Empress : Kaiserin: Empress returns to Monster!

Sonntag, November 06, 2005

Empress returns to Monster!

After stopping at Episode 25 of Monster for weeks, I'm finally back to continue with the next. It's all Mum's fault - workholic-wise, she didn't have time to watch Ep 26 (with me) back then. But yet, she's still having problems reading through the English subtitles (which means that after watching one episode I have to explain it to her all over again...) =___=

While our Tenma makes his temporary disappearance, Johann finally dominates the screen. He appears to be a gentle, soft-spoken person; despite of the crimes we know he did commit in the previous episodes. Gosh... Johann is really a pretty boy! :P But amidst the enchanting looks, something eerie lurks beneath them all:

- [Starting from the most obvious] It is disturbing to witness how Johann is able to stroll (unafraid and) casually along the ledge of the Munich university's rooftop while engaging in a light conversation with Karl.

- Karl's remark of how Johann has the ability to make him feel at ease and tell him everything of his past (which he eventually did). This once again emphasize on Johann's uncanny ability to manipulate others and earning others' trust so effortlessly.

- Johann's vivid description of the imaginary forest scenery - all that when he is standing in front of a deserted, cold, isolated construction site - this final scene creeps me out. How did he manage to deceive old Mr Schuwald so calmly? I think it can only be possible for Johann if he did have the pretended scenery in his head, unlike Karl and Lotte (who fails to convince Schuwald he was standing in a forest facing a lake instead of a baren desert facing a construction site). And why do all that when he (Johann) isn't even close to Schuwald? I won't buy his good-heartedness; I'm sure he has something up his sleeves, and it isn't going to be something predictable. In other words, I am now strongly convinced Johann is psychologically unstable...

And Edmund Fahren became another victim of Johann Liebert.

Wow.