#satomi murano

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⌕ parasyte/kiseijū: sei no kakuritsu.

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Parasyte Movie Marathon

Parasyte part 1: November 29 2014

Parasyte part 2: April 25 2015

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I love you four eyes Shinichi I love you

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Satomi Murano

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Bored so I'm gonna overanalyze parasyte.

Through a certain viewpoint, the human characters of parasyte are an exploration of trauma (primarily due to all the murder) and how people react differently to it.

SHINICHI

Shinichi, as our main character, goes through a lot of hardships, ranging from being attacked by what looks like his mother, to having to hurt other "people", to witnessing horrific murders. His heart becomes harder in response, though he mistakes it for being parasitized, and he has a hard time telling other people like satomi of his problems due to the perception of danger.

Though his emotional capacity seems to have been diminished, in truth they're under guard, as seen when painful emotions like fear and panic still burst out of him when he witnesses something he didn't expect. Even his father thinks shinichi is emotionally stronger than him, almost like a robot (or "made of steel").

This sort of thing resembles people irl who are currently going through trauma and seem to stand strong despite it, but in actuality are only strong because there's nowhere to be safe and vulnerable, after which they break down.

SHINICHI'S FATHER

Shinichi's father's trauma is less extensive yet still terrible. His wife has died to something that seems almost impossible, a random freak accident he could never have imagined, and yet he can't tell anyone about it. The government has told him, personally, that there's nothing he can do to stop this from happening to other people, and he can't get the closure of a public funeral because she's likely still publicly a missing person case. He can't even commiserate with his own son because of how unbelievable it is (and he doesn't want shinichi caught up in that mess at all), but shinichi still depends on him as a parent.

With no power to change things for the better and no way to physically get away, he finds a temporary mental escape in alcohol and depression in his attempt to recover.

SATOMI MURANO

Satomi's trauma, despite also being the source of one of shinichi's traumas, is rarely focused on. However, it's one of the worst witnessed by regular humans; her class comes across hideo shimada during his rampage and is nearly all killed by him, blood and gore included. She in particular barely escapes with her life as the monster approaches, saved just in time by shinichi.

(frankly the survivor's guilt must be horrific.)

Having nearly lost everyone and everything, she understandably clings to shinichi and struggles with his changes, so different from the simpler happy days when they first got together. Unlike shinichi who shields himself from his trauma with mental and emotional distance, hers struck close to her heart and she is often reminded of it.

KURAMORI

Detective kuramori, in contrast, has lost everything. Unlike the previous three characters, his two loved ones are gone and there's nothing holding his resulting self-destructive urges back.

The combination of guilt for having gotten involved in something that killed them and the power to do something about the person he thinks is at fault (tamura) makes him go a little mad. He gives information to the police to take care of the others, then hares off to take more personal matters into his own hands regardless of his own safety.

AND OTHERS

There are several other not-well-adjusted humans involved in the story (the ones who don't die anyway), but there's less to write on them.

The baby had a terrible mother yet still cried when she died (reminiscent of shinichi's own mother-related trauma and his inability to hurt her even when parasitized).

Kana's boyfriend mitsuo lashes out after her death due to his own powerlessness, displaying a more conventional form of grief to contrast with shinichi's own trauma response.

Mamoru uda is another foil to shinichi, having been parasitized with his own life problems, yet despite frequently crying seems relatively well-adjusted and happy to help.

Mayor hirokawa has no backstory, but a human-hating person like him can't possibly have lived a normal, happy life.

Uragami is unfortunately the kind of person who causes trauma.

I have little to say on yuko bc she was cut off immediately in the manga while a lot was added or changed for her anime depiction and I don't want to rewatch just for that.

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[Random drawing]: Characters form anime in Fumo style

Characters:

Cure lemonade (Yes! Precure 5)

Murano Satomi (Parasyte)

Kagamihara Nadeshiko (Yuru camp)

Miura Haru (Reborn!)

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illustrations from Parasyte

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I wish I could do this:

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