{"id":356,"date":"2006-02-01T21:26:21","date_gmt":"2006-02-02T05:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=356"},"modified":"2006-02-01T21:26:21","modified_gmt":"2006-02-02T05:26:21","slug":"monster-episode-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"Monster – episode 73"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Landscape of the End”<\/p>\n

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Monster<\/I> is about to come full circle. A deceptively quiet episode of monochromatic proportions. You do not get to choose how you will die; Johan will choose how you die, and when.<\/p>\n

You bet there are spoilers!<\/b>
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\nAs Tenma and Poppe prepare to help Lunge, they find Wim behind them … when they turn to lead him away, they see Johan standing across the street, asking Tenma to shoot.<\/p>\n

Well, what an episode. Johan was much less chatty than I had hoped, but I was not really surprised that he had little to say other than “shoot me”, which he didn’t even vocalise at first. The first half of this episode was almost entirely in black and white, with only interruptions from the drab red of blood.<\/p>\n

I really don’t know what else to say about this; Johan had an other-worldly look about him, that made me wonder just how long it’s been since he and Tenma last came face to face. Nina telling Tenma that he did the right thing was good, but both of them looked so empty. I entertained a fear that Tenma would be put away. The Landscape part was quite thrilling, and once more gives justification for certain parts of the OP; I don’t really feel sympathy for Roberto, but at least I got to see tears in rain.<\/p>\n

Poppe’s words to Nina in her childhood are nothing short of confusing; it is difficult to forget seeing people die all at once. I really can’t see what Poppe was aiming at. Consumed by love, he still went too far. The twins were beyond breaking point, and he was largely instrumental in their breaking. Now I suppose I’ll never know.<\/p>\n

On a rather less significant note for the overall story, it was sweet to see the Hennichs getting along. I suppose that if your marriage can survive a town wide massacre, it can survive anything.<\/p>\n

I shouldn’t be surprised that the final confrontation was so understated, but … I am. Once you get rid of all of Johan’s supporters, all you’ve got is Johan. He wanted only one thing, and from only one person; I suppose he wasn’t open for discussion.<\/p>\n

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