Talk:Johan Liebert/@comment-77.235.135.88-20150903080407/@comment-173.63.86.71-20180107201805

Old thread, but I think it's completely possible for Johan to have poisoned the candies as a kid. Remember that at this point he's already murdered two couples and caused a huge massacre at Kinderheim 511. He also has memories of the massacre at the Red Rose Mansion from Nina, and I'm sure he's long figured out the people there were poisoned.

So the use of poison had to have crossed his mind at some point over the course of these events, and if he's cunning, manipulative, and ruthless enough to carry out the things he's already done, then killing a few doctors should be no big deal. It's even possible he's used poison before, maybe to kill the first couple or as "oil to the flame" in Kinderheim 511.

Either way, I think a kid like Johan is completely capable of sneaking out of bed, finding some muscle relaxant in the hospital, and poisoning some of the candy that were either sent to his room as gifts or just found around inside the hospital.

Just because Urasawa isn't obligated to give us the answers to every question doesn't make it a plot hole. And no, I highly doubt Johan had any supernatural powers, since Monster isn't exactly that kind of story. Maybe just intelligent, manipulative, deadly, and apathetic enough to seem borderline inhuman.