DokiDoki Precure Episode 24

Translation: Kanmuri

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Prologue

Makoto: Here we go!
♪One, two, three, four.♪
♪Fly!♪
♪Fly!♪{Been a while since we've heard FLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY --K}

DB: Tickets for your next concert are sold out.
We've got an offer for an additional performance, though...
Makoto?

Makoto: I wonder if I should keep singing...
This whole time my singing has been to help me find the Princess,
but in the end it was useless.

DB: No way...
It wasn't just for the princess.
You've got legions of fans!
They all enjoy listening to your songs.

Mana: Cure Ace...
She's strong.

Alice: I don't know how it would have turned out if she hadn't been there.

Davi: Sword was supposedly the only Precure left in the Trump Kingdom, though.

Rikka: With that being said...
Who {\i1}is{\i0} she?

All: Hmm...

Rikka: Anyway, her civilian form seems to be someone younger than us.{Yeah I chose "civilian form" for 変身前のすがた, which literally means "pre-transformation form". --K}
Maybe a 3rd grader...

Aguri: 4th grader.

Mana + Rikka: Whoa!

Alice: Why, hello there, Cure Ace-san!

Aguri: Hello.
My name is Madoka Aguri.

Mana + Rikka: Uhh...

{OP}

Part 1

Title: A Shock! Makopi's Idol Retirement Announcement!

Ai-chan: Kewpie!

Aguri: Ai-chan!
You're as kyoot as ever!{Writing it as "kyoot" is an attempt to bring across the cutesy slurring Aguri does here (でちゅ instead of です) --K}

Ai-chan: Ai!

Aguri: Anyway, you guys...

Mana + Rikka: Yes?!
Whoa!

Aguri: What is this?

Mana: Huh?

Alice: It's a peach roll cake that Sebastian made.

Sebastian: Please, do have some.

Ai-chan: Ai!

Aguri: Thank you.

Mana: Wh-What's wrong?

Aguri: Delicious!
The sponge cake is cooked to a perfect fluffiness,
the cream is rich without being too sweet,
and there's a generous abundance of early-harvest peaches.{Found this explanation of 旬（しゅん） as an adjective applied to fruit (http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/hoshinokirari/diary/201306270000/) when researching 旬の桃. Apparently there are three main meanings. 1) The first fruits of the season, very expensive, and the meaning that's been around the longest, from what I understand. 2) Mid-season fruit, when the harvest is greatest. 3) Peaches at their sweetest, mostly used for fish bait. The first definition is the most likely, and fits with the "Alice is stupidly rich" theme, so I went with "early-harvest peaches". --K}
It's all gently blended together into a refreshing early summer feeling.
This is... love's sweet harmony!{Yes, she didn't say "sweet", but I felt there was something missing with just "Love's Harmony" --K}

Mana: Incredible... I've never seen someone say so much after just taking a bite.{Reminds me a little of the "taste reactions" from 焼きたて!! ジャぱん, w. Also, I think this is the most... -.-; we've seen Mana, w. --K}

Alice: You really love sweets, don't you, Aguri-chan?

Aguri: You have enough skill to shame a professional pastry chef.
I could feel the love in your work; that consideration for the happiness of those who would eat it above all else.
Bravo!

Sebastian: I am grateful for your praise.

Aguri: And if I may speak further, the skill with which he smoothly handled the sudden arrival of an unexpected guest--with nary a feather ruffled--speaks volumes to his professionalism as a butler.
On the other hand, are you {\i1}really{\i0} a pro yourself?

Makoto: Huh?

Aguri: I gave a listen to your singing on TV yesterday.
I was disappointed, frankly.

Mana: W-Wait a second!
Makopi's a very popular singer!

Rikka: She has real skills, not just popularity!

Davi: She's also the Trump Kingdom's premier diva!

Aguri: I don't really care what the world at large thinks of you.{知りません here has a connotation of "I don't know, and I don't care." --K}
I just know that I couldn't feel the love in your singing yesterday.
What I felt instead was uncertainty.
Isn't it embarrassing for a pro to have such feelings come through in their singing?

Mana: Makopi's trying her hardest!
In addition to singing, she's a Precure too!

Aguri: She's only half a Precure!
You would have lost to that Selfishe if I hadn't shown up to save you!
Am I wrong in that assessment?

Mana: W-Well...

Aguri: You're doing everything half-heartedly.
If this continues, King Selfishe's victory is all but a certainty!
Thank you for the food.
However, I will be excusing myself now.

Mana: Huh? Wait a second!

Ai-chan: Ai ai!

Mana: Cure Ace!
Makopi, we're looking forward to your next concert!

Makoto: I'm not qualified to be called a "pro".

Mana: Huh?

Makoto: It's just like Cure Ace said.
I've been feeling lost for a while now lately.
Now that we've found the Princess, what am I singing for?
I can't sing properly with such vague feelings.
I'm going to retire from singing.

Mana + Rikka: Whaa-?!

Makoto: I'll announce my retirement at this next concert.

Mana: Wait a second, Makopi!

Rikka: Quitting something like this...

Makoto: I've already decided. I'm going to quit singing, and that's final!

Rikka: Seriously?

Mana: She can't!
Makopi just can't quit! No way, no how!

Students: Good Morning!
Good Morning!

Rikka: Hey, are you seriously doing this?

Mana: Of course!
Starting Operation: Make Her Sing. Let's go!
Makopi...
Makopi, you mustn't quit singing.
Under no circumstances should you qui-Ah!

Makoto: Mana, what are trying to do here?

Mana: Ah, well...
I thought you might reconsider if the Princess told you not to quit.
What tipped you off?{Aside from the PAPER MASK? And numerous other things? w --K}

Makoto: The Princess wouldn't call me Makopi.

Mana: D'oh!

Rikka: No, there's just so much else wrong with it...

Alice: The Yotsuba Philharmonic Orchestra is giving a live performance. Come, sing with them!

Student: What's that?

Makoto: I told you I wouldn't sing!

Mana: The live performance plan failed too...

Alice: I really thought the sounds of the orchestra would have made her feel like singing.

Rikka: No, it seems to have made it more difficult...

Makoto: If we're going to keep beating back the selfishe, I've got to train even more!

Mana: ♪Go to sleep♪
♪Go to sleep♪
♪Against your mother's...♪

Mana: Ah, what do I do?
Ai-chan...

Mana: Makopi! Ai-chan just won't stop crying.
Will you sing a lullaby for her?

Makoto: I'm not singing anymore. I thought I told you that.

Mana: Why?
Everyone wants to here you sing, though.

Makoto: I'm not just a singer.

Mana: Wasn't it fun though, Makopi?
When you're singing you always look like you're having so much fun.
Also, watching you is fun too. I feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I do.

Makoto: I don't have time to spare for fun.
Nor for singing...
Mana and the others just don't really comprehend what being a Precure means.

Davi: They all want you to continue singing.

Makoto: Do you feel the same way, Davi?

Davi: I want you to do what you like to do.
I'll support you in whatever that is!

Leva: There we go!

Gula: Tastes bad.

Ira: That's because it's not edible.

Mammo: You don't know about bowling, either? How uncouth.

Leva: I both know about it and play it.
I also know that you need to be searching for the Princess.

Bel: I don't recall taking orders from you!

Gula: Those are King Selfishe's orders.

Bel: Fine, let's go.

Mammo: Hmph, I'll remember this insult!

Leva: Hmm? Interesting...

{Eyecatch}