Full MANGA Alchemists: ‘Parasyte’ Chapter 4 — “Studyholic”
by Erik Amaya
In the 1990s, when Americans were just beginning to read manga, the translator had to either do a lot of handholding, explaining relevant bits of Japanese society, or change them into things that were familiar to Western readers. We see a lot of the latter in the translation published by Mixx (later Tokyo Pop) in those days. Starting in this episode, Tim brings both Mixx and DelRay versions into the conversation with Patrick (still reading the original Japanese) as Shinichi learns that there’s a parasyte in his school. Is the entire student body in danger?
The site with old issues of Mixxzine has been taken down for major changes; when it’s back, it will (hopefully) be here.
See the cover here (click the image to enlarge).
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