you may know "nothing" but still managed to talk for 40 min or so lol Definetely one of my favorite reaction of yours and your review made me even more excited for what is to come :)
petitcorbeau
2025-09-14 12:23:42 +0000 UTC
Johan executed him with his words alone.
Seni Adeyemi
2025-09-13 04:00:46 +0000 UTC
AHHHH milena's reactions in particular were so funny this episode, and yeah lol Johan is honestly an S tier manipulator, anything that happens in this show could hypothetically be linked to him because he's just that charismatic and good at convincing people to do things for him
Maria Silva
2025-09-13 01:59:05 +0000 UTC
17 min of reaction on an almost 1hour video, my god you girl are great, and yes "What the fuck was this episode" is a nice way to describe almost all Monster
Amadeus
2025-09-13 01:44:31 +0000 UTC
And 29 was correct. From episode 30 onward, you should watch as many as you want... :D
Robert Dirk H.
2025-09-13 01:23:01 +0000 UTC
This reaction and review is everything. One of my fave of yours! Thanks again, for choosing to watch Monster.
So many good questions in the review and I can't wait for you to watch more. Monster is like an iceberg, it gets deeper and complex the more episodes you watch.
P
2025-09-13 01:17:40 +0000 UTC
Johann is a really common first name, and Liebert is a common last name. Since Johann could have chosen any place in Germany, he basically had a pool of 80 million people to work with. He probably found multiple Johann Lieberts he could replace. Just let Milena google her own name. She’d see how many women in Serbia around her age pop up and then multiply it with 10 for Germany :D
As for Stefan Jost, the serial killer, he was probably someone Johan kept an eye on, just like many others connected to Kinderheim 511. And since Stefan Jost was a criminal, maybe he was part of Johann’s organization and was placed in Munich. That we don't know.
The only really funny coincidence is that Richard killed Stefan Jost and that he got dragged into Johann’s orbit because of Schubert.
Fun fact: “Johann” is actually my girlfriend’s favorite name if we ever have a son :D
Robert Dirk H.
2025-09-13 00:47:21 +0000 UTC
Here’s something from "Another Monster", a book of interviews with fictional characters from the Monster manga and anime:
[PAGE 74]
Richard Braun was a crack detective in the Munich Police Homicide Division. Richard was on the hunt for a serial killer on a streak of terror through Munich, and finally found his man: Stefan Jost. He identified his killer from a single wool ski cap that had been dropped at the scene of one of the murders. Richard chased Jost down at Theresienstrasse Station and eventually killed him after a fearsome shootout.
Agent Braun was hailed as a hero at considerable length by the media following his feat, but it was just a single letter published in one newspaper that turned his life upside down. The anonymous letter sent by a witness of the shootout claimed that Jost had been gunned down in cold blood after he dropped his weapon and raised his hands in surrender (The identity of the writer, though still unknown, is popularly rumored to be either Johan, or Braun's jealous partner). The police department held a public hearing and reopened the case in exchange for Richard Braun's resignation from the force, and the truth became hazy once again.
But Richard himself accepted interviews for countless papers, revealing that he himself had no recollection of how he shot Jost, and that he could not verify or refute the letter's claims. Later, one publication carried a statement from a station insider that said that in addition to being an extremely talented detective, Braun also had a severe problem with alcoholism, and that it was likely he was inebriated even as he chased Jost and shot him behind the train station. Agent Braun's response to this, aside from confirming his alcoholism, was no comment — once again, because he had no memory of the incident.
Eventually, several police-covering reporters wrote articles in defense of Richard Braun — extolling his strong sense of justice and morals, emphatically stating that he was no "Dirty Harry" figure who would kill a defenseless man, criminal or not... Finally, saturated with the topic of Richard Braun, the people of Bayern began to lose interest in the case, and the truth, still unknown, was never reported. But Richard himself had still lost his career and family, and was suffering with the effects of his alcoholism, a battle that threatened to consume him for the rest of his life.
It was Dr. Reichwein who stepped in to save him. The doctor advised Richard not to avert his eyes from the truth, but to face it head on.
In case you want to read "Another Monster":
https://ia601901.us.archive.org/18/items/manga_Monster_The_Investigative_Report/
But reminder: The interviews happen after the events in the anime, so obviously spoilers.
Robert Dirk H.
2025-09-13 00:09:02 +0000 UTC
Lowkey a top 10 lm reaction video. I looove that you guys are watching this show.
Komikall
2025-09-13 00:06:36 +0000 UTC
Episode 29?? What a time to be alive.
Migueru 7
2025-09-12 23:58:46 +0000 UTC
This a good time for a drink, don’t y’all think? :))
Jack SV
2025-09-12 23:54:40 +0000 UTC
Arguably the series' finest installment.
fionan franklin
2025-09-12 23:48:20 +0000 UTC
Does Johan kill simply because he's evil, or does he have a sense of justice behind it? This was one of the points that made my head hurt the most when I thought about it. When I first watched Monster, this episode was the first time I realized Johan's true power of manipulation. Until then, his reputation as a manipulator had only been described by others, and seeing him in action was shocking, truly psychologically terror, and this was just a glimpse of how far he can go. The scenes in the bar and the way Johan tells the story of the boy who was killed also left me quite disconcerted. I know he would kill Richard just because he's being investigated, but the way he defends the boy and presents the articles on children's rights is fascinating to me.
Bernardo
2025-09-12 23:47:24 +0000 UTC
really want to watch this but i still haven't watched ep 28 and it's almost 2 and tomorrow i work all day💀
sand_fl
2025-09-12 23:44:39 +0000 UTC
I screamed "FUCK YOU JOHAN" when I first saw this episode