The Popular Monster in the title is actually a song by FIR, a kind of aggressive, fighting Monster.
If the Monster in John's body is like the one in this song, then the tragedy after that can be largely avoided. Because the me and my Monster in the song are in a state of confrontation, while John and his Monster devour each other.
Because when the Monster in John awakened, he was still too young, he didn't have a real self-awareness, and he didn't have the power to make the real "me" fight against the monster. When his mother had to decide whether to send him or his sister away, he had a self-doubt, was it really him who his mother wanted to send away? In constant self-denial and doubt he was swallowed by a monster, a monster without a name.
Urasawa Naoki's narrative ability is very strong. Although I only watched 74 episodes of anime, I can clearly feel that his works are like a Ukiyo-e, depicting all kinds of living beings, and there is no particularly prominent one. A character, on the contrary, every character is very distinct, and a wonderful story is compiled in the interaction of these characters, and the characters serve the story, that is, the story > the characters. In many modern hot-blooded comics, what you will see more is that the entire plot is only for the protagonist. In order to describe how the protagonist becomes stronger, he arranges a bunch of conventional plots to let him fight monsters and upgrade. Such works are lost. Soul.
Going back to Urasawa Naoki's narrative, the slow-paced rhythm will make it boring to watch in the early stage, and the fragmented clues and foreshadowing will begin to link up in the later stage, and the end of the world line will all come together. The most impressive thing is his first and last echoes.
Because he firmly believes that human life is equal, Tianma first rescued John who was shot in the head, so he lost his fiancee Ava, offended the dean, and was marginalized in the hospital.
The twins, John, was shot and killed by his sister Nina. "For a long, long time, there were only two people in this world, he and his sister. They held hands and kept walking, walking." It can be said that the sister is all that John is, the person in this world who really knows his name. But at this time, even his sister abandoned him, and even his sister wanted him to die. At this time, John was on the verge of a mental breakdown, and in a coma, he heard Tianma's hatred for the dean. The Monster in his body became bigger, and he no longer needed his original self. Tianma woke up and woke up a Monster, a story that begins as a result.
And in the epilogue, when Tenma is about to shoot John (though Tenma will never actually shoot), John is shot in the head by a drunk trying to protect his son. At this time, Tianma still chooses to save the Monster who was awakened by him, because he always believes that human life is equivalent, and a doctor has no way to decide his life or death based on his own judgment of the good and evil of this person. John was rescued again, but remained in a coma. At the end of the film, Tianma told the comatose John that his mother actually loved him very much, and told him the real name that his mother gave him. At this moment, John found his name, found himself, and ended up in an empty hospital bed.
The tendency to insist on talking about the ending of the story is already obvious. John was forgiven by his sister, realized that he was loved, and found his name. The real John has eaten the monster (it may also be repeated in the days to come.) now), Karikali, screeching, crunching, screeching.
What followed was John's own life.
The memory of why John swallowed his sister wasn't actually because he was the sister-in-law. True, he loves his sister, but if the protagonist's character is only explained by a sister-in-law, it would be a big failure. A very important clue in the story is the fairy tale "Monster without a Name",
A long, long time ago, somewhere, there was a monster without a name. The monster wanted a name very, very much. So the monster went on a journey to find a name. However, because the world is so big, the monster splits into two and embarks on a journey. One goes east, one goes west.
The one to the east is John, who has been devouring others, trying to get a name, and in fact, trying to find his self. John, who was born as an experiment, did not get the correct guidance and love he needed in his childhood, lost his ability to empathize, and turned into an incarnation of evil. The 511 experiment was designed to obliterate humanity and shape the so-called elite, and John was the perfect one. work. There is no way to understand him from the perspective of a "normal person", so he has always called himself a monster, and is also called akuma (demon) by many people, but there are still essential differences between monsters and demons. A deformed species understood by people, while demons are pure evil. John is probably based on wandering between the two. Fortunately, he finally learned how to be a "monster" that can only integrate into human society, but who knows if he will be like a fairy tale. As in the picture book, he was possessed by the prince for a long time, and in the end he couldn't help but ate everyone in the castle. Childhood trauma is not so easy to heal, let alone this kind of annihilation of human nature, which can be substituted into Freud's theory, but I don't like him, so I won't go into details.
The ending of the story is already perfect in that scene, and no one knows how the story will develop in the future. If in the days to come, Nina, Tianma and the people around him can love him well, then he has a high probability of becoming a A real "person", but the story can no longer be written at this point. What John has done cannot be easily forgiven. He can only escape and continue to be alone. He is out of tune with this world. It is a tragedy, and being redeemed is still a tragedy, but this is also the charm of his character, very unique, the author's portrayal is actually very full, but basically it is side description and dark lines, and the audience should analyze it by themselves.
This long review was written in two parts. After almost a month, I will fill it in when I think of another hole. Every character in it is worth analyzing. The absurd, exaggerated, and dramatic life always makes people feel good. With infinite yearning, everyone who lives toward death will become a better version of themselves.
good luck.
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