Empress : Kaiserin: More on Johann in 26

Sonntag, November 06, 2005

More on Johann in 26

I guess I'm a failure at expressing myself. All the time.

But I stumbled across a really old entry from this blog I've been visiting on a regular basis, and the owner wonderfully expressed thoughts that are similiar to mine:

I like that the series decide to shift the focus on Johan for a while because it's interesting to see him interacting with other people. At the end of the episode, however, he's still a mysterious character which I can't quite understand. On a glance, Johan seems like normal teenager to me. A little bit quiet and mysterious, but there is nothing out of the ordinary about him that screams "Serial Killer!". Another interesting point which I didn't expect is his touchy-feely attitude towards Karl. Is he attracted to Karl or is there something more to it? While his crocodile tears performance seems to give him a pass to become Karl's new best friend, I don't think the hand-touching was a part of his performance. So I'm tempted to think that his emotion in that scene to be genuine, assuming he is capable of such feeling. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see if Karl is simply another victim on Johan's list or if he serves an entirely different purpose in the series.