Monster

Dr. Kenzou Tenma is a brilliant neurosurgeon poised for a comfortable rise through his hospital’s ranks, bolstered by his engagement to the director’s daughter. That path fractures when he’s ordered to abandon one patient in favor of operating on a celebrated performer—an “easy” decision for the institution, but one that leaves a poor immigrant worker dead and Tenma shaken by guilt.

When the dilemma returns, Tenma refuses to compromise and chooses to save a young boy, Johan Liebert, over the town’s mayor. The decision costs him his standing, until a string of mysterious deaths—among them the hospital director and two doctors—suddenly restores his position, with no proof tying Tenma to the crimes. Years later, after he saves the life of a criminal, the consequences of his earlier choice resurface: Tenma comes face to face again with the “monster” he once operated on, and sets out to pursue the truth and atone for the devastation that followed.