Naoki Urasawa's MONSTER: Review Discussion & Spoilercast

Naoki Urasawa's MONSTER: Review Discussion & Spoilercast

-- SPOILERS BEGIN AT 1HR, 5MIN MARK (1:05) -- Our review is Spoiler Free up until that point, so enjoy, watch the show and come back for the rest! Steve is recovering from a long weekend out of town, so Ryan and I decided to cover another massively critically acclaimed manga/anime by Naoki Urasawa that really made an impact on us: Monster. We cover Dr. Kenzo Tenma's journey to "right" the "wrong" that he feels he committed with a young-boy-turned-serial-killer: Johan Liebert. Monster is overflowing with rich themes, motifs, and challenging moments of characterization, all while turning, what is essentially, the classic tale of a wandering, vengeful samurai, on it's head, while exploring themes of generational truama, fascism vs. freedom, East vs. West, Healing vs. Killing, and what is the true nature of evil...ust to name a few. This bad boy comes in at a whopping 3 hours and 18 minutes, so we hope you enjoy this alternative to No Guts, No Glory: the Berserk Podcast! We'll be back with a new episode asap, but in the meantime, let us know what you thought of this episode, since we all consume a decent amount of content - anime or otherwise - and we're happy to do more of this if you all enjoy it.

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