Kenzo Tenma

I saved him. That responsibility belongs to me.

📍 His declaration that he will own every death that followed from his choice to save Johan. The sentence that drives every step he takes.

All lives are equal. That's the belief I operated on.

📍 The medical ethic that led him to choose an unknown boy over the mayor's aide — and set everything in motion.

There is only one monster. And my hands are the ones that brought him back.

📍 His reflection after learning what Johan truly is — the self-blame that presses down on the entire story.

The Choice That Changes Everything

Operate on Johan, a boy who arrived first with a gunshot wound, or a politically important patient? Tenma chooses Johan. His career is destroyed — and a monster is given a second chance to live.

When Johan's True Nature Surfaces

The superiors who humiliated Tenma start dying one by one. When he realizes Johan is responsible, the full horror of what he created becomes undeniable.

Hunting Johan While Hunted by Police

Hunted by police as a murder suspect while simultaneously hunting Johan — he closes the distance using only his medical skill and faith in ordinary people.