(L+CR) Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu (Parasyte - the maxim)

[BoyTitan]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Spoiler for Ep21:

Well that sure turned into a bloodbath. Though really the head detective had it coming. Once they determined a group was completely annihilated they should have pulled back and gone to secondary options. Instead he just kept on forcing it until every single person under his command was dead. The whole shooting at the human shields was also pointless. They have body armor! Are your shots seriously going to go through armor, body, more armor, and then hit the guy on the other side? Just fall back immediately.

Once more Shinichi is doomed by the fact that he never tried the whole secret identity thing. Good reason to be terrified when Goto actually knows who he is. Plus with most of the parasites wiped out there are fewer false hits for him to stumble on.

Kind of sad that still Murano is left in the dark about things. But well at least they pretty well put that relationship to the next level. Plus it's a strong motivation to stay alive which is something Shinichi needs right now.

The shot at the body shields to get a clear escape because if they didn't he would have just dropped the shields and chased em down.

[DOmus]

Spoiler for ep 21:

What Hirokawa said at the beginning and Shinichi's thought at the end where really good scenes, you could feel the wrong about humanity, or at least those question that one have from time to time.
Im not fully convinced with the scene with murano. The transition wasnt that good imo, it would have been more convincing in other moments. It would have been better if she just comforted him, leaving that moment for other chapter.

[HandofFate]

Pretty full episode.
Lots of stuff.
Uragami sure is scummy. Wonder if he has more in store for his role. Or if he was just another cog passing by.

Shinichi reacting to Gotou and suddenly fearing death was interesting.
I don't think the Murano flag completion was out of left field. I did think he would need some sex to calm him down and find a reason to live or whatnot.
And Murano has been constantly appearing every major pivotal point, so I don't think it was unexpected for it to happen at this point.

[BoyTitan]

Originally Posted by bakaouji

Wow, the last thing I was expecting from this show at this point was a pro-environmental-anti-human screed from a guy whom I wrongly pegged as a parasite from the get go. But it didn't seem like the parasites necessarily shared his misguided ideals or anything-- Reiko just kept him as a pet so she could study him (and of course to use him as a tool to create safer feeding grounds for the parasites).

I guess what surprised me the most was how scared Shinichi was of Gotou. I knew he was wary of him but I didn't think he would quake in his boots just at the sight of him. But all that fear is washed away after performing coitus with his girlfriend, which again, came out of left field.

I never cared for their relationship because the show never gave me a reason to other than Murano just worrying about Shinichi for every waking moment of her life, but it never got in the way of the story enough to bother me too much. So it's a bitter pill to swallow watching Shinichi find courage after his girlfriend has pity sex with him. After all, she has to be useful to him in some way before the show ends. But honestly, it felt like Murano asked for it because she was afraid that she'd lose him forever if she didn't give him her most prized possession.

Either way, everything was going dandy right up till the end. Would've been nice if Migi made some wry comment about sexual libido powering the survival instinct or something like that.

Just because he had sex does not mean he is going to become brave. Gatou can still kick his ass 5 ways till sundown.

[bakaouji]

Originally Posted by BoyTitan

Just because he had sex does not mean he is going to become brave. Gatou can still kick his ass 5 ways till sundown.

I never implied that he's gonna steamroll Gotou. Brave doesn't mean powerful. I know Gotou can kick his ass but at least now Shinichi got his fighting spirit back (after having sex with his girlfriend).

[Wandering Soul]

Hirokwawa's speech and Shinchi's thoughts at the end were good and really fit with the tone of the series. Didn't realize Shinchi was that scared of Goto.

That transition to that sex scene was sorta weird but it helped Shinchi get his resolve back.

[Mangonel]

Those thinking sniper rifles wouldn't be effective vs parasyte need to look into the dismemberment capabilities of a .50BMG. (There have been reports of a Barrett literally cutting people in half)

Granted Gotou was completely left-field of their plans, 1 head mounted parasyte is easily dealt with via shotguns. Not to mention the plan was an indoors sweep. Though had they put the effort to get a .50BMG (perhaps from the JSDF?) the guy who got to the roof likely would have been saved.

I knew Murano and Shinichi were close, but did the sex scene seem a bit rushed? Was it like that in the manga?

I know Murano was fine since she saw Shinichi cry, she knew the 'old him' was still in there and that was really whats shes been looking for the whole series. It just seems odd for an awkward osananajimi kind-of-a-couple to go straight to sex.

[Estzero1]

Originally Posted by Mangonel

I knew Murano and Shinichi were close, but did the sex scene seem a bit rushed? Was it like that in the manga?

Yes it was. Almost 1:1 adapted, but she hadn't such cute mixed up hair there .

[GDiddy]

I'm horrible because I just paid attention to the end with Shinichi losing his resolve only to regain it with the power of Da Vagina....


I mean, it was pretty obvious that Goto was going to murder the fuck out of everyone and that the military was going to lose.

[Psyco Diver]

The power of the all mighty vagina strikes again, it truly is the ultimate power that even a parasites own power can't compete. The thought of getting it has force men to bring nations to war, create the most beautiful art, and give men to create empires just to get as much as possible. You all thought Shinichi wouldn't be changed after it, ha, he will walk all of Goto now.

[GDiddy]

All I can say is I hope Shinichi doesn't die.

And Murano actually looks better with her hair down.

[Master_Yoma]

Dam Gotou really didnt hold back at all

[yononaka]

It suddenly obvious why Murano seemed not to have much useful purpose in this show until now. She was there to provide a sexual power-up for our hero in his hour of desperation. At this point I really wish she and Kana would have switched roles in terms of who got penetrated by what. Crude jokes and personal visual preferences aside, I feel Kana simply had much more story potential because of her ability. At least compared to how Murano was (not) used all this time. Maybe these two girls should have been combined into a single character to reduce wastage...

[GDiddy]

Yeah, I'd rather would've had Kana as the Love Interest as well. At least she was interesting.

All of Murano's lines could be reduced to:

'SHIZUMI-KUN'

'ARE YOU IZUMI-KUN?'

I kind of lost some interest in this series since Reiko died.

[ChainLegacy]

The fact that Hirokawa was human is a very interesting detail. It seems that Hirokawa was a legitimate environmental extremist, and was likely proselytized by Tamura Reiko concerning the usefulness of the parasites for his biosphere>humanity sympathies.

[blakstealth]

I just can't imagine Shinichi x Murano. I just can't do it.

But hey, if a little whip whip bang bang increases the fighting spirit and will to live, then whatevs.

[IceHism]

Man, that was one of the most cringe-y love stories that i have ever witnessed. I didn't know Murano had it in her to manipulate people in their moment of vulnerability and getting shinichi to walk her home gently. Also considering she was barely in half the show, it's hard for me to see this as any sort of functioning couple.

I can't even say she's a person. She's like a yardstick that Shinichi uses to gauge his humanity.

Gotou is pretty cool though.

[Mubyoshi]

Damn, that's some fast ass advancement of their relationship. I hope Izumi doesn't forget to use a flamethrower in his final battle.

[Tormenk]

Can't see Shinichi making out of this alive if Gotou can regenerate. Or was he just swapping damaged tissue over and over to cover up his wounds?

[com_gwp]

Can't help but think that Uragami's role in this show isn't over just yet, and if so, the consequences could be devastating for Shinichi.