Review of Monster

Let me begin by stating that I am shocked by the rating of this anime. In my honest opinion it is massively overrated. The first word that comes to mind when I think about this anime is BORING. ** Story ** The story is good, but it is far too much dragged out and the pace is super slow. The suspense building up goes up and down for me during the series. The ending was also a massive letdown and I will tell you why in the characters section. ** Art ** The art of the anime is mediocre at best. I really do not believe there isa single person that believes this anime has good art and not to mention one deserving a score of 10... There is not much more to say about it other that it is unimpressive at best.

** Sound ** I usually do not care much for the opening and ending songs, but in this anime it fits the tone of the show which is dark. However the sound themes during the episodes are nothing remarkable and could have been better suited to fit the atmosphere.

** Character ** This is the most annoying part for me in the show. There are some great characters, but the main characters are not complex at all and do not evolve at all. People saying otherwise are simply ignorant and want to believe is something that is not there. The main character is on a mission to stop a man who seems committed to do evil acts. However no matter how much proof of the wrongdoings of the evil man he gets and how many murders he has done he does not have the guts to do what he intended. This is a massive let down for me because the MC (Dr. Tenma) is a naive man to begin with and remains the same until the very end. He does not grow a pair and does not change at all. You see him the same person in every episode trying to do good and keep away from others so they do not get hurt being near him. The guy he is trying to stop - Yohan is also not changing at all. He remains the same smart and evil monster he is from episode 1.

** Enjoyment ** I was really bored with most of the episodes - the action was far too slow paced and the repetition of naive acts from the main cast was annoying quite a lot. There were some interesting twists and the story itself is interesting but the execution of the way it is presented is hindering it massively.

** Overall ** I would recommend this anime to people who have a lot of free time (74 episodes) and do not mind slow paced shows. I strongly disagree with the common opinion that this anime is very clever - it is not. It cannot compare to Code Geass or Death Note in the meaning that it is not the same type of smart. This anime is like a thriller TV show that is just animated. Slow story and naive annoying MC killed it for me.