Monster Ep 67 - Tadaima (I'm back)

Johan dares Nina to shoot him like how she did when they were kids which leads the latter to remark that she will not hesistate to pull the trigger and put an end to the whole matter. However, Johan questions Nina what she means by the end since he has seen the end of many things countless times and still has no idea what it represents. Nina declares her intention to kill Johan first before committing suicide and proceeds to relate her real tale of horror to him. Meanwhile, Tenma is rushing to the ruins of the mansion as directed by Christof.

Johan is not intimidated by Nina's threats and say that he will tell her about his experience instead. When they were in Czechoslovakia during their childhood, Johan was taken away from The Three Frogs and imprisoned in a dark room without any walls. He could not get a sense of direction nor find out where exactly the room was situated. However, he could sense that someone was watching him and heard faint screams from elsewhere. His meals were delivered from an unknown source whereby he relied on counting the number to gauge how long he had been kept in captive. Just when he started to lose count, the door of the room was opened and he saw Franz Bonaparta for the first time.

There was a party held at the Mansion of Red Roses where some adults were gathered and they kept marvelling at the sight of Johan while referring to him as The Result. He didn't remember much of the opening speech where the people except Bonaparta drank red wine as a toast to the speaker. Subsequently, they collapsed one after another due to the poisoned wine. A total of 42 people died in the mansion leaving Bonaparta being the sole survivor. Johan took advantage of this chance to run back to The Three Frogs but got cut by the thorns of the roses as a result. When he reached home, Nina welcomed him back and Johan kept relating the events to her repeatedly. Upon hearing this, Nina objects violently and claims that Johan got the whole thing mixed-up.

At the same time, Tenma reaches the ruins and hears some gunshots. He rushes into the building immediately and finds Nina pointing the gun at her head. Tenma tells the dazed Nina to calm down and grabs the gun from her before she can harm herself. Nina bursts out crying while Tenma assures her that everything is fine now.

Nina says that Johan has the wrong idea over what happened at the Mansion of Red Roses since he had only heard her story and did not go through the events like what he believed in. Nina had run back to her home at The Three Frogs with a bleeding arm and Johan was there to welcome her while dressed exactly like a replica of Nina complete with a wig. Nina told Johan about her experiences for many days thus he knew the details as well as she did. Upon seeing her getting agitated, Tenma assures Nina that it's OK not to talk about this matter anymore. Nina blames herself for causing Johan to become the way he is now because he took her experiences as his. She feels frightened at seeing Johan's expression of sadness and happiness at the same time when she told him the truth just now thus she couldn't shoot him with her gun. However, she knows that Johan is going to destroy himself like what she intends to do. Tenma tells Nina not to attempt suicide as it would take away the meaning in his life and pleads with her to live no matter what happens.

Capek comes to the ruins with his bodyguards waiting in the car. Unknown to him, they receive word about Capek's killing of another bodyguard (the guy who was supposed to send him to a mansion on the mountain and Capek shot him by mistake).

Capek tells Tenma and Nina that Johan may be going to kill Bonaparta. He had told Johan that Bonaparta's son is living in Prague. After saying this, Capek walks away quietly but leaves a parting remark about the possibility of Johan stopping his destructive actions after Bonaparta's death. As he walks out of the ruins alone, Capek talks to himself about Johan having another memory and doesn't know what he had created with Bonaparta. The bodyguard fires a shot at Capek's head in a bid to take revenge for his buddy while leaving the latter's life to wither away.

Tenma brings Nina out of the ruins and keeps telling her to live on so that they can find the place they belong to...

Johan goes to a friend's house which leads the guy to remark that it's rare for Johan to come to him. The friend asks Johan who he intends to kill next where the latter points to his forehead. He tells Johan to stop joking and questions why he went to all that trouble to gather funds and kill people. Johan states that he has awakened from his dream and sees a different ending now. As such, he wants to abort the plan which makes his friend angry. Johan says that there is something which only he knows and there is a place he has to go. After saying this, Johan points his gun at the friend and kills him...

Meanwhile, Lunge goes to a small town named Ruhenheim and brandishes a postcard from his coat which confirms that he has come to the correct place...

This episode provides a much clearer picture of what went on at the Mansion of Red Roses. I tend to believe Nina's story about Johan being mistaken and taking her experiences as part of his memories. Maybe the feeling of fear has seeped through him thus leading him to behave like this. However, the whole issue gets more puzzling because Johan says that there is something which only he knows thus this might be critical in determining what he hopes to achieve at the end.

Bonaparta could have known that the wine was poisoned beforehand or he was the culprit so that's why he did not drink the red wine. Otherwise, I fail to understand why he was the only man standing. Did he have a reason for killing those people?

As for Lunge, he makes an appearance after a long time and turns up at a town named Ruhenheim. This might be the final stage for everything to end since the anime is drawing to a close with 7 episodes remaining. Does this mean that Bonaparta is hiding in this peaceful town?