部長とのバトル / Face-Off with the Captain
そうなんすよ。
キャノ先輩は先輩だから負けるわけにはいかないのです。
Well, of course I'd win. I'm your senior—I can't let myself lose to some spunky upstart.
The sentence is different. In Japanese, because she also regularly refers to herself as “Kyano-senpai”, she made a remark that “senpai” couldn’t possibly lose.
In English it couldn’t exactly say “because I’m Cannie”, so it had to state directly that she’s a senior.
楽しみっす！
I'm so pumped!
負けないっすよ！
I won't lose!
Both choices force the player to say っす no matter what, which is mildly funny in Japanese.
Yo! みてろ俺のヒストリー！ 誰であろうとビクトリー！
あがれ舞台にエントリー！
Yo! Keep your eyes on my rise to fame! Victory's mine, no matter your name! Time to hit the stage, let's play the game!
The Japanese one rhymes on “history”, “victory” and “entry”. English is better and keeps the topic roughly the same.
いえー！
パチパチパチー！
Yeah! Go, Captain!
Canon does her literal clap clap clap (pachi pachi pachi) again in Japanese.
俺の名前は御影ヨウ！ 音楽の世界に駆けこむ！
この一曲に賭けよう！ 限界こえて極めよう！
The name's Yoh Mikage! I'm charging into the music scene! All in on this tune, you'll see what I mean! Time to reach new heights, this ain't no routine!
The rhyme in Japanese is a bit weak as it only uses the “you” よう language structure since there are no katakana English loan words to use. The English one is again more natural.
ラップを活かした表現力やアドリブ力は、
高校でもトップクラスじゃないかな。
I imagine his expressive raps and ability to ad-lib are top class among all high schools.
Ok, this time the English one has “ad-lib” too. Did you get the reference?
そんなすごいプレイヤーなんすね。
目に焼き付けておきます！
I didn't realize he was such an elite Groover. I'll make sure to really take in this performance!
It shows again that Japanese prefers “player” over “Groover”. “Groover” is very rarely used in Japanese aside from the first time it was defined by Fwuff at the delivery accident.
レッツ、グルーヴコースター！
Time to groove!
Unawakened “Let’s”.