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skygiantsI have now read through volume 13 of Monster. I have five volumes left. Five volumes is a lot of space . . . and yet there is so much going on that I keep finding myself wondering how on earth Urasawa is going to tie it all up in time!
(I am also wondering if I can fit all five of the final volumes in my suitcase when I go home next weekend. The answer to this question is 'probably not', but . . . . maybe this is a case for two suitcases?)
- Johan's stint as AnnaNina continues to be both creepy and HILARIOUS. The whole scene when he is flirting with poor Jan . . . man, Johan, you GIANT FREAK. I was cracking up. Not hilarious, however: poor Milosh. Man. (Also, I suspect it is significant in possibly not a good way that Tenma has learned to anticipate what Johan's "cruellest move" will be.) On the other hand: soccer fixes everything! Though I am still nervous for Milosh, and suspect he is nowhere near out of the woods yet.
- OH MAN GRIMMER. D: D: D: You can't falsely confess to the murders, Grimmer! You will destroy the tiny childrens' faith in people! DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY THE TINY CHILDRENS' FAITH IN PEOPLE?
- For the most part I really liked the montage of People Tenma Has Interacted With once he gets caught; I've said before how much I appreciate Urasawa's continuity. (My favorite: the other doctors, stoically carrying on with their work, because that's their job. Especially the Vietnamese girl! It was only like three panels but I LOVE HER SO.) However, I find Tenma's fan club of patients possibly more hilarious than I should. Dude, my parents are both doctors, and they have many patients who are grateful to them and send them yearly gift baskets and stuff, but as far as I am aware neither of them have an actual fan club. But I guess Tenma is just that awesome!
- Vacation Lunge is THE AWESOMEST Lunge. Though I am kind of disappointed that Urasawa did not take the opportunity to put Lunge in a Hawaiian shirt, while he's cutting loose and all. Fanart! I kind of love how everyone he meets, from other officials to secret terrorist conspirators, is like "dang, I wish I had time for a long vacation." Also, is it wrong that I kind of want Lunge and the head of the evil secret police to be buddy cops?
- I like the Determined Lawyer, but his obsessiveface freaks me out a little and I sort of suspect that is going nowhere good. If I am understanding the last few panels right, it seems his father maybe was a spy after all? That is . . . so not going to turn out well.
- Not enough Dieter and AnnaNina! I don't really expect that to be fixed in the next volume, since we have to take care of the Tenma and Eva plotline first, but hopefully the volume after that?
- Speaking of Eva: I like that she is important again, I was not a huge fan of the Montage of Ways In Which Past Eva was Heartless And Evil That Leads Her To Change Her Ways, but I am reserving judgment on this whole bit of storyline until we see what she is actually doing now. That said: escaping to save her was kind of a really dumb move, but Tenma gets kudos for it anyway.
(I am also wondering if I can fit all five of the final volumes in my suitcase when I go home next weekend. The answer to this question is 'probably not', but . . . . maybe this is a case for two suitcases?)
- Johan's stint as AnnaNina continues to be both creepy and HILARIOUS. The whole scene when he is flirting with poor Jan . . . man, Johan, you GIANT FREAK. I was cracking up. Not hilarious, however: poor Milosh. Man. (Also, I suspect it is significant in possibly not a good way that Tenma has learned to anticipate what Johan's "cruellest move" will be.) On the other hand: soccer fixes everything! Though I am still nervous for Milosh, and suspect he is nowhere near out of the woods yet.
- OH MAN GRIMMER. D: D: D: You can't falsely confess to the murders, Grimmer! You will destroy the tiny childrens' faith in people! DO YOU WANT TO DESTROY THE TINY CHILDRENS' FAITH IN PEOPLE?
- For the most part I really liked the montage of People Tenma Has Interacted With once he gets caught; I've said before how much I appreciate Urasawa's continuity. (My favorite: the other doctors, stoically carrying on with their work, because that's their job. Especially the Vietnamese girl! It was only like three panels but I LOVE HER SO.) However, I find Tenma's fan club of patients possibly more hilarious than I should. Dude, my parents are both doctors, and they have many patients who are grateful to them and send them yearly gift baskets and stuff, but as far as I am aware neither of them have an actual fan club. But I guess Tenma is just that awesome!
- Vacation Lunge is THE AWESOMEST Lunge. Though I am kind of disappointed that Urasawa did not take the opportunity to put Lunge in a Hawaiian shirt, while he's cutting loose and all. Fanart! I kind of love how everyone he meets, from other officials to secret terrorist conspirators, is like "dang, I wish I had time for a long vacation." Also, is it wrong that I kind of want Lunge and the head of the evil secret police to be buddy cops?
- I like the Determined Lawyer, but his obsessiveface freaks me out a little and I sort of suspect that is going nowhere good. If I am understanding the last few panels right, it seems his father maybe was a spy after all? That is . . . so not going to turn out well.
- Not enough Dieter and AnnaNina! I don't really expect that to be fixed in the next volume, since we have to take care of the Tenma and Eva plotline first, but hopefully the volume after that?
- Speaking of Eva: I like that she is important again, I was not a huge fan of the Montage of Ways In Which Past Eva was Heartless And Evil That Leads Her To Change Her Ways, but I am reserving judgment on this whole bit of storyline until we see what she is actually doing now. That said: escaping to save her was kind of a really dumb move, but Tenma gets kudos for it anyway.
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Date: 2009-12-18 01:42 am (UTC)