Full MANGA Alchemists: ‘Parasyte’ Chapter 6 — “Tamiya Ryoko” (AKA “Tamara Rockford”)
by Erik Amaya
Shinichi’s teacher is a parasyte! Does that mean he and his classmates are in danger? Or, is Migi correct to admire this parasyte’s adaptability? Tim and Patrick discuss the chapter, and continue to compare the 1998 Mixx/Tokyo Pop translation, which tries to adjust the language for Americans’ lack of familiarity with Japan and manga at the time, to the 2007 Del Ray translation, which assumes its readers are manga-literate.
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