Parasyte 5
Posted: January 12, 2009 Filed under: Parasyte Leave a comment »This series really is amazing. This volume focuses mainly on the relationship between Migi and Shinichi, specifically the way the two now work in battle, and the strategies that only they use that make them superior to most other parasytes. Shinichi is mostly no longer human at this point, and I love the way he slowly realizes he has more and more in common with the parasytes.
His girlfriend is still around, at least. He seems to still care about her, but she’s pushing away and he doesn’t seem to see this. Or he does, and figures it’s for the best since he’s sort of turning into a monster.
There’s a plot early on that carries over from the last volume about a PI following Shinichi around and gathering hard evidence about Migi. Migi wants to kill the man for reasons of self-preservation, and Shinichi can’t quite bring himself to do it. Migi and Shinichi invite the man to help them check out other parasytes with Migi’s abilities. This doesn’t go well, and involves vomiting on the man’s part. He’s pretty persistent for awhile, though.
Shinichi and Migi trigger the ire of a band of parasytes, and they decide the Migi-Shin pair has to go. They send someone fairly freaky after them, even by parasyte standards. The battle is twofold, and I was pretty pleased with it. It carries over into the next volume, and I’m wondering how the series will top it.
But yes, the action is ratcheting up, and the plot keeps getting better and better. Currently, Migi and Shinichi are on a mission to kill every other bloodthirsty parasyte, which I imagine won’t quite go as planned.
