Parasyte 2
Posted: November 26, 2007 Filed under: Parasyte 6 Comments »I liked this volume a little less than the last one, but that didn’t stop this from being one of the most awesome volumes of manga I’ve read all month. I think I liked this one a little less only because they picked a topic and stuck with it instead of jumping around with a lot of really interesting battles.
For the most part, this volume deals with the main character’s mother being taken over by a Parasyte and how the main character has to deal with this. It’s surprisingly effective, and there’s a great battle where, among other things, the main character gets pierced through the heart.
We meet two other Parasytes. One is the one that takes over the mother, and we learn that, for whatever reason, the parasytes have to stick as close to the original host as possible if they need to transfer bodies. This parasyte’s originally had a female body that died, but when he tried to take over a male body, it didn’t work and he had a hard time controlling it. Among other things, he peed his pants while talking to someone else, and it was taken extremely seriously in the context of the story.
The other parasyte winds up being a friend, and the host and parasyte are in similar situations to Migi and the main character. They help in a fight near the end.
I’m so sad this series comes out at glacier speed and we won’t see another volume until May. It’s SO GOOD otherwise, and I’ll need it hard once Dragon Head ends.
It’s because this series comes out so slowly that I’m not reading it yet. I can’t help but feel the experience would be more enjoyable to marathon it. And since there are only 8 volumes it’ll just take, what, four years of waiting? :)
Yeah, I wish I had caught it the first time around when Tokyopop released it. At least the volumes are slightly bigger, but four years is a lot of waiting. Ugh.
I liked the second volume more than first. I’m enjoying the story very much and must continue with the third volume immediately.. too bad I bought only 3 volumes.. :-/
It’s pretty good. You’re lucky, I believe there was a 6-month delay between the 2nd and 3rd volume, it took forever to come out. I still need to read the most recent volume, but the series seems to stay pretty consistently good. I’m actually kind of surprised how it’s kept some relatively deep themes while being about monsters that eat people. It’s like the best of both worlds!
Yeah, I also liked the second volume better. And since I only bought two volumes … I am going to have to exercise a little patience (I’m really glad that all the volumes have been released).
This is probably another series I should re-read from the beginning. I’m willing to bet that first volume will be a little bit of a mess compared to the way things stabilize and stay later on.
It probably still works as a beginning to the story though, since it wouldn’t make much sense for everything to happen in a straightforward manner right away.
I’m glad you picked it up, though. I was more and more impressed with each volume, and the ending was one of the best I’ve seen.