I saw a few episodes of the Monster anime at CTRL-A this past term, and really enjoyed everything about it – the art, the drama, the mystery. It was really nicely put together. Then I saw that the library had volume 1 of the manga (the episodes I’d seen were much further along), so I picked it up. It did not disappoint. The writing was excellent – it looks like it was faithfully reproduced when going to the anime, and the artwork was beautiful – very easy on the eyes, easily distinguishable characters, and nicely paced.
Read it.