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Apr 17, 2022 1:41 AM
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I started watching this yesterday and I have already finished it. It has been so long since I've had an anime where I was fully engaged throughout its entirety and couldn't stop watching it. I think it deserves to be in the conversation among the top seinens. But I've never really seen many people even mention this anime?I feel it deserves better especially the first half.
Apr 17, 2022 1:51 AM
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doccy_choccy said:
I started watching this yesterday and I have already finished it. It has been so long since I've had an anime where I was fully engaged throughout its entirety and couldn't stop watching it. I think it deserves to be in the conversation among the top seinens. But I've never really seen many people even mention this anime?I feel it deserves better especially the first half.

yeah same even i think this anime really deserves more attention..
Apr 17, 2022 1:52 AM
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doccy_choccy said:
I started watching this yesterday and I have already finished it. It has been so long since I've had an anime where I was fully engaged throughout its entirety and couldn't stop watching it. I think it deserves to be in the conversation among the top seinens. But I've never really seen many people even mention this anime?I feel it deserves better especially the first half.

It was pretty good at first but overtime it slowly fell imo
Apr 17, 2022 1:54 AM
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Maybe cause its overshadowed by tokyo ghoul sometimes but its just my theory
Apr 17, 2022 1:54 AM
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FrostWill1992 said:
doccy_choccy said:
I started watching this yesterday and I have already finished it. It has been so long since I've had an anime where I was fully engaged throughout its entirety and couldn't stop watching it. I think it deserves to be in the conversation among the top seinens. But I've never really seen many people even mention this anime?I feel it deserves better especially the first half.

It was pretty good at first but overtime it slowly fell imo

I don't think it 'fell', Author just portrayed the story he wanted.
Maybe you wanted some Shonen elements in it like good fights or smth
Apr 17, 2022 1:56 AM
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slow start+old manga+ sienen makes it less popular Even though it was good adaptation. it has many members though. one of the 100 anime that have more than 1 million members
Apr 17, 2022 1:59 AM
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I thought it was good. But the 2nd half of the anime felt all over the place.
Apr 17, 2022 2:06 AM
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bro I don't know really




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Apr 17, 2022 2:15 AM
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Perhaps because the manga is old? Can’t think of another reason. It is a classic masterpiece and it explores many interesting themes but like it was covered enough back when the anime came out. There’s really nothing new to talk about. You’ll occasionally see some discussions but nothing more. At least it’s not a forgotten anime/manga
Apr 17, 2022 2:15 AM
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Tanmay02 said:
Maybe cause its overshadowed by tokyo ghoul sometimes but its just my theory

true.............
Apr 17, 2022 2:44 AM
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doccy_choccy said:
I started watching this yesterday and I have already finished it. It has been so long since I've had an anime where I was fully engaged throughout its entirety and couldn't stop watching it. I think it deserves to be in the conversation among the top seinens. But I've never really seen many people even mention this anime?I feel it deserves better especially the first half.

it really got the attention it needed during the time ot aired
Apr 17, 2022 2:45 AM
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this show is cool as hell i liked it wery much it was a blast to the show to watch
Apr 17, 2022 2:47 AM

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People nowadays call any show that's not as popular as AoT or BNHA under-rated.
Apr 17, 2022 2:55 AM

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Drumbottle said:
People nowadays call any show that's not as popular as AoT or BNHA under-rated.

no one talks about bnha anymore
Apr 17, 2022 3:33 AM
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xrvbert said:
Drumbottle said:
People nowadays call any show that's not as popular as AoT or BNHA under-rated.

no one talks about bnha anymore

true, it gradually gets worse
Apr 17, 2022 3:38 AM

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Because it has almost been a decade since it came out.
Apr 17, 2022 3:50 AM
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it is kind of old by now. Master piece yeah but old
Apr 17, 2022 3:58 AM
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the anime is crap. what do u like in it?
Apr 17, 2022 3:59 AM

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Most people don't care about anything besides the current season.
Apr 17, 2022 5:04 AM
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this show goes under the radar for sure but its def up there in top anime also its from 2014 so it wont be seeing alot of talk either way.
Apr 17, 2022 5:06 AM

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It’s an 8 year old anime. While it’s good, there’s nothing special about it to make it stand out, or be recommended.
Apr 17, 2022 5:13 AM

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In my opinion, it doesn't use too much excessive gore or the porn appeal for feel adult audiance. Also I was once told it not philosophical enough instead is action heavy. Aka not too much stock shock appeal. It too natural unfortunately

Well, regardless it is still the one of the most watched seinen which appeal to most people. But for actually talking, u need some negative appeal or overpraisable absurdity. Easily digestable shows are usually talked less and watched more
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Apr 17, 2022 5:15 AM
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I hated this Show ist felt Like Shinichi was Always doin something But nothing happenend at all it Just was soooo boring
Apr 17, 2022 5:52 AM
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I feel like it has it's fair following
Apr 17, 2022 7:00 AM

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its just one of the shows where everyone has watched it, most ppl gave it a good score but not impactful enough to be on top 10 lists or be talked about more
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Apr 17, 2022 7:11 AM
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I've heard some people talk about it, which was why I watched it. but I agree, it doesn't have a lot of people talking about it. I think everyone just agreed it was good and moved on lol
Apr 17, 2022 7:35 AM

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doccy_choccy said:
I started watching this yesterday and I have already finished it. It has been so long since I've had an anime where I was fully engaged throughout its entirety and couldn't stop watching it. I think it deserves to be in the conversation among the top seinens. But I've never really seen many people even mention this anime?I feel it deserves better especially the first half.

What do you expect it's a 8 year old anime still in terms of popularity it ranked #41 and in score ranked #195 .


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Apr 17, 2022 7:57 AM

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I think it gets the attention it deserves. It’s in the top 50 popularity wise and it’s highly rated and has a lot of favorites. It was pretty good imo but I’m not that surprised it’s not a huge topic of discussion now a day’s because it came out like 8 years ago and I don’t think it’s one of those anime that stick super well over time but that’s just my thoughts on why it probably isn’t talked about as much anymore.
Apr 17, 2022 8:30 AM
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The_Deck said:
FrostWill1992 said:

It was pretty good at first but overtime it slowly fell imo

I don't think it 'fell', Author just portrayed the story he wanted.
Maybe you wanted some Shonen elements in it like good fights or smth

Honestly my main problem was that it was too focused on the fights near the end with villains I don’t care about. The only interesting one was the female parasite with the kid.
Apr 17, 2022 10:37 PM
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First 12 episodes were really good imo, but I feel like they kinda stretched it for the last 12. It almost felt like they got lazy and just decide to force out a whole season.
Apr 18, 2022 4:26 AM
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Sorry, the anime isnt actually top quality. At least for me. The characters arent very good written and the main oppenents arent so exiting. But you are definitely right, that the anime deserve more popularity because of the good idea the anime transmitted. 7/10
Apr 18, 2022 4:30 AM

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It has almost been a decade,not every fandom survives this long.
Apr 19, 2022 6:23 AM
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Mostly Bc it isn’t a shonen probably. For some reason ppl rave over those
Jun 2, 2022 4:18 AM

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idekwtftoput said:
Imo it's awful. Terrible cliche dialogue, terrible final antagonist, terrible side characters and a terrible shift from the first half to the second half. It started off interesting but fell off quickly. There are only 3 good characters in the entire show. The theme of human nature is poorly done. The writer should've just stuck with Shinichi's development instead of trying to be philosophical and ended it earlier

Yeah that's the opinion you would expect from someone who has fairy tail up in his favorites.

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Jun 2, 2022 5:18 AM

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idekwtftoput said:
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Yeah that's the opinion you would expect from someone who has fairy tail up in his favorites.

That's funny. Fairy Tail is mostly there as bait for people like you. Basically what you're saying is you have nothing to counter my points with so you resort to mentioning something unrelated. Stay salty, it won't make Parasyte a good anime. There's nothing wrong with you liking it tho. Don't be insecure

Well bait or not, just your opinion says a lot and honestly there is nothing really to counter this cause once you said that the theme of human nature is poorly done in the show....... I've really got nothing to defend so decided just to take out my anger that's all(it also includes your stating that it has terrible cliche dialogues......what was cliche about the dialogues exactly!!?? Give us example instead of just rambling shit).
Also about your saying that it has terrible final antagonist..........I don't think you realised who the real antagonist of the show was, here is a hint;it wasn't gotou(and don't say after this that you knew that cause if you did you never would have said it in the first place.....no one could and I can fight anyone who disagrees with me about the brilliant villainous portrayal in the show)
Also don't worry I won't get insecured by some random opinion on the internet. I appreciate the concern though.
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idekwtftoput said:
Kazou-nozumu689 said:

Yeah that's the opinion you would expect from someone who has fairy tail up in his favorites.

That's funny. Fairy Tail is mostly there as bait for people like you. Basically what you're saying is you have nothing to counter my points with so you resort to mentioning something unrelated. Stay salty, it won't make Parasyte a good anime. There's nothing wrong with you liking it tho. Don't be insecure

Also are you sure about the bait thing??!!
(I really have serious doubts after your opinions that it doesn't seem that way.....Oh well I guess it doesn't matter either way)

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Jun 2, 2022 5:40 AM

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idekwtftoput said:
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Also are you sure about the bait thing??!!
(I really have serious doubts after your opinions that it doesn't seem that way.....Oh well I guess it doesn't matter either way)

Don't get me wrong, I like Fairy Tail but there's at least about 30 other shows that I could put there instead that I prefer much more

Have it your way bro!!

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Jun 2, 2022 5:45 AM

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idekwtftoput said:

I honestly don't really care. You feeling the need to take your anger out because of a show is amusing to me. That says enough about you for me to consider you unworthy of a proper response. It's been ages since I watched it and I can't be bothered to remember examples. Enjoy your show in peace

Well as a dedicated fan my anger was inevitable after reading the comment so sorry if I have lashed out at you too much but you should at least take my points into consideration and not be a stuck up br't.

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Jun 2, 2022 6:58 AM

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idekwtftoput said:
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Well as a dedicated fan my anger was inevitable after reading the comment so sorry if I have lashed out at you too much but you should at least take my points into consideration and not be a stuck up br't.

Again, I honestly don't care. I stopped reading your reply after I finished the first paragraph about your anger lol.

One thing I will add is that I was told by another fan that the manga is much better and the anime ruined it which is why the manga has been sitting in my reading list for a while. If you really want to discuss the series it will probably be better when it's fresh in my mind and I take the interaction more seriously. Thoughts?

Sigh..... You got it, although I don't think you're gonna enjoy the manga at all cause,1). It's like a 25 year old series and so a lot of stuff in the updated anime adaptation (like dependence on internet for seeking information which us new generation heavily relates to) is missing.
2). Also this 'Another fan' you mentioned probably has read the manga first and because of the modifications that are done in the show to meet the needs of a modern audience he/she didn't really appreciated for some reason, although I do understand that a switch from a realistic artstyle from the 90s to a more anime esq from the 2010s can be a bit wierd I guess.
3). Moving away from all this and going to the actual theming and execution of the series; that is all exactly the same cause it's an honest adaptation which keeps all the deep exploration about the key differences between humans and monsters completely intact and just as impactful.

So for someone who didn't enjoyed the anime adaptation is probably not gonna enjoy the manga either.(because going to the core both are literally the same)
Hey but that doesn't mean that it's impossible. If it's on your reading list then just go for it bro I'll more than happy to interact once you've finished it.
Also sorry about the long argument.
Any thoughts from your side!!??
Also I saw that you have gave Devilman Crybaby a one out of ten.........so yeah.........I guess you just aren't into these type of deep themed and complicated character driven shows.(have fun with fairy tale btw)
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yeah, this show is good
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idekwtftoput said:
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Sigh..... You got it, although I don't think you're gonna enjoy the manga at all cause,1). It's like a 25 year old series and so a lot of stuff in the updated anime adaptation (like dependence on internet for seeking information which us new generation heavily relates to) is missing.
2). Also this 'Another fan' you mentioned probably has read the manga first and because of the modifications that are done in the show to meet the needs of a modern audience he/she didn't really appreciated for some reason, although I do understand that a switch from a realistic artstyle from the 90s to a more anime esq from the 2010s can be a bit wierd I guess.
3). Moving away from all this and going to the actual theming and execution of the series; that is all exactly the same cause it's an honest adaptation which keeps all the deep exploration about the key differences between humans and monsters completely intact and just as impactful.

So for someone who didn't enjoyed the anime adaptation is probably not gonna enjoy the manga either.(because going to the core both are literally the same)
Hey but that doesn't mean that it's impossible. If it's on your reading list then just go for it bro I'll more than happy to interact once you've finished it.
Also sorry about the long argument.
Any thoughts from your side!!??
Also I saw that you have gave Devilman Crybaby a one out of ten.........so yeah.........I guess you just aren't into these type of deep themed and complicated character driven shows.(have fun with fairy tale btw)

You mention the modernisation of technology and how you think that makes it relatable. Imo that's probably one of the worst things they could've done. There's no way these parasytes would be able to run around for that long in the 2010s. We have cameras and phones literally everywhere. It throws away all realism. It's totally cool if you're willing to shut your brain off towards logic and common sense to enjoy something tho. I do that while watching shows like Fairy Tail so I understand.

The bits like I liked: The woman with the baby was a great character and her arc was excellent. Shinichi and his parasitic hand also had a good dynamic and I liked the way they represented an aspect of what being human is. It would've been nice if it ended around there.

Some of the dialogue I remember: "are you really Shinichi?!?" and the other I don't properly remember but it went along the lines of "you humans have been messing up the Earth. We'll show you what it's like to be preyed upon". It sounds so cliche and corny and there's loads of instances like that present in the show. It's been over done in the 21st century. Nothing new

The side cast is also pretty ass outside of the characters I mentioned before. For a show about human nature they sure don't feel very human. Although, as plot devices for the sake of Shinichi's development they are okay.

Okay, time to conclude this bc it looks like way too much so apologies. Basically lack of logic for the time period it's in combined with all the clichés left me feeling nothing towards it unlike the likes of Monster and FMA 2003. I mention Monster bc it's also old and works perfectly fine. I expect to enjoy it more in its original form bc it fixes a few of my issues.

Final note: I like that you mentioned Devilman Crybaby bc after watching Parasyte I was considering increasing my score for it. I think it's thematically better. I can't be bothered to rewatch to revise my opinion tho. Also thanks! Yes, I will continue to have fun with Fairy Tail. I'm watching it rn as I type this (that's actually a lie but let's pretend it's not for the sake of comedy).

Edit: wtf that's more than I expected to write. I trimmed it a bit

Also bro while you are on it please give the series another shot alongside reading the manga cause your facts are really really mixed up(guess it has really been a long time since you've watched it).
I could have said this sooner but this argument got dragged out way too long because of your hot takes;You can have any opinion..... let's just wrap this up now (I should have said this sooner). See ya later.

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doccy_choccy said:
I started watching this yesterday and I have already finished it. It has been so long since I've had an anime where I was fully engaged throughout its entirety and couldn't stop watching it. I think it deserves to be in the conversation among the top seinens. But I've never really seen many people even mention this anime?I feel it deserves better especially the first half.


simple, the other ones are longer, and most of them are unfinished.

and when something exists for longer, it is talked about for longer.

popularity wise this is just as if not more popular than other big seinens, but no one really has a reason to talk about it since both the manga and the anime are finished.
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Honestly, the Manga is ending. It is reasonable why is it not talked more. But actually, not really, this anime have a million entries on MAL. Every Manga/LN that still countinueing will make the Fandom stays alive. This anime is still HUGELY popular, but just rarely talked.

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