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| I had to watch the ending twice to comprehend it. This is what I think - The real monster is the mother, since she gives away Ana saying that she "isn't needed". Also, the picture-book said that the monster split into two, so the original monster should be the mother and the one inside the boy (Johan) ate the other monster (inside Ana). Johan knew that Ana was the unwanted child, but he wanted to protect her. So he dressed himself like her so that his mother might confuse him for her. However, the mother recognized Ana from her voice and gave her away. Ana should have become the monster. But Johan instead becomes one so as to protect her, as Johan always said "this is all for you, Ana". In the series, Johan tried to erase not only his past but Ana's past as well, so that she may never remember that she was unwanted. As for the ending, I'll say it is quite evident that Johan escapes from the hospital. The bed clearly shows signs that someone was resting there before and if that isn't enough, the window was open! He probably disappears for good since he is rest assured that Ana will never remember that memory. |
| It feels great to finally be done watching this anime. I had a big smile on my face while watching this. Overall, this was an amazing show. Not quite perfect, but close enough. There were a few times where I felt the pacing was too slow, but it says a lot about the quality of this show that even the worst episodes are 5/5 quality. This is by far the best anime I've seen in a least two years, and I'm glad I watched this show. 5/5 for the episode, 9/10 for the whole show, but I might change it to 10/10 later on. |
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| seen a lot of shows go with the mass slaughter at the end, but i think monster pulled it off the best so far. johan, a creepy little fuck till the bitter end. Monster was fucking on point with its theme exploration, but as far as pacing goes it had its issues, but overall a fantastic ride, probably gonna have to say 9/10 |
| This was such a great anime with an amazing cast of characters. Although I kinda wished we got a slightly more conclusive ending with Johan and what is happening with him :/ Still a 9/10 from me |
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| What an hell of a ride. This show was pure magic, and the references about the first Tenma question about life made this show a masterpiece. Although not reaching the level of Death Note, this show is really a must see. Basically every character had a devolpement in the story, expect Tenma (and this is a very good choice, he remained the same good men and did not became the monster who was needed to kill the "monster") and Johan. Or maybe Johan had a devolpement? It's up to us to decide, the open ending is an interesting choice. BTW, the hospital scene of Johan and Tenma was really scary beacause of Johan's and Tenma's eyes. |
| What a magnificent series. Truly, I'll never forget this masterpiece. |
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Koruja said: Im convinced that the last scene tell us that Johan is dead and Tenma gone insane. How? The last scene. An empty bed. I think that Tenma only believe that Johan is there and visit him, but its only in his imagination, a broken mind imagination. I try and really try to understand the last scene: Johan in coma, so he wake and make his question, so.... Tenma wake up to and Johan still in the bed. So in the end, an empty bed. NO. Nothing is real. Some points took me to this conclusion - All characters seem happy and none of them seems to worry about the fact: johan still alive. - Johan's room is not guarded by police. - Tenma refused to become a teacher and gone to voluntary around the world. It seems to be way of escape from your madness and dark old memories. So.. I believe Tenma failed in Johan's second surgery. So guilty, and the extreme runaway situation he lived made him freak out. Interesting point indeed... Didn't think of that after the ending. At first glace, what I got from the empty bed scene is that Johan managed to escape from the hospital like the 1st time he was saved by Tenma. So the message I got is that the Monster is 'still out there'; pretty much like a horror movie ending... But I just noticed what might be a flaw in your perception: the empty bed is not made and the IV is still there. Which makes me think that it's not an illusion and that Johan was in fact there... What an incredible journey :) Started watching Monster around December last year, put it on-hold for awhile and now although I'm glad that I finally finished it, I'm also sad at the same time that it is finished. That's the unequivocal indicator of a show that you truly cared for... I'll definitely miss this amazing piece of art :( |
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| What an incredible journey, Monster is an anime that will stay with me. The point here is not what Johan's true name is, but the fact that he has a name. I loved this detail. 10/10 from me! |
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| After watching this episode, I felt really conflicted. I absolutely loved the show the whole way through, it was with Steins;Gate as my favorite anime and I had it as a 10/10 throughout practically the whole watch. I even liked the slow parts that some people didn't like because I felt it developed characters and added real weight to when everything did go to hell in the crazier episodes. The characters were also amazing. Tenma and Nina are two of my favorite characters ever cause they were so well written. And there were soooo many snagging side characters. Practically every character was just written so freaking well. The only character who I wish had a bit more backstory would be Lunge, but eh it wasn't too glaring. But that ending... As a general I don't like open-ended endings, I feel that after everything, the writer should tell the viewer how it really ended. There are some exceptions, like in the movie Inception. It had an open-ended ending but I never disliked that because it played into the theme and was actually a really beautiful ending. While I can see the argument that the same could be said for Monster's ending, I didn't feel that way. I know many people have interpreted the ending and I actually do believe one theory. The theory that Johann learns after Nina forgives him and Tenma still doesn't shoot him, and that afterwards Johan won't kill again makes perfect sense to me. But still, leaving it up to interpretation and not defining it for sure, did not sit well with me. After 74 episodes I want finality and it didn't pull off the open-ended "beauty" enough for me. So sadly, I give the show a 9/10. Still an amazing show that I'm glad I watched but too disappointing of an ending to be 10/10. |
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DanWall said: After watching this episode, I felt really conflicted. I absolutely loved the show the whole way through, it was with Steins;Gate as my favorite anime and I had it as a 10/10 throughout practically the whole watch. I even liked the slow parts that some people didn't like because I felt it developed characters and added real weight to when everything did go to hell in the crazier episodes. The characters were also amazing. Tenma and Nina are two of my favorite characters ever cause they were so well written. And there were soooo many snagging side characters. Practically every character was just written so freaking well. The only character who I wish had a bit more backstory would be Lunge, but eh it wasn't too glaring. But that ending... As a general I don't like open-ended endings, I feel that after everything, the writer should tell the viewer how it really ended. There are some exceptions, like in the movie Inception. It had an open-ended ending but I never disliked that because it played into the theme and was actually a really beautiful ending. While I can see the argument that the same could be said for Monster's ending, I didn't feel that way. I know many people have interpreted the ending and I actually do believe one theory. The theory that Johann learns after Nina forgives him and Tenma still doesn't shoot him, and that afterwards Johan won't kill again makes perfect sense to me. But still, leaving it up to interpretation and not defining it for sure, did not sit well with me. After 74 episodes I want finality and it didn't pull off the open-ended "beauty" enough for me. So sadly, I give the show a 9/10. Still an amazing show that I'm glad I watched but too disappointing of an ending to be 10/10. I totally agree with you. |
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| Amazing build up at the beginning, with poor pay off. Thematically it may have been pretty neat, but the execution was weak, and sometimes way too convenient. Some characters get too much screen time despite their little contribution toward the story. Johan was honestly, a disappointing villain. He was build up to be this massive evil, but in the end he was just a lonely individual. After 20-ish episodes, the series felt kinda draggy. Even worse, the ending was open in regard to Johan's survival and his future plan. I have read some comments and one said that the Johan at the end was just Tenma's imagination? Tenma went crazy because he can't save Johan? Uhm, don't you see how flawed that argument is? He would have gone crazy much earlier if he couldn't handle some deaths. Or perhaps, it's all in Tenma's mind, this entire 74 episodes. Yeah, now you notice how far-fetched it sounded. The premise of the series alone warrant a pretty decent score for the series, and the show throughout was rather realistic, except for a few moments where the events had to be forced into a direction because the story was yet to be completely unfolded, and certain shounen-y element that was present in the story was rather cringeworthy when mixed with a realistic setting like this. |
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| One year to watch it ? Took me like 3 days ! :D Really powerful anime, I would recommend it to anyone. I'm not fan of the police / thriller genre but this was a masterpiece, take my 10! |
Mokey said: I can't believe how many people are giving this series a 10/10, especially with such an anti-climactic ending. The ending would have been so much better if Johan pulled a gun on Bonaparta and then got shot by Lunge or Grimmer. That way a major character could have put an end to everything without Anna or Tenma being "tainted." The clash between Lunge and Roberto was great, until Lunge said, "I won the fight but then turned around and got knocked out and Roberto didn't kill me for some reason, lol." Lunge should have killed Roberto, or Roberto could have just died when Tenma shot him at the library. Then Tenma would already have been a killer and could have shot Johan at the end. Roberto's story wasn't interesting at all; he worked better as a simple hitman who was fascinated by Johan's plans. On top of that, his connection to Grimmer was completely pointless and didn't make me feel anything. I wasn't expecting Nina to kill Johan or anything like that, but forgiving him? Then Tenma saves Johan again? That was some of the most cliche shit in the entire series. I knew I was going to have some problems when Nina said Johan wanted the perfect suicide, but I wasn't expecting a motivation as shitty as "because mommy didn't love me." Tenma is found innocent, which would basically involve proving Johan's guilt, and Johan isn't even handcuffed to his bed or anything? Johan basically gets off because we are supposed to feel sorry for him, even though he has killed countless people. Are we supposed to believe he has changed because Nina forgave him, but the love of all of his foster parent's didn't even make a dent? The ending didn't provide closure at all and didn't leave the plot open in an interesting way. The storytelling wasn't that great throughout the entire series. There were constantly bits of information thrown around that didn't go anywhere or things that just didn't make sense. At one point Nina "discovers" that Johan has multiple personalities, but this is just never mentioned again. The same thing happens when Nina goes full-schizo on Gillen. Why would Richard down a bottle of whiskey when he was so excited to see his daughter? Why would Johan need an apprentice? He obviously doesn't consider the guy a friend. Is he just grooming him to be a useful pawn as a politician? What would be the point of that when he has an uncanny ability to worm his way into people's lives? When Johan first sees the picture book, he freaks out and it is never clear why he has such a dramatic break in character. Does he regain memories at that point or something? If that is the case, then what the hell was his motivation before seeing the book? What was Johan's motivation to screw over Tenma in the first place? If his issue was needing love, wouldn't having your life saved be the ultimate cure for that? In fact, it is difficult to see the motivation for many of the characters. Tenma never really has a good reason to drop everything a pursue Johan. He is hellbent on killing Johan, then completely changes his morals to that of an eight year old when he actually gets the chance. We never know what the hell Nina is planning. Every time something important happens she has a mental breakdown and accomplishes nothing. Then in the end, she just forgives Johan for killing four of her parents and destroying her life without giving a reasonable explanation for her change of heart. Everyone else helps Tenma because he seems like a nice guy, basically, which hardly explains putting themselves in so much danger. It is never really explained why so many powerful people followed Johan's plan to the point of murdering others and we don't know what any of the experiments were for. I didn't care for how forced the twins thing was, they way overused terms like "monster" and "demon" for a show that didn't have a literal monster (not that I wanted one), 511 Kinderheim stopped being interesting once every character introduced was a survivor of it, the pacing was terrible at points, and I simply don't relate to the characters' ideals. I was expecting things to be pulled together in a really spectacular way toward the end, but it just never happened. I guess I was expecting too much and was let down. This anime was like a 6/10 at best. I agree with your analysis, a few points I disagree but you dare address some of the plotholes and 'new infos that fizzle out from the plot' that most seems to skirt around. |
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Mokey said: I can't believe how many people are giving this series a 10/10, especially with such an anti-climactic ending. The ending would have been so much better if Johan pulled a gun on Bonaparta and then got shot by Lunge or Grimmer. That way a major character could have put an end to everything without Anna or Tenma being "tainted." The clash between Lunge and Roberto was great, until Lunge said, "I won the fight but then turned around and got knocked out and Roberto didn't kill me for some reason, lol." Lunge should have killed Roberto, or Roberto could have just died when Tenma shot him at the library. Then Tenma would already have been a killer and could have shot Johan at the end. Roberto's story wasn't interesting at all; he worked better as a simple hitman who was fascinated by Johan's plans. On top of that, his connection to Grimmer was completely pointless and didn't make me feel anything. I wasn't expecting Nina to kill Johan or anything like that, but forgiving him? Then Tenma saves Johan again? That was some of the most cliche shit in the entire series. I knew I was going to have some problems when Nina said Johan wanted the perfect suicide, but I wasn't expecting a motivation as shitty as "because mommy didn't love me." Tenma is found innocent, which would basically involve proving Johan's guilt, and Johan isn't even handcuffed to his bed or anything? Johan basically gets off because we are supposed to feel sorry for him, even though he has killed countless people. Are we supposed to believe he has changed because Nina forgave him, but the love of all of his foster parent's didn't even make a dent? The ending didn't provide closure at all and didn't leave the plot open in an interesting way. The storytelling wasn't that great throughout the entire series. There were constantly bits of information thrown around that didn't go anywhere or things that just didn't make sense. At one point Nina "discovers" that Johan has multiple personalities, but this is just never mentioned again. The same thing happens when Nina goes full-schizo on Gillen. Why would Richard down a bottle of whiskey when he was so excited to see his daughter? Why would Johan need an apprentice? He obviously doesn't consider the guy a friend. Is he just grooming him to be a useful pawn as a politician? What would be the point of that when he has an uncanny ability to worm his way into people's lives? When Johan first sees the picture book, he freaks out and it is never clear why he has such a dramatic break in character. Does he regain memories at that point or something? If that is the case, then what the hell was his motivation before seeing the book? What was Johan's motivation to screw over Tenma in the first place? If his issue was needing love, wouldn't having your life saved be the ultimate cure for that? In fact, it is difficult to see the motivation for many of the characters. Tenma never really has a good reason to drop everything a pursue Johan. He is hellbent on killing Johan, then completely changes his morals to that of an eight year old when he actually gets the chance. We never know what the hell Nina is planning. Every time something important happens she has a mental breakdown and accomplishes nothing. Then in the end, she just forgives Johan for killing four of her parents and destroying her life without giving a reasonable explanation for her change of heart. Everyone else helps Tenma because he seems like a nice guy, basically, which hardly explains putting themselves in so much danger. It is never really explained why so many powerful people followed Johan's plan to the point of murdering others and we don't know what any of the experiments were for. I didn't care for how forced the twins thing was, they way overused terms like "monster" and "demon" for a show that didn't have a literal monster (not that I wanted one), 511 Kinderheim stopped being interesting once every character introduced was a survivor of it, the pacing was terrible at points, and I simply don't relate to the characters' ideals. I was expecting things to be pulled together in a really spectacular way toward the end, but it just never happened. I guess I was expecting too much and was let down. This anime was like a 6/10 at best. Nailed it. I would give it a 7/10 though. |
| I finally had the time to complete this series... Monster gave me the chills, smiles, sadness, some detective thoughts and It made me reflect about some stuffs in life, but not to the point of affecting my personal life lol! .. I think we all know that Yohan's character is more interesting than the protagonist - tenma. He was a mystery, i formed this thought of him being a coldblooded manipulative villain, a psycho with such dept. Towards the end, the perfect suicide plan and yohan's issue was unraveled, its like a sudden, last minute weakness on his character. I guess this was the letdown for some viewers, the last scene at the hospital left some uncertainty but its not really a surprise. Japan's culture to "better leave things unsaid" is in-effect, tho its not working for western people. XD still a masterpiece for me, we got superb story and characters here. I was also expecting a better execution for last last ep. but it doesn't matter, I felt the journey from this anime.. |
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| Just finished it. Amazing series. 10/10 for sure. |
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| So their mother was alive, and on that day she gave Nina to Franz or did she want to give Johan, kinda hard to know if both were dressed like that. That ending left me wondering, did Johan leave or did he die. |
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juicykitten95 said: you are taking the "name" part too literally "Name" is not just a word people call you,to Jahon having a "Name" means having a place in the world and tenmas "name" is a doctor who saves lives of all people no meter who they are aka all lives are equal in his eyes.Johan wanted to put tenmas "name",being,belief to the test by forcing him to shot him and proving him wrong.He wanted his life to be taken away by someone who cherishes life the most to prove how meaningless his existence is. And he was shot by some alcoholic nobody at the end of the day, pfft, wut a punk. And a punk Human-being too. |
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Mokey said: That way a major character could have put an end to everything without Anna or Tenma being "tainted." Lunge should have killed Roberto, or Roberto could have just died when Tenma shot him at the library. Then Tenma would already have been a killer and could have shot Johan at the end. Roberto's story wasn't interesting at all; he worked better as a simple hitman who was fascinated by Johan's plans. On top of that, his connection to Grimmer was completely pointless and didn't make me feel anything. I wasn't expecting Nina to kill Johan or anything like that, but forgiving him? Then Tenma saves Johan again? That was some of the most cliche shit in the entire series. I knew I was going to have some problems when Nina said Johan wanted the perfect suicide, but I wasn't expecting a motivation as shitty as "because mommy didn't love me." Tenma is found innocent, which would basically involve proving Johan's guilt, and Johan isn't even handcuffed to his bed or anything? Johan basically gets off because we are supposed to feel sorry for him, even though he has killed countless people. Are we supposed to believe he has changed because Nina forgave him, but the love of all of his foster parent's didn't even make a dent? The ending didn't provide closure at all and didn't leave the plot open in an interesting way. He was just shot by a normal drunkard in his own home town, that's the whole point. He's just a normal human being who was put on a pedestal his life and he was shot by a normal human in a normal little town. You're not suppose to feel *sorry* for him, wut. Whether or not Temna does or not, I don't remember you being Temna. |: I was expecting things to be pulled together in a really spectacular way toward the end, but it just never happened. I guess I was expecting too much and was let down. This anime was like a 6/10 at best. Monster is not a spectacular little series, because it's antagonist is not a spectacular little person. He's just a normal human being(And mass murderer). I think people are mistaking Monster to be some sort of elaborate SVU episode. I don't think you're gonna respond, but want to get the point across. LPGeneratorx said: Hmm... I'm not sure how I feel about this ending. It's like everything but Johan was concluded. He was mysterious all throughout the show, and it ended with him still being mysterious. I really would've liked his motives to be explained, like why he decided to screw over that entire town. Definitely going to give it a 9/10, but only after I can fully comprehend the story. It was explained way earlier, he was trying to commit the perfect suicide. Kill everyone who knows him, kill himself too. You know. ToG25thBaam said: Johan was honestly, a disappointing villain. He was build up to be this massive evil, but in the end he was just a lonely individual. . That's the point! :P |
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| The ending isn't the best, but its not bad as some people call it. Great Episode. Animation: There wasn't much movement and its not much detailed, kinda expected because the nature of the show. (7) Art: Liked the characters design very much, not much work on world design. (8) Sounds: Amazing OP loved it, Great OST and voices. (9) Story: one of the best stories in Anime, I would've rated it 12 here, but the pacing isn't very good and the ending could've been better, however everything else is amazing, engaging plot and great plot-twists, interesting concept and a very detailed story line. (10) Characters: The best ever, this anime has the best cast of every anime I've ever seen, Each character has its own personality, they are likable and are not one-dimensional, even the side characters were very well handled, excellent character development, and arguably the best supporting character of all time (Grimmer). Interesting Villain. (12) Enjoyment: I loved it, preventing it from 10 is not so good pacing, and how they cut every scene where there is some brutal death, let me see it dammit, I really wanted to see How Grimmer killed those guys at episode 71, or any face-off (murder-scene). They cut it and only make the sound of a gun-shot, it was annoying, also another issue is that some episodes were easily predictable. (9) Atmosphere-World-Building: It delivers the atmosphere very well. (10)-(9) My Final Score: 9.5/10 Overall: One of the best shows I've ever seen. could've been better ofcourse but its still excellent show. Manga is 10/10 - due to amazing characters and story and very good art. Anime isn't a 10 simply because the lack of a better animation and the lack of those brutal scenes, it is the reason that i won't give it a 10/10. An Excellent Thriller. |
| I was confused that grimmer is supposed to be from kinderheim but it's only shown that Johan and his apprentice were the only survivors? Did really enjoy this anime but felt some of the plot needed more explanation, at the end did the mother choose to give up nina or Johan?read somewhere he wanted to erase everything connected to them to protect nina from her memories of being the unwanted one, but then why would he kill her adopted parents? I like how this anime is making me think about it even after its finished. |
jedman said: It was explained that Grimmer left Kinderheim before the arrival of Johan. I was confused that grimmer is supposed to be from kinderheim but it's only shown that Johan and his apprentice were the only survivors? Did really enjoy this anime but felt some of the plot needed more explanation, at the end did the mother choose to give up nina or Johan?read somewhere he wanted to erase everything connected to them to protect nina from her memories of being the unwanted one, but then why would he kill her adopted parents? I like how this anime is making me think about it even after its finished. It is not important which one he chose the important thing is that she made a choice even if she made a mistake. From the child's perspective she was able to say that one of them was not wanted, the big doubt Johan has is whether he was the one the mother could throw away or not. He trusts no one anymore so he kills everyone that knows about them. |
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| That makes sense thanks, Also why was Johan dressed like Nina? because the Mum escaped and was in hiding? Also what happened to the Mum after, seems she abandoned the kids? and the memory that Johan had that Anna didn't was of the Mothers choice? |
jedmanJul 24, 2016 1:44 AM
| i liked yohan but the story was long for nothing because some episodes were a waste and retold yohans chilhood. it kinda sucked by the way it ended like eva not dying and hearing both yohan and anna's real names. The series threaded carefully and was tedious in some parts 7/10. |
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| It's funny how after all he did I just can't hate Johan. |
| The ending was great! I give it 9/10 I could have given it 10/10 if the anime was not too slow. I think the anime could have been completed with about 40 episodes. Johan was an epic character indeed. So he escapes from the hospital and will do whatever he pleases |
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Namratanikki said: The ending was great! I give it 9/10 I could have given it 10/10 if the anime was not too slow. I think the anime could have been completed with about 40 episodes. Johan was an epic character indeed. So he escapes from the hospital and will do whatever he pleases that or did he commit suicide? because from seeing the trees outside the window it was definitely a fall you would die from |
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Sywed said: Namratanikki said: The ending was great! I give it 9/10 I could have given it 10/10 if the anime was not too slow. I think the anime could have been completed with about 40 episodes. Johan was an epic character indeed. So he escapes from the hospital and will do whatever he pleases that or did he commit suicide? because from seeing the trees outside the window it was definitely a fall you would die from Hey yes you are very right! I didn't noticed that before but now I think that yes there is a possibility that he committed suicide |
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| Just finished watching Monster. Great series overall, but one thing has me scratching my head. Why did Johan want to kill himself? |
| good question... I think the first time was when he continued to kill his foster parents probably due to his fear of Bonaparte the monster which continued to track them down as well as maybe because he severely distrusted and disdained humans, the exception being Nina. So he perhaps wanted to protect Nina and himself. He told Nina to shoot him as a sort of twisted apology for his actions. The second time is full circle when he pieces his muddled memory back together. There are a few theories floating around the internet. I have no bloody clue. I think he wanted to kill himself when he realised that Nina would never want to have anything to do with him again. If Nina was what the world Johan envisioned revolved around and if Nina could not tolerate his presence, then the only recourse would be to at least remove himself and her haunted past as a meagre parting gift Maybe the manga would explain it far better. I'm reading Berserk right now and the few lines here and there create a more comprehensive portait for each character and the underlying themes that are patiently being built up. The anime did an admirable job of condensing it (important parts which the manga would then cover other material), but I can completely understand why some Berserk fans were aghast with the tv series. |
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| Wow, when an ending ruin a great series. There was a fuckton of great endings they could've pulled. Even if they wanted to go the "Moral" "Message" route, there was a lot of better ways to do it. I could write a whole essay about the dumb shit that happened these past two episodes, but i'm not even gonna bother. I just wanna say that Tenma is one of the worst MC i've ever seen, no character development whatsoever, and this awful ending made it even worse. also, What's the point of introducing the mother in the last ep? oh "She is the real monster" FOH with that crap. Where was she the whole series? Why nobody was looking for her? You would think Tenma or Johan or even Lunge will look for her/find her but NOPE. and How the fuck is Johan not handcuffed and supervised? Jesus the more i think about this ending the dumber it gets. in the end, i really don't know how to rate this, the story was good, and the ending was absolutely atrocious Easily one the of the worst endings i've ever seen. Monster, Thanks for wasting my time with your dragged out slow paced episodes, boring side stories, convenient plot and annoying characters Just to be awarded with the dumbest ending ever, that made this whole show useless. |
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