Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 25

It was merely supposed to be saving Pokomi for Heppokomaru, not have this little girl turn out to be a True Block Leader and get crushed by a magical girl! Is there any tactic left that Bo-bobo can use to safely stop his sweet foe?

Shinsetsu 25: Seriously!? Magical!? Pokomi's Super-Force!!!
(TN: The joke with the title does not work well in English. In Japanese, the first part of the title is "Maji ka!? Majikaru!?", literally taking the first "maji ka", which is the "seriously" in the title and turning it into "majikaru", which is "magical" in Japanese. Unfortunately it's really hard to get a synonym that makes the same joke work so I guess "seriously" is my best option here)

80.
Pokomi: Hm--ph.
Pokomi: THIS BO-BOBO IS QUITE A SMALL FRY. THAT'S HOW HE IS, HE CAN'T DEFEAT ONE NEO-MARUHAGE GENERAL LEADER.
Bo-bobo: Heppokomaru...I'm sorry.
Bo-bobo: I'M SERIOUSLY GOING TO HURT HER.

81.
Bo-bobo: I'LL USE IT. THAT
Pokomi: EHE.
Bo-bobo: MY BO-BOBO FUSION!!!
Don Patch: OK
Beauty: He's appearing! Shinsetsu Bobopatch
Bo-bobo: LET'S GO: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BO-BOBO FUSION!!!! UOOOOO: COME----!!
Beauty: WHAT'S WITH THIS LARGE-SCALE SET!!? WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THE WATER SLIDE!?

82.
Don Patch: Pardon me.
Caption: Inside Bo-bobo
Don Patch: SU!!!
Don Patch: STAND UP, YOU CROWD!! VICTORY IS IN OUR HANDS!! NOW, WE UNITE---!!
(TN: I know that "yuugou" is Japanese for "fusion", but it was just so easy to go with the alternate meaning of "unite" with the whole set-up here with Don Patch addressing the crowd of Bo-bobos)
Beauty: This is some new pattern...
Bo-bobo: IT HAS COME---!!!

83.
Pokomi: INVOKE: ZENMETSUGAN X 4
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SEXY LADY POKOMI

84.
Beauty & Tennosuke: !!?
Pokomi: LET'S GO---
Beauty: ...BUT BO-BOBO'S FUSION IS FASTER!! YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STOP IT
Pokomi: EI
Don Patch: Ha
Sign: FOR USE BY BOBOPATCH

85.
Don Patch: KYAAAAA: LECHER---PERVERT!!!! I WAS IN THE MIDST OF CHANGING: YOU PEEP, PEEP-----!!!!
Don Patch: AH, JUST A MOMENT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? STOP IT! STOP
Don Patch: ...BUT, IF~~IT'S~~DONE BY YOU...IT'S FINE.
Pokomi: EHE
Don Patch: GYAAAA
Beauty: DON PATCH KU---N!!
Caption: ENFORCED CANCELLATION OF SYSTEM
Bo-bobo: GAHA!!
Beauty: ............YOU'RE KIDDING.........SHE STOPPED IT

86.
Pokomi: THAT WAS FUSION NOW. JUST THAT IS NO GOOD; YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN'T USE THAT.
Bo-bobo: ..................YOU......YOU...
Bo-bobo: YOOU----!!!!
Beauty: KING COLD!!?
(TN: King Cold, or "Cold Daiou", is the father of Frieza from Dragon Ball...and just as infamously notable for being instantly crushed by Trunks just a few chapters after being introduced alongside his vengeful son)
Bo-bobo: GUWAA!!
Bo-bobo: ......GU...BEAUTY...NO, FRIEZA, THE REST IS LEFT TO YOU...DEFEAT THAT SUPER SAIYAN...
(TN: This isn't quite what really happened in the manga: Frieza was already dead by the time King Cold actually attacked Trunks...and with Trunks' own sword even)
Beauty: NO, I'M NOT FRIEZA AND YOUR OPPONENT ISN'T EVEN A SUPER SAIYAN

87.
Tennosuke: I'M STILL LEFT--!!
Tennosuke: INVOKE: POTATO STARCH X 4
Box: POTATO STARCH
(TN: Potato Starch, known as "katakuriko" in Japanese, is a powder used in cooking refined and used for various things, including, notably in this case, creating a lower threshold for creating gelatinisation or a high binding strength)
Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SEXY BODY TENNOSUKE (out loud) POW!!
Beauty: KYAAAA: GROSS----!!!!

88.
Bo-bobo: YOSSHA----CONTINUING FROM TENNOSUKE!!
Bag: PROTEIN
Beauty: KYAAAAAA
Pokomi: EHE, THAT'S POKOMI'S PRETENSE.
Tennosuke: LET'S GO: SHINKEN OF PULUPULU CHOUOUGI---
(TN: Yeah, that's how Tennosuke pronounced it here, including the "Shinken of" part and pronouncing his "ru" as "lu" as is confused by many...so I'm leaving it as is instead of adjusting it)
Tennosuke: MUSCLE AMERICA ACTION!!
Beauty: IT'S A SUITABLE SWELTERING OUGI OF ENDLESS MUSCLES----!! AND THIS AMERICAN-STYLE PRODUCTION IS ALSO AGAIN USELESSLY SWELTERING-----!!!

89.
Pokomi: I SUITABLY HATE THIS----!!!!
Pokomi: COME OUT, POKOMI'S ANGEL-SAN!!
Tennosuke: HE'S HUGE!! That hero is an angel!?
Tennosuke: !!?
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN OUGI: ANGEL-CHAN'S DREAMY KISS!!!!
(TN: "Dreamy" in Japanese is "yumegokochi" or "dreamy state of mind" in English)
Beauty: KYAAAA, HE'S BEING SPLIT OPEN AND FLYING WITH AMAZING LUNG CAPACITY!!!

90.
Pokomi: I COMPLETELY PREDICTED YOUR ATTACKS. YOU'LL KNOW YOUR ENEMY IF YOU KNOW YOURSELF......IT'S A FOUNDATION OF STRATEGY.
Pokomi: EHE
Bo-bobo: !?...
Tennosuke: !?...
Bo-bobo: SHE...
Bo-bobo: HAS SHE READ EVERYTHING...MY FUSION...MY COLLABORATIVE OUGI...EVEN THE FLOW OF THE BATTLE...IN ADDITION FOR BATTLES, SHE HAS QUITE A GENIUS BATTLE SENSE.

91.
Bo-bobo: BUT IF IT'S ABOUT BATTLE SENSE, I CAN'T LOSE!! LET'S GO.
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: WE'LL SHOW YOU...
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: THE FURTHER POWER
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: OF THE SHINSETSU BO-BOBO GANG!!
Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: WE'RE THE STRONGEST BO-BOBO ARMY CORP.
Beauty: EEH----IT'S BECOME AN ENGAGEMENT!! WHAT ARE THOSE WARRIORS!? ARE THEY BO-BOBO'S!?

92.
Soldiers: THERE SHE IS!!! IT'S PLAIN BUT WE'LL SLIP IN!!!
Pokomi: POKOPOKO POKOPOKO...
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: LITTLE WITCH GIRLS GREAT MARCH
(TN: I went with "witchy girls" here because Pokomi refers to them as "majokko girls" and since saying "witch girls" didn't seem enough nor saying "witch girl girls", I ended up saying it as "little witch girls" to make it work here)
Beauty: WAAAA, IT'S AN OUTBREAK OF A GRAND GREAT WAR OF WARRIORS AND WITCH GIRLS----!!!
Don Patch: WITCH GIRLS ARE STRONG---!!
Pokomi: NOW, LET'S FINISH THIS.
Bo-bobo: DAMN, IT'S ENDGAME...

93.
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: STARDUST MEMORY!!!! ALL OF YOU BECOME STAR-SAMA'S----!!!
Don Patch & Gaou: GYAAAAAA
Beauty: KYAAAAAA
Bo-bobo: BEAUTY----

94.-95.
Pokomi: I DID IT---POKOMI WON----
Pokomi: !

TN: It is strange: while there are many things I do complain about with the later phases of Shinsetsu Bo-bobo, I like Pokomi. Yeah, this is her first real appearance, she is a villain and let alone crushing Bo-bobo, but somehow she seems like one of Sawai's later successes in the creation of a successful character. (well the most obvious, considering it took me a while to figure out Gaou) Somehow in my head there seems to be a strange correlation between Pokomi and Ruby (OVER's little hypnotist) from the first Bo-bobo series when I see her: yeah, Ruby was a bad girl, but the fact of a dangerous little girl being both evil, powerful, and extremely cute at the same time seems to be a factor tying both together. Besides, considering how she actually had one of the best and most notable "age progression" moments in mainstream shonen manga (trust me: it's hard to find with females and this series is one of the few that has done it...alongside "Bleach" and "Hell Teacher Nube"), you can't say there is anything wrong with her in that way. On the other hand...it's not every manga out there that can suddenly go from a DB parody to a parody of Rob Liefeld (well the super-muscled American comics reminded me of him...though it could have had tons of belts, massive guns and tiny triangular feet to truly be that nutjob's) to magical girl witches fighting samurai made it Bo-bobo as usual...though there is still the strange question of the "weird man with tokoroten on his back" at the end, but we'll get to him next time.