Johan Liebert

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## Entertainingly Detestable

### Alias

Johan Wilhelm Liebert
Anna Liebert (disguise)

### Powers / Skills

Genius-level intelligence
Manipulation
Charisma
Multilingualism
Mastery of disguise

### Goals

Kill everyone in 511 Kinderheim.
Commit the "perfect suicide."
Destroy the world.

### Most Entertaining Features

His mysterious yet cool presence.
His complexity.
His charisma and highly calculating skills.
His voice sounds terrifyingly alarming.

### Most Detestable Traits

Turning countless people into serial killers.
Trying to cause the end of the world.
Forcing children to commit suicide against their will.

### Type of ED

Nihilistic Serial Killer

**"Johan Wilhelm Liebert"** is the main antagonist of Naoki Urasawa's *Monster* anime/manga series. He is a child who was saved by Doctor Kenzo Tenma who turned out to be a nihilistic serial killer who seeks to destroy humanity.

## His Qualities

### What Makes Him Entertaining?

* He has a beautiful angelic appearance and theme whenever he plays, possibly an homage to Lucifer the Fallen Angel.
* He has a mysterious buildup as his overall goals and motives remain extremely mysterious to the point it is debatable if he is Pure Evil or Broken from the horrific life he endured.
* He is incredibly genius manipulator, even as a child as he is able to effortlessly kill people and leave no traits of his existence. He is also smart enough to start up his own laundering business at age 15, manipulates several people into becoming serial killers to serve him and countless other things to begin his plan to destroy humanity.
* He often outsmarts and kills actual Hate Sinks such as Dr. Heinemann, Professor Goedelitz and Blue Sophie.
* His conflicting ideology with Dr. Tenma is interesting and portrayed as two rivals with opposing goals.
* His voice acting in both the dub and sub is charismatic and calming.

### What Makes Him Detestable?

* He has used his words to drive children to suicide, some by creating f a game that forces them to walk on rooftops. In the most horrific display, he sent a boy named Miloš to the red light district to look for his mother, knowing he would lose his innocence and want to commit suicide.
* He had manipulated countless people into abandoning their humanities and becoming serial killers, sinking them to his level of depravity.
* He psychologically scarred Anna (his sister) for life, as he murdered his adoptive parents and caretakers.
* He caused the 511 Kinderheim massacre, which wiped out almost half of its population.
* He tricked the residents and instructors of an orphanage into killing each other, leading to more than 50 people dying.
* He psychologically tortured Detective Richard and directly murdered him by pushing him to the verge of suicide.
* He tried to drive an orphaned child to suicide by sending him through a red-light district and indoctrinating him with nihilism.
* He threatened Tenma that he'd shoot Wim (a child) in the head if Tenma doesn't kill him.

## External Links

* Johan Liebert on the Villains Wiki
* Johan Liebert on the Near Pure Evil Wiki
* Johan Liebert on the Monster Wiki