Gearing up for the run of the “Thou Shalt Not Die / Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare -ZERO-” stage play later this December, creator Yoko Taro and director Matsuda Ichidai recently gave a short comment regarding it! Check it out on YouTube below.
I also included a rough interpretation of what they were discussing. I don’t call this a translation because there are a couple places were I can’t clearly hear. I may make edits later.
- Stage Adaption, Director: Matsuda Ichidai (M)
- Creator: Yoko Taro (Y)
| M: Yes, hello! We’ve got a play coming up in December! The creator of the play “Thou Shalt Not Die / Kimi Shi ni Tamou Koto Nakare -ZERO-” is with us today, Yoko Taro! Y: Hello, I’m the original creator behind this show, Yoko Taro. M: (haha) Your voice… it’s so muffled! Y: I guess I wrote a pretty dark story… M: Yeah, it’s pretty dark. Y: Plus, we’re debuting it over the Christmas holiday season… M: That’s right, it’ll be out over Christmas, huh? Y: I can’t be more sorry for that. I’m really sorry. M: No, no, no… Y: Thank you very much. M: What do you think is the best way to spend the Christmas season? Y: I think it’s best to share a toast with your significant other and then break up. M: Toast & break up? (haha) That’s pretty much the feeling I think you’ll get from the play. Y: It’s nothing really. M: No, no, no. It’s pretty sad. There’s a bit of love in there, too, right? Y: No, not really. M: (haha) Didn’t you just say that? What about romance? Y: No, there’s no romance, either. M: (haha) There’s no romance, either? Okay, I got it. Y: There’s nothing. M: (haha) Nothing! Well, this is the meaning of “Zero”, the play that starts from nothing, but I think it looks pretty fun, interesting—interesting? Fun, gorgeous, and painfully beautiful—with fighting, too. There’s no romance, or anything else for that matter, but… Y: Absolutely nothing. M: Maybe something—or nothing happens—BUT… I have a feeling this is a really great story. I hope you look forward to it! Thank you very much, sensei! Y: Thank you! See ya! M: Bye! |