Review of Monster
When i started Monster i dident have any high hopes. I first heard that if you liked Death Note you love monster. now i enjoyed death note a loot so i picked up Monster. I started by reading a few mangas volumes. But it was to much talking so i moved to the anime instead. Now that i`m finished with it i can say that i have a hard time breathing. Story: The story focuses on Kenzo Tenma a young Japanese doctor working at the Eisler Memorial Hospital in Düsseldorf during the 80s. He is a very skilled highly brain surgeon.However, Tenma grows increasingly dissatisfiedwith the political bias of the hospital for treating patients, and seizes his chance to change things after a strange massacre brings the twins Johan and Anna Liebert into his hospital. Johan has a gunshot wound to the head and Anna keeps muttering about killing, and Tenma decides to operate on Johan instead of a prominent politician who arrived afterwards. Johan is saved, but the politician dies. After this Kenzo loses hes social standing. He lost his promotion, further fiancée and not soon after that the twins escape. The tree top heads of the hospital are found dead the same night the twins escape. Tenma is then promoted to chef of surgeon. After that the story advances to nine years later.A known criminal is found on the street, hit by a car. He comes under the care of Dr. Tenma, who observes him muttering about a "Monster". Tenma extends kindness to that criminal, and thus the criminal begins to open up for Tenma.
Following his trail to the construction site of a half finished building near the hospital, he finds the man. The man, who has developed a sort of doctor-patient friendship with Dr. Tenma, warns him against coming closer, and pleads with him to run away. Tenma refuses, however, and the identity of the man holding the gun pointed at the criminal in the abandoned parking garage is revealed to be the boy whose life Tenma had saved nine years ago - Johan Liebert. Johan shoots the criminal, tells Tenma that he could never kill the man who had saved his life, and then walks off into the night while Tenma is still too shocked to stop him. Im not going to say anything more due too the story is so good damn awesome
Animation: I had some problems with the animations. Yes everything looks nice and all but i felt that there was some problems with the light and shadows at some places
Sound: The soundtrack is on the same level as Schindler`s List fore me. It has the right tone fore the right moment that makes the hair in your neck raise. My favorite is the opening that just sounds beautifully.
Character: After the story the character are the best part of this anime. They all seems so human. Like Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion. We got Kenzo the doctor who`s must fix hes past mistake. Runge( Lunge in english) is a BKA( German FBI) agent who´s scary with his hand yet very interesting. Johan is the most interesting yet evil character i ever seen in anything. This is not a joke if you want evil here you got it. The perfect villain he has the looks, evil and intelligence. (there are more character but belive me you keep watching the show fore just these 3)
Enjoyment: Some people might not enjoy this anime. If you want a dark story set in a realistic world with no supernatural what so ever you will enjoy this too 100% . If you dont want what i just mention see it anyway. This is a anime that you just have to see. i fell sorry fore people who wont watch this anime and the 4 last explosive episodes.