I Would Like You To Remember That…

Interpret this however you want idk,, saw a picture on Pinterest and immediately had to shoot it with the monster beam

— KENZO TENMA —

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

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

OH TO BE TENMA HES SO PURE AND SWEET AND WOFKWJDWSS 😭🗿

quick grimmer sketching from memory ˊᵕˋ

ITS COMING YALL

Source: Official Pluto anime Twitter

A visual for the Pluto anime unveiled at the AnimeJapan 2023 convention on March 24, 2023.

This is brand new artwork by Naoki Urasawa.

NNNGH OOO MYYY

I LOVE THISSSS

They’re so precious to meeee

some sketches from december~

Mermay is closeeee i think this year I’m translating my Guriten mermaid AU fic into English hehehe

Tenma is mine but I’m willing to share him with Grimmer

Honestly writing a first kiss scene feels like this

Chapter 24 context 🫡

I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

I want them to be HAPPY I want ONLY good things for them