p123
She’s saying “Let’s act like high school girls”
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Oh, because they are not? What age do we think they are? I don’t remember that they mention the school year, maybe there was an indication when they talked about Ruri entering school?
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p123
They are JKs, it’s the same feeling when you tell someone to act like an adult finally. Or like “Let’s do like high school girls do”.
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p123
If it helps, you could think of it like ‘We’re high school girls, so let’s act like it!’. That’s more of a vibes translation than a direct one, but that’s the gist of it
一緒に ｜ JKやろう ｜ ぜ！
Together | do JK (do things a high school girl would do) [imperative volitional form, would normally be JKやる] | emphasis
Let’s act more like high schoolers!
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p123
I don’t think it’s like that, and it’s just a happy “Let’s do some high school girls things!! 
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So it’s not like they are not acting like high school girls already in general, but she’s just happy to do some extra stereotypical Japanese high school girl things now.
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That’s the way I meant it, it’s just hard to put into words.
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small correction
Just a nitpicky thing here because I don’t want someone to go searching for something wrong, it’s the volitional form here, not imperative. It’s a bit confusing because saying “let’s ” does seem like a command but this is a special case kind of command that gets its own name called volitional.
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Ah thanks. I knew I shouldn’t drive into grammar making things, I never remember the terminology. Vibes based translation all the way
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Trying to cram the rest of the chapter tonight since I haven’t really had time this week. Having trouble with a certain line. Any help is much appreciated.
Page 120
神代：そういう第一印象で決めるとことか目力強いとことか。
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Here’s my understanding. I’ll say I’m not 100% on this line as well so if anyone else wants to jump in be my guest.
p120
One thing to note for this is that とこ is a slang form of ところ, which should help.
そういう第一印象で | 決めるとことか | 目力強いとことか。
[the context is] [my] first impression is | stuff like your persistence(?) <— || and stuff like the strong look in your eyes
That’s right. [I’m not great with your type of personality either, because of] my first impression [of your personality], which is stuff like being determined/persistant and having a strong sense of purpose (lit ‘strong eyes’)
I think the そういう is in response to the そうだった…
I thiiiiiiiink that’s what she means, anyway. I’m really not sure I have the right 決める meaning down, but eh.
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I currently have 決まる and 決める as leeches, because I can never remember which is “to be decided” and “to decide.” I probably just need to come up with a mnemonic for it in my own head at some point. 
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That’s something you can easily get with exposure to them so I wouldn’t worry about them being leeches.
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Page 120
I think the first とこ is the whole そういう第一印象で決める. So: “Like how you decide by the first look”. Probably refering to a few panels earlier when Ruri said she initially misjudged her because of her hair color.
So, something like “Like how you judge people by your first impression, or how your eyes convey strong emotions.”
(I just checked how a fan translation handled the later part, and they used “glare at people”, which I kinda like.)
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that makes more sense to how I intuit the use of で particle clauses. Gah, the nesting in jpn drives me crazy sometimes
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Thanks. The とことか just kinda melts together in my head but I’ll have to get used to it.
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I somehow managed to cram translations for the entire chapter over yesterday and today. I’d rather not do that again. It’s kinda weird seeing something like Starbucks show up in a manga. It grounds the story quite a bit. Not a big fan of Ruri’s new friend but we’ll see how it goes. Not that there’s much of this series left, sadly. 
Chapter 4: Starbucks is Scary
Pages 112-115
ルリ：授業全ッ然わからん。
Ruri: I don’t understand the whole lesson.
ユカ：一週間のブランクだ。
Yuka: There’s a one week gap.
ルリ：授業みんなわかるんだよな。
Ruri: Everybody in class understands it, right?
ルリ：わたしだけ置いてかれたみたいで何か辛い…
Ruri: It’s painful because it seems like I’m the only one who was left behind…
ユカ：わかるわたしも経験あるわ。
Yuka: I know, I also have that experience.
ルリ：ねぇユカ助けて。
Ruri: Ah, Yuka, help me.
ユカ：わたしだってついていくの精一杯なんだから。
Yuka: I’m doing the best I can to keep up with you.
ユカ：周りに教えてもらったら？
Yuka: Why don’t you get someone around here to teach you?
ユカ：ほらいい人いっぱいいるじゃん吉岡とか確か頭いいよ。
Yuka: Look, this place is full of good people like Yoshioka. I’m certain he’s intelligent.
ユカ：だってそんな仲良くないもん。
Yuka: You’re not on goods terms?
ルリ：吉岡なんか席前になってやたら話しかけてくるけど。
Ruri: Someone like Yoshioka talks to me excessively, but…
ルリ：正直男子と話すの苦手。
Ruri: Honestly, it’s hard for me to talk with boys.
ユカ：隣の神代さんは？ツインテの。
Yuka: What about that Kashiro next to you? The one with the pigtails?
ルリ：めっちゃイカツい２色ツインテじゃん。
Ruri: Her two-coloured pigtails are very threatening, don’t you think?
ルリ：陽キャぽくて怖い。
Ruri: She’s so cheery, it’s scary.
ユカ：それ偏見だよ。別に陽キャ怖くないし。
Yuka: That’s prejudiced. Cheery people aren’t particularly scary.
ルリ：てか神代さんて言うんだ。
Ruri: I mean, Kashiro said it.
ユカ：まだ名前覚えてなかったの！？
Yuka: You didn’t learn her name yet!?
ルリ：だって苦手なんだもん～人の名前覚えるの。
Ruri: I’m not very good at…remembering people’s names.
ユカ：はぁ…もうしょうがないな。
Yuka: Ahh…it can’t be helped anymore.
ユカ：ノート取ってあるから次は何とかこれ見て凌いで。
Yuka: I’ve taken notes, so make sure to pull through somehow next time.
ルリ：「ノート見てもわからん。どうしよ。」
Ruri: [I don’t know from the look of the notes. What do I do?]
ルリ：「高校って何でこんなシビアなん。」
Ruri: [Why is high school so severe?]
ルリ：「一週間休んだだけでみんながわからない言語で喋るようになった。」
Ruri: [I was only absent for a week and I came to speak a language nobody understands.]
ルリ：「龍の次は浦島太郎かわたしは。」
Ruri: [Following the dragon, it’s Urashima Taro or me.]
Pages 116-119
神代：一週間休んだからわかんないんでしょ。
Kashiro: You don’t understand because you had a week’s absence, right?
神代：大丈夫？教えてあげよっか。
Kashiro: Are you alright? I can teach you.
ルリ：いや…何とか。
Ruri: No…somehow…
ルリ：自分で頑張ってみます。
Ruri: …I’ll do my best by myself.
神代：そぉ？大丈夫～？知らないよ？
Kashiro: Oh? Are you alright? I don’t know, you know?
神代：あっははは！！撃沈してるー
Kashiro: Ahahaha!! You’re sinking a ship…
神代：変な意地張るから～
Kashiro: You’re being strangely stubborn…
神代：無理しちゃだめだよルリちゃん。
Kashiro: It’s no good if it’s impossible, Ruri.
神代：そんな頭良くないでしょ。
Kashiro: You’re not that smart, right?
神代：あゴメンあたしよりはって意味ね。
Kashiro: Ah, sorry. I meant more than me.
神代：復帰大変だよね。
Kashiro: That’s a serious comeback, isn’t it?
神代：こういうときは人の力借りなよ。
Kashiro: When it’s like this, borrow strength from people.
神代：ほれ貸してみ。
Kashiro: Hey, I’ll lend you some.
神代：先週余弦定理はやったでしょ？
Kashiro: Last week, you did the cosine theorem, right?
神代：この続きがココでここまでが昨日までの分大して違うことやってないよ。
Kashiro: This is the continuation of it, here’s what we did until yesterday, it’s not very different.
神代：軽く説明していくね。まず…
Kashiro: I’ll give you a light explanation, hm? First of all…
神代：はいこれで全部。わかった？
Kashiro: Right, this is everything. Do you understand?
ルリ：もしかして神代さんてめちゃくちゃ頭いい…！？
Ruri: Perhaps, you’re extremely smart…!?
Pages 120-123
ルリ：ごめんずっとあんま勉強できない人かとおもってた。髪色的に。
Ruri: Sorry, I was thinking that you weren’t able to study very much for a long time. Due to your hair colour.
神代：あはは！バカそうってこと？ひどーい。
Kashiro: Ahaha! Doesn’t that seem stupid? Cruel.
ルリ：そ…そういうワケじゃ。でも正直見た目ドギツい人苦手で。
Ruri: I…it’s not like that. But, honestly, I’m not very good with people who are intense.
神代：あたしもルリちゃんのこと苦手だよ。
Kashiro: I’m also not very good at dealing with you.
ルリ：ぇそうだったの。
Ruri: Is that so?
神代：そういう第一印象で決めるとことか目力強いとことか。
Kashiro: Like how you judge people based on first impressions and the way you look at people.
ルリ：なのに話しかけてきてたの…
Ruri: Even though you were coming to talk to me…
神代：苦手だけど嫌いじゃないし。
Kashiro: You’re hard to deal with, but I don’t dislike you.
神代：ルリちゃんカワイイから。
Kashiro: Since you’re cute.
神代：話してみて苦手がとれたらそれでいいし。
Kashiro: If you talk to someone and see that it’s easier to deal with, that’s good.
神代：苦手なままでも仲良くなりさえすれば敵にはならないじゃん？
Kashiro: It’s hard to deal with, but all you have to do is get on good terms with them and they won’t become your enemy, right?
神代：苦手なままなの嫌なんだよね。
Kashiro: I don’t like not being very good at it, you know?
神代：せっかく隣だし仲良くしたい。
Kashiro: I want to be friends with you since I’m next to you.
神代：だからルリちゃんももっと話してよ。
Kashiro: So, Ruri, we’ll talk more.
神代：苦手なままでもいいから。
Kashiro: It’s alright if you’re bad at it.
神代：それにそのツノちょーカワイイよ！
Kashiro: Besides, those horns are really cute!
神代：あたし大好き！！
Kashiro: I really like them!!
神代：今日放課後勉強会しよっか。
Kashiro: There’s a study meeting after school today.
神代：部活とか入ってないでしょ？
Kashiro: You’re not part of any extracurricular activities, right?
神代：ちょうどいいじゃん！スタバ新作出たしさ！
Kashiro: That’s perfect, isn’t it!? Starbucks came out with a new drink!
神代：一緒にJKやろうぜ！
Kashiro: Let’s do high school girl things together!
ルリ：てことになってさ。
Ruri: …and that’s what she said.
ユカ：ほうよかったじゃん。
Yuka: Oh, that’s good, right?
ルリ：ユカどうしょ助けて。
Ruri: Yuka, save me from that place.
Pages 124-127
ユカ：またこじらせてる…
Yuka: You’re making things worse again…
ユカ：別に怖い所じゃないって。
Yuka: …it’s not a particularly scary place.
ルリ：前行ったときなんかさ…！
Ruri: It’s when I went before…!
ルリ：みんなパソコンとかいじっててなんか怖いし。
Ruri: Everybody was playing with their computers and it was scary.
ルリ：みんなすごいオシャレで意識高そうで。
Ruri: Everyone seemed very smartly dressed…
ルリ：…わたし普段着で行って恥かいたよ！？
Ruri: …and I was in ordinary clothes which was embarrasing!?
ユカ：ルリ人の目気にしすぎだよ…
Yuka: You care too much about people’s appearance…
ルリ：お願いユカついてきて。
Ruri: Please, Yuka, come with me.
ルリ：ユカも一緒に勉強会しよ！？
Ruri: Let’s go to the study meeting together!?
ユカ：わたし今日行けないよ委員会あるから。
Yuka: I can’t today because I have a committee meeting.
ユカ：ていうか前ルリ言ってたじゃん。
Yuka: You were saying it before, right?
ユカ：フラペ飲んでみたいって。
Yuka: You want to try and drink a Frappe.
ユカ：本当は行きたいんでしょ…？
Yuka: You really want to go, right…?
ユカ：行ってきなよ！
Yuka: Go and have fun!
ルリ：写メの…宮下さん？…と。
Ruri: The photo of…Miyashita? And…
三倉：あたし三倉ね！
Mikura: I’m Mikura!
神代：2人手伝ってくれるって！
Kashiro: Two more people came to help out!
神代：注文しよか！
Kashiro: Shall we make our orders?
神代：お気になさらず。
Kashiro: Don’t worry about it.
神代：いいよあたし出す。
Kashiro: Good! I’ll get it.
ルリ：いや自分で！
Ruri: No, I’ll do it by myself!
スタバさん：お待たせ致しました。メロンフラペチー…えっツノ…
Starbucks Guy: Sorry to keep you waiting. Melon Frappuc…uh, horns…
Pages 128-130
ルリ：ねぇみんなさちょっといい…？
Ruri: Hey everyone, is it a okay for a moment…?
ユカ：ちゃんとJKしてる。
Yuka: You’re steadily becoming a normal high school girl.
[第４話 扉イラストラフ]
[Chapter 4 Rough Title Page Illustration]
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What’s funny is I just saw Starbucks in the Komi Can’t Communicate book club as well.
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p112-115
全然 modifies the verb (it’s an adverb), not the noun. She doesn’t understand the lesson at all.
Nothing here says “you”. She actually means the class. Or like “keep up” in general.
“I’m doing my best to keep up”
It’s not that she’s certain, since in English that kinda gives the vibe that she has no idea but he probably is smart. Instead “He is certainly smart” is a better translation here.
This is said by Ruri, notice the missing tail on the bubble.
Wouldn’t make sense with the next line. This says “So she’s called Kashiro-san”
ノート見ても is “even looking at the notes”. “Even looking at the notes, I don’t understand”
Subject is “みんな”, since that’s what が attaches to. Therefore the “everyone” is doing the “わからない言語で喋る” part of the sentence.
Breaking that down, it starts off with a modified noun:
わからない言語 → a language [I] don’t understand
So everyone is talking in a language she doesn’t understand.
And the “ようになった” part is basically “it’s like”.
So put together “I’ve only been absent for a week, and now everyone seems like they speak a language I don’t understand”.
龍の次は → after [becoming] a dragon
浦島太郎かわたしは → did I turn into Urashima Taro? (I don’t know much about this, but the important part is that the guy went for let’s say an extended vacation and came back quite a bit later)
p116-119
“It’s hard coming back, isn’t it?”
p120-123
話してみて is 話す+てみる or “try to talk”. “If you talk to someone and it eases the difficulty, that’s great” or something along those lines.
p124-127
She cares to much about what others think.
Went a bit light on the help after the first section. Partly because I’ve felt that even if it wasn’t like entirely correct, they are close enough to chalk them up as translation difficulties, and partly because I myself have no clue about how you could make them sound more natural or more accurate.
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I’m not ‘worried’ about it. I’m annoyed that my getting words crossed in my brain isn’t unique to English (my native language.) 
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Only two more weeks left! You can do this! 
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