Review of Monster

Monster anime review A story about a brilliant villain and a doctor with no job. Story 9/10 The writing in Monster is unique and the development of the story captivates the viewer.Why because it has a slow pace at the begining where all the characters are presented and thats good in my opinion because it makes the viewer get used to their habits personalities and course of action. Once the show has established the setting and many of the players, the series begins a thrilling, rollercoaster of action, suspense and character development. Dialogue is not wasted at all in Monster. The anxious atmosphere is enhanced with carefully craftedlines that provide insight into characters' personalities and make the viewer doubt the fact that they are just simple minded and have one course of action in the thinking process.

The center piece of the series is the complex relationship between Dr. Tenma and Johan.The story focuses on the duel between those two and how they affect the other characters directly or indirectly through their actions across the series.

Characters 10/10
This is Monster's greatest strength the supporting characters which are better well defined than other supporting characters in other series. The show manages to bring up those characters back to life with extreme clarity despite the main characters lead Johan and Dr.Tenma who are all over the entire series and some viewers may grow attached to the minor characters more than the main characters wich shows that Monster doesn't need a god tier main character to show us how good the story is. Its a plus that it doesn't rely so much on the main characters since the story focuses in many other anime only on the main characters development and casts away minor characters after the mc has achieve his goals.

Tenma’s emotional, physical, and psychological transitions lead the audience through a complex maze of issues regarding personal and social morality. This is remarkably achieved without losing Tenma’s basic humanity or resorting to didacticism, and contrasts sharply with Johan’s manipulations and calculations which strike a cold realistic note with the audience.Here the supporting roles have a great involvement around Johan and Dr.Tenma which makes the story better.

Johan is the best and well written villain in the whole series. Many other series can try to make a villain but it always gave them some plot convenience tools(hex, superpowers,death note,etc) to achieve their goals or to fail. Johann doesn't need those convenience tools to achieve his goals.

The only thing he uses is his sharp intelligence which was gifted since young and could predict the course of action a few steps in the future. Another tool he uses is the psychological manipulation which proves he has a strong mind and even life experienced people(know about psychological tricks, experienced them first hand) can be victims for him. A good example is the genius surgent Dr.Tenma who is one of Johann's victims. Even if the story has some plot convenience where it all goes well for Johann it's his own merit for that because he is capable to reap the fruits of his own labor and use his plot convenience tools(intelligence and psychological manipulation).

Animation 7/10
Unique style of animation for the series which fits with the mature theme that it abords.

Enjoyment 8/10
I personally enjoyed the show even if some parts were boring and some dialogues dragged the show. I liked the slow pace in the begining and the rolercoaster that came later in the show.

Sound 7/10
The ost was fine especially in the tension and suspans moments from the anime that delivered.

Overall 9/10
What captivated me in this series was the duel between the two male leads, the mysterie and Johann of course a unique villain which no other series could think of it.

The story the characters and even the minor ones left a good impression so Monster did a good job in that way.
I almost forgot what left a good impression where the characters qoutes especially Johann.The most memorable one:
***Spoiler***
"Doctor Tenma, for you all lives are created equal, that's why I came back to life. But you've finally come to realize it now, haven't you? Only one thing is equal for all, and that is death."