Parasytes

Parasytes are an alien species out of the manga/anime Parasyte the Maxim. that fell to earth in virus-like green spheres with spikes. Their goal is to take over and devour humans. The only good members of this kind is Migi, the star of the manga/show who infected Shinichi Izumi’s (the other star of the manga/show) right arm (hence the name, Migi, meaning right), Jaw who infected Mamoura uda’s Jaw, neck and chest area, and in the end of the first season of the series, Reiko Tamura, a full Parasyte who was formerly a teacher then became a mother to a human baby (Parasytes do not alter the human reportducive organs so humans are still born out of Parasytes). When in attack mode showing who they are, their heads and other body parts will stretch into tentacles and slips and make body-made blades-type weapons. As shown with Migi, a Parasyte who has failed its mission in taking over the host mind can merge with the host so the host can still become more Parasyte than human. A Parasyte can stretch for miles with its body, jump glide with easy as shown with the ultimate Parasyte Goto (composed of 5 Parasytes controlling 1), or even fly (as shown with the Dog Parasyte, the first one killed by Migi). This is the first time Parasyte is spelled with a y instead of an i in this case. Migi has to pass out for 4 hours ever 24 hours thanks to giving up half her cells to fuse with Shinichi, a newly developed weakness she now has. Parasytes originally appear as worms or snakes according to the show’s uses of speech in subbing or dubbing (English and Japanese).

Trivia

 * Despite being inspired by The Thing, Parasytes are still their own species and are different alien species. The Thing cannot fail its mission to take over, cannot produce body-made blades, fly and stench for miles with their bodies.
 * Migi, Jaw and the Dog are the only 3 notable Parasytes to fail their mission.
 * Reiko is the only Parasyte known to produce “Hair Blades”.