1 - Prom Night

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    It happened suddenly on
    a quiet residential street.
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    Later!
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    Yeah, see you tomorrow!
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    Let me suck your blood...
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    Ms. A (Victim)
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    It was like totally, "Cut it out!"
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    Then he jumped at me and stuff, and I thought, "Crap! A molester!"
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    especially with all the deaths lately.
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    But before I could do anything,
    I'd already been bitten by something.
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    I guess I passed out then,
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    and when I came to everything
    around me was torn up like crazy!
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    Could you show us the bite marks?
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    Luckily for Ms. A, these were the only injuries she received.
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    However, the number of victims
    similarly assaulted and killed
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    on streets at night has increased to
    seven during the past three months.
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    The victims, all young women,
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    were left with puncture
    marks similar to those of Ms. A.
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    Possibly due to this, a certain rumor
    about the attacker began to spread:
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    people wondered if this
    might be the work of a vampire.
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    Does a vampire exist here,
    in 21st-century Japan?
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    Are these attacks in
    Suginami the work of a vampire,
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    the legendary creature portrayed
    in countless novels and movies?!
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    The scales of the goddess
    will ascertain the truth tonight!
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    Vampires really do exist!
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    Put in the balance!
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    And the judgment is... false!
    Vampires do not exist!
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    The Scales of Astraea
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    Street attacks in Suginami Ward
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    Do vampires really exist!?
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    Shocking evidence at
    the scene of the crimes!?
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    Welcome to the show, where we dissect mysteries and legends live!
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    Yukinobu Tokita
    Akane Sasanuma
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    The Scales of Astraea will
    judge what's true and what's not!
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    Today's theme is the
    series of attacks in Suginami
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    and debating whether or not vampires exist.
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    The first judgment was "false"!
    Vampires don't exist, in other words!
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    Now let's hear from our panel of judges!
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    Okay! Our first judge is Professor
    Isao Ebikawa, the famous historian!
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    They don't exist?
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    They don't exist. If they do,
    I'd love to meet one!
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    Next is stage actress Hiroe Ubayama,
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    who stars in February's
    "Go Home, Forty-Something."
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    Heya! Hiya!
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    You also say they don't exist?
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    They're just so scary!
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    I'm no good at all when it comes
    to monsters and ghosts and all that!
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    Plus I'm somewhat anemic!
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    Our third judge is Yumi, a model for
    "July," among many other things!
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    I just love vampire movies and manga and stuff!
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    That's why you say they exist?
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    Dracula and all those guys...
    They're just so sexy!
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    You mentioned you love manga.
    Sitting next to you is...
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    And I love Bloody Waltz!
    That's why I'm so excited today!
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    ...creator of Bloody Waltz and
    many other vampire manga series,
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    manga artist Nozomu Tamaki!
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    Vampires don't exist. They're fiction.
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    That's how I can make comics about them.
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    Aww...
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    And the other judge who says
    "true" --that vampires do exist--is...
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    'Bloody Waltz' MW Pictures
    Opening March 13th
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    For you, an eternal kiss...
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    Bloody Waltz
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    Actor Seiichi Hirai, who stars
    as the vampire prince Ryo Hibuse
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    in next month's movie, "Bloody Waltz"!
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    Despite Mr. Tamaki's beliefs,
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    since I actually play a vampire,
    I like to think that they exist.
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    To be a vampire is to be a
    proud incarnation of darkness.
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    So cool!
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    S-Suck me!
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    Okay! The Scales of Astraea
    starts off three to two!
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    We have surprising evidence
    and guests in store today!
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    Surprising?
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    Yes! The show has gone all-out!
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    I can't wait!
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    I'm TVC announcer Yukinobu Tokita...
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    ...and I'm TVC announcer Akane Sasanuma!
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    And for the final judgment,
    in addition to our panel of guest judges,
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    our viewers in the studio, the
    viewers watching this broadcast, and...
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    Ms. Nera, in front of Shibuya Station!
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    Yes!
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    ...and everyone watching on the
    outdoor monitor will cast their votes!
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    The votes will then be tallied
    and the final verdict given!
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    What will the goddess say
    about the existence of vampires?!
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    Put in the balance!
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    Are vampires real? Or not?
    Shocking evidence, coming soon!
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    This program is brought to you by
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    Lorenzo Chemical Industries: striving for a sustained future;
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    Wolf Pack Total Security;
    and "Bloody Waltz" the movie.
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    Now then, let's bring out today's proposer!
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    I'm Neiro Tanaka! I'm glad to be here!
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    Umm, how much do you know about vampires?
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    I know! They suck blood!
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    Yes, they do. Anything else?
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    They're weak against stuff like
    crosses, and... Oh, yeah! Garlic!
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    They have an extensive list of weaknesses.
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    They can't cross water.
    Sunlight turns them into ash.
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    They don't cast shadows.
    They don't have reflections.
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    There are too many to count!
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    That fleetingness is what makes them great.
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    Mr. Tamaki. Do you include
    all these in your manga?
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    It makes them too weak, so I toss a lot out.
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    Sunlight turning them to
    ash is where I draw the line.
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    Well, actually, witnesses
    to vampire-caused incidents
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    have been on the rise
    throughout the world lately!
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    Oh, no! They're on the rise! Don't tell me that!
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    I'm sorry!
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    Umm, anyway,
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    cases that happen in one area
    like the Suginami incidents are rare,
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    but witnesses to incidents are on the rise!
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    Probably because of the bad economy.
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    Huh?
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    Yes. The theory that vampires are
    popular during bad economic times
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    and Frankenstein is popular
    during good economic times.
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    Japan's economy is
    supposedly on the rise, though.
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    Japan's is.
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    But the global impact of last year's
    "dollar crisis" is still in full effect.
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    Frankenstein's monster has the
    image of "coming back to life"...
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    Ah!
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    Oh? Yumi?
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    Professor Ebikawa is cool!
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    The Suginami incidents have that
    sense of death and sluggishness...
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    What does the economy have to do with it?
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    Vampires are popular during times
    of stagnation due to their fleetingness,
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    their hilariously abundant weaknesses,
    and the aesthetic image they have.
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    I believe that's how the analysis goes.
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    Oh!
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    Plus, suicides increase
    during bad economic times.
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    I think this association
    with the dead may be related
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    to the increase of people
    claiming to see vampires.
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    These are someone's crimes of
    pleasure--or perhaps copycat crimes--
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    spurred on by fiction that
    only further fans the flames.
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    That is my belief, anyway.
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    I think it's unfair to
    blame it on manga and anime.
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    It was only a generalization.
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    In any case, these creatures
    portrayed in countless legends
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    that are in a way so extremely
    weak cannot possibly exist!
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    Now that the debate is heating up,
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    let's hear what members of the audience think!
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    Ms. Sasanuma!
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    Little girl?
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    It's late, isn't it? Are you sleepy?
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    I'm sorry. It's hard to
    understand what they're saying.
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    Are you from another country?
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    Yeah. Romania.
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    Oh, that's the home of vampires!
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    So, what do you think? Are vampires real?
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    Yeah.
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    Why is that?
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    Hey, can I ask something?
    What are real vampires like?
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    Well, they're like what Professor
    Ebikawa and the others said earlier...
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    They're fairy tales, right?
    I've heard them before.
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    But is it true what happened?
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    I'm not really...
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    If you don't know if it's true,
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    then isn't it strange to say they can't be real
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    just because it'd be too
    strange for the story to be true?
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    Umm, well...
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    I guess this just goes to show
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    how differently someone born in
    the region thinks about the subject!
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    Now then, with the scales greatly tipped,
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    let's bring out even further material evidence!
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    The latest victim of the
    Suginami attacks was Ms. A.
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    When Ms. A awoke, everything
    nearby had been destroyed,
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    as if there had been a fight.
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    We searched for witnesses,
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    when one day, we received a tip.
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    Are you serious?!
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    Yes. It was one of our people who
    stopped him from attacking the girl.
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    Unfortunately, we failed to kill him.
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    Why... or should I say how did you do that?
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    The princess ordered it.
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    She had been deeply troubled
    by the acts of this lowly heretic.
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    "Princess"?!
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    Yes. Our mistress and
    "true-blood" ruler of the vampires.
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    A woman claiming to be a
    servant of the ruler of vampires
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    suddenly contacted us!
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    We headed to a specified
    location to meet with her in person.
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    Welcome to our mistress' mansion.
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    Shocking evidence, after the commercial
    Who is the ruler of the vampires!?
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    Now let's bring out our
    special guest, Ms. Veratos!
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    The ruler...
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    ...of the vampires?!
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    Veratos
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    What huge boobs!
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    She's got me beat...
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    Mr. Ebikawa. You appear
    to have something to say.
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    Oh, it's just all of a sudden you
    bring out a so-called "vampire ruler"?
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    This is rather hard to believe!
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    You'd make a much better
    damsel in distress, if you ask me.
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    I'm honored by your praise.
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    No, he isn't praising you!
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    You're right to be doubtful.
    Seeing is believing.
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    Have a look at this first.
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    Yes! Ms. Vera has brought
    shocking evidence with her today!
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    This program has made a major scoop!
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    This was supposedly recovered
    from the scene of Ms. A's attack!
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    The vampire's arm!
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    This is from the scene of the crime, Ms. Vera?
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    Yes.
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    It's the arm of the fool
    who attacked Ms. A, was it?
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    It looks frozen.
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    Oh, it's apparently been encased
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    to prevent it from decaying
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    or breaking down in the sunlight.
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    Lorenzo Pharmaceuticals
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    Incidentally, Lorenzo Pharmaceuticals provided the case, correct?
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    Yes.
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    So I'm told the cellular tissue is still alive.
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    Gross!
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    This is nonsense.
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    Did you perform a biochemical test?
    What do the DNA tests say?
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    If this is really a vampire's arm,
    then I'd love to see some scientific proof!
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    Mr. Ebikawa, was it?
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    You seem very intent on
    denying the existence of vampires.
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    Are you that frightened by us?
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    N-Nothing of the sort!
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    There's nothing to be afraid of.
    We won't suck your blood.
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    We have the right to choose, you see.
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    Fine, let's say for a
    minute that this arm is real.
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    Why would you go and show it off in public?!
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    If it was real, surely you'd hide it!
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    I'm not so sure.
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    What do you mean, little girl?
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    They said one of the princess'
    people failed to kill it, right?
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    They also said that arm is still alive.
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    So?
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    This country has an old story, right?
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    The story where an ogre that
    lost its arm comes to get it back.
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    You mean the Ogre of
    Rashomon. Watanabe no Tsuna.
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    In which case, saying, "Hey, here it is!"
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    might make the vampire that
    wants its arm back actually show up.
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    See?
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    Th-Things are getting intense inside the studio;
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    let's hear what the people
    on the street think now!
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    Ms. Nera!
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    Right!
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    Excuse me, do you have a moment?
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    You!
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    What? Do you want something?
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    Ms. Nera?
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    U-Umm, do you think vampires are real?
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    Huh? What're you talking
    about? Of course they're not.
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    Looks like there aren't many
    believers after all, little girl.
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    What do you say we have our second verdict now?
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    Not so fast. That arm is most definitely real.
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    If you don't think so, then expose
    it to sunlight and see for yourself.
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    That will prove everything.
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    Enough of this! You know full well we can't do that here!
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    How long are you going to keep this act up?!
[14:44] ---
    It's obvious the show put you up to this!
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    Oh, my. How distressing.
    I've stated nothing but the truth.
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    So you really insist you're
    the ruler of the vampires?
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    Not even I can swallow that!
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    I find that hard to believe.
    I refuse to accept it!
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    Yes! Vampires?! Those are the
    figments of fairy tales! They're fiction!
[15:17] ---
    Yet, you have the nerve to--
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    I don't blame you for not believing me.
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    We've always remained hidden in
    the darkness of mankind's history.
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    Sometimes we would
    purposely leak false information
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    to further fictionalize our existence,
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    while manipulating human wars,
    economies, and religions at other times.
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    Then why reveal yourself now?!
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    And why on a crappy TV show, of all things?!
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    I don't know who gave him his blood,
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    but we are troubled by this
    lowlife without any common sense
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    who has been going around murdering people.
[15:53] ---
    We must not kill people recklessly.
[15:56] ---
    That is an absolute order from the Royal Family.
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    Only the lowest scum would disobey that order
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    and be indiscrete about it.
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    So, vampires have a society of their own?
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    Yes.
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    The Royal Family is at the top,
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    with the Three Clans and
    their blood kin below that.
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    Blood relation grows thinner the
    farther down the bloodline you go,
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    and lower-ranking vampires must
    obey the orders of higher-ranking ones.
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    That is the law of the vampires
    and a part of their nature they can’t fight.
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    It's safe to say that today's
    culprit is the lowest of the low.
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    I'm hesitant to even call him one of us.
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    He's more like a stray vampire
    without any sense of aesthetics or pride.
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    Wouldn't you agree...
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    ...Vampire Prince?
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    I, uhh...
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    You agree, don't you, that the
    owner of this right arm is garbage?
[16:47] ---
    Shut up, you bitch...
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    Mr. Manga Artist. Can I ask a question?
[16:54] ---
    In your manga, which hand does
    Ryo Hibuse wear a glove on again?
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    His left hand, of co--
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    I am... I am the noble king of the night!
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    I refuse to obey anyone!
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    I finally got it back!
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    Mr. Hirai...?
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    For you, an eternal kiss!
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    Delicious!
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    I can't believe vampires really exist!
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    Ruler, my ass!
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    Die!
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    Nelly! Nero!
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    Beowulfs!
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    Damn you all...!
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    What?! You're still filming?!
[18:47] ---
    We can't miss this chance!
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    Portable camera! ♪4! Tokita! Go with 'em!
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    Up there! After him!
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    Please Wait
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    What are you doing? Hurry and stop the broadcast!
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    Wait, Vera.
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    Princess!
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    Never mind that.
[19:04] ---
    Given the situation, we'll have to jump ahead in the plan.
[19:07] ---
    But that's...
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    Where's the portable camera?!
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    On the roof!
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    Connect us!
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    I'm on the roof of the TVC building!
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    A-Are we dreaming?! Before
    my very eyes is a v-vampire!
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    My subordinate failed me the other day.
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    Tonight I shall destroy you totally.
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    Wait, Wolf.
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    Princess!
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    I will finish things here. Is that clear?
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    Yes.
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    You can tell me about Akira afterward.
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    Yes.
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    I knew I'd hit the jackpot
    using this farce to lure you out,
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    but I never imagined you were hiding so nearby.
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    This world is truly interesting.
    Don't you think so...
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    ...scum?
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    What an ugly form.
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    The form one takes is a reflection of the heart.
[20:05] ---
    I guess that means this is the
    embodiment of an arrogant ego.
[20:09] ---
    How sad.
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    Shut up!
[20:16] ---
    What... are you...?!
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    I am Mina Tepeş.
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    Blood descendant of Vlad,
    the Son of the Dragon,
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    and rightful ruler of the vampires!
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    I hereby order you to die.
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    No... I...
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    Hear me, little humans,
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    and think about what you have just witnessed!
[20:58] ---
    You're... really the ruler of the vampires?
[21:02] ---
    You doubt me? In that case,
    shall I suck your blood?
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    We are the blood kin of darkness,
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    the ones who hide in the dark of
    night and the shadows of human history.
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    Until now, anyway.
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    Wh-Why...?
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    Can you see it? That distant "bund,"
    Tokyo Landfill ♪0...
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    On that land, I will establish the
    kingdom of our kin of darkness...
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    I will establish our vampire bund!
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    Now, dance with me!
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    Prom Night
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    As I doze in the darkness, black shadows
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    dig their nails into soft skin
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    Drunk from pleasure, the ignorant ones rush
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    Sweet, unrestrained impulses
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    The pointlessness only incites them even more
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    Now dress up with the cloth that
    swallows all the light of the night
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    and dance
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    Clumsy nails touch a heart about to break
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    and creep to the top of the throat
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    A world that needs protecting
    and a purity I want to protect...
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    I'll bear the momentary pain
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    and then fall fettered again
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    Dance with the Vampire Maids!
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    Part 1!
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    There he is! Target located!
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    Nero, you take the right!
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    Right!
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    Nella, you take the left!
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    Alright!
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    You're that interviewer! What are you doing?!
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    We can't let you be here!
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    Huh?! Why not?!
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    Got him!
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    Get 'im, Nella!
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    We're just gonna hit you and
    make you lose your memory!
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    That'll do more than that!
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    Continued in Episode 2