211 reviews for:

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1: Herr Dr. Tenma

Naoki Urasawa

4.34 AVERAGE

asparkofc's review

5.0

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Oh it is so good, why haven’t I read this earlier?

sprotent's review

4.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

blairconrad's review

5.0

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I saw a few episodes of the Monster anime at CTRL-A this past term, and really enjoyed everything about it – the art, the drama, the mystery. It was really nicely put together. Then I saw that the library had volume 1 of the manga (the episodes I’d seen were much further along), so I picked it up. It did not disappoint. The writing was excellent – it looks like it was faithfully reproduced when going to the anime, and the artwork was beautiful – very easy on the eyes, easily distinguishable characters, and nicely paced.
Read it.

lunchlander's review

3.0

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Monster starts slow (thus the 3-star rating) but it ramps up fast and gets exceptionally good.

nosc87's review

5.0

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Still my favorite of this Mangaka.

Even though I'm still not that happy with that ending. On the other hand, I don't want ending I would have wanted so yeah.

nofy's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

supertaylormoon's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aletebell's review

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stienc's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tobyyy's review

5.0

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This is one of the best books that I’ve ever read — no matter that it’s manga and not a novel. Such an amazingly presented combination of story and artwork — a thriller that combines intrigue, hospital politics, ethics of saving lives, questions of humanity and their morals, and murder.

I cannot wait for volume 2. If this manga upholds the excellence shown in volume 1, I will definitely be buying myself the full set. I am in love.