Urasawa Naoki - Monster, vol. 08-12
Tue, Jul. 3rd, 2007 02:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterThis is still not quite as awesome as 20th Century Boys, but it's pretty darn close. I'm just in awe of how quickly Urasawa can make me care about a just-introduced character and how insanely he plots. He manages a giant cast of characters and crazy complex plots like no one else.
Grimmer! I love Grimmer so much! I love his constant smile and the monster inside and his not knowing what expression to use.
Also, I am eating up the Suk-Tenma connections with a spoon. I love the doubling and the layers, and also of Grimmer as a foil both to Tenma and to Johan (the good man and the monster within). And that creepy Czech children's story! And the fire! And Tenma rescuing people in the fire!
One of the things that I really like about Urasawa's series so far is how moral his protagonists are. It's really interesting watching them navigate their worlds and try to do the right thing while a million people are after them to stop.
Johan crossdressing! Awesome.
I continue to love Nina, and now that Eva has showed up, I'm really curious to see where things will go! Urasawa hasn't had many female characters in the series I've read, but he takes really good care of the ones he does have (Kanna! Much Kanna love).
And now that the plot demon has grabbed me by the throat, I mostly just want to go home and tear through the next six volumes so I can find out more about that creepy nursery and the casette tape and the three frogs and twins everywhere!
Grimmer! I love Grimmer so much! I love his constant smile and the monster inside and his not knowing what expression to use.
Also, I am eating up the Suk-Tenma connections with a spoon. I love the doubling and the layers, and also of Grimmer as a foil both to Tenma and to Johan (the good man and the monster within). And that creepy Czech children's story! And the fire! And Tenma rescuing people in the fire!
One of the things that I really like about Urasawa's series so far is how moral his protagonists are. It's really interesting watching them navigate their worlds and try to do the right thing while a million people are after them to stop.
Johan crossdressing! Awesome.
I continue to love Nina, and now that Eva has showed up, I'm really curious to see where things will go! Urasawa hasn't had many female characters in the series I've read, but he takes really good care of the ones he does have (Kanna! Much Kanna love).
And now that the plot demon has grabbed me by the throat, I mostly just want to go home and tear through the next six volumes so I can find out more about that creepy nursery and the casette tape and the three frogs and twins everywhere!