Lunge's Expectations (ch 40) showed a more childish side of Lunge: one who was a bit more passionate and did a bit of roleplay as he tried to get into the headspace of the person he was investigating. Seríamos todos monstros multifacetados só esperando o momento de uma dessas faces ocultas vir a luz? A Wonderful Holiday (ch 37) initially felt like quite a detour from the story as it focused on Muller, one of the agents Tenma encountered in Hiedelberg. They also seem adamant on their one conjecture in spite of reasons to doubt it and lack of evidence supporting it.

Proof of this idea is with the main antagonist Johan, the titular monster, someone who is so detached from the rest of humanity that it seems that he is something otherworldly. Dedicar-se a ler Marx enquanto montava o plot inicial da história também ajudaria a não cometer o deslize de trocar A por B, embora, aqui, eu precise ressaltar, novamente, que não há nada na leitura comunista que converse com a aberração que foi o nazismo. Also, how does he manage to just sneak into all these crime scenes without notice and still not get caught by police for all these years even though he just turns up at all Johan's crime scenes? Despite his upbeat attitude, there is something else within Grimmer, especially when he discovers the true purpose of the current experiment, where the children are happy in the best sense of the word. I was also confused by when exactly Johan possibly interacted with Kemp, and what he did exactly to manipulate Jurgen into killing her for him.With a stronger emphasis on action, Urasawa’s strength as an artist relies more on dramatic conversations, where he proves to be a master of illustrating facial expressions. But Monster is different, as it's the rare series that delivers on its concept, while also being a very fast paced, entertaining story. Though the two men part without discussing what brought them together, Grimmer is also deeply interested in the same thing Tenma is looking for-511 Kinderheim, which once existed in East Germany. This is certainly the most action-orientated the manga has ever been, in how it builds up to the moment where Tenma is about to take his first life, whilst the likes of Dr Reichwein, Nina and little Dieter are desperate to save Tenma from making a terrible mistake.

the last volume must have been a bump in the road cause I feel like this one has gone back to what I love most about the series: the mystery, the interesting side characters and the little surprises/twists. I enjoyed the panels and scene wherein Nina and one of Roberto's flunkies shot in the other's direction at the same time. Rudi double crossing the police and the reveal regarding Tenma's opinion of him were such a huge relief, and the latter was even a comical one at that! Grimmer is such a fantastic character because he's a good guy at heart but completely broken by his childhood trauma, which still makes you feel kind of on edge when you're reading about him.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

The new character Grimmer grows on you quick and you sense a sadness behind him that's just asking for you to discover more. The brief glimpses of the supporting cast reveal complex, fully developed characters despite short "screen time" and always pose interesting ethical and philosophical questions regarding Tenma or other members of the core cast. La segunda mitad introduce personajes nuevos, nuevas sub líneas y parece que nos acercamos un poco más al misterio del origen de Johan y de sus objetivos. This is probably the fastest volume yet as all the plots begin to move forward while somehow introducing two new characters that are great. What brings this volume up to four stars from the original three I was going to give it is the characters.An issue I often find with manga art is that all the characters look like children, and at their oldest late teens to early 30s. Much of the emotion that I felt through the series came from the side characters often, and Urasawa proves to be as gifted with characterization as Stephen King, creating characters with depth and nuance that gives the story its heart despite all the horrors that happen in it.

Something I absolutely love about this manga series is that while it strays extremely far from the main plot, everything ends up getting connected back to the main story. A pesar de haber leído el tomo cuatro hace 5 meses aproximadamente, no necesité recordar cosas muy específicas para unirme a la historia y seguir disfrutándola.I wonder myself sometimes in this series, we never see him and there is very little proof he exists. Me gustó el cuento del monstruo en busca de un nombre, aunque creo que la trama esta comenzando a parecer un collage, mas y mas pedazos con personajes nuevos aparecen y uno sigue esperando a que las piezas comiencen a unirse. The suspense from Johan possibly being one of Tenma's multiple personalities, Tenma being betrayed, and whatever lies in the Kemp's mansion is killing me. More than that though, Nina was once again put in a situation wherein she might have to take someone else's life to save her own.