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WK Parasite
Parasite / Vampire shown from Volume 9 of the Light Novels

Paranormal Parasites (パラサイト), otherwise known as "Vampires" or "Demons", are otherworldly beings that infest human beings and turn them into inhuman creatures known as Vampires. Michaela Hongou is one such individual who was infested by a parasite.

Background & History[]

Introduced in Volume 9 of the Light Novels, these Parasites are one of the main antagonists in the third arc of the series, bringing about new characters such as the Stars, the Maximilien Device people, and many others.

They first appeared through the Micro-Black Hole experiment conducted by the USNA in the attempt to understand the method behind the Matter-to-Energy conversion of the Strategic-Class Magic,"Material Burst", used in the Korean peninsula. They then possess USNA soldiers and fled to Japan where they searched for the perfect hosts who possessed strong desires of their own.

In their pursuit of the perfect host, they killed several Magicians, including those related or from the Saegusa Family. In response, the Saegusa Family allies with the Juumonji Family to serve as the task force of the Ten Master Clans to investigate on the incident. The Chiba Family and the Yoshida Family of the Hundred Families also conduct their own investigations of these murders. The USNA branded these soldiers as Deserters and deploys Angelina Kudou Shields to Japan to deal with the soldiers in guise of an exchange student and also investigate Shiba Tatsuya who is suspected to be the Strategic Class Magician responsible for the Scorched Halloween.

As more information of the Parasites are uncovered, several groups begin to take interest on their potentials for research or weapons for the military. After the battle against Tatsuya's group, only two of the Parasites were sealed and are acquired by the Yotsuba Family and the Kudou Family.[1] The Senate on the other hand, wants the Parasites expelled from Japan and directs Kokonoe Yakumo to hinder Tatsuya's pursuit of Minoru so he can escape to the USNA. [2]

Despite the incident of the Parasites being resolved in Japan, the Parasites are still at large in the USNA due to the ongoing Micro-Black Hole experiment. The parasites tried to possess Lina but are unable to do so, contemplating if Lina has an aptitude for Lunar Magic and decide to eliminate her. They then possess more Stars Soldiers resulting to the Stars Rebellion and Lina's return to Japan under the Yotsuba Family's protection. [3] Still seeing Tatsuya as a threat, the Parasites mobilize to return to Japan, paving the way to another battle which would later be known as the Miyaki Island Incident. [4]

Peculiarities / Features[]

Even though they are initially named Vampires, they don't drink blood but are using blood to reproduce and implant one of them into a new host. During such a process the blood is used and converted, making it seem like a Vampire attack. What they usually use is the person's (host candidate's) spiritual energy. If the process fails, then the reproduced parasite returns to the host from the host candidate, leaving the latter dead and with a blood loss.

Parasites[]

They possess psychic ability; able to cast magic just by thinking it but their lack of imagination makes their attacks very simplistic. Their bodies consist of a Pushion core surrounded by Psion as armor or coating over it. They have a consciousness but do not carry the memories of their previous host.

Tatsuya was unable to destroy the parasites at first because their forms are undetected by normal sense, but he later develops Far Strike to defeat them with Miyuki's help.

Parasite Hosts[]

The people who get infected by a parasite, develop an abnormal structure within their brain, between the left and right parts of the brain which also links the two together, giving them many new abilities (which are as of yet not researched or studied by the scientist). Parasite Hosts that are incapacitated can still be revived by the use of Chinese Necromancy. [5]

The newly gained abilities include:

  • to cast magic without the need to use a CAD - the activation speed of magic for the host increases as they do not need to use a CAD hence cutting down on the number of processes for casting Magic and unaffected by Cast Jamming.
  • to telepathically contact other Vampires (parasite/parasite hosts) - the host/parasites consider themselves as individuals while at the same time share the same consciousness like a hive mind.
  • Parasites have “Spirit absorption ability”. It is the parasite's ability to absorb life energy. It does not absorb others' Psions or Pushions but directly the "Life Energy/ Life Force".
  • In some cases, Parasites exhibits certain other abilities after has been merged with a host. These abilities are not common and how these are manifesting is currently unclear. For an Example, Michaela and Minoru's parasite gave them superior regeneration ability, while Raymond's parasite gave him - Psychokinesis. [6]
  • Can stay in space without wearing a spacesuit. This is turns out to be one of Minoru’s favorite things to do, even though Minami thinks it’s reckless. But he still has to use magic to protect himself from the cosmic rays but it’s a simple thing for him to do. [7]

In order to possess any host and remain stable inside it, the host must have strong desires or emotions. For the case of Pixie, it is from Mitsui Honoka's feelings for Tatsuya that the parasite duplicated, resulting to Pixie being loyal to Tatsuya. [8]

Known Parasite Hosts[]

List of all the people who have been possessed by the parasites.

Ancient Magic Definition[]

The Ancient Magic has also globalized and International conferences have been hosted in London (England) with the aim to standardize terms and concepts and refine them. Though they go by many names, such as monsters, evil spirits, djinns and demons, the definition remains the same; magical beings that parasitically infest human beings and turn them into inhuman creatures.

However, even if this Ancient Magic knowledge has become globalized, due to the inherent tendency towards secrecy, those with a modern magic background are unlikely to know about them.[10]

Discussion Between Yakumo and Tatsuya[]

Yakumo & Tatsuya Talk About Spirits
Yakumo informs Tatsuya (after Tatsuya manages to break through the technique), that 'Mirage Cloak' is a technique originally designed to shield against "Eyes that are not of this World". He doesn't tell Tatsuya the design but lets him figure it out himself.
Yakumo & Tatsuya Discussing About Parasites & Demons
With that Tatsuya asks about things that are out of this world. He tells that the enemies are not restricted to just humans and it isn’t rare for some of them to strike a deal with forces beyond this world. When Tatsuya conveys Mikihiko’s opinion about Ancient Magic’s claims that encounters with actual spirits being rare. Yakumo verifies that Tatsuya’s friend refers to a Yoshida clan member. He implies that actual run ins with parasites are extremely rare, but incursions because someone else provided the impetus are not that infrequent. Yakumo further explains that Spiritual Beings (SB) are legitimate “creatures from another world”, telling Tatsuya that he should have an encounter or two with them.
They further discuss the current theory of spiritual magic, and turn the subject to Paranormal Parasites, explaining that Modern Magic believes that a Spiritual Being is an information body isolated within the information dimension from its natural phenomena. Tatsuya asks about their origins which Yakumo also doesn’t know but suggests that they may have the same origin like a human spirit.
Kokonoe then goes on to explain that he believea that the only thing that can cause the living creatures of this world to alter in such a fashion must come from demons originating from spirit information bodies. He the explains that the reason that spiritual encounters are infrequent is not because they don’t exist, but because we are not equipped with the ability to observe the human spirit, though this line of thinking would definitely be heresy in the eyes of London.

Methods of Defeating the Paranormal Parasite[]

  • Listing some of the methods to defeat the Paranormal Parasites given in the series.
  • At the end of this arc, Miyuki with Tatsuya's help (Tatsuya's Elemental Sight) to recognize their location, destroyed 9 of the Parasites completely with her Mental Interference Magic, Cocytus.
  • Minoru was able to control a parasite with Loyalty Programming. As a result, he became a parasite host without the parasite controlling his body and maintaining his personality. [6]

Trivia[]

in the Scifi Novel '"Animorphs" the Yeerks were similar in some traits, they possess people and can speak to their enemies through their host bodies, even though the Yeerks are extraterrestrial physical lifeforms and the latter are extradementional spectral lifeforms, their bodies give off the same colors of light green and red.

References[]

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