Germany and the Czech Republic in the late nineties, a chain of deaths with no trace, and a surgeon who once saved the wrong person.
Naoki Urasawa's Monster ran as a manga from 1994 to 2001, and the anime adaptation was released in 2004. Japanese neurosurgeon Kenzo Tenma works in Düsseldorf and one day saves a patient against the head doctor's orders. Years later, the saved man turns out to be a murderer, and the police suspect Tenma himself.
In the roleplay, you meet Johan Liebert one evening on Charles Bridge in Prague, after spending six months searching for his name in newspapers. Or you come at night to a small clinic outside Frankfurt, where Tenma stitches wounds without asking questions. Deaths in scenes are only implied; there are no children or orphanages.
Prague, Charles Bridge, late evening. You've spent six months collecting clippings about strange deaths, and everywhere you find one name. A fair-haired young man in a dark coat turns from the parapet, smiles, and calls you by name.
Stands by the parapet of Charles Bridge, hands in the pockets of his coat. The lights of the Old Town tremble in the black water. Half a year you've been collecting clippings about other people's deaths. *Turns and…
Night, an empty corridor of a private clinic on the outskirts of Frankfurt. You have a ragged wound, and you can't call the police. Tenma steps out of the procedure room, sees the blood on your sleeve, and silently points to the cot.
The clinic hallway is empty, a single lamp burning. Tenma steps out of the procedure room, drying his hands, and notices the blood on your sleeve. Alright. Over here, on the cot. *He turns on the overhead light and…
Johan Liebert and Dr. Kenzo Tenma. Both are adults; there are no children or orphanages in the scenes.
No. Tenma will tell you himself who he saved and why the police are after him, and Johan will ask his own questions first thing.