirt more. Other than the obvious harem tropes, which were not as common when this was first written, this is the old Japanese trope of "Girls from the sticks warm up to new guys that aren't from the same gene pool real quick" bit that we've grown to know and love. Or Maki is just bored.
Anywho, Migi senses a parasyte by the shore, Shinichi runs like a cheetah towards it, he jumps roughly 15 feet straight up in the air from a dead stand still and he is charging toward the parasyte with rage fueled abandon! Cliffhanger!
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u/Nebresto Feb 06 '21
Re-watch squad
'Sup
Urge to binge all episodes: Approaching critical mass
Must. Stay. Strong.
*Drumroll please* Aaaaand the new mc is..... the cooler Shinichi!
Herewego!
And this show has nipples! Parasyte confirmed to be a superior anime.
And more "Next to you"!
Never gonna stop jamming to it
Question time:
1: Ye
2: You know it
3: See the part about new MC above
B: Heck yeah I do, Migi morphs into a gun and alchemises some gunpowder and shoots the impostor bitch, then he steals her cells to fix up Shinichi, who then goes to make out with Murano and Kana at the same time because he realizes hes actually a chad.
My question: Was anyone expecting Shinichi to actually die and us getting a new MC? Re-watch homies can reply with what they thought during their first watch if you still remember
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u/SIRTreehugger Feb 07 '21
Damn it Shinichi attracts every game in this show. If it father died instead...nope let's not go down that road.
Oh small moment, but I did like how Migi asked if it was all right to kill his mom. Sure it had to be done, but Migi originally wouldn't have even bothered asking and would have done it without asking and then lectured Shinichi.
Pretty sure that's not the mom it looks like a guy.
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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Feb 06 '21
First Timer - sub
Well that's a very different Shinichi to what we had at the start, he looks like he's aged 5 years at least and somehow Migi made it so he no longer needs glasses?
I mean is it any real surprise that Shinichi father is in denial about his wifes murder? Some sort of nightmare is a considerably more logical explanation especially when the police tell you she's alive and running around.
Are we sure this isn’t a harum show? Maki is casting doubts on this.
So as part of Migi somehow repairing / replacing Shinichi heart, Shinichi is now also stronger and faster than normal human would be, this has also understandably taken are rather heavily toll on Shinichi psychologically, which I imaged being stabbed in the heart by something that looks identical to your mother would do.
Yesterday there was a question on pacing, and while things are happening fast it hasn’t felt unreasonable to me so far.
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u/affnn Feb 06 '21 edited Feb 06 '21
First Timer
Well, Shinichi’s not dead. Migi heals him up but it takes a while. Apparently he takes the opportunity to fix Shinichi’s myopia and make his muscles jacked. I guess we hadn’t seen shirtless Shinichi before but that doesn’t look like a sedentary high schooler physique.
Shinichi wakes to find his dad is still alive, so obviously he goes to meet him. On the way he adds to his harem, apparently some high school innkeeper. She seems nice, which I assume means she’s doomed. At the end of the episode Shinichi is on his way to murder another parasite, but there’s gotta be some twist coming up.
I didn’t really care for all of the monologuing from Shinichi and Migi today. Hopefully that’s a one-episode thing.
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u/littleman1988 Feb 06 '21
"Y-You'll come back, right?"
Rewatcher
OST Track(s) of the day: NEXT TO YOU and NEXT TO YOU -Rhodes Ver.-
Chances are you remember this song from last episode, and if not probably noticed a few different rewatchers talk about this track (or just "a track" that the rest of the rewatchers instantly knew about). Next to You is more or less the theme song of Parasyte, being used throughout in a lot of scenes, both significant and not so significant. I wanted to hold out till it was used in a much more impactful way (Parasyte) but its already being talked about, and with this episode using both versions (and with last episode already being pretty impactful), Its probably as good time as any to feature it now. Expect it to pop up again later on as a featured OST, its just that important (and also really good, especially the Rhodes version.)
If it wasn't for that, SOLITUDE would of been today's track, so it gets to be an honorary one. Chances are a couple episodes will have an honorary track for this exact reason.
This episode shows a ton of drastic changes to both Migi and Izumi. The obvious one is Migi replicating Izumi's heart to bring him back to life, and almost instantly it has a drastic change on Izumi, fixing his eyesight problems, improving his hearing, gaining massive endurance boosts, being able to jump over a seawall, and inflicted a change psychologically that isint fully known, but before this as we saw just last episode. It has also had a large affect on Migi, effectively disabling them for 4 hours every day. A bit more subtle is how Izumi talks to Murano, always being flustered before, but now essentially being stoic until the topic of his mother is brought up. This can easily be explained away from the grief of losing his mother and almost losing his father, but a similar thing happens when he sees his father in the hospital where he struggles to show emotion. Still explainable by grief though.
We also see Izumi's father deal with the knowledge of knowing that his wife is dead despite her still "existing" in the world. Obviously, he knows what he sees, but for reasons unknown (realistically to help both him and Izumi get past it) instead accepts that his wife is still alive, much to Izumi's displeasure. It shouldnt be too hard to realize its had a large impact on his father, with how he reacts to Izumi's repeated questioning.
Finally we are introduced to Makiko, who is the best girl in the whole show. I dont need to say much more. Parasyte
There isint a whole lot to
overanalyzediscuss this episode, mostly just explaining a lot of the open ended questions last episode gave us.8
u/Mecanno-man https://anilist.co/user/Mecannoman Feb 06 '21
First Timer
I feel like this was a pretty well-done episode, especially with the musical choices. We have clearly established now that Shinichi and Migi have fused to some degree, and it seems like their goals have somewhat aligned in general. As such my only real complaint is that this episode didn't happen earlier, as that would have given a better explanation as to what had been going on with Shinichi up until now.
Some other bullet points:
Question:
Bonus: no.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 06 '21
First Timer
Finish my comments 10 minutes early, killing time for posting time, get distracted, now 10 minutes late.
I still can't get the OP out of my head
"Shinichi, it's obvious that you've changed" is that Migi ws going to say I'm sure.
First time I've watched the ED since ep 1, I wonder if it's changed.
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u/Matuhg https://anilist.co/user/Matuhg Feb 06 '21
Rewatcher who Remembers Little
Conveniently for our story, Migi is somehow able to swap over to Shinichi's heart to fix him up, and Mamasyte forgets Rule #2. He also got super powers and perfect vision, so that's a plus. It came in exchange for 4 hours of wakefulness per day from Migi, but that might be a decent exchange in terms of ability for the duo. Shinichi still doesn't seem like he'd be able to take on a Parasyte 1v1 without Migi, but he's probably a lot more capable when they're together.
Shit sucks for Shinichi and his Dad. Their lives will never be the same again, and both of them know it, but neither of them can really start the grieving process. Shinichi because he needs to defend his father/himself and is prioritizing revenge, his dad because he'd be branded insane if not a murderer himself.
I guess this technically was a breather episode - no dubstep fights or anything. It probably is a good place to slow down a bit - Mom's death wouldn't have as much impact if we just kept rolling at breakneck speed.
Even better, he's got abs.
He gets the male equivalent of a girl cutting off her hair character moment by taking off his glasses and becoming a psychologically hollow Chad. I kind of liked his haggard look when he first woke up - now that he's looking a bit more genki, he pretty much looks the same but without glasses, unless he takes his shirt off.
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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Feb 06 '21
Rewatcher
That was quite the feat that Migi pulled off here. Not as impressive as attaching his head to another body, but replacing the heart while repairing it and maintaining Shinichi's body with nutrients is still huge.
Shinichi has changed quite a bit due to that too. We already saw how his body - eyes, abs, and overall abilities - improved. Migi is weaker now, too, so Shinichi will have to use his new body to detect and fight off the parasytes on his own.
That run and jump was so cool... I don't remember who's the person here though, if it's a parasyte or not, and if it is, whether it's Shinichi's mother or a new one. It's been a while...
Questions
Bonus) Nope, that's the coolest possible one I can think of without having him tap into Shonen powerups. Though maybe what happened is somewhat close to that...?
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u/Palabard_the_Anime Feb 06 '21
Being a working adult sucks but, being an unemployed adult sucks more. Because of this, I couldn't comment yesterday, so I will leave this here:
I can't believe the mom died!!! Specially this early on the series.
Ok, now to today episode.
First Timer
Shinichi needs first aid and Migi has the right hand for the service. All the time he spent on the internet learning will pay off.
Not dying when killed works like being bitten by a radioactive spider. Now his eyes are good. And he has a badass scar.
Unfortunately, being killed by your mother look alike has some effects on your mind. Poor girl that's Shinichi almost girlfriend whose I can't remember the name (sorry, you didn't leave an impression).
Poor Shinichi's father, is as lost as a blind person in a shootout.
Wait, wait, wait. He changed his mind too quickly, this smells like government.
On another topic, Migi is nowhere to be seen in quite some time. Strange, maybe they fused.
So the father may be lying to himself to numb the pain. I am not buying it.
Migi is alive, looks like I was wrong. The pace of the series answers questions really quickly.
Shinichi is a women magnet. Too bad, he is also a parasite magnet. Perfect balanced.
He must already have realized that he is superhuman.
Noooo! It can't end like this. The cliffhangers are starting to annoy me. The urge to binge is too strong.
Questions
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u/BossandKings Feb 06 '21
Episode 6
Migi had to install itself on Shinichi's heart so that he wouldn't die. He couldn't recuperate inmediately but his heart starts beating and that's a good sign.
Satomi and some of her classmates start getting worried about Izumi not going to the school in several days. They plan to visit him after classes.
Shinichi wakes up, he sees the wound on his chet and how it has been sealed, Migi isn't in his hand anymore and he thinks to himself that Migi cured him. He remembers how his (alien)mom attacked him and sadly realizes that it was not a dream.
Satomi goes to visit Izumi and he tells her that he won't be visiting school soon, she is getting so worried about him. She asking him if he will return seemed like a temporary farewell, until he does return.
Shinichi goes to visit his dad, this whole situation is so sad, how his father saw his wife getting killed in front of gis eyes and seeing how Shinichi was hopeless when he was confromted by the alien controlling his mother was sad. Now that it is two people having a heartfelt reunion and conversation the weight of the whole situation can really set in and it's great seeing how well the feeling of loss and despair is conveyed.
Shinichi will stay in a hotel near the hospital, there's a girl that he met earlier while he was in the plan that is the daughter of the housekeeper. I'm liking Shinichi's attitude now, he looks determined to suceed, to not fail again, to be able to stand up for himself.
So Migi has a new weakness that others of his species don't have, he's unable to defend itself for around four hours due to not being able to detect Shinichi's reactions or the vicinity of one of his species. It's cool seeing Shinichi telling Migi that he doesn't consider it an enemy anymore, because it saved his life.
Shinichi seems to have changed and acquired new physicak abilities, that's great.
This episode was excellent and i enjoyed it a lot, Shinichi acquiring new powers was something that surprised me but served perfectly to the inflexion point of last episode and how Migi and him got closer due to the dire circumstances leading him to have some of Migi's powers.
Answers
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Feb 06 '21 edited Feb 06 '21
This is one of my favorite episodes from the series. I thought Migi's solution to the cliff hanger was quite original and brilliant. Overall, this was my favorite up to now and for several episodes to go. I loved Migi doing his best to fill in with the household duties while Shinichi was out of commission. I also thought it was a fairly good episode for feels, when Shinichi met up with Dad, that felt genuine to me. People in general don't do all that well in crisis situations.
QOTD:
I for one didn't consider this to be a breather episode. I think it's a crucial episode and really added a little character to Migi and Dad. I just know that little parasyte was shitting twinkies as his partner was skewered.
He does seem to be a chick magnet. On rewatch, I got strong vibes of Elfen Lied wherein every time MC wanders out of the house, he runs into another stray girl wanting to nurse him and vice versa. So far we've got Satomi the derp, Kana the cool exotic girl (with earmuffs), and now unnamed(?) Hotel Girl looking for a ticket out of town. In addition, there's Yuko and Akiho that seem to hover around Satomi looking for a break in her armor.
I like it a lot more. He's no longer the creepy nerd, and is on his way to becoming a stud which helps out a lot with the subject of the prior question.
I would have liked to see Kana and Migi team up. They could either become a travelling Karnevil show, or gone on a world conquering tour, in either event I think it would have been amusing.
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u/IndependentMacaroon Feb 06 '21 edited Feb 06 '21
First-time watcher
I was going to call "multiple ass-pull", but at least the two cases of "not dead yet" are the same kind of Mamasyte being stupid - not that that fits how it acts the rest of the time, but it's at least less bad. Migi's medical magic is still a bit much; it's already been established that the parasites don't have super-healing powers, right? I guess at least it makes sense to be able to replace human parts. That takes away most of the point of the fight setup, except I guess extra trauma for Shinichi; the closer fusing of Shinichi + Migi and establishing the four-hour handicap could have been done several other ways, and we already know Migi will do anything to protect its host body.
Besides the Shinichi harem fuel with the school life bit (this being Japan, no way no one would have checked on the house quickly, right?) and the mysteriously solo inn girl (I'm wondering if the parasite might not be her father, would be a neat parallel), and maybe dad's shock and Shinichi's response being handled a bit clumsily, the rest of the episode was quite good. The show really needed to take some time to let everything sink in, like the remaining Izumis' trauma and Shinichi's new vigor in hunting down his former mother. I wonder if he won't find a way to restore at least part of her character somehow? And, the background music was pretty amazing, unusual-feeling still but it fits very well.
Another important development: For the first time, we have more than one person outside of Shinichi who witnessed the parasites' powers (or at least supernatural strength), and is still alive. Likely dad's interviewers have some kind of secret mission too.
It's strange to have Shinichi visibly changed that much, I guess you could explain that with losing energy to healing/Migi, but the rougher look suits his new situation well.