- [first lines]
- Carmen: I warned you not to fall for a man, didn't I? He dragged you all the way to Kyushu. Then when he dumped you, you were saddled with his child. You're pathetic!
- Akemi: It was hard. I was swinging a sword in shows even at six months pregnant. I was too out of breath for a crisp, defiant delivery of my lines.
- Carmen: Serves you right for leaving strip shows. Besides, a swordswoman act could hardly be called "art."
- Carmen: [baby crying] Don't cry. Your mommy will be back soon. Be a good girl. I'll pick you up, so stop crying. You don't have to cry so loudly. Your mommy will be back in no time. Now, now. Don't cry. You're loud, stop crying! Come on. I'll kick you if you keep crying! I'll strangle you! All right, then. I'll feed you to a horse! Just stop crying! Oh, you're a terrible baby. Why can't you be quiet for a bit? I need to get some sleep. Go on crying, then! What an irritable baby!
- Carmen: I have to go. I'd like to come back some other time.
- Hajime Sudô, the artist: I might ask you to model for me. What do you think?
- Carmen: Oh, I'd be happy to! Akemi, did you hear that? I'd be glad to do it. I don't mind posing nude at all.
- Carmen: [singing] As Don José the handsome cavalryman, Passed by on horseback one afternoon, He fell in love with a sinful beauty, Who was like a red Andalusian rose, How romantic! Tokyo Carmen, Isn't what you think she is, She is a rose without thorns, Oh, yeah, that's right...
- Chidori, Hajime's fiancee: She wants to see a strip show.
- Hajime Sudô, the artist: You want to see one?
- Kumako Satake, Chidori's mother: To govern, one must know about the margins of society. Why have such shows sprung up in the pure nation of Japan? What sorts of women perform in such shows? And what sorts of men ogle the women in such shows? I must know about the culture of today to get elected in these chaotic times. I'm relying on you as an expert in such things.
- Chidori, Hajime's fiancee: I have a new dress that's quite nice.
- [holds it up]
- Chidori, Hajime's fiancee: Well?
- Hajime Sudô, the artist: What makes an outfit attractive is the imagined naked body underneath. It's not attractive when held up like that.
- Kumako Satake, Chidori's mother: Is José going to get naked too?
- Hajime Sudô, the artist: Today's show is just strange.