"we created something according to our predictions"
--Is Beast of Blood a continuation to the white world of Gardenia?
Mana: It is a continuation, and in terms of the overarching story it has a small connection to Gardenia. I think that question will be answered more clearly in the third single and our new album. (laughs) But Beast of Blood does have a very important place in the concept.
--Looking at the visuals and jacket photos this time, it seems you really went for the vampire image this time, which is something of the core image of Malice Mizer I think.
Mana: It is. From the title "Beast of Blood", it is doubtless that people will get a brutal, wild image, but I thought our visuals were more of a cool, reserved manner. I want people to see from our imagery that in the recesses of that "cool" there lies an insane part.
--When you composed the music did you have that image from the start?
Mana: We'd decided the title "Beast of Blood" but it was to be chic and cool, and inside it something rages. It's not something you can see, it was our image of the beast within.