Parasite tome 7

Parasyte (8 Volumes Edition) #7

by Hitoshi Iwaaki

Les masques tombent et l’humanité déclare la guerre aux organismes parasitaires. Shinichi a du mal à trouver sa place dans ce conflit. Un ennemi personnel l’aidera à la lui donner.

Genres: Manga, Horror, Science Fiction, Comics, Graphic Novels, Seinen, Fiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published July 20, 1993

About the author

Hitoshi Iwaaki (Japanese: 岩明均 Hepburn: Iwaaki Hitoshi, born July 28, 1960) is a Japanese manga artist, whose works include the science-fiction/horror series Parasyte. The Mixx editions of Parasyte romanize his name as "Hitosi Iwaaki", while the Del Rey Manga editions use "Hitoshi Iwaaki".

In 1993, he received the Kodansha Manga Award for Parasyte. He was a finalist for the 2005 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize for Historie. In 2010 Historie took the grand prize in the manga division of the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival.

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Shi is embattled on all sides, father in hiding, girlfriend Satomi on the outs for her safety, what's a half man, half monster boy to do? Well, the authorities know what they're going to do, exterminate all Parasytes, their 'sniffer' weapon - a psychotic serial killer. Big characters fallen at the wayside, yet this continues to rattle up as the police and armed forces take the war public and seek to turn it up, very much to this reader's appreciation, The manga and comic world' mostly mis characterisation of human combat forces dealing with deadly enemies is thrown aside in this dark and compelling look at the human race's deadly side! Some super reveals in this volume as well. Another Four Star 8 out of 12 for this one, thank you creative team.

2025 read

[Paloma orejuda (Pevima) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bueeeno, Reiko poniéndose interesante... es curioso, pero parece que Shinji y ella van camino de sufrir el mismo proceso pero a la inversa. Sigue sin gustarme demasiado como personaje, pero se va viendo su evolución y espero que siga mejorando.

PS: Me reitero, me encanta como dibuja los ojos este señor!!

En fin 3'5 estrellas sobre 5 que se quedan en 3 porque este volumen me ha parecido ligeramente superior al anterior.

[Beatriz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 estrellas.

Se me hizo bastante denso al principio y el hype con el que terminé el tomo anterior desapareció nada más empezar este.

La estrategia militar me parece poco creíble también, pero bueno. Reconozco que el momento “alcalde” no lo vi venir.

Las 3,5 estrellas se las merece simplemente Miggy, que es sensacional. En el final me ha parecido un auténtico genio.

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh man shit is coming to a end. The humans have decided to fucking destroy ALL the Parasyte, even go as far as use a serial killer to find and hunt them. It's about to go down...except our hero doesn't want to be a fucking hero. Except...it makes sense.

What I love with the series so far is the chances it takes. It killed off main characters, leaving everyone in shambles. Scared of these things. Parasytes make a good case, and a nice twist with a certain someone, makes me gasp for a moment.

This is a wonderful series so far, and can't wait to see how it ends. I'm preparing myself to cry...please don't make me cry.

[Joshua Jonah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume had a lot more body horror than usual, and it amped up just how powerful Goto is. I’m really hoping to see an exciting final fight in the final volume. I’m also not surprised that Shinichi’s lady friend is pulling away.

[Taya · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

Welp, a lot of people just died.

[Z książką po mojemu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ta część była fenomenalna. Tutaj od początku moje oczy były na wierzchu i tak było do samego końca. Przede mną ostatani tomik i moja ciekawość jest ogromna jak autor zakończy tę historię.

[Greg · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5 Things are starting to wrap up as the humans start assaulting the Parasytes. This is a particularly violent volume that mainly covers the Japanese military confronting the large group of Parasytes that are trying to infiltrate society through political means.

A Huge Eyeball Parasyte on the cover of Volume 7.

Read 5/10/2023

[Ignacio · Rating 4 out of 5]

La escalada atraviesa otro punto de no retorno. Y esta vez el enemigo que aparece tiene toda la pinta de ser muy difícil de parar.

[alaska · Rating 5 out of 5]

w.o.w a must read

[Rebeckah Sypik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Introduced:
The telepathic criminal Uragami, gives his anwser whether Shinichi is a parasite or not to the police. Then a police raid occures in the townhall the parasites have clustered in. Thier is a flash back sqeance showing Shinichi talking to the police after the incident with Tamura. The volumes ends with Goto(the five in one parasite) having a car chase with shinichi as they drive into the mountains and away from people.



Major Spoilers ahead:






During the police raid 53 of officers are kill and so are all of the parasites that worked their, with the exception of goto. Who commits most of the kills. They police use a plan to screen out the humans from the parasites. Civilians that panic or run where killed by police. This volume undoubtedly had the most humans killing humans.

The criminal Uragami portrys the police and escapes.

It was revealed the the mayor who was believed to be a parasite was actually a human working with the parasites.

Shinichi spends some time alone with Murano, after which time he strength his resolve that he will survive his encounter with Goto.

Conclusion:
This was not my favorite volume, but it showed a very dark and perplexing side of humanity in this one. With one one volume to go till the completion of the seires I look forward to seeing how the story is wraped up in volume 8.

[osoi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Мм. Эта книга только что не кричит о близости финала. Наконец проснулись вооруженные силы, способные дать отпор паразитам. Правда, на выходе получились до странного нелепые картинки (куча тел на выходе – why? расстрел в упор - why?).

Тут же устами одного из приспешников паразитического движения голосом докладывается о (возможных) причинах прибытия этих ребят на матушку-Землю. Все прямо как речь Лео на Оскаре. Криндж и прозаичность. Хотя, если бы эту идею культивировали чуть дольше, чем три страницы… Будет очень грустно, если эта версия станет каноном. Неопределенность играет здесь лучше.

И чтобы уж точно донести идею «кто тут на самом деле монстр», добавляется премерзкий персонаж с криминальной хроникой на несколько пожизненных. Ничего кроме отвращения он не вызывает, а картинки его преступлений слабонервным лучше не наблюдать. Уточнение: вообще никому лучше не наблюдать.

Ну и. Шесть книг паразиты были монстрами, а теперь все не так уж однозначно? Эта идея была волшебно, изумительно, восхитительно воплощена с Тамией (я почти ревел). Причем ее линия выстраивалась на протяжении многих глав и только намеками. А теперь в котел накидано всего побольше (ревелейшены, кульминация противостояния двух видов, откровенная попытка протолкнуть идею «люди=монстры»), и это вызывает отторжение.

Такое разочарование после отличного последнего тома.
Вся надежда на финал.

hisashiburi

[Paige Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Could have been shorter on logistics but glad we are slowly turning our focus on the new criminal and the mayor parasite. More unexpected, beautifully and uniquely gorey incidents. I do miss Migi these last few issues though.

Could have been potential for better points. Yeah, I get humans are parasitic too, but what do the Parasytes do that’s /efficiently culling bad genes? They randomly kill, don’t seek out unproductive members of society or do anything good for their host human but not kill them, when the humans more politely join forces with them. They don’t help the environment by breaking everything and starting wars they know will come by being so flagrant. They have become as motivation ally diverse as humans though since some only care about themselves vs the species and vice versa.

Decent cliffhanger end on a couple fronts. The last book he better start telling his dad and GF stuff. He strings them along so much without even the courtesy of excuses or omissions of truth.

[Tracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

My actual rating is 3.5 stars. I knew it would be unfair to expect perfection after the last volume already delivered that. With this being the penultimate volume, it spent most of the time setting up the final confrontation that has to happen. There was also a new character introduced I know needs to be dealt with.

It was a lot to take in and also not enough. I'm sad that the series is ending but am feeling like the finale will be strong. I'll try to have reasonable expectations.

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found it a little hard to believe some of the actions the military take in this volume. There is a Q&A at the end where the author talks about wanting to make it realistic. I do not think that happened. It pulled me from the story because it felt so unrealistic. Maybe I am being too picky for a book dealing with alien-like parasites that survive by eating humans.

[MarinaLawliett · Rating 4 out of 5]

QUE SOLO QUEDA UN TOMOOO?!?!???? ADIÓS

[Babs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enlisted help from a serial killer who is worse than the Parasytes....ugh. People suck!
Epic encounter at the Mayor's office.

[Aurelie · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much action in this volume, so many arcs wrapping up.

[Kat Galvis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m getting too attached to Migi. This can’t be good lol on to the last volume. Fingers crossed it ends well

[cynne★ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i hope nothing happens to migi😔

[Arminzerella · Rating 3 out of 5]

The body count is steadily climbing. The humans have a plan to take out the parasite threat and they've got the intel to lead them to their nemeses. Spearheaded by Lieutenant Colonel Yamagishi, the plan involves laying siege to the government building in the center of town, pretending there's a gunman on the roof, and quietly evacuating the people within - in small groups that can be surreptitiously scanned for parasites. It's obvious almost immediately (to the parasites, anyway) what's going on, but that doesn't stop the plan from being effective. When the remaining parasites take refuge in the building, Yamagishi brings out his secret weapon - a serial killer who can identify any non-humans on sight. [Really? They're going to trust a serial killer? Someone who cares nothing for human life? I guess it could have turned out worse...] It's a bit of a blood bath.

Despite Shinichi's warning about Goto (the 5-in-1 parasite), the military is not prepared to deal with him. Goto annihilates his adversaries and comes after Shinichi and Migi. They only escape because there are too many other "distractions." Will Shinichi be able to outrun him again? And for how long? What can possibly kill this creature?

Humans and parasites have made no efforts to see eye to eye. Each species has its own agenda and the ones who might have made some progress - Tamura and Shinichi - are dead or too preoccupied with survival to make any headway. It will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of this in the final volume.

Rather a lot of violence, some disturbing scenes with the serial killer, and sexual scenes (shall we just say 'adult themes?') make this somewhat more mature than the other volumes.

[Luna's Little Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

Series Rating: 4 Stars

Firstly a warning, Parasyte is horror – not the fluffy kind.
It’s violent and the artwork backs this up.

I personally prefer creepy over violent horror but Parasyte didn’t bother me, because it’s not just about gore and death – there is plenty of plot. Shin’s parasite didn’t succeed in taking him over, instead he’s trapped in Shin’s hand and the two of them develop and odd (and sometimes rather amusing) relationship. Meanwhile, around them the bodies count is going up.

There were some parts of this story that have some serious emotional punch (you’ll know the ones I mean when you read Parasyte) and I was impressed by how much the first few volumes in this series got to me. Shin’s character slowly begins to change as the story progresses, is it because of what’s happening or because of the parasite?

Parasyte has an overall story arc of why they aliens have come, which brings up another set of questions for you to ponder. As does the conclusion to the series.

[Charles Dee Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another volume, another blood bath. This time it does not involve a high school. Humans are onto the parasyte infiltration of municipal government, and they plan a raid to determine just who is infected. For some reason they think it is a good idea to bring in a necrophiliac serial killer who with a talent for spotting aliens to help. But you just can't trust those necrophiliac serial killers.

We also learn that not all parasytes are created equal. Some are tougher than others, especially those who look like a G.I. Joe. They can absorb bullets and spit them back at you.

In the concluding portions of this volume, at last love comes to Shinichi. And Migi, the parasyte inhabiting his right hand, has been sleeping more than usual but wakes up to work out a spectacular escape for the climax.

[Leila Anani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Things are moving towards a head in this penultimate volume which has a bloody showdown between the human soldiers and parasytes in an office block. I love how many of the humans are seemingly more monstrous than the parasytes. Goto seems totally unstoppable however so i really don't expect this to have a fluffy ending. Shinichi finally gets the girl but is this the lull before the storm.

Amazing freaky weird art - lots of parasyte action in this volume. Gripping story.
Great stuff.

[Dani Wladdimiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creo que este ha sido el volumen que menos me ha gustado. Hay demasiada justificación para iniciar las peleas de forma “lógica”, pero al final no me resultaron tan interesantes. Que el alcalde fuera humano me sorprendió, pero tampoco me generó mayor impacto: era parte de la crítica y estuvo bien, sin más. En cuanto a Gotō, es básicamente un Terminator. Veremos qué sucede en el volumen final.

[Kate Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was the first one that made me think, "Oh, I would not out this in a middle school library." Up until now there's been violence, but this is the first volume where there's both sex and sexual violence depicted. Really found this volume creepy.

[Gutiérrez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nada mal, este tomo me ha gustado bastante, lo único que no me ha gustado ha sido lo sucedido con Murano y Sinichi, han dado un paso muy grande a su "relación" sin haber hecho otras cosas antes.

[Omar Villafane · Rating 5 out of 5]

What is about to happen in the last volume. So much build up 🥲🤯

[ounaïssa ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

C'EST TROP BIEN

[Jay Croker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great series that is at once both an easy read that remains absolutely gripping throughout, while still posing some extremely deep and existential questions about what it means to be both a human and a creature of Earth, as well as analysing the way that we look upon and treat other species, and the way that we ourselves may be looked upon, whether that be the fellow creatures of our planet that we have lived alongside for thousands of years, or potential alien species, such as in this case - the invading parasites. It also takes a look at societal constructs and human behaviours towards our fellow man, whether this be empathy or savagery, and Hitoshi Iwaaki presents a great variety of diverse and developing viewpoints throughout, the writing genuinely makes you stop and ponder these ideas at many moments across the series, while never presenting anything as strictly right or wrong. This sense of ambiguity that is present throughout is especially true of the story's conclusion, which has left me in an extremely philosophical state for days afterwards (of course this is especially aided by the current environment of self isolation in which almost everyone is at home with a lot of time to think), I'm glad that Iwaaki remained consistent in his ability to let the reader think for themselves from start to finish, and this is one of the reasons "Parasyte" is such a successful piece of work.

I would certainly recommend this series to most readers, especially anyone into manga of any kind, the concept is very interesting, and although there is a common "us vs. them" / "good vs. evil" style conflict in this story between the parasites and humans, the ideas presented here go much, much deeper. The relationship between the main protagonist, Shinichi, and the parasite, Migi (who lives in his right hand due to a failure to take control of Shinichi's brain), and their ensuing struggles to understand each other, as well as their respective species', is really where the story shines. Their relationship, obviously a very unique one, is developed extremely thoughtfully and believably throughout the narrative, and due to the nature of the relationship between them this almost forces the reader to confront the grey area that fills 99% of the landscape between "good and evil" (or humans vs. parasites), and to look at things from different perspectives. Personally I find the grey area in pretty much any discussion to be the most interesting, because nothing in life is ever truly black and white, good or evil, right or wrong - so when we force ourselves to delve into this grey area and take a look at other, possibly conflicting viewpoints, as "Parasyte" most certainly does, this helps not only to broaden our horizons, expand our thought processes and develop our opinions, but it can also help us to better understand ourselves as humans and as individuals, and anything that can achieve that is a success in my eyes.