Parasyte Returns in Black & White Paperback Print Edition With New Translation for Fall 2025

Kodansha announced today for Fall 2025, a new paperback print edition of Parasyte—the influential and fan-favorite body horror manga series by Hitoshi Iwaaki that also inspired an anime streaming on Crunchyroll and live-action series from Netflix. For the first time in over a decade, this new paperback edition will feature Iwaaki's original black-and-white art restored, as well as an updated translation, updated interior design, and new cover designs that are sure to excite longtime fans and newcomers to the series.

Inspired by Kodansha's best-selling full color edition, the new black-and-white editions of Parasyte will be completed in eight volumes and will include the updated translation, lettering, and size of the Parasyte Full Color Collection.

In the world of Parasyte: Teenager Shinichi wakes up one night to discover a creature crawling under the skin of his right arm. This is a Parasite, a creature that takes control of a person's body and turns it into a shapeshifting monstrosity hungry for human flesh.

Shinichi has managed to stop his parasite with a tourniquet, and as a result, it takes over only his arm, leaving two consciousnesses sharing one body and dependent on each other to survive. As parasites take control of more and more people, rumors spread of brutal murders committed by terrible abominations—heads splitting open to reveal mouths of sharp teeth, batlike wings erupting from backs, blades tearing through soft bellies. Only Shinichi knows for sure that these rumors are all true. But can he find a way to live without destroying everyone he cares about, much less save the rest of humanity?

This timeless manga inspired the global smash hit anime Parasyte -the maxim- (available to stream on Crunchyroll), and the live-action TV drama from the director of Train to Busan, Parasyte: The Grey (available to stream on Netflix).

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