Reviews Monster (Manga Review)

Author's Name:- Naoki Urasawa
No. Of Volumes:- 18
Status:- Complete
Licesened:- Not at the moment, but there are rumors its going to be soon.
Genre:- shonen psychological thriller.
Target Audience:- 14+ some mild violence, a lot of talk about death, suicide.
Synposis:- Dr. Tenma is a Japanese man working in Germany. He has it all, incredible medical skill, a great job, a beautiful fiancee. He becomes disillusioned with the hospital politics though, when one day he's ordered to forgo operating on a critically injured man in favor of someone who was more famous. After this point, he decides he will do what he thinks is right, regardless of politics.

One day, a young boy and his younger sister were brought in. The boy had a bullet in his head, an operation that the doctor knows only he is capable of completing successfully. But soon after a politician was brought to the hospital and the high ups in the hospital want Dr. Tenma to leave the boy to operate on the politician. Dr. Tenma decides that he'll do what's right and save the young boy's life.

The young boy's operation was a success, but the surgeons operating on the politician fail, prompting his life to fall apart. Dr. Tenma is passed over for a promotion and his fiancee becomes cold to him and eventually leaves him.

But soon after, strange murders begin to occur, ones that benefit Dr. Tenma greatly and though he becomes the #1 suspect, they have no evidence against him. But it seems that the boy whose life he saved has a hand in things, and that he is much more than he seems...

Why I reccomend it:- One of my favorite mangas out there. There is a very deep plot and the characters go through a lot of changes through out teh story. The art work is done very well, the artwork is always the same, there isn't any changes like certain mangas that might mess up the manga. The dialogue is done, well with normal language and understanding. The plot makes you think, you won't have to think really hard but there are several mini-sotres going on when Kenzou goes around. If you are in a need of a manga to read, than please pick up Monster.
Author's other Works:- 20th Century Boys, Pinapple Army, Happy! and Pluto.

 

Awesome review man, this is one of my all time favourites

I read the original manga when I was in Japan but only up untill about volume 8, needless to say, it left me wanting more

The anime is not half bad either

 

Nice review. I personally like the anime also.

 

I tended to like the manga a little bit better than the actual anime, but overall, its awsome. Mr. Tenma's cool..

 

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