Review of Monster
Ontological Guilt When do you hold onto things and when do you let go..... The culprit of modern stress. Most of us find ourselves holding on to things and NOT wanting to let go. But you must because that is your helper. Take breathing for instance. You can only hold on for so long. And the protagonist Dr Kenzou Tenma teaches us that in the first few episodes. His struggle to full fill ideas that are essentially not his own drive him to madness. But when he exhales and lets go, he wakes up to his true calling leaving behind a life of false dreams. Butthat does not last long as he finds himself having to inhale once again. This time holding on to a past he cannot escape.
MONSTER is an amazing performance from realistic memorable characters. Each unique individual is full of life. Embodying a vast array of human emotions ranging from anxiety, envy, fear, frustration, jealousy and loneliness. Everything you look for in a drama both comic and tragic. Very bald and honest in revealing the goodness and evil that coexists "harmoniously" in the universe we live in. And I use the word harmonious because let us interpret..... The world is an exploding monster. And the only way it can sustain itself is to devour itself up, (hence the story of the monster shown at the end of every episode).
This animation is all about human nature or shall I say the study of human psychology and its relationship to the external world. What people don't realise is that you cannot study a human being in and of itself as is usually assumed in modern psychology. To study anything one must also take into consideration the behaviour of the environment. One must build a network of information. To weave together a complex matrix of relationships. But even that would not be enough, for the amount of data one would have to take into consideration is infinite. In the end you can never truly define anything; and we see this notion being illustrated in many aspects. Like the eccentric machine-like detective Heinrich Lunge, who embodies this process of perfection yet is so blind and far from the truth.
We are all chasing something we will never be able to catch.........
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Memorable quotes Ep44.
「わからない、この数日間いろんな人に裏切られた。 僕にはもう分からない、何を信じればいいのか。」- ヤン・スーク
"I don't know, during these past few days I have been betrayed by so many people. I don't understand anything anymore. I don't know what to believe in." - Jan Suk
「信じられるのは自分だけだ、最後に信じられるのはあんた自身だ。」- ヴォルフガング・グリマー
"The only one you can believe in is yourself. In the end you are the only one you can believe in." - Grimmer Wolfgang.
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Most dramatic character.....give a round of applause for Eva Heinemann!
Most memorable character......Grimmer Wolfgang
Most badass character.......detective Heinrich Lunge