Chapter 7
Dance Competition - Venue & Stage
Okayyy, today’s the big day, guys!
Are you all meowntally prepared and warmed up!?
…….
……Oh? What’s the matter?
Oh, yes, of course! But…..
That team….. just now…… the one with the winning streak, “Punchline ★”….., their performance was….. really amazing.
Ohh yeah, totally! They’re a pro street dance crew, after all.
The audience is completely theirs now.
Their skill level is just too different from ours.
Well, not like there’s anything we can do about it. Let’s just go with the flow today.
Now, now, don’t say that.
(…….Everyone’s letting the atmosphere get to them. The vibes turning pretty heavy now~)
(With our turn coming up, it’s up to me to hype them up again…..!)
You three, no more sad faces! We’ve got——
Well, well, look who we have here…..
Aren’t you the ones who got ‘lucky’ with that little viral video?
Ah….. Punchline★?
I see some new faces….. Did you bring in some extra hands?
What’s the matter, afraid you can’t win against us without bulking up your numbers? Puhuhu…..1
Aintcha bein’ a little too rude? Hahaha, not that they’ll be able to hear from down there anyway.
……
Well, whatever, doesn’t matter. Do your best, little noobs.
We look forward to seeing you fall flat on your faces.
(Ahaha, been a while since anyone’s talked shit to my face.)
Now then, if you’ll ex-cuusee us.
…………
Chi-Chihiro-kun….. Are you okay?
Hm? Chii’s totally fine, no problems at all~!
So chin up, everyone ♪ No need to worry~♪
Seriously? Kinda hard to say everything’s peachy with what just went down.
…..Sure, their skills might be toootally crazy but——
We’ve got our own charm, our own styles, and above all, that “spirit of hospitality that always leaves the tourists satisfied” we learned from HAMA Tours!
Doncha think that’s something we absolutely can’t lose in?
You…. have a point….
Absolutely.
……Y-Yeah.
Right? ♪
(…..Phew. They finally look less tense now.)
……
(Not sure what Ten-cham’s thinking but…..)
So, don’t sweat the other teams! Let’s just focus on havin’ fun and givin’ the audience our best performance!
Yessir!
Nyahaha, now that’s the spirit ♪
Okaaay, it’s group huddle time~! C’mere, Ten-cham!
Yeaah. I heard you.
Alrighty, just like before a concert, let’s hype ourselves up by chanting our team name with a loud cheer to get our vibes off the charts and——
……Team name?
Come to…. think of…. it…, we….. don’t have…. a team name….. yet….
Did we ever decide on one….?
Heh heh heh. No need to bug out ♪ Chii’s got it covered~!
Woah, Chihiro-kun, you’re always so well-prepared!
So, what’s our team name?
Any day nooow. We’ll end up with snapped backs if we keep huddling like this.
‘Kay, gotcha! Drumroll, please! Our team name is——
!
In the original, Saburo’s laugh is shown as ぷぷぷ and since that reminded me of the infamous Monokuma laugh, I decided to translate it as “Puhuhu” since that was the english localization for Monokuma’s laugh in the first DR game.
Original line is “あざまる畜産で～す。” (lit: “Us livestocks are very thankful”), I took creative liberties with this one since keeping “livestocks” wouldn’t make much sense in standard english. In the Live2D, it kinda implies Chihiro said this line in a self-deprecating for humor way as well, to keep the situation civil.