Because The Story Itself Was Meant To Prove That Johan Was Wrong

I don’t understand people who see Monster as a nihilist work, as if Johan was supposed to be right?

First off: I'm not well-versed in philosophy so I'm not sure as to what counts as nihilism but I absolutely don't think that the narrative of monster is that Johan was right

Because the story itself was meant to prove that Johan was wrong

While the story revolves around Johan, the moral of the story doesn't lie on his worldview but shown throughout the series by other characters—that is: even though the world is cruel, full of darkness, pain and suffering, we mustn't let it continue and consume us

Times and times again we were told and shown that we mustn't fall into despair and we can't let the darkness consume us because we have the power to prevent it from spreading further

I Don’t Understand People Who See Monster As A Nihilist Work, As If Johan Was Supposed To Be Right?

That we can still hold on to hope for a better future

Times and times again we were shown how people are saved by other people's kindness and intervention:

Dieter and Milosh were saved because Tenma and Grimmer cared about them and gave them compassion

Eva didn't get murdered because Martin refused to let himself be consumed by despair and choose compassion instead

Mikhail Petrov saved the children by raising them full of compassion

And in the end Johan didn't get what he wanted because he was wrong; he was wrong about the world (the world isn't just full of darkness), he was wrong about people (people are capable to act with compassion instead of cruelty and selfishness), and he was wrong about himself (he isn't a lost cause)

And that's what broke him: his lifelong beliefs were shattered by his sister's compassion and Tenma's refusal to kill

Again, I don't know what counts as nihilism, but:

TLDR: Monster is a story about how hope and compassion triumph over despair and cruelty

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1 year ago

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10 months ago

Like I COULD actually write it

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5 years ago

*love*

PSD COLORING # 1 | PIZZA TIME (dar créditos si lo usas).

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fortenik

5 months ago

OMG OMG OMG OH MY GOD

SO SWEET SHE LOOKS STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL AND LOOK HOW IN LOVE HE LOOKS AT HER

OMG THE LAST DRAWING HOT THEYRE BOTH SO HOT

Grimmer in suit IS DOING THINGS TO ME 🫦

Please hear this out

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Idk I LOVE the idea of Grimmer giving Tenma princess treatment 😭💗

okay so funny enough I got almost the same prompt back-to-back:

So I sort of took the two and did a couple sketches~ I thought these were both so sweet!

I thought it would be cute to see something more casual and something a little more ✨fancy~ and another excuse to draw Grimmer in suit too! I struggle a lot with choosing outfits, but I hope these capture the different aesthetics I was going for!

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fortenik

11 months ago

SO CUTE IM GONNA CRY 😭💗💗💗

forehead kissies for tenma from grimmer :) height diff advantage