Review of Parasyte: The Maxim

**READ AT OWN RISK AS THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS** #THIS IS MY FIRST REVIEW SO CUT ME SOME SLACK# So I just completed Parasyte: The Maxim and if asked if Tokyo Ghoul is better, I would agree without having to be biased. Tokyo Ghoul 1st Season was great and all but they really hit the rock with their 2nd Season but despite that, I would stick with my preference. I would/have rate(d) Parasyte 6/10 overall and the reasons are below Story: 6 I gave the story a 6 because it had a good concept of aliens taking over us and, to a certain extent, forcing us to becannibals. With the idea of "Humans are the real monsters", the show did a fairly good job but it earned itself a 6 by me because it was way overdone. They also never explained how did some people get the power of sensing parasites

Art: 8
I don't need to review this part. It was made by the legendary Madhouse Studios! But why an 8 and not a 10? It got an 8 because the amount of fight scenes weren't expected to be low, relatively speaking to the number of episodes.

Sound: 4
Now before you get crazy, the English part of the opening was really horrible and the lyrics made almost 0 sense. Fortunately, the Japanese part was far better. The ED was arguably better than Tokyo Ghoul's. I would've given Sound 7 or 8 but the dubstep in the fight scenes ruined it. ESPECIALLY when Shinichi was fighting Gotou for the last time and boy did it lose the intensity!

Character: 5
Most of the characters were very strong in their own kinds of traits like Satomi never stopped trying to keep herself close to Shinichi or Hana who tried to find her "Soulmate" Izumi with her power but found death instead despite of Shinichi's warning. It's pretty obvious that you should follow someone who has an idea of what is going on. Satomi was kind of a jerk and gave Shinichi a lot of shit to deal with. Guess it was revenge for grabbing her boob on the first day?

Enjoyment: 7
When you're at the part of his mother's death, the opening gives you feels which was weirdly pleasant. Despite the horrible dubstep in the fight scenes, everything from the blood to the parasites themselves looked great

Overall: 6
After all that, I think I'll go for number 6. The story and art were good but the ending felt very empty. After Gotou's death, they ended the parasites by saying that the parasites basically became human. If you ask me, the ending was very lazy. The anime could've improved with a lil' more episodes and a deeper explanation