The Manster story
A foreign correspondent in Japan is given an experimental drug which causes an eye and eventually, a second head to grow from his shoulder.
12 total · 10 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| choosing between lovers | major | Should Larry Stanford leave his wife Linda for the beautiful Tara? |
| descent into crime | major | The mild mannered reporter Larry Stanford slowly descended into a life of boozing, whoring, and ultimately murdering after being injected with an experimental drug that started him on the path to evolving into a two-headed monster. |
| disintegrating romantic relationship | major | Working overseas had put a train on Larry and Linda Stanford's marriage. |
| husband and wife | major | Larry Stanford and Linda Stanford. Dr. Robert Suzuki and Emiko. |
| love triangle | major | Larry Stanford wanted to leave his wife Linda for the beautiful Tara. |
| mad scientist stereotype | major | The reclusive scientist Dr. Robert Suzuki, who lived atop a volcanic mountain, was using chemicals to induce evolutionary chance in his human subjects. |
| romantic love | major | Larry Stanford and Linda Stanford. Larry Stanford and Tara. |
| super accelerated Darwinian evolution | major | Dr. Robert Suzuki produced evolutionary change in his subjects by chemical means. |
| the human capacity for good and evil | major | Larry Stanford evolved in a new and evil being after being treated with a chemical serum. |
| what if I underwent a physical metamorphosis | major | Larry Stanford is given an experimental drug that makes a second head grow from his shoulder. |