What Are Your Favorite And Least Favorite Monster Ships?

FR FR FR he’s quite androgynous and I LOVE IT

I love how feminine his side profile was drawn in the manga

LMFAOOOOOOO real I want his d

I NEED more Tenma x Nina content

Grimmer got some random girl pregnant and it wasn’t ME. Like, I’M ACTUALLY MAD, IT SHOULD’VE BEEN ME.

I want to have a normal conversation with his wife. : )

Idk for some reason I remembered that today and I got jealous lmfao

I love that giant man

I need that giant man

I need to climb that giant man

I need that giant man to leave me like Juno

OMG YESS 😭💖

do you guys see it too

I don’t understand people who see Monster as a nihilist work, as if Johan was supposed to be right?

First off: I'm not well-versed in philosophy so I'm not sure as to what counts as nihilism but I absolutely don't think that the narrative of monster is that Johan was right

Because the story itself was meant to prove that Johan was wrong

While the story revolves around Johan, the moral of the story doesn't lie on his worldview but shown throughout the series by other characters—that is: even though the world is cruel, full of darkness, pain and suffering, we mustn't let it continue and consume us

Times and times again we were told and shown that we mustn't fall into despair and we can't let the darkness consume us because we have the power to prevent it from spreading further

That we can still hold on to hope for a better future

Times and times again we were shown how people are saved by other people's kindness and intervention:

Dieter and Milosh were saved because Tenma and Grimmer cared about them and gave them compassion

Eva didn't get murdered because Martin refused to let himself be consumed by despair and choose compassion instead

Mikhail Petrov saved the children by raising them full of compassion

And in the end Johan didn't get what he wanted because he was wrong; he was wrong about the world (the world isn't just full of darkness), he was wrong about people (people are capable to act with compassion instead of cruelty and selfishness), and he was wrong about himself (he isn't a lost cause)

And that's what broke him: his lifelong beliefs were shattered by his sister's compassion and Tenma's refusal to kill

Again, I don't know what counts as nihilism, but:

TLDR: Monster is a story about how hope and compassion triumph over despair and cruelty

Bro istg i have so much FOMO when I can’t bring myself to like the cute and harmless ship everybody likes. it feels like this fr

I literally have no words Oh MY GOD

He had so much to say

He deserved to LIVE

I have finally managed to translate Grimmers note from Another Monster! Now this translation may not be accurate, but I will leave the German version below it incase you want to try to make a better translation! I do not mind if people ask me to try and translate other things from Monster that are written in German.

(I know the poll is still going but i decided to post it early)

CW for explicit topics!! ヾ(￣□￣;)ﾉ

English version Culture In the East Crushed by the West -Materialism -- The West is Flourishing-- The World Is a Utopia - physical Work Is less - Five-day week - The entertainment industry is on the rise - Free time is important - Free love - A pleasure-oriented life. Leisure is the most important value in life. Fear of free time is increasing. Hedonism as a compulsion. Compulsive sex without love. As an individual, you no longer achieve anything. A generation that kills time. Self-hatred. Boredom. Self-denial. Self-discovery Crimes out of boredom - murder = through lust = serial murders already in the 60s there has been an increasing violence The tendency is suspected. Horrible insight! In the West, more and more murders from lust - murderers by lust debunked - brainwashing - murder with the aim of lust - good Camouflage - the perfect crime executed.

German version

Kultur Im Osten vom Westen Niedergeschlagen -Materialismus -- Der Westen Blüht-- Die Welt Ist eine Utopie - Körperliche Arbeit weniger - Fünftageswoche - Unterhaltungsindustrie im Vormarsch - Freizeit wichtig - Freie Liebe - Lustbetontes leben. Freizeit wichtigster Stellenwert im Leben. Angst vor Freizeit nimmt zu. Hedonismus als Zwang. Zwanghafter Sex ohne Liebe. Als Einzelner bewirkt man nichts mehr. Generation, die die Zeit totschlägt. Selbsthaß. Langeweile. Selbstverneinung. Selbstentdeckung Verbrechen aus Langeweile - Mord = durch Wollust = Serienmorde ß hat schon in den 60er Jahren eine zunehmende Gewalt Tendenz vermutet. Grauenhafte Einsicht!

Im Westen zunehmend Morde aus Wollust - Mörder durch Wollust entlarvt - Gehirnwäsche - Mord mit Ziel der Wollust - gute Tarnung - perfekte Verbrechen ausgeführt.

This fr screams Kenzo Tenma

When a character is the saddest man alive it's your responsibility to make him the most beautiful woman you've ever seen