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So Johan also messed with the kids heads, and here I was thinking that he had a small piece of humanity left.
Also, I wonder why Johan started acting to weird, and then collapsed, after reading that book.

The good Johanne knows that he is going to die and therefore accept his fate, but the bad Johanne (the monster) doesn't want to accept it, thus the monster wants to control the body now in order to get away from the fate of dying.

(That's my hypothesis, haha!)

And what kind of ED song is that? It really sucks! XD

I don't like the OP nor the ED of Monser lol.

Anyway, I just watched this ep as wel. Johan is acting really weird, let's hope he doesn't die yet. Did you notice Johan staring at the area where Tenman wanted to snipe him down?

A superb episode! Brilliantly suspenseful with Dieter and that kid on the rooftop. Heck, just knowing that Johan was around those kids is creepy enough, let alone knowing he's warping their minds.

Also, I've just got to know what was in that book that could disturb even Johan.

I wonder why Johan was freaking out while reading that book.

I think that Johan's split personality causing his freak-out is a good hypothesis.

The new ED is really, really terrible. I wasn't a huge fan of the first OP or ED, but this is far worse.

I think the Johan's collapse is because his past in Czechoslovakia, the author of the book also was from there.
Also the new ED was so bad that I got scared xD

Well, he probably freaked out as he was from Czechoslovakia and he'd read the book when he was a child. Probably before he got fucked in the head.

And did you honestly think he wasn't just fucking with those kids?

Somebody needs to calm down... . And I didn't know music could be homosexual.. didn't know music had a sexual preference at all..

I agree, I think the book has something to do with Johan's past, before he came to Germany.. Something his parent's read to him? Probably evil parent's if the kid is anything to go by!

The OP is really good, I'll addmit I really like it; the first ED was Okay, but this second ending just sucks uncle balls.

Anyways, okay so he wants to kill Johan but then what? Hes going to run for the rest of his life? Hes going to commit seppuku? Or he doesn't care about his life anymore except for killing Johan? Damn you Tenma.

Well, I sure wasn't expecting that reaction from Johan.

So now Johan is screwing with children's minds now. Was that scream the first piece of real emotion we've seen from Johan? How is the book connected? Maybe something from his childhood...

P.S. The ED song is the worst I've ever heard XD

well, the ending theme is less annoying than the previous (and slowlyyyyy... ughh).

Well Johan fucked up a kid, he has some schedual :P I wonder what happened at the end. And wtf is up with tenma wanting to kill him, he finally has some support :/.

THIS IS IT! This is the missing link. This is the episode I have been waiting for.This is the episode that ties all the loose plot strings that have accumulated in my mind so far.

Now I am almost 100% sure that Johan does not have a split personality. He is not schizophrenic. All the facts before were a reference to this. There was only one loose string considering this matter. The fact that Johan asked his sister to shoot him in the head. How could I have missed it before. The boy with a cast, Martin, explained everything. Johan wanted to be sure if there is a reason for him to live. He thought that if there was a reason for him to live, if he was actually special, there would be something meant for him to do. And if there was something important meant for him to do, he would not die until he actually accomplishes it. That is why Johan actually asked his sister to shoot him. He though that if he survived it means that he is truly special, he has a role in this world. And the role is something really meaningless. Something that would change entire humanity. It might be to instil Johan's ideology to humans. The episode explained so much.

And there is another thing. The end seems to be puzzling everyone. It was clearly stated, that the book was written by a writer from Czechoslovakia. We also know that Johan and his sister were found on the border of Czechoslovakia and Germany. it is Thus, it is logical to think that it was written by his father or caregiver. Probably the one that changed his entire personality. We might also interpret that his father "build" Johan like this. Seeing his intelligence, he wanted to make Johan perfect and follow his ideology. It is possible that nothing like that happened and his father only abused him, consequently monster was born inside Johan. It might also be a book that is just a random czechoslovakian book, that reminged him of the past which could be similar to the mentioned above.

Now let's get back to Tenma. I can't understand his motives of killing Johan inside the library. Can't he shoot him from some roof outside the library, why inside. It would not only risk his life literally or legally, which he seems not to care about, but the success of the mission it self. How does Tenma think he will shoot from a sniper there? It is not a pistol. He should be aware that there is a high possibility of guards being there. Whether they were informed about possible threat or not. It is also not like this is the only place he could shoot. There is the whole city. But this is not some kind of silly shounen. This is a really good seinen. And Tenma is not an idiot. He also doesn't rely on his emotions when taking critical logical decisions. Therefore, I am sure he has a good reason for this, or we did not understand his intentions.

That little kid was such a douche to that old guy. D:

And I wonder why Johan was so freaked out.

QF fuckin T. It sucked so hard.

Although I think the old OP/ED were perfect for this kind of series. The OP starts the suspense wonderfully, and the ED was just eerie and awesome.

the 1st ED song is far better than the 2nd.. But the song seems to have deeper meaning.

Johann's ideology seems a little bit like Nietzsche philosophy, the survival of the fittest, nihilism, etc..

Johann is the personification of Nietzsche "Ubermensch" (superman)

Intriguing ep and change in ending, whoop!

worst ending ever!