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Parasite in Love (2016)

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Country
Japan

How it feels

A young man with severe germophobia and a teenage girl with social anxiety both struggle with isolation. They are connected through a parasitic infection that ignites an unlikely romantic bond.

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What happens

『恋する寄生虫』(こいするきせいちゅう)は、三秋縋の長編小説。2016年9月24日にメディアワークス文庫から刊行された。極度の潔癖症に悩まされ、人間関係を築けずに孤独に過ごす青年と、視線恐怖症で不登校の女子高生の、寄生虫によってもたらされた恋愛模様を描く。 2021年11月12日に映画版が公開された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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