Parasyte, Volume 8

Parasyte (12 Volumes Edition) #8

by Hitoshi Iwaaki

Shin try's to morn Kana and his apparent lack of emotion over the loss worries him. Fearing that he`s losing his humanity and slowly becoming a parasyte, he struggles with the way he`s losing control of his life. While visiting the site of Kana's death he and Lefty become aware of Kuramori, the private investigater, hired by Ryoko Tamura. Meanwhile, Hirokawa`s political reach builds, putting Shin and his friends further in danger. This intelligent story, gritty action, and wonderfully drawn manga is accessible to manga fans and non fans alike. Find out why Parasyte is one of the best stories of alien invasion ever written!

Genres: Manga, Horror, Comics, Science Fiction

190 pages, Paperback

Published November 30, 2001

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

[Newly Wardell · Rating 3 out of 5]

** spoiler alert ** Start at the beginning. Because I didnt and this book just creeped me out majorly. Here's what I got So there is this guy (Shin) and he's got something living in his hand. (left I think) Now the thing is a parasyte but it's somehow different from other parasytes because the others are just good at one thing and it's killing up a whole lot of ppl. So Shin and his not so horrible parasyte decide to destroy all the other parasytes one by one. Well as one could imagine the other parasytes dont think like this idea and they send a bad mofo assassin to destroy Shin and his parasyte. Now for some reason there is this weird romance between Shin and some girl but I think it's just a prelude to some of the most sincerely grotesque images ever drawn. I mean whoa! You meet a detective who knows the score (parasytes exist) but doesnt want to get involved because he has a family to protect. Well that family is no longer a concern. It's flippin brutal. Nothing in this story makes me want to spend anymore time in this world. It's a bunch of death with a few jokes. Then for some reason the parasytes are capable of having and caring for human babies? What? It's a bit heavy on the bloodly violence for my taste and this is one of the lighter volumes. I cant say I loved the art but it does make a statement.