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

[MCAL]

Originally Posted by ~Destiny~

How many episodes are left?

Five Episodes.

[Wandering Soul]

Well now it's time for Humanity to finally strike back and it looks like a pretty good plan. There are no doubt going to be casualties and I wonder how many people will get stuck in the cross fire.

[GDiddy]

Originally Posted by the one above all

Well now it's time for Humanity to finally strike back and it looks like a pretty good plan. There are no doubt going to be casualties and I wonder how many people will get stuck in the cross fire.

Or more like, who in the cast will die first. Though my first reaction was, 'Yeah, this is going to end REALLLL well '

[Psyco Diver]

I think the Mayor sent that woman first to see what will happen, maybe cause enough of a reaction for him and his buddies to disappear in the chaos

[cupumanager]

So its started. The Assault on Parasyte HQ.

The Parasytes seems never bothered to even make a hard skeleton. Well, in fairness most people wouldn't notice it, but this is also how Shimada Hideo's disguise was blown because of a stray baseball.

Also, looks like Uragami thinks Shinichi's too interesting, even if he really felt that Shinichi's part parasite, he wouldn't rat him out. But, why didn't xray Shinichi too to make sure?

Now, how effective do you think will AA 12 Slugs fare against Goto? Flamethrower sounds dangerous in a Office Building full of innocents... but it do its job well in The Thing.

But anyway, people will die. No doubt about that.

[blakstealth]

Damn, just put them through a large enhanced xray checkpoint! Why didn't I think of that earlier!

[thundrakkon]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

Damn, just put them through a large enhanced xray checkpoint! Why didn't I think of that earlier!

That's right! I knew that scene looked familiar. It's from Total Recall, made in 1990. Parasyte ran from 1988-1995, so that definitely could have been in the realm of possibilities that the author borrowed the idea.

However, the only issue I have is how they created that technology in the early 1990's to be used in reality.

The new "officer" in charge seems arrogant, so he's due to fail big time. Waiting for the carnage to ensue, and Shinichi to clean up the mess.

[Benigmatica]

Damn, Parasyte is gonna end soon now that the assault on Hirokawa’s group has begun! On the other hand, I wonder what will happen to Uragami since he'll be part of the operation despite being a serial killer?

Meanwhile, sad that Shinichi is gonna graduate soon. He should have run that 100-meter dash in 10 seconds flat!

[Guardian Enzo]

That business about Hirama not X-raying Shinichi sounds a bit like a plothole to me. Anyone got a good counter-argument?

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

That's right! I knew that scene looked familiar. It's from Total Recall, made in 1990. Parasyte ran from 1988-1995, so that definitely could have been in the realm of possibilities that the author borrowed the idea.

However, the only issue I have is how they created that technology in the early 1990's to be used in reality.

The new "officer" in charge seems arrogant, so he's due to fail big time. Waiting for the carnage to ensue, and Shinichi to clean up the mess.

We TSA in this b word

[White Manju Bun]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

The new "officer" in charge seems arrogant, so he's due to fail big time.

Well he's voiced by Koyama Rikiya so thats kinda a given

[thundrakkon]

Originally Posted by White Manju Bun

Well he's voiced by Koyama Rikiya so thats kinda a given

To be fair, he is so diversed in his roles, it's not always the case.

But you're right. More often than not, I should never overestimate his character.

[ChainLegacy]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

That business about Hirama not X-raying Shinichi sounds a bit like a plothole to me. Anyone got a good counter-argument?

When did this get mentioned? I was getting vibes that Shinichi was going to get exposed by this x-ray machine in a future episode.

[thundrakkon]

Originally Posted by ChainLegacy

When did this get mentioned? I was getting vibes that Shinichi was going to get exposed by this x-ray machine in a future episode.

Actually, the fact that they mentioned to protect the machine at all costs leads for me to believe that it will be destroyed soon by the parasyte group. So I don't think Shinichi will be exposed by it.

The only logic I can figure out why it hasn't been able used on Shinichi is because it belongs to the new officer and he was never given the assumption that Shinichi was a parasyte. All the tests on Shinichi was done before his arrival. The more logical plothole is why he didn't use the machine on everyone involved in the operation beforehand. Unless, he was concerned about premature exposure to the machine leading to it's destruction before this event.

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

Actually, the fact that they mentioned to protect the machine at all costs leads for me to believe that it will be destroyed soon by the parasyte group. So I don't think Shinichi will be exposed by it.

The only logic I can figure out why it hasn't been able used on Shinichi is because it belongs to the new officer and he was never given the assumption that Shinichi was a parasyte. All the tests on Shinichi was done before his arrival. The more logical plothole is why he didn't use the machine on everyone involved in the operation beforehand. Unless, he was concerned about premature exposure to the machine leading to it's destruction before this event.

I think the simple explanation is that they still consider the "hair pluck" a valid discerning system and they have no knowledge about parasytes coexisting in human bodies that still retain their human head. I think we can safely assume that anyone involved in the parasyte hunting has been "tested" in a way or another, it just happened off-screen.

Moreover the fact that Shinichi is human was never put into question by Hirama during the latest episodes, what he actually wanted to know was if he possessed some kind of anomaly that made him attract parasytes or if he was, like Uragami, capable to sense them. That's what he actually wanted to know when he put them in front of each other.

Now the reason they are using the more costly X-ray for this operation rather than hair-plucking, is that the former can be done without the parasyte noticing and without getting too close. It's a lot safer.

[MasterVampire]

So are Parasytes world wide or just in Japan?

And they should have those xray scanners everywhere and give off a notification when a Parasyte is found.

[Jan-Poo]

Originally Posted by MasterVampire

So are Parasytes world wide or just in Japan?

Worldwide. Honestly if I was a parasyte I would have already moved into a highly populated and low developed area.

[Stark700]

Episode 20:

Spoiler:

Holy shit, that was awesome. The episode did not hold back on either the brutality, bloodshed, or violence as the situation gets more tense.

And we also can't forget Uragami and his "excitements". Gj Madhouse.


Final few minutes showed what a parasyte can really do. Very impressive. Going to rewatch this episode in higher quality soon but this is how I like Parasyte.

[ookamigirl]

#20

Spoiler for plot:

Nice job on that parasite.
They could really root them out like that.
Shame the parasites caught on to it fast.
There sure was no mercy at all..
Uragami proved to be useful once more.
That older business guy parasite was something new.
Both of the business parasites are gonna be a problem..
Great episode!

[FlareKnight]

Spoiler for Ep20:

Well that sure was a mess. Kind of a fair call that throwing the killer into the midst of it added to the chaos. But couldn't be expected for things to go that smoothly.

Not sure they had to go as far as having the main detective be like that. You can treat the parasytes as living beings and still wipe them out. Every single one of them has an incredibly high body count. No real issue in wiping them out. The real negative is the civilian casualties and the amount of people having to be dragged into this because they were at the wrong place.

Plus sadly while that strategy would work on 90% of the enemies, they did have one that it wouldn't work against. At this point Goto is just pure OP. Seems that will have to come down to Shinichi to deal with him. Shinichi is the closest thing to a superhero they've got. Regular weapons just aren't going to get the job done with this one.