E12 - Interview With Mai

Source: Crunchyroll
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
[01:31] Maki
    The Hollywood movie Interview with a
    Vampire was released in fall of 1994.
[01:38] Maki
    As I was a growing girl at the time,
[01:42] Maki
    it would not be an exaggeration to say
    that this movie shaped my personality
[01:46] Maki
    and became the foundation of my interests.
[01:50] Maki
    Lead actor Brad Pitt does an
    impressive job portraying Louis,
[01:54] Maki
    a man who struggles with being a vampire
    due to his lingering human conscience.
[01:59] Maki
    Achieving an unexpectedly delicate sexiness
[02:02] Maki
    and covering up his crude
    acting with his good looks,
[02:05] Maki
    Tom Cruise, who plays Lestat,
    undoubtedly gained new fans.
[02:10] Maki
    The supporting cast were handsome, as well,
[02:12] Maki
    and the casting was as thorough as
    you'd expect from a Hollywood movie.
[02:16] Maki
    ...Is what I'd like to say,
[02:18] Maki
    but the critical role of Daniel
    the interviewer is played
[02:21] Maki
    by the slightly uninspiring
    Christian Slater.
[02:24] Maki
    He performance is hardly bad, but it's
    a little rough around the edges.
[02:28] Maki
    He was good as the apprentice
    monk in The Name of the Rose,
[02:32] Maki
    but he's been lackluster ever since.
[02:34] Maki
    If River Phoenix had been
    cast as originally planned,
[02:38] Maki
    I personally would have found it
    to be an even more enjoyable film.
[02:44] Maki
    But the interactions between beautiful
    men and confessions of love
[02:49] Maki
    lured not only fans of
    homosexual and BL content,
[02:52] Maki
    but also many fujoshi into its
    gorgeous and aesthetic world.
[02:57] Maki
    The original novel by Anne
    Rice is a cult classic.
[03:02] Maki
    The world depicted is so similar
    to that of Poe no Ichizoku
[03:05] Maki
    that it could be considered a
    live-action version of the series.
[03:06] Maki
    Its themes can be summed up as the
    sorrow and suffering of vampires.
[03:11] Maki
    Despite all his agonizing,
    Louis ends up as an empty vampire.
[03:16] Maki
    The delicious final scene ends with
    a revived Lestat's triumphant smile.
[03:22] Maki
    It's fine, though, since it's entertaining.
[03:25] Maki
    The director would be to blame if he
    failed to produce an entertaining film
[03:28] Maki
    with such an extravagant cast.
[03:30] Tsujimoto
    The girl who played Claudia
    wasn't very cute.
[03:34] Maki
    You think so?
[03:35] Maki
    I think it's better that she wasn't
    played by a beautiful girl.
[03:39] Taguchi
    Why is that?
[03:40] Maki
    Because this is a movie about handsome men.
[03:43] Maki
    The women and girls can
    simply be women and girls.
[03:46] Taguchi
    Are you sure?
[03:47] Maki
    Besides, I thought her
    acting was impressive.
[03:51] Maki
    She has the mind of an adult, but her
    body is forever that of a child's.
[03:54] Maki
    The suffering and frustration
    she portrayed felt so real.
[03:57] Maki
    By the end of the movie,
[03:58] Maki
    she was making the kinds of expressions
    you'd expect from a middle-aged woman.
[04:01] Tsujimoto
    I imagine male fans were disappointed.
[04:05] Taguchi
    You're right.
[04:06] Taguchi
    Hetero men feel like they've wasted their time
    if they didn't get to look at beautiful women.
[04:11] Maki
    Now that you mention it, you might be right.
[04:14] Maki
    What type of beautiful girls
    do hetero dudes like, anyway?
[04:19] Mitsugu
    An interview.
[04:20] Maki
    That's right.
[04:21] Mitsugu
    With Mai?
[04:21] Maki
    Yeah.
[04:22] Maki
    I want to film it and make a documentary.
[04:26] Mitsugu
    What are you talking about?
    We can't do that.
[04:29] Mitsugu
    You'd be exposing Mai's secret to the world.
[04:32] Mitsugu
    And besides, we've got to
    respect Mai's privacy.
[04:35] Maki
    She doesn't have to answer any questions
    she doesn't want to answer.
[04:38] Mitsugu
    You're lying. I know exactly what
    you're up to since you chose Mai.
[04:43] Mitsugu
    You'd be exposing the Blood Donation Club's
    impure blood donation activities, too.
[04:48] Mitsugu
    What if Mai gets kicked
    out of this high school?
[04:51] Maki
    Just because it's called a documentary
    doesn't mean everything depicted is real.
[04:57] Maki
    As a film, it's necessarily a fabrication.
[04:59] Maki
    In other words, it doesn't
    work without direction.
[05:02] Mitsugu
    You mean you'll exaggerate
    Mai's secret, right?
[05:06] Maki
    I'll censor her eyes with a bar
    and call her "Vampire Girl A."
[05:13] Mitsugu
    In what universe is there an
    anonymous "Vampire Girl A?"
[05:17] Maki
    That's what makes it interesting.
[05:18] Maki
    I won't be interviewing
    some commonplace girl.
[05:22] Maki
    You just don't understand.
    This is why I can't stand amateurs.
[05:26] Mitsugu
    And I don't care to understand.
[05:28] Mitsugu
    I don't need you making waves in
    my happy little life with Mai.
[05:32] Maki
    Happy little life, huh?
[05:35] Mitsugu
    What's wrong with that?
[05:36] Maki
    Nothing, if you're happy with that.
[05:39] Maki
    But normally, I'd imagine
    people would be more curious.
[05:44] Mitsugu
    Curious about what?
[05:45] Maki
    Oh, sorry.
[05:48] Maki
    I meant Mai's personal history. Her past.
[05:52] Maki
    I was just wondering what
    you even know about Mai.
[05:58] Maki
    Well, if you're not concerned
    about the true identity
[06:00] Maki
    of the friend you're living
    with under the same roof,
[06:03] Maki
    I suppose that could be considered
    magnanimous or cool.
[06:07] Mitsugu
    Mai's past doesn't bother—
[06:10] Maki
    It doesn't bother you, except for Franken.
[06:12] Mitsugu
    What?
[06:13] Maki
    And if you're happy now,
    then none of it matters.
[06:17] Maki
    I'm giving up on the idea.
    You should forget about it, too.
[06:21] Mitsugu
    Huh? Wha— Maki, wait!
[06:33] Mitsugu
    In order to minimize information leaks,
[06:36] Mitsugu
    on the condition that even our blood
    brothers and sisters would be excluded,
[06:41] Mitsugu
    I agreed to help Maki make her movie.
[06:45] Chihiro
    Good grief.
[06:47] Chihiro
    I thought I'd be able to go home early tonight
[06:49] Chihiro
    and enjoy some sake while viewing the moon.
[06:51] Mitsugu
    You say that, but you're itching to
    use that clapperboard you're holding.
[06:57] Chihiro
    As the instructor in charge,
[06:59] Chihiro
    I can't allow you to perform
    extracurricular activities without me.
[07:03] Chihiro
    You're lucky you have such
    an understanding teacher.
[07:09] Mitsugu
    Mai, are you okay?
[07:11] Mitsugu
    If you decide you don't want to
    do this, we can stop anytime.
[07:15] Mitsugu
    And you don't have to answer any
    questions you don't want to—
[07:17] Maki
    Hey, stay out of this.
[07:19] Mai
    I'm okay. I'm actually kind of excited.
[07:29] Maki
    Ready, action!
[07:34] Maki
    M-san, let's dive right in.
[07:37] Maki
    What's your favorite blood type?
[07:39] Mai
    I don't have one. I was taught
    not to be a picky eater.
[07:43] Maki
    Do you prefer men's blood or women's blood?
[07:46] Mai
    I actually prefer men's blood.
[07:50] Mai
    But I'd never ask for it.
    Not until we win the war!
[07:53] Maki
    I see. You prefer the blood
    of boys. Why is that?
[07:57] Mai
    It's kind of thick.
[08:00] Mai
    It has an animal-like smell
    that whets my appetite.
[08:03] Maki
    Then you must find the blood
    of timid boys disappointing.
[08:08] Mai
    I do.
[08:09] Mai
    If I'm allowed to choose, I prefer
    the blood of aggressive men.
[08:13] Mai
    But I'd never ask for it.
    Not until we win the war!
[08:16] Maki
    You're such a good-natured vampire, Mai-san.
[08:20] Maki
    Have you always been such a kind person?
[08:24] Mai
    I'm not so sure.
[08:27] Maki
    I'm sure you had lots of friends.
[08:30] Mai
    It was a long, long time ago.
    I don't remember very well.
[08:34] Maki
    What's your greatest childhood memory?
[08:37] Mai
    I forgot.
[08:40] Chihiro
    Cut!
[08:42] Maki
    Doctor, I'm the director!
[08:44] Chihiro
    Our food has arrived.
[08:48] Deliveryman
    Thanks again.
[08:53] Chihiro
    It seems like she doesn't
    want to talk about her past.
[08:57] Maki
    Perhaps she has a secret.
[09:00] Mitsugu
    A secret?
[09:01] Chihiro
    Yeah, maybe.
[09:03] Maki
    There's a reason Mai's too
    timid to bite people?
[09:09] Chihiro
    Maybe she experienced some
    kind of trauma as a child.
[09:13] Mitsugu
    You guys are overthinking it.
[09:15] Mitsugu
    Mai's simply a pure girl.
[09:17] Chihiro
    You're green.
[09:19] Chihiro
    Green like the Jolly Green Giant.
[09:22] Mitsugu
    Not only is that an old reference,
    but it's kind of obscure.
[09:26] Maki
    I kind of like his peas.
[09:31] Mai
    I'm starting to feel sleepy...
[09:41] Mitsugu
    Huh? Mai?
[09:45] Mitsugu
    You bitch, you drugged her, didn't you?
[09:48] Chihiro
    I just mixed in a tiny bit of blood
    containing a sleep inducing agent.
[09:53] Mitsugu
    What?!
[09:54] Chihiro
    Don't worry. It has no side effects.
[09:57] Maki
    Doctor, did you—
[09:59] Chihiro
    I'm a public health doctor with no morals.
[10:02] Maki
    Hypnotherapy...
[10:04] Chihiro
    That lukewarm interview style you were
    using earlier will never get us anywhere.
[10:09] Mitsugu
    How could you do this without Mai's consent?
[10:12] Maki
    As an orthodox documentary maker,
    I have some doubts about this.
[10:15] Chihiro
    That's exactly what makes you lukewarm.
[10:19] Chihiro
    Like the Jolly Green Giant's thawed—
[10:19] Maki
    I like his peas.
[10:21] Mitsugu
    For the record, I'm against this.
[10:25] Maki
    Mitsugu, are you sure you're not
    scared to learn about Mai's past?
[10:34] Chihiro
    I'll take your silence as consent.
[10:36] Chihiro
    Let's continue the interview.
[10:48] Chihiro
    Since you set this in motion,
    let me tell you one thing.
[10:53] Chihiro
    There are some things in this world
    that you're better off not knowing.
[10:58] Chihiro
    Let's get started.
[11:01] Maki
    Ready, action!
[11:08] Chihiro
    You are currently descending some stairs.
[11:13] Chihiro
    One step.
[11:15] Chihiro
    Two steps.
[11:17] Chihiro
    Three steps.
[11:20] Chihiro
    Your foot slipped.
[11:23] Mitsugu
    Doctor!
[11:24] Maki
    This isn't the time for jokes!
[11:26] Chihiro
    You slipped on the third step
[11:28] Chihiro
    but immediately regained your
    balance and stepped down...
[11:32] Chihiro
    ...onto the final step.
[11:38] Chihiro
    When you open the door in front of
    you, you see yourself as a child.
[11:53] Chihiro
    Where are you now?
[11:58] Mai
    Inside a carriage. It's moving.
[12:03] Chihiro
    Where is it traveling?
[12:06] Mai
    A dark road. The scenery
    outside is a blazing red.
[12:11] Chihiro
    Who are you with?
[12:13] Mai
    My Daddy, and...
[12:15] Mai
    Oh, this brings back memories.
[12:18] Mai
    It's my real mother who gave birth to me.
[12:23] (Flashback) Mai
    Mother!
[12:24] (Flashback) Mom
    It's all right, Mai. Father
    will take care of it.
[12:27] (Flashback) Dad
    Mai, I promise I'll protect you two.
[12:32] (Flashback) Mai
    But it's so red outside!
[12:36] (Flashback) Dad
    That's the evening sun.
[12:38] (Flashback) Mai
    But I see so many black crosses!
[12:42] (Flashback) Dad
    Those are the shadows of trees.
[12:45] (Flashback) Mai
    I hear horrible groans and screams!
[12:49] (Flashback) Dad
    Those are the crows cawing.
[12:52] (Flashback) Mai
    But I smell flesh burning!
[12:56] (Flashback) Dad
    Mai, you mustn't look at,
    listen to or smell anything.
[13:04] Chihiro
    Decades pass. Where are you now?
[13:10] Mai
    I'm traveling from town to
    town across unfamiliar lands.
[13:17] Chihiro
    Where are your father and mother?
[13:21] (Flashback) Mai
    Mother...
[13:22] (Flashback) Mai
    Where is mother?
[13:24] (Flashback) Mai
    Where is mother?!
[13:31] (Flashback) Mai
    Mother!
[13:33] (Flashback) Mom
    Mai, run! Run away!
[13:37] (Flashback) Dad
    Run, Mai! Forget about Mom! Just run!
[13:42] (Flashback) Mai
    No! No!
[13:45] (Flashback) Mai
    Mother!
[13:48] (Flashback) Mai
    No! No!
[13:50] (Flashback) Mai
    Mother!
[13:57] Chihiro
    They slaughtered her.
[13:59] Maki
    It was a witch hunt. Poor woman.
[14:05] Mitsugu
    Mai...
[14:06] Chihiro
    Those who hunt humans are
    in turn hunted by humans.
[14:10] Chihiro
    Such is the fate of those
    who drink human blood.
[14:15] Mitsugu
    Let's stop. Let's not do this anymore.
[14:18] Mitsugu
    Who cares about any of that?
[14:21] Maki
    Mitsugu.
[14:23] Maki
    Are you sure you're not afraid
    to face the true Mai?
[14:27] Mitsugu
    I just don't want to make
    Mai suffer anymore!
[14:31] Maki
    You're wrong.
[14:33] Maki
    You're afraid to know what truth is
    hidden behind Mai's pretty little face.
[14:42] Chihiro
    Well, Mitsugu Bambam.
    Should we continue or not?
[14:47] Chihiro
    As interested party number one, you decide.
[14:50] Mitsugu
    My name isn't Mitsugu Bambam.
[14:53] Mitsugu
    It's Mitsugu Bamba.
[14:56] Chihiro
    More time passes. Where are you now?
[15:02] Mai
    I...
[15:12] Mai
    My Daddy and I left Europe.
[15:17] Mai
    We're heading to the New World.
[15:20] Chihiro
    More time passes.
[15:26] Mai
    It's different from Europe
    and its tired traditions.
[15:29] Mai
    The city was filled with people of different
    races speaking different languages.
[15:36] Mai
    We hid among the crowds
    and continued our journey.
[15:43] Chihiro
    More time passes.
[15:49] Maki
    Where are you?
[15:50] Mai
    We're near a river called the Mississippi.
[15:54] Mai
    We live on a large plantation.
[15:57] Mai
    We're surrounded by dark-skinned
    nannies and servants.
[16:01] Maki
    Sounds straight out of Gone with the Wind.
[16:03] Mitsugu
    Gone with the what now?
[16:06] Maki
    Just die, you ignorant savage!
[16:08] Maki
    Based on a novel by Margaret Mitchell,
[16:10] Maki
    produced by David O. Selznick,
    and directed by Victor Fleming.
[16:16] Maki
    Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.
[16:19] Maki
    Leslie Howard, Olivia de
    Havilland, and Thomas Mitchell.
[16:23] Mitsugu
    Who?
[16:24] Maki
    You've never heard of the masterpiece
    that won nine Academy Awards?
[16:29] Mitsugu
    Oh, that long-ass movie.
[16:32] Mitsugu
    I've seen a bit of it on TV.
[16:34] Maki
    The Keiko Toda and Toru Emori dub?
[16:37] Mitsugu
    I forgot. Actually, I never remembered.
[16:39] Maki
    By the way, the Warner Brothers dub
    featured Akio Otsuka as Rhett Butler.
[16:44] Maki
    Scarlett O'hara's sister Suellen
    O'Hara was voiced by Atsuko Tanaka.
[16:49] Mitsugu
    So, what?
[16:52] Mai
    On that plantation, I met my first friends.
[17:00] (Flashback) Dad
    Starting today, this girl
    will be your friend.
[17:03] (Flashback) Dad
    Her name is Caroline Irene.
[17:06] (Flashback) Dad
    Call her Carreen.
[17:09] Mai
    Carreen came from an orphanage.
[17:15] Mai
    We quickly became friends.
[17:21] Mai
    We were like sisters.
[17:25] Maki
    It really is Gone with the Wind.
[17:28] Maki
    Carreen, also known as
    Caroline Irene O'Hara is—
[17:31] Chihiro
    What happened next?
[17:33] Mai
    One day...
[17:37] (Flashback) Dad
    Mai, it's about time you began to
    prepare to become independent vampire.
[17:43] (Flashback) Mai
    Independent?
[17:45] (Flashback) Dad
    That's right. A fully-fledged
    vampire must hunt their own prey.
[17:52] (Flashback) Mai
    Prey?
[17:53] (Flashback) Dad
    You must sink your own fangs into your prey,
    drink its blood, and control your prey.
[18:00] (Flashback) Dad
    Naturally, you won't be able
    to do that right away.
[18:04] (Flashback) Dad
    You'll need a partner to practice
    on in order to get used to it.
[18:08] (Flashback) Dad
    Take a look. That's your first prey.
[18:14] Mai
    Carreen had been brought to the
    plantation for that purpose.
[18:20] Chihiro
    I see. It's like how raptors will
    offer live prey to their chicks.
[18:25] Mitsugu
    Ugh!
[18:26] Chihiro
    Cut the old-fashioned reactions.
[18:28] Maki
    He offered a live human to his own child.
[18:31] Maki
    Vampire parents are incredible.
[18:34] Chihiro
    What happened next?
[18:37] Mai
    Naturally, I rejected the idea.
[18:41] Mai
    I couldn't drink the blood
    of my precious friend.
[18:44] Mitsugu
    Of course not.
[18:46] Chihiro
    And then?
[18:48] Mai
    Daddy became angry.
    He exposed me to the sun—
[18:52] Mai
    No, he forced me to fast.
[18:56] Maki
    Fast?
[18:58] Mai
    Pure-blooded vampires raise their children
    by allowing them to drink blood from their arm.
[19:05] Mai
    After I lost my mother, I was
    raised on my Daddy's blood.
[19:13] Chihiro
    He did it so she could become
    independent and leave the nest.
[19:20] Chihiro
    It's standard practice in the natural world.
[19:22] Chihiro
    If anything, humans are the exception.
[19:25] Maki
    Like a fox driving off her kits.
[19:28] Chihiro
    And then?
[19:30] Mai
    I dried up.
[19:34] Mai
    I'd never experienced anything
    like it in my life.
[19:38] Mai
    I felt so dry.
[19:40] Mai
    My hunger tore me apart.
[19:43] Mai
    No matter how much I screamed and cried,
    Daddy wouldn't offer me his arm.
[19:50] Mai
    For three days and nights, I suffered
    and cried until I couldn't anymore.
[19:59] Mai
    Then that night arrived.
[20:12] Mai
    I snuck into her room.
[20:17] Mai
    I stood beside her as she slept peacefully.
[20:33] Mai
    No!
[20:42] Mai
    I feel so dizzy in the morning.
[20:46] Mai
    Everyone knows what I'm thinking.
[20:49] Mai
    My stomach is so excited.
[20:53] Mai
    Don't push yourself too hard.
[20:57] All
    The night is anxious,
    your sleepiness will go flying.
[21:04] All
    Blood vessels flow so
    smoothly, not enough blood...
[21:04] Chihiro
    So, what are you going to
    do with the video you shot?
[21:09] Mitsugu
    What? Maki...
[21:10] Maki
    After the story she told us,
    I can't release it to the public.
[21:17] Maki
    If I'm empathizing with my subject,
[21:20] Maki
    then I still have a lot to learn
    as a documentary director.
[21:24] Chihiro
    It may be the fate of vampires,
    but it's a sad thing.
[21:30] Mitsugu
    No, it's not.
[21:32] Chihiro
    What's not sad?
[21:35] Mitsugu
    Mai isn't alone anymore.
[21:38] Mitsugu
    She has me...
[21:39] Mitsugu
    ...and her blood brothers and
    sisters from the night school.
[21:58] Chihiro
    Someday Mai may drink your blood.
[22:05] Chihiro
    I hope you're prepared for that.