News on Maria Tachimi's Funeral

Transcript
Ichiro: “I promise I would let her see me in hospital when I recovered from tuberculosis, but this is not fair!”

Drake: “Ichiro Tachimi cannot hug or kiss his eight year old granddaughter Maria tonight because the second-grader was having her funeral today, she was dressed in her Transformers pajamas.”

[We see mourners including Satsuki’s relatives in funeral kimonos]

Mikey: “They took her away, like Lesley Ann Downey......”

[We see Maria’s coffin, which has Autobot, G.I Joe, Cobra, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Decepticon insignias on it, her action figures and toys are on the coffin too]

Drake: “The murder of the little girl is said to be linked between a feud with the African-American Armstrong family and the Japanese-American Kimmings-Tachimi family, which Maria was part of the latter.”

[Martin and Satsuki were seen talking to news reporters]

Martin: “I think the trouble between our families brewed when Josephine was annoyed because we had only one TV and Josephine couldn’t watch any of the shows she wanted because Maria was watching Transformers, which was her favorite show, I also think this has to do the history of my bloodline, my ancestors were Confederate Army soldiers.”

[We see footage of the Transformers opening]

Drake: “The Transformers was a popular cartoon that aired from 1984 to 1987, it spawned toys, coloring books and school supplies.”

Martin: “We were accused of being racist, slavery apologists, white supremacists, We’re not racist, I always taught Maria racism was wrong, she though Jazz, a character from the series with a spoken African-American accent was funny.”

[Satsuki is seen holding Maria’s Thundercracker and Prowl figures]

Satsuki: “These were her first, the blue one, Maria liked jet planes and her favorite color was blue.”