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Parasyte
寄生獣
- Volumes
- 📚 10 vols
- Publication
- 📅 1990–1995
- Reading time
- ⏱ about 4–6 hr
Status: Completed / Published in: Monthly Afternoon / Kodansha
This English title and summary are an editorial draft pending source verification.
Overview (spoiler-free)
Synopsis
As mysterious parasites seize human brains and begin preying on humanity, a high school student forced to share his right arm questions what it means to be truly human or truly a parasite.
Spoiler-free editorial summary.
Reading-time estimate
⏱ about 4–6 hr
About 1 week at 5 hours per week
Basis: Volumes × 30 minutes per volume. This is an estimate, not an official figure.
Series profile
- Action
- Adventure
- Comedy
- Romance
- Mystery
- Dark
Tag-derived profile (0–100), provided as a quick guide to the series' tone and style.
Series information
- Original title
- 寄生獣
- Volumes
- 10
- Publication
- 1990–1995
- Creators
- Iwaaki Hitoshi (Story & art)
- Creator metadata
- MangaDex source record
- Publication family
- Seinen magazines
- Magazine / platform
- Monthly Afternoon
- Publisher
- Kodansha
- Cover metadata
- MangaDex