One can also see the film Halloween being an influence on this series considering how Johan is much like Michael Myers, especially with the ending which I won't spoil here. Rudi double crossing the police and the reveal regarding Tenma's opinion of him were such a huge relief, and the latter was even a comical one at that!

It felt like not much happened and it focused more on some of the subplots than on the main plot (which I find to be the most interesting). This volume ends on a cliffhanger, and I'm sad I'll have to wait a little while to read the next one! A pesar de haber leído el tomo cuatro hace 5 meses aproximadamente, no necesité recordar cosas muy específicas para unirme a la historia y seguir disfrutándola.It's an interesting device to not have ever seen Johan outside of the hospital, or ever have him have any dialogue.

A maioria de seus personagens são alemães; o contexto leva em consideração, a todo momento, a figura de Hitler e os efeitos colaterais de destruição deixados pelo nazismo nesse caminho de ódio, intolerância e sangue. As long as it assuages my worries about its possible plot directions and explains the ending of this one, the next volume should be just as good. The suspense from Johan possibly being one of Tenma's multiple personalities, Tenma being betrayed, and whatever lies in the Kemp's mansion is killing me.I am also confused by why Tenma was a suspect for the murder of the Fortners rather than that in front of the Hiedelberg castle. This time we have the ever-smiling Herr Grimmer as he tracks the origins of the mysterious orphanage that seems to have birthed the Monster.