Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 2

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is back, taking on the Neo-Maruhage with Beauty and the koala Gaou by his side! Now they head to meet up with Don Patch to continue the reunion...but the more things stay the same, the more things change...

Shinsetsu 2: Resurrection

36.
Beauty: .........
Gaou: Na--...Pi. Na--...Pi.
Beauty: WHAT?
Gaou: Napi. Napi. Napi.
(TN: The actual "noise" Gaou uses here is "Mamii" & "Poko", which combined is a way of saying "diaper". So I ended up making it "nappy" or "napi" both to keep the context...and because it's close to "search noises")
Beauty: WHAT IS THIS?...
Gaou: NAPIPIPIPIPI PIPIPIPIPIPI
Bo-bobo: The radar's response has become very strong. Don Patch is around here.
Beauty: THAT'S A RADAR!!? FOR SEARCHING FOR DON PATCH-KUN!!

37.
Bo-bobo: Gaou, what a feat.
Gaou: PIPIPIPI PIPIPIPI PIPPIPI PIPIPIPI
Bo-bobo: Your nose is can be used as the latest radar...
Gaou: PIPIPIPI
Bo-bobo: SHUT UP!!!
Gaou: PI-UH!!!
Beauty: KYAAAA
Beauty: ARE YOU ALRIGHT, GAOU-KUN? THAT WAS MEAN, HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIM.
Gaou: Bo's level as expected...isn't soft. This should stay quiet to the animal protection society.
Bo-bobo: Nevertheless, Don Patch isn't--here--and we were to reunite after a year...
Beauty: This is a cemetary...Is he here?....
Grave: DON PATCH
Beauty: HE DIED---!!! IT'S A LIE, ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE!! AND WHAT'S THIS PICTURE!? HE DIED FIGHTING A BEAR!?

38.
Bo-bobo: Look Beauty, there's a hole under the tomb!! It's a sign he's come out!!
Beauty: HE REALLY IS ALIVE!!
Bo-bobo: THIS DIRT IS STILL WARM!!
Beauty: So he's in this area...
Beauty: THERE HE IS!! DON PATCH-KUN!!
Grave: IWAISHIMAN
(TN: "Iwaishi" is Japanese for "rock"...video game fans probably could end up with "that conclusion")

39.
Beauty: WHETHER IT'S HIM OR WHAT, A QUESTIONABLE THING APPEARED---!!!!
Don Patch: Oh, aren't you Bo-bobo and Beauty--?
Kanji: LONG / SLIM
Beauty: IT'S REALLY HIM-----!!!
Bo-bobo: Were you killed by a bear?
Don Patch: WITH A RIGHT HOOK.
Bo-bobo: YOU DUMMY---!! THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO---DIE!!! WE'RE HEADING ON A NEW BATTLE JOURNEY IMMEDIATELY!!!
Don Patch: Sorry, Bo-bobo. I've reached enlightenment over the last year...Fighting and quarrels give birth to nothing...my old self has died...Now I'm a reborn Don Patch! I've decided to never fight ever again.
Bo-bobo: DEN YUR NOT COMIN?
(TN: Intentional misspelling to go by Bo-bobo's speaking style here)
Bo-bobo: THAT WAS FAST!! ZERO RESTRAINT.
Don Patch: N

40.
Gaou: MI--
Don Patch: WELL THEN, WHAT'S THIS KOALA? HE'S SUPER CUTE! HEY~~COME HERE BOY! DON'T BE SCARED OF SIS!
Gaou: MI--MI--
Don Patch: AWW, HE'S REALLY COMING! HE'S SO CUTE!
(TN: Don Patch uses the expression "oriko" here, which is another way to say "cute", but I couldn't quite get the full meaning/context)
Don Patch: HE~~RE! FLY INTO BIG SIS'S CHEST~~~
Gaou: MI--MI--
Don Patch: !!
Gaou: I'VE GOT YOU, YOU GOBY!! I'LL MOUNT YOU! DIE!! DIIIE~~~!!
(TN: Goby is a species of fish in the family "gobiidae" notable for their pelvic sucker)
Don Patch: BOHE BUHE
Beauty: KYAAA, WHAT IS THIS---!!?
Beauty: STOP IT, GAOU-KUN, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU SUDDENLY!?

41.
Gaou: Fu--fu--
Beauty: IT'S THE FACE OF AN ALIENATED KOALA!!
Gaou: HA! THAT WAS UNINTENTIONAL!! I CAN'T CALM DOWN...BEAUTY, PLEASE GIVE ME SOME BAG!! A PAPER BAG!
Beauty: Huh? Here.
Gaou: CALM DOWN ME~~~I'M IN NATURE~~I SEE A MAGNIFICENT MEADOW~~~~
Beauty: WHAT IS THIS RELAX METHOD!? IT'S SCARY!
Gaou: I'M CALM!!!
Beauty: HE BECAME A MASKED WRESTLER!!
Gaou: MY HOMELAND AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY A LARGE OUTBREAK OF STARFISH...THUS I CAN'T FORGIVE EVEN ONE OF YOU STARFISH!!
Caption: AUSTRALIMAN CLUTCH
Beauty: NO, DON PATCH-KUN ISN'T A STARFISH

42.
Beauty: Don Patch-kun, I'm sorry! Forgive Gaou-kun for just having a misunderstanding.
Don Patch: Calm down, Beauty...I'm not the me from a year ago. The me now has figured decided not to do these absurd fights and quarrels anymore...
Don Patch: RIGHT
Don Patch: NO--WAR----!!! NO--WAR----!!!
Gaou: GYAAAA
Beauty: HE HASN'T CHANGED A BIT FROM BEFORE---!!
Don Patch: EXCELLENT, YOU--
Gaou: I'LL KILL YOU
Beauty: BO-BOBO, PLEASE STOP THOSE TWO!

43.
Bo-bobo: THE NEXT ITEM IS "NATIONAL CEMETARY PAINTINGS"---!!!
Sign: DEAD AUCTION
Book: CEMETERIES OF THE WORLD
Zombies: 1000 YEN--5000 YEN--70000
Beauty: DON'T PLAY WITH THEM---!!
Bo-bobo: Nothing I can do.
Grave: BUTAYAMA JUICYMARU
(TN: Note that "buta" is "pig" and thus...pigs)
Bo-bobo: QUIET IN THE CEMETARY!!!!
Pig: Juicy--
Don Patch & Gaou: BUPYA!!!!
Pig: ......
Bo-bobo: Use this instead.
Stick: One more around here.
Bo-bobo: Don Patch, you're free to not fight. But, we're going ahead.

44.
Don Patch: ......
Bo-bobo: Let's go, Beauty.
Beauty: WAIT, BO-BOBO.
Don Patch: I REALLY WANT TO FIGHT...!!
Don Patch: But I'm scared!!! I can't stand losing important people in fights anymore...
Don Patch: I CAN'T STAND IT, JONNY.
Voice: HI HI HI, YOU'RE NOT GOING BACK!!
Beauty: GYAA!! AN ENEMY!? WE'RE SURROUNDED BY ZOMBIES.
Yokohama Joe: YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD COME TO GET THAT SPIKED SHRIMP, BO-BOBO. STUPID MEN DEFY THE NEO-MARUHAGE EMPIRE! YOUR LIFE WILL BE TAKEN BY THE "ZOMBIE ARMY" THAT I CONTROL!!
Caption: Kegarimen Neo-Assassination Corp: YOKOHAMA JOE
(TN: I guess I have to explain this a bit, both in terms of the character and his "power". Though "Yokohama Joe" seems like a "normal" name, he is named for the Japanese port city of Yokohama, the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture. This port city was a major trading area with foreigners and the city became known for the Western-style cemeteries used by them in the Yamate area of the city. In many manga/anime, Yokohama is made notable for these cemeteries, a relic of a past era)

45.
Gaou: ZOMBIE ARMY!?
Bo-bobo: ZOMBIES ARE THOSE.........
Package: BEYANK
Bo-bobo & Gaou: SCARY----!!!!
Beauty: IS THAT YAKISOBA!!!
(TN: Yakisoba is a notable fried noodle dish derived from Chinese chow mein made by stir-frying ramen and serving it with various meat and vegetables, either as a meal or side)
Yokohama Joe: UNDEAD SHINKEN OUGI: "ZOMBIE HAZARD 2"!!
(TN: Somehow I think this is a slight reference to the "Biohazard" series of video games, also known as "Resident Evil" in the United States)
Bo-bobo: !!
Beauty: KYAA, WHAT?
Yokohama Joe: THE ZOMBIES OF HELL WILL DRAG ALL OF YOU DOWN TO YOUR GRAVES!!
Gaou: MISS
Beauty: KYAAAA...HEH, HUH!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?
Don Patch: OH--HOHOHOHO, DISSAPEAR GIRL!! EARTH FITS YOU!! I'M THE HEROINE!!
Yokohama Joe: HA HA HA, THERE'S NO WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THIS OUGI!! DIE, BO-BOBO!!
Bo-bobo: S**T--I CAN'T MOVE MY BODY!!

46.
Bo-bobo: ...IF IT'S COME TO THAT, THEN I CAN ONLY OPEN MY AFRO AFTER A YEAR!! UOOOOOOOO---
Bo-bobo: AFRO OPEN

47.
Bo-bobo: HE OPENED HIS BODY--!!!
Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN: MOTHER NATURE: GRAZING STORY!!!
Zombies: GYAAAAA, HE MUST HAVE BECOME A LIVESTOCK MANAGER~~~~!!
(TN: This is a bit roundabout, but this does seem like a parody of the popular "Bokujou Monogatari" (English: Harvest Moon) series)
Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!! THESE GUYS OF THE NEO-MARUHAGE EMPIRE WILL ALL BE DESTROYED!!!
Beauty: BO-BOBO, SAVE US TOO...
Don Patch: HEY, GET BURIED! GET BURIED!!
SFX: PLOP
Don Patch: AH!!
Don Patch: FIGHTING IS SCARY...

48.
Voice: Do you intend to create a lie for yourself forever?...
Don Patch: That voice? Who?...
Earthworm: You really want to fight too. But you must have become a bit meek in front of your allies that you've met after a long time...have you?
Caption: Earthworm
Don Patch: ...Ea...Earthworm-sensei...
Don Patch: Ah...Ah...
Song: Until the end of the world...
(TN: The song playing underground is "Until the End of the World..." or "Sekai ga Owaru Made wa..." by the band WANDS, released in 1994 and written as the 2nd ending for the Toei anime adaptation of the WSJ series "Slam Dunk")
Don Patch: DORYAAAA
Box: Worm bait
Worms: GYAAAAA
Don Patch: YES! IT'S ALL OK! HOLD ON, BO-BOBO, I'M FIGHTING TOO!!
Yokohama Joe: WHAT!!? THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE SUDDENLY...
SFX: CRAAACK
Bo-bobo: Hmph...he's finally returned.

49.
Don Patch: RESTORED DON PATCH MANDALA
(TN: A mandala is a visual representation of an enlightened one, such Don Patch...had been)
Yokohama Joe: GYAAAAA!!!
Don Patch: WELL, LET'S TURN UP THE HAJIKE!!
Badge: Bicycle
Bo-bobo: I'll kill both of you instantly and save Beauty.
Don Patch: WHA!? YOU'RE ADDING ME IN!?
Narrator: At that moment, Underground Cave
Mole: Gegegege, two trophies have dropped in.

TN: You knew Don Patch wasn't going to abandon being a brilliant Hajike weirdo for the sake of his so-called "enlightenment", did you? Anyone who decides to just turn into a soldier and claim that "he hates fighting" is obviously throwing it in your face. (besides, with his Hajike knowledge, I wouldn't be surprised if he was "enlightened" in the ways of the weird long ago)

I guess aside from talking about Don Patch's return, it is time to maybe start going over some of the noticable differences between the classic Bo-bobo and Shinsetsu. And the first, most obvious one (which actually started last time) is...that the world has essentially turned into a giant version of Japan! I guess you have to understand the classic series to get this: in the original Bo-bobo, the world was essentially similar in it's weird way to a dystopic future (well, very dystopic) akin to the original parody of "Hokuto no Ken" (Fist of the North Star) which Bo-bobo started out as. In said future, anything and everything could exist and make plenty of sense. Now think about where they've been so far in Shinsetsu: they started in Shinjuku (which strangely makes a bit of sense with the last series ending there), now they're in Yokohama. I know it is weird that they are running around these "Japanese sites", but it just feels weird that a lot of what made the world of the original Bo-bobo so unique has suddenly seemed to go away. It is both good and bad...but strangely it isn't even half of some of the problems which come up a bit later on! But enough of that: next time we get a unique and fun chapter...which only Bo-bobo can do right!