Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 88

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Inside Cover (comments by Sawai):
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Occasionally I'll wake up from dreamland with a really good idea. Then I'll get all giddy with joy, until I realize how corny it is, and forget about the whole thing.
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"Why you might ask? Because I'm a torpedo" - so goes the catchphrase of Gigi the legendary Slapstickslayer... Within these pages, Bo-bobo and Gigi battle for their lives, but in the end a brand-new special move will put an abrupt and vaguely memorable stop to the confrontation! And afterward, when Halekulani, the fourth and final member of the Hairless Quartet, arrives on the scene, things really start to broil!!
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BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO
Volume 9: TRIO vs. TORPEDO
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- STORY THUS FAR -
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The world-ruling dictator, Tsuru Tsururina the 4th, has begun a "Hair Hunt", to make all citizens bald! Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, master of the "Nose Hair Fist", battles this evil Hair Hunting Squad.
In the middle of our heroes fight with HQ member Over, he reveals his true form to their utter astonishment: Gigi, a legendary Slapstickslayer!! How are they gonna get outta this one?!
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NOW, BEGIN VOLUME 9!!!

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
Volume 9: TRIO vs. TORPEDO
Secret Attack 88: THE UNTOUCHABLE
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[What's gone on before: Bo-bobo and the gang offended Over so much that he
transformed back into the wise-mouthed Gyorai Girl (better known as Gigi), his original form.]

[Gyorai Girl]<--[Over]
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[Secret Attack 88: THE UNTOUCHABLE]
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Gigi: I'll not tolerate even a hint of tomfoolery...
<<<<Why, you might ask? Because I'm a torpedo.
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Don Patch: Tennosuke!!
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Bo-bobo: Oh, man! She must be one of the "Slapstickslayers"!

Beauty: What exactly is that, Bo-bobo?!
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Heppokomaru: I've heard the stories...
<<<<<<<<<<<They say there was once a group of people who would not
<<<<<<<<<<<put up with idiocy... They were called "Slapstickslayers",
<<<<<<<<<<<ruining every joke, good and bad. And by the way she's
<<<<<<<<<<<been acting, we can safely assume she's one of them!

Beauty: {Heppo sure knows a lot about that kind of stuff...}
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Bo-bobo: What are you doing here? The Slapstickslayers have been extinct
<<<<<<<for a millennia.
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Gigi: I am the last remaining survivor!!
<<<<Why, you might ask?! Because I'm a torpedo!!
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Don Patch: I don't care if you're the last man on the moon!!
<<<<<<<<<Nobody disses my buddy Tennosuke!!
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Don Patch: You'll answer to the Don Patch Sword!!!

Tennosuke: Oh, my back!
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Gigi: It's just a green onion!!!

Don Patch: Who told her?!
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Gigi: I'll not tolerate even a hint of tomfoolery!!
<<<<Why, you might ask? Because I'm a torpedo!!
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Beauty: She's so fast you can't even see her!!
<<<<<<You couldn't dodge her if you tried!
<<<<<<So make sure you don't do anything stupid, guys!!
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Bo-bobo: GOTCHA!!!
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Bo-bobo: Gyooh!!
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Heppokomaru: How is it even a possibility for Bo-bobo to be treated as such?!
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Gigi: Not on my watch!!

Beauty: {But why?! He meant you no harm!!}
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Gigi: Stupidity will result in eating my dust!!
<<<<Why, you might ask? Because I'm a torpedo!
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Gigi: {Ahh, being a torpedo again is quite nostalgic...
<<<<<It's all coming back to me...}
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Gigi: {I used to be such a rebel...}

Sign: [Say No To Weapons!]

Beauty: You protested YOURSELF?!!
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Gigi: Oh, how embarrassing!

Don Patch: Gow!!
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Gigi: I'm also the queen of commercials! (I've got levels...)

Beauty: You're on TV?!
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Gigi: You better believe it, toots! I'll show you one!
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Boy: {Today I moved to a brand-new neighborhood.}
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Boy: {It's okay, I guess. Oh, and the girl-next-door?}
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Boy: {She's a torpedo.}

Gigi: Move it or lose it!
<<<<C'mon, sister!
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[Experience Torpedo]

Gigi: You're goin' down, bub!

Beauty: Who wrote this, a MONKEY?!
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Gigi: Oh, how embarrassing!
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Beauty: Be careful!!
<<<<<<Do anything stupid, and she'll blast right through you!!
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Tennosuke: She's right, guys!!
<<<<<<<<<We can't be ourselves!!
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Gigi: Your very existence is moronic!!!

Tennosuke: We're doomed!
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Gigi: Oh, me? I'm fine.
<<<<'Cause I'm a torpedo.
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Beauty: {She's always right on target!! And she's so powerful!
<<<<<<<How does she do it...?!}
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Bo-bobo: It's quit simple, really. You see, in order for said person to
<<<<<<<effectively hit one's targets, said person is fully-equipped with
<<<<<<<the latest N-3 heat-sensors, which are powered by a 380
<<<<<<<horsepower engine, allowing for optimal performance...
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Beauty: You just made that up.

Bo-bobo: Ain't I a stinker? (Meowy-meow!)
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Gigi: I'll not tolerate even a hint of tomfoolery-!!
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Gigi: On the name of all that is torpedo!!!

Bo-bobo: Geehah!
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Gigi: Now where was I?
<<<<I'd like to finish the crossword puzzle I started!
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Gigi: Boy, this next one's a doozy...

[Down]
[(1) Sinks ships]
[(3) Sinks ships]
[(4) Sinks ships]
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Don Patch: You hockeypucks! You're lettin' her walk all over you!!
<<<<<<<<<Well, she's not gonna get MY goat!!
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Don Patch: I, for one, refuse to be made into farce!
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Gigi: Not on my watch!!

Don Patch: Wah!
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Heppokomaru: We're in trouble!
<<<<<<<<<<<Not even Bo-bobo can beat her!!
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Bo-bobo: Don't slight me, Heppokomaru!!
<<<<<<<I can keep it real!!
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Bo-bobo: I'm a regular Schwarzenegger...

Heppokomaru: Maybe we can do this!!
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Bo-bobo: And I like myself some trunks.

Heppokomaru: Maybe not!!!
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Both: GyahaHAHhh!!!
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Dengakuman: You're reign of badness is over, Over!!
<<<<<<<<<<<I'm gonna take you down and out!!
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Dengakuman: {Huh?
<<<<<<<<<<<I'm being ignored?}
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Trio: She's way too strong!
<<<<She's much worse than he was before...
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Gigi: My watch does not tolerate tomfoolery!!
<<<<Why, you might ask? Because I'm a torpedo!!
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Gigi: Tortortortor!!

Beauty: That's your LAUGH?!
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Gigi: Oh! I feel a sneeze coming on...
<<<<Ah-! Ah-!
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Gigi: Antiairmissile!!

Beauty: That's your SNEEZE?!
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Don Patch: She's tough! It's been awhile since we've been in such a dil!!

Bo-bobo: Ditto.
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Gigi: Ahaha!
<<<<No more goofy goobers, hm?
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Rockstar: Put your toys away!!
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Gigi: She told you not to play!!

Don Patch: You and your big afro!
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Bo-bobo: Rrgh!
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Bo-bobo: Alright, I got her!!
<<<<<<<Go ahead! Run her through!!
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Gigi: Oh, you CAD!!!

Bo-bobo: Obgh!!
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Gigi: Yeah, yeah, I know I'm a total catch!
<<<<But I live my life by the law, and that kind of assault
<<<<is a serious criminal offense!!
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Gigi: I won't press charges this one-and-only time.
<<<<Now begone, bad boy.

Bo-bobo: Yes, ma'am.
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Gigi: You can do it, little engine.
<<<<I know that you can.
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Heroes: {We don't feel so good...}
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Bo-bobo: The yoke ends here!!
<<<<<<<Nose Hair Fist!!!
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Bo-bobo: {That's impossible!
<<<<<<<<She stopped my nose hairs with her toes!}
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Gigi: Is this the best the Hair Kingdom can do?
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Bo-bobo: {This is one fight we can't pull off!}
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Gigi: Do you get it, now?
<<<<There is not one person in this world who can defeat me.
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Gigi: Why, you might ask?! Because I'm-

Tennosuke: Tokoroten.
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[About The Upcoming PS2 Game]
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Don Patch: It's gonna ROCK your SOCKS off!!!
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- Secret Attack 88 End -

Translator's Notes:
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In the chapter before SA 88, Over had a gauge on his stomach that, when filled, transformed him into his "original form". Gigi is that form, a "Slapstickslayer" of ole. Transformation gauges and the like are very cliché in Japanese animation (Dragon Ball, etc), as are "original/true forms".
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On the third panel of page 10, Heppokomaru dons glasses and looks very much like the stereotypical "smart character" commonly found in Japanese cartoons. Hence, he is translated in this context. He has done this before, but I thought I might as well mention it here. It appears it's going to be one of his gag personalities.
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The second and third panels of page 11 are parodying the anti-war movement of the 60's. These hippies are standing in front of what appears to be the White House. Apparently, Gigi was there to protest herself...
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Page 12's "Experience Torpedo" is translated along the lines of a cheesy catchphrase on a TV commercial.
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Page 15 has Bo-bobo in the sixth panel holding a gun and looking cool. Therefore, he is translated as referring to himself as equal to Schwarzenegger, the "Last Action Hero".
In the next panel, he flubs the notion.
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Gigi's laugh consists of her repetitive "Tortortor!", short for "torpedo". Somehow her sneeze is "antiairmissile"...
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A number of text bubbles on page 18 are humorously localized to somewhat vague lyrics of the comedy song "Goofy Goober Rock".
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And finally, the last panel on page 19 has Gigi referencing "The Little Engine That Could".
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