I’m a bit farther along but I’m still not sure why he told her to shoot him in the head...
By then he already had killed other families/parents but probably in a less conspicuous manner, so he’s already very smart and dangerous but even so telling her to shoot him in the head seems like a really big gamble.
He obviously realized that him getting shot would add to the police looking at the murder as a robbery gone wrong and that people would try to save a young boy hurt by such a terrible crime.
Making her throw the gun away also adds to the robbery gone wrong, as well as making sure that after saving him people would keep the twins together but it’s also the one redeeming thing about him that he (in a seriously twisted way) loves his sister.
Poor Mauler, dude was gonna turn his life around, Urasawa is really great at introducing characters fast and making them feel like real people.
Kay Bee Baby
2020-05-01 13:19:36 +0000 UTC
I love it, can't believe I had never heard of this series. Going into it blind makes it even better as well, every episode feels like a total dumptruck of reveals, yet none of them feel forced or unnatural.
Nick Graves
2020-04-30 23:46:42 +0000 UTC
I believe the same thing, it makes sense, enjoying Monster so far Nick?
The Zen Reaction
2020-04-30 14:37:06 +0000 UTC
a part of me wants to believe that Johan told her to throw the gun away so that the police wouldn't think she shot him, and that a doctor would save him feeling sorry for him, abusing the kindness to survive.