Monster, Vol. 1


Book Description

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension. Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer’s identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. Dr. Tenma sets out on a journey to find the killer’s twin sister, who may hold some clues to solving the enigma of the “Monster.”




Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Vol. 1


Book Description

Dr. Kenzo Tenma saves the life of Johan, a young boy who grows up to become a serial killer with secret ties to the government, and Tenma, finding himself implicated as the main suspect in a series of murders, sets out to find and stop Johan.




Monster, Vol. 9


Book Description

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. Once upon a time, a monster in disguise lived in a peaceful little town in a peaceful little valley. The monster cut all ties to evil and began helping the people of the town. But one day, some devilish messengers came to visit. The town was suddenly enveloped in a miasma of fear, and the people began to kill each other. The messengers had come to the town with one goal in mind: to capture the monster named Franz Bonaparta! How can a real person become nothing more than fiction? By eliminating everyone who has ever known them, everyone who has ever known of their past—by becoming the only one in the world who knows of their existence. One man attempted to do this, trying to commit the perfect suicide. But he failed to wipe out all traces of his former life, and in this failure, he became the nameless Monster.




The Nameless Monster


Book Description

What is the Nameless Monster? Some may call it the dark passenger, it goes by many names and its seeks a name as it devours those who cannot restrain themselves. Will you let the monster have your name? This book shows the insidiousness of how the Nameless Monster affects our society as a whole. Be aware so that you do not let the monster consume you as you walk the path of Illumination during the ushering of the Golden Age of Enlightenment.




Monster, Vol. 5


Book Description

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. “Once upon a time, there lived a monster without a name. He wanted a name very badly. So one day he made up his mind to set out on a journey to find a name.” How could this strange Czech children’s story have upset Johan so much? Does the book hold any clues to the mystery of Johan’s birth? One mystery leads to another as events unfold. The border police spot Tenma when he tries to smuggle himself into the Czech Republic to look for Johan’s mother. With the help of Grimmer, a freelance journalist, Tenma manages a narrow escape. Though the two men part without discussing what brought them together, Grimmer is also deeply interested in the same thing Tenma is looking for—511 Kinderheim, which once existed in East Germany. The story moves to the streets of Prague…




Monster, Vol. 7


Book Description

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. Although Eva bears an unfathomable hatred for Tenma, she is the only person who can testify as a witness to prove his innocence. She stubbornly refuses to do so until a discussion with Dr. Reichwein brings back old memories of her time with Tenma. With those thoughts come memories of three gunshots, and that it was Johan who Eva saw that night! Meanwhile the evil hand of Robert inches steadily closer to Eva with the intent to kill… Tenma, Nina and Johan all find themselves heading for the one place that holds the key to the mystery—the “Red Rose Mansion.” What really happened there and why? Who is Franz Bonaparta? Will the secret of the birth of the Monster ever be revealed?




Monster


Book Description

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense.




Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Vol. 15


Book Description

• An 18-volume manga series-over 20MM copies sold to date in Japan! • Named the Best Manga of 2006 by Anime Insider. • Awarded the 1997 Media Arts Festival Award for Excellence, in 1999 the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award, and in 2001 the Shogakukan Award for Best Manga. • Inspired anime, music, and trade book spin-offs in Japan. • From the creator of 20th Century Boys and Yawara. • Released Bi-monthly (every other month). MONSTER weaves the riveting story of brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a famous surgeon with a promising career at a leading hospital. 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. Dangerous men of influence hoping to exploit Johan's frightening mind for their own shadowy purposes are also hot on the "monster's" trail, and they're willing to use Eva, Tenma's ex-fiancée, to identify him. But what will happen to Eva when her assistance is no longer required? Will her only chance for salvation rest on the shoulders of the very man who's been hired to kill her?!




Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Vol. 8


Book Description

Dr. Kenzo Tenma saves the life of Johan, a young boy who grows up to become a serial killer with secret ties to the government, and Tenma, finding himself implicated as the main suspect in a series of murders, sets out to find and stop Johan.




Naoki Urasawa's Monster


Book Description

The Nameless Monster, the mysterious picture book which holds the key to unlocking Johan's past, was created by an official from the Czechoslovakian secret police. This startling discovery leads to the mysterious Red Rose Mansion--an estate with a dark and tragic history covered up and sealed away for decades. Meanwhile, the serial murderer in Prague has been identified as a beautiful blond woman. Who could she be and what is her connection to Johan?