The heroine of this work is Mito Yamamoto, a lonely girl who lost her parents and was abandoned by her relatives. For some reason, she was kicked out of her shop where she had been working while disguised as a man to make a living, and just when she was in trouble with no money or a place to live, she was taken in by the vampire Luca. And the beautiful woman decides to live in a boy’s dormitory with unique handsome guys on the condition that she will use her own blood as “bait” for Luka. However, her cohabitation life is full of danger as she hides the fact that she is a “woman”… The love story of a cross-dressing girl and a doting vampire is about to begin!
Animate Times will be conducting a series of interviews about this work! For the second time, we asked Junichi Toki, who plays the role of Ruka Saotome, about his future key points and his “heart-pounding moment.”
–Please tell us your impressions when you first read the original work.
Junichi Toki (hereinafter referred to as Toki) who plays Ruka Saotome: I had read another manga by Ema Toyama, and I had the impression that it would make you squirm if you had a chance. I felt that the worldview of this work has become even more powerful, and it is also a work that makes you think, “There are infinite forms of love.” It shows a lot of different types of excitement. It’s a wonderful work that you can enjoy both traditional and avant-garde parts.
–Please introduce your character, Luka.
Toki: Luka is cool, confident in himself, and a hard worker who can do anything, but he’s still immature when it comes to human relationships, and more specifically, love. He still can’t handle feelings of love well within himself. To put it simply, I think it’s “adolescence,” but you can see the fluctuations that come with that. There’s a gap between that and his coolness that makes me want to support him.
–There are quite a few scenes where you’re like, “What the hell is this feeling…?”
Toki: He’s a vampire, but he’s still in adolescence (lol).
–From the viewer’s perspective, the blood-sucking scene is a shocking element, but from Luka’s perspective, it’s an act he does to survive.
土岐：そうなんですよ。キラキラな演出が付けられていてドキドキしてしまうんですけども、ルカからしたら実際は美味しくないものを飲んでいる場面というね（笑）。でも、それ以上に本人が自覚できていない色々な感情があるから、ああいう演出になっているんだと思います。そこもギャップがあって面白いですよね。
――ルカの趣味も明らかになりました。
土岐：美人はルカの趣味を見てギョッとするけど、「まぁ、いいじゃん」ってリアクションをしてくれるんですよ。美人の懐の広さはすごいなと思いました。恋人とか恋愛対象じゃなくて、友人としても大事にしたほうがいい存在だと思います。色々と辛い経験をしてきたからでもあると思いますが、ちょっとやそっとのことじゃ、たじろがないんですよね。彼女も応援したくなるヒロインです。ルカは美人と出会って、本当によかったなと。
――そういう意味では、ふたりの出会いは運命的だったと言えるかもしれません。
土岐：本当に。ただ、音響監督さんからは「優しくなり過ぎないで欲しい」というディレクションがあって。ルカは美人のことを男性だと思っているし、やっと現れた自分の命を助けてくれる友達だと感じているんです。恋愛的な運命の相手への接し方ではなく、もっとキザになってもいい、一人で思春期をやってくれている感じでいいと言われました。
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