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Video title: The One Who Loves You

Editor: Gemma Lemon

Anime: Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Song & Artist: Dog Years - Maggie Rogers

Comments: Gemma Lemon is an editor who has made a couple of my all time favourite AMV’s. She’s been on a bit of a hiatus from AMV editing over the past five years or so and has instead been concentrating on creating her own webcomic and animations (which are awesome btw), so I was super happy when she dropped a few new AMV’s in the last year. 

As someone who hasn’t seen Maquia, “The One Who Loves You” is a bit of a confusing video to follow narratively, even after watching several times I’m still not 100% confident on which characters are which. This is further complicated by Gemma Lemon showing the story non linearly, at least that’s how it feels, there’s obvious progression along the main plot points, but things jump around quite a lot. Ultimately though, this is irrelevant, as the powerful emotions shine through regardless.     

VPR: All

CW: Violence