 If you liked
Monster
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 ...then you might like
Black Jack
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Both series have very similar subjects and characters. Both involve doctors that get caught in the middle of serious humanitarian situations. "Monster" has an overarching storyline, where "Black Jack" is episodic (unless you watch Black Jack 21).
Both series are about a kick ass doctor who goes around saving people/performing operation. But it's more about the characters, then each operations. They also both have a little kid who follows them around (although the little girl in "Black Jack" is actually a tumor...yeah don't ask). Urasawa clearly likes Tezuka A LOT, given his "PLUTO" manga, so it's not a stretch to say "Black Jack" goes along nicely with "Monster". I also find Dezaki's directing style to be very cinematic in it's aproach, like Urasawa's manga, or Kojima's anime. Both series are mature, thrilling, suspenseful, dark, and graphic at times. They
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Shows about a travelling doctor with psychological and philosophical undertones. The difference is that the protagonist of Monster isn't on foot by choice, but rather due to persecution.
Both feature a first class surgeon as the main protagonist, both are similarly dark in tone and have psychological themes, and both are mystery dramas, though Monster is about solving many small mysteries that are all together tied to a grand mystery, while Black Jack is about solving individual mysteries that occur in their specific episode.
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