starters from yoshikazu takeuchi’s novel perfect blue: complete metamorphosis. trigger warnings: mentions of stalking, murder, gore.
“ of all the times to catch a cold, why now? ”
“ would you like me to bring you some hot coffee? ”
“ i heard you’re feeling under the weather ”
“ but that’s not all that’s bothering me — i got a strange call last night ”
“ who are you? what are you doing here? ”
“ have you thought about it? will you do it? ”
“ if you’ve got something else to do, that’s all right, but i have something i’d like to talk to you about ”
“ you get used to it after a while, and it stops being impressive ”
“ you like anime too, don’t you? ”
“ these days, an idol can’t survive on just being cute ”
“ if there’s something you want to say, you can say it ”
“ please don’t be mad at me when i tell you this ”
“ if i worried about that sort of thing, i’d never be able to do anything ”
“ some of your fans don’t like the idea of you changing your image ”
“ who cares about what those fans think? ”
“ i was wrong for thinking to keep it to myself. i hope you can forgive me ”
“ if he shows up in front of me, i’ll beat the living daylights out of him ”
“ do you think we should notify the police? ”
“ there’s so many freaks and weirdos these days ”
“ speaking of which, they never found the guy who killed that girl ”
“ who the hell goes around cutting off people’s skin, anyway? ”
“ fans like these aren’t fans at all. true fans would want to see the idol grow ”
“ tomorrow’s the first day of your photoshoot, right? ”
“ this has gone too far now. we need to inform the police ”
“ i thought you would never betray me ”
“ you’re cute no matter what you’re wearing ”
“ what were you doing outside that apartment? ”
“ i’ll ask you one more time. who are you? ”
“ what happened to you? you’re bleeding ”
“ would you shut up already? how many times are you going to ask that? ”
“ surely i would never try to sabotage someone i admire ”
“ i still can’t believe you’re doing the idol thing ”
“ i didn’t call you here for the sex, you know ”
“ just who the hell do you think you are talking like that? ”
“ i’ll aim for your heart. i wouldn’t want to damage your face, after all ”