Monster Volume 12 : The Rose Mansion 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... 1996 Czechoslovakia Plague [should be Prague] (A battle in Prague to retrieve "Johan's Tape". Who is the monster after all?!) Nina arrives in Prague after using the storybook "The Nameless Monster" as a clue to follow Johan. At the same time, Tenma has gotten information from Schuwald and heads to Prague as well. There, Tenma learns that there is an audiotape of Johan recorded when he was in Kinderheim 511. The former Czechoslovakian secret police captain Ranke is also looking for the tape containing the "Monster's Identity". After a fierce battle to obtain it, the tape's contents are revealed, but instead the mysteries grow deeper...!! DIAGRAM --------- MARGOT LANGER [woman w/long wavy hair] A former prostitute. Died mysteriously. HANS GEORG SCHUWALD [old man, sunken cheeks] A wealthy financier, known as "The Vampire of Bayern". KARL NEUMAN [scowling young man] A student at Munich University. Schuwald's illegitimate son, now living with his father. DR. GILLEN [blond man, chubby cheeks] A criminal psychologist and scholar. Tenma's college classmate. RICHARD BROWN [square-faced, frowning man] A mentally scarred former cop, now a detective. Fell to his death while investigating Johan. DR. REICHWEIN [old, round man w/glasses] A psychologist, and counselor of the private detective Richard. ------------------------------- TENMA [man holding gun] A former surgeon being chased by the police for crimes he didn't commit. Is on a journey to kill the monster he saved with his own hands. JOHAN LIEBERT [smiling, attractive young man] Twin child. A "monster" possessing an extraordinary intellect. AGENT LUNGE [smirking man] "Tenma is guilty." A talented German BKA agent. On the hunt for Tenma, he begins to notice signs of Johan's existence. DIETER [wide eyed boy] An abused young boy saved by Tenma. Is now searching for Tenma with Nina. 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. ------------------------------- GRIMMER [smiling man w/food] A freelance reporter searching for information on the East Berlin special orphanage "Kinderheim 511", which he once lived in. JAN SUK [young man w/blond hair] A young policeman in Prague. Suspected of murdering Police Chief Hamrik and some other detectives. PETROV (aka REINHART BIERMANN) [hollow cheeks, staring eyes] Former director of "Kinderheim 511". Killed at his apartment in Prague CAPTAIN KAREL RANKE [forboding man w/dark suit] An important former Czechoslovakian secret police officer who is searching for the "monster's identity". NEW CHIEF NEPELA [fat man w/uniform] The new Chief of Police in Prague after Chief Hamrik was poisoned. INSPECTOR ZEMAN [very round man] A police officer with ties to the former Czechoslovakian secret police. Killed while torturing Grimmer. RELATIONS ----------- Schuwald <=> Margot Langer : Lovers Schuwald/Margot -> Karl : Illegitimate Child Richard -> Karl : Investigating Richard -> Johan : Investigating Schuwald -> Richard : Hired for investigation Schuwald -> Johan : Hired as secretary Reichwein -> Richard : Counselor of Tenma -> Schuwald : Saved Tenma <-> Gillen : College classmates Tenma/Gillen -> Reichwein : Former students of Tenma -> Johan : Chasing Lunge -> Tenma : Chasing Lunge -> Johan : Chasing Dieter -> Tenma : Affection for Nina -> Johan : Chasing Nina <=> Johan : Twins Dieter <-> Nina : Travelling together Tenma <-> Grimmer : Cooperated Tenma <-> Suk : Cooperated Grimmer <-> Suk : Cooperated Suk -> Nepela : Works under Nepela -> Suk : Suspects Suk -> Zeman : Works under Nepela -> Zeman : Investigating murder of Zeman -> Grimmer : Tortured Grimmer -> Ranke : Contacted Suk -> Ranke : Contacted Grimmer -> Petrov : Collecting information about - Monster Chronicle Volume 12 End -