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Emalde posted:For non-manga readers, what does this mean? I'm guessing he means how in the original (set quite a few years ago), Kana was a sukeban type, and in modernizing the setting they did away with that and modified her appearance to fit more with the current fashion in Japanese juvenile delinquency. Outside of her appearance she's (so far) more or less just like she is in the manga.
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Wow I know I saw that coming but it still didn't cause the feels to happen any less. Awesome.
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Nov 6, 2014 03:47
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It's been so long since I read this series that tons of it is new to me all over again. Totally forgot about this trainwreck. Good lord that ending was brutal.
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Candy Dawn posted:Wow I know I saw that coming but it still didn't cause the feels to happen any less. Awesome. I'm just shocked that it happened so early in the series.
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Nov 6, 2014 07:38
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It feels a bit weird that this was just another miniscule coincidence on top of an already miniscule coincidence (that Shinichi got infected by Migi in the first place). It could have been any random human female that got attacked but it happens to be Shinichi's mom. And of course in his initial freakout he is interpreting it as if the Parasytes are actively destroying his life and the fire for revenge has now been lit, but the means of getting to this end feels roundabout and shallow. It's not breaking the show, and there's still a chance to tie up loose ends/handwave an in-story explanation, but it took away from the impact of the climax. The execution was pretty good though regardless.
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Nov 6, 2014 08:19
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Jeez, that was not an episode to watch before bed.  Somehow despite all the signs and flags, I didn't actually expect his mom to get flat out body snatched until I saw them there looking at the sunset. I figured something might happen to her due to the OP, but not that, or this early on.
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Nov 6, 2014 11:36
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I hate that I paid attention to the OP and saw his mum's face with the lines, it just made this episode really predictable. The ending was brutal though, I was expecting Migi to just straight up fight, not get blocked by Shinichi.
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Nov 7, 2014 00:58
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Did Shinichi's mom die this early in the manga? I could have sworn it wasn't a thing until like the halfway point.
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Nov 7, 2014 03:18
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Did Shinichi's mom die this early in the manga? I could have sworn it wasn't a thing until like the halfway point. Yeah. I reread the manga a week ago and it really moves a lot faster than I remember it.
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Nov 7, 2014 03:26
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SALT CURES HAM posted:Did Shinichi's mom die this early in the manga? I could have sworn it wasn't a thing until like the halfway point. Her death and the stuff in this episode take place in the Chapter 12 range, so yeah it's fairly early.
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Nov 7, 2014 03:35
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I don't recall if this will be one or two cours series. It's moving pretty fast and I can't say I didn't expect the sudden drama scene in the latest episode. Is Shinichi now semi-immortal? That removes some of the tension as now we know he's a challenge to kill anyway. I can't be the only person who thinks Migi has a dry sense of humor, right?
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Nov 7, 2014 05:18
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Alder posted:I don't recall if this will be one or two cours series. It's moving pretty fast and I can't say I didn't expect the sudden drama scene in the latest episode. Seems to be 24 episodes.
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Nov 7, 2014 05:29
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Why would he be? The parasyte has only taken his right arm, everything else is just as vulnerable. So just like another parasyte host can die from a car crash so can Shinichi
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Nov 7, 2014 07:23
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While he was kind of jumping the gun by declaring that, he presumably assumed that since the protagonist can't really die in episode 5.
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Nov 7, 2014 07:42
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Blhue posted:While he was kind of jumping the gun by declaring that, he presumably assumed that since the protagonist can't really die in episode 5. Plus they were hinting at it during the episode with Migi talking about how it's likely Shinichi's body might be changing as a result of their symbiosis.
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Nov 7, 2014 07:56
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I thought the ending scene felt forced and the leadup contrived but that's just beating a dead horse at this point. I also think Migi would literally explode from information overload if he read about bees considering how dense he is when it comes to altruism.
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Nov 7, 2014 18:36
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glomkettle posted:Plus they were hinting at it during the episode with Migi talking about how it's likely Shinichi's body might be changing as a result of their symbiosis. Likewise, Shinichi gets beat up a ton from just walking around the streets by his HS by random punks. Also, suburban Japan looks dangerous as hell in this anime. So far I can accept they (probably) weren't attempting to kill him but for a normal person it would still take some time to recover. OK, I can accept when in JRPGs characters can drink healing potions but eh, it's a little odd to see him get right up after being kicked around for 15 min and walk home  Maybe Shinichi is now a mutant alien hybrid. The altruism talk is awkward because I agree with Migi how it's more suicidal to confront a mob on your own w/o backup. I mean, not only will your friend continue to be punched but now you too can share this great experience 
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Nov 7, 2014 20:12
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Holy poo poo, I was not expecting that. I'm super hyped for next episode now.
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Nov 10, 2014 18:43
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There are a few more notable deaths coming, I remember them hitting me a lot harder than Shinichi's mom which happened quite early in the manga IIRC.
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Things are popping off now!! Why can't it be next week already 
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Nov 12, 2014 19:53
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Parasyte's true colours are finally revealed, it's actually a harem show!
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Nov 12, 2014 20:17
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Oh man, I can only assume what Migi wanted to tell Shinchi is that he's become some kind of heightened hybrid. That seawall moment 
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Nov 13, 2014 00:20
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That episode was actually good. I could feel dem protagonist feels. And the music toward the end, even if not some great composition, kind of fit the scene. edit: The same rough melody was used at least from the moment Murano met Izumi in the episode, and at the motel, and at the hospital Just sped up. Dessel fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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Nov 13, 2014 01:09
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Man oh man I can't wait for the brutal as gently caress (manga) shotgun extermination 
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Nov 13, 2014 07:00
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Man, it's been a while since I've fell for a "hey, look at my knowledge of the ~original media~" post. Come on, label your spoilers.
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Nov 13, 2014 07:05
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Report and move on. The more people quote it, the more people are gonna look at it.
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Nov 13, 2014 07:10
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Man, that episode. The true shounen roots are suddenly setting in. And I really don't want his dad to have anything else happen to him, yet given what I've seen so far I'm quite concerned. I sure hope there's some vaguely happy ending at the end of all this.
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Nov 13, 2014 08:18
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That tiny spoiler around a single short word definitely makes it impossible to understand what you're talking about.
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Alder posted:Is Shinichi now semi-immortal? That removes some of the tension as now we know he's a challenge to kill anyway. I can't be the only person who thinks Migi has a dry sense of humor, right? Given that Migi's healing seems to have come at a cost, I don't think so. If they kept receiving potentially fatal injuries there would be a point where Migi would probably be unable to retain his consciousness after a healing, which could potentially make for a "I GIVE MY LIFE TO SAVE YOU, PARTNER" ending, but short of that I don't see it coming up too much again.
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OnimaruXLR posted:Given that Migi's healing seems to have come at a cost, I don't think so. If they kept receiving potentially fatal injuries there would be a point where Migi would probably be unable to retain his consciousness after a healing, which could potentially make for a "I GIVE MY LIFE TO SAVE YOU, PARTNER" ending, but short of that I don't see it coming up too much again. more spoilers possibly I think judging by how the wound looks maybe migi left a chunk of himself in shinichi's heart?
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This was the best episode since the first one, and it made me realize I would like this show a lot more if Migi died or became unsentient. Migi isn't a character as much as an exposition machine and high school philosophy class who constantly follows the main character, and since Shinichi has learned enough and gotten his own superpowers, I think this episode would have been great if Migi just never woke up.
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This episode actually hit me a lot harder than the last one. I think it was mostly Shinichi's face. He just looks so old for about the first half or two thirds of it. Even after he's slept and looks a little better he just seems to have aged so much. They didn't draw much attention to it in the dialogue but it was a really jarring change that did much more to change the tone of the story than his new powers or migi's new need to sleep.
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glomkettle posted:This episode actually hit me a lot harder than the last one. I think it was mostly Shinichi's face. He just looks so old for about the first half or two thirds of it. Even after he's slept and looks a little better he just seems to have aged so much. They didn't draw much attention to it in the dialogue but it was a really jarring change that did much more to change the tone of the story than his new powers or migi's new need to sleep. Migi specifically mentions having to use the cells from his body to help the regenerative process, and this took several days, so yeah I imagine that 2-3 days of rapid cell degeneration will probably "age" your body some. Plus now he's super chiseled and sexy 
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Emalde posted:Migi specifically mentions having to use the cells from his body to help the regenerative process, and this took several days, so yeah I imagine that 2-3 days of rapid cell degeneration will probably "age" your body some. I didn't mean physically so much as emotionally. Though just his taking off his glasses makes him look a lot older on its own. E: you're not wrong about the last point though glomkettle fucked around with this message at 18:07 on Nov 13, 2014 |
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I'm just imagining him discussing the whole series of events with his Dad... "So, the Momster impaled me clean through the heart with her-" "Don't be stupid, Shinichi. You didn't get stabbed in the heart." *SHIRT RIP* "Really?"
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Nov 13, 2014 19:03
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I really wonder how some of the plot elements will coincide with the modern tech. Edit: RIP tablet
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glomkettle posted:This episode actually hit me a lot harder than the last one. I think it was mostly Shinichi's face. He just looks so old for about the first half or two thirds of it. Even after he's slept and looks a little better he just seems to have aged so much. They didn't draw much attention to it in the dialogue but it was a really jarring change that did much more to change the tone of the story than his new powers or migi's new need to sleep. This attention to detail really impressed me. More so at how gaunt he looked right after he woke up.
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Emalde posted:Migi specifically mentions having to use the cells from his body to help the regenerative process, and this took several days, so yeah I imagine that 2-3 days of rapid cell degeneration will probably "age" your body some. In this episode Shinichi becomes Spider-man after a near-death experience and quits HS to become a superhero. Also, we witness the PWR of interspecies friendship and aliens aren't always trying to kill us. I did feel somewhat sad for his father because not only he lost his wife but now he thinks he's going crazy. Anyone want to explain why Shinichi looks buffer than before? Unless he always worked out on his own but I just never noticed it before.
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Alder posted:Anyone want to explain why Shinichi looks buffer than before? Unless he always worked out on his own but I just never noticed it before. That's easy, and doesn't even need much spoilerchat, because it was covered in this episode - Migi's emergency surgery seems to have considerably enhanced his physical capabilities by further integrating him with his superhuman parasite. Anyone who can hurdle walls taller than they are in a single jump is probably going to have some decent muscle tone.
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