In the thirty-first episode of Monster<\/i>, Tenma makes preparations. Intrigued? Then it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time for Mark to watch Monster<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Oh no, THIS CAN\u00e2\u20ac\u2122T END WELL.<\/p>\n
Gillen and Reichwein<\/b><\/p>\n
There are essentially two stories unfolding here, even if they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re both dealing with the subject of Johan. Tonally, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re so different, too, and it took me until I was writing this review to figure out what I think is going on with Tenma. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get to that in a second, as I wanted to start with the case that Dr. Gillen and Dr. Reichwein are attempting to build against Johan. I kinda perfectly made the comment in the previous review that no one thus far had been able to produce actionable<\/i> evidence against Johan. I appreciated, though, that Dr. Reichwein wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really focusing on that. Instead, after hearing Tenma\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s story, his reassurance is completely different: he wanted Tenma to know that he was no longer alone. Sitting with that thought now, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m realizing just how profound that is. Dr. Reichwein knew that this experience had<\/i> to have been an incredibly lonely one for Tenma. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just being a fugitive, but having everyone judge him as a serial killer on sight. Throughout it all, no one<\/i> believed him either, aside from some characters who are now dead and a CHILD. And what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more isolating than not being believed, especially about something this huge?\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I also appreciated that Dr. Reichwein helped out with the logistical challenge that Tenma was facing: he had nowhere to stay! So now he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got a hiding place, at least for the moment, and Dieter has some stability. Well\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 okay, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really say that, can I? Knowing the ending? So maybe this stability has already fallen apart, but I still wanted to point out how dope this was.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The other major thing that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening involves another surprise appearance. Seriously, there are so many secondary and tertiary characters at this point that I need to just accept that anyone living could make a re-appearance on this show. Despite that I expected him to return at some point, I was still very surprised to see Inspector Lunge. I assume that the stories surrounding Braun are what brought Lunge in? Either way, his questioning of Dr. Gillen was agonizing to watch. (Not as bad as the end of the previous episode, but still tense.) Was Lunge here to implicate other people in this crime? Because that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what I became worried about as I watched Lunge hone in on Dr. Gillen: What if he wanted to arrest Dr. Gillen on aiding and abetting charges, or something like that? And what if putting that pressure on someone else would help him get closer to Tenma??? Right??? It makes a lot of sense!<\/p>\n I expected Lunge to turn up the heat in his relentless pursuit of Tenma. I did not expect Dr. Gillen to flip the script, to start talking about Lunge\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s inherent bias and inability to be a perfectly objective judge, and then GET LUNGE TO ADMIT THAT MAYBE HE\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S WRONG? I was genuinely shocked! He hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t outright admitted it, but the fact that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s now left it open as a possibility feels huge<\/i>. Even though Dr. Gillen doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really know Lunge that<\/i> well, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear he knows him enough to be aware of what a massive change this is. I think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s why he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s willing to take Lunge to Munich with him; he believes he has cracked through that obsessive exterior.<\/p>\n The real question is, though: Is Lunge actually going to change his mind?<\/p>\n Dr. Tenma<\/b><\/p>\n I remarked on video that Dr. Tenma looked extra <\/i>fucked up this episode, and I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t initially figure out why his mood was so off. It took two things later in the episode for me to start to piece together what we actually saw here. My theory is that after Dr. Tenma rescues Dr. Reichwein, he learns that Jovan has, more or less, started living a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153normal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d life. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m still reeling from how simply Tenma puts it: this is the first time he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seen Johan in broad daylight. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so normal<\/i>. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s out living amongst other people, not hiding in the shadows. And I get why this weirds Tenma out! Everything he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s experienced with Johan or seen Johan do or heard<\/i> about is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 well, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fucking dark and evil and terrible and messed up. And yet, here he is, strolling alongside one of the richest men in Germany, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doing it all out in the open.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Which leads me to the other thing I think is going on: Tenma is so muted or sad in this episode because he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s quietly grappling with the reality that he may have to kill Johan real<\/i> soon. I attribute this epiphany of mine to the scene of him buying a sniper rifle, as well as Dieter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tearful plea to Reichwein to stop Tenma. In both those scenes, the show establishes that Tenma might actually be crossing a threshold he has only previous spoken about. But did anyone actually<\/i> believe he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d do it? Well, now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m starting to. A sniper rife??? A SNIPER RIFLE. Oh my god, is he actually going to attempt it? Will he be able to overcome his own very real fear that he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll become a murderer himself? That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stopped him before, but what about NOW?<\/p>\n The video for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In Broad Daylight\u00e2\u20ac\u009d can be downloaded here for $0.99<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mark Links Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n – The paperback edition of my debut, ANGER IS A GIFT, is now OUT!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>If you’d like to stay up-to-date on all announcements regarding my books, sign up for my newsletter<\/a>! DO IT.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the thirty-first episode of Monster, Tenma makes preparations. Intrigued? 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