Inspector Lunge is one of my favourite characters throughout fiction. Chasing Tenma like a madman and slowly but surely having to reconcile with the fact the true culprit is a man who in many ways doesn’t exist. Also his dealing with Roberto went hard
The way those people he treated in the hospital stuck up for the doctor the detective was perusing was a little soapy but also made my eyes water. It was nice to see a good man’s actions reflected by those he helped without provocation or compulsion on the public’s part.
Honestly one of the best parts of this show is the character progression. The beauty of Urusawa’s writing is that in all of his stories (Monster, 20th Century Boys, Billy Bat, etc.) is that all the characters he writes feel so grounded while being caricatures of real people. I remember first watching this show and it’s like you’re growing with the characters. For me it was especially with Lunge and Eva, but hey changed so much throughout the show that it gave me so much comfort oddly enough. Basically what I’m trying to say is that Monster slaps, one of the few 10/10 anime
My thoughts as well! Eva's character progression is one of the best, same with Grimmer imo (though I'm probably biased with Grimmer because he's my personal favorite character from the anime)! ^^
@@Scarshadow666 Grimmer was also such a well written character, and honestly had such a beautiful arc I was kinda speechless during his final scene. Personally I related a lot to Lunge so I felt his character was oddly comforting. I think this show has a character for everyone honestly, it just shows all the nuances of human life. I really hope 20th century boys gets an anime adaptation too cuz it would go crazy haha
Roberto was in some ways more terrifying than Johan. He was willing to kill and do whatever Johan told him. That one scene where he almost killed the psychologist was pretty terrifying
Roberto also attempts to kill Nina, which would be in open defiance to Johan’s wishes. I’ve heard it mentioned that Roberto intended to kill her because he viewed her as Johan’s greatest weakness and wanted him to be his purest evil form. The fact that Roberto’s agenda diverted in this way made me respect him as a character a lot more. He’s more than just a henchman.
This is something “interesting “ I found, that that is the danger of humans, we will do something if it was our job. For example, take a look at sll the police officer that followed Hitlers orders. When they were questioned, that is what they said, they didn’t “necessarily believe” in genocide like hitler (which I disagree with) but that they were simply following orders, not hatred from their hearts
@@juannavarrete9647 That is partially true, as those trials also led to some of the most famous social psychology experiments like the Milgram Experiment and Zimbardo/Stanford Prison Experiment (the former having been done a couple times since the '50s and then updated in the '90s/2000s, but both experiments have also been ruled as not fully up to scientific fact as they had replication crisis issues like many social psychology experiments have unfortunately gone through, especially the latter). The Zimbardo/Stanford Prison Experiment even has gone on to have its results disproven in modern sciences because there was a lot that was compromised while the experiment was being done. The experiments, like the Milgram one, originally were set out to see if anyone could easily be like the police officers that followed Hitlers orders, and the experiments instead showed that how human morals work is more complicated than that (especially since not everyone that did the experiment would have been someone like the police officers).
Welcome Ladies and Gentleman to another glourious video in which a man on copious amounts of drugs explains yet another anime that none of us actually undertand.
same as your evangelion video, i tried putting this video as background noise but i end up watching the whole video because of the way you "make sense" of this anime or any other animes you tried to make sense of. i look forward to the next anime you try to make sense of, keep it up man.
@@socksensei Just one thing to add, the "tick" the detective uses comes from his educational practices as a child. He is substituting numerical values for "facts" to logically deduce & identify the perpetrator. Using finger mathematics or "abacus" mathematics as a means of memory offload is really smart. Great memory tool.
4:42 Small correction - neither twin has a name at this point, because when we see them collapsing near the Czech-German border (i.e. after leaving the Three Frogs behind), the sister begs her brother to call her by her name, but the boy simply responded "we don't have names". It wasn't until General Wolf found them, that Johan first recieved his name (there's a scene where Wolf flips through the picture book and selects the name for the boy)... it was never specified who named Anna, though.
I'm pretty sure Anna's name came from the adoptive family that adopted them at the start or maybe the family when she was at law school. If you haven't watched the final episode you wouldn't know but the mother had named both children however they don't remember their names and might never had been told them for whatever reason
Grimmer, Johan, and Roberto. All expressions of the same monster(s) but differently. Johan became a nihilistic monster through his early dissociation which caused his developing consciousness to latch onto the only thing he could remember being. Grimmer was much the same way, a manufactured monster through trauma and dissociation and abuse and negligence, but one who found meaning in other people and eventually grew to shed his monster. Roberto, not a monster in his own right, is meant to be a foil to Grimmer, a man who, while not explicitly a monster, becomes a monster through his own actions. Like the reverse almost. The story I believe is meant to outline the actions and consequences of the two who had a choice, Grimmer and Roberto, and the story of these two is a commentary of the power of one’s own self determination. Everyone, at some point in their lives, will have their ‘ego’ their entire sense of self ripped from under their feet. I believe the message of this beautiful story is that regardless of what happens to us we are only what we choose to be.
@@user-sg7kg1si8u Christof is less of a main character in the plot. We can tell this by the lack of plot attention given to his ending, so it can be interpreted that the author of monster didn’t believe this character was as important to establishing the end of Monster. For his own character though, Christof is mainly meant to show the psychological impact of kinderheim 511 in its victims because he is not able to feel emotions, but still thanks Tenma for saving his life. He is a necessary character to the plot, not because of his particular qualities but lack thereof, illustrating to us how even normal people can be damaged by the type of psychological torture experienced by these kids in kinderheim 511. He is also meant to show the impact of this organization and how it lingers to this day, illustrating the importance of how we raise our children to society.
Bro thank you so much for this video, I remember watching this show when I was around 14 and being so confused but enthralled with the story. I’m now 26 and this video is pulling up so many memories from my childhood and dreams about this show. Really one of the great classic anime’s. Fire video as usual, most people can’t make sense of the plot. But you did a great job explaining it all.
@@THIZZAVELI yes because me saying that isn’t me saying that the plot is confusing, it’s literally me saying that some people have a hard time understanding the plot. Just because some of us had a hard time following the plot doesn’t mean the plot is confusing. Example, I didn’t understand the plot because I was young and had a hard time piecing it together.
I've never respected someone so much, the quality and thought provoking questions you leave us in your videos is something to be proud of, thank you for making these videos.
The show seems slow paced for my sperg brain, but from what Ive heard is that Johan is one of the most interesting characters, Im so stoked to watch this!
Jesus christ i just realised something. When Wolf meets t Tenma later on, he talks about how there is no one left alive to be able to validate that he is who he says he is. He is the only one left who truly knows that he is in fact who he is. Johan had told him after wolf had given him the name Johan and asked how he was feeling, "I will soon show you." Theres definitely some connection between Johan telling him this and him killing all of the people who knew of wolf and turning him into "The Monster With No Name". He had a name but there was no one left to call him by it.
I gotta say, this is such a good summary and analysis. The only thing I really think you should have included is some of the light hearted parts. You hit all the major plot points, but to be honest the parts that hit the hardest for me are the ones where the author shows that there is still good in the world outside of the monster. Some of my favorite moments are "promise when we meet again, we'll have a picnic" and "Tenma told me we could create new memories, happy memories."
This is definitely of one the best anime of all time. It’s not you see such a carefully laid out plot, with complex characters, and with a mystery that keeps you hooked till the end. Especially not one in such a realistic setting. I think that’s what makes it so horrific at times. While it’s unlikely for such a thing to happen in theory it could and to certain extent similar things do happen all the time. I really like the doctor as well. A very good representation of a more pacifist ideology without making you want to pull your hair out over their choices. It’s a depiction of a realistically good person that wants to protect and save people in whatever he can.
Amazing analysis that truly gave me a full perspective on the show. One thing I noticed while watching the show myself was that the title card that appears before a commercial break that says monster, usually shows up directly after a character shows of exhibits a monstrous trait
I read this whole manga in a week in 2008 and I loved it. This was a great way to relive the series! Thanks for the video, I can tell you’ve put a lot of hard work into these.
i love the exploration between tenma's "all life is equal" and johans "death makes us equal". this show perfectly develops both ideals, leaving the audience with deep questions about ourselves and our own morality. everything about this show is brilliant. i really admire your analysis, your storytelling was immersive.
I remember watching monster 2 years ago and being sort of confused around the last 15 episodes, your vid reminded me of how great this anime is and helped me understand it better, great vid, keep at it
That was a wild ride my man, mind thoroughly 🤯Monster is a classic, an Anime I'd recommend to anyone if they have the patience to allow the plot to unfold. As Sock-san has so masterfully laid out is a very accurate movie length version of the entire series. Better for people to watch this video after watching the Anime though - maybe add a spoiler tag? Regardless, thanks for creating this, I really enjoyed the breakdown/trip down memory lane. Quite the passion project with the attention to detail you put into it, bravo.
Monster is one of my all time favourite stories, and this video has made me appreciate it so much more. Keep up the great video essays dude, they’re brilliant
This is incredibly well edited, the audios clean, the story telling and plot play by play is both succinct and informative. How the hell did I not find Sock sooner??
My mans you helped me make proper sense of my favourite anime of all time and I get to extra enjoy it upon my re-viewings with best friends! Thank you so much
another very well researched and very well explained analysis. I feel so grateful to have been introduced to your work and with every upload I'm reminded as to why
Your video essays and conclusions are just so rational/ argumentative and emotional at the same time. I am left thought-provoked, even after i had watched the anime i found more, significant things that i overlooked. Thank you and you deserve much more recognition ❤❤❤
I love your synopsis as usual. I've been trying to get into Monster myself but damn, as a german myself, I sometimes cringe so hard at how cliche some of that stuff is. For example whenever they write or say something in german, it's usually littered with mistakes and much to my own disappointment, "real" Germany does not look as fairy-tale like. But yeah, other than that great show
its been 10 years since I watched this and this was one hell of recommendation. What a great summary and the questione you leave in there to make me think about certain events in it are great. Leaving a sub, just in case!
Great video the only thing is that grimmer and Robert (Adolf) didn’t went to kinderheim 511 in the johan generation they went in the 60s as one of the first generation of kindeheim.
Watched the whole video and this is very well made. I wasn't able to finish the series because I dont have much time so this saves me a lot because I was really curious about the story. Keep it up!
Actually I think the end can also be interpreted differently in that Tenma just saves Johann to not make the boy's drunken father a killer, but a father saving his son instead. Having sad that: Great summary and good pronounciation of the German names for not being a German native speaker. Deserves a like and sub.
Sock sensei, this is the first video of yours i have ever seen, Your voice is amazing, and this video had me sitting on the edge of my seat watching the whole thing in one solid go. Absolutely amazing work! Have my sub and like its the absolute least it deserves
The show has many similarities with the very good book "le grand cahier" by Agota Kristof, a story of two young sociopathic twins who grow in a violent time of war, very good and well recognised book
I did a non-spoiler review of Monster and THAT was hard enough so I truly appreciate the work put into this video. Fantastic breakdown. The conversation between investigators "comparing notes" and arguing theories was absolutely epic. One of my favorite scenes of the show
@Loner098 I guess it could be plain old fear, like he believes he'll only get one chance, so better make it a head-shot? Either way, couldn't we have gotten a sneak-peak in Tenma's mind to see why he doesn't just shoot?
@@Namae_. Well, before Tenma was about to fire, the landscape seemingly changed around Tenma and Johan, as if it's representing "the end" in some way for at least one side. But due to the flaws with Monster, it's usually why Steins;Gate is my personal favorite anime (after all, who doesn't love time travel?).
@Loner098 The whole 'the end' thing was the most confusing shit in Anime😭it got no explanation, its like a fricking Domain Expansion Honestly, I didn't really like Steins Gate😅the characters really didn't pull me in🏳️
This video made a lot of things clear to me about the story and really cleared up points that I missed. It made me appreciate the story more. Thank you sir
Honestly this is one of the best critiques of Monster that I have ever seen!!! Kudos to you my friend this video is definitely going in my like videos and I will check out more of your contact!! Keep up the excellent content
i usually cant stand listening to documentary youtubers or people that make video essays but you've successfully changed me on that. at least about you in particular. usually these video essays I try to watch the commentator is talking to you in an almost degrading way. a way that kinda makes it look like they're trying to tell you that you shouldve known this information and that you're dumb for not knowing it. just today i finished watching monster and without a doubt it's my favorite anime. im usually not very good at watching shows no matter how much i love them because i tend to forget details too fast even if theyre importnant to the story and matter to me. i was looking for a good recap on monster to find any details id missed and you opened my eyes to a lot of them. i thought that i was doing good keeping track of the whole story but because i forget stuff really easily im glad i had this video to help me with that.
I love the little viniettes of the different characters who get wrapped up in the plot. Their stories are short yet significant. Truly an example of mastery over storytelling.
I know it didn't get as many views as you're evangelion video but I would really say that this is some tier S+ content, if you keep making this explanations I'll keep coming backand I'll keep dropping likes and comments, but if we're on this vein might I recommend a video on elfen leid,
I remember this being one of the handful of anime series I watched, I think it must have been 13 years ago. I remember it being very dark and captivating and it left an impression but I have no idea what happened anymore lol. Looking forward to watching this video as a recap of sorts.
“Moo-nick”-😂 But on a serious note, fantastic video. I missed so much of it when I watched the series, although I still loved it, but this gives me a whole new level of appreciation for the brilliance. It took to come up with this deep layered narrative as well as the incredible character/world building.
Fantastic work. I've watched Monster 3 or 4 times over the years. I first saw it when I was only 14, and so I couldn't grasp all these complexities at the time. This was an incredible video to check my understanding. What a sad yet beautiful story. (Now to get the manga volumes and finally read the source material!)
Hey I hope you are able to grow as a channel and do more videos like this and of stuff you enjoy. Great content!! Thank you and keep it up. Also you should do jojo part 2 inaccurately recapped next if you can !
Summed up the series very well! Monster is one of those things that makes sense in my head, but turns into a jumbled mess when I try to explain its depth. Also, I hope you don't mind but Lunge's name is pronounced Loon-geh, and not Loonj.
Pretty sure you're wrong about Grimmer and Roberto being in 511 around the same time as Johan and Christoff since the former two are much older than the latter two.
The only issue I have with this manga (I read the manga only) is that Tenma felt to me like somewhat a Mary Sue. He's the best brain surgeon, he is brave, bold, learns to shoot like hell, runs like an athlete... But indeed, he needed to be a bit like that for the pacing to work, and it's a marvelous manga.
"You see sister, I did terrible things as a child" "No, I did those things" "... I am so embarrassed I'm going to kill myself now" That's it that's the ending
Wait what did anita do? I know she witnessed ONE terrible event (rose mansion massacre) but thats it unless u count her bro convincing her to shoot him. What did she do that I missed?
It's more: "I saw terrible things as a child" and her: "no I saw that and told you and now your a monster and I'm responsible I need to kms now" And him: "Ah shit I guess ima kill those responsible for my other traumas and kms also."
I’ve been putting off watching this video until I finish the series, I got 30 episodes left I’ll be back! Just finished the last episode and ready to dive into this to help explain wtf I just went through
I have PTSD and Borderline Personality disorder. It a roller-coaster of emotion hypger vigilance, straight up aggression. Ive jammed by fingers into guys eyes sockets and choked people till they have blacked out, and honestly been to the point i thought of maming a person or wven just killing them. Ive actualy been cleared for my actions as being self defense.it been a rough life ive been stabbed 3x times and the only thing that saved me was that i grabbed the knife with my bear hand knowing it was going into my neck if i didnt, and fought for another 5 minutes holding the knife until i felt my blood pressure drop from bloodloss and just started running, ive delt with savages and dirty administrators who cared for nothing but money they even got some people killed. Im not exactly like other people Military school and a first reaponders cert. Ive seen all the way to the bottom of the abyss that s humanity and its very easy to lose control, ive almost felt like ive been driven to the point that i feel i need to be much much more pro-active in my defense and others. I can ki da understand Johan, hes primarily hyper vigilant, hes doing what he knows to run away from his past.
I have a theory, when I finished this anime back in 2021 (there's probably a ton of people who've maybe thought of this theory before, or maybe it's a confirmed fact) it's about the kids having their sets of "skills" or "powers" they've gained when they were in kinderheim, for example the magnificent steiner one with grimmer, the split personality and the strength he "gains" or shows when he's in that state, and roberto the way he's fckin big yet he's so stealthy and the kid that idolized johan having the same ability or skills of manipulation johan has/had, though he's not on Johan's level since he was not the prodigy johan was
monster did something a horror didn't do for me in long time, i must say that the fact that part of it played out in my country helped with that, but when i saw Liebert close to kids, it just instilled this fear for what can happen, the dread. if i see lets say, Jason Voorheese around kids, i know hell just kill them but with Liebert? it quickly became one of my favorite anime and horrors.
Inspector Lunge is one of my favourite characters throughout fiction. Chasing Tenma like a madman and slowly but surely having to reconcile with the fact the true culprit is a man who in many ways doesn’t exist. Also his dealing with Roberto went hard
The way those people he treated in the hospital stuck up for the doctor the detective was perusing was a little soapy but also made my eyes water. It was nice to see a good man’s actions reflected by those he helped without provocation or compulsion on the public’s part.
Terrible how he treated his wife and daughter though. Still bad that she cheated on him
@@zvezdoblyat of course, he is the spitting representation of an egomaxxed workaholic. Still, he did reconnect at least with his daughter in the end
Yeah man, I thought the English voice actor really nailed his demeanor and almost laser focused personality.
@@Staylecratebro where do you find the dub of this I’ve wanted to hear it for a while
The real Monster (2004) was the friends we made along the way
On God 🙏🙏🙏
On Satan🤟🤟🤟🤟
On god
on your mom😎😎😎😎😎
@@evanbeers1644 AYO WHAT THE FUCK
Honestly one of the best parts of this show is the character progression. The beauty of Urusawa’s writing is that in all of his stories (Monster, 20th Century Boys, Billy Bat, etc.) is that all the characters he writes feel so grounded while being caricatures of real people. I remember first watching this show and it’s like you’re growing with the characters. For me it was especially with Lunge and Eva, but hey changed so much throughout the show that it gave me so much comfort oddly enough. Basically what I’m trying to say is that Monster slaps, one of the few 10/10 anime
My thoughts as well! Eva's character progression is one of the best, same with Grimmer imo (though I'm probably biased with Grimmer because he's my personal favorite character from the anime)! ^^
@@Scarshadow666 Grimmer was also such a well written character, and honestly had such a beautiful arc I was kinda speechless during his final scene. Personally I related a lot to Lunge so I felt his character was oddly comforting. I think this show has a character for everyone honestly, it just shows all the nuances of human life. I really hope 20th century boys gets an anime adaptation too cuz it would go crazy haha
Roberto was in some ways more terrifying than Johan. He was willing to kill and do whatever Johan told him. That one scene where he almost killed the psychologist was pretty terrifying
His fight with lunge is awesome as hell too
Roberto also attempts to kill Nina, which would be in open defiance to Johan’s wishes. I’ve heard it mentioned that Roberto intended to kill her because he viewed her as Johan’s greatest weakness and wanted him to be his purest evil form. The fact that Roberto’s agenda diverted in this way made me respect him as a character a lot more. He’s more than just a henchman.
This is something “interesting “ I found, that that is the danger of humans, we will do something if it was our job. For example, take a look at sll the police officer that followed Hitlers orders. When they were questioned, that is what they said, they didn’t “necessarily believe” in genocide like hitler (which I disagree with) but that they were simply following orders, not hatred from their hearts
I disagree. Personally I feel that he wanted to kill Nina out of jealously as she was the only person who was truly close to Johan.
@@juannavarrete9647
That is partially true, as those trials also led to some of the most famous social psychology experiments like the Milgram Experiment and Zimbardo/Stanford Prison Experiment (the former having been done a couple times since the '50s and then updated in the '90s/2000s, but both experiments have also been ruled as not fully up to scientific fact as they had replication crisis issues like many social psychology experiments have unfortunately gone through, especially the latter). The Zimbardo/Stanford Prison Experiment even has gone on to have its results disproven in modern sciences because there was a lot that was compromised while the experiment was being done.
The experiments, like the Milgram one, originally were set out to see if anyone could easily be like the police officers that followed Hitlers orders, and the experiments instead showed that how human morals work is more complicated than that (especially since not everyone that did the experiment would have been someone like the police officers).
watching johan gaslit detective richard into killing himself was hard to watch. very few animes have gotten that feeling out of me.
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Welcome Ladies and Gentleman to another glourious video in which a man on copious amounts of drugs explains yet another anime that none of us actually undertand.
real
so true
turns out i'm high af so I understand this mystery language
@@maximusd26 I too am higher than a 747 and understand this fluently.
I must be fried because I understood all of this as it was unfolding
same as your evangelion video, i tried putting this video as background noise but i end up watching the whole video because of the way you "make sense" of this anime or any other animes you tried to make sense of.
i look forward to the next anime you try to make sense of, keep it up man.
thank you!
@@socksensei Just one thing to add, the "tick" the detective uses comes from his educational practices as a child. He is substituting numerical values for "facts" to logically deduce & identify the perpetrator. Using finger mathematics or "abacus" mathematics as a means of memory offload is really smart. Great memory tool.
4:42 Small correction - neither twin has a name at this point, because when we see them collapsing near the Czech-German border (i.e. after leaving the Three Frogs behind), the sister begs her brother to call her by her name, but the boy simply responded "we don't have names". It wasn't until General Wolf found them, that Johan first recieved his name (there's a scene where Wolf flips through the picture book and selects the name for the boy)... it was never specified who named Anna, though.
I'm pretty sure Anna's name came from the adoptive family that adopted them at the start or maybe the family when she was at law school. If you haven't watched the final episode you wouldn't know but the mother had named both children however they don't remember their names and might never had been told them for whatever reason
Grimmer, Johan, and Roberto. All expressions of the same monster(s) but differently. Johan became a nihilistic monster through his early dissociation which caused his developing consciousness to latch onto the only thing he could remember being. Grimmer was much the same way, a manufactured monster through trauma and dissociation and abuse and negligence, but one who found meaning in other people and eventually grew to shed his monster. Roberto, not a monster in his own right, is meant to be a foil to Grimmer, a man who, while not explicitly a monster, becomes a monster through his own actions. Like the reverse almost. The story I believe is meant to outline the actions and consequences of the two who had a choice, Grimmer and Roberto, and the story of these two is a commentary of the power of one’s own self determination. Everyone, at some point in their lives, will have their ‘ego’ their entire sense of self ripped from under their feet. I believe the message of this beautiful story is that regardless of what happens to us we are only what we choose to be.
What monster would kristoff be?
@@user-sg7kg1si8u Christof is less of a main character in the plot. We can tell this by the lack of plot attention given to his ending, so it can be interpreted that the author of monster didn’t believe this character was as important to establishing the end of Monster. For his own character though, Christof is mainly meant to show the psychological impact of kinderheim 511 in its victims because he is not able to feel emotions, but still thanks Tenma for saving his life. He is a necessary character to the plot, not because of his particular qualities but lack thereof, illustrating to us how even normal people can be damaged by the type of psychological torture experienced by these kids in kinderheim 511. He is also meant to show the impact of this organization and how it lingers to this day, illustrating the importance of how we raise our children to society.
@@user-dq3gw5ww8y ohh I see! That's interesting wow
Bro thank you so much for this video, I remember watching this show when I was around 14 and being so confused but enthralled with the story. I’m now 26 and this video is pulling up so many memories from my childhood and dreams about this show. Really one of the great classic anime’s. Fire video as usual, most people can’t make sense of the plot. But you did a great job explaining it all.
Glad you liked it!
The plot is not difficult, I think you were too young to understand it at the time. I was like 20 years old when this came out.
@@THIZZAVELI I never said the plot was difficult, I literally said I was young and confused.
@@putonghuama"Most people can't make sense of the plot"
Did I misunderstand this line from your post?
@@THIZZAVELI yes because me saying that isn’t me saying that the plot is confusing, it’s literally me saying that some people have a hard time understanding the plot.
Just because some of us had a hard time following the plot doesn’t mean the plot is confusing. Example, I didn’t understand the plot because I was young and had a hard time piecing it together.
I've never respected someone so much, the quality and thought provoking questions you leave us in your videos is something to be proud of, thank you for making these videos.
The show seems slow paced for my sperg brain, but from what Ive heard is that Johan is one of the most interesting characters, Im so stoked to watch this!
You'll come for the Johan but stay for the Grimmer
GRIMMER ;_; @@yaboykev536
@@yaboykev536 i just finished the show,and let's say he's truly the best
Spoiler alert,
He deserved a happy ending
@@UltraInstinctGoku69and Martin 💔
@@UltraInstinctGoku69 the scene where he save the boy from jumping of the bridge and cry is so good :C
Jesus christ i just realised something. When Wolf meets t
Tenma later on, he talks about how there is no one left alive to be able to validate that he is who he says he is. He is the only one left who truly knows that he is in fact who he is. Johan had told him after wolf had given him the name Johan and asked how he was feeling, "I will soon show you." Theres definitely some connection between Johan telling him this and him killing all of the people who knew of wolf and turning him into "The Monster With No Name". He had a name but there was no one left to call him by it.
I gotta say, this is such a good summary and analysis. The only thing I really think you should have included is some of the light hearted parts. You hit all the major plot points, but to be honest the parts that hit the hardest for me are the ones where the author shows that there is still good in the world outside of the monster. Some of my favorite moments are "promise when we meet again, we'll have a picnic" and "Tenma told me we could create new memories, happy memories."
That's a missed opportunity by me, those scenes really do hit hard.
This is definitely of one the best anime of all time. It’s not you see such a carefully laid out plot, with complex characters, and with a mystery that keeps you hooked till the end. Especially not one in such a realistic setting. I think that’s what makes it so horrific at times. While it’s unlikely for such a thing to happen in theory it could and to certain extent similar things do happen all the time. I really like the doctor as well. A very good representation of a more pacifist ideology without making you want to pull your hair out over their choices. It’s a depiction of a realistically good person that wants to protect and save people in whatever he can.
I haven't even begun this video and i already know you yourself have put in a level of work only some can achieve and therefore i say thank you
I appreciate it!
Amazing analysis that truly gave me a full perspective on the show. One thing I noticed while watching the show myself was that the title card that appears before a commercial break that says monster, usually shows up directly after a character shows of exhibits a monstrous trait
I read this whole manga in a week in 2008 and I loved it. This was a great way to relive the series! Thanks for the video, I can tell you’ve put a lot of hard work into these.
I’ve been loving these long style explanation videos, they’re so well explained and enticing
i love the exploration between tenma's "all life is equal" and johans "death makes us equal". this show perfectly develops both ideals, leaving the audience with deep questions about ourselves and our own morality. everything about this show is brilliant. i really admire your analysis, your storytelling was immersive.
I remember watching monster 2 years ago and being sort of confused around the last 15 episodes, your vid reminded me of how great this anime is and helped me understand it better, great vid, keep at it
I've seen lots of monster videos but none have ever gone this far in depth or have done as good of a job. Nice work.
That was a wild ride my man, mind thoroughly 🤯Monster is a classic, an Anime I'd recommend to anyone if they have the patience to allow the plot to unfold. As Sock-san has so masterfully laid out is a very accurate movie length version of the entire series. Better for people to watch this video after watching the Anime though - maybe add a spoiler tag? Regardless, thanks for creating this, I really enjoyed the breakdown/trip down memory lane. Quite the passion project with the attention to detail you put into it, bravo.
Monster is one of my all time favourite stories, and this video has made me appreciate it so much more. Keep up the great video essays dude, they’re brilliant
This is incredibly well edited, the audios clean, the story telling and plot play by play is both succinct and informative. How the hell did I not find Sock sooner??
How the fuck is a video essay leaving me with the same emotion as Oppenheimer?
Bro fucking hell you good
My mans you helped me make proper sense of my favourite anime of all time and I get to extra enjoy it upon my re-viewings with best friends!
Thank you so much
another very well researched and very well explained analysis. I feel so grateful to have been introduced to your work and with every upload I'm reminded as to why
Your video essays and conclusions are just so rational/ argumentative and emotional at the same time. I am left thought-provoked, even after i had watched the anime i found more, significant things that i overlooked. Thank you and you deserve much more recognition ❤❤❤
The way you have the perfect voice for these videos I don’t know how to describe but keep doing these sort of videos
thank you
This channel makes talking to my friends on Xbox about anime feasible.
This is hands down the best video I've watched about Monster. You did an incredible job with this and I had so much fun watching/listening to it.
If you haven’t you should also watch SeaGee’s video on Monster. It goes into insane detail about the story and characters.
@@widdlebuck3925 thank you!!
I love your synopsis as usual. I've been trying to get into Monster myself but damn, as a german myself, I sometimes cringe so hard at how cliche some of that stuff is. For example whenever they write or say something in german, it's usually littered with mistakes and much to my own disappointment, "real" Germany does not look as fairy-tale like. But yeah, other than that great show
its been 10 years since I watched this and this was one hell of recommendation. What a great summary and the questione you leave in there to make me think about certain events in it are great. Leaving a sub, just in case!
Great video the only thing is that grimmer and Robert (Adolf) didn’t went to kinderheim 511 in the johan generation they went in the 60s as one of the first generation of kindeheim.
Watched the whole video and this is very well made. I wasn't able to finish the series because I dont have much time so this saves me a lot because I was really curious about the story. Keep it up!
Actually I think the end can also be interpreted differently in that Tenma just saves Johann to not make the boy's drunken father a killer, but a father saving his son instead. Having sad that:
Great summary and good pronounciation of the German names for not being a German native speaker. Deserves a like and sub.
28:32 Landline phones don’t require power to work. Amazing video sir. Must have taken you an entire year just to get this script made. Just wow.
Long video, but well explained and interesting, so definitely worth the time
Sock sensei, this is the first video of yours i have ever seen,
Your voice is amazing, and this video had me sitting on the edge of my seat watching the whole thing in one solid go.
Absolutely amazing work!
Have my sub and like its the absolute least it deserves
The show has many similarities with the very good book "le grand cahier" by Agota Kristof, a story of two young sociopathic twins who grow in a violent time of war, very good and well recognised book
By far the best video explaining chronological order of things I’ve seen
Definitely one of the better breakdown videos I've seen. Excellent work.
3:55 - I love the concept that Stories have that big of a power over people. I like to believe they do.
Excellent recap, never watched Monster but definitely will, thank you!
I know it's been less than a day since this has been uploaded but man this is so underrated, it's soo good!
I did a non-spoiler review of Monster and THAT was hard enough so I truly appreciate the work put into this video. Fantastic breakdown.
The conversation between investigators "comparing notes" and arguing theories was absolutely epic. One of my favorite scenes of the show
This video was so good you deserved more attention
Hi I hope you get this message. As I get older I stopped watching anime but you explaining them allows them to be even better. So thank you
This video is really in depth and cool, I hope it gets more views soon
Johan’s plan was thwarted by the recklessness of a drunken man, I knew he would be stopped by something he never considered
Have to wonder though, why didn't Kenzo just shoot Johan in the foot, or the hand or the shoulder or leg? There was no need to go for the head-shot.
@@Namae_.I guess the only theory you could make for Tenma aiming at Johan's head was to kill the "monster" within his mind.
@Loner098 I guess it could be plain old fear, like he believes he'll only get one chance, so better make it a head-shot? Either way, couldn't we have gotten a sneak-peak in Tenma's mind to see why he doesn't just shoot?
@@Namae_. Well, before Tenma was about to fire, the landscape seemingly changed around Tenma and Johan, as if it's representing "the end" in some way for at least one side.
But due to the flaws with Monster, it's usually why Steins;Gate is my personal favorite anime (after all, who doesn't love time travel?).
@Loner098 The whole 'the end' thing was the most confusing shit in Anime😭it got no explanation, its like a fricking Domain Expansion
Honestly, I didn't really like Steins Gate😅the characters really didn't pull me in🏳️
This video made a lot of things clear to me about the story and really cleared up points that I missed.
It made me appreciate the story more.
Thank you sir
anytime
Someone mentioned to me how he says eggscape instead of escape and now I cannot unhear it.
THANK GODD U MADE THIS I TRIED SO HARD TO FINISH THIS ANIME BUT COULDN'T CUS I KEPT GETTING BUSYY
You deserve way more clout my friend, this video is just amazing
this guy needs more love, his videos are amazing
Honestly this is one of the best critiques of Monster that I have ever seen!!! Kudos to you my friend this video is definitely going in my like videos and I will check out more of your contact!! Keep up the excellent content
Only 1k likes for this masterpiece is crazy ur underrated asf sock
i usually cant stand listening to documentary youtubers or people that make video essays but you've successfully changed me on that. at least about you in particular. usually these video essays I try to watch the commentator is talking to you in an almost degrading way. a way that kinda makes it look like they're trying to tell you that you shouldve known this information and that you're dumb for not knowing it. just today i finished watching monster and without a doubt it's my favorite anime. im usually not very good at watching shows no matter how much i love them because i tend to forget details too fast even if theyre importnant to the story and matter to me. i was looking for a good recap on monster to find any details id missed and you opened my eyes to a lot of them. i thought that i was doing good keeping track of the whole story but because i forget stuff really easily im glad i had this video to help me with that.
I love the little viniettes of the different characters who get wrapped up in the plot. Their stories are short yet significant. Truly an example of mastery over storytelling.
31:55
"DaBaby, a Neonazi right wing extremist..."
I cant 😂😂😂😂
I know it didn't get as many views as you're evangelion video but I would really say that this is some tier S+ content, if you keep making this explanations I'll keep coming backand I'll keep dropping likes and comments, but if we're on this vein might I recommend a video on elfen leid,
Johan lives in the book. He lives and have normal live
tysm for the vid i watched monster but never truly felt like i understood it
no problem
Thank you for making this. Great content.
I remember this being one of the handful of anime series I watched, I think it must have been 13 years ago. I remember it being very dark and captivating and it left an impression but I have no idea what happened anymore lol. Looking forward to watching this video as a recap of sorts.
super in depth video. Best Monster summary ive ever seen, great job!
“Moo-nick”-😂
But on a serious note, fantastic video. I missed so much of it when I watched the series, although I still loved it, but this gives me a whole new level of appreciation for the brilliance. It took to come up with this deep layered narrative as well as the incredible character/world building.
Please do more!!! this was actually so well done
Fantastic work. I've watched Monster 3 or 4 times over the years. I first saw it when I was only 14, and so I couldn't grasp all these complexities at the time. This was an incredible video to check my understanding. What a sad yet beautiful story. (Now to get the manga volumes and finally read the source material!)
Hey I hope you are able to grow as a channel and do more videos like this and of stuff you enjoy. Great content!! Thank you and keep it up. Also you should do jojo part 2 inaccurately recapped next if you can !
I will at somepoint the pillar men deserve their time to shine
That was the perfect blend of recap and analysis, well done!
God bless you for putting this massive amount of work into this video, it does justice to the masterpiece Monster is
This was quite the experience.
Summed up the series very well! Monster is one of those things that makes sense in my head, but turns into a jumbled mess when I try to explain its depth.
Also, I hope you don't mind but Lunge's name is pronounced Loon-geh, and not Loonj.
Your the best at explaining all these complicated anime or manga. I really love your videos
The only video one needs to watch after watching Monster. Thankyou so much man. Loved it.
Wonderful video, my mate! I love this story very dearly, and it was great to revisit it though this video! Much respect, and Please Come to Brazil.
Pretty sure you're wrong about Grimmer and Roberto being in 511 around the same time as Johan and Christoff since the former two are much older than the latter two.
This was a great video! Monster is just one of the greatest pieces of fiction ever, and you properly articulated that.
48:45 - "Grimmer stays hard". I found it funny.
The only issue I have with this manga (I read the manga only) is that Tenma felt to me like somewhat a Mary Sue. He's the best brain surgeon, he is brave, bold, learns to shoot like hell, runs like an athlete... But indeed, he needed to be a bit like that for the pacing to work, and it's a marvelous manga.
Amazing video essay! One of my favorite series.
"You see sister, I did terrible things as a child"
"No, I did those things"
"... I am so embarrassed I'm going to kill myself now"
That's it that's the ending
Wait what did anita do? I know she witnessed ONE terrible event (rose mansion massacre) but thats it unless u count her bro convincing her to shoot him. What did she do that I missed?
It's more:
"I saw terrible things as a child"
and her:
"no I saw that and told you and now your a monster and I'm responsible I need to kms now"
And him: "Ah shit I guess ima kill those responsible for my other traumas and kms also."
Kinderheim 511, 4 boys survived... 911... I dunno dude
20:16 - Ooooh, I like this guy!
We all have a monster inside us. But it’s on us to decide what we do with it. Johan was a monster and his henchmen were his followers.
I’ve been putting off watching this video until I finish the series, I got 30 episodes left I’ll be back!
Just finished the last episode and ready to dive into this to help explain wtf I just went through
Oh, I have nothing in my closet. I mean, really. I oughta do some shopping.
I heard that Monster took inspiration from Osamu Tezuka's manga MW, particularly from its main villain Michio Yuki.
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I have PTSD and Borderline Personality disorder. It a roller-coaster of emotion hypger vigilance, straight up aggression. Ive jammed by fingers into guys eyes sockets and choked people till they have blacked out, and honestly been to the point i thought of maming a person or wven just killing them. Ive actualy been cleared for my actions as being self defense.it been a rough life ive been stabbed 3x times and the only thing that saved me was that i grabbed the knife with my bear hand knowing it was going into my neck if i didnt, and fought for another 5 minutes holding the knife until i felt my blood pressure drop from bloodloss and just started running, ive delt with savages and dirty administrators who cared for nothing but money they even got some people killed. Im not exactly like other people Military school and a first reaponders cert. Ive seen all the way to the bottom of the abyss that s humanity and its very easy to lose control, ive almost felt like ive been driven to the point that i feel i need to be much much more pro-active in my defense and others. I can ki da understand Johan, hes primarily hyper vigilant, hes doing what he knows to run away from his past.
I have a theory, when I finished this anime back in 2021 (there's probably a ton of people who've maybe thought of this theory before, or maybe it's a confirmed fact) it's about the kids having their sets of "skills" or "powers" they've gained when they were in kinderheim, for example the magnificent steiner one with grimmer, the split personality and the strength he "gains" or shows when he's in that state, and roberto the way he's fckin big yet he's so stealthy and the kid that idolized johan having the same ability or skills of manipulation johan has/had, though he's not on Johan's level since he was not the prodigy johan was
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Just finished this anime and this video was absolutely phenomenal, Great job
I ought to watch this (tho i watched longer vids) was too busy anticipating Lunge next appearance.
This finna go crazyyy
7:08 whenever I heard this, I immediately think of lobotomy kaisen.
monster did something a horror didn't do for me in long time, i must say that the fact that part of it played out in my country helped with that, but when i saw Liebert close to kids, it just instilled this fear for what can happen, the dread.
if i see lets say, Jason Voorheese around kids, i know hell just kill them but with Liebert?
it quickly became one of my favorite anime and horrors.
Monster is a masterpiece I watched it when it 1st came out and had no idea how crazy it would be.