Monster
Monster is a chilling and sophisticated psychological thriller manga that explores the thin line between good and evil. The story follows Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a brilliant Japanese neurosurgeon working in Germany. Tenma’s life is upended when he chooses to save the life of a young boy, Johan Liebert, over that of the city’s mayor, following his personal moral conviction that "all lives are equal."
Years later, Tenma discovers that the boy he saved has grown into a cold-blooded, charismatic sociopath—a "Monster" responsible for a series of horrific murders. Plagued by guilt and framed for crimes he didn't commit, Tenma becomes a fugitive, traveling across a post-Cold War Europe to track down Johan and undo the mistake he made on the operating table. Blending noir mystery, political conspiracy, and deep philosophical questions about human nature, Monster is a definitive masterpiece of the Seinen genre.
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Seinen, Thriller.
Alternative Names: モンスター, Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Монстр, مونستر, 몬스터.