Umiko Otaku

NEVER FORGET!

3rd Oct. 10

“A lesson without pain is meaningless. That’s because no one can gain without sacrificing something. But by enduring that pain and overcoming it, he shall obtain a powerful, unmatched heart… a Fullmetal heart.”

3 oct 🔥🏡

“The night might seem endless now but one day, morning will come. You’ll grow up basking in the light. I’m sure of it. It’s written in the stars.”

Integra is gonna see all the piercings amongst his skin and not even know what to say, her monster of a vampire being bitten into so much playfully without a single hint of him pushing you away, if anything you're also completely covered as well, both a bloody mess.

When you were human, alucard would make a point to be less of a beast with you, a fragile little thing, but now he can steadily progress into interacting with you in his full strength as you grow up into a powerful vampire. Which ultimately means being bit with all of his fangs and marked completely as his own.

Eva is the Monster character I always was the most taken by, and thinking about it, that might be because she's so raw. 

Most of the Monster recurring characters, while complex and compelling, all have some 'symbolic' quality to them. Johan is compared multiple times to a fairytale monster, to the Beast of Apocalypse, something purely evil; even if it's subverted by the end of the manga, there is always something almost supernatural to his ability to commit crimes and influence the minds of others. Tenma, on the opposite side of the spectrum, is basically a Messianic figure, bringing hope and goodness wherever he goes, saving people left and right. Nina is on an epic quest to reclaim her past and decide between life and death.

And then there’s a wild Eva, who was literally your average spoiled daddy’s girl who never learned how to build healthy relationships and found herself tossed into the mix for a chance sighting of Johan. While other characters spend their time trying to save lives or destroying them or discovering a shocking past, she stumbles around in her alcoholism and misdirected rage at Tenma, getting more and more entangled with the plot. Her quest to ruin Tenma is soon abandoned, she isn’t trying to save anyone; except for herself.

Eva’s story is personal, not universal; she is fighting against herself, her upbringing, her dependency from other people, and there is just something so intense in it. Relatable, for some aspects. Eva carves her own path towards a better life crying and screaming and never quite abandoning her focus on herself, even when she learns to open herself to others and accept that she can be a support to others in her relationship with Martin.

Her big moment is not apocalyptic destruction or the salvation of someone else, it’s accepting to live even when life serves her the umpteenth kick in the gut, accepting to work on herself and build herself a future where she can be happy. Eva is purely human, a disastrous joy for the eyes and, in my opinion, one of the characters that make Monster the masterpiece it is.