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>Arcueid was explicitly written and designed based on an actual french model that Takeuchi had some kind of crush on.

OK, here's the first question. How did the character "Arcueid" come about?

>Takeuchi: I think she was originally one of Nasu's ideas for use in a novel.
>Nasu: Ah, right. She wasn't the cheerful vampire she is now, but more of a cold one.
>Takeuchi: Oh really?
>Nasu: She was a stereotypical vampire.
>Takeuchi: She's always been cute in my mind...
>Nasu: The Arcueid we know now is the total opposite. And the main character used to be middle-aged. (laugh)
>Takeuchi: Middle-aged?
>Nasu: Shiki was an old, worn-down killer.
>Takeuchi: That doesn't sound very lovely.
>Nasu: It wasn't a lovely story. I mean, he even says to Arcueid when she approaches him "I have no interest in women I've already killed once." Anyway, the original story was completely different than what it is now. Only the keyword concept of "a biting relationship between a murderer who can see lines of death and a vampire" remained.