My Heart's An Artifice - Johan Liebert - Monster AMV - Starset

"Artifice: clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others."

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If you came here to get your soul shattered, you’ve come to the right place.

I grew quite tired of the repeated amvs dedicated to Johan’s “attractiveness” and “evilness” So I came to sympathize with the villain and capture the true essence of what Johan’s character was. I implemented a lot of my own theories about Johan and his intentions in this amv. But this mainly focuses on who the Monster was to Johan and how the world created him. Johan never had a choice in what he was going to become and that's the tragedy behind his character.

I’ve tried many different editing styles here. Due to lack of clips, I forced myself to grow comfortable with mixing anime/manga together.

Fun fact: I started this AMV editing the “I’ll drop the darkness and watch it grow.” As I never had the intention of editing the entire song or either of the 2 verses…but the more I listened to the entire song, the more I relented because the song itself IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT for Johan.

INFO:
Series: Naoki Urasawa’s Monster
Artist: Starset
Song: Monster
Program: Sony Vegas 14.0 Pro
Dedication: FragmentsofXion: My bestest of friends: I am thankful you started Monster as soon as I introduced it to you. I got to watch it a 2nd time and it was quite the emotional experience. Now we are both full of inspiration. This one goes to you, for helping me grasp Johan and the series as a whole. I hope this does Johan justice. Love you forever.

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