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Naoki Urasawa's Monster: Volume 1 [Paperback]

Naoki Urasawa (Author, Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Viz Media (21 Feb 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1591166411
  • ISBN-13: 978-1591166412
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.9 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 372,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A review from someone who's actually read the manga... 18 Feb 2008
By K. A. Dyer
Format:Paperback
Although not different to the anime in content, the manga is the superior to the two.

I feel that the previous reviewer did not do this manga justice. 'Monster' is not just an incredible thriller, but is a compelling moral tale. Tenma is an expert neuro-surgeon with a promising future ahead of him. However, after his director instructs him to abandon his treatment of a Turkish worker (thus leaving this man to die) in order to perform a relatively minor opperation on a well known opera singer, he begins to see that his hospital is corrupt to the core and the people in positions of power do not believe that all men are created equal. Therefore, when Tenma is later ordered to stop operating on a boy with a serious head-wound in order to treat a richer client, he refuses to do so. This choice will set a series of events in motion which finally end several years later with Tenma as a wanted man, accused of several murders, and fleeing the police while trying to prove his innocence by revealing the true identity of a mysterous young man called Johann.

As I said before, Naoki Urasawa is a visionary. 'Monster' is so much more than just a thriller. It focuses on many moral implications such as whether or not one life is as valuable as another, the nature of choice and what it really is that makes a monster. On top of this is the historial aspects of the plot, as it is set mainly in Germany just after the fall of the Berlin Wall and does an incredible job of realistically presenting this time period.

I have been following this series since the first volume was released and have just finished reading volume 13.... Read more ›
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1.0 out of 5 stars Out of Print 1 Aug 2011
By Panagiotis Christakos
Format:Paperback
This brief comment is not for volume 1 alone, but the entire series: the manga seems to be amazing and I loved the first couple of volumes, just to find out that many volumes are out of print, making it impossible for my budget to collect them and read the series.
If you can pay more than 50 quid for a small manga paperback then well done, but for those like myself who cannot I give it 1 star to catch your attention
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another strong book by Urasawa 1 Aug 2010
By Stan FREDO
Format:Paperback
Dr Tenma, a talented young japanese surgeon, goes to a German hospital to further up his career. Back at home, it was blocked by his older brother, destined to take over his father's hospital. Tenma (also the name of Astro Boy's creator in Osamu Tezuka's revered series) soon discovers that western hospitals also have their own politics. Led by his conscience, Tenma makes the wrong move and his career is in shambles until... Of Urasawa, I have only read the Pluto series (Pluto: Urasawa X Tezuka volume 1), his brilliant mid-2000s masterpiece homage to Tezuka. This Monster series begins as masterly. The plot, the dialogs, the drawings, everything has to be praised.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 5 out of 5 2 Mar 2013
By Vanessa F
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This manga may hands down be one of the best that I have ever read. And I do not make that statement lightly. I may not have the biggest manga shelf in the world, but what I have read of Monster makes me want to sing its praises from the rooftops. It's very rare in my history of reading manga for me to have given 4 or 5 star ratings with every single volume I've read. Usually with manga you get one bum volume every now and again, with a story arc that goes nowhere or just silly one-shot gag settings that may have seemed hilarious to the creator at the time, but are lost in translation.

Not in Monster. Oh no. Urasawa has a gripping, clever crime thriller to tell, and you're going to want to be with it every step of the way.

Monster tells the story of Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a brilliant Japanese neurosurgeon working in West Germany in the 1980s. He has a beautiful fiancée, he's the head of the neurosurgery department at his hospital, he has the blessing of the hospital director, and the respect and admiration of all his colleagues. However, Dr. Tenma is shaken one day by the hospital forcing him to operate on a rich patron rather than a poor Turkish man, who had more severe injuries.

So when the hospital try to force him to operate on the town mayor, suffering from a stroke, rather than a little boy who's been shot in the head, he follows his heart and saves the life of little Johan Liebert.

This act puts Tenma in incredibly hot water, though. His fiancée Eva breaks off their engagement, he loses his position as chief of neurosurgery, and the hospital director now refuses to back him at all, following this 'irresponsible' act. Dr.... Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! 9 April 2011
By DustyShinigami
Format:Paperback
I'm only halfway through this amazing series, but I absolutely love it! This is, without a doubt, my favourite manga series. This series is strongly recommended to anyone who either: loves manga, is a fan of Death Note (was my number 1 favourite, but now comes in at a close second), detective fiction, murder mysteries, thrillers, psychological horror, or a well told story with deep, interesting and likeable characters... In my opinion, this is manga storytelling at its very best. The setting is fresh - a manga story set in Germany throughout the nineties; the story is well written and engrossing, there are loads of plot twists (the bulk of them you won't even see coming), there's plenty of tension and suspense that'll keep you on the edge of your seat, the main characters are nicely developed, even at times sympathetic, and interesting - especially the main character, Dr Kenzo Tenma - and some characters are downright evil; the artwork is also great and very nicely detailed too.

The manga is far superior to the anime, though the anime is great too and is very faithful, but I'd recommend the original source material any day of the week. It's just such a shame a number of the volumes have gone out of print and have become ridiculously rare and expensive. As a result, I find this series to be underrated - both the manga and the anime - in favour of more mainstream series such as Bleach, Naruto, One Piece etc. Now, I don't mind some of the anime/manga cliches you usually get, but this series has none of it. It's very serious, down-to-earth, and mature. No dudes with funky, spiky hairdos wielding big swords battling monsters or cutesy girls/creatures... This is the 'thinking man's' manga. Oh, and it's not really recommended for kids either. Ages 15 or above I'd say.... Read more ›
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