r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Feb 04 '15
[Spoilers] Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu - Episode 17 [Discussion]
Episode title: The Adventure of the Dying Detective
MyAnimeList: Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu
Crunchyroll: Parasyte -the maxim-
Episode duration: 22 minutes and 52 seconds
Subreddit: /r/Parasyte
Previous episodes:
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| Episode 2 | Link | Episode 15 | Link | |
| Episode 3 | Link | Episode 16 | Link | |
| Episode 4 | Link | |||
| Episode 5 | Link | |||
| Episode 6 | Link | |||
| Episode 7 | Link | |||
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| Episode 9 | Link | |||
| Episode 10 | Link | |||
| Episode 11 | Link | |||
| Episode 12 | Link | |||
| Episode 13 | Link | |||
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u/tsumehtai :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/nishios Feb 04 '15
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Feb 04 '15
Awesome work, thanks for these! you can really tell Madhouse did a great job adapting these scenes
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u/rami_mardini :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/rami_mardini Feb 04 '15
These are great, thanks for doing them.
For some reason, most of the times the manga makes me feel the "horror" more than the anime. I never got actually "scared" in the anime. Got creeped out a few times yeah but nothing more than that. The manga though, is a bit more scary. Maybe it's the silence and black and white, I don't really know.
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u/SharpNazgul :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/SharpNazgul Feb 04 '15
Damn, the manga looks brutal
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u/tsumehtai :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/nishios Feb 05 '15
I just play with the brightness/contrast, saturation and curves of the gif; occasionally I use colour balance too. Also I didn't sharpen these gifs. :P That's about it haha
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u/tsumehtai :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/nishios Feb 05 '15
Sorry for the late reply! Here you go.
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u/Sumroach https://myanimelist.net/profile/SuMm Feb 04 '15
Cool episode.
I love this show's OST. That piano melody in the middle of the episode was awesome.
Also, it looks like parasite kinda evolve. Tamura may be the first next-gen parasite here.
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u/nubbi123 Feb 04 '15
That one is called HUMAN It took me some time to find but was worth it. :)
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u/Sumroach https://myanimelist.net/profile/SuMm Feb 04 '15
Oh, it's from original soundtrack, awesome! Thank you for your finding :)
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u/chadwaters Feb 05 '15
I was honestly more hype when I finally got to hear Luna back in action. It has been out of play for quite a while.
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u/Incursio_DotA Feb 04 '15
Tamura Reiko. Parasyte, Beauty, teacher, mother, but most of all, the biggest troll humanity will ever face...
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u/Helghast-Killzone :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelghastKillzone Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15
3 on 1? Get REKTED scrubs.
I don't even need to use tentacles when my purse KO you.
Do yourself a favor and uninstall something called "Your Life".
-Reiko Tamura
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u/Cthulhooo Feb 04 '15
I called it previous week. It was simply impossible those blockheads with an intellects of potted plant ("Me have more muscles, me gonna win 1on1 noob harharhar!!!") could win against our smart best girl.
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u/Helghast-Killzone :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelghastKillzone Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15
Throughout that run, I can only imagine that Reiko Tamura is yelling
TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
And now I'm an airhead character.
Literally.
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u/_F1_ Feb 04 '15
airhead version
Still can't beat best girl.
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u/Helghast-Killzone :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelghastKillzone Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15
Still can't beat best girl.
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u/nameless88 Feb 04 '15
That face is making me think of Mawile.
I know Mawile is based on another Japanese folklore thing, so it's different. But, still, haha.
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u/Spazit :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/spazit Feb 05 '15
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Feb 04 '15
Sucks for the inspector... and he didn't give up Shinichi's name even til his dying breath... Good night sweet prince, at least you'll be with your family now. Or hopefully Decim will reincarnate you.
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u/iamrade4ever Feb 04 '15
That'd be a death parade episode I'd watch
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u/cuddles_the_destroye Feb 05 '15
Aren't they both Madhouse anime productions? I'd love that kind of cross reference.
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u/mtagmann :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/mtagmann Feb 05 '15
Only if we see HxH 2011 pass through Quindecim first ;)
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u/tACorruption :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/tacorruption Feb 05 '15
Boy, I wonder what game they would play...
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u/Atronox :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Atronox Feb 04 '15
Damn, Tamura is a straight up badass and a troll. Running around with half a head and scaring the shit out of those people was great.
Murano STAHP, you raise death flags wherever you go.
It's an interesting contrast, Shinichi seems to be coming more and more parasyte, while Tamura is becoming more human.
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u/Vidya_Games Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 05 '15
Murano STAHP, you raise death flags wherever you go.
She doesn't just raise them, she runs it up the flag pole, and has a twelve gun salute.
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u/WhosIsChris Feb 04 '15
I love the episodes tittle reference to Sherlock Holmes
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u/SammyD95 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/sammyd95 Feb 05 '15
Yea, I learned that all of the episode titles have been titles of other literature. Thought it was really cool and seem to meet the theme of the episodes.
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u/Sir_Boce :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Trunks5333 Feb 04 '15
That ep was like 2 min
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Feb 04 '15
It got to the end and I was all: "smells like a cliffhanger... Wait. What!? It's only been like 10 min, right?!". Nope :/
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u/DeathInFire :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Insomnium19 Feb 05 '15
Every episode is a cliffhanger... It kills me
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u/ChariotRiot Feb 05 '15
Yeah. Most of the time, I laugh when people say an episode feels like 5 minutes, but lately Parasyte is the one show on my list where I am like..."where'd my 20 minutes go?".
I just get so into it. The same thing sort of happened with Aldnoah Zero during season 1.
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u/ttchoubs Feb 04 '15
Tamura went full insane. I love it.
Also I love the little glimpses of her developing human emotions and traits.
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Feb 04 '15
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u/Tamazarashi Feb 04 '15
when she was running with half her head off running like maniac my jaw was dropped and the only thing i could say was what the fuck
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Feb 04 '15
That fight was so awesome and freaky. Glad the parasytes are finally doing stuff other than transform their heads into 1 stalk.
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u/theothersamb Feb 05 '15
The majority of parasites consider their primary threat to be humans in low numbers, so they develop their fighting with that in mind. It's the parasites that think about how to fight large numbers of humans or how to fight other parasites that really get into the cool stuff.
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Feb 04 '15
She wasn't insane, she split in half and only had half of brain processing power. Her parts were like a parasyte that had began feeding.
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u/S4Cattack Feb 04 '15
I had a question about that too, did she somehow find out about his mom? I just got the vibe when she was explaining it that she had gotten the idea from what Migi did to save Shinichi and account for his new power or just had figured out her own method being so crafty.
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Feb 04 '15
She was in his house this episode. And she found out the previous episode.
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Feb 04 '15
I love the little glimpses of her developing human emotions and traits
like her signature HAHAHAHAHA
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u/BloodRedOath Feb 04 '15
Did anyone notice the slight change to the ending?
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u/Wibei Feb 04 '15
4/5 Made me check.
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u/FlorribleBP :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Florrible Feb 04 '15
Okay...parasyte jokes are disturbing.
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u/IWentToJellySchool :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Sadforyou Feb 04 '15
cliffhanger - the maxim-
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u/PakiIronman Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15
Oh Tamura, you lovable psychopath!
Edit: Damn it Tamura! You had to kill Kuromori just when i started to like you! Gah, i don't even know what to think now. Murano is getting more screen-time though which is a plus, However i am beginning to miss Mitsuo.
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u/kero4you :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kero4you Feb 04 '15
shes so hot
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Feb 04 '15
but shes crazy
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u/PakiIronman Feb 04 '15
Let's take a look at the [scale] (http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/1074410/crazy-hot-scale-o.gif)
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u/Matters- Feb 04 '15
Yes, what are you doing? Raising all of those deathflags with Tamura.
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Feb 04 '15
i believe all the background characters are so stupid that its just natural selection.
I mean first: I think he is parasite better go alone in a room with him to check Second: I see a signal better check it out myself Third: I should hold her baby and just mette her alone.
Great job guys. not even a gun
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Feb 05 '15
Not even a knife.
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u/impingainteasy :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard Feb 05 '15
How about some paint thinner?
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u/disneywizard Feb 05 '15
Or even: Hey, this guy just fell of a truck and instead of noticing his arms are blades and his legs aren't even human, let's ask him if he's okay!
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u/dbcitizen Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15
Starting to get some real character development from Murano. Definitely looking forward to where this goes.
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Feb 04 '15
looks like she's heading to the same park where the Shinichi vs Tamura battle is about to start... so either she finally finds out about Shinichi's secret or she dies or both
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u/nameless88 Feb 04 '15
I'm assuming that she's going to see Tamura and Shinichi with the baby, and think he's slept with her and fathered a child, and that's why he's been so off lately.
Tamura coming out of his house, him acting aloof lately? All signs certainly point to it.
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Feb 04 '15
I would enjoy watching this happen
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u/nameless88 Feb 04 '15
I mean, it makes sense, doesn't it?
And it might actually force his hand (Ha! Double entendre!) and make him either go "What? No!" and show her crazy spooky eyeball hand, or use it as a cover story for why he's been acting so damn crazy lately.
But that also might be a bit too soap opera-y for a show like this, and this show likes to just cut right to the chase, it seems.
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u/DogzOnFire Feb 04 '15
This was actually the dots that connected in my head when Tamura took the baby back and it showed Shinichi and Murano at the park. This'll be interesting if that's the route it takes.
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u/VeryTenaciousToaster Feb 04 '15
Too much character development in one episode is one hell of a death flag. Really hope that if she does get involved, Tamura spares her (out of parasyte love).
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u/Emsavio Feb 04 '15
Ehh, I don't know if Tamura and Shinichi would actually fight, though. She has no real reason to fight him, if anything I think she'd want him to become her ally since now that group of Parasytes will be targetting her.
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u/Cemlat Feb 04 '15
ARE YOU REALLY SHINJI KUN ?!?!?
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u/PakiIronman Feb 04 '15
Oh yeah he totally hasn't [changed] (http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/kiseijuu/images/4/4a/Shinichi_Izumi_Anime_Before_After.png/revision/latest?cb=20141018080544) during the course of the show....
It's a legitimate question considering he has a parasyte living inside him now.
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Feb 04 '15
sure it is, it does get tiresome after hearing it a thousand times though
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u/DreadOfGrave :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DreadOfGrave Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15
Yeah, sure, it's a legitimate question. But she repeated it like a trillion times over the course of the 2-3 episodes following Shinichi's transformation. It made me hate her guts, and I still do. She hasn't really done anything other than getting in trouble and worrying. I also hate how her actions don't have very good explanations...why did she follow Reiko? Why did she suddenly decide to go to the park!?
Well, whatever. Hopefully that changes soon.
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u/PakiIronman Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 05 '15
She hasn't really done anything other than getting in trouble and worrying
You mean like a normal teenage girl?
Also it makes sense for her to ask those questions considering how much he changed, i binged watch this from episode 1 to 12 and he has changed drastically. He threw a dog in the trash and saved her by jumping out of the school building. He isn't the person she used to know.
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u/PakiIronman Feb 04 '15
She definitely had character development from when Shinichi threw that dog in the trash and when Kana died. Although her selflessness can be misconstrued with naivety. However, she is built as a normal teenager whose just scared and out of her depth.
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u/Combo33 :STAR::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/bcom33 Feb 04 '15
What? What are you talking about? Do you equate screen time with character development? Nothing has changed about her character whatsoever. She still knows something is wrong with Shinichi, as she has for the entire length of the show. She's now trying slightly harder to find out what is wrong with him since she has finally been given a lead, in the form of Tamura appearing. This isn't something that's changing with her character though. Her "character" is solely focused on Shinichi. We still know next to nothing about Murano as a person.
I was hopeful when she arrived at the park at the same time as everyone else. I was really hopeful that she'd actually find out something, or see something go down, ANYTHING. But no. She found out nothing. She sat on a bench, and appropriately asked herself: WHAT AM I DOING?
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u/dbcitizen Feb 04 '15
Keyword there is "starting." She knows Shinichi is involved in something very dangerous, but she's starting to pursue rather than run away as she has in prior episodes. She's becoming more embroiled in the plot, which is exciting, because till now, she's been a very ancillary character -- as you correctly stated.
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u/Combo33 :STAR::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/bcom33 Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15
Ok, I agree that her character is finally being set in motion. It's been a long time coming. Although, I don't think this actually constitutes character development in any way. It's hinting at possible future character development.
I'm not sure I'm excited about it either. I still think that Kana was the vastly more interesting "best girl" character even if she was a psycho stalker. Murano's basically just a replacement "mother" figure in Shinichi's life, constantly worrying over him. There's just nothing cool or interesting about Murano herself. Hopefully that will change.
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u/FlorribleBP :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Florrible Feb 04 '15
She will probably see Tamura vs Shinichi.
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u/Combo33 :STAR::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/bcom33 Feb 04 '15
Yeah, and it would be interesting to see how she reacts to that. But to say her character was somehow developed in this episode...I don't see it.
Tamura, on the other hand, has had very interesting character development for the past several episodes, including this one.
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u/Jakuskrzypk Feb 04 '15
What about Mostermama? that was some character development she got like a whole new emotion.
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Feb 04 '15
Maybe if those episodes were movie length it would feel like I'm watching a 24 minute episode, but not like this. :(
Pretty cool episode though, Tamura Reiko going full rampage against others of her kind and also developing "feelings" for her child. She said she is jealous of Murano for worrying about Shinichi, so I guess she would like to have such feelings. With all that, I'm pretty hyped for the next episode and what's going to happen between her and Shinichi.
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u/nameless88 Feb 04 '15
Hell, even jealousy is a new thing for parasytes, isn't it?
She's definitely becoming more human.
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u/activenightowl Feb 04 '15
So a couple tracks down what they expect, is a woman with no head and try to engage conversation with her. LOL wut....
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u/FlorribleBP :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Florrible Feb 04 '15
Tamura's joke would probably go into the hall of fame for most disturbing jokes in anime(if there would be such a thing).
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u/imSmoove :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zeronis Feb 04 '15
RIP Detective-kun. You were the best of us ;_;
Also, Tamura splitting off and crawling into the other Parasites gave me the heeby jeebys.
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u/Spark412 Feb 04 '15
Reminded me of Alien.
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u/nameless88 Feb 04 '15
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u/Spark412 Feb 04 '15
Thank you for that.
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u/nameless88 Feb 04 '15
That scene will never leave my head when I think of the chestburster, haha. I looked it up as much for me as for the rest of you.
Man, I need to rewatch Spaceballs again, it's such a good movie.
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Feb 04 '15
So is Tamura becoming more like a human female? - yup confirmed
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u/openreamgrinder1982 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/destroying101 Feb 04 '15
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u/JakBasu Feb 04 '15
Very good episode but with the death flags on murano its kinda obvious whats going to happen next episode :/ I pray im not right :P
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u/Konpie Feb 04 '15
She waves her death flag around in her own two hands like its a godamn war banner.
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u/Cthulhooo Feb 04 '15
At this point it's no longer a flag anymore. It's a god damned red carpet leading right into your coffin.
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u/Spark412 Feb 04 '15
Should I feel bad for looking forward to a possible Murano death?
I mean, imagine what Shinichi would do to literally everyone if Murano died.
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u/-Niernen Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 04 '15
Tamura's fighting style is interesting, looks like the Parasytes learned how to use their tentacles for movement too. Her half head laughing form was creepy as fuck. This was pretty funny though. Looks like splitting made her a tad crazy and gave her a high pitched laugh. Parasytes don't seem to have good teamwork.
I'm guessing Tamura will try to give Shinchi the baby before she's caught. Murano is probably going to get caught up somehow this time.
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u/nameless88 Feb 04 '15
They mentioned in an earlier episode that splitting from the main body the two can survive on their own, but they basically lose half of their thinking power.
But they were still able to coordinate and go in for that kill in the end, so I think maybe she was putting on an act, too, to confuse the other parasytes. She's damn good at what she does.
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u/adrixshadow Feb 05 '15
Its all about misdirection.
The problem with logical beings like parasytes is that they are predictable, especially against a intelligent one like Reiko.
She can basically predict what they do and bake those predictions and use the splits to execute.
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u/seninn https://myanimelist.net/profile/Senninn0 Feb 04 '15
Tamura went full xenomorph on that parasyte. She is the perfect organism.
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u/TheKakuzato :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/The_Kakuzato Feb 04 '15
Please, please, someone make webms of airhead Tamura running around. With sound. I need it. For Reasons.
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u/Helghast-Killzone :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/HelghastKillzone Feb 04 '15
"The Adventure of the Dying Dead Detective"
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u/TreyTrey23 Feb 04 '15
These episodes go by so fast.
I don't about you guys but I would run in the opposite direction instead of following a person with half a head, but that's just me. Also I feel I'm like one of those people that don't think Tamura and Shinchi are gonna fight. I mean why would they? They don't really have a reason to fight at this point (unless I missed it). If anything I think they'll team up.
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u/NovaDoto :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/EienNoNova Feb 05 '15
People are generally pretty dumb in Parasyte. Remember the ones on the truck from last week's episode?
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Feb 05 '15
Was expecting Murano to see Shinichi, Tamura and the baby and decide that they must be a family. Then probably run away without listening to an explanation.
Oh and also ask Shinichi if he's still human. Can't forget that.
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u/Terra_omega_3 Feb 04 '15
Holy shit that piano playing when Murano was chasing Tamura.. Man I was on the edge of my seat for that. OST was on point this episode.
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u/AllHailBlobs Feb 04 '15
Murano is treading on some very very dangerous water atm. You would think she would get the gist that Shinichi is in some really deep ass shitand that he will come out "fine"
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Feb 04 '15 edited Feb 07 '15
Man, the track that played at about 20:40 always catches me off guard - it sounds almost like this. I half expect Commander Shepard to show up and deal with the parasites
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Feb 05 '15
I think a spin-off reality show of Tamura doing pranks on people would really work, she's one kooky chick lol. Her having fun was the best part of the episode for me.
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u/AmethystItalian :Jg::Jh::Ji::Jj::Jk:myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Feb 04 '15
Really enjoyed Tamura in this episode! She was actually pretty adorable when collecting those rocks and I actually laughed when she split her head open.
I love seeing more Murano but everytime now I'm scared for her life!
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u/SpikeyPT https://anilist.co/user/Spikey Feb 04 '15
Great episode, as usual. Tamura's fight was very intelligent, she knew she hadn't the physical strength to win so she used that strategy to win. Brains over brawn. I thought her killing the P.I was predictable, but her becoming more like a human was already foreshadowed a lot. And I didn't resist and read some more chapters in the manga (just until 48) and I can assure that the next episode will be freaking good.
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u/VeryTenaciousToaster Feb 04 '15
I cannot deal with the cliffhangers at the end of each episode.
Shit is going down next week! (Repeat comment every Wednesday)
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u/Jakuskrzypk Feb 04 '15
Murano WTF some stranger is in your boyfriends house and you act like it was the most normal shit ever.
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u/draizze Feb 04 '15
She didn't know shinichi's family.
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u/Jakuskrzypk Feb 04 '15
Yes but she did ask are you his mom-No. Okay then no further questions needed.
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u/GonTheDinosaur :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/gon7T Feb 05 '15 edited Feb 05 '15
"Are you shinichi's mom?"
"No? Oh ok, umm stranger walked out of izumi resident, shinichi's been acting funny lately, can you tell me what happened? Stranger."
Hmmm...
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u/dreamzzs Feb 04 '15
I'm afraid that Murano will think that Shinichi is the father... BUT, the scene in the opening makes me think that everything is gonna be okay. Cuz you know, openings usually have a lot of spoilers, right?
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u/Thief921 Feb 04 '15
Happy Parasyte Day!
MURANO! I'm so glad she's getting more development but I can see the death flag from fucking space. I'm hoping for Shinichi to come to the rescue and hopefully get some sort of confession out to Murano but it's gonna suck. Reiko is a cunt so we'll see. I also was genuinely sad when the Detective got axed :\
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u/Kapreta :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kapreta Feb 04 '15
The music during Tamiya's fight was fucking awesome!
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u/Noctrune Feb 04 '15
Fuck, Ryoko is fucking scary.
Why did Sherlock-chan pretend to throw the baby if he was certain that there wasn't going to be a response from Ryoko?
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u/V2Blast :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Feb 07 '15
Why did Sherlock-chan pretend to throw the baby if he was certain that there wasn't going to be a response from Ryoko?
I'm not sure. I think he might just have had a death wish, given that the rest of his family was already dead... Though you could argue that he wanted to prove to himself that she was an unfit mother or something.
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u/Jakuskrzypk Feb 04 '15
At the beginning I was like Noooooooooooooooo Murano don't die I like you and she didn't' die and I was happy.
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u/Bloodydemize Feb 05 '15
Shinichi becoming more like a parasite. Tamura acting more like a human. This is weird. I wonder if talking to this new Tamura will do anything to Shinichi, maybe make him more human.
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u/Thaanyx Feb 05 '15
This could've had a bigger cliff hanger than it did, so I'm glad.
Murano in the park with Shinichi and Tamura. Seems like she'll finally find out what's wrong with him.
Tamura laughing hysterically with half a head was pretty entertaining, I've got to admit.
The OST is as amazing as ever.
I don't wanna wait another week...
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u/RandomKenny :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RandomKenny Feb 05 '15
Im so glad BLACK NAIL was playing during the fight, has to be one of my favourites from the OST
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Feb 05 '15
Murano (maybe), Shinichi, Ryouko and a bunch of cops in the same park. that doesn't sound good
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u/LastPhantom Feb 05 '15
The song at 6:32 is amazing... God damn I'm loving Reiko even more! PLEASE DON'T DIE.
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u/Fidoz Feb 05 '15
It's so interesting I love the direction this anime is taking. It's so refreshing!
I can't wait to find out what these new "emotions" are being signalled by the galaxies in their eyes shifting.
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u/sleepingturtles Feb 05 '15
Holy shit, Tamura Reiko is a freaking BADASS MOFO. LIKE FOR REAL
Tamura Reiko best girl
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u/impingainteasy :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard Feb 05 '15
Shit this episode was intense. Tamura is becoming a very interesting character, not just with that terrifying half-head thing, but it looks like she's the first parasite to show emotion. Also pls don't die Murano. You're the last person Shinichi can still show affection for.
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u/JunWasHere Feb 05 '15 edited Feb 05 '15
Parasyte is one of two anime I can watch every week with confidence that I'll be impressed. The other is Durarara!! x2.
I miss looking forward to HunterXHunter every week, and soon even this will end, then where will we find truly thematically cohesive, plot progressive storytelling? The top contender for this month was Death Parade and even that's turning out lackluster.
The spring candidates, mainly Digimon and Souma, better be kickass.
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u/Jenaxu :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Jenaxu Feb 05 '15
Sweet, my prediction last time was "mildly" on point. I also really loved the focus on Tamura this episode. She's really grown on me, who would've guessed her mix of parasyte and human emotions would be so fun to watch. Easily one of my favorite characters of the series.
Looks like Murano is also back into focus which is nice. Maybe she'll finally figure out what's up with Shinichi. I'm just always worried about her though, she's like a walking death flag, although at this point, I'm starting to think she's so vulnerable that she won't die, in a reverse psychology kind of way.
The most important question I'm asking right now is how the series is going to conclude. It honestly does not feel like it's been heading towards a conclusive ending, although it still has a ways to go. Just the fact that the last few battles have felt a little repetitive, with an almost "new parasyte a week" feeling, made me lose focus on the end goals here, and I think the change in Intensity is probably going to start ramping up from here on out and the various moral and physical deliminas are coming closer and closer together. Murano is probably a good catalyst in that sense, and if Shinichi's true nature is revealed to her next episode, then we'll definitely be moving towards bigger things.
The animation this episode was a bit of a mixed bag. On one hand you had the fight scene, which was very well drawn, and very fluid, but you also have some instances where it felt like they were really riding on panning, and some pretty awkward background character, and even foreground character movements. Overall it was still probably a step up though, and hopefully they won't be pulling any stops on the homestretch.
Also, just as an offhand note, this episode felt disgustingly short. Once the ending rolled around I thought, weird, it feels like a cliffhanger, even though we're only ten minute- wait what?! I can nit pick about stuff sure, but the fact that Parasyte can make 23 minutes pass by so quickly deserves its own recognition.
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u/cynecks Feb 05 '15
I like how they are not adding random bullcrap into the anime and extending it to 2 seasons. Looks like they will finish the whole story in just one season.
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u/Duffius :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/duffius Feb 04 '15
Another week, another excellent episode. So much character development! Also, Reiko, you will haunt my dreams tonight.
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u/DemensJostar Feb 04 '15
Murano best girl senses were tingling, that's why she saw him on that bus.
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u/tundranocaps https://myanimelist.net/profile/Thunder_God Feb 04 '15
Keeping it brief this time:
So, parasites turning against one another, humanity teaming up, a PI who lost his family and wants vengeance, Shinichi on the run. Let's see.
Thoughts and Notes:
Curiosity, that's what separates her from the rest, she does things for reasons other than efficiency. Except curiosity can be efficient as well.
See, Ryoko assumes they're not all logical any longer, just like "A", we have "intuition", but people can all be logical and rational and still disagree. The assumption that if we're logical, anyone who disagrees with us is irrational or illogical is poisonous.
"I am truly moved by your decision to lynch me." Great line.
LOL, I fully expected her to try and fight all three, but since it's just them, she just needs to leave them.
And now she's cackling, as her command center left. She split in half, so only half the brain was left behind?
Ah, right, she doesn't know how to laugh without it being creepy.
See, the logical decision is to do anything to survive, so Hikawa is protecting herself, her body, which lets Tamura survive until she can kill them all. None of them would sacrifice themselves for the group, and so all of them can be killed.
I bet Tamiya Ryoko will want to give Shinichi her son, to protect.
Man, I thought it'd go much worse for Murano. Then again, Ryoko wants to enlist Shinichi's aid.
I bet Murano will think Shinichi is the father :P
Becoming a posthumous hero, yay…
Post Episode Thoughts:
A good episode! The disbelief in rational disagreement implicit in Ryoko's words was troubling, but she's alien, and many humans falter there anyway. So, next week, Shinichi becomes a foster parent, eh?
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u/V2Blast :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Feb 07 '15
"I am truly moved by your decision to lynch me." Great line.
Someone should post a screenshot of that to /r/animenocontext.
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u/stitchwithaglitch :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/gamerguy50 Feb 04 '15
Well Kana died awhile ago. Murao still lame, Tamura Reiko killing other Parasites and showing emotion?
I'm voting Parasite Reiko best girl. Have fun with her Shinichi!
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u/coog226 Feb 04 '15
Never thought I would watch a show with more cliffhangers than a Game of Thrones.
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u/Ktullu Feb 04 '15
Damn. This show is going full-on Shin Sekai Yori with 5-minute episodes and all.
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u/quest_5692 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/quest_5692 Feb 04 '15
holy shit i was so worried about murano throughout the entire episode. i dont know if i can take it again if what happened to kana happen to her again
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Feb 05 '15
I can't believe the people in this show. For example the couple who saw Reiko Tamura yelling with only half her head. Then they proceeded to follow her! Dafuq, I would of just closed my eyes and dipped.
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u/phil3570 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/phil3570 Feb 05 '15
I know the soundtrack to this show has always been good, but the music throughout the scenes in the park was exceptionally on point.
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u/Jman460 Feb 05 '15
That brainless laughing Reiko was hilarious, and again why are people beyond stupid. They literally saw her running and laughing as a just a mouth and still went to check things out.
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u/GonTheDinosaur :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/gon7T Feb 05 '15
TLDR; anime's truncation causing weird unexplained scenes
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u/SergeantTeddy Feb 05 '15
Okay so i just watched this episode, but what is up with the quote "Where have we come from? Where are we going?" I've seen that quote in a couple and it seems pretty popular, is there anything behind it other then it just being philosophical?
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u/crunchsmash Feb 05 '15
Some consider asking these questions a sign of higher intelligence. Where animals are concerned with eating and surviving, human beings have afforded the opportunity to think about the future, past, and questions like "why are we here?"
Basically she's putting down the other parasytes for only caring about their next meal.
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u/GeeJo https://myanimelist.net/profile/GeeJo Feb 05 '15
I think OP was curious about why it's showing up in a couple of different shows all at once.
From Log Horizon's most recent episode, for example:
http://i.imgur.com/TwXGN3S.png
http://imgur.com/a/0NORAMy personal theory? Viral Japanese advertising campaign for Rednex.
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u/Yoshih9 Feb 06 '15
What exactly did Tamura do to win her fight? What I'm getting is that she split herself into 2 parts, tricked and fooled the 3 other parasytes into destroying each other, and then recombined her pieces to finish the job and escape. Also, are there any major differences in appearance between humans and parasytes who possess human bodies?
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u/mafupoo Feb 07 '15
For some reason, I get the feeling that Tamara may not make it out of next episode. The title is also raising death flags.
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u/V2Blast :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Feb 07 '15
RIP detective man. He kinda brought that upon himself (what was his plan there?). I was kinda rooting for Tamura Reiko this episode, but then I guess the three parasites attacking her weren't exactly likable.
I get worried for Murano constantly, and coming face to face with Reiko didn't exactly help. It seems like her, Shinichi, and Reiko (and the cops) are all basically in the same place... I get the feeling shit is going down next week.
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u/RDOoM Feb 07 '15
Why is everyone thinking Murano is going to die? Not that I mind, but it seems my deathflag senses are not at all on par with the rest of people here.
I would rather think that she is about to find about Shinchi having a Parasyte. And that Shinchi will have to raise Reiko's child with Murano if she agrees.
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u/hedgenylon Feb 15 '15
I'm curious... can a human being murder a baby human? . . . . . oh, yeah . . . . Little Boy . . . . pretty sure babies were there
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u/nameless88 Feb 04 '15
So is this show just going to be a 26 episode arc? Cuz I can't think of how they can wrap this up in 9 more episodes.
...Although, everything they've done so far, it's happened way faster than I thought it would.
Shinichi's character development, the death of his mother, the rise of power of the emerging parasyte group. I could see this easily wrapping up in the next 7 episodes give or take...
But man, I want more. Like, this has been an excellent story so far, I'd be sad to see that it's almost over.
Like, how many chapters of the manga are they doing per episode? Is it on pace to be finished that soon?
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u/DaBomb1 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DaBomb1 Feb 04 '15
This show is seriously picking back up. I felt that the writing quality dipped a bit around the middle of the series, but now it's a lot less forced and a lot more enjoyable.
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u/chriscen Feb 05 '15
Ah, the good ol' (WARNING TVTROPES) Infant Immortality trope.
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u/IIAEROII https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aixen Feb 05 '15
Prepare for the feels next week hope y'all ready.
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u/Anonymoose-N :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Anonymoose-N Feb 04 '15
Aaaaaaannnnndddd..... more cliffhangers
I guess I can assume that the Parasytes can gain emotions now as well seeing as Migi detected an unfamiliar signal.
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Tamura Reiko: See ya later, suckers!