@agentnutella Well, better late than never, right? I would assume that it isn't scandalous since it mentions him doing it as part of a habit from his part time job. It's just being wondered if he had a girl coming over though, which leads me to believe it's seen as a girly thing to do anyways.
@Stalkerman I think it's technically just parasitic, with being a full parasite being them doing something similar their whole life cycle, or most of it.
Side note: I only saw this message at a glance at first and read pirates, so that was an interesting chain of thought to go down for a moment.
@Cornonthekopp Not quite right. Yes she's been good in her take over and all that, but the elite four were the ones to attack first, even if the princess summoned MC to fight them.
@angelusalvus He needs it because, if I remember properly, all of the ones who are actual 'monsters' do, he just needs it a bit more than the rest. Hence the cigarettes to stave it off in between whenever they actually take in the regular substitute.
@Xrave You are fairly correct, but I assume if anything it would have been to show that Kouki couldn't do anything to stop him if Hajime did decide to kill him. Just pointing the gun is one thing, getting utterly inside of his defenses with the barrel basically ready for the standard way to make...
@goodhunter In this case, I think it's less that he's the only one capable of it and more that he's the only good source of it in the area, since the demons are currently at war (apparently) and the forest of death they're in is essentially a giant salt flat with unique plant life in it. And ...