Monster 6
Posted: October 21, 2008 Filed under: Monster Leave a comment »Aw. I was expecting something different for Lunge. It’s interesting to see how that situation resolved itself anyway, and I’m pleased to see that Tenma’s Black Jack-like role continues for pretty much every chapter of this volume.
I’m still trying to re-aclimate myself to the series, so I was having trouble placing Eva until she pretty much spelled everything out. I just… did not remember her at all, and I had a hard time wrapping my brain around what she was doing going after Tenma until she spelled things out for me again. Most of the volume deals with her chase, and the search for Johan is put on temporary hold while she gets together with some suspicious strangers.
The last few chapters in the volume deal with a boy who grew up in foster care and is getting to know his real father, unbeknownst to the older man (the boy is hired on as a reader, since his father is actually a blind millionaire or something). He and a helpful classmate are set on a series of mysteries where they run into a woman claiming to be the millionaire’s lover/the boy’s mother, and another boy who claims to be the millionaire’s real son. And… well, they team up and become friends with Johan. It’s really weird, and the panel revealing his face does a good job of making a dramatic show of things.
So yes, I’m ready to see how Johan turns into a monster before my eyes.
