DokiDoki Precure Episode 13

Translation: Kanmuri

TL in progress

Translation

Alice: With regards to that matter, please continue as you have been.

Businessman 1: Very well.

Businessman 2: Milady, what about this transaction?{取り引き: dealings, business, transaction, trade, commerce, business deal --K}

Alice: Take some time to feel out the situation, then make a decision.

Businessman 2: Of course.

Businessman 1: And with that settled, this meeting is now adjourned.

Businessmen: Excuse us.{This is kinda like when you ask to be excused from the dinner table. ;) --K}

Alice: Yes?

Sebastian: Mana and the other girls are here to see you.

Alice: How are you doing, Ai-chan?

Ai-chan: Ai! Ai!

Unknown: Ai-chan!{Can't make out who's saying it in the ruckus --K}

Mana: What's wrong, Makopi?

Makoto: Huh?
I was just thinking about the Princess.

Rikka: That's right, we've got to find her as soon as we can.

Mana: It would be nice to have a lead of some kind, no matter how small.

Makoto: A lead, huh?
Come to think of it, the Princess {\i1}did{\i0} love roses.

Alice + Rikka + Mana: Roses?

{OP}

Part 1

Rikka: But liking roses is too common a thing to be a lead on its own...

Mana + Alice + Makoto: Yeah...

Sebastian: Well, speaking of roses, what about this flyer?

Flyer: Rose Lady Contest{"Rose Lady" is the first line, in the ribbon, with "Contest" underneath --K}

Mana: Rose Lady Contest?

Sebastian: A contest to decide the best rose-loving lady.
The winner receives this newly discovered species of rose, "Royal Yellow".

Makoto: Oh! That's the kind of rose the Princess loves!

Ai-chan: Kewpie!{Chibi-Chibi, er, I mean Ai-chan does too! Hmmm... I WONDER! w ;) --Kanmuri}

Makoto: But that rose only blooms in the royal gardens.
There shouldn't be any in this world.

Cheryl: It's a mystery!

Alice: Well then, let's compete in that contest and acquire that rose.{Yeah, "get" doesn't really fit お嬢様 speech here, IMO, so I used "acquire" instead. --K}
This rose just might give us a lead on the Princess.

Davi: That's a great idea!

Lance: Another great idea from Alice!{Trying to stay away from the stock さすが TLs ;) --K}

Title: Have We Finally Found Something!? A Lead on the Princess!

Sign: Itsutsuboshi Rose Garden{五星ローズガーデン}

Mana: So this is the rose garden where the contest is being held.

Rikka: It's beautiful.

Mana: I'm sure the Princess will come here since she likes roses so much.

Regina: Who is it that calls for me?{Wrong princess, dear, w. Or is she? xD --K}
I'm pretty as a princess, so I came to grace you with my presence.

Ai-chan: Kewpie!{Interesting that the baby's reaching out to her. --K}

Regina: Oh, she's so cuuuuuute!

Ai-chan: Ai Ai

Rikka: Is it possible that this girl actually is the Princess?

Makoto: Do you like roses?

Regina: Roses? I despise them.
I just simply cannot permit anything to be more beautiful than I am.{Why is no one freaking out about a whole bush of roses suddenly wilting? xD --K}

Rikka: W-Well?

Makoto: It seems we were mistaken.

Regina: Oh! That's cute!

Mana: Huh?

Regina: Gimme.

Mana: Hmm? Whaaaa-?
Sorry, but I just can't.

Regina: Okay. How about we trade then?
For the peace of this world.

All 4 girls: Huh?

Regina: Just kidding. Well I'm leaving now. I've had my fill of sightseeing.

Rikka: W-What is with that girl?

Mammo: Are you daft?
Going beast mode right after Bel did? Seriously...

Ira: My bad for actually {\i1}trying{\i0} to defeat the Precure.

Mammo: It's pointless if you lose though, right?

Ira: Shaddup.

Bel: King Selfishe's wrath is kindled.
You're the only one who hasn't done it yet, Mammo.

Mammo: Yeah, yeah, I know that already.
I'll defeat those Precure this time for certain.
Beautifully... and savagely.

Announcer: Thank you for waiting.
The first stage of the Rose Lady Contest is a formal dance.{Yeah, I'm pretty sure "social dance" is Engrish --K}

Mana: F-Formal dance?

Rikka: I've never done anything like that before.

Reina: I was certain that some monkeys had wandered in here, but it turns out it was only Alice-san's friends.

Mana: M-Monkeys?

Blue blouse groupie: Oh Reina-sama! Calling them monkeys is too mean.

Reina: Oh really? How about Lady Monkeys, then?

Glasses groupie: You're amazing, Reika-sama! That fits perfectly.

Mana + Rikka: {\i1}When people say things like that, Alice goes...{\i0}

Alice: Those abusive remarks about Mana-chan, I must ask you...{Flashback to a flashback originally in episode 4, copied from there. --K}
TO TAKE THEM BACK AT ONCE!!

Makoto: What's wrong?

Rikka: When people badmouth her friends, Alice gets so angry that she forgets herself.
It's possible that what happened in elementary school when she beat up some guys who bullied Mana might happen again.

Alice: You're just as great at cracking jokes as always, Reina-chan.
This is a childhood friend of mine, Itsutsuboshi Reina. This rose garden is hers.

Reina: I'd say I'm more of a rival than a childhood friend.
I am the five-petaled rose of the Itsutsuboshi Group, one more than the four-leaf clover of the Yotsuba Group, Itsutsuboshi Reina!{To explain this one, it's actually a kanji pun on their names. Yotsuba is 四葉 (four leaves), while Itsutsuboshi is 五星 (five stars). What she's actually saying is that the Itsutsuboshi Group is one number more than the Yotsuba Group, and that she's the "rose" of the Itsutsuboshi group. I came up with a translation that hopefully brings that across. --K}

Alice: Are you competing in this contest as well, Reina-san?

Reina: Yes, as I am the most fitting to be called a "Rose Lady".
Wait, by "as well" do you mean that you're competing?

Alice: Yes, all four of us.

Reina: Hmm? Aren't you Kenzaki Makoto?

Makoto: Yes, that's right.

Reina: That's cheating!
It's not fair for an idol to compete!

Makoto: Huh?

Reina: You're used to living in the spotlight, so you're sure to grab all of the judges' attention.

Groupies: That's right! Cheater! Cheating monkey!

Reina: {\i1}I'm sure I've got her this time with how far I went...

Alice: Wait a minute here. This contest is to decide the best lady. Whether she's an idol or not has nothing to do with that.

Mana + Rikka: That's right!

Reina: Hmph, whatever.
I'll crush you with everything I've got.
Let's go.

Blue blouse groupie: Reina-sama, with Alice competing, you're going to have some stiff competition.

Reina: Don't worry.
That girl loses it when someone badmouths or jeopardizes her friends.
And she'll be disqualified if that happens.
We'll just have to use even more malicious tactics to make her snap.

Groupies: Right!

Sign: Rose Lady Contest