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REVIEW: Monster Episodes 61-74 Streaming

(why, for instance, Johan extinguishes a whole town when his aim is the assassination of one man)

Great review of one of my favorite series... i do wonder though did they ever mention anything regarding that New Line Cinema bid for a movie adaptation or is it in development hell?

His preoccupation with namelessness is also the reason why the series dwells so much on "The Monster Without a Name" and why it ends on spoiler[Johan meeting with his mother, who DOES know his birth name--now that he knows it, he no longer has any reason to do the evil he does] and becomes peaceful and benevolent.

spoiler[The sphere wrinkles in your hands, the skin of the sphere peeling away into tears and turning into a rain of bronze that encircles you. Each droplet, each fragment that enters you, you feel a new memory stirring, a lost love, a forgotten pain, an ache of loss - and with it, comes the great pressure of regret, regret of careless actions, the regret of suffering, regret of war, regret of death, and you feel your mind begin buckling from the pressure - so MUCH, all at once, so much damage done to others... so much so an entire FORTRESS may be built from such pain. And suddenly, through the torrent of regrets, you feel the first incarnation again. His hand, invisible and weightless, is upon your shoulder, steadying you. He doesn't speak, but with his touch, you suddenly remember your name. ...and it is such a simple thing, not at all what you thought it might be, and you feel yourself suddenly comforted. In knowing your name, your true name, you know that you have gained back perhaps the most important part of yourself. In knowing your name, you know yourself, and you know, now, there is very little you cannot do.]