Naoki Urasawa

Brilliant doctor Kenzo Tenma risks his reputation and promising career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. Unbeknownst to him, this child is destined for a terrible fate. Conspiracies, serial murders, and a scathing depiction of the underbelly of hospital politics are all masterfully woven together in this compelling manga thriller.

Naoki Urasawa's Monster

Naoki Urasawa's monster.

Reiza H

Salah satu masterpiecenya om Naoki Urasawa!

Berkisah tentang Tenma, seorang dokter muda jenius asal Jepang yang bertugas di satu rumah sakit di Jerman Barat. Kisahnya dimulai ketika ada dua orang anak menteri asal Jerman Timur yang harus dirawat di rumah sakit karena keluarganya ditembak mati. Dr. Tenma harus mengoperasi seorang anak laki-laki yang kritis karena terkena tembakan di kepalanya. Masalah muncul bertahun-tahun kemudian ketika terbukti ternyata sang anak -yang telah diselamatkannya dan kini sudah dewasa- merencanakan sesuatu yang membuat banyak orang terbunuh. Seiring perjalanannya untuk mencegah semakin banyaknya pembunuhan yang dilakukan oleh anak ini, Dr. Tenma menguak siapa sebenarnya si anak berikut asal-usulnya.

Dr. Tenma telah menyelamatkan seorang "monster". 

(view spoiler)[no, not that kind of science fiction "monster" (hide spoiler)]

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this got perilously close to a flawless 5/5 for me but i think, unfortunately, there are just a couple too many wobbles toward the end for me. nevertheless, this was one of the best written thrillers that i've experienced in any medium, with convincing characters, plotting and carefully ratcheted tension. the real magic trick with thriller writing is knowing when to squeeze a reader and when to release and the story here is so long that there's a lot of squeezing but every release is perfectly judged. the art style is gorgeous too. love how focussed this story is despite the scope broadening little by little every volume until it's more-or-less an ensemble drama toward the end. incredibly worthwhile reading experience.

Tom Lawlor

Wynter

May 30, 2016

It's been 9 years since the strange chain of murders around Dr. Tenma. The twins he was treating at the time are still missing, and life seems to have moved on. Meanwhile a bright young girl with no recollection of her childhood receives mysterious emails from a stranger, promising a fateful meeting. What she doesn't know is that her life is about to tragically and irrevocably change forever. Excellent volume.

Angel-K

Just as thrilling as the first time around!

Dr. Kenzo Tenma saves the life of Johan, a young boy who grows up to become a serial killer with secret ties to the government, and Tenma, finding himself implicated as the main suspect in a series of murders, sets out to find and stop Johan.

• An 18-volume manga series-over 20MM copies sold to date in Japan! • Named the Best Manga of 2006 by Anime Insider. • Awarded the 1997 Media Arts Festival Award for Excellence, in 1999 the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award, and in 2001 the Shogakukan Award for Best Manga. • Inspired anime, music, and trade book spin-offs in Japan. • From the creator of 20th Century Boys and Yawara. • Released Bi-monthly (every other month). MONSTER weaves the riveting story of brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a famous surgeon with a promising career at a leading hospital. Tenma risks his reputation and promising career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. Unbeknownst to him, this child is destined for a terrible fate. Conspiracies, serial murders, and a scathing depiction of the underbelly of hospital politics are all masterfully woven together in this compelling manga thriller. Dangerous men of influence hoping to exploit Johan's frightening mind for their own shadowy purposes are also hot on the "monster's" trail, and they're willing to use Eva, Tenma's ex-fiancée, to identify him. But what will happen to Eva when her assistance is no longer required? Will her only chance for salvation rest on the shoulders of the very man who's been hired to kill her?!

Tenma's on the run! A wanted man, he's the prime suspect for the serial killings he's trying to stop. But he still manages to edge closer to discovering more about Johan's mysterious past, and everything seems to point to a now defunct institution of East Berlin--an infamous "experimental" orphanage called 511 Kinderheim!

Naoki Urasawa's Monster

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