Underplayed Gems

Parasite in Love (2016)

Parasite in Love poster
Country
Japan
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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