Parasyte: Volume 8

by Hitoshi Iwaaki, 270 pages

In this final volume of the series, Shuichi and his right-hand-alien Migi face off against the most deadly of Migi's fellow invaders. Goto is actually five parasites occupying the same host and he's cold, on the hunt, and very hard to kill. But when the time comes, will Shuichi really be able to finish him? More importantly, will he want to? After all, the parasites are not the most horrible creatures out there--a lesson later reinforced for Shuichi by a chance reencounter with true evil. Meanwhile, Migi has made his own personal re-evaluation since getting to know humanity through Shuichi and chooses a new path.

The moral complexity and imagination of this series are its strongest qualities. And despite Migi's conclusion that their two species can never completely understand one another, it's clear that for the two of them, at least, that doesn't mean they can't be friends.