Monster Episode 1 ◉ «FRESH»

The episode introduces Tenma's internal struggle through two pivotal moments:

While Tenma is at his lowest, the hospital leadership—including the Director and the doctors who replaced Tenma—are suddenly and mysteriously murdered. With his rivals gone, Tenma is ironically promoted to Chief of Surgery, but the boy he saved, Johan, has vanished from the hospital along with his sister. Monster Episode 1

: The episode questions if all lives are truly equal, as Tenma's "moral" choice leads to a darker outcome. The episode introduces Tenma's internal struggle through two

The first episode of Naoki Urasawa’s , titled "Herr Dr. Tenma," establishes a haunting psychological foundation by forcing its protagonist into a life-altering moral crisis. The Setup: A Surgeon at the Top but the boy he saved