Read this manga ‘Monster’. Over 15 times. Seriously good. Tops rurouni kenshin. Of course it belongs to the seinen category (Sorry Mr. Bhasin, can’t share your views on seinen and shonen).
For the uninitiated here is a wiki summary
The series follows Dr. Kenzo Tenma (天馬 賢三 Tenma Kenzo<?) as he pursues a young psychopath/sociopath named Johan, whose life Tenma once saved. The story rapidly progresses through a number of locations: it starts in Düsseldorf, Germany, passes through Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Wiesbaden, cities in the Czech Republic such as Prague, and other cities and villages.
Both anime and manga begin with a passage from The Revelation of St. John the Divine, Chapter 13: Verses 1 & 4
- And I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads, the names of blasphemy. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
The quote is often interpreted as the coming of the Antichrist. This quote is used because of the many parallels and comparisons between one of the main characters of Monster (Johan) and two candidates of the Antichrist as predicted by Nostradamus, the two were commonly Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler.
And here is the Guha summary.
It is awesome. And most Ludlumesque. If you like a good chase externally (covering Europe in fine and grand detail) and internally (the hero is an angsty neurosurgeon who had saved the life of the villain the world thinks doesn’t even exist outside his imagination) then this graphic novel would make your day.
Read it at onemanga.com
One of the few generals in history who never lost a battle
I do not. Understand. Manga-love.
Its like liking anything. You like SF (even I do). People don’t understand that.
Give manga a try. You might like it.
Sure, but it’ll be a while before I get there. My reading list currently extends beyond June, and I have to buy MORE books, AND I have been numbed by books. Haven’t been reading.
Try this: http://www.sheehanmiles.com/republic.html