Parasyte Chapter 64 Discussion

Great ending! I thought migi woulnd't appear at all but there is still hope Migi is looking out for Shinji's loved ones. 10/10 from me!



I do believe Migi has become a great life form in this manga. With the transformation he's gone through i believe it reflects on the mass of information he has gathered on human life.

Woot, Migi saved the day again. Shinichi deserved the happy ending! :D

This was a cool manga.  I think the characters were bland at times, and the end got a little ridiculous with the fighting and migi coming back etc, but in the end those were somewhat excusable due to the quality surrounding it.  I would of liked Shinichi to have more of a personality but I can live with him only thinking of the plot and nothing else, as well as never having one deep thought until more than halfway through the story.  Alright I'm a little salty.



But where this story shines is it's world and themes, mostly it's themes.  The way it tackles the value of life can be a bit heavy handed at times, but it was still very thought provoking and well done as a whole.  Heavy handed as in the ample moments where it, not so subtly, contrasts the early Parasite kills with eating meat, or one particular scene where a mother is being very rude to her child right after a mother dog had just came charging in to protect it's pup for example.  My preference would of been to not spoon feed the reader as hard, but it's not the biggest problem.  Shinji was bland and his role in the story was painfully obvious, being the pro-human life shallow thinking meathead transformed into a wise and understanding person, but apart from how poorly he was done early on I think he was written pretty well for pushing the themes across to the reader.



Overall, I found the story engaging, the themes thought provoking and well done but heavy handed, and the characters to be bare bones until the end.  Not to mention the art was some of the most fantastic I've seen, being simplistic, easy to read, but very expressive.   If the characters we're more complex(not looking at parasites, but the humans), the themes a bit more subtle, and the ending cheese removed it could of been better.  As it stands now it's a pretty good story about realizing the importance of every individual life, yet also understanding the importance of self preservation.  The ending with Gotoh was facinating, and I loved how Shinichi turned back after that beautiful monologue and said sorry before destroying his heart.  I feel like I learned a lot through reading this about having an unbiased look on life.  I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves effective art and is interested in the topic of the value of life.  To be human is to understand the value of life, the only monsters are those who do not!  7/10

Not bad, but not my favourite either. The ending wasn't very satisfying for me, but maybe it'll be better in the anime.

skualninja said:
Raven_Shinobi said:
[It is confirmed by the manga–ka that Shinichi and his girlfriend both survived, as it was stated in the interview from Parasyte vol. 8 Del–Rey edition that I quoted in my previous post. I'd take an official translation over a fan translation any day.

That's good to know, thanks for the info.



Ah good to know as well!



What an interesting story here with the premise and characters. Migi...I won't forget you or the events of the final chapter and their journey. Overall, rating this 8/10. Can't wait to see the anime!

its nice to read something like this every now and then. very good story.

Maelstrom_Divide said:
To me, it seemed strongly as if they died in the end.



If you look at the ending, Shinichi thinks he had let her fall. He clearly misses. He closes his eyes, and all of a sudden he's saved her (This is Point 1), with the help of Migi. Point 2, Migi is alive. He looks up and sees a serene sky. He tells her about the puppy, and somehow she knew, going as far as to assume she did. This contradicts her actions and thoughts earlier in the manga. Point 3, she is saying things that go out of character, but that seem to be exactly what Shinichi wants to hear. Point 4, the people on the roof believe that all of the bodies are dead and then, with a very slight smile on his face, Shinichi laughs, before a closeup of his right hand appears. His right-hand is perfectly stationary and shows no sign of Migi. Migi said it would be impossible for him to have any sort of consciousness for decades, so I find it hard to believe he would be able to will his way into existence for just a brief moment.



Everything goes exactly as Shinichi could have hoped, in every regard.



Then, the closing page. A shot of the planet with the text "I only want to feel some warmth... even from that which death would take from me."



I think it's an extremely ambiguous ending, in the same vein as Taxi Driver. It's up for debate whether the events in the last few pages actually happened, while being heavily implied to be just a fantasy within Shinichi's mind.



Migi stated that while he was inside Goto's body, he felt like a spectator, and because of that, almost invincible. Right before the dream scene where Migi tells Shinichi that he's going to disappear, there was some narrative that explains that some parasytes adapted to become like humans.  Doesn't that say something about what Migi was trying to do? He's obviously changed and become less cold-hearted, and along with that I think he decided that being a spectator and helping out at times of danger would be the best thing for Shinichi, thus implying that his "decade slumber" is something he can snap out of at will considering he decided to do it himself. Also, I don't think that roof top battle panned out exactly like Shinichi wished... 2 people died, he got a knife stuck in his left arm, and he missed the grab with his right... definitely not ideal. It was Migi who helped.

What an ending! It's perfect! I love this manga. I thought the anime was great, but this is leagues above. I mean I literally finished it in two days! It had me completely hooked! Definitely one of my favourites. Very glad I finally gave it a read.