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One-Eye
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Ep 21: Grade B
While not great for me it was an improvement over last episode. My main beefs are that I wish they had given Mayor Hirakawa a little more screen time previously. Either another short speech or monologue about man and the environment or some more interaction by him with the parasytes. I agree with Nick's assessment in that I too felt a bit of "disconnect" with his character because there wasn't enough there about him for me and therefore it softens some of his impact. I also agree with Nick that sometimes I wish that the characters "just Stopped Talking". It was thankfully not as abusive as last episode, but I find it sometimes unnecessary and it feels like an attempt to stretch things out.
Pretty much what bs3311 and HaruhiToy stated. Once Shinichi's heart had been restored Murano recognized this and the distance between the two was closed. Murano later basically is saying "leave my man alone!" when the cop goes to school to recruit Shinichi. Its been clear that Murano is Shinichi's "fated one" from day one and she has been pretty loyal even thru all the ups and downs. So she was never really gone or too distant. Kanna never had a chance.
I pretty much agree with everything you said in your post, but I disagree with some of the details here. Kanna's ability and the serial killer's are different. She could sense weakly the parasyte signals at a distance. He doesn't sense their signals instead I guess you could say that he is highly aware of humans on a physical and emotional level. He instinctively can tell predator and prey apart. But I totally agree the killer has a purpose in the story.
Look I agree that there have been a few reviews that might have gone overboard (I think the reviewers could have chosen different language to express their distaste), but I don't see it as an agenda and readers have the opportunity to give feedback on the reviews. Again I'm not trying to attack you for your stance, but I respectfully disagree. |
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Sanyo
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Shinichi got laid.
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residentgrigo
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I knew that the boards would ask if we saw a boy on girl on Kiseijū sex scene or not (seinen is the best!) and the B makes sense to me. My problems were the lack of nudity/sex as it was needed here for one but most importantly was the slightly weird editing. It just felt "off".
Am i the only one who can´t believe how good the VA´s are? The last time in was so focused on the "acting" part of anime voice acting is when i binge watched LOGH. There have been a lot of well acted animes over the last few years and Baccano/DRR also stood out to me also but pretty much everyone here deserves some kind of award. This will be the part of the anime i will remember most. The music comes next. It would perfectly fit into a Hotline Miami game! |
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Angel M Cazares
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I am not surprised. Kana Hanazawa and Miyuki Sawashiro, for example, are among the greatest seiyuu. |
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crosswithyou
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Hey now, you can't not mention Shimazaki! 
Btw Nick, it's "Hirokawa" as opposed to "Hirakawa." ^^ At first I wasn't sure if they would fit the entire series in 26 episodes but the pacing has been good. I can't see them botching the ending an am excited to see the rest. |
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HaruhiToy
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^ don't forget Aya Hirano here. She's priceless as Migi.
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chito895
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After this episode, I really started to feel this to be a generic shonen season finale. Because it is. The last hope of humanity is our hero that most likely will win. All that part when Shinichi was freaking out made me laugh a lot. I hope there is a good twist at the end, and if not, a very well animated battle might work.
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justsomeaccount
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^ Emm I think you are a little confused. I'd understand you feel like this if it was in episode 19 when the police officer goes finding Shinichi (who at the end didn't do anything there other than being seen by Gotou), but this episode determined that it doesn't matter, parasytes have lost and cannot survive, even Gotou is just a savage beast more in the world instead of a reeeeal threat to mankind as a whole. The story has reduced the scale to Shinichi's individual life and that's his fear and resolve, not "saving mankind". And I didn't like the episode personally, but that's what it was about.
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residentgrigo
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True that! Her performance as Migi is top 10 voice acting in any field but don´t forget Rika. animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2014-10-16/parasyte-migi-gets-its-sound-effects-from-a-beatboxing-teenage-girl/.80014 She is a a year old DJ 17! I wonder how the hell LOGH will be cast as the OG version is still the golden standard in my book. Saving mankind was never on the table as this is (actual) seinen. I understood that the Parasytes nevers stood a chance when i finished the first volume a dacede ago and i even read all 10 in one sitting. The one thing that surprisd me was the (perfect) ending and it should prove to be controversial very soon. I may bitch about the anime a bit here and there but Madhouse did well overall and this is as good as non ova adaptations get today. 2/3 of anime are midnight channel only btw. so we are watching mostly ova´s now in a way. This industry makes no sense! |
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Rogueywon
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Finally seen episode 21. I have a sneaking suspicion that those complaining that there wasn't enough done to make Hirokawa sympathetic are missing the point. He wasn't supposed to be sympathetic. He was a villain of comic-book-evil proportions and he was an environmentalist. That's not a combination that comes up often, but it's not unheard of, either (one or two of Tom Clancy's books have taken that slant, for instance, though I'll grant you it's exceedingly rare in anime). I think the commentary here was on the anti-humanism of some parts of the green movement.
I kind of feel like this show is dangling the old chestnut of "man is the real monster" in front of us, while at the same time disproving it. Man isn't the real monster in this show. Really, it isn't. |
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Angel M Cazares
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Episode 22 grade: B+
Other than the Migi circumstance, this episode was kind of boring to me. A change of pace is welcome, but I expected to see an episode with more urgency to wrap things up. But I suppose the remaining 2 episodes should be enough to gives us a worthy conclusion. |
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_Cyphon_
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Episode 22 wasn't bad, but it was kind of boring. I felt that Migi's final words were kind of out of place. I know that he's been "humanizing" throughout the series, but it haven't seen him clearly cross that line from Parasyte to human until this instant, which made me feel that his final development was a little bit rushed.
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IKKIsama
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Best episode in a while as far as I'm concerned.
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mazzmoney
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I'm trying to look at it from his perspective. As the viewer, I understand what the scene was trying to do, I just didn't understand what he was gonna gain out of it. I get that he lost his family and essentially had little to live for, but I would have expected him to try and kill Reiko or something like that, not "reveal her true nature" which she probably already knew (from his POV, and mine at least). So he was gonna reveal her nature and what? Die? Lets say she was a monster (which was highly likely) what would he have gained. That's the thing with the whole scene, based on his knowledge, his actions just seemed kind of convenient, and I doubt someone who literally gusted their family killed (he presumed it was her right?) would act in such a way.
Maybe I think they should have done a better job explaining that then. That does clear up that part a little, but I still don't see why she 1) had to die, and 2) had to give up the baby. She claimed a few minutes prior that humans and parasites aren't all that different, so what is stopping her from being a good parent. Maybe on an instinctual level she wouldn't be a great mother, but I don't see why she had to die and not try. To me your point sounds like "tamura saw the photos and realized she was a shit mom and determined that the baby would be better in a proper home than hers, even though she didn't even try to be a good mother to the child. Thus she had to die." With her level of intellect, I don't see why she couldn't try, unless she deemed it impossible since parasites have no way of reproducing. Maybe the manga does a better job with this, because I thought this was pretty horribly portrayed in the anime. Edit: I read that part of the manga, and in the manga she says "a human's child needs to be raised by a human" whereas in the anime her words are different, asking shinichi directly to raise the child as a human. The manga lines clear stuff up a bit, but I still find it weird (especially after reading the manga) how she says parasites are the same species and are children of humans, so it makes it weird that she feels she can't take care of a child so closely related to her. Besides that, I get now why she died, she felt living any longer and pursuing all these questions were pointless, because it would never stop and if it did, her response would be the same. I don't relate with that kind of thought, but hey, at least there was a reason for it. I guess she felt her life was pointless if she couldn't live for another person, like a child or a lover (which would explain the "I'm jealous" comment). It does make me appreciate this part of the show more, at the very least, but i still think the episodes after this are still bad.
It's hard to gauge how cops would react in this situation considering theres a monster here so I'll leave this one be. I personally didn't see why they would shoot when there is a human life that could be harmed (a baby no less) but considering the events of episode 20-21 the cops obviously care little about human life.
If he was'nt brought up, then the whole arc with Kanna would be pointless since it introduces a person with this ability. This killer has trained it though. Both humans and parasytes can be monsters while having the potential to be better. Look at Migi, Uda and Tamura trying to learn and coexist while Gotou and the others learn and hide in the shadows in a position of government while satisfying their hunger. This was brought up before too. They introduced a murderer who could sense parasites, and the way it came off to me is that he developed this "sense" because he was a killer. I'm not saying parasites can't be good, I'm saying that I didn't like that they introduced a character who could sense parasites because he is a killer like they are. That's how I took it anyway.
A failed plan would be that nothing was gained. Gotou stated that, "it seems all the others have been killed." This is'nt AOT where they plan to charge Erens basement, then retreat. not a total failure I give you that, but they tried to minimize civilian casualties and in that regard they failed. Granted, the plan wasn't to save as many humans as possible, but from the first few minutes it was obvious the human lives were taken into consideration somewhat, and in that way they failed. Killed a lot of civilians, parasites, and police, so to me it was a loss on all sides really.
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Jayhosh
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I must say, while I've been enjoying the past few, episode 22 was much more engaging. The raw emotion was really quite powerful, I could almost feel the pain Shinichi felt. Strangely, much more than whenever he was emotional in previous episodes. This episode as a whole just didn't feel as forced to me. I wasn't very fond of the whole police arc, there even came a point where I was beginning to wonder what had happened to such a previously great show. But it seems like it's set itself up quite nicely once again. The finale should be good, I'm looking forward to it.
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