Monster Volume 11 : The Dead Angle Monster Chronicle - Page 5 - "Who can become like this beast?" "Who can oppose the beast, and fight him?" 1986 W. Germany Dusseldolf [should be Dusseldorf] (All of the terror began when the Japanese brain surgeon Kenzo Tenma saved the life of a young boy...) Kenzo Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon, working at the Eisler Memorial Hospital in Germany, saves the life of Johan, a young boy and one of a pair of twins. Because he chooses to perform that operation instead of working on the mayor of Dusseldorf, brought in at the same time, he bears the responsibility of the mayor's eventual death and finds himself in a political predicament. However, with the mysterious death of several of his superiors, he is promoted. 9 years later, the missing Johan reappears and declares the murders of the hospital director and others to be his own work. Tenma chases Johan, while being pursued for crimes he is innocent of. DIAGRAM --------- KENZO TENMA [doctor in medical garb] "I'll save you!!" Japanese brain surgeon working at Eisler Memorial Hospital. Expected to have a bright future. EVA [pretty woman, r of Tenma] The only daughter of Director Heinemann, and Kenzo Tenma's fiancee. Hysteric personality. DIRECTOR HEINEMANN [old man w/glasses] Director of the Eisner Memorial Hospital. Very ambitious and concerned with his own success. JOHAN LIEBERT (brother) / ANNA LIEBERT (sister) [two children] Twin children(?) of Michael Liebert, the East German Trade Advisor who fled to West Germany. RELATIONS ----------- Tenma <-> Eva : Engaged Tenma -> Director Heinemann : Works for Tenma -> J. & A. Liebert : Doctor of - Pages 6 & 7 - 1996 Germany Munich (Several unsolved murder cases in the state of Bayern... and the connection to a major financier?!) The former-cop-turned-detective, Richard, is hired by the wealthy Schuwald to find his illegitimate son in Munich. He believes that several murders over the past few years are the work of a single person, and somehow related to Schuwald. He suspects Schuwald's young secretary, Johan... at the same time, Tenma confirms that this Johan is the same Johan he is searching for. He plans to assassinate Johan in a library, but Johan sets the building ablaze and disappears... DIAGRAM --------- TENMA [man holding gun] A surgeon being chased by the police for a crime he didn't commit. Is on a journey to kill the monster he saved with his own hands. DIETER [wide eyed boy] A boy traveling with Tenma. Was abused by a former East German polititian. AGENT LUNGE [smirking man below Dieter] "Tenma is guilty." A talented German BKA agent tenaciously chasing Tenma, whom he believes is guilty of serial murder. HANS GEORG SCHUWALD [old man, sunken cheeks] A wealthy financier, known as "The Vampire of Bayern". DR. GILLEN [blond man, chubby cheeks] A criminal psychologist and scholar. Tenma's college classmate. DR. REICHWEIN [old, round man w/glasses] A psychologist, and counselor of the private detective Richard. MARGOT LANGER [woman w/long wavy hair] A former prostitute. Died mysteriously. KARL NEUMAN [scowling young man] A student at Munich University. Schuwald's illegitimate son, looking for his father. RICHARD BROWN [square-faced, frowning man] Former cop, now a detective. His heart is heavy from a serial murder investigation and a divorce. NINA FORTNER (aka ANNA LIEBERT) [sad young woman w/long straight hair] Johan's younger twin sister. Quits college and leaves on a journey to kill her brother. JOHAN LIEBERT [smiling, attractive young man] Twin child. A "monster" possessing an extraordinary intellect. RELATIONS ----------- Lunge -> Tenma : Chasing Dieter -> Tenma : Affection for Tenma -> Schuwald : Saved Tenma <-> Gillen : College classmates Tenma -> Reichwein : Former student of Tenma -> Johan : Chasing Gillen -> Reichwein : Former student of Reichwein -> Richard : Counselor of Schuwald -> Richard : Hired for investigation Schuwald -> Johan : Hired as secretary Schuwald <=> Margot Langer : Lovers Schuwald/Margot -> Karl : Illegitimate Child Richard -> Karl : Investigating Nina <=> Johan : Twins Nina -> Johan : Chasing 1996 Czechoslovakia Plague [should be Prague] (What awaits in Prague, the land where the secrets of Johan's birth are hidden?!) Johan's twin sister Nina finds the one clue left behind by Johan, the storybook "The Nameless Monster", and realizes that he is going to Prague in the Czech Republic. Tenma hears that "the twins' mother is living in Prague" from Schuwald and heads there as well. Along the way he meets a newswriter named Grimmer, who is searching for the truth behind Kinderheim 511. Grimmer is suspected of a murder in Prague, and thus meets Agent Suk. Behind this string of events is a tape in which "Johan" tells about his past...!! DIAGRAM --------- GRIMMER [thin man w/bag] A reporter searching for information on the East German special orphanage "Kinderheim 511". Saves Tenma on a train to Prague. INSPECTOR ZEMAN [very round man] A corrupt police officer with ties to the former Czechoslovakian secret police. PETROV (aka REINHART BIERMANN) [hollow cheeks, staring eyes] Former director of the East German "Kinderheim 511". JAN SUK [young man w/blond hair] A subordinate of Inspector Zeman. A young policeman in Prague. RELATIONS ----------- Grimmer -> Petrov : Collecting information about Zeman -> Grimmer : Tortured Suk -> Zeman : Works under - Monster Chronicle Volume 11 End -