Are Mangas a waste of time? Part 2

About 2 months ago, one my blogs was about a manga named Detective Conan (Case Closed in English) and how it was educational and benefited the readers. Today, I want to introduce another title that is not only commercial but has some other values in reading it. For this blog, I will focus on a manga called Kiseijuu (Parasyte in English).
The story is about a high school student named Shinichi. One day, worm-like aliens called Parasites invades earth and takes over the brains of human hosts through the hosts nose and ears. The parasite that tried to invade Shinichi failed due to earphones, so instead it digs into his right hand, failing to control the brain. These parasites feeds on humans, and Shinichi and the parasite that invaded his right hand decides to fight the other parasites, including the parasite that killed his mother.

Cover of Kiseijuu - Volume 9

You might be wondering, how does a manga about parasites might be beneficial to the reader? Well, this manga allows for the reader to think the purpose of human existence and the purpose of life.While these parasites kills humans, they themselves have no means of reproduction. So, their population is limited to the initial group that invaded on the night. Several intellectual parasites asks themselves: Why are we alive?

After I read this manga, it made me think deeply of why we exist. Do we exist to live in society and perform our citizen duties? To learn and reproduce? What is the purpose of life? The list of question goes on and on.

While Detective Conan provided useful tips of survival, Kiseijuu questions the reader the purpose of human existence. The series is short, with only 10 volumes, so I encourage people that are into grotesque stuff (this series is pretty grotesque) to give it a try.