[Arashi] Maou in Ousama Branch 2008.08.26


Yuuka: Well, let us greet today's special guests. First, from the new drama that begins on July 4, Friday night, 10pm, taking on the challenge of a genuine suspense drama, are these two people -- Ohno Satoshi-san and Ikuta Toma-san.
Shosuke: Welcome!
All: Please take care of us~
Shosuke: Welcome, please take a seat.
Yuuka: Please take a seat.
Shosuke: Please take care of us.
Toma: Please take care of us.

[New drama "Maou"
Ohno Satoshi & Ikuta Toma
Live appearance in studio!]

Shosuke: The two of you are in the same company, but is it a first time for you to work together in a drama like this?
Toma: It's a first, but in a previous stage play...
Shosuke: Ahh, I see.
Toma: Yes. We've worked together.
Shosuke: So even though you've done stage plays together, it's the first TV drama series.
Toma: Yes.
Shosuke: I see, so that's how it is.
Yuuka: Well, for these two, it's their first leading collaboration together in the new drama "Maou" but, how is the story like?

[New drama "Maou"
Ohno and Ikuta take on the challenge
of a shocking suspense!]

Ohno: Let's see, my role is of a lawyer but, it's a role where his public appearance is said to be an angelic lawyer, but behind that, he has the past experience of having his younger brother murdered, so in order to begin his revenge, he becomes Maou. He'll keep advancing forth with his perfect crime. That's why, he definitely won't be exposed. It's a... well, it's a very difficult role.
Shosuke: So that means it's a rather good role.
Ohno: That's right. In truth I'm an idiot but,
Shosuke: No, no, you're not an idiot!
Ohno: the role is... yes. That's why it's a rather difficult role.
Yuuka: (overlapping) That's not true!
Shosuke: It's true that you do have a gap between that and your image...
Yuuka: I think that Ohno-san is an interesting person!
Shosuke: An interesting person, isn't he? With the idea that you're truly the healing type...
Shosuke: The healing type. We can't see you as someone who thinks of bad things, right?
Yuuka: That's right.
Ohno: Ah, thank you very much.

Girl: Well, and what about Ikuta-san's role?
Toma: I'm the cop who tries to stop Ohno-kun's revenge. Yes.
Yuuka: The passionate cop.
Toma: The passionate cop. Yes.
Yuuka: The one who runs all over the place.
Toma: Yes, I run all over the place, scream all the time, every day. Yes.
Girl: Well! Then, here, let us watch the special digest of "Maou"'s first episode. Double leading roles, Ohno-san and Ikuta-san. Please focus on the gap they have from their images.

[A shocking suspense is born! New drama, "Maou"]

Jury: We shall now pronounce the verdict. The defendant is innocent.
Defendant: Sensei! Thank you so much!

[Naruse Ryou
Ohno Satoshi]

Narrator: Naruse Ryou is a brilliant lawyer who, no matter the trial, will always defend in favour of his clients.

Man: You save the weak and crush the strong! "The angelic lawyer" is what the press often calls it!

Narrator: But that is his public face. Behind that, he embraces inconsolable deep rage and sorrow. On the other hand.

Naoto: WAIT, YOU BASTARD~! SPIT IT OUT!

Narrator: Hating evil to an excessive point, is the cop who is number one with his arrest rate, Serizawa Naoto.

[Serizawa Naoto
Ikuta Toma]

Nakanishi: In order to protect justice, there are rules you have to follow!
Naoto: I'm working my ass off in my own way!!

[Nakanishi Koudou
Miyake Yuuji]

Nakanishi: I'm telling you to take it down a notch!
Naoto: For a rogue like me, I can only make myself useful to the world... by throwing everything I've got against bad guys.

Narrator: He, too, is suffering from a past that he cannot erase.

[Serizawa Mari
Furuse Michiko]

[Serizawa Noriyoshi
Gekidan Hitori]

Naoto: Oh, aniki!
Noriyoshi: Komota-sensei is here as well. Come, let's greet him, let's greet him.
Komota: As an act of justified self-defense, my client pleads innocence.

Komota: Your arrest rate is running amongst the top, isn't it?
Naoto: I'm just lucky.

[Serizawa Eisaku
Ishizaka Kouji]

Eisaku: No matter how much you've achieved, in the end, you're just a soldier who's being worked to his death. You've got a worn out look, and you're running after all those scum, just what is so interesting about that?

Narrator: The parent and child's mismatched expectations...

Takazuka: That arrived just now.

Narrator: On such a day, to Naoto...

[Takazuka Kaoru
Uehara Misa]

Naoto: What is this?
Takazuka: A tarot card?
Naoto: Tarot card?
Takazuka: It's card that you use for fortune-telling.
Naoto: Why was such a thing sent to me?

Narrator: That card's mystery causes yet another deepening murder case.

Nakanishi: I hear that this is your father's favourite lawyer.
Naoto: Chief, any leads?
Nakanishi: Not yet.
Naoto: Witnesses?
Nakanishi: None at this point.

Narrator: The item that Naoto found at the crime scene. That is...!

Naoto: Why?

Narrator: And then, as though the two were led towards each other...

Naoto: I'm sorry.
Naruse: Not at all. Where may I find the criminal department?

Narrator: That is not a coincidence, but an inevitable conclusion. They each encounter the one they least expected to meet -- the lawyer and the cop. That is when the gears of fortune for the two begin to spin.

[Sakita Shiori
Kobayashi Kyoko]

Sakita: I'm Sakita Shiori.
Naoto: What's the meaning of this card?
Sakita: Atonement for past sins.

[Judgement]

Naoto: Atonement... for past sins.

Narrator: The man transformed into a vengeful demon.
Naoto: You're good! Mom'll be happy if she hears that!

Narrator: Eleven years ago, his precious younger brother was mercilessly killed.
Naoto: Hideo. Watch me.
Narrator: And, the man became Maou.

[Ishimoto Yousuke
Waki Tomohiro]

???: You're Seizou's classmate, you say?

[Kasai Hitoshi
Tanaka Kei]

[Souta Mitsuru
Oshinari Shuugo]

Narrator: A beautiful, perfect scenario for revenge.

Naoto: HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT AFTER KILLING A PERSON!?
Naruse: Serizawa-san. As an act of justified self-defense, my client pleads innocence.

Sakita: It's as though he has no heart.
Naruse: The truth... cannot be distorted.

Narrator: The curtain will finally be opened on the battle between the men shouldering sorrowful pasts!

[New drama "Maou"
First leading role in a drama series, Ohno Satoshi
Taking on the challenge with the role of a heartless lawyer]

Shosuke: My, somehow, the passionate Ikuta-san and the cool Ohno-san is very, um... there's a great gap from the usual Ohno-san as Leader.
Ohno: Yes.
Shosuke: But was it difficult to play your role?
Ohno: That's right... it was my first time as a lawyer, and there were scenes in the courtroom so, I went to a hearing once. The live scenes of a trial, I'd go and watch the real thing... I did various research... um, I really attended a lot of things for the first time.
Yuuka: It looks like it's hard to create those expressions too.
Ohno: That's true. Basically, he's expressionless so, he really only keeps things deep inside his heart...
Yuuka: Did you look into the mirror and such?
Ohno: That's right. Once, I got out from the bath and there's a mirror in front of me so, I practised my expressions but, when my gaze slowly dropped down, I thought, "Ah, what am I doing naked?"
Shosuke: That's true.
Ohno: I laughed.
Yuuka: You laughed, huh.
Shosuke: But the creation of that expressionless look is difficult, isn't it!
Ohno: Yes.

Yuuka: And Ikuta-san's role, Serizawa Officer. Is he a passionate man like yourself?
Toma: Yes... it's sort of like, I get influenced by the role, so I think I've been more heated up than usual lately...
Yuuka: Heated up! How are you heated up?
Toma: Like when I have interviews, Ohno-kun has mentioned this too but, I'd turn kind of aggressive... but when I go home, I do regret it.
Yuuka: Usually you're not like that?
Toma: Well... usually, I'm surprisingly like that too. I'm the type to focus on one thing.
Shosuke: So you'd be quite into your role, huh?
Toma: That's right, yes.
Yuuka: Right? Is there anything you're conscious of when you're acting?
Toma: Let's see... clearly, well... I'm a passionate man but, clearly, I'm shouldering a past as well, so I'm a man who's burning with justice in order to erase that, and for that, if I stand still even for a minute, it's like the past will overflow, that kind of fragility... somehow, having a reason for the passion, is what I'm conscious of when I act. Yes.
Shosuke: Now that you mention it, it's the same for both of you, right? Ikuta-san has his past, Ohno-san has his past, the only difference is that the direction is different.
Toma & Ohno: That's right.
Shosuke: So the two who are carrying their past will crash into each other...
Toma: As the story moves forward, at some point they will really clash tightly into each other. I wouldn't like anyone to miss that moment.

Shosuke: Men will certainly like this sort of suspense, but the women... you like those as well, don't you?
Lady: Women love those too~! Also, watching that VTR, Ohno-san said that he was expressionless...
Ohno: Yes.
Lady: But somehow... the small smiles and the gentle expressions, somehow they're actually scary when I watched the VTR...
Ohno: He's called the "angelic lawyer" on the surface, the brilliant lawyer so, well, his smile is really, on the contrary, quite scary. Yes.
Lady: It feels like you can get obsessed with it.
Yuuka: Yes, we look forward to it.
Shosuke: Yes.

Girl: Well! That's how the drama is like but, the truth is, in the first episode, as a surprise guest, here! We've caught information that another Arashi member will be in it!
Yuuka: My!
Girl: Ohno-san, who will be appearing?
Ohno: The one I really like...
Yuuka: The one you really like...
Girl: Who will appear, we will announce that after the CM!

[After the CM...
In the new drama "Maou",
Arashi's OO will appear!?]

Narrator: Finally, that announcement will be made clear, Friday drama, "Maou"! Starting with the double lead roles, Ohno-san and Ikuta-san, an extravagant cast has been gathered! And in the first episode, what do you know, Ninomiya Kazunari-san's friendly guest appearance has been determined as well! A fantasy collaboration with Arashi members! Pay attention to the battle scene of Ninomiya-san cornering Ohno-san!

Naoto: Please watch. There is only one truth, after all.

Shosuke: The top-secret guest is... Ohno-san's beloved Ninomiya-san, correct?
Ohno: Yes. I really like him.
Shosuke: From the other members of Arashi...
Ohno: Yes.
Shosuke: Has any of them said anything about your first leading role in a drama series?
Ohno: MatsuJun will just normally say, "I'm looking forward to it~!" And, um... MatsuJun's been saying, "Are you busy lately?" quite a bit to me. "The drama must be tough, huh?" And, "You have filming tomorrow too right, do your best~" sort of thing.
Shosuke: He cares for you.
Toma: To me as well, MatsuJun said something like, "Take care of our Leader." He said it.
Yuuka: Take care of Leader!
Shosuke: For interviews and such, Matsumoto-san covers you quite well too, doesn't he?
Ohno: He really takes good care of people. Yes.
Yuuka: You're all good friends, huh! Well, this time, going along with the drama title "Maou", looking at each other in person, we would like you to reveal what type of King the other is. First, the type of King that Ohno-san sees Ikuta-san to be. (*note: The kanji for "ou" in Ma-ou means "King".)
Ohno: Okay.
Yuuka: Please do the honours.

[We heard from the double lead roles of Maou!

Ikuta Toma is a
BIG EATER KING]

Shosuke & Yuuka: Big Eater King...
Ohno: Yes.
Shosuke: What is this about, this is completely different from his image.
Ohno: That's true but, he really eats a lot. In between filming, he's always ordering the large serving.

[New drama "Maou"
Ohno Satoshi & Ikuta Toma
Both their real faces are "OO King"]

Shosuke: He'll ask for a large serving of rice, always?
Ohno: Yes. And after eating, he'd always eat too much and feel sick.
Yuuka: You'll eat to the point of feeling sick?
Toma: Yes.
Shosuke: It's a large serving after all.
Ohno: In between filming, he'd be frowning a great deal, and I'd think, "Ah, he's really concentrating on his acting, on his role, how amazing," but he'd say, "I want to eat ramen."
Shosuke: He was thinking about ramen.
Ohno: He was thinking about ramen.
Shosuke: By the way, what kind of ramen did you eat?
Toma: Um... I kind of like the hard ones. When it's soft, I don't want to eat it. Filming ended at around 12... and I really wanted to go, so I went to go eat it.
Shosuke: Ones with tonkatsu, the hard ones.
Yuuka: It doesn't come out on your body at all!
Shosuke: Right?
Toma: Yes... for now, yes. Maybe for the second half, I'll be a little... just a little.
Shosuke: You're still fine.

Yuuka: Well then next is, um...
Shosuke: From Ikuta-san.
Yuuka: The type of King that Ikuta-san sees Ohno-san to be.
Shosuke: Yes.
Toma: Okay.
Yuuka: Please do the honours.

[We heard from the double lead roles of Maou!

Ohno Satoshi is a
FISH KING]

Shosuke: Fish King.
Yuuka: Fish King?
Shosuke: What does this mean?
Toma: Ohno-kun loves fishing... and on days where there's no filming, on his breaks, he'll go out into sea.
Shosuke: It's boat fishing.
Toma: Ocean fishing.
Ohno: Ocean fishing.
Shosuke: Ocean fishing.
Toma: And, he'll come back after turning black.
Yuuka: You're out there for that long?
Toma: He's a lawyer, and he's also, right, playing a role that's burning with revenge, so... I wouldn't like him to get too burnt.
Shosuke: Plus it's a drama series right, so there's a flow [of events] you have to consider too, right?
Ohno: That's right. I can't stop.
Shosuke: You can't stop... well, do your best in not troubling your make-up artists too much.
Ohno: Yes, I'll be careful.
Shosuke: Okay. Then last of all, I would like the two of you to give a message to our TV audience. First, from Ikuta-san.

[Friday drama Maou
Starts July 4 (Fri) 10pm]

Toma: Yes! Um... I think it's really a very well done and interesting suspense... a tricky suspense, so, definitely, please try not to miss anything starting from the first episode. Please support us.
Shosuke: Thank you very much. Then, Ohno-san, please do the honours.
Ohno: Well, the title is "Maou" and it has a very, um... a very scary image to it but, towards the second half, it gradually becomes more human, so it's a drama that will make you consider what it is to be human.
Shosuke & Yuuka: Thank you very much.
Yuuka: Starting next Friday, from the new drama "Maou", we've had Ohno Satoshi-san and Ikuta Toma-san. Thank you very much~!
Toma: Thank you very much~

~*Hanadan Fashion Interruption!!*~

Toma: Ohno-san's one is pretty good too, isn't it?
Girl: Eh? No way! No way!
Shosuke: Huh, Ohno-san?
Toma: It's rather dashing. It's good, isn't it?
Jun: Where'd you buy this?
Toma: Your badge...
Jun: Aoyama? (*note: Aoyama is the no. 1 leading brand shop for suits.)
Ohno: No, no, no.
Toma: Omotesando.
Jun: Omotesando.

Ohno: Ah, morning.
Toma: Hello, hello, hello.
Jun: Huh? You're Maou, aren't you?
Toma: We're Maou.
Jun: Huh?
Mao: I'm Mao~! Huh?
Ohno: Maou, Maou! Maou! Maou!
Jun: Don't mess with us!
Toma: For Maou,
Girl: Yes!
Toma: it seems like our program's colour is red,
Girl: Ah, I see.
Toma: so all the staff members are wearing red.
Ohno: Red.
Jun: Who the hell cares about that!?
Toma: Oi! It's fine isn't it!