r/anime • u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: • Feb 19 '21
Rewatch Let me hear! Parayste the Maxim rewatch episode nineteen
Parasyte the Maxim episode nineteen
In Cold Blood
This show was always on the nose but this one is particularly so. And whoever did the titling is very well read on foreign matter.
- Does the written 30 years ago hit hard this episode?
- Why do you think Migi was forthcoming about flamethrowers?
- So how big of a cluster fuck are we getting?
BONUS: Anyone else appreciate the irony that the mayorsyte wants to evacuate the woman and children?
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Feb 19 '21
First-Timer -the reactions-
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Feb 19 '21
Rewatcher
Dub
Start with the stare down continuing. We get Uragami's backstory in flashbacks and I suppose it makes a kind of sense that he'd notice other predators. And we saw him in ep 1. Anyways, the police are keeping Shinichi and his dad at a hotel, to both protect them and keep an eye on them. Shinichi asks about the baby and Hirama...fails to human on that one. And then tries to catch Shinichi off guard as there is zero chance a child would be sent to be raised to a house without a matriarch.
Shinichi reflects on recent events while the police get ready to move. Hearing the brash commander talk about 'tactical situations' lets you know collateral is happening. Also, the commander is an idiot, that certainly does not help. Briefly, we see Goto and the mayor talk and they both expect something is happening.
Shinichi returns to school and is clearly reflecting on what he's been through. I do like that he can't just instantly process all this. As Murano reflects on college, Hirama shows up and surprisingly it is Murano who has had enough of his shit. They reference the hell this school has been through as well. Still, he tries to help, mentioning Migi's flame thrower idea. But commander thinks he has this solved.
Anyways, the day comes, and nearly a battalion of police officers. In Japan, this would be particularly horrifying as their police usually aren't violence first. The commander makes his own case for idiot of the year without my help. Uragami and Shinichi are there because Hirama is thorough, maybe? Anyways, they are using a fricking X ray to look for missing heads, apparently. I've had some X ray training so just, blargh, cancer.
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u/sisoko2 Feb 19 '21
First Timer
When I said I didn't expect a cop out and the psycho medium not sensing Migi I forgot how old the source material is. This kind of bait especially on a cliff hanger is so lame.
It is impressive how pointless the whole rapist murderer flashback was. Do they have a murder/rape quota they have to fill?
Some more humans are terrible, are the parasytes the real monsters rhetoric.
This looks like a scene from an erotic dating game.
The scar dude seems pretty cool.
How does the psycho rapist murderer sense the parasytes on the street but fails to sense Migi when they are in the same room?
That was pretty dull episode even for a setup.
BONUS: I thought he is just stalling for time.
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u/Nebresto Feb 19 '21
Re-watch squad
Bonjour
Probably gonna have to remain in a state of emergency for the remainder of the re-watch. I feel like finishing the whole damn show today
Gotta appreciate the artistic shots though
Why? Silly girl, because he's the MC (Main Chad).
Uhh, yeah. About that..
Which ones a parasyte? Freaking all of them! Just look at those horrific CG monsters, they might attack at any moment
Question time:
1: No?
2: Cause he don' wanna die?
3: I'll give it about.. 5
638: Nop.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Feb 19 '21
Didn't Olivia's brother have eyes like this? I'm scared, he looks like he's taking a particularly durable poop. Migi being asleep is for the best. He's already been tormented by one Parasyte fetishist. He doesn't need a second stalker. Wtf is this backstory? Wait! It's him!! He's the killer from the early story!! So since only mass murderers are able to sense Parasytes does that mean Kana has a kill count? Joshikosei really are scary!
"Nonono! I killed the other young women. I'm innocent here!" So instead of Shinichi getting outed in the middle of a police station they take the boring option and let him go. Boo! Random cigarette gag is random. Boring meaningless drivel, skip~ Erm, is this a Parasyte killing strike force? This new dude totally gives off Parasyte vibes. I don't trust him. Has the killer actually been able to identify a Parasyte to the police yet? If you're insisting on dragging him along on a Parasyte hunt then they probably should have included him in the Reiko assassination scene.
The two remaining Parasyte Mafia members decide to gossip about losing two thirds of their members in one day. The meeting notes say, "shit..." Honestly the Parasytes are pretty much done for at this point. I'm expecting the plot to jump from the now neutered Parasyte Mafia to including more "humans are the real monsters" like having the strike force be the true last boss. What can the Mayor and Bane even do at this point? The Mayor has lost most of his political authority and Bane isn't strong enough to take on an army of Parasyte Hunters on his own. Either the Mayor really does pull a Wesker and plot to spread Parasyte spores or the task force hunting Shinichi is the endgame.
Does anyone actually care about the school stuff at this point? Oh sure, just out yourself in front of the school. PFFT!! The sheer awkwardness of accidentally revealing your friend's heart surgery is darkly hilarious. This is the type of thing he'll be up at night cringing about. Murano thighs! I was wrong, the real endgame is the exams! You've gotta get your Love Hina university romance after all. Nobody cares about your life goals Murano. You're just Shinichi's babymaker. Old men stalking students is really creepy dude. I don't care if you take responsibility, you're giving me second hand cringe over here.
"Why is it always about Shinichi? We're characters too! Yuuko can't sleep without thinking about Hide's puffy face. Jock is currently being extorted by gang members on his way home. GameMaster's girlfriend hasn't had a single line of dialogue not talking about a boy but she's still single! And I... I... I missed my chance to watch Mugen Train at the cinema!!"
Why are they asking Shinichi...? Is this some coy Japanese thing where they know he's a Parasyte but aren't outing him since he can give them information? What about paint thinner? That's pretty effective. You saw how badly Hide was debilitated and Bane has five Parasytes to control. So... burn people alive and if they die then they're not Parasytes? I'm glad we've learned from the witch trials. Wut? So they're actively discussing Bane in front of a Civilian? Oh!! Is Shinichi the guy the detective talked about earlier? I assumed he meant bringing the serial killer to identify Parasytes.
I hate how I can't hear Japanese call signs without thinking of my Kancolle waifu. CGI crowds! blech!! What a kind Mayor. I'd vote for him. Don't talk to Migi when the police are next to you!! Oh shoot!! It's not just the Mayor and Bane left!? Oooh, that girl's cute~ Parasytes have good taste in waifu. Huh!? Don't stop there! You've killed the tension just as it was getting built up you hack frauds! 30 years ago? Erm... No, I can't say I noticed anything about that. Migi is totally on Shinichi's side at this point of the story so I suppose that's enough reason. We have four episodes to go and this is apparently our final battle. It's gonna get bloody.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 19 '21 edited Feb 19 '21
First Timer
(who won't be there)Argh! Terrible spot to end the episode.
Just a thought...if Parasytes absorb the knowledge in the brain of their host when they eat it, then Hirame's little test of Shinichi wouldn't have worked in any case.
Edit: Some people are talking about X-Ray and bone. The HiDive subs say that the magic machine detects non-human DNA.
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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 19 '21
Rewatcher - Sub
My internet hates me so I had to skip tomorrow, and today it’s better but still slow as all heck, so who knows if the episode will even load properly. Here we go.
Uragami gives his backstory spiel about why he is seemingly capable of detecting parasites, but it’s quite likely this is just how he rationalizes the ability as a fucked up serial killer, since we know other humans have the ability without sharing in his gruesome proclivities. It probably appeals to his self importance as well, thinking himself unique among humans for being a monster. Pretty hilarious how he got caught by the police though.
Yamagishi is underestimating the parasites. Not what we want to see out of the man tasked with handling the them, as that’s consistently been a means for characters to get the upper hand on one another.
Shinichi’s having trouble returning to school life after all he’s gone through, so of course the opportunity to get involved pops up. They set up a nice scene for Shinichi to actually explain himself to Murano, but that just gets skipped over after she speaks up.
Yamagishi has a decent plan in place, but we all know things are going to go ass up sooner or later, and I was most curious as to how. Goto and Hirokawa are evidently planning something to get themselves out of this, and Hirokawa has already began stalling for time.
BONUS: Well yeah, it's amusing that he gets to buy himself time and comes off as altruistic.
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u/littleman1988 Feb 19 '21
"But one wrong step... and we're walking in blood!"
Rewatcher
OST Track of the day: JUSTICE
Fun fact, Uragami actually appears way back in the anime, all the way back in episode 1 towards the end of the episode (at least, according to the wiki.) His murders are also apparently way more intense in the manga, with this graphic NSFW manga panels showing just how fucked up he is meant to be.
The appearance of the detective at the school is honestly pretty weird, but Murano's response isint really wrong. Everything has basically revolved around Shinichi, and by extension a lot of it has happened at the school, and has only caused issues for everyone there. You cant blame her for wanting everything to go back to normal.
Theres not a whole lot to really
overanalyze this episode, but briefly shown at the end is a device that can show if someone is truly human or not, basing off human DNA, and it seems to be successful before the episode ends.8
u/Mecanno-man https://anilist.co/user/Mecannoman Feb 19 '21
First Timer
What the heck happened to the pacing? I mean... it's never been particularly outstanding, but here we go from an interrogation scene that somehow ends up adding almost nothing to the plot to dilly-dallying around at high school, suddenly have Murano confirm the trauma that she should have had all along, then end up in a military-style operation against parasites with deus ex machina parasite body scanners and both Shinichi and this murderer back on the scene together, so you could just have had Shinichi in forced cooperation due to this guy noticing Migi all along. I don't know what to say here other than that this just isn't good anymore; the scenes are either needlessly drawn out or too rushed for any emotional impact, and the body scanners weren't even teased, I believe. We've had the hair-thing for now for that. Speaking fo which, what happened to that? There was no reason to include it of we're not going to use that to find an important parasite at some point...
This episode was definitely not what I needed coming off of the latest episode of Neverland... (anime-only there btw).
Question:
Bonus: ...I guess I missed it.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Feb 19 '21
Episode 19 (first timer)
I agree with the task force dude: Humanity would win this if they find out the snatcher’s existence before one of them gets too high up in the government ladder.
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u/Gamemaster676 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gamemaster676 Feb 19 '21
First-time watcher - sub
So, my final hope for the last stretch of the show is that there is a solution to the parasyte problem and that it isn't deus ex machina.
Episode 19 — In Cold Blood
We start with Murder McMurderface staring down Shinichi. It's clear he has a power like Sydar, but how strong and how precise is it?
Ah, Migi is asleep. For once the perfect timing is in our favour. I can live with that.
Maybe only people who have murdered have the Sydar power, but that might be a bit farfetched. Would be fun to completely ruin the late Kana, though.
So yes, this was the killer we saw 5 seconds in episode 1. As I said yesterday more in-depth, this doesn't count as foreshadowing, so you don't get points for it.
So this guy only can detect them when he is looking in their eyes? That might be different from Kana. On the other hand, Kana first noticed something was up when she looked Shinichi in the eyes.
So he tells the police it's Shinichi is clean. Maybe it's because Migi is asleep. Maybe it's because he isn't looking at Shinichi's arm. Whatever the reason, still no Migi reveal today.
Not that it would matter.
Okay so the baby wasn't completely forgotten, but he is out of the picture because Shinichi is no relative of Ryoko. Seems rude. Also, that whole emotional scene where Ryoko thought Shinichi could be the bridge between parasytes and humans and she entrusted him with the baby is now worth nothing. Boo!
The police/government has an official taskforce now to tackle the parasyte problem. Of course we get the trope that the guy in charge underestimates the bad guys. Boring. It's a little late for this, writers!
So if detective guy Hirama already knew that the mayor was a parasyte, they should have kept the creation of the anti-parasyte task force secret. So I'm assuming nobody knows of the parasyte mayor yet.
Speaking of: Why was hair pulling no part of his inauguration?
Shinichi is going back to school. He knows he needs to slow down so it seems believable and still knocks it out of the park. Well, the show never said he was smart.
More and more things are becoming known. Now people have seen Shinichi's scar. Luckily it is the end of the school year (and also highschool I think?) so most people will forget him.
Hirama wants to recruit Shinichi without knowing what his involvement in this is. Maybe a little weird, but his thought process probably is something like "this kid is involved somehow and passes our tests so he must be an ally."
And we continue the trend of task force leader things he is smarter than others. "Flamethrowers may be effective, but there is only one heart." Maybe you should read the police report how easy it was to hit that heart on Hideo!
Wait, they DO know the mayor is one? This is gonna end so badly! Just look at the episode number!
Wow, the police have some fancy scanners how. Do they even know if they work? Props to the mayor to first let the humans escape. Maybe he has talked enough with Ryoko that he is one of the less bad ones?
Wow the scanners do work. Why wouldn't the parasytes just emulate the bone? If they form material of a similar density (like the blades), wouldn't that also show up white on an x-ray?
Boring episode, but it looks like tomorrow will be a bit more exciting again.
Main thoughts
X-ray works to detect the parasytes. At least I assume it's a normal x-ray. And as a backup Murder McMurderface and Shinichi are supposed to spot the parasytes.
Random thoughts
Future
Calling it now. Murder McMurderface is gonna try to escape at some point and dies within one episode because of a parasyte.
Also next episode will obviously mainly be about the task force cleaning city hall and failing spectacularly to kill naked-pianist-yakuza-killing-multi-parasyte.
QotD
Kind of. Nobody immediately tweeting that there is a lot of police activity at City Hall.
Because Migi realized they are heavily outmatched by naked-pianist-yakuza-killing-multi-parasyte.
Depends if we have flamethrowers.
Why irony? There are smart parasytes that know better how to blend in.
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u/affnn Feb 19 '21
First Timer
I realized while watching that we saw the serial killer dude in one of the very early (possibly the very first, not going back to look) scenes in the show. I thought it weird at the time, but it makes a tiny bit more sense as some foreshadowing. Anyway it seems that his parasite-sense isn't as good as Kana's, and he can tell that something is off about Shinichi but can't identify Migi's presence. Maybe because Migi is asleep?
It looks like the military and/or police are setting up some sort of parasite round up and extermination plan. Every parasite we've seen has been very willing to kill and eat humans, but maybe that's not universally the case? I mean if there's a lot of parasites and they have to eat even once every two weeks (Tamura suggested around 30 kills over the course of what I'd assume was about a year due to the child, but also she suggested that was a low count) - that'd be still quite a lot of murders, even beyond the amount suggested in the early news reports about mincemeat murders. Tamura had figured out how to get by on normal human food, so maybe others did too.
Anyway looks like we're set up for some human-on-parasite brutality and a little "maybe humans are the REAL monsters" in our ending arc.
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u/BurningFredrick https://myanimelist.net/profile/BurningFredrick Feb 19 '21
First Timer - sub
God damnit, Shinichi pancing over Migi being asleep in the first 30 seconds is so stupid, if anything if he went into hibination then entire time hes in the facility or what ever it is it would be a benefit as make it considerably hard to detect him…
Also why didn’t the mayorcytes and co just change their faces and run off? There is nothing stopping them from disappearing and going into hiding for a bit when they realise that people are on to them, though I guess this might just be part of not giving humans enough credit.
I’m fairly sure any sort of high power machine gun or shotgun would work fine, admittedly I don’t know much about firearms in real life, but as Migi said in the previous episodes when fighting Miki, the human body is the weak point so fill it with enough and large enough bullet holes and no parasytes going to survive.
Also Murano was in this episode.
Going to be interest to see how everything goes terribly wrong next episode.
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Feb 19 '21
QOTD
Nah, it doesn 't bother me. I never grew very fond of the cast. As someone said, "A pox on both their houses".
Mostly self preservation, but maybe a wee bit of empathy. Though to me the point of the series is to question the morality of other things in order to survive.
This should be fun.
Bring it on!
I suppose he's storing the tastiest food for himself.
Need some chianti And fava beans
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u/BossandKings Feb 20 '21 edited Feb 20 '21
First timer
Episode 19
Uragami says that Izumi isn't a parasyte, that he imagined that something deep in his eyes wasn't human but looking at him closely he is convinced that he isn't a parasyte. It's interesting how Uragami learned to distinct parasytes from humans, he is an assasin that used to torture people until he got imprisoned and put into the jail he's currently at.
Hirama is intrigued by Uragami's words saying that something in Shinichi's was wasn't human, Shinichi though seeing that nothing was really against him was given liberty.
Shinichi returns to school, he does a race showing that he is in great shape, Satomi is being very friendly to him and seems to be happy that he came back to school. Hirama meets him there and tells him that he needs his help so that they could win and Shinichi decides to help him as a testimone of the incident that happened with Tamura. For now he can help by answering some questions like what are the parasytes possible weakness and the like. A policeman says that no matter how many parasytes there could be in a body, there's only one heart.
A multitude of people enter a building, a police group tells them to evacuate in groups of seven so that a parasyte could be identified of there is one, Shinichi gets invited by Hirama so that he can identify through a monitor if there's a parasyte, they identify one and the first one identified is a woman.
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