Naoki Urasawas Monster, Volume 3 (Naoki Urasawas Monster: Kanzenban, #3) by Naoki Urasawa

Naoki Urasawas Monster, Volume 3 (Naoki Urasawas Monster: Kanzenban, #3) Reviews

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  Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin

  I just love this freaking manga!! The storyline and the art is freaking awesome!
  
  Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
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  Gabriel

  Solo diré lo mucho que me da vergüenza ajena el inspector Lunge y Eva. Son el colmo.
  
  ¡Y al fin! ¡Tenemos a Johan y su esperada aparición! Espero que se vuelva más recurrente porque necesito respuestas urgentes sobre cómo trabaja su mente.
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  April (Aprilius Maximus)

  *3.5 stars*
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  alittlelifeofmel

  Read this in 2 hours. It's so addicting I cannot wait to see where all this is headed!!
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  Murat Dural

  Çok güzel bir seri ve üçüncü kitap da bitti. Gerçekten anlatısı, kurgusu, çizgisi karakteristik, bağımlılık yaptı. Önce paranormal, sonra tam bir polisiyeye dönen yapısı yavaş yavaş psikolojik ve yine paranormal bir tarafa doğru dönüyor. Büyülü bir karakter, ülküsü olan bir canavar. Enteresan. bir an evvel diğer kitaplarda gelir umarım.
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  Katie Colson

  Vlog/Review:
  https://youtu.be/3LtrFimU5g0
  
  I'm not gonna lie to y'all, Eva is growing on me. She's a bitch but she might be that bitch??
  
  Is Eva my new Esme Squalor?? 😆
  
  Tenma can get it. He's a lil baddie and I'm here for it.
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  James DeSantis

  Monster continues to tell the story of Tenma search for the killer Johan.
  
  This is a slow, world building, various amount of stories all coming together. The times of the stories taking place even feels a little disconnected. However, when it comes together, and oh boy does it ever, major changes are on the way. We have a look at Tenma and what happened to him after saving another mob/killer's life. On top of that we get some Johan past and shows how he was raised and who he was.
  
  The things that work in Monster are the slow build. The getting to know various characters and why they are key characters in the overall story. Tenma is a great main character, giving hope at every turn, even when everyone else in this world is usually looking out from only themselves. The exciting cat and mouse game reaches a semi-climax here too and I want more.
  
  It is a slower volume, and a ton of world building, but I think it'll pay off big in the end. A 4 out of 5.
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  Toby

  Omg omg omg I love this manga so damn much!!! Serial killers, twisted side plots, copycat murders, hostages, kidnappings, running from the police... all the love for this series. My goal is eventually to own this entire series because I can totally see myself reading & rereading it. Ugh SO MUCH LOVE.
  
  Also the art is fantastic, unlike most other mangas this one plays almost like a movie as I read. It is such a good series. If you’re like me and love thrillers, true crime, healthcare drama, and manga... read this series. It keeps getting better with each volume too!
  
  **note: this is NOT an uplifting story, though, and is fairly graphically violent at times.
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  Jan Agaton

  This one's my favorite in the series so far! It reminded me a lot of Criminal Minds, which I love. There's so much going on, and this author knows how to mess with your brain. So excited to read the next one after that cliffhanger!
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  Jay

  Ogni capitolo di questa storia è incredibile. Il maestro Urasawa ha saputo partorire un capolavoro che va ben oltre la figura del mostro... È un puzzle che si complica sempre di più, ma con dei pezzi assolutamente perfetti e armoniosi tra loro. Comunque ogni volta che vedo il viso di Johan mi prende un'ansia terribile...
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  Kay

  I love nearly everything about this story. I do wish Nina played more of a role, but I also love Tenma as a main character and his ability to inspire and uplift the people around him. What really strikes me about the story, though, is how masterfully Urasawa weaves together the horrifying and the mundane. Monster alternates between the intense thriller-mystery narrative of Tenma's quest for Johan and small slice-of-life narratives about ordinary, usually relatively decent, people. The complexity of the characters, the depth of storytelling, the philosophical force--this is one manga I would feel comfortable recommending to literally anyone.
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  Adibah Atiqa (persephtiyareads)

  I know that the highlight of this story is how you need to be careful when Johan Liebert is around but…
  
  Monster is so much more than that,
  
  I love how every chapter, EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER, unravel the very core of what it is to be human. Flawed, fragile and capable of change (a good one) and Tenma. My oh my, Tenma is the real precious creature, he don’t deserve this cruel world. Aaaahhhh
  
  At this point, my review will be solely emotional attachment because GUYS, WHAT ARE YOU TRULY WAITING FOR
  
  just pick it up the series, you’ll be doing yourself a favour ✨
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  Minnie

  Die Mystery-Thriller Geschichte um den Serienmörder Johann geht weiter! Ich liebe die Story und ich hätte definitiv nicht so lange warten sollen bis ich weitergelesen habe. Für mich ist Naoki Urasawa ein Meister von psychologischen Geschichten.
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  Malina

  Tak dodaje sobie mangi, a co :D
  
  
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  bee✮

  omg… whenever johan appears i get anxiety
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  leynes

  I found this volume to be a bit more confusing than the others since all of the subplots and different timelines are sometimes hard to keep track of, however, this was the creepiest volume so far. I started reading it last night and I almost shit my past when Dr Gillen talked to Jürgens, who seriously gave me the creeps. Naoki Urasawa is a genius when it comes to depict and draw madness. His characters have so much expression on their faces, I am shook! So, if you're looking for a series to give you the creeps, Monster is it!
  
  So, I'm still working my way through this series, and I'm still enjoying the shit out of it. It's been so long since I have read a manga; I just love being able to fly through a work and have a good time. I really liked that Tenma and inspector Lunge finally butted heads again because their interaction is just the best. I totally forgot that Lunge is obsessed with the idea that "Johan" is just one of Tenma's Alter Egos. So exciting! Later on, we get to know Lotte, and she was one of my favorite characters on my first read of this series, so I cannot wait to see where her story goes.
  
  But as much as I am enjoying my second read of this series, I cannot help all of the cheesy moments and also cannot shake the feeling that certain subplots could've been cut. There is a lot going on at the same time and the grand mystery behind Johan's identity and his intentions takes a backseat for quite some time...
  
  Nonetheless, I cannot help but admire the attention that was paid to detail and the patience that Urasawa displayed with setting up certain of these subplots. Rereading the series made me realise how early on certain things are introduced that will only play a big role later. I particularly enjoyed the slow unfolding of the Schuwald - Karl - Margot Langer subplot (if I might call it that). In this volume, we are introduced to all of them and we start to realise how Johan is trying to use the old man's guilt to get his perfect revenge. Karl's mother (Margot Langer) later turns out to be Anna's old friend with whom she tried to cross the Czech border. Anna being, of course, Johan and Nina's mother. *mind blown* All of this only comes to light much later but I appreciate the amount of thought that went into the planning and plotting out of this series.
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  Neil R. Coulter

  Still such a good series! I read this volume straight through in one sitting. I love the interweaving of the ongoing story of Tenma with the individual stories that come up along the way. This book includes the long-awaited confrontation between Tenma and Lunge—with completely surprising results. The obvious Valjean/Javert dynamic with those two characters is excellent. Everything in the story now seems to be moving ever closer to Johan.
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  Vicente Ribes

  Tenma continúa persiguiendo a Johan para intentar acabar con él mientras se da cuenta de la complicada red que ha tejido el asesino rubio. Intentará atentar contra el una bibbioteca donde se va a dar una conferencia. Fenomenal el cuento checo que tiene perturbado a Johan y que liga un poco con toda la historia. Mucha intriga.
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  Sam (she_who_reads_)

  Maybe closer to 3.5 stars- I thought it dragged a bit at the beginning, but the last few chapters were so so good that I immediately requested the next volume from my library
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  Ostrava

  A bit more confusing and cheesy than the former volumes, but still pretty good...
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  Julia

  Wzięłam książkę do Rzeszowa, żeby potem przeczytać ją całą w drodze XD.
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  Lou

  Urasawa is my favorite mangaka. This volume of Monster just confirmed the fact.
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  Lena

  And shit is going down.. oh my, oh my what is happening? Good lord I am excited for the next part.
  
  On another note: The characters really fascinate me. I feel like Urasawa managed to manifest a range of different types of people on the panels. Really good character distinctiveness in terms of how they are acting. Interestingly enough though, he doesn't seem to have such a wide spectrum when it comes to the character's drawings (e.g. facial features). I just recognised it in this particular volume because a lot of new people got introduced and they often reminded me of ones that already existed so I was confused about which exact arc I was reading sometimes.
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  Jessica

  This series is so intense and mysterious. Even after not picking this one up for a while after reading number 2, I was still sucked in immediately.
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  Phoebe

  I love Tenma, and I need the next volume ASAP. This series is so underrated.
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  Derek Royal

  
  http://comicsalternative.com/manga4/
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  Julie Hayes

  An old classmate of Tenma’s interviews and analyzes serial killers in order to get into their heads and mindset. The last thing he expects is to receive a visit from the wanted Tenma. Tenma needs his help. He shows him the handwritten notes left by Johan, and tells the story of the boy who became a monster. The classmate, Rudi, is skeptical due to his perception of Tenma when they were in school together, but takes the tape of his story to a serial killer, Peter Jürgens, to get his opinion.
  
  Jürgens urges Rudi to go to the scene of his last murder. Not sure what he will find, Rudi goes down into the basement, where the killer was found to be hiding. There he finds evidence to support what Peter had said, that he’d been told to kill his last victim by a so-called friend.
  
  Rudi and Tenma agree to meet to discuss the notes, but Tenma is unaware that he has been sold out to the police. Will Rudi turn him in? Or will what he has seen persuade him that Tenma is not a serial killer? If Frau Kempf, the victim, was childless, whose pictures are these in the basement? Pictures of a faceless little boy…
  
  While hitchhiking, Tenma and Dieter are picked up by an older couple who speak no German. The wife asks Tenma’s help in translation. Unfortunately, the car runs out of gas, so Tenma volunteers to go for some, taking Dieter with him. The husband, who was once a detective, seems to look at Tenma rather oddly, as if he’s suspicious of him for some reason.
  
  A well-to family with a child live in a beautiful home, enjoying their life, but there is something odd about the house next door. The husband gets weird being-watched vibes from one of the windows.
  
  So much going on here! Tenma is determined to find and kill Johan before he can hurt anyone else. The former BKA agent, Lunge, is still hot on Tenma’s trail, convinced that Johan doesn’t exist except as an alter personality of Tenma. When he finds evidence that someone else killed a couple that Tenma is accused of having killed, he wants nothing to do with it because it doesn’t suit his agenda. Nina is determined to find her brother as well and continually puts herself in harm’s way in order to get to the truth. She knows that sooner or later they will bring her to Johan, since her brother seems to want to see her too. And why does Jürgens remind me of Ed Kemper?
  
  And let’s not forget Tenma’s ex, Eva Heineman, who blames him for all her troubles. Can she sink any lower? Raging alcoholic floozy, she alternates between wanting Tenma back and wanting to see him in prison for life. She is a loose cannon who could prove dangerous in the long run.
  
  The volume ends with the Thursday’s Boy story, which is fascinating itself, and we finally get a bigger glimpse of Johan. Nothing negative to say about this series, love it to death. Such intricate plotting, coupled with great characterization, and wonderful artwork. Who could ask for more? Looking forward to the next volume.
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  Michelle Curie

  The third volume of this series was a mixed bag for me – it featured some super intense, creepy and even emotional moments, but also a couple of chapters that felt like a mere build up to what is yet to come.
  
  So the Monster has been revealed to be a young man named Johan that the surgeon Kenzo Tenma has saved as a boy. Haunted by the murders attached to his name, Tenma is trying to piece the puzzle pieces of Johan's past together in order to understand what is motivating him. It doesn't help much that Tenma himself is the lead suspect in the case and currently being looked for.
  
  
  
  The cast has grown and there are more subplots now. It feels like an organic growth of the universe. We closely follow Tenma as he stumbles upon other people's stories and he himself becomes a more nuanced character in the process of all this (something I criticised about the
  first volume, so this is a development I highly enjoy seeing. While still driven by his aim to do good and save lives, he has to learn the hard way that things aren't always so easy to put into a box.
  
  
  
  There's one particularly sweet story in here... It's the one of a young boy called Dieter, who has faced harsh abuse in his life and bonds quite beautifully with Tenma. I don't want to give too much away about how this part of the plot unravels specifically, but it ended up being the most creepy and also most touching part of the whole manga so far for me personally.
  
  
  
  The bad guy doesn't even have to make an appearance in order to haunt the reader. It's super interesting to realise – Johan appears even less than in the last volume and yet you virtually feel his presence. The guy from the Bundeskriminalamt who marks the murders Johan has committed as his only unsolved case and, suspecting Tenma to be the perpetrator, is obsessed with finding him, actually suspects that Johan might only be a second personality of Tenma's. Is our narrator unreliable after all, might he be right? The suspicion alone adds a trippy Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-esque level to all of this, making me as excited about all of this as ever.
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  Guilherme Smee

  Monster é um quadrinho que eu sempre tenho cem por cento de aproveitamento. Mesmo eu não tendo lido todos os volumes este mangá já é um dos meus preferidos, senão o meu preferido. Naoki Ursasawa é um mestre da narrativa, a forma como ele manipula e molda as histórias é muito perfeita. Se por um lado temos a história de Tenma, o médico fugitivo investigando o paradeiro do menino Johan, por outro lado, temos pequenas histórias, pequenos contos que vão sendo agregados no decorrer da história. Este terceiro volume é cheio destes pequenos contos que, numa novela, poderia ser um recurso para fazer uma barriga na história, mas em Monster encontramos uma singeleza, uma peculiaridade própria dos grandes contos da literatura. Ou ainda como numa boa série em que a história principal gira em torno de pequenas histórias resolvidas episódio por episódio. Claro que não é só isso: também existe a forma como Naoki Urasawa trabalha com o traço caricatural em alguns personagens e o traço clássico do mangá em outros. E temos a soberba narrativa que o mangaka aplica em suas histórias. Simplesmente maravilhoso, que venha o próximo!
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  Tesutamento

  Önceki iki cildi elimden düşürememişken bu cildi yarıda bırakıp günler sonra bitirdim.
  
  Bunun sebebi sanırım inandırıcılığını yitirmesi gittikçe. Johan özellikle artık iyice kabak tadı vermeye başladı. Ne mükemmel bir çocukmuş yani. O yaşta yapmadığı şey, yıkmadığı kral kalmamış. Bence Tenma uğraşmasın daha fazla.
  
  Tenma'nın rolü bu kitapta görece daha azdı. Sanırım bu yüzden de ana hikaye çok ilerlemedi. Onun yerine yan hikayelere daldık çoğunlukla. Bu kitapta da birçok yeni karakter hikayeye dahil oluyor.
  Bu karakterlere geçiş kısımlarının biraz sıkıntılı olduğunu düşünüyorum. Hikaye Tenma veya hayatındaki kişilerdeyken bir anda bambaşka bir olaylar zincirinde buluyoruz kendimizi. Bu da kısa süreli bir şaşkınlığa ve yabancılamaya neden oluyor. Tabi ki hikaye yeri geldiğinde bu yeni karakterleri de olaylara dahil ediyor bir güzel. Bu geçişler daha yumuşak ve hikayeden koparmayacak şekilde yaşansa çok daha güzel olabilir. Hikayenin çapı her sayıda biraz daha büyüyor. Bilmiyorum nasıl sonlanacak.