Parasyte
Parasyte is the title of a very fun manga series. It is written and drawn by Hitoshi Iwaaki. The plot is more or less an alien species that arrives earth and attempts to intrude humans by taking over their brains. Some successfully accomplish their mission and use the human form to devour other humans in very gory ways. These alien invade human brains through their ears. Our hero, Sinichi, is saved because he was using headphones. The alien attempts to enter his body through his hand but Sinichi is able to stop it from leaving his hand. The alien having little time to survive chooses to settle for his right arm and therefore can’t take control of his human brain. Eventually he names the alien Migi (right) and they develop an interesting relationship, that allows them, for one to save themselves from other aliens, and to destroy other aliens when either Sinichi or Migi are in danger, as Migi is dependant on Sinichi’s health.
At the beginning the alien just devour others, soon the plot evolves into the potential symbiotic relationship, that there are good ones and bad ones, and there are philosophical attempts here and there to use the aliens as a metaphore to explain humans faults and virtues. However these are mostly cliches and nothing deeper than that.
The art gets better in the second book, more focused and detailed. There is also much better character development than in the first book. It seems the author is feeling more comfortable with the characters and the story itself.
The book is kinda silly and childish, but it is a lot of fun to read, especially if you like b-horror type stories. Think Robert Rodriguez or Tarantino, if you like their styles then give it a try.
