Parasyte -the maxim- (寄生獣 セイの格率)

HITOSHI IWAAKI

THE SUN ALSO RISES

I pierced the heart.

Your human host died instantly.

You'll follow in a matter of minutes.

Accept your fate as one who failed to seize the head.

There's no time to lose.

A direct hit to the heart cannot be repaired in mere minutes.

Yet, if I do nothing, Shinichi's brain will die.

Which means...

my only option is to merge myself with his heart.

While I seal the hole in his heart,

I must maintain his heart function as well as circulate blood within myself.

She seems to have successfully relocated to her current host's head,

but what I am about to embark on is a far riskier venture.

All right. I think I can make this work.

But I cannot expect spontaneous recovery.

I should gradually recruit cells from all over his body

to augment the healing of his wound.

At the same time, I will gradually return to his right hand

through his bloodstream.

What?

Izumi-kun's absent again today?

Yeah.

Our homeroom teacher tried calling his home,

but no one's picking up.

That worries me.

-Want to swing by on our way home? -Sure.

-Oh, but I don't know his address. -I do.

I went home with Izumi-kun the other day.

-What? -Hey!

Since when are you and Izumi-kun a thing?

No! That's not it.

It's not? Then, what is it?

It's none of your business, Akiho!

Don't butt in!

Why not? Come on!

So, is Izumi dating Murano?

Shut up!

Come on. Tell me.

Oh, drop it, Akiho.

Sugar, huh.

The hole's been sealed.

It looks more like it's been fused shut than sewn up.

Migi?

Did Migi heal me?

S...

So, it wasn't...

a dream.

Hello?

Oh, we finally got a hold of you. I'm calling from Sakurazaki Hospital.

Is this where Izumi Kazuyuki-san lives?

Yes.

Did something happen to Dad?

Yes, but he is fine.

He's asleep right now,

but his life is not in any danger.

So, when you come to visit, can you bring things,

like clothes and...

I'll come right away!

Izumi-kun?

Oh...

I just came by because you haven't been at school.

You'd mentioned that your parents were away traveling, too,

so I thought maybe you've been at home sick and alone.

Dad got hurt on his trip.

What?

Then your mom must be stuck dealing with it alone.

I won't be back at school for a while.

Izumi-kun.

Shinichi-kun!

You'll come back, right?

I'll kill her!

Dad saw her in that form before he ran away.

That's why she looked up our address and came all the way here.

That man has not returned?

How did she find our address?

In their luggage or at their hotel?

I bet she'll eventually figure out which hospital Dad's in, too.

I have to hurry. Hurry.

Excuse me.

Are you okay?

You seem really troubled.

Are you from Sakurazaki?

Huh? Yeah.

Then you know where Sakurazaki Hospital is, right?

Oh, yeah.

I'm familiar with it.

So it was on the 18th, at dusk, when your wife was murdered?

Yes.

Has my wife's body been found?

Izumi-san.

Your wife is alive.

What?

On the 18th, the day you fell into the sea,

your wife returned alone to the hotel after 9:00 p.m.

That's impossible!

She spoke with the front desk staff,

saying you had to leave early on urgent business,

but that she'd stay one more night.

Then she checked out the next morning.

No. That's not possible.

It was an imposter.

But the staff saw the burn mark on Nobuko-san's right arm,

and they're sure that's who they saw.

Izumi-san.

I believe your deep psychological shock is causing

the reality you saw before the fall and the nightmare you had after the fall

to become jumbled together.

That was no nightmare.

I know it wasn't!

It's here.

SAKURAZAKI HOSPITAL

Thank you.

Bye!

Yes, he's down that way.

Dad!

Shinichi.

Da...

I'm sorry I made you worry.

Mom is...

It hurts so much.

I can barely speak from the grief, yet I have no tears.

Are you okay, Shinichi?

Mom's...

Shinichi.

About Mom.

She got caught up in some accident and we don't know where she is.

What?

Dad.

You saw, didn't you?

Saw what?

You mean...

Yeah.

I apparently had a nightmare because I hit my head.

A nightmare?

That's a lie!

I've asked the police to look for her.

I'll need to stay here for a while yet, but it's nothing serious.

What are you saying?

How can you say all this, Dad?

Shinichi, did something happen at home?

You know something happened!

Mom was murdered!

By a monster!

I said that kind of nonsense on the phone?

Sorry!

I'm so sorry!

I was wrong!

What?

Does he really think he dreamed it all up?

Shinichi, I'm going to be okay.

I want you to take it easy for two or three days, then go back home.

I know it's tough,