Monster 5
Posted: October 13, 2008 Filed under: Monster Leave a comment »Here, let me try to keep my promise of more Halloween-related content. Aside from Hino Horror, I’m at a loss at what I could talk about. Of course, I’ve got about ten volumes of this series sitting on my shelf. Perhaps now is the time to catch up? It’s really more of a psychological thriller than it is a horror story, but it’ll do anyway.
Wow, it’s been so long since I’ve read this! This volume has three pretty distinct stories in it. The first story is about one of the murders that was hired by Johan to kill one of the families early in the series. He begins to research Dr. Tenma, and when the detective he hires comes up with some answers, his life kind of starts falling apart around him. I believe this man’s partner was killed last volume, but this man is more interested in maintaining the clean life he’s living now than getting involved with Johan and his sister and whatever else is going on right now.
The second story is brief, and is about a retired police officer giving Tenma and a little boy a ride. It’s more of a little character study, kind of to show what other people may think of Tenma, but it was a nice, nonviolent side story all the same.
The third story is about what eventually turns out to be a copycat murder meant to look like the others Tenma is blamed for. Inspector Lunge comes back, and he does all in his power to lure Tenma to the scene. There are… kind of unexpected things that happen at the end. The cliffhanger is a killer, and I’m actually mostly writing this tonight so that I can read the next volume of it tonight or tomorrow.
I remember being sort of disturbed by the last volume I read, but I… can’t really remember why. I’m all about reading volumes back to back now, especially since the last page sort of demands it.
