Review of Parasyte: The Maxim

Hello, humans. This is Ebb a parasite living in mercury1980's body. If you were wondering what happened to mercury1980, he just got caught in an accident and he is severely injured. And now I am supposed to make him recover and do this review. Instead I am supposed to review this anime on the behalf of him. I took most of his memory from this anime so that I can take time to process what is going on. With that said, let's get onto the review. STORY (8): This anime follows a human being, Shinichi Izumi who lives with his parents in Tokyo. Parasites like us arealien worm creatures who enter human body to take control of human brains. One parasite took control of Shinichi's hand and they form a duo.

This anime took the time to develop the characters of Shinichi & his right arm. I thought their chemistry was handled well. The story also addressed how parasites originate and it was an interesting lesson.

The problem is there was not enough material given to some characters and some of the parts are dull. Nevertheless the story was handled well.

ART (9):

The animation is solid. It has a lot of disturbing images with different looks of parasite. Quite creepy to you people, aren't they?

SOUND (9):

The opening was catchy. The opening song "Let Me Hear" by Fear describes perfectly the tone for this anime. They use electronic synth pop music.

The ending song by Daichi Miura "It's the Right Time" was relaxing.

CHARACTER (8):

Shinichi & Migi became badass by fighting evil parasytes in the world including Gotou. At first, Shinichi was not used to having Migi on his right hand however as the series progress, Shinichi formed a strong bond with Migi. I did like the way how their relationship develops. Aya Hirano embodied the character of Migi well especially Nobunaga Shimazaki who embodied Shinichi well. They are one of the most interesting duo I have seen.

Reiko Tamura was an interesting character with a good backstory.

I also did like Kirishima Kana as a character who tells Shinichi that nobody can perform perfect tasks. The problem is that Kirishima Kana did not get enough character development to make her memorable.

Gotou was very intimidating as a parasite and as a main villain. His role was handled well.

Satomi Murano who is Shinichi's love interest was bland and generic. She has no fight scenes given to her. If the anime really made her into becoming badass, like a parasite infecting on her arm, I thought she would become badass. However, all she does is cry all the time which is annoying. Oh yeah, her voice actress Kana Hanazawa, she did voice acting earlier on that awful anime known as Coppelion where she voiced another crybaby character known as Aoi. If this anime tries to develop the relationship between Satomi & Shinichi, I thought that could work.

The rest of the characters really had not much material to work with.

CONCLUSION (8):

Despite some problems that plague the show, I thought that the rest of the story was handled well, the animation and sound are solid, especially the characters. In fact, the moral of the story is "Humans are unique in their way of living, just like species are". This is why we must learn how to appreciate living creatures despite appearances.

This anime gets an 8 out of 10.

I hope you enjoy this review, humans. I will revive mercury1980 soon. Hopefully, you will see him in his full form in his next review. Till then, peace out.