List Of Monster Arcs In Order

Monster Anime is a one continuous story but we can split into arcs approximately to help organizing the 70+ episodes.

1. Birth of the Monster Arc

Episodes: 1-8

Dr. Kenzo Tenma, a neurosurgeon at Eisler Memorial Hospital, operates but later finds a Turkish constriction worker died at the same time due to lack of attention and Tenma is blamed for the decision. Later, he is asked to operate on Johan, the adopted son of a wealthy couple who were shot in their home, or Mayor Roedecker, a wealthy man who had donated funds to the hospital.

Tenma goes against the orders of the hospital director and chooses to operate on Johan, which leads to his own demotion and ostracization by his colleagues. A series of murders occur at the hospital and Tenma becomes a suspect, but he ultimately uncovers a sinister plot involving Johan and his sister Anna, who are revealed to be the serial killers responsible for the murders.

2. Traces of the Monster Arc

Episodes: 9-24

This arc is more a episodic one where Tenma tries to find clues about the origin of Johan. Many characters in the main cast got their own episode liike Nina, Eva, Lunge, and Dieter.

Tenma connects all clues he can find and gets closer to Johan and his origin.

3. Monster In Munich Arc

Episodes: 25-39

This arc takes place in Munich where Tenma travels in his quest to kill Johan. In Munich, Karl Neumann and Lotte Frank investigate the mystery surrounding Hans Georg Schuwald, an elderly and wealthy man who has multiple people claiming to be his illegitimate son.

They encounter Johan Liebert, who has enrolled in their university and becomes Schuwald’s reader on Fridays. Schuwald hires a private investigator to look into the apparent suicide of one of the other people claiming to be his son, Edmund Farren. Johan offers to help Karl reconcile with his father, whom he believes is Schuwald. When Karl and Lotte take Schuwald to visit a lake, Johan arrives and convinces Schuwald that he is standing on the edge of a beautiful lake.

4. Monster In Prague Arc

Episodes: 40-50

This arc takes place in Prague where Johan’s mother is currently living and Tenma decides to go there.

Wolfgang Grimmer, a journalist, helps Dr. Tenma escape arrest and then helps him cross the border into Prague. Grimmer confronts Petrov, the former director of 511 Kinderheim, about his involvement in allegations of child abuse and psychological reprogramming at the orphanage.

Petrov provides Grimmer with a key to a safety deposit box containing evidence about Johan’s early years before he dies. Grimmer is later abducted and tortured for the safety deposit box key by former members of the Czechoslovakian StB and Zeman, but he passes out. The woman resembling Anna interrupts the interrogation by shooting one of the StB members dead. Grimmer wakes up and finds the three men dead, and concludes that his alter ego, “The Magnificent Steiner,” is responsible.

5. Roots of the Monster Arc

Episodes: 51-67

Now that Tenma is arrested at this point and news of Dr. Tenma’s arrest spreads among his former friends and patients. This arc explores the past of Johan and Anna and gives us much needed answers. Nina and her twin brother Johan are the products of an extensive eugenics experiment which he designed to breed “the perfect children” without their mother’s knowledge.

6. True Monsters In Ruhenheim Arc

Episodes: 68-74

While staying in the small town of Ruhenheim, Wolfgang Grimmer and Inspector Lunge both investigate the possibility of an upcoming massacre. Lunge meets a boy named Wim Knaup, who is being bullied and abused by his father and other boys in the town. Grimmer disguises himself as Neumayer and offers to help find a lost dog as a way to gather information. Lunge also investigates the town and discovers a house filled with sketches of the Liebert twins. Meanwhile, a local couple, Henning and Franka Henich, win the lottery and Henning buys guns out of fear that someone will try to steal their winnings. As Conrad, the owner of a local cafe, is working, he is approached by a stranger with a gun.