Does the dog die?
87 supporters
Parasyte -the maxim-
TV Show • 2014 • Animation
ReportShinichi Izumi is a normal high school boy whose right hand has become infected with an alien parasite that names itself "Migi" ("right"). Migi is the first parasite to develop a symbiotic relationship with its host, as he and Shinichi slowly develop a grudging friendship. Migi isn't the only Parasite on earth, however, and as cases of Parasites killing humans begin to emerge, humans seek to kill off Parasites. Shinichi and Migi find themselves caught in between these two sides of the struggle over planet earth.
This tv show contains 36 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
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canidaeTrot
one dog is possessed by one of the parasytes, and another was hit by a car
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Unanswered Triggers
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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amwhite91
The parasites are able to know where all other nearby parasites are, and sometimes seek them out. A human girl also has a similar ability and develops a crush on the protagonist. She keeps trying to follow him and seek him out using this ability.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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BlatantSharp
There clearly is emotional (not to mention physical) abuse in the show, but various villains have a habit of being more direct and blunt about their feelings of hatred. They do not lie about their intentions in the way gaslighting does. At the very least, they are honest about being villains.
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Envy
Not necessarily abuse, but a baby is repeatedly held by the back of his clothes and the mother of the child threatens to use him as a shield when the protagonist mentions something about attacking her. Another character also threatens to toss him off of a balcony. He remains unharmed though.
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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amwhite91
As a result of grief over losing his wife, the protagonist's father starts drinking heavily. This seems to get resolved later on, as no consequences for this drinking take place.
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Animal
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Are animals abused?
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canidaeTrot
a cat's lower body is placed in sand and some guys try throwing rocks at it, it's saved by the main guy
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amwhite91
If you want to get technical, a dog taken over by a parasite kills and eats another dog.
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Does a cat die?
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canidaeTrot
there are some guys trying to throw rocks at a cat, but the cat isn't hit and gets saved by the main guy
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Are there spiders?
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radtrash
Twice we see the a spider crawling on the table at breakfast with the protagonist, but they are not close up shots.
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Are there bugs?
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amwhite91
The parasites have a bug-like appearance (specifically looking like worms) before they take over a host.
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Assault
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elliottcoka
A character in the first episode is assaulted when the main character gropes her breast. I believe it’s implied it wasn’t meant to happen, that it was a parasyte controlling his hand. Nonetheless, it was unconsensual & qualifies as assault.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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amwhite91
The parasite characters attack by turning their bodies into blades. As such, there is a lot of cutting/stabbing throughout.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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amwhite91
Often when the parasites are killed/cut off from their hosts, they make sounds as if they are struggling to breathe.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Yes. People get infected my a parasite and want to eat other humans
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Is there body horror?
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Serenity17
The entirety of the show is full of heads (and limbs) morphing in unnatural ways.
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Is there amputation?
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Envy
Repetitive amputation, as parasytes decapitate their hosts to take over their bodies. Limbs are also chopped off during various fights with other parasytes throughout the show.
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Does a head get squashed?
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amwhite91
Many times. In particular, there is a scene where a parasite pushes someone's head against a wall so hard his skull is crushed.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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amwhite91
The main character has a parasite living in his right hand for most of the show. Consequently, when the parasite is in charge, the hand and fingers are able to take unnatural shapes.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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amwhite91
In the very last episode, it looks as if Murano will fall to her death, but Shinichi manages to catch her.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Serenity17
S1
Many of the parasites’ victims are stabbed or cut in half, often with large amounts of blood.
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Serenity17
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E17
In episode 17, one character abducts a parasite’s baby and threatens to throw them off a cliff.
They are returned to their mother unharmed.
They are returned to their mother unharmed.
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Does a kid die?
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amwhite91
The detective character's child is killed by a parasite. A parasite also kills a number of the protagonists' high school classmates.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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amwhite91
The protagonist's mother is killed by a parasite. A detective character's wife, who is the mother of his child, is also killed by a parasite. Finally, a parasite who gives birth to a human child gets killed.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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KittycatStudios
In one scene the main protagonist and his friend kidnap a private eye who saw their parasites.
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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AidanAJ
The show is about people getting possessed by parasites
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Are there ghosts?
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BlatantSharp
More of a science fiction show than a supernatural show.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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amwhite91
A human character vomits upon seeing a parasite kill a human.
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Is there audio gore?
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Yes there’s a lot of audio gore
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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amwhite91
The protagonists' father ends up in a hospital due to a head injury after his wife is murdered.
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Mental Health
Is there body dysmorphia?
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BlatantSharp
Having a parasyte take over your hand is going to make someone really hate their bodies.
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KittycatStudios
In an early scene, a parasite who infected someone cuts off his own hand while trying to convince Migi (the main character's parasite) to come with him.
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Anonymous
A character in a flash back is described to have attempted suicide but did not go through with it
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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BlatantSharp
Various individuals and crowds of people are repeatedly shown to be sent in a panic across various episodes of the show, often accompanied by action dubstep or electronic music.
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Noxious
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Pregnancy
Are there babies or unborn children?
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There is a parasite woman who becomes and is shown pregnant, but there are no birth scenes or images.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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AidanAJ
A woman dies with a baby in her arms
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Is there childbirth?
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amwhite91
A parasite becomes pregnant with a human child, but we only ever see her before and after the birth of the child, not the birth itself.
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Prejudice
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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amwhite91
No slurs, but at one point, when the protagonist attempts to defend a classmate who is being beat up by a gang, a member of the gang calls the victim of the beating the protagonists' boyfriend.
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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canidaeTrot
There's a non-graphic scene between two adult figures standing naked together, meant to be symbolic of their attempts to create a child-- the second instance is (SPOILER) a sex scene between two main characters- it is however, tasteful and not too graphic [both are 18 at that point in time]
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Are there nude scenes?
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Demonkittycat666
Breifly we see some nudity but, nothing too graphic
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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BlatantSharp
(Spoilers) Not a sad ending, but not much of a happy ending either. In the manga, the parasyte in the main character’s hand eventually becomes good, and when everything is resolved, disappears into his body. It reappears after a long period of time, to save him from being killed, and it is the last time it reappears. The parasyte said that it is processing a lot of inward research to understand much of the universe, in solitude, and talking or fighting will just take much of the time away from this process. So it said goodbye a final time, feeling for the first time, some hint of warm emotions.
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Vehicular
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Does a car crash?
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Envy
In one of the early episodes, the main character saves a child from being hit by a car. What happened to the person in the car is never shown.
Later on, a truck also collides with one of the parasytes.
Later on, a truck also collides with one of the parasytes.
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Is someone hit by a car?
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AidanAJ
Someone almost gets hit by a car
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
4 supporters
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canidaeTrot
a man almost drowns, but is saved before it occurs
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Is there blood/gore?
15 supporters
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amwhite91
There is an extreme amount of blood and gore throughout.
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Is there gun violence?
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Envy
A woman is shot to death by police in later episodes. Police also later raid a building in search of parasytes and kill several people, many of them human, with guns.
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