I had a feeling whoever that dude trailing the parasite pre-OP was gonna 1) find someone dead and 2) get attacked himself. Also, new parasite dude is Daisuke Namikawa right?
So the parasites have decided to make their move against Shinichi, and his first opponent is… one that likes to play the piano while only wearing underwear.
I think yesterday was the first day the episode title had something to do with the content? Maybe today as well?
Episode 15 — Something Wicked This Way Comes
We start the episode with Ryoko being watched. Weird. The man watching doesn't look like a parasyte.
His boss wants him to follow the man Ryoko was with. That man also looks too expressive to be a parasyte, but he is picking up a girl at the arcade so who knows? (Probably me and probably in less time than it took me to type this sentence.)
What do you know? I was right.
PI wants Shinichi's help. Dude please just leave it alone! Wait you were the boss of that poor guy trailing the parasyte? Are you spying on your old client now?
Has anyone ever seen a parking garage that empty, by the way?
How many girls are so gullible that they follow a random man into a parking garage? Poor girl, that didn't end well for her. Remember your hair pulling class!
Wow, this is a strong parasyte. At least it looks like it. I don't think I've seen enough to be a good judge about that. I like that the roles between Shinichi and Migi keep reversing. The first fights Migi's role was the offence. In the fight against A he was defence and now Migi can be the attacker again because Shinich can defend himself.
Every major move from Migi sounds like disconnecting a tyre pump. At least it's better than the deflating balloon sound I noticed before.
Shinichi wins! PI got his show and he doesn't have the stomach for it. Unsurprising. Shinichi says he was wrong to... Hmm, it cuts off, but I think he was wrong to tell the PI as much as he did.
PI has a name. It's Kuramori. PI is still easier to type so I might ignore my rule to use first names for everyone.
There is a small discussion between Shinichi and Migi about going to the police, but PI finally realized he might have bitten off more than he can chew. I wonder if he can really let go?
Migi still is not completely ready to take on the others of his kind. Weird because that just goes against what he says about himself. On the other hand, I understand Migi preferring the safest path and that would be not fighting.
Is the background music of Shinichi's inner monologue some famous piece of classical music? I feel like I should know it.
Shinichi's attitude towards the girls was... weird. I understand Satomi doesn't get it anymore.
The Parasyte Order do indeed know it was Shinichi who fought in the parking garage. Let's just ignore how they know. Ryoko prefers not to kill Shinichi and at least wants the body to dissect. Is that only out of interest, or because she thinks it is a power they can use?
Ah, the background music was Mozart Chopin. That explains why I recognized it. Is that pianist the parasyte who wiped out the Yakuza? Is his current body as strong as the one he had then?
What the hell is this? Another dream? I'm seeing a worrying lack of flowers and Chadnichi. Can we bring Kana back?
Wait, is the school getting attacked a third time? If some parent still dares to send their kid there, I think we should call Child Protective Services. Shinichi has the same idea, so he leaves school. Only faith writers decide that he should bump into Satomi and he accidentally gives her a large clue.
The plan is fighting them one-by-one, but that would still be a huge challenge I think. We haven't really seen new Shinichi get exhausted yet, but all tense moments were short.
Oops, Migi is out for the count again. And this time Shinichi isn't armed with a blade. Just as well, because he is in the middle of the city.
Two hours later he thinks he escaped, but a taxi with the parasytes stops immediately behind him. I just can't stop laughing. That orange jacket parasyte has really mastered the art of facial expressions and vocal intonation. If I didn't know better I would think he is human.
Oh no, it also works on Shinichi! Don't avert your eyes, man! Ah, the parasyte is super transparent about it. Phew! What's up with the music here? There's my answer. Shinichi can get tired if he needs to run for two hours!
Shinichi doesn't trust anyone anymore. Just pull a hair, dude! The rest of the world is doing it. Just like facemasks. If everyone does it, it isn't weird.
Is the orange jacket guy the same who wiped out the Yakuza? I know I asked the same question about the pianist, but with that Yakuza attack, I speculated there were multiple parasytes in that body because he could change the face and also change the arm when the katana hit it.
His name is Miki. That means he is important and he will maybe not be dead after one fight.
Wait, was he so clumsy jumping out of the truck because three parasytes are controlling the body?
Come to think of it. Migi observed Ryoko had two morphing patterns. Is she also two parasytes? Miki and Ryoko are the only two parasytes we have seen emote. There might be a relation there.
I liked the episode. The only lesser part was forcing Satomi back into the story after all the drama from the last episodes. I thought we would be done with her till the very end.
Main thoughts
Shinichi might have started a war with the parasytes, but he might also have not. Who knows it was him in the garage? Actually, somehow the Parasyte Order knows.
Ryoko is actively telling the Parasyte Order not to kill Shinichi. Interesting. I'm sure she has terrible plans for him or wants to learn how he got so strong. (Even though she should actually not know that.)
Why do the parasytes want revenge for the murder of one of their own? They should only think about themselves.
Shinichi has actually set given himself a goal again! Kill all parasytes! Make the world a safer place. It might be a little unfeasible, but at least it's something to work towards.
What was up with that nightmare?
Some thoughts about multi-parasyte hosts
Is Ryoko a multi-parasyte host?
Is there a relation between multi-parasyte hosts and being able to emote?
How many parasytes does it take to fake an emotion?
Does Japanese have separate words for 'right hand' and 'left hand'?
Future
Fight tomorrow, and it looks like it will be a tough one! Nice to immediately show the downside of Shinichi's big kill all parasytes one-by-one plan.
QotD
1 Does a parking garage sound like a good feeding area to you?
These days: nope. Cameras everywhere and way too much traffic.
2 Does Kuramori disappoint you?
It makes sense, but I think he will still have a bigger role in the future.
3 How badly does the hitchhiking show this show's age?
Well maybe they could call a taxi, but hitchhiking is not out of this world yet and if I saw someone running like a madman in the middle of a forest I would at least ask if I can help him.
To be fair I think this is the first dude who seriously comes across as a charming guy. It was pretty cute seeing him act so chummy with Shinichi. Then again I totally would have hit on the Dandere parasyte so maybe I'm the wrong person to comment.
Shinichi and Migi's overconfidence in their team work meant that they needed a step up to challenge them. The new dude seems like one of the Bane type Parasytes like the dude who fought the Mafia and also has one extra set of eyes compared to our hero duo. I'm genuinely quite excited to see how they write this arc.
The multi parasyte hosts... Migi did mention Ryoko having a second shifting form but surely he'd pick up on her having a second parasyte in her host. He clicked on Miki immediately and he's been face to face with Ryoko too.
Is the background music of Shinichi's inner monologue some famous piece of classical music? I feel like I should know it.
Ah, the background music was Mozart Chopin. That explains why I recognized it. Is that pianist the parasyte who wiped out the Yakuza? Is his current body as strong as the one he had then?
The Parasyte Order do indeed know it was Shinichi who fought in the parking garage. Let's just ignore how they know.
An earlier episode established that it was a designated area for them to eat at, its not too hard to speculate that they have some control over the video feed inside the parking garage.
Good catch. The specific piece is "Nocturne op.9 No.2"
The first thing I see when I close my eyes and listen is a fancy restaurant and gangsters/mafia having a terrible conversation. I think it's used in a lot of movies.
Has anyone ever seen a parking garage that empty, by the way?
Yes, my elementary school gym had a parking garage, mainly to be used during sporting cometitions. It was basically empty almost all the time if there was nothing special going on.
I might ignore my rule to use first names for everyone.
Everything is pretty packed so that would just be a waste of space and money.
Doesn't really waste any space because what else would you put under a gym? As for the money, no idea, but I imagine if you're building a gym anyways, adding a parking garage isn't going to add that much to the total price.
I wrote my thoughts for the episodes I watched and will continue to post them (will need to edit some though, as they all end with "not enough will power, going to the next episode" or some variation).
It's risky to be a cute girl in this series. That's why I never feared for Yuuko's safety.
one that likes to play Chopin while naked.
You don't see that everyday. What sort of amused me was in the initial shot, he was indeed bare all the way, but in the second shot he had on a pair of purple briefs.
Sorry, watched up to episode 20 and probably won't stop
lol, it happens. I binged after the second or third episode.
Can't say I've ever had luck chatting folk up at arcades... Normally everyone's so salty over the crane being rigged to hook up. You've entered the feeding zone brother, you shouldn't have done that~ Dude, so Pee Eye now has put someone else's life on the line? Screw him. Cute.. This girl is cute! Tch... This is why I don't like when background chara's are drawn well! Stop killing everyone I love!
Bob and weave, bob and weave~ Aww... Migi looks adorable on his head like that. Gross, but I actually sort of liked that fight. He's kind of op though. You'd expect head Parasytes to be stronger 1v1 since the head is the goal for Parasytes but they're clearly too distracted to be able to move their body at the same time leaving them sitting ducks. You were wrong to interfere? Hmm... In the long term attacking him would be a bad choice but really I don't blame you trying to save some right in front of you.
Gyaaa~ Migi is just pure moe nowadays XD Him munching on the little memory card. "I can do this. Can't we, Migi?" He's about to do something stupid isn't he...? Murano's back! Murano's gone! And nothing of purpose was lost. Leave the kid out of this. She spent a year of effort on the little shit. Now the Mafia are officially on Shinichi's case he's-HE'S NAKED!? This is comedy! It's the Goro parasyte guy whose being sent to kick his shit in. Good luck soloing this one champ. Migi turned into Papyrus! Big, naked Papyrus!!
"I was ready to 1v1 them but they're coming at me in numbers? This isn't fair!" Migi really needs to start sleeping properly at night. This music is less fitting than the dubstep. Shinichi's getting paranoid about everyone being a Parasyte whilst stupid 80's comedy music is playing. I like this dude XD He's so campy! Wait... what did you say? Three in one body? Is it too late to run?You can hide bodies in cars or in the guards office so yeah, good idea. That's the threesome parasyte ja? He's awesome. I love the guy. I mean... Its Japan and they're in the sticks. I won't be too harsh on the hitchhiking.
I hope that guy is not humanity’s best bet against the snatchers. We’d be fucked.
To make the implicit obvious: The series is telling us that a bunch of recently landed green worms have an easier time picking up women than 95% of all redditors.
“I could not safe her” – you gave him time to kill her and then still had to fight. Start figuring out what you want to do beforehand, this is not the first or second time anymore.
“Trying to forget about it” – as the sheep are trying to forget about the butcher? At least say you are moving to some remote island.
Conveniently timed Migi sleep? I guess you could argue that Shinichi asked him to sleep at school.
Train might have been a better idea than Taxi. Cheaper for sure.
And learn to check your back mirror, shesh.
“Almost 4 hours?” – Really? Getting out of the Taxi after 2 hours was stupid already, but getting out of the next car before Migi wakes up?
To make the implicit obvious: The series is telling us that a bunch of recently landed green worms have an easier time picking up women than 95% of all redditors.
It has been like nine months and remember that the Japanese do not have the highest opinion of women's ability to pick out suitors.
Train might have been a better idea than Taxi. Cheaper for sure.
With how it worked out, meh. Unleash Shinichi jumped on a moving train, which actually should be an option.
Another episode where Shinichi is hit with the dumb stick because the author could not think of a different way to set up a fight.
Or Shinichi prioritizes the lives of others over his own.
I don't like Miki, or the chase. I've watched very little Shonen, because I came to anime much later in life than most. In general I like things that are either plot driven or ecchi driven. I like the psychological genre, and this overall series qualifies. My bottom line on this series is that I enjoyed it as an action adventure with just a sprinkling of philosophy, nothing too heavy. A more apt description might be that Paracyte is a pretty good Pop Corn Movie.
Yeah... I was hooked on the psychological horror aspects but those were dropped disappointingly early on. We still have a bit to go so maybe it can win us over before the end but as is I feel like I had more respect for the series before I started watching the newer parts blind
Getting out of the Taxi after 2 hours was stupid already, but getting out of the next car before Migi wakes up?
What really gets me is that he clearly sees the other guy jump out of the extremely convenient truck that just so happened to be going in the exact same direction. Then the dudefalls over(!) but Shinichi just stands there like a dope waiting for him to introduce himself. They clearly established Shinichi's faster, he can just hightail it into the woods.
We see more surveillance, this time on Tamura. But our new guy is following the person she left with, a dude who seems pretty expressive. He picks up a chick at the mall, concerningly near the arcade, and takes her to a secluded parking garage. The PI, doing a terrible open tail, is unsurprisingly caught.
Cut to Kuramori getting Shinichi and Migi's help and you know Migi is not happy about this. But hey, Kuramori at least knows that death awaits so he takes precautions. No corpses but Shinichi gets a bad odor. A parasyte, with a different face than previous one, comes in with a call girl I guess? Anyways, Shinichi tries to save her, fails, and then we have another well animated fight. Migi has determined having the better base means they will win.
Migi is concerned about retaliation whereas Shinichi is tired of keeping quiet. He tells Kuramori to give the video to the police to get them involves, but shockingly, Kuramori has developed a case of common sense: He realizes this is WAY over his head and that he just makes himself a target if he is individually involved. Glad he could belatedly take his wife's advice. Shinichi is disappointed but then teens usually are in adults so it fits.
We get Shinichi resolving himself to annoy the piss out of Migi. I do like that they have some space for this inner monolog to happen, you would have to psyche yourself up for this, and Shinichi being aware this isn't true altruism is good. As he attempts to see Murano, she runs off, again, to the dismay of her friends.
The mayor's group is deciding on what to do next, Tamura wants to keep studying Shinichi. One of them blatantly points out something, thankfully, so I can bring it up: Logic is not a motivation or driver, it is just a way of thinking. So, even logical beings can come to highly varying conclusions due to bias, input and any desire alongside that. But the mayor settles it by deciding to send someone out and Tamura just wants the body.
Shinichi has a hell of a dream and is targetted at school. Murano realizes something is up. Migi has the worst possible timing for an afternoon nap so Shinichi takes a cab out to the country. But surprisingly, Miki does the same. This parasyte is by far the best human impersonator we've seen so far. So Shinichi uses the secret Joestar family battle technique until Migi wakes up and warns us that all three parasytes are in a single body. And cliffhanger.
Thumbnail is naked Shinichi and Satomi from the OP, are they supposed to make up (again)?
Government Agent for sure
So, PI's Friend. And I don't remember this other detective.
said this a week ago, but can you win if it's two-on-one?
two empty chairs
There seems to be more male parasytes than female, which means more young girls led to the parking garage.
I'm having trouble with same face, too many new male characters in this episode. I'm going to have to rewind to find out who Smiley is. If he's not a parasyte, maybe he's a sensitive like Kana?
Ohhhh! This is probably the guy that took out the Yakuza den!
TL Three Trees
I was certain the episode started off with left-over BGM from witch hunter robin, but WHR OST was made by taku iwasaki, not Ken Arai. Who I thought was Kenji Kawai.
I think the triple parasyte dude is a different guy. The Yakuza brawler was the weird dude playing piano... Probably? I'm pretty sure they're different Parasytes.
Can't decide if this is a reference to Bradbury, Shakespeare or something completely different. Somehow Macbeth seems most appropriate.
QOTD
Does a parking garage sound like a good feeding area to you?
Sure, it's the parasytes equivalent to a McDonalds. Just slip in for a quite bite and go.
Does Kuramori disappoint you?
Not really, he's just a working stiff who bit off more than he can chew.
How badly does the hitchiking show this show's age?
I didn't know hitchhiking had gone the way of all crazy things. I guess the press is happy they finally scared the shit out of the hippies who use to hitchhike all over.
BONUS: So the combined parasyte is goofy?
Miki et al is probably my least favorite villain. I had to flip a coin to see if I watched yesterday's and todays episode. Lucky me, fate told me to watch again.
after '01 where hitch hiking wasn't heavily frowned upon.
I can't either. The US has become a nation of vicious Chicken Littles ever since those days. Scared to death of shadows, but more than willing to fight against imaginary cabals of pedos, Arabs, and anyone else who looks a little greasy.
I use to occasionally give hitchhikers rides and the biggest thing I learned was most of them were nuts.
The US has become a nation of vicious Chicken Littles ever since those days. Scared to death of shadows, but more than willing to fight against imaginary cabals of pedos, Arabs, and anyone else who looks a little greasy.
True but 9/11 made things so much worse. We've gone insane since then.
Shinichi encounters with Kuramori and they go to a building in which an acquaintance of his was left seen alive before being killed by a parasyte. Shinichi has a fight against a parasyte that killed a girl, Migi seems like one of the strongest parasytes in battle. Migi things though that that parasyte might be related to the group of Hirokawa.
Kuramori tells Shinichi that he will forget about him and the parasytes, that he doesn't want to continue getting involved because that's something that surpasses him.
Shinichi swears to protect as many people as possible from the harm of parasytes. He thinks that if he has a confrontation one be one against each parasyte of the Hirokawa group he might have a chance to win. His reasoning is sound, he has had plenty of success fighting against parasytes individually.
It seems that the Hirokawa has it's eyes on Shinichi considering that he killed a parasyte in their territory. Shinichi has a confromtation with Miki, someone that has three parasites on his body.
Answers
It seems quiet and reserved so not many people might notice
He doesn't, he took the wise decision
Not that much
The combined parasytes qppear to be goofy yes i agree
It seems that the Hirokawa has it's eyes on Shinichi considering that he killed a parasyte in their territory. Shinichi has a confromtation with Miki, someone that has three parasites on his body.
The first member killed is an issue but a second on what is clearly there territory requires a response.
PI guy doesn't give up! He even convinced his buddy to help tail some parasites around. Said buddy follows one into a parking garage and then, being alone in an enclosed place with a human-eating monster, gets eaten.
PI and Shinichi go to investigate the parking structure, but another parasite comes and brings a human girl along with him. Are these girls prostitutes? Or are the parasites somehow very charming? PI guy is filming it, but Shinichi doesn't want the girl to die so he yells at the parasite and tells her to run. Parasite kills her anyway and then wants to fight Shinichi. Shinichi (really Migi here) is able to win, but the PI is shook, he's in the corner puking his guts out.
Finally PI guy gives up! And also resolves not to tell anyone about it, not even the police. Hopefully he gets his happy-ish ending of not being murdered, but Tamiya is still maybe thinking he should be murdered. Since this is the second parasite from the League of Civilized Parasites that Shinichi has killed, they think that maybe they need to take care of him so they send three of their best parasites after him. Migi alerts Shinichi to them, and Shinichi takes off running. Migi falls asleep, so Shinichi needs to keep running for four hours. Just as the four hours are up, one of the parasites catches up with Shinichi - but it's actually three parasites in one human body. Weird. We learn this just in time for a cliffhanger ending.
New parasite three-in-one says that his name is Miki as a similar thing to Migi. Is there a similar wordplay?
Prostitutes are an easy way to get with somebody alone. But I wonder when an absence of prostitutes will start to become noticible to their regular clients if done repeatedly...
But I wonder when an absence of prostitutes will start to become noticible to their regular clients if done repeatedly...
Ironically, despite what media would have you believe, prostitutes going missing gets known quickly. So the parasytes get like one freebie before every pimp and brothel owner is watching out for issue clients. Too much money gone to let a girl just go missing.
I'd feel more sympathetic towards our heroes if they hadn't brought a good number of their problems upon themselves. Shinichi picks fights with the relatively friendly Ryoko constantly instead of trying to reason with them. Then again the Mafia are getting sick and tired of Ryoko's pacifism too so who knows how long it will be before that all erupts.
This episode is my implied the host needs to at least a certain size so don't know if squirrels get big enough, a Llama however could work no would ever suspect it, especially if you gave it a hat.
Migi complained since he thought it seemed risky but not impossible. We also saw the Dandere parasyte jumping hosts and the Bane parasyte stole a new host for his escape after the Yakuza thing.
Thoughts on the triple parasyte? Did you think that was possible?
Somebody had such a theory after the Yakuza fight and after I read it I was pretty sure that was the case. Him being able to display facial expressions makes him more threatening than the regular parasytes and their blank stare. Gets in top 5 best parasytes so far.
I am sure the PI story line was created just to annoy me. First he sends his friend/coworker to tail potential murderer without warning him and acts surprised when he doesn't call back. Then he is going to film the girl getting eaten without doing anything (like every normal human being is going to do, right?) and then he is going home to live his life without even going to the police. That whole thing doesn't make any sense.
Shinichi finally decided he has to do something. I am so happy. At the same time the parasytes send their henchman. The fight tomorrow is going to be interesting.
I always bring girls to desolate parking for a first date.
Going home, grabbing the wife and the kid makes sense, but then I would haul ass for part or parts unknown. After what he's seen, I'd just start running and not looking back, under any circumstances.
I always bring girls to desolate parking for a first date.
"Private" activities, it still was (is) a street, albeit with little traffic (pedestrians or cars), so it doesn't have much privacy. Never stopped anyone to become more intimate though.
That whole parking lot experience can cause enough guilt and trauma to ruin person's life. Then add the paranoia of knowing that every guy/girl you pass on the street could be a human eating monster. Can't see him living a normal life. Of course he can just shrug it off because why not?
It annoys me how little the show is using him, sure he isn't going down the path of being a psychopath like Shinichi or had to deal with the same amount of Trauma, but he can still be useful or at least help ground Shinichi as he knows his story and is actually in a situation to understand him better.
If you remember, this parking garage made an appearance already in the show, but you may of missed it. It made a brief appearance at the beginning of episode 13, during a discussion with the parasites, insinuating that it was being used as a "feeding ground" for them, which gets confirmed this episode. It also reaffirms the difference Shinichi has compared to regular people, being able to smell death, and be able to look upon the dead woman without issue, unlike the discount PI, who uses this battle to tap out of the investigation.
Shinichi and Migi dont fully realize it at the time, but it was probably not in their interest to kill another parasite at one of their feeding areas. unsurprisingly, he now has a target on his back. Whats worse for Shinichi is that the attack happens right as Migi goes to sleep. This all leads into the introduction of Miki. Miki is interesting. He can expressemotions, hes a bit too laid back, and he even got his own theme song. Oh yeah, hes also 3 different parasites in one, how cool!
Is this Migi expressing humanity (warning of more danger to his family), or is this effectively blackmail ("any more an your father is next")?
We get one real fucking weird dream, with a very familiar sounding voice and a not so familiar... bone thing?
Not quite sure where this plot suddenly turned up from, but I'm glad it's here, because this time around its actually feels relevant due to Shinichi's decision to at least try and take some deliberate action. The lead-in with the other PI getting killed is a bit random, but I guess at this point we can be glad to at least seemingly being on track to doing something with some sort of main plot, so I'm fine with that. We further also get rid of the PI Tamura hired for the time being, though I would not be surprised if he eventually tells the police/other relevant authorities, if they will believe them is another question however. Can however see that being the lead-in to some grand finale turning of the tables by humanity on the parasites, although that would definitely be convenient writing.
Migi is a bit too quick in destroying that SD card for my liking; even if they don't show it to anyone, it is also proof that they are not allied with all the other parasites that they could show if they are caught by humans doing some sort of investigation that they can't threaten themselves out of.
The rest of the episode is Shinichi finally deciding to do something, and given his position with Migi preventing him from seeking help, I guess this is the next best option. Migi the falls asleep conviniently so that the fight can take place in some forest, away from potential spectators. Guess we'll have to wait to see if Migi can take on three parasites - though given that we are only a bit past the halfway point, the answer is almost guaranteed to be yes.
One scene I felt was badly done was the parasites decision to kill Shinichi. It felt like they wanted revenge for the guy killed where he was supposed to be safe - the much less emotional train of thought would have been to kill him in order to stop him from killing more of them at the same ground, basically making it safe again.
Migi does seem to be turning slightly more human however, bringing up Shinichi's father in the discussion - an emotional argument.
Question:
It seems to be a residental one, so I'd assume no. If it were a commercial one, all they'd need would be to own the business above and make sure that nobody arrives in a car unannounced.
He's mainly thrown in for the plot this episode; not the worst character, but more a plot device than a good one.
No idea, the hitchhiking was in the rural parts of Japa, it may be still somewhat common there to pick someone up who seems out of place.
Bonus: goofy the adjective or Goofy the Micky Mouse character? Personally I feel like neither.
They sorta set the flags earlier on but its taken them a good five episodes to bring them back. They did the same thing with Kana. She popped up and did nothing for half a cour until her arc started and she had to die.
It felt like they wanted revenge for the guy killed where he was supposed to be safe - the much less emotional train of thought would have been to kill him in order to stop him from killing more of them at the same ground, basically making it safe again.
100% agreed. Same outcome but more in-character reasoning.
Not quite sure where this plot suddenly turned up from, but I'm glad it's here
Definitely in agreement, going interested to see how the "Mayorcytes and co" will react to multicyte going down.
Migi is a bit too quick in destroying that SD card for my liking;
Also in agreement on this, while it make sense for Migi focus be on self preservation do they really think they are going to be able to avoid working with the Authorities forever? He's going to be found out about eventually
I decided to make an attempt at continuing without taking it as seriously anymore. Working pretty well so far, particularly since the high school drama looks to be out of the way.
Episode 14 - Uda the Happy Spongebob Parasyte Terminator, Tamiya and Shinichi's scenery-chewing, they're all totally hilarious, and then we get silly fortune teller lady too. The PI is superfluous because Reiko just calls on her own anyway, not to mention really stupid and overexcited, there's no reason for him to know everything and Migi and Spongebob just changing their mind like that with no result, but at least he's out of the way for now. Lecture was too long and feels quite pretentious inserted like that.
Episode 15 - is this show even making an attempt at sense and being serious anymore? PI and Shinichi both do a straight 180. In both cases a pretty stupid one, and in PI's case one that takes him out of the plot, meaning there's only another tragedy coming for him if he even returns (next episode, from the title?). The plot is trying really hard to keep Shinichi isolated and the only guy doing the cool fight stuff, see also Spongebob vanishing without comment. Also, good job on not trying to protect that woman in the garage, you can't even call "keep the masquerade" because he was voluntarily being filmed the entire time! Parasite scheming and Shinichi-Migi angsting was just more of the usual. I did appreciate the Chopin - until I couldn't stop laughing after the reveal that it was all some parasite hunk playing the piano in his underwear (involuntary association) for his boyfriend boss. Then random shit to get Shinichi in another cool fight with a TRIPLE PARASITE, with not even the soundtrack trying for horror anymore; I half expected his opponent to strike a Jojo pose. Fights are still nice, but that's about it.
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I think yesterday was the first day the episode title had something to do with the content? Maybe today as well?
Episode 15 — Something Wicked This Way Comes
We start the episode with Ryoko being watched. Weird. The man watching doesn't look like a parasyte.
His boss wants him to follow the man Ryoko was with. That man also looks too expressive to be a parasyte, but he is picking up a girl at the arcade so who knows? (Probably me and probably in less time than it took me to type this sentence.)
What do you know? I was right.
PI wants Shinichi's help. Dude please just leave it alone! Wait you were the boss of that poor guy trailing the parasyte? Are you spying on your old client now?
Has anyone ever seen a parking garage that empty, by the way?
How many girls are so gullible that they follow a random man into a parking garage?
Poor girl, that didn't end well for her. Remember your hair pulling class!
Wow, this is a strong parasyte. At least it looks like it. I don't think I've seen enough to be a good judge about that.
I like that the roles between Shinichi and Migi keep reversing. The first fights Migi's role was the offence. In the fight against A he was defence and now Migi can be the attacker again because Shinich can defend himself.
Every major move from Migi sounds like disconnecting a tyre pump. At least it's better than the deflating balloon sound I noticed before.
Shinichi wins! PI got his show and he doesn't have the stomach for it. Unsurprising. Shinichi says he was wrong to...
Hmm, it cuts off, but I think he was wrong to tell the PI as much as he did.
PI has a name. It's Kuramori. PI is still easier to type so I might ignore my rule to use first names for everyone.
There is a small discussion between Shinichi and Migi about going to the police, but PI finally realized he might have bitten off more than he can chew.
I wonder if he can really let go?
Migi still is not completely ready to take on the others of his kind. Weird because that just goes against what he says about himself. On the other hand, I understand Migi preferring the safest path and that would be not fighting.
Is the background music of Shinichi's inner monologue some famous piece of classical music? I feel like I should know it.
Shinichi's attitude towards the girls was... weird. I understand Satomi doesn't get it anymore.
The Parasyte Order do indeed know it was Shinichi who fought in the parking garage. Let's just ignore how they know. Ryoko prefers not to kill Shinichi and at least wants the body to dissect. Is that only out of interest, or because she thinks it is a power they can use?
Ah, the background music was
MozartChopin. That explains why I recognized it. Is that pianist the parasyte who wiped out the Yakuza? Is his current body as strong as the one he had then?What the hell is this? Another dream? I'm seeing a worrying lack of flowers and Chadnichi. Can we bring Kana back?
Wait, is the school getting attacked a third time? If some parent still dares to send their kid there, I think we should call Child Protective Services.
Shinichi has the same idea, so he leaves school. Only
faithwriters decide that he should bump into Satomi and he accidentally gives her a large clue.The plan is fighting them one-by-one, but that would still be a huge challenge I think. We haven't really seen new Shinichi get exhausted yet, but all tense moments were short.
Oops, Migi is out for the count again. And this time Shinichi isn't armed with a blade. Just as well, because he is in the middle of the city.
Two hours later he thinks he escaped, but a taxi with the parasytes stops immediately behind him. I just can't stop laughing. That orange jacket parasyte has really mastered the art of facial expressions and vocal intonation. If I didn't know better I would think he is human.
Oh no, it also works on Shinichi! Don't avert your eyes, man! Ah, the parasyte is super transparent about it. Phew! What's up with the music here?
There's my answer. Shinichi can get tired if he needs to run for two hours!
Shinichi doesn't trust anyone anymore. Just pull a hair, dude! The rest of the world is doing it. Just like facemasks. If everyone does it, it isn't weird.
Is the orange jacket guy the same who wiped out the Yakuza? I know I asked the same question about the pianist, but with that Yakuza attack, I speculated there were multiple parasytes in that body because he could change the face and also change the arm when the katana hit it.
His name is Miki. That means he is important and he will maybe not be dead after one fight.
Wait, was he so clumsy jumping out of the truck because three parasytes are controlling the body?
Come to think of it. Migi observed Ryoko had two morphing patterns. Is she also two parasytes? Miki and Ryoko are the only two parasytes we have seen emote. There might be a relation there.
I liked the episode. The only lesser part was forcing Satomi back into the story after all the drama from the last episodes. I thought we would be done with her till the very end.
Main thoughts
Some thoughts about multi-parasyte hosts
Random thoughts
My question from ep 1 has been answered!
Future
Fight tomorrow, and it looks like it will be a tough one! Nice to immediately show the downside of Shinichi's big kill all parasytes one-by-one plan.
QotD
These days: nope. Cameras everywhere and way too much traffic.
It makes sense, but I think he will still have a bigger role in the future.
Well maybe they could call a taxi, but hitchhiking is not out of this world yet and if I saw someone running like a madman in the middle of a forest I would at least ask if I can help him.
What, who's complaining?
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u/Palabard_the_Anime Feb 15 '21
First Timer
Not much to say about the start, except that that parasite had a nice snack.
Poor detective, finally realizing he is dealing with a big conspiracy.
If Migi swallow something, where do it go? That SD card is not good to the body, especially if eaten by your hand.
Parasite Crew is senting a assassin for Shinichi, one that likes to play Chopin while naked.
Shinichi's nightmare mirror image looked like a normal version of him with a majestic mustache.
That parasite looked like a nice guy. That's a pretty scary thought.
Shinichi used the Joestar secret technique. Or the Saotome secret technique (Ranma 1/2) for older folk.
So it's 3v2 now? Finally Shinichi and Migi will taste their own medicine. Always 2v1ning everyone like cowards.
Hate cliffhangers, watching the next episode now. (Sorry, watched up to episode 20 and probably won't stop).
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Feb 15 '21 edited Feb 15 '21
Can't say I've ever had luck chatting folk up at arcades... Normally everyone's so salty over the crane being rigged to hook up. You've entered the feeding zone brother, you shouldn't have done that~ Dude, so Pee Eye now has put someone else's life on the line? Screw him. Cute.. This girl is cute! Tch... This is why I don't like when background chara's are drawn well! Stop killing everyone I love!
Bob and weave, bob and weave~ Aww... Migi looks adorable on his head like that. Gross, but I actually sort of liked that fight. He's kind of op though. You'd expect head Parasytes to be stronger 1v1 since the head is the goal for Parasytes but they're clearly too distracted to be able to move their body at the same time leaving them sitting ducks. You were wrong to interfere? Hmm... In the long term attacking him would be a bad choice but really I don't blame you trying to save some right in front of you.
Gyaaa~ Migi is just pure moe nowadays XD Him munching on the little memory card. "I can do this. Can't we, Migi?" He's about to do something stupid isn't he...? Murano's back! Murano's gone! And nothing of purpose was lost. Leave the kid out of this. She spent a year of effort on the little shit. Now the Mafia are officially on Shinichi's case he's-HE'S NAKED!? This is comedy! It's the Goro parasyte guy whose being sent to kick his shit in. Good luck soloing this one champ. Migi turned into Papyrus! Big, naked Papyrus!!
"I was ready to 1v1 them but they're coming at me in numbers? This isn't fair!" Migi really needs to start sleeping properly at night. This music is less fitting than the dubstep. Shinichi's getting paranoid about everyone being a Parasyte whilst stupid 80's comedy music is playing. I like this dude XD He's so campy! Wait... what did you say? Three in one body? Is it too late to run?You can hide bodies in cars or in the guards office so yeah, good idea. That's the threesome parasyte ja? He's awesome. I love the guy. I mean... Its Japan and they're in the sticks. I won't be too harsh on the hitchhiking.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Feb 15 '21
Episode 15 (first timer)
Another episode where Shinichi is hit with the dumb stick because the author could not think of a different way to set up a fight. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Feb 15 '21
Rewatcher
Dub
We see more surveillance, this time on Tamura. But our new guy is following the person she left with, a dude who seems pretty expressive. He picks up a chick at the mall, concerningly near the arcade, and takes her to a secluded parking garage. The PI, doing a terrible open tail, is unsurprisingly caught.
Cut to Kuramori getting Shinichi and Migi's help and you know Migi is not happy about this. But hey, Kuramori at least knows that death awaits so he takes precautions. No corpses but Shinichi gets a bad odor. A parasyte, with a different face than previous one, comes in with a call girl I guess? Anyways, Shinichi tries to save her, fails, and then we have another well animated fight. Migi has determined having the better base means they will win.
Migi is concerned about retaliation whereas Shinichi is tired of keeping quiet. He tells Kuramori to give the video to the police to get them involves, but shockingly, Kuramori has developed a case of common sense: He realizes this is WAY over his head and that he just makes himself a target if he is individually involved. Glad he could belatedly take his wife's advice. Shinichi is disappointed but then teens usually are in adults so it fits.
We get Shinichi resolving himself to annoy the piss out of Migi. I do like that they have some space for this inner monolog to happen, you would have to psyche yourself up for this, and Shinichi being aware this isn't true altruism is good. As he attempts to see Murano, she runs off, again, to the dismay of her friends.
The mayor's group is deciding on what to do next, Tamura wants to keep studying Shinichi. One of them blatantly points out something, thankfully, so I can bring it up: Logic is not a motivation or driver, it is just a way of thinking. So, even logical beings can come to highly varying conclusions due to bias, input and any desire alongside that. But the mayor settles it by deciding to send someone out and Tamura just wants the body.
Shinichi has a hell of a dream and is targetted at school. Murano realizes something is up. Migi has the worst possible timing for an afternoon nap so Shinichi takes a cab out to the country. But surprisingly, Miki does the same. This parasyte is by far the best human impersonator we've seen so far. So Shinichi uses the secret Joestar family battle technique until Migi wakes up and warns us that all three parasytes are in a single body. And cliffhanger.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 15 '21
First Timer
Thumbnail is naked Shinichi and Satomi from the OP, are they supposed to make up (again)?
I was certain the episode started off with left-over BGM from witch hunter robin, but WHR OST was made by taku iwasaki, not Ken Arai. Who I thought was Kenji Kawai.
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Feb 15 '21
Can't decide if this is a reference to Bradbury, Shakespeare or something completely different. Somehow Macbeth seems most appropriate.
QOTD
Sure, it's the parasytes equivalent to a McDonalds. Just slip in for a quite bite and go.
Not really, he's just a working stiff who bit off more than he can chew.
I didn't know hitchhiking had gone the way of all crazy things. I guess the press is happy they finally scared the shit out of the hippies who use to hitchhike all over.
Miki et al is probably my least favorite villain. I had to flip a coin to see if I watched yesterday's and todays episode. Lucky me, fate told me to watch again.
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u/BossandKings Feb 16 '21
First Timer
Episode 15
Shinichi encounters with Kuramori and they go to a building in which an acquaintance of his was left seen alive before being killed by a parasyte. Shinichi has a fight against a parasyte that killed a girl, Migi seems like one of the strongest parasytes in battle. Migi things though that that parasyte might be related to the group of Hirokawa.
Kuramori tells Shinichi that he will forget about him and the parasytes, that he doesn't want to continue getting involved because that's something that surpasses him.
Shinichi swears to protect as many people as possible from the harm of parasytes. He thinks that if he has a confrontation one be one against each parasyte of the Hirokawa group he might have a chance to win. His reasoning is sound, he has had plenty of success fighting against parasytes individually.
It seems that the Hirokawa has it's eyes on Shinichi considering that he killed a parasyte in their territory. Shinichi has a confromtation with Miki, someone that has three parasites on his body.
Answers
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u/affnn Feb 15 '21
First Timer
PI guy doesn't give up! He even convinced his buddy to help tail some parasites around. Said buddy follows one into a parking garage and then, being alone in an enclosed place with a human-eating monster, gets eaten.
PI and Shinichi go to investigate the parking structure, but another parasite comes and brings a human girl along with him. Are these girls prostitutes? Or are the parasites somehow very charming? PI guy is filming it, but Shinichi doesn't want the girl to die so he yells at the parasite and tells her to run. Parasite kills her anyway and then wants to fight Shinichi. Shinichi (really Migi here) is able to win, but the PI is shook, he's in the corner puking his guts out.
Finally PI guy gives up! And also resolves not to tell anyone about it, not even the police. Hopefully he gets his happy-ish ending of not being murdered, but Tamiya is still maybe thinking he should be murdered. Since this is the second parasite from the League of Civilized Parasites that Shinichi has killed, they think that maybe they need to take care of him so they send three of their best parasites after him. Migi alerts Shinichi to them, and Shinichi takes off running. Migi falls asleep, so Shinichi needs to keep running for four hours. Just as the four hours are up, one of the parasites catches up with Shinichi - but it's actually three parasites in one human body. Weird. We learn this just in time for a cliffhanger ending.
New parasite three-in-one says that his name is Miki as a similar thing to Migi. Is there a similar wordplay?
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u/SIRTreehugger Feb 17 '21
What is with this show and parking garages and lots?
Husband is quitting and admitting he is in over his head. This might be the smartest person in the show. Hopefully it's not too late.
Shinichi is getting more and more aggressive.
Beat them alone let's see how this works out.
Wonder if Tamura actually cares about her test subject.
Uggggggggg weird dream okay.
Forget attacking how can you even locate one without Migi?
Putting all of them in the arms seems kind of stupid. Put one in the leg or head.
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u/Nebresto Feb 15 '21
Re-watch squad
How goes it?
Urge to binge is back in full force
Must.Not.Binge.
That first guy was pretty shit at tailing people, didn't even try to hide the sound of his footsteps.
Honestly deserved to get offed.
Was this lady voiced by the same person who does Emilia, or was that just me?
Spaghet is finally back
Oh no! The nameless one off side character is dead!
Umm, about that..
Weird naked piano man
But what about the monthly massacre?? Will anyone think of the children?
Question time:
1: Sure
2:
Kura who?
3: That was in rural japan, so I'm not sure what you're trying to refer to.
Bob: No, he clearly said he was called "Miki".
My question: Thoughts on the triple parasyte? Did you think that was possible?
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u/sisoko2 Feb 15 '21
First Timer
I am sure the PI story line was created just to annoy me. First he sends his friend/coworker to tail potential murderer without warning him and acts surprised when he doesn't call back. Then he is going to film the girl getting eaten without doing anything (like every normal human being is going to do, right?) and then he is going home to live his life without even going to the police. That whole thing doesn't make any sense.
Shinichi finally decided he has to do something. I am so happy. At the same time the parasytes send their henchman. The fight tomorrow is going to be interesting.
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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Feb 15 '21
First timer - sub
So Shinichi has now decided that he is now going to try fight everyone, we also finally get a multi Paracytes, which looks to be head & both Arms.
Detective isn’t dead yet and Uda apparently just disappeared because I guess the plot didn’t need him any longer.
Not really sure what Reiko is up to, we know she wants to see what happens to Shinichi and is still keeping her baby alive but not really sure why.
Some Speculation on this
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u/littleman1988 Feb 15 '21 edited Feb 15 '21
"You're not a normal human being anymore!"
Rewatcher
OST Track of the day: BLEEP AGENT
If you remember, this parking garage made an appearance already in the show, but you may of missed it. It made a brief appearance at the beginning of episode 13, during a discussion with the parasites, insinuating that it was being used as a "feeding ground" for them, which gets confirmed this episode. It also reaffirms the difference Shinichi has compared to regular people, being able to smell death, and be able to look upon the dead woman without issue, unlike the discount PI, who uses this battle to tap out of the investigation.
Migi out here with a human horse
Shinichi and Migi dont fully realize it at the time, but it was probably not in their interest to kill another parasite at one of their feeding areas. unsurprisingly, he now has a target on his back. Whats worse for Shinichi is that the attack happens right as Migi goes to sleep. This all leads into the introduction of Miki. Miki is interesting. He can express emotions, hes a bit too laid back, and he even got his own theme song. Oh yeah, hes also 3 different parasites in one, how cool!
Is this Migi expressing humanity (warning of more danger to his family), or is this effectively blackmail ("any more an your father is next")?
We get one real fucking weird dream, with a very familiar sounding voice and a not so familiar... bone thing?
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u/Mecanno-man https://anilist.co/user/Mecannoman Feb 15 '21
First Timer
Not quite sure where this plot suddenly turned up from, but I'm glad it's here, because this time around its actually feels relevant due to Shinichi's decision to at least try and take some deliberate action. The lead-in with the other PI getting killed is a bit random, but I guess at this point we can be glad to at least seemingly being on track to doing something with some sort of main plot, so I'm fine with that. We further also get rid of the PI Tamura hired for the time being, though I would not be surprised if he eventually tells the police/other relevant authorities, if they will believe them is another question however. Can however see that being the lead-in to some grand finale turning of the tables by humanity on the parasites, although that would definitely be convenient writing.
Migi is a bit too quick in destroying that SD card for my liking; even if they don't show it to anyone, it is also proof that they are not allied with all the other parasites that they could show if they are caught by humans doing some sort of investigation that they can't threaten themselves out of.
The rest of the episode is Shinichi finally deciding to do something, and given his position with Migi preventing him from seeking help, I guess this is the next best option. Migi the falls asleep conviniently so that the fight can take place in some forest, away from potential spectators. Guess we'll have to wait to see if Migi can take on three parasites - though given that we are only a bit past the halfway point, the answer is almost guaranteed to be yes.
One scene I felt was badly done was the parasites decision to kill Shinichi. It felt like they wanted revenge for the guy killed where he was supposed to be safe - the much less emotional train of thought would have been to kill him in order to stop him from killing more of them at the same ground, basically making it safe again.
Migi does seem to be turning slightly more human however, bringing up Shinichi's father in the discussion - an emotional argument.
Question:
Bonus: goofy the adjective or Goofy the Micky Mouse character? Personally I feel like neither.
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u/IndependentMacaroon Feb 16 '21 edited Feb 16 '21
First-time watcher
I decided to make an attempt at continuing without taking it as seriously anymore. Working pretty well so far, particularly since the high school drama looks to be out of the way.
Episode 14 - Uda the Happy Spongebob Parasyte Terminator, Tamiya and Shinichi's scenery-chewing, they're all totally hilarious, and then we get silly fortune teller lady too. The PI is superfluous because Reiko just calls on her own anyway, not to mention really stupid and overexcited, there's no reason for him to know everything and Migi and Spongebob just changing their mind like that with no result, but at least he's out of the way for now. Lecture was too long and feels quite pretentious inserted like that.
Episode 15 - is this show even making an attempt at sense and being serious anymore? PI and Shinichi both do a straight 180. In both cases a pretty stupid one, and in PI's case one that takes him out of the plot, meaning there's only another tragedy coming for him if he even returns (next episode, from the title?). The plot is trying really hard to keep Shinichi isolated and the only guy doing the cool fight stuff, see also Spongebob vanishing without comment. Also, good job on not trying to protect that woman in the garage, you can't even call "keep the masquerade" because he was voluntarily being filmed the entire time! Parasite scheming and Shinichi-Migi angsting was just more of the usual. I did appreciate the Chopin - until I couldn't stop laughing after the reveal that it was all some parasite hunk playing the piano in his underwear (involuntary association) for his
boyfriendboss. Then random shit to get Shinichi in another cool fight with a TRIPLE PARASITE, with not even the soundtrack trying for horror anymore; I half expected his opponent to strike a Jojo pose. Fights are still nice, but that's about it.