Another Monster: The Sequel Novel 

as a czech person it is insane how urasawa managed to get so many details on the complicated time between ww2 until the end if the communist regime, truly a genius writer

The amount of detail Monster has is insane. And Johan is the greatest antagonist ever.

This put Johan below Franz Bonaparta since Johan learned from him but he invented all this. He destroyed healthy mind while turning others into monster meanwhile Johan preyed on disturbed mind to act out his plan. Bonaparta was doing bigger than Johan; He was the monster that take the name away. Johan was just a nameless monster. He only defeated Bonaparta using his tactics while he was old and reformed.

i think the book saying hes in a coma is low-key genius. the OS mentions multiple times that johan would fake being asleep to gather information as achild. Perhaps he has uped his game and learned how to fake a coma, and is awake, simply bidding his time

This made me feel sick. Not that it was bad, but because it was so unnerving. This mysterious man who is evil incarnate is just running around influencing the world. And the one guy who figures it out disappears without a trace. It’s written like an episode of true crime television.

The part where it is hinted that Franz Bonaparta is Johan's uncle and about Johan's mother's lost twin sister left me thoughtful.

Thank u soo much .. people really be sleeping on this masterpiece , it makes me happy seeing new monster anime videos

I hope 1 day this gets an anime adaptation or at least a manga adaptation.

I read somewhere a crazy theory about Johan killed Tenma and Nina and that's why they don't appear in the book. Johan wrote the letters Nina send to the journalist, rejecting his interview. And Johan wrote Tenma's letter too, imitating his handwriting. I don't believe it cause if Tenma or Nina were dead it would be a great new, besides Johan doesn't have a reason to kill them.

The first and littearly ONLY video on RU-vid that had the fucking balls to tackle this topic and extremely well at that! Excellent summary of each critical point in the story, the historical back drop of post WW2 East Germany and Communism's gradual decline were a nice touch using real life pictures and footage. It's been almost a decade sense I read a fan translation of this story and I feel there were many parts I glossed over but with this video I think I understand a little bit more what it was trying to say. The be all end all was NOT Johan, it was this complex series of events started by dangerous and emotionally unstable people that took advantage of a fragile political and institutional structure, sacrificing many both innocent and guilty along the way to protect themselves and out of vindictive spite. I have a new found appreciation for Urasawa's writing and what he focuses on, I haven't read 20th Century Boys yet because I keep hear its "THE GREATEST MANGA EVER CREATED" but theres so few analysis videos on it im questioning the authenticity of that statement, I love your videos so hopefully one day you can do that one as well.

Johan finally had a reason to live, he was chosen by fate and Tenma wasn't a hypocrite, this changed Johans thinking.

Johan's mother had two personalities because In the last episode she told tenma that I remembered twins name and I have to tell it now because I will never remember again I think that her other personality didn't know the name of twins

I am so happy you're still talking about this masterpiece

This is so underrated

The biggest crime is how little views this video has. Seriously, should be at least half a million. It's so well done! Thank you for sharing. Even among "Monster" fans, the novel is rarely brought up. Really interesting videos

Awesome video. The concept of taking somebody's name to control them actually exists in real, historic folklore and religions.

I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention the final sketch left behind in Weber's room, the one that looks suspiciously similar to Johan... Who drew this picture, and why? Was it Fuhr, the picture book artist, trying to describe his foggy memory of the young man he'd glimpsed burning down the Red Rose Mansion? Or was it Weber, the journalist and former street artist, trying to hurriedly copy down the face of the culprit behind his subsequent disappearance? It's obvious that the picture was left behind for a reason, but what kind of message was it intended to convey? I think that, in the same way Bonaparta's experiments continue to live on, Johan's "work" will continue on as well. Whether it's only a symbolic "inheritance" or perhaps it's actually Johan himself (iirc, it's only the public version of the story which says that Johan remains in a comatose state)... who knows? The beauty of Urasawa's writing lies in the manner of which he refuses to spoonfood his audience, instead allowing them to draw their own final conclusions.

"when where are you?" "in the room next to yours" CHILLS

This video made me read “Another Monster” and it’s just so good! It’s so detailed that if I’m not aware that it’s fictional I’ll probably mistaken it as true to life! It deserves more recognition! And in the end it made me question... ‘Is that Johan? The one Weber sketched? Is he killing again?’ asdfghjkl! I don’t know anymore! Plus, the “In the room next to yours.” is so creepy, if I’m Mr. Weber I’ll probably passed out after hearing it before I could even saw the culprit. Btw, thank you for this video!

thank you for summarizing the story for us! and thank you for the cute clip arts animation u made to illustrate the story

I finally found the time to watch this. Thank you for your dedication to underated works such as Monster and for making analysis videos like these SeaGee! I swear you really deserve a million views for the work you put into this. I really appreciate you putting in this much effort onto an underated topic that only a few know. Oh well, that makes your channel a gem among others! Now onto the video!

The way you make videos and type of content get produced is Amazing.It is the best thing ❤️

Your analysis and description skill are amazing❤️ we love you

Great video and a *really* chilling ending. Even if these experiments never create anything close to a Johan, the possibilities are terrifying

dang!! its so scary to think that this is not far from reality!! too spooky! why are ppl bad why cant we just be nice to each other 😭!! i guess johan was one of the most successful experiments they didnt expect.. like a wildcard

Bravo man great vid and edits! Just finished Monster the other day and need to digest.

I just wanna say how cool it is that there's someone like you on RU-vid making such LONG & awesometacularly edited videos on Monster and it's lore! Also it was a GREAT surprise seeing ARROW & The Flash in your edits lol! Especially considering today was the day that Superman & Lois aired it's 1st Season Finale!

Hey, never thought this anime had a sequel. Thanks very much. This is one if the best animes ever. Just subacribed!

"Anyone who could lose their name, but still survives would be a true hero." It would be flattery or even biased but i think guts from berserk truly represent that. Everyone dies in eclipse who actually knew him and even his most important person in his life but he still survive in the end and fighting with everything. Fighting with his own dark desires, pain and fear even though it didn't lead anything. Even though revenge is one of his wrong decision but it truly show his strength that he has the will to take revenge even though it didn't give him back his identity. Just this fact that he tries to understand other's pain through his empathetic nature to find some meaning or his belonging in the world even though he ignores this fact because of his useless revenge and tries to reach his goal through it saves him every time. He always fighting with his darkness to find his place in world which can only he can handle and give shape to it in right way by literally going more deeper in it which can create some meaningful change in the world. Guts never forget his own identity and what he truly desire from himself at least unconsciously. What i mean by previous statement that people try to comprehend their identity from the perspective of others by not by himself. A good example is wolf how he is destroyed and fall into despair by loss of meaning in world and what he should do because he think this meaning can only be derived by others but it is not true. Guts teaches us that even though you lost your place and identity from world. You should know yourself that your identity is and what do you truly wanted to do with it and use your whole strength to create a meaningful change in the world with role in the world or worth of you in the world. Guts do this from the start of the series unconsciously but slowly started to integrate in his consciousness when he find his new meaningful place in his new group. He continuously encounter his mistakes and things which he hate from himself but never consume by it and finally try to become what he is.

Even though I don't have the printed book, you gave me goosebumps through the video! Imagine how much research Urusawa must have done!! I think my brain just melted😅

I am amazed . The story is perfect. And you mads a great video.

I’m genuinely scared that not only Johan but another monster are in this world,to the point that being in the attack on titan world would be easier to live in!

It's hereeee was waiting for this video

I actually like johan having a Canon ending

what an incredible video, thank you very much

"Four years ago, I went to Prague. Who knows why, but I wanted to set foot again in the scariest place, the Red Rose Mansion. But it was engulfed in flames. And then he emerged from within. I was set free. I stopped running. I could paint my picture books, and live like him. The end…in the Landscape of the End, there will be only he and I.” Hermann Führ, Another Monster Who's Hermann taking about here is he talking about Johan? Because after this incident he left the red rose mention and there was a picture of a guy who look like johan.?

I just finished the anime and got a copy of Another Monster. I'm watching this even though i haven't read it yet lol. Glad yt recommended your vid to me! Also liked your Monster timeline vid! Cheers

Nice video, i love all ur monster videos.

You can hate or you can love the series for leaving so many things on the air but something that cannot be denied is that it is one of the few works that is not afraid to leave an ending made just so that YOU as an audience can continue thinking about it. And the book is definitely scarier than the anime. Who would say it?

Mfw when I see new Monster content uploaded ... 😍

Good break down I support your effort

Is it weird that I thought the sequel is scarier in it's societal implications than the first Monster series? 0_0 For me, there was kinda a sense of the experiments being discontinued at the end of the first series. But the part with the experiments mentioned to start again, with the possibility of a lot of different kinds of "Johans" (or just Johan-like people) coming out of the woodwork to spread psychological destruction?! The Monster universe could barely handle one Johan! 0_o

We should find ourselves, beyond names, beyond all. And keep going.

Just started Monster yesterday. Half way through it now and man, is it good, glad this video is out, I was already looking for a possible season 2. I hope this gets animated or a sequel is made from a different side of the world. Favourite character as of now is Mr. Runge. Although I dislike his decision or rather, his persistence on blaming Tenma as the killer. Mr. Runge is just a savage, mans had his daughter pregnant and wife had a lover, both were leaving and he’s just like “aight bet, we’ll talk when Im back”. Also, the one time were he exposed the reporter/journalist, made him fold haha. He’s whole gimmick is just like crazy good and interesting as a character. Not perfect just enough to make him human and not some android. As of episode 25 (ik I said half but it’s close enough) Monster is a solid 8.9 or 9.2/10 It gives me those King Game vibes while staying realistic and the whole mystery plot just makes it it’s own thing. Johan is also a compelling villain too, even when he’s not on scene or being talked about everything seems to drive towards his presence making him feel so powerful and inhuman just like the title, a “Monster”.

Late to the party, but this video and this book really made my day, it's fascinating writing.

Loved this vid. Subbed. Didn't find you mentioning Grimmer's journal. Wbout that?

When I watched the Mindhunter show on Netflix in 2017, I knew David Finch is a fan of Monster immediately during the final scene of the 1st season (Ed Kamper confronting the main protagonist showing him the reality of a serial killer). The scene is basically a shot-for-shot adaptation form the manga.

This whole video is brilliant from start to finish, but I disagree with Führ being the instigator of the Zweifelstadt massacre. Both Mustafa and Kiener describe him as a man in his forties, meaning he must have been born around the same time as Weber and Grimmer - the 1950s - and is too young to have been the graduate student. I personally think it was Bonaparta testing out his technique on a larger scale.

In the last chapter when herman furr or the person on phone says he is next to the room of his, I think it was johan because johan in monster last episode disappears from hospital which says he isn't in comatose and there was also a hastenly drawing of johan because he was the one who came , werner don't know how johan was look alike because case was not disclosed in public so how johan looks like was also not known by rest of world. So this may be a clue that. Johan is now out of comatose and also the hermann furr or fritz weindler. But maybe there can also be like this another monster is just another personality of johan who want to live in peace. Or johan and furr are really two monster Because as stated into book, that when hermann again goes to the red rose mansion, it was in flame and a monster was coming out from the flames.

Just finished reading the novel after my reread of Monster, such a great book and i regret not reading sooner, but maybe it was for the best reading it only after Monster was extremelly clear in my mind again, i hope we can see something regarding who has the said politician one day.

FANTASTIC Video.

Like wow is this video long haha. But nonetheless, this is a great video, keep up with this good content, you're already doing great, much support!

Wow Wow Wow U N D E R R A T E D video! Please don't ever delete this video.

Very funny yet informational

The experiment didn't make johan evil and monster. It was his true nature to become like that

The thing is that I relate to both Johan and Tenma because I have seen both sides of the world

great video man, but I really wanna know what is the bartending and food anime that plays during your transitions

Esse é o tipo de vídeo que me faz estudar inglês apenas para assisti-lo.

56:45........this is the good shit.

as a Czech speaker born and raised in the Czech republic you sure did butcher those names of Czech historical figures and some of the German too but all is forgiven because that stuff is nigh impossible to pronounce to anyone that hasn't lived most of his life here very good video keep up the good work man i needed something like this to eat up some of the world building details thanks man. sidenote when watching the original monster i actually though the picture book "Obluda, která nemá jméno" was real i was very disappointed when i found out it is in fact fictional monster really did this stuff right. the czech in that show is good (aside from how it is spoken but the grammar is good and the sentences make sense) i love it.

What about the last sketch Weber drew on his memobook. The rough sketch indicates that it can be of the person who killed/abducted Weber, like Weber was trying to sketch the person's face. And why does he looks like Johan?

This needs to be an anime ngl

51:42 peak horror right there

Hey, that was a really good video. If you see this would you tell me the song you used from 31 to 41 minutes in the Bonaparta section? Thanks!

Mhm I still till this day, am bothered by the fact that I do not know Johan’s real name.

Honestly I wanted Yohan to use tenma past and manipulate him to look into himself and find that he also had some broken things in him and turn him into another monster. And if they could bring a twist that yes tenama was already a sociopath but great at controlling himself than that would have been the climax of the centuries

The Pursuit of Knowledge without acknowledging the knowledge within is meaningless.

9:47 I don’t know how long this book takes place after the main events of monster, but Johan was in a coma for a long time. It was long enough for Tenma to leave with Doctors Without Borders and return home for a time. It could be reasoned that this takes places in the months or so in which Johan was in a coma before he escaped.

This anime should get a live action for sure just for the amount of details and story it has

Honestly a good monster 3 would be Johan and Anna Vs Furr trying to the world back in order

Yea i really don't like how it was confirmed that Johan never escaped and is still in a coma, it ruins all the ambiguity of the ending. Although the rest of the book was great, that detail broke a lot of the enjoyment for me

I think the sequel should be Kenzo, Eva, Lunge and a few others, Maybe Dieter??? trying to stop the new experiment.

The mbmbam joke made me so unreasonably excited

greatest anime ever

i have a something to suggest for a video for you as a fellow monster fan i have the dvd and the manga and i have been trying to find the another monster novel but i cant find it and while i was looking at your monster videos i noticed that their was a few more things of monster that i dont have like that book awakening monster and i forgot about the sound track of monster what im trying to get at is that there are monster media out there that some fans dont know about or forgot about so i was woundering if you could make a video about stuff monster fan collectors would love to watch or read about the series ....again like awakening monster i didnt about that book til i saw your video of course their is the anime the manga another monster ( which i have downloaded the fan made novel) the sound track and ......im not sure again their is the awakening monster but i dont know where to find it and also billy bat too as a fellow monster fan id like to ask you what media monster fans should check out or get in their collection

Not gonna lie i enjoy it more then monster because the theme is so much more dark and mysterious. Cant get enough of it in yt so im gonna read it. And re read it probably a few times

I must know more

Nice snatcher background during the clinic scene

One question is do we get new informations after the last episode from monster or is this a new story like an ,,another moster,, because it would be boring without the context from older stuff

So if Johan had been confirmed to still be in a coma, what's with the hospital bed being empty at the end of the original series?

I believe the empty bed meant that he was finally free because he finally learned his real name.

You can stick to your axis. Even if someone moves it.

They need to made anime of this

Tbf this “case being investigated here” could be argued as happening before the death/escape of Johan which is why he’s still in a coma when it’s written when it comes to the overall story.

Another Monster anime should have take place in the United States.Starting in San Francisco, California.

Imagine if a fan after reading this book and watching monster anime will become the next monster......

a one hour long amazing video with only 2000 views smh

Did they ever sell the book in English? I read the book as a PDF from the wiki

What about the scene where johan was talking to tenma about his mother giving him away to France bonaparta ? Was that just tenma day dreaming or johan just got a power to communicate despite being in coma ?

I wonder if you read message to adolf its very very similar to monster even i think monster its inspired by it since osamu tezuka is naoki's role model

Can anyone tell me why this book hasn't gotten an anime adaptation yet like Monster did?

The monster inside me is going to explode

I have a question regarding to your explanation that Johan is in Coma then how is he able to escape from that hospital in the last episode or in the last chapter?🤔

Will there be a second season to the anime?

The sleeping monster= 43:30

I really wanna know what happened to Johan after monster

It make more sense Fanzs Bonaparte like Johan mom. I feel for his dad.

Wow

Everyone is a Monster : another sequel of sequel

I wonder what will happen if Johan meets Herman Fuhr.