MONSTER
Manga
MONSTER
1994/12/05
Character count331,599
Word count142,396
Unique words11,061
Words (1-occurrence)5,046
Unique kanji1,748
Kanji (1-occurrence)274
Difficulty beta
Moderate
Volumes18
External Rating
91 %

Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension. Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer’s identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. Dr. Tenma sets out on a journey to find the killer’s twin sister, who may hold some clues to solving the enigma of the “Monster.” (Source: Viz Media)

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Genres
Drama
Mystery
Psychological
Thriller
Tags
Seinen
Philosophy
Twins
Foreign
Male Protagonist
Detective
Adult Cast
Historical
Crime
Police
Medicine
Orphan
Suicide
Adoption
Non-Chronological
Gore
Assassins
Episodic
Subdecks
Volume 1
Character count26,215
Word count11,354
Unique words2,624
Words (1-occurrence)1,503
Unique kanji968
Kanji (1-occurrence)291
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count20,023
Word count8,576
Unique words2,074
Words (1-occurrence)1,188
Unique kanji792
Kanji (1-occurrence)264
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count23,134
Word count9,966
Unique words2,228
Words (1-occurrence)1,268
Unique kanji833
Kanji (1-occurrence)276
Difficulty beta
Easy
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count18,612
Word count8,106
Unique words1,881
Words (1-occurrence)1,076
Unique kanji753
Kanji (1-occurrence)279
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count20,311
Word count8,972
Unique words2,059
Words (1-occurrence)1,181
Unique kanji819
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count20,041
Word count8,733
Unique words2,059
Words (1-occurrence)1,204
Unique kanji806
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 7
Character count19,638
Word count8,366
Unique words1,971
Words (1-occurrence)1,121
Unique kanji782
Kanji (1-occurrence)275
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 8
Character count19,260
Word count8,184
Unique words2,060
Words (1-occurrence)1,187
Unique kanji817
Kanji (1-occurrence)265
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 9
Character count13,709
Word count5,766
Unique words1,564
Words (1-occurrence)938
Unique kanji658
Kanji (1-occurrence)243
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 10
Character count18,250
Word count7,456
Unique words1,954
Words (1-occurrence)1,136
Unique kanji774
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 11
Character count16,582
Word count7,035
Unique words1,685
Words (1-occurrence)944
Unique kanji760
Kanji (1-occurrence)264
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 12
Character count17,368
Word count7,339
Unique words1,876
Words (1-occurrence)1,075
Unique kanji793
Kanji (1-occurrence)277
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 13
Character count19,448
Word count8,236
Unique words2,029
Words (1-occurrence)1,171
Unique kanji811
Kanji (1-occurrence)260
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 14
Character count14,447
Word count6,254
Unique words1,512
Words (1-occurrence)873
Unique kanji630
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 15
Character count14,899
Word count6,314
Unique words1,522
Words (1-occurrence)858
Unique kanji660
Kanji (1-occurrence)253
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 16
Character count18,310
Word count8,104
Unique words1,893
Words (1-occurrence)1,060
Unique kanji780
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 17
Character count16,429
Word count7,055
Unique words1,739
Words (1-occurrence)988
Unique kanji704
Kanji (1-occurrence)233
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 18
Character count14,923
Word count6,580
Unique words1,689
Words (1-occurrence)993
Unique kanji736
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary