Maria Tachimi's 8th Birthday

Transcript
Nicole: "A beautiful girl, Maria Tachimi, had her 8th birthday in a Saturday morning in 1989, a month before she faced her horrific death a month later."

[Satsuki comes into her daughter's room, comes down to her daughter, Maria's bed, and nudges her shoulder]

Satsuki: "Maria-chan, wake up, birthday girl, Happy 8th birthday."

Maria: "Mommy?"

[Maria gets up and is seen in her Transformers pajamas, then comes down the stairs holding her mother's hand]

Maria: "Transformers?"

Satsuki: "Hai, Transformers from Japan and America."

[Maria comes into the living room and sees wrapped presents and a banner that says in Japanese "Happy 8th Birthday Maria-chan"]

Ichiro: "Want to see what I got from Japan for you?"

Maria: "Hai! Hai! Hai!"

Satsuki: "Oh, and your friend Joseph Wintergreen is coming, too!"

Maria: "Oh, goody! Joseph!"

[we hear the doorbell ring and Satsuki answers to Joseph]

Satsuki: "Hello, Joseph. Come on in!"

[Joseph comes in with a birthday present, followed by his sister Casey, his six brothers and his father]

[we see the piñata, the bounce house, activities and games, the sushi, the ramen soup, cupcakes, mochi ice cream, the candy, the rice balls]

[8 kids from her baseball team arrive, along with 10 kids from her soccer team with presents and balloons]

[Susie and Josephine are riding on their pink bikes past her house as they see some kids going to Maria's house for her birthday party]

Susie: (disgusted) Oh, look at that, Josephine, that freaky little Asian queer is having a birthday party! And she's invited Joseph Wintergreen! (She puts on her neon pink nail polish)

Josephine: (writing down her Christmas wish list) Did you say something, Susie? Oh, oh yes! Maria stole away the boy you liked? That Wintergreen kid, right?

Susie: Yeah, she took Joseph from me and she is going to pay for this! Make no mistake!

(Josephine and Susie ride away from Maria's block)

Unwrapping presents
[Joseph smiles]

Joseph: "I hope you like it, Maria."

[Joseph gives Maria the present]

Birthday cake
Maria: "I can't wait to see my cake! I especially love chocolate marble cake!"

Watching Transformers VHS with Uncle Yuu
[Maria, Uncle Yuu, Ichiro, Satsuki and Joseph are watching a Transformers VHS together]

Goodnight
Joseph: "Goodnight, Maria. Happy birthday."

Maria: "Goodnight, Joseph-san. Thank you for coming over."

[Joseph leaves to go home]