May 19, 2021
I've currently watched over 60+ anime and read few manga which are more leaned towards mainstream stuff however I watched my fair share of hidden and underrated gems, I also have never reviewed on mal before but did now because of the very misleading reviews and rating.
Story
Monster in all fairness should only deserve a 5.5/10 at max overall, this anime didn't really deliver the hype and rating it is selling, the thing is the most important part of a psychological story is indeed the story which just turns out to be mediocre and deserves a 5/10.
The story starts really great in the first few
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episodes which deserve a 10/10 where a good person gets punished in life for doing the right thing however after after the first few episodes the story doesn't seem to go anywhere, many episodes feel like the plot isn't progressing one bit, in fact about 60% of the anime, the plot doesn't move or is affected. Monster is an anime which tries to be very psychological but it just ends up failing on that, the major psychological element is about a monster without a name which doesn't even make much sense. Animes like fmab, aot, naruto, code geass, vinland saga etc has much better philosophical elements in life than makr people question their own philosophical views in life unlike monster which just tries do that for the sake of it. I usually like most anime I watch even old school ones which some people may or may not prefer like cowboy bebop or great teacher onizuke (which I love) however monster is the only anime I've felt is genuinely mediocre apart from another one anime, please don't be fooled by the very high rating of this anime, most normies wouldn't have even heard of this anime and people who would have watched it are weeb who probably watched it because of weeb pressure and to expand their horizon and gave high rating for the sake of it. However looking deep into it, you would recognize the anime doesn't deserve the hype many other animes deserve. The story is also really slow however at the same time the ending is also extremely rushed.
Characters
The characters are really interesting and realistic and should get a 9/10 which translates to great characters. The protagonist is a good human with many internal conflicts due to his unforeseen circumstances and there are many well written side characters is also in the story and some characters tend to get irritating sometimes like one character breaks down every few episodes till the end of the story in the pursuit of truth which ends up not affecting the story and was a gigantic waste of time. The villian is a interesting character but the show overdramatizes the villain to being the next hitler and person going to end the world with his near superhuman intelligence and the climax of all this overdramatization ends up with a rushed ending with the villian pulling only pulling out a simple evil plan in the end. The only reason people would rate it high is because of the interesting characters and not the very mediocre and slow story which started out great but ended up disappointing. Please read my very honest review and not get swept away with calling this a masterpiece when it genuinely doesn't live up to it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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