Thread:The-resident-psycho/@comment-26894845-20160307010119/@comment-5720516-20160308221813

woah yeah these are a lot. For starters I suggest you go to Tumblr, follow the Naoki Urasawa Monster tag or the Johan Liebert tag, it's a treasure trove of goodies, no shit!

Imma answer these to the best of my ability, but tumblr can do a better job than or check out this fan section that we have: http://obluda.wikia.com/wiki/Fan_Section

okay, let's break this down for comprehension:

'' (1) What drove Johan to the point of suicide? Did he finally realize what he had done, and the guilt, the ' ''memories of everything, or something else? If it was memories, why hasn't Nina commited suicide since it was actually her memories''? '''

- As far as the ending is concerned I don't believe Johan committed suicide, not in that self inflicted manner that you suggest. Johan is a showman and has this huge metaphorical balloon around him that I would assume he'd rather die with all the flair and audacity of being killed by a revered person than do the coward's way out. Guilt is something I'm positive he does not have in normal amounts (there can be little, but nothing much to compel him to actually learn to forgive.  He's a paradox). As for Nina, you should have observed by now that she is blessed with more forgiving brain chemicals and a generally psotive outlook. Memories are part of the past. and she has this drive to move forward.

(2) Why did Johan kill all of the townspeople? Why were the picture books so bad, and how/why did it impact the childrens thoughts, (especially Johan).

- Honestly, I have no idea what his other motives than recreating an interpretation of Bonaparta's Obluda. Storytelling, if done right, can really influence people. I've yet to scientifically uncover how they do that, but basically Bonaparta and Capek did well in it. I

(3) Did Franz Bonaparta have a change of heart, and if so, why?

- I'm gonna have to answer this with an all-time cliche: love. He had a change of heart because of his love for Viera after all the bad stuff were done and over.

(4) Why did Tenma save Johan again, even after everything that he did?

- He's a doctor, man. Does the hippocratic oath ring a bell?

Lol just kidding

I can only speculate that he saved him because he felt some sort of kinship to Johan because fuck it he saved him as a kid and almost lost his job and his sanity.

(5) Did Johan have a change of heart that caused him to feel sorry?

- I will never and we will never know. I really hope to hunt where urasawa lives to send hima  fanmail about his. We have no resolution!

(6) Did anything really happen at the red rose mansion other than what happened to Nina and the book readings? If not, than why were the book readings so terrible? If so, what did they do?

- Let me point you to this article I wrote here myself: http://obluda.wikia.com/wiki/The_Red_Rose_Mansion

(7) How could people that went to Kinderheim 511 turn out so differently (Johan and Grimmer)? Why did Johan try to erase everything, and all traces of his past?

- In psychology are two basic behavioral modification techniques: classical and operant conditioning. I suggest you read about those or listen carefully during your psychology class in college.

(8) Do you have any speculation based on the series of what the twins real names were?

- nothing that satisfies both canon information and implied events within the series. Again I point you to the Monste fandom on tumblr for a more satisfactpry answer.

(9) Should I read Another Monster? Does it offer any insight to the series?

- this is where you should believe everything that I write here: Read it, it provides a lot of canon insights. PM me and I'll find a way to scurry through my old college crap for a copy of that.