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In the final episode of the anime, Nana and Hachi (who used to be parasites in
the past) claim that they're immortal:

> **We don't age** and we're stuck in the middle, neither adults nor children.
> We have but one duty: to reach out to humanity's future and continue to
> watch over it. ~Hachi

But just a few minutes later the conversation between Futoshi and Ikuno seems
to contradict it:

> It's all thanks to your research that us ex-parasites' **accelerated aging**
> is being kept in check. ~Futoshi

What information have I missed? Are ex-parasites immortal or mortal?


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Are the ex-parasites in Darling in the FranXX immortal?


There is a difference between parasites and adults. It's known that adults
don't age anymore because of APE. Since Nana and Hachi worked for APE we can
conclude that their technology to make people immortal was also used on them.

Consequently, every parasite can become immortal. But in the last episode the
ex-parasites decided to stop using magma energy which is necessary for
achieving immortality. Since these people, being clones, age faster than
humans, Ikuno was desperately trying to find a cure for that accelerated
aging.

While not being able to find a complete cure for that condition, she still
finally found a way to keep it in check which is more than enough for the
affected people to live a normal life.


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