| Reiko Tamura's Child | |
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| Personal statistics | |
| Name | Taiki Tamiya (Live Action Only) |
| Status | Alive |
| Relatives, etc. | Reiko Tamura (Mother) A (Father) |
| Species | Human |
| Characteristics | |
| Eye | Brown |
| Hair | Black (Manga) Brown (Anime) |
| Series statistics | |
| Anime debut | Episode 13 |
| Manga debut | Chapter 32 |
| Image Gallery | |
Reiko Tamura's child is the human offspring of two Parasites. After his mother's death, he is taken by Detective Hirama and presumably put up for adoption.
Appearance[]
Being only a few months old, he is a small brown haired baby. He is usually seen in a light yellow and orange onesie. In the manga he has black hair.
Personality[]
He seems no different than any other child, though Reiko has "trained" him to stop crying on command, which is concerning. He was shown to cry almost immediately after his mother's death, almost being able to sense her passing.
Plot[]
The child was conceived as a result of his mother's decision to experimentally mate with his father in order to determine whether or not parasites can reproduce themselves. His conception intrigues his mother, and pushes her to further consider the true nature of parasites and their relationship with humans.
The child is first mentioned at a meeting with Shinichi Izumi and his mother and father. His mother mentions her experiment and asks Shinichi what he thinks the result of it was, to which Migi surmises that the resulting offspring must have been a normal human baby. It's revealed that even if two parasites mate with each other, they'll still give birth to a normal human child. His mother then uses his existence in order to question Shinichi’s preconception that parasites are simply monsters with a purely predatory relationship with humans.
A month after his father's death, Shinichi confronts his mother and asks her what she will do with him. She responds that she will first give birth to him before determining whether he is of any use in an experiment and that if he is not she will simply eat him, much to Shinichi's rage.
Soon after his grandmother's death, he first moved in his mother's womb, much to her awe.
Later, when his mother is discussing the purpose of parasites with Takeshi Hirokawa, Hirokawa comments that parasites serve as an antidote to the “toxin” that is humans. In response, his mother cradles her swollen belly and musingly asks whether the child growing inside of her is a toxin as well.
Sometime later he is finally born. After his mother from her maternity leave to a parasite meeting, Hirokawa asks how he is doing. His mother responds that he is fine, but that she is using human help in order to raise him.he is first seen crying while with his nanny. When his mother comes home she tells him to "Shut up" and he immediately does so. The nanny is frightened by this, and quickly leaves, wondering how a mother could treat her child like that.
While his mother visited a local college for an open lecture, she laid him in the seat beside her where he was watched and adored by young female college students. His mother then grabs him by the back of the collar and leaves the lecture, causing the women to voice concern. On the roof of the college, during his mother's meeting with Shinichi, he is held up as a shield by his mother in case Shinichi attacks. This causes him to start crying, which angers Shinichi. Due to the young women also coming to the roof, his mother tells him to shut up, which he does and they leave.
Later, after laughing at Shirou Kuramori when he fell, Reiko returns home, Reiko walks over to the mirror and starts laughing maniacally. This wakes him up and causes him to cry once again.
Sometime later, he is seen breastfeeding, while his mother ponders the existence of her species. While Reiko is out, it's assume that the child is left home alone, as Kuramori is easily able to pick the lock and abduct him. While with Kuramori its inferred that he is well taken care of and shown the proper love of a parent. When his mother arrives he is seen being calmed by Shiro. While his mother and Shirou talk, he is relatively quiet, making small coos and gently moving. When Shirou goes to throw him over the balcony, his mother kills the man and catches him softly before he falls.
When Reiko goes to meet Shinichi, he is seen playing with his mother's hair seemingly happy to be with her. As the detective arrives Reiko becomes defensive of the child not wanting harm to befall it. When the detectives begin shooting, she forms a spongy protective barrier protecting her child, while taking serious injury herself. As Reiko reflects on her life she hands over the child to Shinichi just before dying. When she succumbs to her wounds, her child begins crying, knowing his mother is dead. Through Reiko and her son's actions, this brings back Shinichi's ability to cry and feel emotion once more.
He is soon brought into protective custody where it is stated that if he proves to be a normal child, he'll be put up for adoption and given to a loving home. It's joked that if he'd been related to Shinichi, Inspector Hirama would allow him to adopt the child.