English translations by Bilibili & Fenz Adjustments by Purple, styling by FibreKitty
Adapted from the comic book "Fabulous Beasts" by xuexiamaoyaozi of FENZ
The morning dawns.
Zǎoshang tiān mēngmēngliàng
The sun rises.
Tàiyáng qǐchuáng
Who's rushing through the forest?
Shì shéi zài sēnlín lǐ héngchōngzhízhuàng
"Poof", fall into the pond.
Pūtōng diào jìn chítáng
Think of it as a shower.
Jiù dāng chōngliáng
Shake off the water and keep roaming around.
Shuǎi yī shuǎi máo jìxù xiāozhāng
After a thousand years,
Zhǎnzhuǎn qiānnián
the memories remained.
Jìyì fúxiàn
Who is always by my side?
shì shéi zǒng péibàn zài wǒ de shēnbiān
I can't see through the fog.
Wù dà le kànbujiàn
Separate the clouds.
Bōkāi yúnduǒ
What I'm looking for
Yào zhǎo de
is right in front of me.
Jìnzàiyǎnqián
Director: Zhang Zhe
Fabulous Beasts
Episode 21
Sibuxiang,
today's the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Can we have mooncakes now?
Shh...
Keep it down.
Don't let Lord Rabbit hear 'mooncakes'.
Why?
Apparently,
rabbits in the Moon Palace are repulsed by mooncakes.
The mere mention makes them go nuts,
Lotus Seed Paste
Mixed Nuts
Jujube Paste
Sesame
Sophora Flowers
Red Bean Paste
especially their female leader.
Say mooncake and she flies off the handle.
Wow,
that's intense.
I think
I just heard someone say 'mooncakes'.
Lord...
Lord Rabbit,
please...
calm down.
I'll make some if you want.
Fabulous Beasts
Making mooncakes
is all about the skill.
It requires patience
and steady hands.
Milk Custard Mooncake
Infuse love into every part of the mooncake.
Garlic Sesame Mooncake
Salmon Wasabi Mooncake
Salted Fish Durian Mooncake
It's happening.
The right feeling.
Stop making them.
That's too many...
This familiar smell
takes me back to my youth.
I was an ordinary moon rabbit,
born on the moon.
You're a grown-up now.
Go earn your keep.
The moon's surface is a tough place,
with meteor showers
from time to time.
Later,
I learned to adapt to the harsh lunar environment.
Wu Gang
Hi!
My cassia tree!
You again, you pesky rabbit!
Just you wait,
you'd better not get caught by me!
I even built an underground cassia store.
No matter how many times,
it still tastes terrible.
So bitter and astringent.
But I have no choice.
To stave off hunger,
warehouse 106 is full now.
Time for a new one.
That's when
my rabbit life changed.
This is...
Dinner time.
Dinner?
Time to eat again.
For hundreds of years,
Mixed Nuts
every meal is mooncakes.
Every mooncake comes with toil and pains.
What's this?
It smells delightful.
So sweet.
So delicious.
Moon Palace
Huh-?!?!
Moon Palace
Contract
Can I work here if I sign this?
- I can't believe it. - Is this normal?
- Why does he like mooncakes? - He has huge potential.
- What's wrong with him?
Thank you.
He already signed it.
Thus,
I enjoyed a splendid time in the Moon Palace.
Egg Yolk
Lotus Seed Paste
Jujube Paste
Chestnut
At last, I became the chief mooncake maker.
Chief Mooncake Maker
And today,
on the Mid-Autumn Festival,
I present to you my masterpiece, Sibuxiang.
Egg Yolk
Moonlit Sibuxiang.
Egg Yolk
Wow.
This is peak Moon Palace craftsmanship.
Thin crust, ample filling...
My masterpiece!
I'll fight you!
Sibuxiang,
your mooncake statue got eaten.
Well done.
It needs to be disposed of anyway.
Fabulous Beasts
Fabulous Beasts Mini Theater
Mooncake
Sweetheart Cake
Pie in the Sky
What food
is Lord Rabbit best at making?
A: Mooncake.
B: Sweetheart cake.
C: Pie in the sky.
That's correct.
Great job,
you nailed it on the first try.
Was there a model answer?
"Mooncake:
"According to Shen Bang's Wanshu Notes in the Ming Dynasty,
"back then, the people of Wanping had a tradition of 'gifting mooncakes in August':
"Regardless of social status, everyone would make cakes to gift each other during this month,
"which comes in different sizes,
"known as mooncakes.
"The market is flooded with fruit-filled mooncakes
"with witty names and varied shapes.
"Some mooncakes could even be sold for hundreds.
"By the Ming Dynasty,
"mooncakes evolved into the form we know today."
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