Parasyte - The Maxim

The plot of Parasyte is essentially a much more violent version of 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers.' Parasitic aliens (we assume, the audience never gets a definitive origin story) covertly arrive on earth and begin taking over human bodies and eating humans indiscriminately. They accomplish this by "eating" the humans' heads and replacing them with their own bodies. However, some humans manage to stop the parasites from taking over their brains. But as a result, the parasites eat and fuse with a different part of the body in order to survive. The Main Character, Izumi, is one of these people. The parasite was only able to take over his right arm.

Because of his unlikely situation, Izumi ends up between a rock and a hard place. Since the only people who discover the parasites' existence are subsequently eaten, Izumi is the only living human who knows of their existence (at least in the beginning). However, Izumi's parasite, known as Migi (right), threatens to kill anyone who he attempts to inform. Nonetheless, the duo eventually grow to be allies as their number of mutual interests increase.

I have only one complaint about this series, regarding its pace. In my opinion, the series "crescendos" too early. The most emotional events of the series take place in episodes 5 and 12 (out of 24: less than halfway through the series), rendering the remaining half of the series a little deadpan and slow-paced. If I had to quantify the difference, I'd say that the first half of the series is a 10 but the second half is a 7. But when compared to other horror series, 'Parasyte' is still rather amazing.

Parasyte is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror series; but more than that, its very philosophically and emotionally stimulating. This series delves into the issue of the existence/purpose of altruism, which is left rather open-ended. I took the larger meaning to be that altruism, while pointless in-and-of-itself, is an unavoidable side effect of happiness, because comprehending happiness requires empathy. But every viewer will draw their own individual conclusions.

Action , emotion, romance , etc it touches on everything and tugs on your heartstrings while also being to the point and no nonsense .One of the best anime out there , a must watch. If u don't like anime , this will change ur mind .Pls try

I honestly enjoyed Parasyte more than I thought I would. I was consistently hooked after every episode. The pacing is really great; I never found one episode boring or uninteresting. The story is just really wacky, and its originality really makes the show more entertaining. The characters are by far the best part about Parasyte. The friendship between Shinichi and Migi is so strange and yet so well developed. Plus, the English dub is really, really good; it's far better than the average dubs you'd get. Overall, Parasyte's a great show, definitely worth your time.

For those who shy away from gore I'd suggest trying to make it through the first few episodes, unlike the major of the last 20+ years worth of "horror" this is not "gore porn" but brutality with a purpose, critical to the story.

The violence and pain all serve a purpose, telling a story and helping to define what is/not human.

For such a short run (24 Episodes) it does a unusually good job of capturing the stages of grief and the resulting "hollowness" that can be felt by those subjected to repeated trauma. It doesn't stop there and even highlights the growth that can occur as a result of enduring these hardships.

I will try to be,relatively,short. This is great anime show that will keep you glued to the screen for hours. Only thing about this anime that i can't understand is why it's labeled as horror? This is sf anime with the elements of action and drama(there are even scenes with good sense of humor about them).You will probably sense uneasiness while watching some scenes but i doubt that you will be truly frightened at any moment. Anyhow i highly recommend this one to all of you who like intelligent, interesting,drama-action anime with a bit of violence and gore every now and then.Plot is excellent and character development is very good even if it's slightly predictable in general.I will rate it 9 out of ten for now but i believe that my rating will go to full 10 if they can keep it at this level until the end of the show.