Kenzo Tenma is a doctor who cares about saving lives. He is the archenemy to Johan Liebert, the man he once saved as a child when he needed medical attention. He is the main protagonist of the anime and manga series, Monster.
He is voiced by Hidenobu Kiuchi in Japanese and Liam O'Brien in English.
Actions and Characteristics[]
- Tenma is shown to hold compassion and care for his patients. Unlike most of the staff he worked with who cared about monetary gains and status by taking care of wealthy and privileged patients over anyone else, Tenma is willing to take care of patients who appears first and needs dire assistance. Tenma was willing to disregard an order from his superior to save the mayor's life in order to save the life of a boy with a gunshot wound to his head which put him jeopardy of ruining his own career.
- After finding out that he saved the life of a cold-blooded and calculating serial killer, Tenma willingly quit his position as a doctor to go after Johan Liebert. He puts his own safety and reputation in danger to pursue a highly dangerous enemy in order to save many lives.
- He is shown to perform numerous heroic deeds throughout his time pursuing Johan such as stopping Neo Nazis from burning down the Turkish part of a town to saving many people from being burned to death at a library, and on numerous occasions treating people who were injured or ill.
- Tenma is shown to be highly skillful and necessary addition to many people with his knowledge as a doctor. At times he is shown providing emergency medical care to individuals in dire moments when there was either no doctor on his level of skills available or no doctor present.
- He is fearless and willing to face dangerous enemies such as Hartmann, Roberto, and The Baby to save multiple people.
- He is shown to inspire and motivate multiple people around him such as Nina Fortner, Deiter, and Wolfgang Grimmer. In addition to motivating other doctors that he has encountered during his pursuit of Johan and motivating others to do good for themselves and their loved ones.
- Tenma is shown to be the up-most interest to Johan Liebert. Johan is fully aware that Tenma is after him and is willing to stop him no matter what.
- When Johan Libert sustained another head shot from a man trying to protect his son, Tenma saves Johan's life despite knowing how dangerous the latter was. After the pursuit of Johan and having his name cleared of being a serial killer, Tenma continues to show support to those near him and provide support with his skills and knowledge.
Stats[]
Intelligence | 4 / 5 | |
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Skills | 5 / 5 | |
Speed | 2 / 5 | |
Stamina | 3 / 5 | |
Strength | 2 / 5 |
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