Monster  

Kenzou Tenma was a famous Japanese neurosurgeon who worked in post-war Germany. He faced a tough decision when he had to choose between operating on an orphan boy, Johan Liebert, who was near death, and the mayor of Düsseldorf. Despite the risks, Tenma decided to save Johan, which cost him his reputation and even his fiancée's love. Later, after Heinemann, the hospital director, was killed, Tenma got a chance to redeem himself by becoming the head of the surgical department and being close to becoming the director himself. However, things took a dark turn when he became involved in a series of gruesome murders that had been happening throughout Germany. The killer was none other than the same monster that Tenma had saved nine years ago.

Monster won the Grand Prize at the 3rd annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 1999, as well as the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category in 2000.The series was published in English by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint from February 21, 2006 to December 16, 2008, and again in 2-in-1 omnibuses (subtitled The Perfect Edition) from July 15, 2014 to July 19, 2016. The manga was also published in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics/Planet Manga from June 2012 to April 2015, in Polish by Hanami from March 2014 to February 2017, in Spain by Planeta Cómic from June 16, 2009 to September 21, 2010, and in Argentina by LARP Editores.