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    So am I the only one being surprised about Migi´s lack of reaction to Shinichi revealing its secret to Kana? All it took was a "she won´t tell anybody" and that´s it.

    Either Migi changed, like Shinichi changed, too. Or, and that´s where I currently stand, Migi somehow played a role in Kana´s death, somehow leading her and the other parasyte into each other.

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    I doubt Migi had anything to do with it. It would mean that he could transmit signals from another place.
    But I think his reaction had more to do with the fact that he already thought Shinichi might have already told her or done something.

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    So am I the only one being surprised about Migi´s lack of reaction to Shinichi revealing its secret to Kana? All it took was a "she won´t tell anybody" and that´s it.

    Either Migi changed, like Shinichi changed, too. Or, and that´s where I currently stand, Migi somehow played a role in Kana´s death, somehow leading her and the other parasyte into each other.
    That's an aggressively stupid post, Shinichi made a clear and coherent point which Migi accepted. It's in both of their best interests to cooperate with each other as much as possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archangel View Post
    That's an aggressively stupid post, Shinichi made a clear and coherent point which Migi accepted. It's in both of their best interests to cooperate with each other as much as possible.
    He could have made the same argument for telling his parents or other people. I even went to lenghts to explain that several weeks ago. You told me why Migi wouldn´t agree to that. Now about a single sentence excused Shinichi´s disobedience. I mean, come on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Archangel View Post
    That's not how denial and shock work but ok
    He's not in denial nor shock. What he is, is logical. A few episodes ago his dad was in denial and shock.

    Quote Originally Posted by MFauli
    He could have made the same argument for telling his parents or other people. I even went to lenghts to explain that several weeks ago. You told me why Migi wouldn´t agree to that. Now about a single sentence excused Shinichi´s disobedience. I mean, come on.
    The fact that Kana can actually sense them puts her in a different category. For one, Migi can tell that even though Shinichi has told Kana about him, Kana isn't avoiding him nor seeing him as a monster. Getting emotional and upset that Shinichi told Kana doesn't solve anything either. Migi has to accept it, or kill Kana.

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    I think that this episode set a new world record of death flags set.
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    Damn that was disappointing. The full OP didn't sound as good as I hoped it would

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    Episode 13, 14.

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    Tamiya Ryouko being able to laugh now is creepy and undesirable. Migi became more human in an understanding way while Ryouko just because crazy, batshit way. It's largely due to Shinichi being a constant moral guide. Migi comes up with ideas and Shinichi tells him the human's perspective. Since the two coexist, Migi learns that some options that sound good to him are unacceptable by Shinichi's standards and ends up discarding them. Ryouko doesn't have this feedback and goes about her ways. The best word to describe her difference is inconsideration.

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    I wonder why Ryouko changed her hold of the baby when facing Shinichi. It would be hilarious if the conversed while she holds the kid like a kitten.
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    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    I wonder why Ryouko changed her hold of the baby when facing Shinichi. It would be hilarious if the conversed while she holds the kid like a kitten.
    She probably knows how a baby is supposed to be held but simply doesn't bother every time. Since she's so academically interested in Shinichi, though, I imagine she wanted to initially hold the baby normally in front of him. After all, the conversation might have had a different kind of start if she had still had the baby in the bizarre hanging grip.

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    I can't make much sense of it. If she's aware of how people see her when she grips the baby by the clothes, surely it should affect her behaviour around normal humans. She's smart enough to not draw attention to herself. You'd think she would be more observant of such things after the mother of the real Tamiya Ryouko saw through her despite everything.

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    It's offhandedly calculated. The random people don't mean anything to her. So, she only bothers to act more like a human in front of those humans she really interacts with. Most people don't know of parasytes, so they wouldn't initially think a woman carrying her baby in a wrong way is a real monster. They might wonder about it, some might say something, a few might eventually even report her to the authorities, but in the end that only happens rarely and mostly if they see her doing it more than once. Let's not forget it takes her effort to act even remotely like a human and trying to do it continuously might distract her from more important stuff.

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    You think she has to act more like a human in front of Shinichi who knows she isn't human, but doesn't give a fuck about other humans watching her?

    That carrying a baby in two hands takes effort and might distract her from more important stuff?

    Most people don't know of parasytes
    Actually, I think they do. Especially after the hair-pulling trend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    You think she has to act more like a human in front of Shinichi who knows she isn't human, but doesn't give a fuck about other humans watching her?
    Yeah. Because she's interested in Shinichi. She wanted to meet him, so I don't think she would try to stop the meeting before it even began by making him concentrate on the poor handling of the baby. I reckon she also wanted to confuse him by looking like a proper mother. One kind of a shield already, even if the inhuman literal baby shield was more effective in the end.

    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    That carrying a baby in two hands takes effort and might distract her from more important stuff?
    We just saw the evidence in this episode that she doesn't necessarily naturally carry the baby with such a loving care a human would. She just carried the baby like any baggage. Who knows what happened between the auditorium and the roof? Maybe she noticed all the stared and finally realised the carrying method was all wrong.

    Quote Originally Posted by Buffalobiian View Post
    Actually, I think they do. Especially after the hair-pulling trend.
    Nah, didn't the council of geezers decide that it would be too dangerous to alert the whole nation and thus they only started the trend? If everybody knew, there's no way the private detective wouldn't have known. It'd be his business to know such things. But instead he could hardly believe his own eyes and didn't expect Ryouko to believe when he reported back.

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    I think I'll apply Occam's razor here and go with Ryouko not wanting to antagonize Shinichi, who she knows acts very human, by holding her baby in a weird way. She wanted to discuss, after all.
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    I think it simply wasnt meant to be of significance when Ryouko held the baby at its clothes. If it was and she´s found out because of it, Id agree shes being careless and stupid. But as of now, Ill assume that it was meant more for us, the audience, to get another glimpse at her ruthless behavior towards her baby, rather than to introduce a future flaw in her disguise.

    My two hopes for the future:
    1.) The detective not being killed any time soon. I want him to be more fleshed out. Let him be Runge-san.
    2.) Shinichi making a push to help ruining the opposing parasytes. No more hiding and doubting.

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    Maybe she doesn't understand herself as well as she thinks she does. She seems to be rather surprised of her own actions, like the laughing. Maybe she isn't even aware she carried the baby differently around him.

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    Episode 18 - HS





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    That fapping scene... No corners cut in seinen. It did a lot to make the criminal seem more like a sexually oriented serial killer. The police officers would have been so lucky if they had got Kana instead of this dude. Still, I can't blame them for wondering why on Earth Shinichi seems to be always there when shit happens.

    I'm so happy I remember so little of the manga.

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    Dat cliffhanger >_<

    I hope shit gets finally done. Ive said from the beginning, Shinichi should have convinced Migi to let itself be revealed. Much easier to work from there.

    Not sure why Tamura had to die, though. Whatever message about humanity she intended to deliver to Shinichi must fall flat after the fact of 30times murder. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFauli View Post
    Much easier to work from there.
    Work what? Migi isn't working on anything. He's just existing and teaching himself about the world, civilization, humans, and his own kind. Getting revealed certainly wouldn't help that goal at all. In fact it wouldn't serve even Shinichi that well. It's not like the officials would let a unique sample like Shinichi wander around and continue anything resembling a normal life even under the best of circumstances. Sure, he could tell himself he sacrificed himself for the sake of humanity, but apart from meaningless feelings of martyrdom, that would grant him absolutely nothing as a reward. He might as well be looking at an alternative universe mirror when staring at the pervert prisoner, seeing the version of himself that went to the officials.

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