The deliberate pacing won't be to everyone's taste, but I'm loving every suspenseful, character driven page of this fantastic manga. No tuvimos que esperar dos tomos de esta edición doble (cuatro tomos de la edición normal) como sucede en los primeros volúmenes. What makes Grimmer an instant favourite is his happy-go-lucky charm, even when he confronts danger or is confronted by such. Dedicar-se a ler Marx enquanto montava o plot inicial da história também ajudaria a não cometer o deslize de trocar A por B, embora, aqui, eu precise ressaltar, novamente, que não há nada na leitura comunista que converse com a aberração que foi o nazismo. Tenma being able to piece together what happened at the crime scene felt unbelievable to me, but I wouldn't really know.

I continually stand in awe with how Urasawa manages to connect all these seemingly loose threads together to create one big story. This is a series that demands to be read close together, as there is so much connection between characters and past events that to forget any of it takes a lot away from later volumes. It's rare that a story explores evil with such nuance and creativity, we see all aspects of human evil be laid to bare through this series without reservation, rather it be the casual indifference of Johan, the selfish opportunism of the neo-Nazis, or the banal cruelty of the scientists from Kinderheim 511.So, what does this have to do with the main narrative of a Japanese former doctor hunts the serial killer he saved when he was a child?

En cada tomo introduce muchos personajes que al principio parecen que está desviando la historia pero al final todas estas sub líneas narrativas, convergen en un punto. Furthermore, Rudi was shown to be envious of Tenma and had convinced himself that the man disdained him. Apart from the end of the children’s story in which a monster is one with the young boy named Johan – possibly the inspiration for naming the main antagonist of Monster – the story itself reflects on the recurring theme that Urasawa has explored, which is the monster within everybody.

I was also confused by when exactly Johan possibly interacted with Kemp, and what he did exactly to manipulate Jurgen into killing her for him. I wouldn't be surprised if Urasawa was influenced by the artwork of Katsuhiro Otomo, as he shares his eye for detail and distinct characteristics of his characters. Despite his upbeat attitude, there is something else within Grimmer, especially when he discovers the true purpose of the current experiment, where the children are happy in the best sense of the word. Grimmer is such a fantastic character because he's a good guy at heart but completely broken by his childhood trauma, which still makes you feel kind of on edge when you're reading about him. The brief glimpses of the supporting cast reveal complex, fully developed characters despite short "screen time" and always pose interesting ethical and philosophical questions regarding Tenma or other members of the core cast.

I've tried to expand my horizons in the world of comics and read foreign comics, and manga has been on that list of foreign comics to read. Yang menjadi perhatian di volume ini adalah Nina Forster memburu mantan anggota polisi yang pernah membunuh kedua orang tua angkatnya. This is a recurring phrase from the fictional children’s book titled “The Nameless Monster” within Naoki Urasawa’s manga.

Cada vez mais interessante e complexo, me pergunto como o autor vai concluir essa história, cujo tema é quase clichê mas aborda questões tão complexas e profundas.