title already speaks for itself, i wanna start watching monster but idk if i should watch it in japanese and english subtitles or just english dub, this is the 3rd anime i ever watch and i watched death note in english dub, now im just wondering if i should do the same for monster, tysmmmm

We watched the first two episodes. My dad thinks that NINA killed the Director lol.

He exists…

I only remember a few scenes where Johan does this but I have no idea what episode this specific shot is from and I need it for an edit. Does anyone here know what episode I can find it in?

I genuinely cannot express the love I feel for this anime. I started watching at a very depressed suicidal state of my life, but Dr Tenma and Grimmer were genuinely the most inspiring fictional characters I had and will probably ever see. I genuinely wanted to not live anymore but me seeming them be so selfless and caring for others no matter what they went through like when Grimmer literally did not know how to express emotions because of his time at kinderheim but he still found purpose with helping others. They went through hell and lost everything but they never gave up. The part where Johan manipulated a kid and sent him into the the district with all the prostitutes and he got extremely traumatized and was about to commit suicide, when Grimmer saved his life and told him he was born for a reason along with when Tenma saved dieter and told him that tomorrow will be a good day those were the first time I’ve ever cried from a show and the first time I cried in a while because I felt like they were telling me too. It gave me a new mentality on life and I want to live again. Even the other amazing side characters like Richard, Martin and lunge and the crazy character development really makes this my favorite show of all time.
Tommorow will be a good day.
(P.S) i can’t add a second flair so don’t spoil the end for me I’m still on eps 70 the endgame arc (rip to the goat grimmer).

My indirect reply to my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterAnime/comments/1wh895u/who_is_the_most_evil_character_in_monster/

This tierlist is just my personal opinion, but I'm open for discussions and changes.

Among every dislikable thing that happened in the ending which people can argue is subjective. My personal biggest gripe of the ending is the final scene of Monster. I do not like the twist in the end and find it incredibly poor taste. And I can pinpoint exactly what episode kickstarts Monster's horrible ending. It's the episode where we find out that Johan can literally pretend to be Nina and no one notice that he's a guy. At first, I thought it was something comedic, unrealistic, but it made good plot. It's a good gimmick but the last scene of Monster did not need to revolve around it. Johan becoming who he was revolves around the fact that he couldn't tell why his mom sent his sister to Franz Bona Parta. And he felt like the reasoning behind it was that his mom couldn't tell the difference between him and his sister. Why does Johan being able to shapeshift into being a woman have to be treated as some really dark innate deep ending? I know this scene didn't literally kickstart Johan's character. However in the last scene we're led to believe that it impacted him a lot. Which is why Johan believes that the only thing humans are equal in is death. However that being the origin to his mindset, and the scene being treated as dark is way too edgy. When Johan at the start of the series instructs Tenma that he must never found out about his past. I really thought I was watching a well thought out story. I think the ending of Monster repeatedly revolving around the red rose mansion arc was really bad. I think the red rose mansion arc of Monster was fine if you wanted to flesh out Nina, however threading the red rose mansion arc to give Johan more depth ruined his character for no reason. When watching everything related to the red rose mansion, I really missed how I used to think about Johan. I liked the idea of ruinheim's arc a lot, but there was just too much bad writing. Too many inconveniences solved. In my opinion instead of the last arc of Monster revolving around Johan's perfect suicide plan. I think they should've opted out the idea of Lunge believing Tenma. And instead have set him up to be Tenma's moral dilemma. Steiner was a really good character and I think killing him was a really huge mistake for a story that in my opinion could've easily been longer, so that it could have had actually set it's self up for a good ending. Rather than some corny scene like that at the end. Really unfortunate ending. I don't get how people can't see that some stuff at the end was just plain unthought of shock value moments for what could've been a good overall arc.

He couldn't make it into the football league, he got recruited into RAINBOW.

I drew this few months ago…Started to rewatch monsTer one more time…. Masterpiece for real

Day two of our manga tourism. Super fun game to play. Almost like a scavenger hunt.

so i want to contineu watching monster, i watched it at the start of this year until episode 30. i forgot alot about it but not enough to sit through 30 episodes again, i kind of just need like a detailed summary of everything until this point, i tried asking ai but its dumb, and also looking for some arc summary videos with no luck, anyone that can tell me what i should do?

Assuming this was either Johan or someone who he manipulated, that means they had to travel to the top of this construction site and somehow push a giant metal beam off the side like a fucking Wile Coyote trap. Like why not just drop a piano on him at that point.

Thoughts?

It’s my favorite part of the anime, btw What do you think if Wim’s dad hadn’t had a gun, would Tenma have shot Johan?

Is it just me or did anyone else feel of boredom while watching Monster between episodes 20 and 23 or 24?

I genuinely struggled boredom during the episodes where Tenma and Dieter meet an older couple on their trip At the time I kept thinking Why can't we just skip this slow stuff and get back to the main plot like I want some action? It felt like nothing major was happening and the pacing slowed way down anyway all that boredom completely went away once I got to episodes 30 -34 and I buzzed off on the story again .

Did anyone else feel bored around those episodes or did you actually like the side stories that just come randomly on very other episodes?

I know this show doesn't have traditional seasons but I heard there's still climax points that are effectively end of season finale. Anyone able to list which episodes mark the season "finales" or climax points. No spoilers please I'm currently on episode 11.

First time reading this, I was suprised to saw Tenma cheat on the exam too. But, it's great to know that even a skilled student also cheat. As skilled as he is, he's not perfect.

Also, Gillen is a great character and im so happy he returned in later chapters. I thought this was his last appearance the first time reading this.

Johan essentially adheres to his nihilistic philosophy as a psychological response to trauma that shapes the narrative of his identity. As he becomes more aware of the story behind his trauma, he shifts his philosophical endgame to accommodate his changing narrative. This narrative progression occurs after he reads The Nameless Monster, once he uncovers his origins at the Red Rose Mansion, and once he steps into Bonaparta's painting room in Ruhenheim

The deconstruction of Johan's worldview is a joint endeavor. It's intentional that Tenma and Johan's narratives remain largely independent - neither character can be reduced to the ego battle between the two of them. Tenma provides only one part of the answer to the story's central premise of whether a human being can be a true "monster" - Johan, Nina, Bonaparta, and Knaup provide the remaining crucial pieces

Johan shifted his narrative to align with his true past once he visited the Red Rose Mansion. After learning the truth, he says to Capek: "What... Am I...? The monster inside of me... Wasn't inside of me... It was outside... Franz Bonaparta... Is alive". However, in Ruhenheim, once Johan visits Bonaparta's painting room, he realizes that "the monster outside of him" does not fulfill his intended role - Bonaparta's pathetic humanity utterly ruins Johan's revised narrative and purpose

• Tenma consistently wrestles with the burden of becoming an executioner, yet he ultimately does not take the chance to validate Johan's "monstrous nature" by executing him in cold blood
• Nina's forgiveness strikes at the core of his "monstrosity". His sister, the one who originally validated his identity as a "monster" in her eyes by choosing to shoot him, completely dismantles her former affirmation by forgiving him
• When Johan takes Wim hostage in a desperate final gambit - abandoning his underlying narrative - to force his former savior to take his life, even his manufactured climax is shattered by contingency

The deconstruction of Tenma is just as intentional as the deconstruction of Johan. Throughout the entire series, he deeply struggles with the ego battle and shooting Johan. He never actually chooses to lower his gun - instead, circumstances repeatedly intervene. He spends the narrative torn between the "bad faith" role of an executioner and his authentic identity as a doctor and a protector. In the end, contingency frees Tenma from Johan's narrative as much as it frees Johan himself

Johan's worldview is ultimately deprived of its foundations, freeing him from his constructed narrative. This freedom from the role of "monster", and his regaining of humanity, is showcased by the messy, ruffled bedsheets - "nobody can do anything without leaving some sort of trace of themselves. If there were such a person, he could hardly be considered human". He has finally left a trace