部室訪問 / Visiting the Clubroom
あ……！
カケルくん、来てくれたんだ！！
Oh! Kakeru, you came!
どもっす！
キャノ先輩。怪我はもう大丈夫なんすか？
Hey there, Cannie! How's that ankle of yours?
It’s not only that the English one cannot use “Kyano-senpai”, but the “domoっす” has to be merged and the exclamation mark has to be moved as well, making the English one very casual, while in the Japanese one it feels like he’s more worried about her and being more polite towards her.
うん！ 足をちょっと挫いただけだったから！
元気なキャノ先輩はすでに復活してるのです！
All good! It was just a minor twist! I've already bounced back into action!
A blunt translation of it would be “The all-vigorous Kyano-senpai had already recovered completely!” and it’s kind of a trope where an energetic girl character would refer to herself like this instead of a generic “I”.
よろしくね♪ 仮入部中にカケルくんを
グルーヴコースターにガチ恋させちゃうから♪
This is great! ♪ Just wait—I'll have you totally hooked on Groove Coaster before your trial's over! ♪
“Gachi-koi” ガチ恋 that Canon used in Japanese packs a lot more punch in just 3 characters than the generic English one, and fits her quirks better. This has a payoff in storytelling later too, so it is more likely that Japanese players will remember back to this moment once that happens.
さて、では今日の部活を始めようか。
With that settled, let's kick off today's Groove Coaster Club activities.
I like the word bukatsu 部活. It means club activities, which translates fine to English, but how should I say it. How this combination of kanji exists makes it feel like school clubs are important and taken more seriously in Japan, at least more than here where I live.