Monster

Alternativen: English: Monster
Japanese: MONSTER
Autor: Urasawa, Naoki
Art: Manga
Bände: 18
Kapitel: 162
Status: Finished
Veröffentlichen: 1994-12-05 to 2001-12-20
Serialisierung: Big Comic Original

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4.6
(37 Stimmen)
75.68%
13.51%
5.41%
2.70%
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Alternativen: English: Monster
Japanese: MONSTER
Autor: Urasawa, Naoki
Art: Manga
Bände: 18
Kapitel: 162
Status: Finished
Veröffentlichen: 1994-12-05 to 2001-12-20
Serialisierung: Big Comic Original
Ergebnis
4.6
37 Stimmen
75.68%
13.51%
5.41%
2.70%
2.70%
0 lesen
0 Möchte lesen
0 Lesen
Zusammenfassung
Kenzou Tenma, a renowned Japanese neurosurgeon working in post-war Germany, faces a difficult choice: to operate on Johan Liebert, an orphan boy on the verge of death, or on the mayor of Düsseldorf. In the end, Tenma decides to gamble his reputation by saving Johan, effectively leaving the mayor for dead.

As a consequence of his actions, hospital director Heinemann strips Tenma of his position, and Heinemann's daughter Eva breaks off their engagement. Disgraced and shunned by his colleagues, Tenma loses all hope of a successful career—that is, until the mysterious killing of Heinemann gives him another chance.

Nine years later, Tenma is the head of the surgical department and close to becoming the director himself. Although all seems well for him at first, he soon becomes entangled in a chain of gruesome murders that have taken place throughout Germany. The culprit is a monster—the same one that Tenma saved on that fateful day nine years ago.

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Velkan14
Apr 16, 2021
What I thought is the Real Monster. SPOILERS AHEAD TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT WATCHED MONSTER BY URUSAWA

I believe the Monster in the series..is in every character...everyone in this series has something to drive them to do cruel or tragic things but Tenma, our protagonist overcame his Monster. In the first few episodes as a great neurosurgeon he was taken advantage of the director and others, to the point that he wishes for them to be "better off dead" or was implied but the director and others were also driven by their monster (their hunger for money and fame). Tenma when the director and the rest are killed, he overcame his "Monster" but his monster is different from the monster the other characters have. Being a naturally kind-hearted person the "Monster" he had was the cause of the "monster" the director and co. had (the one being a thirst for fame and money). Tenma's Monster was that he wants the Director and co's "Monster" to be gone. Meaning Tenma's monster was him wishing the evil desires of those people to be gone. Thus, him being kind-hearted his Monster was something for the good of other people thou his desire to obliterate those "Monster" had good intention, is still bad for it is counted as killing (though he didn't physically hurt them, wishing something is still as morally bad as the actual action) and that Monster he has is what makes him different from other characters in this story. Tenma overcame his Monster....he realized that all people's lives are equal after he saved Johan? He saves Johan who is the embodiment of an actual "Monster" being the darkest desires and nature that people can have. Performing surgery and saving Johan instead of the politician actually and metaphorically saves Tenma from his "Monster" (which is that he wants bad ppl to be gone or something along those lines).

Johan on the other hand his beliefs are so similar yet fairly different from dr. Tenma "All people are equal in death" Johan carried the burden of all the "Monster" ppl had. He killed the director and co. whom Tenma wished to be gone and as Johan keep evolving by having ppl manipulated, to exploit their deepest dark desire, and drive them to do things. He evolved to be the "Devil". Now, Tenma wants to kill Johan, for saving him, for reviving the "Monster" which affects everybody but Tenma ironically overcame his "Monster" because of Johan (by saving Johan and realizing that all lives are equal). Johan manipulates the darkness all people had that is deep within and we are reminded of that when he talks to the prostitute who pretended to be Margot. He said that there is deeper darkness. I can't blame Johan for becoming the Monster and Devil after the things he has gone through but I do not justify all the evil things he had done. I love how the ending goes. Tenma throughout this series saves everyone he has met ( even sometimes oblivious about it) by overcoming those people's "Monster" inside. And also those people he has saved in return saved other people (whom Tenma haven't encountered in this series) to overcome their "Monster". And this chain of saving (unbeknown to Tenma he has caused) reaches this story's conclusion by saving the embodiment of "Monster" who is Johan. All the side characters are important for all have shared a little bit of responsibility to create the embodiment of "Monster" a.k.a. Johan. And I guess this is the beauty of this Story. Admit it or not everyone has a little bit of a monster inside them. Sometimes in our life, we want to snap and let our shadows take over for caring in this world takes a toll on everyone. Johan with his nihilist perspective manipulated and drives the people to the point of insanity showed me that our society creates monsters that not caring and an actual person can do horrendous things and that drove Johan in extreme. He was the embodiment of our society, a monster that sadly was created by our selfish desires. However, Dr. Tenma thought to me that all lives are equal. That everyone no matter who deserves to live and we have no right to take it. He is a genuinely kind person, who has compassion towards others. He represents what our society can be, what our humanity can be. I know that even in our current state, someone and somebody definitely show compassion and that is what makes our world beautiful. It might not be a perfect world but it is beautiful. Despite all sufferings, hope and compassion would definitely shine.


Just a 10/10 for this perfect psychological thriller anime.
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TheMuffinOfLife8
Apr 16, 2021
A promising young doctor is framed by his own patient for a string of murders. He seeks revenge to clear his name, but quickly finds himself in a mystery where every answer seems to open up more questions. What happened in Kinderheim 511? What is the connection between a series of children’s books? And darkest of all: who is the Monster?

Monster is often hailed as one of the best manga series of all time. While I don’t think it's perfect like many other readers do, it is definitely worth a read. Its many thrills and continuously perplexing mystery makes Monster a page turner, yet the pacing frequently slows down and drags. In many chase scenes, for example, the climax is abruptly cut off by a fire or character injury, which results in several chapters of down time. This is also when the story gets bogged down by minor characters. These short-lived, but positive relationships are tied to the themes of the manga, but if most of them had been cut, the series could have been a little better.

Thematically, Monster is about the opposing forces of love and indifference. Although he mostly works off-page, Johan makes for a fantastic villain. He has great influence over others and his many followers kill without remorse. Tenma represents love. He stops to take care of any sick or hurt person he comes across. As a doctor, he believes every human (except Johan) deserves to live. Anna is in the middle, trying to find her place and uncover her true self.

Naoki Urasawa’s Monster is a classic manga series. Despite its frequent pacing issues, I still recommend it.
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Eclipsa12
Apr 16, 2021
This is a really difficult manga for me to discuss because I feel I'm not eloquent enough to properly discuss something like this the way it deserved to be. Still, the best way I can describe it is as incredibly intelligent and well written. By incredibly intelligent, I mean that the plot has a lot of depth to it. There aren't really many deep points about society or such being pushed, but it still engrosses you in the story that makes you truly think about what's occurring. The story is both grounded, in that it doesn't involve any supernatural elements or such, but at the same time it's also incredibly extreme, and in a way, that draws the reader further in.

The plot has numerous layers, but even with that it's very character oriented. At the top it's about a complete psychopath, a true monster, that uses various others along the way to achieve his objectives. However, the various other he uses are in general trash. Many could definitely think of them as evil, but shown in contrast to Johan, they seem nothing more than pathetic. And it also shows that someone truly evil, like Johan, is quite a bit harder to hate than those that are simply pathetic. Hence, despite Johan being a complete monster, it is quite difficult to truly hate him. That can in part be attributed to the other great aspect of the series, how well written it is, especially in regards to its characters.

Another aspect of this is Tenma, who despite being completely submerged in darkness due to the plot of the manga, wherever he goes still manages to shine. This is an aspect that I feel could easily end up feeling incredibly awkward if handled even somewhat wrong, but the author does a tremendously good job of it, and it ends up working amazingly well. Tenma difficulties with his original choice but staying true to who he was despite everything made him an incredibly amazing character. He was completely pure, which in the end made him similar but opposite to Johan, which made him a good foil for him.

But while I could consider those two the main characters in the manga, they are certainly not the only two that matter, with various other characters also getting fleshed out and many of them getting a lot of character development and ultimately playing very important parts in the plot as it unfolds. I would like to highlight that I thought the character arc of Eva was especially amazing, in that she has a complete fall from grace, she pursues Tenma obsessively, but in the end, gains the strength to stand back up on her own. I really wanted her to have a happy ending, but doubted she would be able to with her broken character and personality, but the author ended up writing something that authentically grew her character in such a way that she got a happy ending that despite everything it felt like she deserved, which I think is a major feat.

Overall the plot was incredibly well paced, slowly revealing more and more about the characters and conspiracies involved, keeping a good balance of suspenseful and light, important and side information, action and drama, ultimately bringing everything to an ending that wraps up all the various plot threads tremendously well in a way that felt completely consistent with everything that occurred and ultimately leaves the reader with a feeling of having read something incredibly satisfying. The art was decent enough and fit the atmosphere.

A suspenseful and deeply engrossing manga centered around hunting for a monster at the center of a conspiracy.

10/10
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