Monster, Vol. 1

Monster, Vol. 1
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421569062

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. Everyone faces uncertainty at some point in their lives. Even a brilliant surgeon like Kenzo Tenma is no exception. But there’s no way he could have known that his decision to stop chasing professional success and instead concentrate on his oath to save peoples’ lives would result in the birth of an abomination. The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension. Years later, in Germany during the tumultuous post-reunification period, middle-aged childless couples are being killed one after another. The serial killer’s identity is known. The reasons why he kills are not. Dr. Tenma sets out on a journey to find the killer’s twin sister, who may hold some clues to solving the enigma of the “Monster.”

First Love Monster, Vol. 1

First Love Monster, Vol. 1
Author: Akira Hiyoshimaru
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1975330617

When you find out who I really am...if you can still say you like me, then I'll be your boyfriend. When fifteen-year-old Kaho Nikaidou leaves her sheltered home to start life anew in Tokyo, the last thing she expects is to nearly get hit by a truck! Saved in the nick of time by a handsome stranger, Kaho falls head over heels for him and boldly confesses her feelings. The handsome object of Kaho's affection agrees to go out with her, but her newfound bliss is short lived when it turns out that her new boyfriend...is a fifth grader?!

Monster, Vol. 3

Monster, Vol. 3
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2015-01-20
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421569086

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. Could Johan have a dual personality, like Jekyll and Hyde? Tenma calls on Dr. Gillen, an authority on criminal psychology, to psychoanalyze Johan. But Dr. Gillen secretly concludes that it is not Johan but Tenma who has committed all the serial murders. Dr. Gillen then tries to lure Tenma into various traps, intending to use him in his own experiments. Karl, a student at Munich University, visits a blind billionaire every week to read books to him as a way to pay for school. One day he encounters another young man named Johan who once did the same job for the billionaire. From that point on, strange events continue to befall Karl. Who is this young man named Johan? Is he the Johan that we know?

Monster, Vol. 9

Monster, Vol. 9
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2016-07-19
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421569147

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. Once upon a time, a monster in disguise lived in a peaceful little town in a peaceful little valley. The monster cut all ties to evil and began helping the people of the town. But one day, some devilish messengers came to visit. The town was suddenly enveloped in a miasma of fear, and the people began to kill each other. The messengers had come to the town with one goal in mind: to capture the monster named Franz Bonaparta! How can a real person become nothing more than fiction? By eliminating everyone who has ever known them, everyone who has ever known of their past—by becoming the only one in the world who knows of their existence. One man attempted to do this, trying to commit the perfect suicide. But he failed to wipe out all traces of his former life, and in this failure, he became the nameless Monster.

Monster, Vol. 5

Monster, Vol. 5
Author: Naoki Urasawa
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2015-07-21
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781421569109

Johan is a cold and calculating killer with a mysterious past, and brilliant Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Conspiracy and serial murder open the door to a compelling, intricately woven plot in this masterwork of suspense. “Once upon a time, there lived a monster without a name. He wanted a name very badly. So one day he made up his mind to set out on a journey to find a name.” How could this strange Czech children’s story have upset Johan so much? Does the book hold any clues to the mystery of Johan’s birth? One mystery leads to another as events unfold. The border police spot Tenma when he tries to smuggle himself into the Czech Republic to look for Johan’s mother. With the help of Grimmer, a freelance journalist, Tenma manages a narrow escape. Though the two men part without discussing what brought them together, Grimmer is also deeply interested in the same thing Tenma is looking for—511 Kinderheim, which once existed in East Germany. The story moves to the streets of Prague…

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Vol. 1

Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Vol. 1
Author:
Publisher: Viz
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2006-02-21
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781591166412

Dr. Kenzo Tenma saves the life of Johan, a young boy who grows up to become a serial killer with secret ties to the government, and Tenma, finding himself implicated as the main suspect in a series of murders, sets out to find and stop Johan.

Tomodachi x Monster Vol. 1

Tomodachi x Monster Vol. 1
Author: Yoshihiko Inui
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2019-10-17
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1642755842

A mysterious voice beckons Narimiya Wataru, a lonely sixth grader, luring him into the mountains outside his rural Japanese village. There, Wataru meets a strange new friend, “Peke,” a bizarrely cute creature with cross stitches over its mouth. Wataru soon learns that there is a hidden world of monsters that partner with young children, and together, they enter horrifying death matches. Watch what really happens when kids with no conscience get hold of cuddly little killers to do their bidding.

My Contract With the Apothecary Monster, Volume 1

My Contract With the Apothecary Monster, Volume 1
Author: Ayaka Sakuraze
Publisher: TOKYOPOP
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2024-09-27
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1427881715

In this world, monsters consume a person's lifespan in exchange for granting their every wish. However, Nea's mysterious "apothecary" monster seems uninterested in consuming hers. After wandering into the land of Weem, Nea is offered the illustrious position of Songbearer, and forms a contract with Dino — a monster as beautiful as he is powerful. While Nea adjusts to her role (and Dino's peculiar brand of companionship) she is tasked with the search for the Grimmdoll Chain: an artifact in possession of the elusive Masked Monster. If not her lifespan, what will Dino require of her in exchange for her wishes...?

Soara and the House of Monsters Vol. 1

Soara and the House of Monsters Vol. 1
Author: Hidenori Yamaji
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2023-09-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Soara is a young orphan girl who was raised by knights and trained to fight against marauding monsters. By the time Soara is old enough to join the fray, her blade is no longer needed, as peace has been declared with monsters. Searching for a new calling, Soara stumbles upon Kirik the dwarf, Architect of the Monster World. Suddenly, instead of fighting monsters, Soara finds herself working alongside Kirik to build comfortable homes for monsterkind! In the course of her new career, will Soara find a home for herself?