Monster Episode 25: Thursday’s Boy

August 15, 2026 · Anime, Episodes, Monster

Spoiler note

This episode guide includes the premise and major movement of the episode. New viewers should watch the episode first if they want every investigation turn preserved.

Quick facts

  • Episode: 25
  • Title: Thursday’s Boy
  • Length: about 24 minutes
  • Continuity: serialized canon episode
  • Watch-or-skip: watch — Monster is a continuous mystery where even quiet episodes seed later consequences.

Summary

Karl Neumann and Lotte Frank are both students who read latin to Hans Georg Schubert. Lotte attempts to assist Karl in finding out his past while trying to figure out the identity of a boy who reads to Schubert on Thursdays. When they both discover who he is, they find the boy, Edmund Farren, in his dormitory, dead.

What happens in this episode

This installment advances Monster through investigation, consequence, and character pressure rather than disposable filler. PopRot is using the structured episode title/synopsis data available for this entry and rewriting it into original wording, so this recap intentionally avoids unsupported scene details when the source summary is brief.

The practical viewing takeaway: track which characters gain new information, which past decisions resurface, and how Tenma’s moral burden changes after this chapter.

Characters in this episode

Where to watch

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