SILENT INVASION
They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They ... read full description
They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They ... read full description
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Jul 04, 2011
Caris
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One of the tricky parts of working in a library is walking that fine line between censorship and common sense. Librarians may be guardians of intellectual freedom, but they cannot, simultaneously, be irresponsible people. The wrong book in the hands of the wrong person at the wrong time can be catastrophic. And, as far as most librarians are concerned, the users at the fiery center of this discretionary minefield are children.
When the popularity of manga exploded a few years ago, no More...
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Jan 21, 2009
Jennifer
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I've now finished the first two volumes of this series, and I actually really like it (hence the four stars). The first couple volumes of Parasyte had been sitting around my apartment for over a year, since some people recommended it. I couldn't get myself motivated to read it for the longest time, because the premise, that alien parasites were sent to cull the human race to preserve the planet, sounded too silly sci-fi/horror for me.
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The main character, Shinichi, is a high school More...
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Nov 21, 2011
Πέτρος
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Parasyte is a mix of horror/comedy/gore/mystery and does a good job at keeping you interested … most of the time.
The premise is about aliens landing on Earth and possessing the bodies of humans as means to hide in their society. The thing is, these aliens are carnivores and literally eat humans as means to survive. So this is the horror part as there are lots of graphic violence scenes in this and they vary from bloody to down disgusting. The aliens can transform parts of the body they pos More...
The premise is about aliens landing on Earth and possessing the bodies of humans as means to hide in their society. The thing is, these aliens are carnivores and literally eat humans as means to survive. So this is the horror part as there are lots of graphic violence scenes in this and they vary from bloody to down disgusting. The aliens can transform parts of the body they pos More...
Aug 14, 2011
Charles Dee
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Puffballs from outer space drift to earth, parasitic worms emerge, they crawl into human orifices, they take over human brains. Teenager Sinichi luckily wakes up as one tries to enter his nose. He fights it off but it burrows into his arm. A tourniquet keeps it from traveling further, but now Sinichi has an alien for a right hand.
Unlike the murky atmosphere that pervades much horror manga, Iwaaki's story has the clean,, crisp lines appropriate to its contemporary setting, and the sit More...
Unlike the murky atmosphere that pervades much horror manga, Iwaaki's story has the clean,, crisp lines appropriate to its contemporary setting, and the sit More...
Jun 28, 2009
Nnedi
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This was super violent and normally I wouldn't read this kind of thing because of that. However, the story pulled me in. It had moments that made me laugh out loud. There was strange and interesting, yet subtle commentary on global overpopulation (the alien that infested his hand was by far my favorite character. It was cute and violent and terribly logical and bizarre). Oddly thought provoking.
Aside from the violence (which I GUESS you could say served a purpose in the story), my o More...
Aside from the violence (which I GUESS you could say served a purpose in the story), my o More...
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Apr 06, 2011
Adhi Glory
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Pertama, manga ini dibuka dengan sebuah narasi yang menarik:
"Above earth, someone was thinking if half of mankind disappeared, how many forest would be save?"
"Above earth, someone was thinking if 99% of mankind disappeared, would pollution be reduce by 99%?"
"Someone was thinking 'If we protected life'..."
Suatu malam, di dalam kesunyian dan kegelapan, tiba-tiba beberapa buah objek tak dikenal seukuran bola tenis dan berduri (bentuk More...
"Above earth, someone was thinking if half of mankind disappeared, how many forest would be save?"
"Above earth, someone was thinking if 99% of mankind disappeared, would pollution be reduce by 99%?"
"Someone was thinking 'If we protected life'..."
Suatu malam, di dalam kesunyian dan kegelapan, tiba-tiba beberapa buah objek tak dikenal seukuran bola tenis dan berduri (bentuk More...
Jun 11, 2009
ØrionSof2014
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This graphic novel is one of my favorite ones of all time. This book is about a species of Aliens that take over organisms. They basically take over the whole body. When the invasion starts hundreds or even thousands of aliens land on earth and take over organisms. One alien lands next to a house and the victim is Shinichi.
I can make a text to self connection to Shinichi. In the book Shinichi tries his best to do everything right and try to be normal. He tries to help others that need help More...
I can make a text to self connection to Shinichi. In the book Shinichi tries his best to do everything right and try to be normal. He tries to help others that need help More...
Sep 09, 2011
Beaverton City Library Teens
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You've seen a million alien invasion / pod people stories, and this one is a bit similar - aliens arrive on Earth looking to colonize people's brains and kill off the human race. When one of them tried to take over Shinichi's brain, it accidentally took over his hand, giving it a set of eyes, a voracious appetite for books and the ability to speak to him. Unfortunately, many of the other aliens are successfully turning their unwitting hosts into grotesque, morphing killing machines.
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Jan 03, 2011
Marissa
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What an awesome surprise this phenomenal manga series was! I picked it up on a whim at the library and I think it's one of the best manga series I've read. It has a lot of elements that I especially enjoy in comics, a horror/gore component, some comic moments, a complex, nail-biting plot, and some quasi-philosophical/anthropological bits. It's a great concept that's executed very well. It reminds me of Death Note, but with more of a culty sci-fi weirdness to it. Unfortunately, the library only h
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Sep 27, 2011
Peacegal
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I enjoyed this one entirely too much! The "Parasyte" of the title is a type of alien that infects human brains, turning the hosts into cannibals. "Migi" is one such creature that attacks his host--Shinichi, a teenage boy--through the hand rather than the brain. What's left is a regular teenage boy whose hand has a mind of its own.
There are more than a few shades of the delightfully cheesy "Evil Dead" movie series here. The posessed human hand, obviously More...
There are more than a few shades of the delightfully cheesy "Evil Dead" movie series here. The posessed human hand, obviously More...
Jan 26, 2009
Barky
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Alien parasites fall from the skies above the Earth and begin infecting its inhabitants. Their goal is to reach the brain before they mature so that they can take control of their human hosts. The parasites then turn their hosts into cannibals that start feeding on other humans – thus a string of particularly gruesome murders all over the world that seem somehow to be connected, but are far too many to be the work of just one individual.
Shinichi is partially infected by a parasit More...
Shinichi is partially infected by a parasit More...
Nov 23, 2010
Colleen
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Really violent, but really interesting. A host of alien parasyte's land on earth in order to control our population. One parasyte fails to completely take over his host and ends up living a co-op lifestyle as the hand of a teenage boy. It's interesting because it deals with how wasteful we as humans are, even though we think we are a "higher" species. Good read and I'm ready for the next in the series!
Note: Super slash and gore!
Note: Super slash and gore!
Jan 25, 2010
Elena
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This manga is by far, the wierdest manga I've EVER read, seriously about aliens who want to take over the world by invading peoples bodies and then eating other people? Well even though it's a really wierd book, it was...interesting, I wanted to stop reading at one point because it started to freak me out but then I couldn't stop, it was just that I wanted to know more of what would happen! Oh well, it's a good manga.
Jul 05, 2011
Stephanie
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It's not the most technically sound of manga. Many of the facial expressions are unduly silly or show the wrong emotional response. Some of the transitions are confusing or misplaced.
But the concept and drawings of parasyte-infected humans make this a thoroughly engaging read. The humor is spot-on at times, too. Definitely recommended if you can stomach the weird, disgusting, and sexually inappropriate.
But the concept and drawings of parasyte-infected humans make this a thoroughly engaging read. The humor is spot-on at times, too. Definitely recommended if you can stomach the weird, disgusting, and sexually inappropriate.
Apr 22, 2011
Koonu
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A sci-fi/horror story masquerading as a superhero/survival series. It is very well written but the art is bland and the use of panels is undynamic. Almost all the pages follow the same pattern: two squares, one rectangle, two squares. It changes from time to time but the monotony is hard to miss. If you can overlook that, you're in for an interesting ride due to the story and the main character's development.
Aug 02, 2011
Putting the lovely 90's artwork aside, the plot itself - a rather gore-and-splattery-blood full sci-fi - keeps you thrilled in a way you cannot take your hands off of the book (pun intended).
Besides that, the story provides some very deep aspects which raises important philosophical questions, that keep you fascinated as well.
Most recommended.
Besides that, the story provides some very deep aspects which raises important philosophical questions, that keep you fascinated as well.
Most recommended.
Sep 27, 2010
sweet pea
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this is definitely an entertaining read and reminded me not a little of Animorphs. the concept is intriguing, if a little hard to swallow. how the parasites turn human bodies so malleable is never explained. although the series claims to have an environmental message, that is not obvious in the first volume. but maybe it is alluded to in future books.
Dec 17, 2009
Jason
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This is just a fun book. Gorgeously rendered full-page spreads of heads being morphed into knives and slicing people into pieces, possessed dogs with wings attacking someone with a lethal right hand, and a touching love story between a man and woman who are both hosts to alien parasites. This book passes the hours rather quickly.
Buy the Del Rey Manga version and not the older, Tokyo Pop version. The Del Rey one is digest sized, has much nicer covers and packaging, and reads "bac More...
Buy the Del Rey Manga version and not the older, Tokyo Pop version. The Del Rey one is digest sized, has much nicer covers and packaging, and reads "bac More...
Dec 17, 2009
Greg
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I remember reading early volumes of Parasyte almost a full decade ago, when TokyoPop published its first English-language edition. It was a fun if slightly forgettable series, with ideas about invasive shapeshifting aliens and inventive visuals. With Del Rey bringing the series back into print in an eight-volume edition (TokyoPop’s version was 12 volumes and reversed to read left-to-right), though, it’s surprising what a difference the series has when read in today’s political climate. What was
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Jan 14, 2011
Tammy
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Hmmm, my first Manga and Graphic novel. Wasn't sure how I was liking it but I kept reading it. lol I think I liked it. Well, at any rate i'm checking out more.
Dec 04, 2008
Bamilburn
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I didn't think there were anything out there similar to John Carpenter's "The Thing." Until I was introduced to this manga.
Nov 08, 2007
Ysabet
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I read the beginning of this series forever ago, when it was being serialized by Mixxzine. I don't remember enough about that original English version, but this new one is unflopped (Mixx was published in the days when manga was routinely flopped, alas) and a smooth read. I keep meaning to check out more volumes of this. A pretty high grossout factor comes as part of the package, but it's unavoidable with this kind of story.
Sep 24, 2010
Stargrave
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8 Volumes Complete
One of the best-rated mangas on the net, but not so well-known with every day people. Story of a boy whose arm is possessed/replaced by an alien and the symbiotic bond they form. But he is not alone and the aliens have their own agenda. About self-control, end of the world, right and wrong, a really top-notch manga.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasyte (This has been published in English!)
One of the best-rated mangas on the net, but not so well-known with every day people. Story of a boy whose arm is possessed/replaced by an alien and the symbiotic bond they form. But he is not alone and the aliens have their own agenda. About self-control, end of the world, right and wrong, a really top-notch manga.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasyte (This has been published in English!)
Dec 17, 2009
Kay
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my love and nostalgia for this series will never die. i've seen people mock the somewhat bland art in reviews, but for me it just adds to the charm of this series.
i hope they manage to reprint the entire series in this new edition. it is nice to have the real names of the characters, and the translation seems to be a little better.
i hope they manage to reprint the entire series in this new edition. it is nice to have the real names of the characters, and the translation seems to be a little better.
