Now, stop everything but your beating heart
and look at me.
To steal...
is not to take something away or break something.
It is a special case. An elegant vice.
It's an amalgam of secrets, felonies,
mischief, and terror.
Just like with Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights,
a life dedicated to stealing brings about the ultimate sensuality.
It's a prison of sexiness from which she cannot escape.
Its psychological foundation is...
unknown.
Who is the slave?
Who is the master?
Is God watching her?
Has God abandoned her?
The act of stealing lets her forget everything
and keeps her memories at a safe distance.
Don't speak, run.
Don't run, but hide.
If you find me, punish me.
If you punish me, kill me.
Save me.
But you have nothing left for me to steal, silly boy.
You've long since been empty, just like me.
So if you want to look at me,
then stop everything you're doing.
Stop everything but your beating heart and look at me.
A Woman named Mine Fujiko
Vissi d'arte
I lived for art,
Vissi d'amore
I lived for love,
non feci mai male ad anima viva...
I never did harm to a living soul...
Right there!
Th-There? Where do you think "there" is?
Hell if I know.
What are you babbling on about?
A-Assistant Inspector Oscar!
If you keep messing around on the job, I'll kill you.
I'm... so very... sorr—
When did this place turn into a pig farm?
It's so good!
That pig woman...
Conditions?
Yeah, there's something you'll need to do for us if you want to be released.
Come on! Haven't I done enough for you already?
With that cheap thief body of yours?
At least you moan with a voice on par with Ayan Maya's.
Ayan?
Isn't she that masked opera singer?
She's a dramatic soprano virtuoso.
Her voice and performance were said to be of the heavens,
but most of her face was burned away in an unfortunate accident.
I heard it was the work of an overenthusiastic fan.
Since then, she's worn a mask during all of her performances.
A mask studded with precious jewels.
Its worth is easily equal to that of a small country.
Oh? You've got me interested now.
It gets even more interesting. That mask...
is supposedly a courtship gift from the ghost that haunts Gerenia Palace.
Cut that out.
And so,
now we finally get to the real conditions for your release.
I'm going to take the virtuoso's mask at the public performance in Gerenia palace. Lupin the Third
Living in song, living in love
Are you sure?
Is it really a good idea to let a thief protect Ayan's mask?
I don't think we can trust her.
There's no such thing as a woman who's never betrayed someone.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
While the maggots are slowing each other down, we...
Gerenia Palace is a vast, intricate building.
Not a single person working here,
including myself, knows its full layout.
On the roof, we extract honey
for the famous brand, Notion.
This is the underground aquifer.
It runs throughout the city, but as you can see, it's dry now.
Back when water ran through it, people apparently called it the "Lethe."
The Lethe?
A river in ancient Greek legends.
It's a river that can allow you to forget your past by washing it away.
This is backstage.
Don't get caught in the shadows
!!
"Don't get caught in the shadows"?
It's referring to Gerenia Palace's ghost.
The rumor is that he'll haunt you if you think about him too much.
It's not just a rumor.
Gerenia Palace loves Ayan, its virtuoso.
Darenzo!
If this Lupin III is planning to steal Ayan's mask, then he's as good as dead.
Gerenia Palace, please forgive these greedy souls.
He gives me the creeps.
Darenzo's our prop master.
The stagehands tend to be superstitious.
This is Ayan.
Hello!
They're performing Tosca, huh?
Yeah.
A romantic tragedy
involving a painter and an opera singer.
Lady Tosca?
Don't you think you should be heading home?
No.
If I don't see him, I won't be able to sing my love song!
Wenches! Where have you hidden the traitor?
Traitor? What are you talking about?
Don't feign ignorance!
Are you in here, Angelotti?!
Wh-What?
What's wrong?
It's too loud in here.
I can't even practice singing!
Y-Yes. Actually...
Lup—
I've missed you, Mine Fujiko.
I just can't get enough of these.
You're after it too, aren't you?
Her mask.
Lupin?!
Lights!
Oscar!
Tosca is mine
It couldn't be. The ghost of the opera?
I am Tosca!
Ayan?
Even the demon is trying to tear me away from Calavangia?
Please, show mercy!
A woman who's loved by even a demon!
That is the diva of Rome!
È regali tripudi prigioniera
A prisoner of royal celebrations
Già il veleno l'ha rosa!
My poison is already working!
Oh mio bel nido insozzato di fango!
Our beautiful nest is now soiled with slime!
Lupin?
Vi piomberò inattesa!
I'll surprise you and bury you!
Tu non l'avrai stasera. Giuro!
I swear, you won't have his love tonight!
In chiesa!
In church!
Dio mi perdona.
God forgives me.
Is that how it went?
Weren't they improvising?
Hey! Ayan, are you all right?
What's going on?
It's the ghost.
That bloody message is proof that the ghost is angry.
That's it for Ayan.
A Woman named Mine Fujiko
How are you doing, Ayan?
I'll be able to get up by the time I have to sing.
Until then, have my stand-in...
But you don't have a stand-in.
There's one right here.
Huh?
They're about the same size.
If she just wears the fake mask...
There shouldn't be a problem. I'll leave it to you,
Mine Fujiko.
What's so fun about grabbing the butt of a cheap thief?
Don't worry. It's encouragement.
Listen, make sure you lure out Lupin.
Aren't you putting too much faith in this woman?
I'm telling you, she's a great actress capable of hitting the high notes, even when she's not feeling much of anything.
Oh, was it that obvious?
Hey!
Here, Miss Ayan! It's the headpiece for your next costume.
Say it just like that.
Oh, my precious darling.
Why do you not come to me today?
Without you, my life is nothing!
She's actually pretty good.
When does she switch with Ayan?
Right after the curtain closes.
About twenty minutes from now.
She'll be lowered underneath the stage through a trap door,
and then switch with Ayan, who will be waiting there.
They're going to switch using a trap door where no one can see.
It's the best opportunity for Mine Fujiko and Lupin to steal the mask.
If she can't stop Lupin, that woman should at least be able to slow him down by seducing him.
The guards are already in position.
What?
It's not time yet!
Hurry, Oscar!
Hey, isn't this a little rough?
The ghost?
Let me out!
Let me out now!
What?
Vissi d'arte
I lived for art,
Vissi d'amore
I lived for love,
Ayan!
non feci mai male ad anima viva!
I never did harm to a living soul!
Hey, this isn't what we agreed on!
Move to the fifth taped mark to your right.
I see. He got us.
Using a prop letter,
he had Ayan move to the designated point.
He made it look like her life was in danger when it actually wasn't.
In that case, the ghost of the opera...
Lupin III, I will definitely...
not let you lay a finger on Ayan's mask.
Oh, my darling, I want to go to your side.
Ayan is mine!
Ayan!
What's happening?
I won't let you do that.
That voice... It's Lupin!
Bees?
They're the ones we keep on the roof.
Hey, where are you guys going?!
Ah! Ow, ow ow!
No! You mustn't take off your mask!
I put a device in your headpiece which emits a sound that the little bees just can't get enough of!
Impressive, huh?
That's not Ayan!
It's Nora!
She worked as a stagehand here five years ago.
I... Darenzo...
Well then, I'll be taking that mask!
Damn!
You're not getting away!
Zenigata?
You follow the cloaked guy!
Yes, sir!
Jeez, using keys to unlock things is so boring.
You! Help me, pig woman!
P-Pig woman?!
Pig! Run like the pig that you are!
How about you stop calling me that?
Then I'll call you Spittoon!
Spit...
That's what you are—just a place for vile men to spit out their passions!
Spittoon, you take that way!
You...!
Where the hell am I?
We meet at last. I've missed you, Lupin III.
You're something else. Is it okay to leave the mask?
The mask? I don't care about that.
I'm only here to settle my score with you!
Whoa!
O Zenigata!
Wherefore art thou, Zenigata?
Wherefore am I?
I am who I am because the blood flowing through my veins screams out at me,
telling me to exterminate the Lupin family.
Back when water ran through it, people apparently called it the "Lethe."
The Lethe?
A river in Greek legends.
It's a river that can allow you to forget your past by washing it away.
As long as I bear the name Zenigata, I cannot deny my blood!
Blood, huh?
Gotcha!
Lupin!
My next trick is a huge amount of chili blood!
Extra blood for you!
I-It's getting in my eyes!
Huh? Why did it lead here?
Inspector! Oh, you're drenched in blood!
What a decadent beauty!
I mean, no! Please wake up!
Inspector!
D-Darenzo!
I'm sorry, but you found out the secret of the ghost.
Th-The ghost of the opera?
Darenzo.
Ayan.
Darenzo!
Darenzo. Darenzo.
Ayan.
Vissi d'arte
I lived for art,
There's a room like this in the catacombs?
Vissi d'amore
I lived for love
That couch used to be a sarcophagus.
It's pretty nice, don't you think?
Y-Yeah, very luxurious.
Have you been living down here this whole time?
Yeah. We had to move here because so many people opposed our love.
I wanted to be with him, even if it meant losing my fame and songs.
I saw the talent of a stagehand named Nora,
and I nurtured her as Ayan.
And then that day, I...
You burned your own face?!
It was a bit hot, but...
the flames of love are even hotter.
Ayan.
It was a good idea, right?
And I helped Nora acheive her dream, too.
No one would bother us any more.
Ayan would continue to perform.
You lived for love. I get it.
But I can't understand how you could abandon
the brilliant lights of the stage to live in hiding in this graveyard.
A graveyard?
The stage of love is the most brilliant stage of them all.
We have no need for this mask anymore.
We could sell it and move out...
Oh, this?
It's perfect to keep the fire going for the soup.
Oh man. The treasure got burned black.
Lupin!
Oh my, another guest.
Would you care to dine with us?
Sure.
Nell'ora del dolore,
In the hour of grief
perché, perché, Signore
Why, why, Lord
atashi ga tomedo doko demo ni oshiteta ka nante
After I taught you the hard way that you could find no peace anywhere
shiraseta tokoro de kimi no kimochi sukuenai desho
all your feelings belonged to me
motto jiyuu ni naru hazu datta kimi ga
You were supposed to live more independently than that
atashi no shinja ni ugokitorenai nara
but no more than an abject cultist of mine
suki da iya da iwareru hodo tsukihanaseta
and so I brushed away whatever you had to say
suki da iya da iwareru hodo tsukihanaseta
and so I brushed away whatever you had to say
tsukihanasete shimaeru hodo kirei demo nai
It wasn't my beauty that let me do it
tsukihanasete shimaeru hodo kirei demo nai
It wasn't my beauty that let me do it