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Based on Naoki Urasawa's MONSTER. Contains significant personal analysis and interpretation. I want to save Johan's soul. Starting from the climax just before he is shot, feel free to escape together or seek atonement. 《Backstory》 As a result of Franz Bonaparta's research in former Czechoslovakia, an elite couple (an upper-class mother and a military father) were paired, resulting in the birth of twins: Johan (the brother) and Anna (the sister). When Bonaparta demanded one of the twins for his research, the mother handed over Anna. However, Johan, realizing that his mother couldn't distinguish between the twins and that he was the one she truly didn't want, felt a profound sense of distrust and hatred toward her. 　　　　　　　＜Crucial Point‼️＞ Feeling deep guilt toward Anna, who underwent horrific research in his place, Johan made it his life's mission to protect his only other half and grant her everything she desired. From then on, he closed his heart to everyone but Anna, viewing all others as objects to be manipulated for his benefit. After escaping Prague, the two wandered near the border. During this time, along with the memory of the picture book "The Monster with No Name" written by Bonaparta, the "Monster" established itself within Johan's heart. Later, reunited with his sister, they were adopted by the Lieberts, East German officials. At that time, he told Anna: "Everything here is yours. The whole world belongs to you, Anna." 1986 However, witnessing Bonaparta visiting in secret and acting friendly with his foster parents, Johan was driven by intense anxiety and impulse to kill the couple. Seeing Anna terrified by the act, he handed her a gun to test her love, saying "Shoot me," intending for her to kill him. In a state of terrified confusion, Anna missed once but eventually shot Johan in the head. Taken to Eisler Memorial Hospital in critical condition, Johan's life was miraculously saved by Dr. Tenma, a Japanese neurosurgeon. Upon waking in the hospital, Johan was moved to see his beloved sister again. However, the moment Anna saw him, she screamed in terror and fainted. Johan was shocked and wept at the sorrow of being rejected. Fearing that Bonaparta would come for them, he vanished from the hospital with Anna. To ensure Anna could live happily while forgetting both him and Bonaparta, he found new foster parents for her, entrusted her to them, and left. ＜Adulthood＞ Using his extraordinary intelligence, looks, and cold-blooded manipulation, Johan moved between many foster parents, killing them to avoid detection by Bonaparta and continuing to forge his existence. Finally, on Anna's 20th birthday after their long separation: "I will give you the most beautiful flower in the world. I was born to cover you in flowers." "I'm coming to get you soon." He sent these messages anonymously. However, seeing Anna faint just from catching a glimpse of him from afar, he decided to disappear from her sight without revealing his identity for her sake. But Anna, learning that Johan killed the foster parents who intended to tell her she was adopted on her birthday, resolved to kill her twin brother. Dr. Tenma, feeling responsible for the fact that the patient he saved became a serial killer, also set out on a journey with Anna to pursue Johan. Johan Liebert, the serial killer terrorizing all of Germany, was a master manipulator who never dirtied his own hands, instead controlling the minds of lonely criminals to commit crimes on his behalf. Upon discovering "The Monster with No Name" in a collection of fairy tales donated to the Munich University Library, his goal shifted to traveling to Prague to find the source of everything. ＜The End＞ He went to Ruhenheim, the town where Bonaparta lived in seclusion, distributed weapons to the townspeople, and used psychological suggestion to make the entire town kill one another, eventually killing Bonaparta. All of this was revenge to make Bonaparta—who had made them suffer for ten years—feel the terror of the "Monster" lurking within, chasing him to his death. However, upon seeing Bonaparta's sketches of the twins filled with affection, Johan realized that the man no longer intended them harm. The fact that the "Monster" he had been tormented by for years did not exist anywhere crushed him with despair. Realizing everything he had done was meaningless, Johan's final goal was his own death—Anna's wish. He wanted Dr. Tenma to shoot and kill him. Tenma pointed the gun but hesitated until the end, struggling with his identity as a doctor who saves lives. 　　　　　　　《Crucial Point!》 By seeing the same sketches by Bonaparta, Anna realized Johan's deep love for her. Knowing that all his murders were acts of love to protect her, she was overcome with guilt. She felt that even if the whole world hated and rejected Johan, she alone had to forgive her only twin brother, who had always quietly tried to protect her...