Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 29

Facing an unexpected detour, Bo-bobo's group has been forced to go to Mt. Fuji, where the Elite Academy and the mad Tsurubinya awaits! Can they stop his mission...and handle whatever else this infamous school can throw at them!?

Shinsetsu 29: Enter the Academy Four Heavenly Kings! The Stormy 4-on-4!!!

152.
Namerou: TSURUBINYA...WHY ARE YOU?
SFX: NIKO
Bo-bobo: HE'S THE SAME AS TSURULINA THE 3RD FROM HIS SHINKEN TO HIS GARMENTS...WHAT IS HE?
Don Patch: PERHAPS HE'S A KIND OF COSPLAYER TOO, THE SAME AS US
Don Patch's Forehead: YOU'VE DONE WELL
Tennosuke: UM...IS IT FINE IF WE TAKE A PICTURE TOGETHER?
Tsurubinya: NAMEROU...BY THE COMMAND OF THE GREAT KING TSURULINA THE 3RD, I'VE COME TO BRING YOU BACK
Caption: True-E Block General Leader: TSURUBINYA

153.
Tsurubinya: AND TO BRING DEATH TO THE HATED BO-BOBO!
Bo-bobo: !!
Tsurubinya: ZENMETSUGAN X 3
Tsurubinya: DIE: RED MAGIC SHINKEN OUGI: BLACK MAGIC TRUMP!!!
Bo-bobo: VERY GOOD; AMBUSH HIM
SFX: POP
Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: PERFECT DEFENSE: REBORN S.D.C. (SAKURAYAMA DEFENSE CLUB)!!!
(TN: Just a bit of a reminder of who these guys are: basically Bo-bobo used the S.D.C. [well not very well] back during his fight with Katsu in A-Block...thus why they're "reborn")
Defense Club: PREVENT IT WITH DEFENSE THAT HAS TWO CONSECUTIVE ALL-NATION CHAMPIONSHIPS---!!

154.
Defense Club: ULTIMATE DEFENSE: SUZAKU ARRAY!!
(TN: The "Suzaku" here is the same Suzaku as in the fire-red bird of the south, one of the "four Chinese guardians" or the Japanese emperor)
Girls: SAKURAYAMA BUSINESS FIGHT
Black-Hair: Kaneda-kun
(TN: Yeah...she's still pining Kaneda-kun...though for some reason Sawai thought he was "Kanada-kun" here, don't ask me why)
Defense Club: GYAAAAAA, WE CAN'T PREVENT IT----!!!
Don Patch: THE S.D.C. IS WEAK!!
Bo-bobo: S**T---HE'S STRONG----
Beauty: BO-BOBO!
Don Patch: Don't worry, look at his face...
Beauty: EH?

155.
Don Patch: THAT'S A FACE WHEN HE'S SAYING "I'LL ABSOLUTELY WIN".
Beauty: THAT'S LIKE GOKU
(TN: Yeah, you can probably tell the Toriyama style here regarding Bo-bobo...)
Don Patch: AND THIS IS OUR FACES WHEN WE'RE SAYING "I'LL ABSOLUTELY WIN"---!!!
Beauty: Yeah, yeah.
Pokomi: EHE! BO-BOBO IS AMUSING
Namerou: ......
Tsurubinya: THE ENTERTAINMENT IS OVER. I'LL EXECUTE THE PLAN.
Tsurubinya: RED MAGIC SHINKEN OUGI: BLACK MAGIC CHAINS!!
Namerou: UWAA!
Beauty: WHAAT, IT'S CHAINS FROM THE GROUND!!

156.
Tsurubinya: THAT'S A GOOD STATE, NAMEROU
Namerou: You...
Beauty: NAMEROU-KUN
Pokomi: NAMECCHI
Bo-bobo: YOU GUY, LET GO OF NAMEROU: SHNSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI...
Bo-bobo: FIERCE WORLD CUP 2006: THE SUMMER OF GERMANY!!!
Don Patch, Tennosuke & Gaou: GYAAAAAA

157.
Bo-bobo: RIDE ACROSS THE OPPONENT'S BOUNDARY---!!!
(TN: Bo-bobo yells out at this point "gyakkyou", which has a peculiar meaning: while typically having a translation for "adversity", it also can be separated into the two separate kanji to gain the meaning "opponent's boundary", which works better for a soccer/football context)
Tsurubinya: I'M NOT GOING TO BE YOUR OPPONENT. I LEAVE THE REST TO YOU: ACADEMY FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS
(TN: As I probably explained back with the first Bo-bobo, "Four Heavenly Kings" is based on a Japanese term of "Shitennou", which usually involves the four strongest or most important people of a certain group. Since I used "Heavenly Kings" in the original Bo-bobo translation for this term, I shall keep it "Academy Four Heavenly Kings" for consistancy)
Tsurubinya: RED MAGIC SHINKEN OUGI: BLACK MAGIC CLOTH
SFX: FU
Tennosuke: GYABAN!!!
Beauty: NAMEROU-KUN DISSAPEARED!
Bo-bobo: NAMEROU----!!
Voice: Tsurubinya-sama has returned to the academy on the mountaintop.
Bo-bobo: WHO ARE YOU!?
"Ribbon": ISN'T THIS PLEASANT: WE'VE BEEN GIVEN AN IMPORTANT TASK BY THE GENERAL LEADER HIMSELF.
Melo: REALLY, REALLY
Melo's Head: MELO
"Glasses": ABSTAIN YOUR MOUTH! WE OF THE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS MUST ALWAYS SET AN EXAMPLE OF ACADEMY LIFE.
(TN: "Abstain Your Mouth" here is in Japanese "Kuchi wo tsutsushime"; the "tsutsushime" is tied to the verb "tsutsushimu", which is "to be careful", "to abstain" or "to be discreet". I was contemplating using "shut your mouth" here but that sounded rude considering "glasses" attitude I had to use a way more polite word here)

158.
Zunou: ZENMETSUGAN
Caption: True E-Block Vice-Leader: ZUNOU
(TN: A silly comment here: "Zunou" is Japanese for "Brains" or "Intellect", so it isn't evil to end up calling him "Brains"...then again that would end up making me think he's the scientific genius of "Thunderbirds")
SFX: GULP
Zunou: IT'S A DIRECT ERASURE ORDER. FROM HERE, ALL OF YOU WILL BE FACING THE ELITE ACADEMY FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS.

159.
Pokomi: EHE! THIS HAS BECOME INTERESTING
Pokomi: GLITTER-GLITTER DRESS CHANGE
Bo-bobo: IT'S A 4-ON-4 ALL-OUT WAR. WE'LL SMASH THEM ALL THE WAY!!!
(TN: The "all the way" here is in connection to the "pokkopoko" that Pokomi has said a couple times already)

160.
Beauty: AMAZING. We're further reassured with Pokomi added in.
Bo-bobo: NO, IT'S A QUESTION OF HOW WE CAN MESH WELL WITH THESE MEMBERS. THAT'S BECAUSE SINCE WE'VE STARTED THE SHINSETSU BO-BOBO GANG...
Bo-bobo: WE HAVE A FOUR-MAN COLLABORATION PLAY. (Further this correspondance)
Beauty: WHA----!!? ALL OF THEM HERE HAVE BECOME A PICTURE COVER THAT'S LIKE A FANTASY RPG!! (Before we were aware)
(TN: Obviously "Boindl Bondtdsy" is in reference to "Final Fantasy" due to the whole aspect of the "four-party team" akin to the classic FF party system...but I do wonder if that is supposed to be a parody of the art style of Yoshitaka Amano...or just a shoujo style again thanks to Pokomi)
Box: Patchin: Beauty-san, there were monsters in the town over there.
Beauty: TALK NORMALLY
Bo-bobo: We're surely the four heroes guided by the sun.
(TN: This probably has something as well to do with the original FF, in reference to the "Four Warriors of Light" who are summoned to save the world by reawakening the four orbs of the four elements to prevent it from falling into chaos)
Beauty: WRONG!! YOU'RE MERELY A DANGEROUS PERSON

161.
Bo-bobo: SO LET'S GO: DEFEAT THE MONSTERS!!
Melo: THAT'S GOOD: HE'S A GUY WHO PLUNGES FROM HIMSELF TO HIS DEATH. I LIKE THAT!!
Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: A BONDTDSY OF SWORDS AND MAGIC!!!
Melo: GYAAAAAAAAAAA
Tennosuke: GEHEHEHE
Beauty: WAAAAAA, THEY'RE ENTIRELY NOT USING SWORDS AND MAGIC; IT'S A REPLY OF SUPER-BRUTAL FIGHTING----!!!

162.
Mel: CHIII, CAN YOU TAKE DOWN MEL-SAMA WITH THIS DEGREE? YOU'RE COMPLETELY SOFT
(TN: The "take down" here uses the kanji for "kill", just to alert you on her intent)
Caption: MEL
Mel: PLAN 56-PROTECTIVE WALL: MEL GIBSON!!!
(TN: Yeah...it speaks for itself)
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: UWAAAA
Zunou: PERFECT, MEL: ALREADY WE CAN'T BE REACHED BY ANY OF THEIR ATTACKS.
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: POPPOKO HAMMER!!!
SFX: DO----N
Mel, Melo & ZK-3333: BUHAA!!!

163.
Zunou: ------!!
Zunou: THAT'S THE POWER OF POKOMI, CALLED THE STRONGEST IN ACADEMY HISTORY...SHE'S TRULY A WORRY...
Pokomi: EHE, YOU SHOULD PUT IN MUCH MORE HEART WHEN YOU RELEASE A PROTECTIVE WALL AURA!
Zunou: ............Thanks for the advice...
Bo-bobo: WE'LL SMASH THEM AT ONCE!!
Bo-bobo: DON PATCH, TENNOSUKE, WE'RE GOING WITH THE CUSTOMIZE!! DID YOU ALREADY GET EACH OF THOSE AS I ASKED?
Don Patch: FUO FUO FUO, IT'S EXACTLY COMPLETED NOW, THE POWER UP CUSTOM PARTS EXCLUSIVE FOR BO-BOBO: BO-ACT MARK II
Don Patch's Forehead: PROFESSOR PATCH
Tennosuke: ...BE REALLY GRATEFUL
Tennosuke's Forehead: ASSISTANT
Cans: CUSTOM PARTS
Beauty: THAT KITCHEN WASTE ARE CUSTOM PARTS!!?

164.
Melo: THAT DU--MMY!! IF HE CAN CUSTOMIZE WITH KITCHEN WASTE
ZK-3333: I WANT TO SEE THIS NYAI----N
Don Patch: TAKE THEM, BO-BOBO!!!
Building: ZAIGAS
(TN: Yeah...that's another reference to the original Bo-bobo: "Zaigas" is a super-fortress that Don Patch turned into thanks to the "curse" of C-Block member Gecchapi)
Bo-bobo: CUSTOM
Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SUPER-DIMENSIONAL CUSTOM LIFE-FORM BOIDON
Heavenly Kings: UWAAAAAAAA!!!

165.
Caption: INSIDE BO-BOBO
Gaou: I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO THIS----UWAAAAA----
Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: OCTOPUS-SAN BLAST!!!
SFX: POP
Beauty: WHAT IS THIS ATTACK!!?
Melo: VICE-LEADER, THEY'RE ABSURDLY STRONG!
ZK-3333: YES, THEY'RE TRULY STRONG BUT THE PLAN IS ON OUR SIDE.
Bo-bobo: POKOMI, NEXT WE'LL GO WITH US TWO. MAKE SPORT OF THOSE FOUR WITH SPEED.
Pokomi: YEP
Don Patch & Tennosuke: And us?
Bo-bobo: You're in the way.

166.
Bo-bobo: We'll support each other at once with a duo of super high-speed.
Pokomi: YEP
Bo-bobo: LET'S GO
Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI-----
Zunou: Huh...they're fast----
Bo-bobo: SPEED-OF-SOUND ARCADIA
"Unfinished manga":
Box 1: Let's go---I'll turn around from the left with Pokomi Drive. (Height: Effective 310B)
Box 2: A rushing Bo-bobo character replacement (Outsourced)
Box 3: Barrage of Poppoko Hammer (Combine with Hammer CG)
Box 4: Jumps out in front of a double Kamehameha (Bo-bobo - ((8 Touch---)))

Beauty: THEY WERE TOO FAST AND BECAME THE STORYBOARD---!!! THAT ISN'T INTENSE AT ALL---!!!

167.
Pokomi: I'LL GO FINISH THIS----
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: HIGH-SPEED CARROT-SAN ROCKET!!!
Mel: BUHA!!!
Zunou: WE CAN'T CATCH HER BO---DY!!
Bo-bobo: POKOMI, WHEN YOU JOIN WITH US, WE'RE INVINCIBLE.
Zunou: CHII
Student: VICE-LEADER, IT'S BEEN PREPARED!
Zunou: !
Zunou: THE NIGHT AMUSEMENT PARK IS COMING ALIVE...WE'VE WON

TN: Now that's more like it! After all of my complaints and problems with Bo-bobo as of late regarding how the series had become with it's character choices and it's obsession with pop culture over bizarre jokes (and...that stupid Elite Academy thing from last time), we finally get a chapter that feels like classic Bo-bobo: weird warriors fighting other weird warriors! Zunou and the Academy Heavenly Kings just feel more like actual Bo-bobo characters, the types that we saw back in pt. 1 compared to...well, Bamerou and even Tsurubinya. But I'm not really detracting those two considering that the classic Bo-bobo humor occurred with the infamous S.D.C. bit at the start. But somehow while that part wasn't too troublesome, everything from when Zunou's group showed up to the end was just pure Bo-bobo classicness, from all the team attacks to the weird "robot made of garbage that fires an octopus" to the storyboard bit. Heck, even Gaou taking part in Bo-bobo's robot attack and "Mel Gibson" made this a golden chapter! But hey...it can only go two ways from here: either stay with this standard or start going back down with a lot of this series problems again...one can hope for the former but prepare for the latter.