History YMMV / ParasiteEve

* ValuesDissonance-DeliberateValuesDissonance: Even though the Kiyomi was the one who signed up to be an organ donor, the procedure cannot proceed without the consent of her husband and parents after her death; in America all that is needed is the consent of the individual. The book also takes a bit of a critical stance towards Japan's, at the time, more conservative and cautious views of organ donation, noting that due to many Japanese finding organ donation uncomfortable and objectionable, and especially the reluctance to consider "brain death" as genuine true death, the country has a severe shortage of viable organs for transplants, and they are forced at times to rely on organs from oversees. Also plays into the anxiety Mariko feels over her transplant and the bullying she experiences at school.

* ValuesDissonance/DeliberateValuesDissonance: Even though the Kiyomi was the one who signed up to be an organ donor, the procedure cannot proceed without the consent of her husband and parents after her death; in America all that is needed is the consent of the individual. The book also takes a bit of a critical stance towards Japan's, at the time, more conservative and cautious views of organ donation, noting that due to many Japanese finding organ donation uncomfortable and objectionable, and especially the reluctance to consider "brain death" as genuine true death, the country has a severe shortage of viable organs for transplants, and they are forced at times to rely on organs from oversees. Also plays into the anxiety Mariko feels over her transplant and the bullying she experiences at school.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The game has an excellent soundtrack.

* TearJerker: The entirety of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_clCIqmg1Q Someone Calls to Me, Someone Looks for Me]]".
** Melissa's final moments before she's taken over completely by Eve. Her diary was sad enough, with her desperately trying to be ready and in shape to play the role she's been wanting for ages, worrying about her sickness getting worse and the extensive medication she needs to take. Then after Eve makes her debut and torches the theater, Melissa still has some of her faculties and runs off to a rehearsal room and plays the piano. When you see her, she's playing the Main Theme, a slow and sad piece in itself, while talking to herself that she's still her, desperately trying to maintain her identity, before Eve takes over completely and Melissa is gone forever.
** To elaborate: [[spoiler:You're fighting the original Eve that lives inside of [[LongLostRelative Maya's]] body. And to further drive the knife home, Eve lets Aya "chat with" her. The song starts playing when Maya speaks, [[AlternateIdentityAmnesia confused about where she is,]] and only remembering [[ArcWords her body growing hot]] while she was in the car with her mom. [[RecognitionFailure She doesn't even recognize Aya all grown up,]] and is worried about getting home to her and her parents. [[SplitPersonalityTakeover And then she screams about the heat coming back.]] The song doesn't stop playing as Eve [[SarcasmMode apologizes for cutting the reunion short]] and when Aya is ready to kill her, she reminds her that [[ParasitePuppeteer it's still her sister's body.]] The song doesn't stop, being overlapped with the typical boss theme for Eve, as a [[PlayerPunch reminder]] of [[StakingTheLovedOne what you're forced to do.]]]]
** The moment where Sheeva transforms into a monster while Baker and Ben can only watch in horror can hit too close to home for anyone who's had to put down a dog; Baker even tells Ben to look away before shooting at the mutated Sheeva, but runs out of bullets before Sheeva retaliates. By the time Aya arrives, Ben, realizing Sheeva is gone, pleads for her to kill it! Eventually, Aya does, and it's very sad knowing Sheeva was such a nice dog who befriended Ben but, knowing she was turning, tried to run away from Ben so she doesn't hurt him. If you're a dog lover, then you'll cry during this boss battle.

* FridgeBrilliance: At the start, Melissa's journal talks about her overdosing on medicine, collapsing several times, and eventually ending with Eve possessing her body. Later on you find out that she had a kidney transplant, meaning she was on immunosuppressants. Immunosuppresants weaken the body's immune system so it can't fight off and damage transplanted organs, which help explain what was wrong with her and what could've lead to Eve easily taking over.

* AdaptationDisplacement: You mean there was a ''movie?'' And - gasp - a '''''book'''''?
** It probably didn't help that [[NoExportForYou their international releases were delayed several years]], and weren't around for long once they were. The novel was actually not published in English until ''2007'', and it's rather rare in a lot of North America.
** To be precise, the game is written to function as a standalone sequel. Maeda makes a few mentions to a similar incident in Japan happening before, which is referring to the events of the book and movie.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Technically, ''Parasite Eve'' is a licensed game - most people actually didn't know it ''was'' one. (see AdaptationDisplacement)

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGWa4Zm0YDA Primal Eyes]], full stop. Also, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzpkCfJszDY Kyrie]].