Explaining Parasyte: The Maxim (2014)

[@goldencrab1267]

Parasyte was the first anime I watched. I'm pretty happy it's what I started with. I loved this analysis

[@mediatransmission]

It's definitely one of my favourites. It's a brilliant anime to be one's first. Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@Januaryof28]

I only know this because of the lock in meme😂

[@mediatransmission]

"Can't leave on an L" *locks in*

[@yrbelite8450]

Yeah I wish it was longer but the way they did it just didn’t offer it.

[@mediatransmission]

I think it has a perfect length for the story it tells. I completely agree, as much as I wish it was longer, I feel it couldn't have continued. Though there are new Parasyte stories being produced, so hopefully those can expand more on the universe it's set in and what's really going on.

[@terrymoss2183]

Puberty is like an alien monster invasion... You're not wrong.

[@linamoss292]

Puberty is really when ya gotta lock-in

[@cursedchannelonyoutube]

*hotline miami music starts playing in the beginning*

[@mediatransmission]

You're damn right it does

[@meme.interzone]

That spectrum at 8:45 is so fucked lol Never saw the messages of the show in this way.

[@_cj__]

What do you think the message of the show was?

[@meme.interzone]

@@_cj__ I saw it more about a show about how humans judge threats, and how if a threat imitates humanity, we're collectively screwed without the ability to properly communicate with said threat. The idea of humans not knowing what to do if they aren't the top of the food chain anymore.

[@Buggyismellow]

Aww yeah! Subscriber number 50!!

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You are very much appreciated!

[@BenjaminSpencer-m1k]

If you think about it we are chimera even having 2 diffrent sets of dna that came from 2 diffrent life forms. I also think you do have the conscious mind and there possibly 2 other consciousness inside us as the entric nervous system is the larget amount of neurons outside the brain and even contain more than the spinal cord and more than whats inside a house cat. Thought this anime was pretty cool and how the relayionship between Izumi and parasite developes they actually care for each other eventually.

[@mediatransmission]

Wow these are really interesting thoughts. Thanks for sharing. I never knew about the entire nervous system having so many neurons. Really makes one question the history of how humans have interpreted conflicting notions or ideas within their minds. As if the classic "angel and demon on the shoulders" could literally be far more than simple value clashes, but possible alternative consciousnesses interacting. And yeah, it's a brilliant anime. Any favourite episodes?

[@BenjaminSpencer-m1k]

@@mediatransmission o e of those Demons is literally your entric nervous system, It's what make you hangry and can greatly influence your mood.i have hypoglycemia and it has almost landed me in jail, when your sugar drops you tend to become extremely aggressive, I'd be at school have a attack and fall asleep and teacher would come over and wake me up and I would be throwing hands, something happens to a diabetic of they take to much insulin they will become extremely aggressive even becoming full blown violent. I use to have profoundly violent thoughts. And it's not like you are thinking it, it's almost like another voice in your head yelling at you. My parents told the teachers not to wake me but to call them and they would take me to have blood work done and sure enough my blood sugar was actually so low that it could be life threatening for a adult, a child can go lower than a adult and be OK. People thinking your a nut job or have behavioral problems but it turns out you have to consume alot and I mean alot more sugar and calories than the average person. But as I said it's almost like another voice in your head it's the entric nervous system. Upwards of 50%+ dopamine is contained in the gut and a whooping 95% percent of the serotonin is also made there, all made and controlled by the ENS, some scientists call it the first brain. My theory is that it's consciousness is more like that of predatory animal.