the other book review

Two chil­dren, twins, are brought in the hos­pi­tal after their adop­tive par­ents are bru­tally mur­dered. The girl is in shock, the boy has severe head trauma. Doctor Kenzo Tenma, a Japan­ese man work­ing and liv­ing in Ger­many, saves the life of this young boy called Johan against the wishes of the direc­tor of the hos­pi­tal, and father of his fiancee Eva. Not a smart move in many ways. He dis­cred­its him­self with the direc­tor and with Eva, who lost her inter­est in Kenzo overnight, and sec­ondly, and most impor­tantly, he seems to have saved not just a boy, but a boy that proves to be a Monster.

Well, well, well, after read­ing 18 vol­umes of Urasawa’s mas­ter­piece I know every­thing there is to know about the Mon­ster Kenzo Tenma is so des­per­ate to cap­ture dur­ing the whole series, or do I?
This story is solid with­out any lose ends. All the peo­ple you meet, every side story that is told have a pur­pose and is worked out to per­fec­tion. Also the art­work is bril­liant, highly detailed and real­is­tic. This series is a true most read!

And if you after read­ing, like me, don’t have enough yet, you can always start to watch the anime series of 74 episodes. Each episode con­tains two manga chap­ters and is true to the books 100%.

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