MONSTER
Manga
MONSTER
1994/12/05
Character count330,668
Word count145,557
Unique words12,608
Words (1-occurrence)5,883
Unique kanji1,760
Kanji (1-occurrence)284
Difficulty beta
Hard
Volumes18
External Rating
90 %

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 count26,140
Word count11,666
Unique words2,879
Words (1-occurrence)1,684
Unique kanji968
Kanji (1-occurrence)291
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 2
Character count19,968
Word count8,653
Unique words2,242
Words (1-occurrence)1,317
Unique kanji792
Kanji (1-occurrence)264
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 3
Character count23,057
Word count10,090
Unique words2,451
Words (1-occurrence)1,430
Unique kanji833
Kanji (1-occurrence)276
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 4
Character count18,545
Word count8,271
Unique words2,081
Words (1-occurrence)1,231
Unique kanji753
Kanji (1-occurrence)279
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 5
Character count20,275
Word count9,071
Unique words2,239
Words (1-occurrence)1,316
Unique kanji819
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 6
Character count19,987
Word count8,808
Unique words2,211
Words (1-occurrence)1,326
Unique kanji806
Kanji (1-occurrence)283
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 7
Character count19,567
Word count8,523
Unique words2,180
Words (1-occurrence)1,271
Unique kanji782
Kanji (1-occurrence)275
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 8
Character count19,180
Word count8,355
Unique words2,334
Words (1-occurrence)1,421
Unique kanji817
Kanji (1-occurrence)265
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 9
Character count13,669
Word count5,882
Unique words1,718
Words (1-occurrence)1,042
Unique kanji658
Kanji (1-occurrence)243
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 10
Character count18,214
Word count7,898
Unique words2,223
Words (1-occurrence)1,325
Unique kanji774
Kanji (1-occurrence)238
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 11
Character count16,554
Word count7,248
Unique words1,862
Words (1-occurrence)1,069
Unique kanji760
Kanji (1-occurrence)264
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 12
Character count17,325
Word count7,620
Unique words2,065
Words (1-occurrence)1,198
Unique kanji793
Kanji (1-occurrence)277
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 13
Character count19,396
Word count8,477
Unique words2,252
Words (1-occurrence)1,336
Unique kanji811
Kanji (1-occurrence)260
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 14
Character count14,398
Word count6,389
Unique words1,697
Words (1-occurrence)997
Unique kanji630
Kanji (1-occurrence)247
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 15
Character count14,856
Word count6,415
Unique words1,679
Words (1-occurrence)976
Unique kanji660
Kanji (1-occurrence)253
Difficulty beta
Moderate
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 16
Character count18,266
Word count8,163
Unique words2,045
Words (1-occurrence)1,163
Unique kanji780
Kanji (1-occurrence)241
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 17
Character count16,384
Word count7,311
Unique words1,944
Words (1-occurrence)1,132
Unique kanji704
Kanji (1-occurrence)233
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary
Volume 18
Character count14,887
Word count6,717
Unique words1,829
Words (1-occurrence)1,114
Unique kanji736
Kanji (1-occurrence)271
Difficulty beta
Hard
DetailsVocabulary