All language subtitles for Star-crossed Lovers EP15

[Adapted from the novel "Starsea Rose"
by Fresh Guoguo]

[Star-crossed Lovers]

[Episode 15]

Don't move.

Why?

Get in the bag and don't talk.

Shut up.

River Snail.

(Human.)

Mr. Feng. Why are you here?

I'm here to hang out with you.

Hang out with me?

Aren't we already friends?

Can't I hang out with you?

I called you and sent WeChat messages earlier,

you didn't get back to me.

My phone is off.

I see.

I thought you blocked me.

Why would I block you?

Who knows?

Maybe it's because

I shouldn't have let you enter

the competition?

No.

Alright.

Let's go.

I'll take you somewhere fun.

Somewhere fun?

Going to the arcade again?

It's so late.

Don't worry. It's not the arcade.

It's a more interesting place.

(Who is this idiot?)

(Is he one of those sacrificial supporting males?)

Shut up.

What?

Nothing.

Let's go.

You...

Who exactly are you?

Are you and the person who kidnapped me

that time on the same side?

No.

Then why do you keep

kidnapping me?

I don't know that person and I don't know you either.

Why do you keep coming after me?

I beg you.

Let me go.

I beg you to let me go.

Name.

Wang Fugui.

Occupation.

Director of Planning at Manyou Animation Group.

When were you

abducted by Starsea 019?

I don't know.

Is he the one

who gave Tian Jue's painting to Feng Liuqing?

I don't know.

So you don't know about the revival round either?

What is the revival round?

Isn't this your studio?

You've been here before?

You told me that you had been

locked up here by evil capitalists

for too long

and that you can only be you
once you escape from all this.

That does sound like something I would say.

So this is the interesting place
you were talking about?

This place

is very scary to me,

but I think it should be

very interesting to you.

I don't understand.

Did you go inside the last time you were here?

You'll understand what I mean

after you go

through that door.

Come in.

Everyone.

Today, I've brought you

an important guest.

Let's give a warm welcome

to Tian Jue!

Um...

It's so late.

Hasn't everyone gone home?

How is that possible?

For cartoonists,

this is when work is just starting, okay?

They must be upstairs

having a meeting.

I've told them

there is no need to save me
the electricity charges.

Seriously.

(Lin Li.)

(Don't fight for experience. Don't fight for mana.)

(Lin Li. Don't be impulsive. Don't gank.)

(Concentrate on making money.)

(Bro.)

(You give your life away again.)

(Are you an elementary school student?)

(Dude.)

(Even elementary school students aren't this bad.)

(Sorry, everyone.)

(My bad.)

(How about another round?)

It started.

We won't lose this time for sure.

Mr. Feng.

Pour me a glass of water.

(I-I want one, too.)

Mr. Feng.

You have such an inferior status

even in your own studio.

Mr. Hua is here.

Lin Li.

It's upside down.

Pretend you didn't see anything.

Let's do this again.

Come on.

Everyone.

Today, our studio

welcomes a new guest.

Let's give a warm welcome to Tian Jue.

-Welcome!
-Welcome!

-Welcome!
-Welcome!

-Welcome!
-Welcome!

-Welcome!
-Welcome!

Today,

she is our guest.

Get to know each other first.

No-no need,

We've met.

We met during the competition.

Mr. Feng.

You got all of us here

just to welcome this blank-paper girl?

Alright.

It's easier if you've already met.

You just called Tian Jue ”blank-paper girl“.

True.

But Tian Jue is different from you.

She likes to draw comics
and has continued to draw comics,

but she has never studied comics,

nor has she ever seen

how cartoonists really work.

So, I've brought Tian Jue here today

to show her

what

comics really are.

The first thing you need to understand

is that in this day and age,

comics

can no longer

be done by one person.

The ones you see today

are just the core artists of the studio.

But during the process
of creating an ongoing comic series,

sometimes a dozen,

even dozens of people are needed

to complete a truly up-to-par series.

For everything that comes out of this studio,

starting from script and characterization

to rough sketches, inking,

backgrounds, and coloring.

Each one of those steps

is the result of the joint efforts
of everyone here.

This is where comics really come to life.

They work about ten hours a day.

They usually get up in the afternoon

and work well into the night
or even into the next morning.

The pressure of an ongoing series is very high.

Sometimes,

we may need to finish something in just a few days.

So,

it's not unlikely to go a few days

without sleep.

When artists don't have enough time to go home,

they'd rest here.

The conditions are indeed rough,

but there is no other way.

So tiring.

Every deadline for an ongoing series

is the darkest moment of every artist.

The pressure is really high.

Many people can't stand it.

But there is no way around it.

Because, for cartoonists,

they are either drawing comics

or preparing to draw comics.

Lastly, and most importantly,

I want to show you one more thing.

What is it?

I want to show you

how comics are created.

Wei Qi is our storyboarder.

After I finish the designs,
I hand things over to him.

He does the storyboard and script design.

Zhu is our inking assistant.

When the storyboard is finished,

she starts inking the rough sketches.

Her art skills are solid and her lines are smooth

and extremely clean.

And finally, we have Lin Li.

Lin Li is our backgrounds
and coloring assistant.

After the sketches are complete,

he draws the backgrounds and does the coloring.

When Lin Li's work is finished,

a comic

would have really come to life.

Next, we'll demonstrate

what the entire working process

really looks like.

As to what we'll draw...

(This is the real comic.)

(I)

(really am a frog at the bottom of a well.)

(Even if I keep drawing for another ten years,)

(or twenty years,)

(I can never do things like them,)

(not to mention creating)

(something similar to Mr. Feng's work.)

(What)

(am I still holding onto?)

Now, do you feel that drawing comics

is actually very difficult?

Do you know

why I brought you here today?

Because I want you to understand

that it's actually very difficult

to draw comics well.

It's not only difficult
but also painful and tiring.

After finding this out,

tell me,

do you still want to continue drawing comics?

Mr. Feng.

Do you think

I should still draw comics?

Don't ask me.

How should I know?

You saw for yourself today.

In the modern-day comics industry,

every single mature,

outstanding series that you can read

is not done by one person alone,

it's completed by an entire studio,

it's the culmination of everyone's efforts
and intelligence.

So,

the so-called "pride of Chinese comics"

never refers to just me,

everyone working in the studio

makes up the real pride of Chinese comics.

If you ask me

whether you can create something like this,

I can tell you right now, plainly and simply,

that it's impossible.

I never wanted to compare myself to you.

I know my skill level.

I just wonder whether I can be like them

and start as an assistant.

Can I do

what they can do?

You can't do

what they can either.

Zhu and Wei Qi

already had very solid

fundamental art skills
before they applied for art school.

And currently, they draw for ten hours a day.

But sometimes, I still criticize them

for not being good enough.

As for Lin Li, need I tell you more about him?

Before he applied for art school,

he had already been practicing
while eating steamed bus

in the basement of Songzhuang.

No heating in the winter,
no air conditioning in the summer.

Very tough.

Later, he joined an animation company

and worked as a scenic designer

for ten years.

In terms of pure art skills,

he is no less skilled than me.

The only thing he is missing right now

is a chance to become a real cartoonist.

You're saying

that I should give up?

I didn't say that.

Do you know why I like your paintings

and asked you to enter the competition?

Because I paint with calligraphy brushes.

Exactly.

Although your basic skills are poor

and know nothing
about the professional knowledge

and technique,

I still like your drawings a lot.

Because you use calligraphy brushes

and you do

traditional Chinese painting.

Understand?

No.

Look at these two.

This one is mine,

this one is yours.

What's the difference?

What's the difference?

Your drawing

is better than mine.

Wrong answer.

Comparing these two

is meaningless, to begin with.

Because their aesthetic standards
are different.

The kind of aesthetic that is widely accepted

by the public is mine.

Its main elements come from
the style of Japanese manga.

After decades of evolution,

it has already established

its own complete aesthetic system.

While yours

is a Chinese-style, brush-pen comic.

To be honest,

there are too few precedents for success.

Do you know why?

Because there are too few

cartoonists like this.

If there are no cartoonists like this,

comics like this wouldn't be produced;

if there are no comics like this,
there wouldn't be any readers.

A new talent

who likes comics and wants to learn comics

can start from the very beginning.

He needs to learn storyboarding, perspective,
and character proportions.

I admit that it's very hard, very hard indeed.

But

as long as he has perseverance
and determination,

he'll become skilled sooner or later.

But the scariest thing

is that once a person learns these things,

what he draws

would look the same as everyone else's.

Of course,

there are many people

who try out new styles

and want to try out new art styles.

But there is no precedent for success.

So, they can only be pioneers.

So many of them

have "died" on the way.

But I believe someone will make it to the end.

There will be someone.

There definitely will be.

So,

you're saying

I should keep drawing?

You shouldn't ask me.

You should ask yourself.

I made

a mistake.

I shouldn't have forced

my own expectations onto you.

Because you are neither required nor obligated

to carry my dream on your back.

So this time,

I want you to make your own choice.

Not for anyone else,

just for yourself.

Comics really is a very

difficult path to walk.

And the path for brush-pen comics,
for Chinese style

is even more difficult.

You coincidentally

embarked on such a path.

Today,

I'm telling you the truth about this path.

This path is full of thorns,

there may not even be an end in sight.

Perhaps you'll "die" on the way

like everyone else.

Or maybe

you can make it to the end

and see what no one else

has seen before.

You told me before

that you draw comics because you like them.

I want you to really

ask yourself.

If this is a path destined for failure,

would you still keep going?

You don't need to answer that right now.

Take your time.

Once you figure it out,

tell me.

(I almost suffocated.)

(Darn it.)

(I had thought this supporting male
didn't even count as a backup guy.)

(He seems like such an idiot on the daily,)

(I never expected him to become stalwart
at the critical moment.)

(Completely K.O.ing my boss.)

(I need to remind you of one last thing.)

(Right now, you have the most votes
for the revival round.)

(As long as you're willing,)

(you'll be able to participate
in the revival round for sure.)

(Anyway,)

(having so many people following you)

(is an opportunity in itself.)

(No matter what your final decision is,)

(I can understand.)

(Where are we going?)

♪And they turned into the background
of the story I write♪

Puxia Village.

♪It's waiting to be heard♪

♪by millions everywhere♪

♪How I hope that one day in the future♪

♪We will meet again♪

♪At that moment, I will cross the stars♪

♪To let you hear my voice♪

♪Every minute and every second♪

♪I want to be closer to you♪

♪I don't need to know about the past or the future♪

♪Your response alone is enough♪

Tiantian.

♪To power me through
the long journey toward you♪

Ms. Zhang.

Here to visit your parents again?

I'm sorry, Ms. Zhang.

This time, I suddenly wanted to come back.

I didn't have time to get anything

for you and Doudou.

Nonsense.

You don't need to bring me anything every time

you come.

Wait here. I'll go get Doudou.

She must be super happy to know that you're here.

Doudou!

(Silly. Where is this?)

(Come on, let me out.)

In a bit.

There are too many people around right now.

This is my neighbor's place.

Ms. Zhang has always taken great care of me

and her daughter also likes...

(Likes what?)

(Go on.)

Likes my paintings.

Tiantian.

Doudou.

Miss me?

I'm sorry

for not coming to visit you in so long

and forgetting to bring the paintings

I promised to bring you last time.

Are you mad at me?

Come on. Don't be mad at me, okay?

I promise you

I'll bring them for you next time, okay?

Okay?

Tiantian.

No matter what other people say,

I just like your paintings.

Doudou.

What's going on with Doudou?

She always says she wants to see you.

But now that you're here, she

left after saying so little?

Actually,

she watched that competition.

She wanted to comfort you.

She's still a child, she doesn't know what to say.

Don't blame her.

I watched that competition too.

It's nothing.

You just didn't do well one time.

Next time,

you'll do better next time.

She said there is some

revival round?

She'll vote for you on the phone.

I'll also ask the neighbors to vote for you.

It's getting late.

I cooked two dishes for you.

Hurry up and take them to your parents.

Wait for me outside.

Dad. Mom.

I'm here to see you again.

You won't blame me for not visiting in so long,
right?

Don't be mad.

Ms. Zhang made some dishes.

I've brought them here for you to taste.

Ms. Zhang is so great at cooking now.

Actually...

Actually, it's not that I don't want to visit.

A lot has happened recently.

Nothing major though.

Didn't I tell you last time

that I was going to see Mr. Feng?

He likes my paintings a lot

and recommended me
to participate in a competition.

And then...

I won't talk about what happened.

Anyway...

I screwed up.

But don't worry about me, I...

I just

don't know what to do.

Dad. Mom.

Before,

I never told you about any of my difficulties

because

I think that I've grown up,

I should do things on my own.

But,

Mr. Feng asked me

whether I will continue drawing

and whether I like drawing comics.

I do like it.

But...

But I'm so bad at it.

Even if I keep going,

I'll only be laughed at and looked down on.

I don't know who to talk to.

Mr. Feng asked me to make my own decision.

But how do I decide?

I don't know how.

I don't know what to choose either.

Dad. Mom.

Tell me

what I should do.

How about

you make the decision for me this time?

Okay?

A person's fate shouldn't be determined by a coin,

especially something so important.

Get out.

I have something to tell you.

I said get out.

No one can come in here.

This is my home.

(Name.)

(Wang Fugui.)

(Occupation.)

(Director of Planning at Manyou Animation Group.)

(When were you)

(abducted by Starsea 019?)

(I don't know.)

Do you get it?

What does this have to do with me?

Before the second episode started,

Wang Fugui had already been kidnapped.

But another Wang Fugui

appeared on the same day.

He found Feng Liuqing,

gave him your paintings,

and asked him to invite you to the revival round.

This fake Wang Fugui

made up everything about the revival round.

He even edited the first episode.

In the original edit,

you didn't have any screen time.

It was him all along.

What do you mean?

The person who kidnapped Wang Fugui

is Starsea 019.

He did all this for one purpose,

to have you participate in the revival round.

Why?

For the prophetic stone.

If you participate in the revival round,

then he can take advantage of the chaos,

get close to you,

kill you,

and take the prophetic stone.

But I'm not sure if I can protect you

under those circumstances.

So, you can't participate in the revival round.

I asked you a question.

Did you hear me?

What?

Manyou Group asked you

whether you're going to the revival round or not.

If you're not going, tell me as soon as possible.

Don't act like you did
during the first two episodes.

Skipping it when arrangements have been made.

Wait a while longer.

Wait...?

What are you waiting for?

Waiting for nightfall? Waiting for dawn?
Or waiting to die?

Waiting for someone.

Alright. I got it.

You can go now.

What do you mean?

I said I got it,

you can go now.

So you won't participate in the revival round?

Whether I go or not is my business.

I should decide for myself.

It's none of your business.

What do you mean decide for yourself?

An Baiye.

Do you know what I hate the most about you?

I hate

that you're always making decisions for others.

Just now, I was thinking

that it'd be great
if someone else could decide for me.

But now I understand.

Mr. Feng is right.

I should make my own decisions about my life.

I'm the only one who can.

You

cannot.

Still not leaving?

Fine.

If you don't go, I'll go.

This is a matter of your life and death.

If you participate in the revival round,

you will probably die.

The last time I went, you also said I would die.

I'm still alive, am I not?

It's different this time.

The entire revival round is a trap.

You say it's a trap.

Is there any evidence?

The recording is evidence.

That recording can only prove

that Wang Fugui had been kidnapped.

He didn't even know who kidnapped him.

You told me everything else.

What can this prove?

The person who kidnapped Wang Fugui
is Starsea 019.

I saw it with my own eyes.

Fine.

Then show me your memories.

Don't we have a telepathic connection?

You can see my memories,

then I can see yours too.

Let me see

whether you saw the real Starsea 019

and I'll believe you.

Don't want to?

Forget it.

(This is the restaurant where artist Tian Jue)

(used to work part-time.)

(From what we know,)

(the artist Tian Jue lost her parents
when she was a child)

(and had been living)

(with her aunt, who isn't biologically related)

(to her.)

(Although her aunt provided her
with a place to live...)

Don't turn it off.

(she asked Tian Jue)

(to work for her restaurant to pay off her debts.)

(After graduating high school...)

The person on TV is you.

Come here. Sit down.

Let's watch it together.

(Though the conditions were difficult,)

(she never gave up on her dream)

(and kept drawing every day.)

(She doesn't have any basic skills in comics,)

(but because of)

(her persistence,)

(she has...)

Girl.

Don't be sad.

I know

you draw really well.

My granddaughter also likes to draw comics.

She kept getting scolded too.

But she was never afraid.

She always told me

that she will definitely become better
than everyone else in the future.

You

should learn from her.

When Tiantian grows up,

she'll definitely
be better than everyone on TV,

right?

Right.

Tiantian is the best artist.

(You're awake?)

Here. Try my grandma's cooking.

[Conclusion: 100% human]
It's so yummy.

(Human.)

(Human.)

Why are you staring at me that way?

Do you think I'm really pretty?

Who are you?

Where...

Where am I?

You can speak?

I was thinking that aliens can't speak

and how I was going to talk to you.

Let me ask you.

You've never seen

a girl as pretty as me

where you come from, right?

How do you know I'm...?

Oh, please.

Such a big

big

big

big

big spaceship

fell from the sky

and crashed in front of me.

What are you if not an alien?

I'm an astronaut.

Such a lie.

Astronauts bleed when they're injured,

would their bodies become transparent?

Fortunately, your parrot was fine,

it asked me to drag you into the sea.

I saw you turn back into a normal person,

little by little, with my own eyes.

You saved me?

Of course.

I'm your savior.

Come on. Call me "big brother".

Don't be afraid.

From now on,

you'll be my little brother on Earth,

I'll protect you.

Aren't you afraid of me?

Why should I be afraid of you?

This is your first time on Earth.

You don't know much yet.

Let me tell you.

There are aliens

everywhere on Earth.

It's totally old news.

Look.

That and these

are all aliens,

your predecessors.

From now on,

you will be my Prince Hata,

my Migi,

my Baka Ki El Dogra.

You'll be the male lead

in my comic.

(Tian Jue doesn't remember
what happened twelve years ago)

(not because of PTSD,)

(but because I erased her memory.)

(I can't let her find out)

(the truth about her father's death.)

(Take my daughter!)

(Don't mind me!)

(Go!)

(Fire!)

(Go!)

(Fire!)

(Help put out the fire!)

-(Put out the fire!)
-(Hurry!)

(Come on out!)

-(Quickly!)
-(Get some water!)

-(Help put out the fire!)
-(Get some water!)

(Come here!)

(Get some water!)

(Get some water now!)

-(Water is coming!)
-(Water...)

(Fire!)

(Be careful!)

(Water is here!)

(Come out!)

-(One more time!)
-(Water!)

(Hurry!)

-(Help put out the fire!)
-(Coming.)

(Come out.)

-(Help!)
-(Come out!)

(Go get a basin.)

(Is there anyone here?)

(Come here.)

(Quickly. Pour more water.)

(Get some more water!)

(It's coming!)

(Coming!)

(Water is here.)

(Over here!)

What monster is this?

Why is he turning transparent?

Monster!

Monster!

Look! His body is turning transparent!

Monster.

-Monster!
-Monster!

Tian!

Where is Tian?

Is Tian still in there?

Beat the monster!

Tian!

Monster!

Kill the monster!

-Beat him!
-Beat him!

-Kill the monster!
-Kill the monster!

Kill the monster!

Something bad will happen if we let him live.

Right.

-Beat him!
-Beat him!

Kill the monster!

♪All the stories have faded into the night♪

♪Every lonely child♪

♪Is still staring at the starry sky♪

♪I walked along the empty coast,
passing the rose-colored sky♪

♪And they turned into the background
of the story I write♪

♪It's waiting to be heard
by millions everywhere♪

♪How I hope that one day in the future♪

♪We will meet again♪

♪At that moment, I will cross the stars♪

♪To let you hear my voice♪

♪Every minute and every second♪

♪I want to be closer to you♪

♪I don't need to know about the past or the future♪

♪Your response alone is enough♪

♪To power me through
the long journey toward you♪

♪I remember the moment those fireworks
shone across the Milky Way♪

♪It's still treasured in my heart♪

♪It's waiting to be heard
by millions everywhere♪

♪How I hope that one day in the future♪

♪I will meet you again♪

♪At that moment, I will cross the stars♪

♪To let you hear my voice♪

♪Every minute and every second♪

♪I want to be closer to you♪

♪I don't need to know about the past or the future♪

♪Your response alone is enough♪

♪To power me through
the long journey toward you♪