Parasitic beasts - the relationship between humans and themselves

Spencer 2022-11-24 03:44:22

Parasitic beast, after watching the animation, I feel that its philosophical thinking is really a lot. It seems to be a battle between parasitic monsters and humans, but it is actually a battle between humans and themselves. How different is the predation of parasites on humans and the predation of other animals by humans? Parasitic beasts seem powerful, but compared to humans, they are very insignificant, especially since humans are destroying the environment and the earth, no matter how powerful Goto is, doesn't he kneel in front of the garbage created by humans. Therefore, the relationship between parasitic beasts and human beings is the relationship between the environment and human beings. I am afraid that the tsunami eats no less people than the parasitic beasts eat, but the parasitic beasts are more concrete. But at the end of the story, "human beings protect other animals because of their loneliness, and human beings protect the environment because they are afraid of being annihilated", so it is still the relationship between human beings and themselves.
Washing machine, the male protagonist of this work, we follow him to experience fear, pain, anger, courage, and responsibility, growing from an ordinary high school student to maturity. The most important change is the integration of Xiaoyou's cells in his body, and the fact that he has experienced too much pain and has grown too fast, making him unknowingly become a monster who doesn't cry anymore, but in the process of constantly searching for humanity, In the end, it returns to man, such a process from man to beast and back to man. What is the difference between humans and parasitic beasts, and what is a human being? This is the main axis of parasitic beasts. As Xiao You said, human beings are boring, because human beings live more abundantly than other creatures, and therefore human beings can think and have feelings. Tian Fanglingzi also finally realized this, so she could use self-sacrificing maternal love to help the washing machine fill the hole in her chest. And the heroine has always had the mantra "Are you a washing machine?", and finally when the murderer hijacked her and said that the washing machine was a parasitic beast, the heroine denounced the murderer, which shows that the washing machine did come back.
Xiaoyou is equivalent to a washing machine. It should be said that it grows with the washing machine, and in the process of the washing machine's search for human nature, it also slowly contaminates human nature. Of course, its nature is not bad at first. But it also started from a cold-blooded person who only cared about his own life and death, and finally faced Goto, who was shattered and resurrected, and said that it was his own kind who couldn't bear to do so.
But as far as the earth is concerned, aren't human beings of the same species as other creatures, so any life is worthy of respect and worth cherishing.

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Parasyte: The Maxim quotes

  • Shinichi Izumi: I seriously thought I was gonna have a heart attack.

    Migi: If that were to happen, it would be an inconvenience for me.

  • Shinichi Izumi: You know something Migi? You and I may be the wierdest crime-fighting duo ever.