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Monster (Series)

Original Concept by Naoki Urasawa

Anime Character Design by Kitaro Kousaka

Monster, also known as Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, is a manga made and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa. It was published in Big Comic Original by Shogakukan starting December 1994 and ended in December 2001. Urasawa then made and illustrated a novel entitled “Another Monster” where the story is told in the point of view of an investigative reporter. It was published in 2002. The anime adaptation was made by Madhouse, directed by Masayuki Kojima, character design b Kitaro Kosaka and written by Tasuhiko Urahata. The anime aired starting April 2004 and ended September 2005 on Nippon TV.

Monster Plot:

Monster is set in 1986 and revolves around Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a successful brain surgeion, who works in Dusseldorf’s Eisler Memorial Hospital. Everything seemed to be going for Tenma as he was favored by Udo Heinemann, the hospital’s director, and is the director’s daughter’s fiancé. Despite this, Tenma hates the hospital’s political bias in treating patients and sees and opportunity to make some changes when a massacre brings twins Johan and Anna Liebert to the hospital. Tenma chooses to operate on Johan Liebert instead of Dusseldorf’s mayor, Mayor Roedecker. Tenma saves Johan but Roedecker dies. Tenma loses the respect of society and his fiancé in the process but is comforted with the thought that he did the right thing saving Johan but regrets not being able to reach his goals. However, Heinemann and the rest of the doctor who were in Tenma’s way to the top are mysteriously killed and the twins disappear. Tenma is suspected of being the murderer as he would benefit from their deaths the most but there is no evidence of his involvement so he is only questioned.

Nine years later, Dr. Tenma is the Chief of Surgery in the hospital and one of his patients who were in question for a murder was killed in front of him. It is revealed the Johan Liebert was the killer. Tenma reports this to the police but there is no record of a Johan Liebert so Tenma quickly becomes the suspect. Tenma, distraught by the thought of saving Johan, attempts to hunt him down to atone for his mistake.

Monster Important Characters:

Kenzo Tenma – Tenma is a brain surgeon who works at the Eisler Memorial Hospital. Tenma was promoted by the hospital’s director to chief of neurosurgery and then is engaged with the director’s daughter, Eva. One day, a young boy, Johan, arrives with a bullet wound and Tenma is about to operate on him when he is told by Heinemann to operate on the newly arrived Mayor Roedecker. He chooses to operate on Johan instead and loses his social status and his fiancé because Roedecker dies. Nine years later, he discovers Johan is involved in a murder and hunts him down to atone for his mistake.

Johan Liebert – Johan Liebert was admitted to Eisler Memorial Hospital after being shot in the head as a child but is operated on and saved by Dr. Tenma. When he disappears, he spends time in different places using different names. He uses his charisma to corrupt and manipulate people with no regard for who suffers for his actions.

Anna Liebert – Anna is Johan’s identical twin and is the only person who wasn’t physically harmed when her family was shot. She lives a good life but discovers she does not remember much about her past because of amnesia from the psychological trauma she experience when her family was attacked. After she disappeared from Eisler Memorial Hospital, she was adopted by the Fortner family and was named Nina Fortner. She enrolled at the University of Heidelberg as a law student. Her seemingly peaceful life was interrupted when Johan contacted her during her twentieth birthday. She makes it her goal to pursue Johan but for reasons different from Dr. Tenma.

Monster similar series:
1. Death Note
2. Gankutsuou
3. Ergo Proxy

source: Zerochan; written by Bootan

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