The Case Study of Vanitas (2021) s01e09 Episode Script
Those Who Hunt Crimson
My vision
It's all one big blur.
I feel sick.
Noé, fall back!
Don't try to fight like that!
Huh?
There is no way I'm leaving you here.
You're in no shape to worry about me!
You didn't heed my warning, you fool!
Every time you open your mouth, it's impossible to follow!
It's always the same old story with you, Vanitas!
One moment.
What did you just say?
Vanitas?
Black hair and blue eyes.
Dear Vanitas?
What?
You're the one they call Vanitas?!
What the?! Yes, it's me!
Dear God!
O Lord, I give thanks for Thy guiding hand!
To think we'd meet so soon!
So the rumors about you being used by vampires were true!
Huh?!
Did they coerce you into cooperating?
Are they holding a loved one hostage?!
Get off me!
This poor boy was forced to dwell among vampires and the Clan of the Blue Moon.
What a pitiful creature.
You people will never change.
You cast pity where it's unwanted.
You don't realize you look down on others.
Listen here!
I choose my own path no matter what I do!
I consort with vampires.
I snuck into your lair.
And I just raked your face.
It was all of my own free will!
You fools may be slaves to this god of yours, but not me!
You poor thing.
The Case
Study of
Vanitas
The Case
Study of
Vanitas
You always ponder the simple stuff like emotions and love
I hope one day you'll come to understand them
Torn apart and patched back together so many times leaves you a miserable sight
You don't even know what it means to be alive
You needn't put into words that you want us alone together
I have a feeling we can accept one another, and that's fine for now
I love this world, and I love the light that only you can bring me
Even with my fractured eyes it makes this world
Appear ever so radiant
There's nothing certain in life
But I'm sure you can see me
When the sky and void meet, turn back from dreams of the future
O Lord, I beseech Thee! Have mercy upon him!
Surely he knows not what he does.
Open your eyes, Dear Vanitas.
The Word of God shall not reach your
soul if you turn your back on His light!
Forget your god for now and listen to me!
Look at me!
I want you to know God's love through me!
Huh?
It's all right. There is nothing to fear.
Though you have gone astray,
the Lord will never abandon you!
I shall not fail to save you from the vampires' evil clutches.
You're creeping me out!
My vision's returning.
Now I can do something.
It is time, Durandal!
Noé!
He's swift!
Chasseurs are no mere humans!
They use drugs to enhance their combat prowess!
That explains it! You could have told me sooner!
Will you ever learn?!
Impressive.
I've never seen a vampire move so swiftly after being struck by that light.
Please, wait!
Listen to me!
I already told you.
No vampire who sets foot in here leaves this place alive.
Big city vampires never listen.
And you humans are no different!
I didn't see a lever on the wall out there.
That means
There!
I'm at a disadvantage here.
If I keep my distance and wait for my strength to recover
Trying to escape?
You coward!
You're not going anywhere
vampire!
If I deny him his weapon
What in the devil was that?
This ends now!
Ow, ow, ow
They got away.
Captain!
Ah, Maria, Georges.
Oh no!
You're bleeding!
Excellent timing.
I got lost and then ran into a pair of intruders.
One of them was a vampire.
Now then
The hunt is on.
Dear Vanitas!
Where are you?
Come out, come out wherever you are!
Please, Captain. Lower your voice.
But Dear Vanitas might heed my call.
He's not going to answer!
Dear Vanitas!
Enough! Be silent!
He really does creep me out!
That Roland fellow
You saw it didn't you? Those eyes brimming with goodwill?
Such sanctimonious fools who won't accept malice for what it is are the worst!
They twist every provocation and rejection to suit their own needs.
Oh, forgive me.
I never thought that you'd meet your match.
But I don't see the problem.
I've grown rather fond of him.
Whatever you say, Mr. Personality.
How are your eyes?
Much better now.
But the real and formulaic worlds
are still a mixed-up, sickening blur.
That light likely hinders the function of a vampire's eyes, thus preventing the rewriting of the World Formula.
Noé, you enhance your body in combat.
What else can you do by tampering with the World Formula?
If I try hard enough, I can stand on a wall or ceiling.
Do you think you can defeat him?
I don't know,
but we can win if we work together.
Noé, I came here looking for someone.
His name is Moreau.
He was obsessed with vampire research.
His madness got him expelled from the chasseurs.
Look at this.
The button Dante took from that abductor?
Look at the other side.
Number 128?
It's a production number.
The recent abductions weren't
the work of ordinary chasseurs.
They are enhanced humans,
the fruit of Moreau's human experiments.
They're his creations.
Now who do we have here?
The black-haired one seems familiar, or am I just imagining things?
Vanitas?
The Vampire of the Blue Moon?
That black-haired, blue-eyed lad went by such a name.
Why, yes! Yes! I just remembered!
It is him! The lad from back then!
Welcome home! Welcome home! Welcome home!
The Vampire of the Blue Moon robbed him from me!
He was my precious test subject!
All right, let's go, Noé.
I repeat, there are two intruders.
A silver-haired vampire and a black-haired human.
However, I want the human taken alive at all costs.
Do not slay him.
To think two intruders would trouble us so
Olivier will have my head for this.
Captain, seeing as one of them is Vanitas of the Blue Moon Clan,
should we have not reported that fact?
That's true!
Seriously?!
Oh, never mind.
I'll submit a full report later.
Now, let us go!
We have the home-field advantage!
This place will be your grave, vampire!
What the?!
The automatons are attacking us?!
The astermite is glowing red.
I've never seen such a reaction.
Snap out of it. What happened here?
Captain, there's something wrong with those two.
It's as if they know this labyrinth like the back of their hand.
We were on their tail, but they somehow circled behind us and took us by surprise.
And that eldritch light
It was as if we, the chasseurs,
had gone from hunters to prey.
That book can even tamper with machines?
Not exactly.
It tampered with the astermite powering the automatons.
Surely you understand why that's possible?
Don't tell me you rewrote its formula?!
Precisely.
That stone has a conduit to the World Formula,
just as vampires do.
I simply used it.
What a pain.
I thought we'd reach our goal
without crossing the chasseurs.
Things never go as planned.
I have so many other questions.
How do you know this place so well that you can bedevil the chasseurs?
What is that man Moreau trying to achieve?
What is your connection to him?
And why is it that at times
you make that face?
Hey.
Quit making that face.
I always look like this!
Don't lie to me.
My parents were slain by a vampire.
What?
The chasseurs saved me from the same fate.
And the church began training me to join them as a new recruit.
But before I was ready, Moreau took notice of me,
and I became his guinea pig.
End of story.
End of story?
Oh, and I spent years down here, so I know it well.
It's as simple as that.
That's not what I meant.
Why did he tell that story as if it were someone else?
You don't hold a grudge against vampires?
The way I see it, humans and vampires are much the same.
They're both truly monstrous
and endlessly selfish creatures.
There it is again! Please don't make that face!
Keep your voice down!
Seeing you make that face raises my hackles!
Yeah?!
Well, sorry! I was born with it!
No, you weren't, you liar!
Why, you
There you are, Dear Vanitas!
Noé!
Close your eyes!
The security gate!
They will not escape! To the bypass!
Wait, Maria!
It's no use. The controls won't respond!
Now, listen carefully, Noé.
From this point, we have to beat Roland without fighting.
Without fighting?
That's right. He's formidable.
He may be one of the mightiest of the chasseurs.
If we fight, we won't come out unscathed.
We're now making our way toward Moreau, along with his enhanced humans.
The abducted vampires should be there too, if they yet live.
We can't afford to get wounded here.
This ends now.
That's no way to treat a lady!
A tasty little fly caught in our web.
We're taking her hostage!
Overruled!
I overrule your overruling!
Not this again?!
This is the swiftest way to deal with men like Roland!
I'm against it!
It will dash any hope of a peaceful resolution!
Huh?!
How can you still think like that?!
There is no peaceful resolution with him!
If we explain the situation and
clear up this misunderstanding—
This is what makes you people weak!
You have great power yet dig your
own graves by shackling yourselves.
Vanitas—
Enough!
I'm done with you!
If you don't like my way of doing things,
you're free to go it alone!
Working with naive fools like you will be the death of me someday!
Go make nice with your preachy pals,
you candied-brained, blood-sucking bat!
Message received, Vanitas.
I take back what I said.
We are going to take a hostage.
What?
Dear Vanitas!
Stay right where you are.
One false move and I'll snap his
bony neck in the wink of an eye.
Hey, you're stealing my lines.
Foul vampire! How can you stoop so low?!
Please calm yourself, Captain!
It may very well be a trap!
Yes, but even so
What's gotten into you, you fool?!
He'll see through this act.
Act?
You say the silliest things, Vanitas.
Huh?
Did I not tell you before?
What?
We can win if we work together.
Those are some scary eyes!
Don't just stand there, Roland!
Hurry up and save me!
I'm serious! Please save me!
Are you saying it's all an act, Georges?
It's so hard to tell.
Vanitas, there is one thing you said earlier that I agree with.
We must not let him deal the first blow.
With that in mind!
Wait! Stop!
Dear Vanitas!
Pardon me!
Pleased to meet you, Roland!
My name is Noé.
I came here with Vanitas to
investigate an incident of interest.
Noé, you fool. Why are you introducing yourself?
First, please allow me to apologize for entering your domain without leave.
However, I swear we did not slay the men we took these clothes from,
nor did we harm them more than needed.
So, please!
Will you not hear what we have to say?!
What is wrong with you?
Captain!
Dr. Moreau yet lives!
Now, listen to what we have to say.
That is shocking news.
We cast out Dr. Moreau,
yet he's been operating under our noses?
And that's why vampires are being abducted?
It's just a tall tale!
Is it not, Captain?
I didn't want to explain about myself.
No, it actually makes sense.
There are no inconsistencies in Vanitas's story.
Why, you
I could've been killed if things went south.
But
And what you just did?! Were you trying to kill me?
What? I held back to make sure you didn't break anything.
That's not the issue!
So are you really a vampire?
What?
Oh, it's merely, you're unlike any vampire I've met before.
Obviously.
The chasseurs only hunt the violent ones who go rampaging through the human world.
I see.
That explains it.
How interesting.
This is a truly intriguing find!
I've made up my mind!
My Dear Noé, let us be friends!
I want to learn everything about you!
Huh?!
Gladly!
That settles it.
I shall join you!
Wh-Wh-What has gotten into you, Captain?!
What? That matter concerning Moreau is something the chasseurs must deal with.
We must tell our superiors—
I'd rather die than team up with you!
Don't you dare follow us!
What a relief.
He understood once we explained the situation.
He really did understand!
But that begs the question
Why didn't you explain why you're here when we first met?
Vanitas.
We're here.
This is it.
Welcome! Or should I say, welcome home!
My Number 69!
Do you remember me?! You remember me, don't you?!
It's Dr. Moreau!
Vanitas
Dr. Moreau!
Those Who Hunt Crimson
Those Who Hunt Crimson
Those Who Hunt Crimson
As soon as it all began
I could see how it would end
Like melting ice cream beginning to drip
I release a sigh that echoes ever so far
Ever so gently like ripples on the water
When I lose myself I become you
I'll meet all your desires
I'll cling to you
Lose the veil
'Cause tomorrow
All doubts will be dispelled
Was it you who I've been searching for
Spent my life alone and waited for?
So tenderly and endlessly
You made me whole, you made me whole
I'm sinking beneath all the tears
To a place beyond goodbyes
Torn through time by myself
You made me whole, you made me whole
Was it you who I heard through the door
When I cried and had no place to go?
Torn through time by myself
I know I'm never alone
Since I found your embrace
You made me whole, you made me whole
I lose myself
I lose myself
I know I'm never alone
It's all one big blur.
I feel sick.
Noé, fall back!
Don't try to fight like that!
Huh?
There is no way I'm leaving you here.
You're in no shape to worry about me!
You didn't heed my warning, you fool!
Every time you open your mouth, it's impossible to follow!
It's always the same old story with you, Vanitas!
One moment.
What did you just say?
Vanitas?
Black hair and blue eyes.
Dear Vanitas?
What?
You're the one they call Vanitas?!
What the?! Yes, it's me!
Dear God!
O Lord, I give thanks for Thy guiding hand!
To think we'd meet so soon!
So the rumors about you being used by vampires were true!
Huh?!
Did they coerce you into cooperating?
Are they holding a loved one hostage?!
Get off me!
This poor boy was forced to dwell among vampires and the Clan of the Blue Moon.
What a pitiful creature.
You people will never change.
You cast pity where it's unwanted.
You don't realize you look down on others.
Listen here!
I choose my own path no matter what I do!
I consort with vampires.
I snuck into your lair.
And I just raked your face.
It was all of my own free will!
You fools may be slaves to this god of yours, but not me!
You poor thing.
The Case
Study of
Vanitas
The Case
Study of
Vanitas
You always ponder the simple stuff like emotions and love
I hope one day you'll come to understand them
Torn apart and patched back together so many times leaves you a miserable sight
You don't even know what it means to be alive
You needn't put into words that you want us alone together
I have a feeling we can accept one another, and that's fine for now
I love this world, and I love the light that only you can bring me
Even with my fractured eyes it makes this world
Appear ever so radiant
There's nothing certain in life
But I'm sure you can see me
When the sky and void meet, turn back from dreams of the future
O Lord, I beseech Thee! Have mercy upon him!
Surely he knows not what he does.
Open your eyes, Dear Vanitas.
The Word of God shall not reach your
soul if you turn your back on His light!
Forget your god for now and listen to me!
Look at me!
I want you to know God's love through me!
Huh?
It's all right. There is nothing to fear.
Though you have gone astray,
the Lord will never abandon you!
I shall not fail to save you from the vampires' evil clutches.
You're creeping me out!
My vision's returning.
Now I can do something.
It is time, Durandal!
Noé!
He's swift!
Chasseurs are no mere humans!
They use drugs to enhance their combat prowess!
That explains it! You could have told me sooner!
Will you ever learn?!
Impressive.
I've never seen a vampire move so swiftly after being struck by that light.
Please, wait!
Listen to me!
I already told you.
No vampire who sets foot in here leaves this place alive.
Big city vampires never listen.
And you humans are no different!
I didn't see a lever on the wall out there.
That means
There!
I'm at a disadvantage here.
If I keep my distance and wait for my strength to recover
Trying to escape?
You coward!
You're not going anywhere
vampire!
If I deny him his weapon
What in the devil was that?
This ends now!
Ow, ow, ow
They got away.
Captain!
Ah, Maria, Georges.
Oh no!
You're bleeding!
Excellent timing.
I got lost and then ran into a pair of intruders.
One of them was a vampire.
Now then
The hunt is on.
Dear Vanitas!
Where are you?
Come out, come out wherever you are!
Please, Captain. Lower your voice.
But Dear Vanitas might heed my call.
He's not going to answer!
Dear Vanitas!
Enough! Be silent!
He really does creep me out!
That Roland fellow
You saw it didn't you? Those eyes brimming with goodwill?
Such sanctimonious fools who won't accept malice for what it is are the worst!
They twist every provocation and rejection to suit their own needs.
Oh, forgive me.
I never thought that you'd meet your match.
But I don't see the problem.
I've grown rather fond of him.
Whatever you say, Mr. Personality.
How are your eyes?
Much better now.
But the real and formulaic worlds
are still a mixed-up, sickening blur.
That light likely hinders the function of a vampire's eyes, thus preventing the rewriting of the World Formula.
Noé, you enhance your body in combat.
What else can you do by tampering with the World Formula?
If I try hard enough, I can stand on a wall or ceiling.
Do you think you can defeat him?
I don't know,
but we can win if we work together.
Noé, I came here looking for someone.
His name is Moreau.
He was obsessed with vampire research.
His madness got him expelled from the chasseurs.
Look at this.
The button Dante took from that abductor?
Look at the other side.
Number 128?
It's a production number.
The recent abductions weren't
the work of ordinary chasseurs.
They are enhanced humans,
the fruit of Moreau's human experiments.
They're his creations.
Now who do we have here?
The black-haired one seems familiar, or am I just imagining things?
Vanitas?
The Vampire of the Blue Moon?
That black-haired, blue-eyed lad went by such a name.
Why, yes! Yes! I just remembered!
It is him! The lad from back then!
Welcome home! Welcome home! Welcome home!
The Vampire of the Blue Moon robbed him from me!
He was my precious test subject!
All right, let's go, Noé.
I repeat, there are two intruders.
A silver-haired vampire and a black-haired human.
However, I want the human taken alive at all costs.
Do not slay him.
To think two intruders would trouble us so
Olivier will have my head for this.
Captain, seeing as one of them is Vanitas of the Blue Moon Clan,
should we have not reported that fact?
That's true!
Seriously?!
Oh, never mind.
I'll submit a full report later.
Now, let us go!
We have the home-field advantage!
This place will be your grave, vampire!
What the?!
The automatons are attacking us?!
The astermite is glowing red.
I've never seen such a reaction.
Snap out of it. What happened here?
Captain, there's something wrong with those two.
It's as if they know this labyrinth like the back of their hand.
We were on their tail, but they somehow circled behind us and took us by surprise.
And that eldritch light
It was as if we, the chasseurs,
had gone from hunters to prey.
That book can even tamper with machines?
Not exactly.
It tampered with the astermite powering the automatons.
Surely you understand why that's possible?
Don't tell me you rewrote its formula?!
Precisely.
That stone has a conduit to the World Formula,
just as vampires do.
I simply used it.
What a pain.
I thought we'd reach our goal
without crossing the chasseurs.
Things never go as planned.
I have so many other questions.
How do you know this place so well that you can bedevil the chasseurs?
What is that man Moreau trying to achieve?
What is your connection to him?
And why is it that at times
you make that face?
Hey.
Quit making that face.
I always look like this!
Don't lie to me.
My parents were slain by a vampire.
What?
The chasseurs saved me from the same fate.
And the church began training me to join them as a new recruit.
But before I was ready, Moreau took notice of me,
and I became his guinea pig.
End of story.
End of story?
Oh, and I spent years down here, so I know it well.
It's as simple as that.
That's not what I meant.
Why did he tell that story as if it were someone else?
You don't hold a grudge against vampires?
The way I see it, humans and vampires are much the same.
They're both truly monstrous
and endlessly selfish creatures.
There it is again! Please don't make that face!
Keep your voice down!
Seeing you make that face raises my hackles!
Yeah?!
Well, sorry! I was born with it!
No, you weren't, you liar!
Why, you
There you are, Dear Vanitas!
Noé!
Close your eyes!
The security gate!
They will not escape! To the bypass!
Wait, Maria!
It's no use. The controls won't respond!
Now, listen carefully, Noé.
From this point, we have to beat Roland without fighting.
Without fighting?
That's right. He's formidable.
He may be one of the mightiest of the chasseurs.
If we fight, we won't come out unscathed.
We're now making our way toward Moreau, along with his enhanced humans.
The abducted vampires should be there too, if they yet live.
We can't afford to get wounded here.
This ends now.
That's no way to treat a lady!
A tasty little fly caught in our web.
We're taking her hostage!
Overruled!
I overrule your overruling!
Not this again?!
This is the swiftest way to deal with men like Roland!
I'm against it!
It will dash any hope of a peaceful resolution!
Huh?!
How can you still think like that?!
There is no peaceful resolution with him!
If we explain the situation and
clear up this misunderstanding—
This is what makes you people weak!
You have great power yet dig your
own graves by shackling yourselves.
Vanitas—
Enough!
I'm done with you!
If you don't like my way of doing things,
you're free to go it alone!
Working with naive fools like you will be the death of me someday!
Go make nice with your preachy pals,
you candied-brained, blood-sucking bat!
Message received, Vanitas.
I take back what I said.
We are going to take a hostage.
What?
Dear Vanitas!
Stay right where you are.
One false move and I'll snap his
bony neck in the wink of an eye.
Hey, you're stealing my lines.
Foul vampire! How can you stoop so low?!
Please calm yourself, Captain!
It may very well be a trap!
Yes, but even so
What's gotten into you, you fool?!
He'll see through this act.
Act?
You say the silliest things, Vanitas.
Huh?
Did I not tell you before?
What?
We can win if we work together.
Those are some scary eyes!
Don't just stand there, Roland!
Hurry up and save me!
I'm serious! Please save me!
Are you saying it's all an act, Georges?
It's so hard to tell.
Vanitas, there is one thing you said earlier that I agree with.
We must not let him deal the first blow.
With that in mind!
Wait! Stop!
Dear Vanitas!
Pardon me!
Pleased to meet you, Roland!
My name is Noé.
I came here with Vanitas to
investigate an incident of interest.
Noé, you fool. Why are you introducing yourself?
First, please allow me to apologize for entering your domain without leave.
However, I swear we did not slay the men we took these clothes from,
nor did we harm them more than needed.
So, please!
Will you not hear what we have to say?!
What is wrong with you?
Captain!
Dr. Moreau yet lives!
Now, listen to what we have to say.
That is shocking news.
We cast out Dr. Moreau,
yet he's been operating under our noses?
And that's why vampires are being abducted?
It's just a tall tale!
Is it not, Captain?
I didn't want to explain about myself.
No, it actually makes sense.
There are no inconsistencies in Vanitas's story.
Why, you
I could've been killed if things went south.
But
And what you just did?! Were you trying to kill me?
What? I held back to make sure you didn't break anything.
That's not the issue!
So are you really a vampire?
What?
Oh, it's merely, you're unlike any vampire I've met before.
Obviously.
The chasseurs only hunt the violent ones who go rampaging through the human world.
I see.
That explains it.
How interesting.
This is a truly intriguing find!
I've made up my mind!
My Dear Noé, let us be friends!
I want to learn everything about you!
Huh?!
Gladly!
That settles it.
I shall join you!
Wh-Wh-What has gotten into you, Captain?!
What? That matter concerning Moreau is something the chasseurs must deal with.
We must tell our superiors—
I'd rather die than team up with you!
Don't you dare follow us!
What a relief.
He understood once we explained the situation.
He really did understand!
But that begs the question
Why didn't you explain why you're here when we first met?
Vanitas.
We're here.
This is it.
Welcome! Or should I say, welcome home!
My Number 69!
Do you remember me?! You remember me, don't you?!
It's Dr. Moreau!
Vanitas
Dr. Moreau!
Those Who Hunt Crimson
Those Who Hunt Crimson
Those Who Hunt Crimson
As soon as it all began
I could see how it would end
Like melting ice cream beginning to drip
I release a sigh that echoes ever so far
Ever so gently like ripples on the water
When I lose myself I become you
I'll meet all your desires
I'll cling to you
Lose the veil
'Cause tomorrow
All doubts will be dispelled
Was it you who I've been searching for
Spent my life alone and waited for?
So tenderly and endlessly
You made me whole, you made me whole
I'm sinking beneath all the tears
To a place beyond goodbyes
Torn through time by myself
You made me whole, you made me whole
Was it you who I heard through the door
When I cried and had no place to go?
Torn through time by myself
I know I'm never alone
Since I found your embrace
You made me whole, you made me whole
I lose myself
I lose myself
I know I'm never alone