Kirby of the Stars: Daily Round Diary! - Vol. 5 Ch. 5 - Exercising and Exorcising!

[MangaDex]

 

[Swagner]

@KirbyMangaTranslated, does the wordplay in the title work as well in Japanese as it does in English?

 

[KirbyMangaTranslated]

@KirbyMangaTranslated, does the wordplay in the title work as well in Japanese as it does in English?

The Japanese title is actually completely different and contains no wordplay as far as I can tell. It's "危険だらけの豆まき大会!!", which roughly translates to "Bean scattering event full of danger!!"

More detailed explanation: The whole chapter is based on a Japanese holiday called "Setsubun" in which families scatter beans around their house and/or at family members wearing masks to ward off bad spirits. In the original Japanese, after King Dedede complains about his bad mood, Meta Knight points out that today is Setsubun so they can do the ceremony to get rid of the bad aura. Since all that doesn't exist in the Western world, I decided to change it to an exorcism ritual since that's something I thought people would be more familiar with. The fact that it lent itself to such a good piece of wordplay was just a bonus