| Monster (manga) | So-so | I was collecting this as it was released by viz and got up to volume 6 before I gave up on it getting any good. I think maybe when I started reading this my expectations were a little high seeing as I loved 20th century boys so much. I know everyone goes on about how this a masterpiece of pacing, art, plot, etc, but I just found it completely un engaging. The Baby, the white supremacist villain (named after a song by the black motown group the ronettes, go figure), was just silly and the formula of:
Tenma comes every ones like "oh my god he's WANTED",
Tenma saves everyone / teaches them to live life to the fullest,
They then nobly save tenma and get misty eyed as they help him on his way.
Honestly I feel this series reads like a sub par action thriller, sure its different from most manga but that does not always mean better. |
