Monster Episode 1 〈HOT ◎〉

: A grieving woman confronts Tenma, blaming him for her husband’s death. He had been ordered by the Hospital Director to operate on a famous opera singer instead of her husband, who arrived first.

Haunted by his previous choice, Tenma defies orders and stays to operate on Johan. Monster Episode 1

: Tenma's belief in saving everyone is pitted against the cold, political reality of the hospital. : A grieving woman confronts Tenma, blaming him

: Tenma’s career is instantly derailed. He is stripped of his promotion, Eva breaks their engagement, and the Director ensures he has no future in medicine. The Twist: A Grim Reward : Tenma's belief in saving everyone is pitted

While Tenma is at his lowest, the hospital leadership—including the Director and the doctors who replaced Tenma—are suddenly and mysteriously murdered. With his rivals gone, Tenma is ironically promoted to Chief of Surgery, but the boy he saved, Johan, has vanished from the hospital along with his sister.

The episode introduces Tenma's internal struggle through two pivotal moments: