

Well, I just finished monster today and I really enjoyed it. I thought I
grasped the meaning to Johan suicide but after searching on the internet
people were writing different interpretations so I would like you to hear my
interpretation and correct me if I am wrong.

The second to last episode (episode 73) Johan and Nina recollected a memory in
which Franz said that the twins were not monsters and are special. By
recollecting this memory Johan attempted a suicide which will be led by
Tenma's hand.

My interpretation into why Johan wanted to commit suicide is because of the
recollected memory of Franz saying that they are special hence Johan at the
moment of recollecting that memory he cried because that's when he realized
what he was doing was wrong hence the suicide attempt and the reason why Nina
forgave him. Am I correct?


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Why did Johan want to commit suicide?


What I think happened in _Monster_ is, Johan was the nameless monster. Somehow
he might have concluded that the story always ends with the nameless monster
being the last person alive, so Johan planned the perfect suicide destroying
every trace of him. Now that Tenma learned his real name, I guess he thought
he was not the nameless monster anymore, so he committed suicide.

As for being psychopath, maybe it happened when he started to question himself
if he was the wanted child as the mother gave Nina to Bonaparte. At that
particular moment, he was reading that nameless monster story. Then I guess at
511 Kinderheim when he forgot everything, he became a loose nut and his memory
of wanting to be the nameless monster (last person alive) came back when he
read the book at the library, and then he planned the perfect suicide.

So I guess that's when the real story starts, and I also think that Nina
always had a clue of Johan wanting to be the nameless monster.


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