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Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Vol. 1
written by Naoki Urasawa
Studio : VIZ Media LLC
by VIZ Media LLC
Publisher : VIZ Media LLC
Released : 2006-02-21
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781591166412
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 12 reviews)
List Price : $9.99
Our Price : $5.29
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Product Description |
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Brilliant doctor Kenzo Tenma risks his reputation and promising career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. Unbeknownst to him, this child is destined for a terrible fate. Conspiracies, serial murders, and a scathing depiction of the underbelly of hospital politics are all masterfully woven together in this compelling manga thriller. |
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Great Book, Very Poor Supplier |
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The book is fantastic, but I bought #1 and got #8, tried to contact the supplier and have never heard back, I will never purchase anything from them again and suggest you don't either unless you like surprises and love the fact that you don't know what you'll get when you place an order. (SELLER: COMICS-NOW) |
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Incredible! |
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I adore this book! I've seen the anime, and I have volumes 1-4. I plan on getting the whole series. Some people think it's to slow moving, but that's just part of the style. It is well on it's way to becoming another classic. |
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A memorable manga! |
The villain and driving force of the story was a gentleman named Johan. Soft-spoken. Perceptive. Charismatic. Admired by those who wanted him to further their end. He was highly sought after. He knew it and played along, if only because the world was a chaotic mess to him anyway. His disciple said to a psychoanalyst, "Johan is special - he toys people like ants, squishing them with his fingers, making them suffer cruel fates. Just for kicks." His teacher remarked, "Johan is Hitler reincarnated. No, he's greater than Hitler. He's a demon from Hell." He was once been taken down by his twin sister, who, loving and hating him much, decided to appease his disquiet soul with a bullet. Doomsday, however, was postponed when a kind and noble doctor Tenma, his antithesis, saved him in a surgery that brought down his own career. By operating on Johan, Tenma brought back the Monster in question.
Story aside, I like the manga for its zig-zag technique, delivering the story Urasawa Naoki's way.
He likes to shift focus to divert attention. First, you find yourself following storyline A. The moment it leads to a revelation, as you turn the page expecting a conclusion, you realize you're elsewhere entirely, reading storyline B with another circumstance and set of characters. You don't know how B connects to A, or A to B, and really, the abruption throws you off because you're still biting your nails anticipating A. However, you're patient and follow along. Soon storyline B becomes meaningful as you learn about the new characters and how B affects A. A and B melt & fuse, and you grasp more meaning in the story, only to turn the page and yes! his trick, another plot twist - storyline C. The closer you get to the climax, the more curves and twists, almost like Urasawa's playing ball with you, returning it at evermore odd angles and testing how long you can hold court. Your mind gets like a newspaper editing room, in a frenzy to straighten out facts and questions. This wouldn't be half as interesting if clues from the plot twists did not slowly demystify the character and enigma of Johan. When you're at book 13, 14, or one of the high numbers, and familiar with the countless faces and background settings, you look back at the seemingly random developments and bemuse how they actually work together. You then realize the planning involved, Urasawa's sensitivity to tension and momentum, along with character design and perspective in the story, and eventually *insert applause* the kind of storytelling magic at hand.
The journey to discover the evil within a suffering soul is exciting. Reading it doesn't burn your fingers, but it's nice to feel a little heat.
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Brilliance, a Model for Story Crafting |
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I'm not going to go into too much detail about all the reasons I'm in love with this series (and trust me, I could), but I will say that when I started reading, I thought it was going to be--of all things--a medical drama. Like House, or something. Well, I couldn't have been farther from the truth. In no time I was drawn into the tale and drawn in so well that I couldn't put it down. At every turn was a new character, who added their own experiences, opinion and insight to the ever-growing and ever complicating plot. It came to a point where I sometimes had to walk away, or sit back in my chair and just gape in awe at how such a complicated, intricate and beautiful tale could be structured, and in manga form no less. The issues, themes, characters, everything was just spot on. One of my favorite stories of all time, quite easily. |
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Very Entertaining |
Great Art, Superb story, I got hooked from the begining; and I will sure
read em all. |
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