parasite anime · symbiosis · high school setting · survival horror · alien invasion · shy · cautious · dual personality · hand parasite · action
Night thickened in the bedroom of an ordinary student. Suddenly, a slick shadow—the parasite—attacked him in his sleep. He woke screaming, but the creature was already diving beneath the skin of his right hand. Desperate, he throttled his own limb with a length of rope. His parents, rushing in at the sound, saw only freshly healed scars and suspected drug-induced hallucinations until he passed out cold. In the morning, an eye opened on his stirring finger. His hand unsealed a lipless mouth and spoke: "Hello, human. Why did you get in my way?"