This is the only good serial killer series called Monster, screw Ryan Murphy's gross bullshit
Even that isn't good lol. Urasawa can make a good premise, but he can't write a conclusion at all so he lets the story ramble before quietly taking out back behind the shed
>>223492951Its easily the best adult anime but it still has its anime moments. The villains magical charisma to mesmerize others to do his bidding is lelouch of the rebellion in the real world. The ending credits song is fanfuckingtastic and I listen to it regularly.
>>223492999>easily the best adult animenah, it loses steam. the pacing becomes unjustifiably languidLotGH is superior
>>223493011Have yet to watch a single episode og galactic heroes even though its on the list for over a decade. I still havent even started Gundam wing past a couple of episodes and still need to finish escaflowne and raxephon.
It's comfy, but underwhelming. The author should have stuck to the supernatural route.
>>223493058There's a lot of anime. I appreciate your receptivity. Do you watch live-action film/series or animation that isn't East/Pacific Asian?
>3 decent eps and 60 filler ones=good
>>223493075The boys in Brazil plot is pretty out there and johan is basically supernatural in his abilities. He is like judge holden from blood meridian with his super competency.
>>223492899can anyone help me to find out what episode I was on roughly.The 'Monster' was just in some seedy background alley kind of setting with a lady as a pimp and he was crossdressing as his sister or something
>>223492951This. I read Monster and 20th Century Boys and they kept me hooked but the conclusions were a wet fart. People recommend Pluto and Billy Bat but I don't think I'll give Urasawa another chance
>>223492999I rate the season highly just for getting me into David Sylvian
>>22349396420th century boys is the worst in this regard. The padding is almost insulting.
>>223492951Pretty much. It's so baffling to me that the best parts of Monster has nothing to do with the initial premise but the side characters.
>>223492951Why do retards think he only makes psychological slop? YaWaRa and Happy! also exists, and he's done many short comedies.>>223492999>Its easily the best adult animeYou've watched like ten adult anime at best. Lelouch is slop.>>223493964Master Keaton is his best work because he didn't write it.
>villain is a crossdresser who wants to dieNot very subtle, Japan.
>>223492951i liked the ending
>>223495619Congratulations you liked the worst part retard
>>223492899I'm actually in Prague, partially inspired by this show. God this city is disappointing. Smells like piss, too much tourists. Saw a man wipe his ass in a park near the train station.I feel like an asian lady realizing Paris isn't Amelie Poulain
>>223492899Go back to /a/
>>223492951this has one of the greatest conclusions of all media. damn son you done goofed
>>223492999>The villains magical charisma to mesmerize others to do his biddingyes but this isn't an 'anime moment' there are countless live actions, plays, literature, etc. that have villains with magical tier charisma
>>223492999>adult animeNo such thing
>>223495661You should be back on reddit, as evidenced by your spacing style.
>>223492899It's the most drawn out shit since One Piece. I fucking tried with this series. I can't avow how many detours and episodic bullshit stories slow down the pace of what should be a race against time mystery. I'd love to see a revised, stripped down version of this.Isn't this the same guy who made that more recent-ish show about robots? I'm sorry man, but he can't write for shit. It's the storytelling equivalent of listening to the addled old man in a nursing home. Get to the point nigga.
>>223495661>God this city is disappointing. Smells like piss, too much tourists. Saw a man wipe his ass in a park near the train station.That's cos the England game's on, m8. Also sorry I thought I was subtle.
>>223496532>spacing is reddit
>>223492899ripped off Mind Hunter
>>223492899>>223492951Johan turning out to be a pathetic faggot who only did everything to keep his foid sister oblivious and innocent so she can slut around at college like the cuck simp that he is ruins it
>>223492899for me, it's this lovable drunk
>>223494085Code Gayass is the greatest anime of XXI century, pleb.
>>223492899>screw Ryan MurphyHow do you think twentysomething male leads get the part on his shows?
>>223492899Atrocious writing.Good idea and premise but the characters behave like fucking aliens. I don't think the people that wrote it have had any contact with human beings in their lives.And there's about 12 episodes of content stretched out to 75. It's absurd how many times they keep making the same mistakes just to keep the show going.People compare this anime to stuff on HBO, and it really goes to show what watching anime does to your brain if you're not careful.
>>223495653I enjoyed it all the way through tranny
>>223498820>but the characters behave like fucking aliens. I don't think the people that wrote it have had any contact with human beings in their lives.Welcome to Japanese people
>>223494071Eva is lovely
>>223496547I think Monster would have a lot better pacing if adult Nina-Anna were almost entirely removed
>>223492899and it sucks!!!!!>>223492951his ending was Dieter being held at gunpoint which is why, after it became popular, he rambled for 100 issues before doing it again with some random kid!!!!
>>223493874bump for this plz
>>223494071Eva, Grimmer, Lunge, Reichwein, Roberto, Dieter, Martin, etc. So many kino side characters.
>>223496547the fact that it ends proves that no, it is not the most drawn out shit as far as anime goes or even close to it.
>>223499211She'd ruin your life bro.
Monster is about a guy wandering around aimlessly and is boring as fuck
>>223493964I regret every minute I wasted on 20th century boys. Fucking piece of shit manga.
>>223492899This series had me completely dumbfounded. I loved the premise, but I watched the rest of the show waiting for the pieces to start falling into place and they just never do. The explanations arent satisfying at all.
>>223500611did you make it past the library arc?
>>223501885Not that I recall, I think he only just started crossdressing(?) to blend in. So roughly where would that be?
>>223500744>Grimmer smiles and says "ahhhh...so...">Repeat x100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
>>223495619one of the worst endings, completely unsatisfactory, to give zero insight at all to if Johan changed or stayed the same was brutally deflating, good character though, top tier aura
>>223502152episode 34 i think
>>223502152Spoilers, motherfucker!
>>223500744wat dem fingers doin?
>>223503342Ofcourse he didnt change or wasnt going to change.. He was and always will be a Monster (tm) and he died doing what he loved, terrorizing and killing innocent people
>>223496503KiteMezzo forteBible blackLa blue girlWicked cityTGhost in the shell has the most accolades but no way a parent would allow their kid to see it knowing the major and the puppetmaster scenes.
>>223492951The ending was fine and the journey was great.
>>223504166>of coursewhat makes you certain if anything, he could have been horrified and disappeared out of shame, thats the point, literally nothing concrete, it becomes so open ended that's it trivial
>>223504339Because his actions throughout the story showed that he isnt capable of feeling shame. He just messed with tenma and his sister as a twisted and childlike game. Thats why he was "gone" at the very ending scene, he didnt really get up and dissapear, it was symbolic that he was never "there" at all, meaning not human.
>>223492951What’s it like only having double digit IQ
>>223504454even if he was a "psycopath" (not a real medical diagnosis btw) it doesnt mean he isn't capable of feeling shame, its a learned behaviour, so your point is invalid, there's no clear indication that he absolutely did not overcome his behavioral defect, and as for your metaphor, its very weak and not a satisfying way to complete the saga, but if you like it, thats fine, but its quite underwhelming, the tension and mystery was built of seeing any kind of development post coma, but hes just "gone", just a weak/lazy ending in my opinion, cop out, there needs to be some kind of reckoning to justify the entire journey, to have him just willy nilly *poof* out of there trivializes the entire struggle to detain him, especially for the audience, you need to have some kind of interaction post climax or the whole thing becomes forgettable, hence the saying youre only as good as your ending, but hey, all good, if you like it you like it, happy for you
>>223504777Ok well im sure the writer browsed the same subreddit as you and believed that psychopaths arent real or whatever you are trying to say there. If you think it was unsatisfactory thats also fine, you dont have to like everything, but the way Johan was written was that he doesnt feel emotions like normal people. He only gets triggered by certain stimuli like an animal. There doesnt need to be a reckoning. They saved the town from Johan and the Kinderheim people, they stopped his rampage, Tenma himself saved many people and changed their lives while he was chasing Johan. Thats satisfying enough for me and most people. Im sure theres some shounen out there where the villain gets taken out in some flashy way you could go watch.
>>223504917the reckoning doesnt have to be some flashy dramatic or even long encounter, there just has to be some kind of let's say concrete or even spiritual contact between at least someone with Johan, the cocoon period needs to yield some kind of interaction to give it any weight, to have them all eagerly waiting for this insane man's recovery, but hes just vanished, is it not satisfying to many viewers, but again, its subjective, so if you like it, great, and this isn't an opinion or being reddit, look it up, "psychopaths" are bot official medial diagnoses, its not a formal clinical mental disorder, its like a soft social science, its utility is accepted, but no medical professional gives it any real biological basis, anyway thats besides the point, there are many "psychopaths" in society that change and mold thier behaviour with rehabilitation, so its not like johan is doomed with no character development, but again thats besides the point, its not that he needs to change for it to be good, its that we have NO IDEA what hes like post cocoon period, no interaction whatsoever, plus the show is over, so theres no hope to ever know, it's not even end this way in my opinion, a significant novel event happens to him, it would have been very interesting to see the impact on him in some kind of way, for better or worse, even if its a very minor indication, anyway doesnt matter, shows done now lol
>>223505283and slowly. you come to realize. it's all as it should be. you can only do so much.
>>223505283Damn, there calling it the most media literate post on 4chan today. Brava, bold intellectual! You really elevated the discourse.
>>223505302>>223505361lol same anon?
>>223504168Kite is junk for horny teenagers. It's TERRIBLE.
>>223505423Nope, different people but i also love the ending theme.
>>223492899Love the musicLove LungeHate the actual showTENMA IS SO FUCKING DULL, the story improves when he's out of the picture. I couldn't force myself to finish it, everything just drags.
>>223493011Okay but obviously nothing will ever come close to LotGH. Well, the first 70 or so episodes anyway.
>>223505361I reread the post and I want to be be clear, I am not being facetious. I wish more people analyzed the movies they watch.
>>223505485event though you disagree with anon lol
>>223505530>>223505485I dont disagree. I thought the long analysis was worthy of praise and it was a competent effort.
>>223505581based
why does he look like netanyahu?
>>223504168>Bible black
