17-year-old Shinichi Izumi is partially infected by a Parasyte; monsters that butcher and consume humans. He must learn to co-exist with the creature if he is to survive both the life of a Parasyte and human, as part monster, part person. While worm-like aliens called Parasytes invade Earth, one of the aliens fail to crawl into a boy's ear. This Parasyte burrows into his arm instead where Izumi Shinichi is forced to live with it. The two form a strong bond to work together to survive. This one started a bit like most anime, teenagers that find they are "the hero" by accident.<br/><br/>But it evolved so fast to something much bigger than that. Most of the protagonists grow, mature they gain dimension an profundity.<br/><br/>This anime doesn't pull any punches it plucks your heart's strings and it hits them HARD.<br/><br/>Shinichi is an amazing protagonist as is Murano, the support cast the antagonists the detectives also play an important and relevant part in all of this but by far, beyond her small part in the story, my favourite character was Kana.<br/><br/>Basilisk, afrosamurai, Shigurui, attack on titan, akame ga kill and berserk are amongst my all time favourites… but Parasyte is head and shoulders above the rest. It takes a level of bravery to watch Parasyte. From the ads, trailers and promotional pictures, it looks gory and plain sick. While Parasyte is definitely body horror, it also encompasses an unpredictable, fast-paced and intelligent storyline, as well as an excellent cast of character. From it's deep, dark themes about humanity, to its slasher-like fight scenes, Parasyte is a brooding story. I guess I only realised how dark it could get when I felt the tears welling in my eyes.<br/><br/>The development of the two protagonists was nicely done. Starting out with the stark difference between Shinichi's emotional ways and Migi's cold logic, the characters must learn to bend their own set of morals to coexist, eventually creating a deep synergy between the pair. The human becomes more parasyte, and the parasyte becomes more human. <br/><br/>Spot on soundtrack, particularly Kana's Theme ('Next to You'). <br/><br/>Everyone I know who's watched this anime holds it as one of their favourites, so give it a watch.
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