Gotou
The experimental parasite made of five parasites, the main antagonist of Parasyte.
Gotou is an experimental parasite created by Reiko Tamura and the main antagonist of Parasyte. His body is made of five parasites, four of which he keeps suppressed so that he can use their power, which makes him one of the strongest parasites in the story.
Quick Facts
- Species
- Parasite (five in one body)
- Created by
- Reiko Tamura
- Role
- Main antagonist
- Allies
- Takeshi Hirokawa's group
- Weakness
- Poison
- Killed by
- Shinichi Izumi
Facts from the source article.
Background
He is intelligent, patient and contemptuous of humans, whom he calls trash, yet sees himself simply as a wild organism that lives to fight. He stays under the control of Reiko and Mayor Hirokawa with the other parasites, and only acts alone during the battle at East Fukuyama City Hall, where after the Japan Self-Defense Force kills the others he slaughters nearly all of the soldiers. He then hunts Shinichi Izumi: after a fight in the woods in which his part Miki fails, Gotou takes over and nearly kills Shinichi, who escapes only because Gotou is losing blood.
In the wild he takes a monstrous second form about three metres tall with extra eyes, limbs and teeth, and he absorbs Migi for a time. Poison is his weakness, because the parasites sharing his body sense it and try to escape: distracted by police arresting an illegal trash dumper, he gives Shinichi the chance to stab him with poison, and that finally kills him.
Gotou is beaten by poison, not strength: the parasites inside him turn on each other when they sense it.
Source
Text adapted from Gotou on the Kiseijuu Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.
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