Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 42

After a series of trials and tribulations, Team Bo-bobo has arrived at the door of the 23 Wards fort for their climactic battle! But with a tough guy standing in their way, are they ready to lay it down to finally begin taking the empire down!?

Shinsetsu 42: Violent Fight! Fierce Fight! The Great Final Battle of the 23 Wards!!

189.
Bo-bobo: AN ENEMY?
Tennosuke: HIII...HE SEEMS DANGEROUS.
Don Patch: YOU DUMMIES, DON'T MAKE FUN OF US. NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE, FIRST WE FIGHT.
Don Patch: PRESIDENT PATCHMARU WILL GO IN AND CHOP THEM INTO MINCE!!!! (out loud) HEY YOU, WHERE DO WE GO IN!!!!
Beauty: IT'S FOR THE DOG!!?
SFX: Lick
Don Patch: HIIII~~FORGIVE ME~~DON'T BITE ME~~~
Beauty: What the...

190.
Bo-bobo: YOU---YOU'LL DIE FOR BEING LICKED AT THAT SCHOOL'S GATE---!! SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: RUNNING-WILD TAKUAN YOUNG-TOUGH GANG!!!
(TN: Usually I would translate the coats and such for these types of bits, but considering they really don't have too much relevance (and Don Patch's outfit is essentially the same one as he wore back when he became a yankee in Evil Blood Mansion), I won't do it this time unless specifically asked to...though I can note that Gaou's outfit does have the kanji for "Ashura" on it. Oh by I will translate this: "takuan" is pickled daikon radish)
Don Patch: GYAAAA, SUPER-HOT TO THE EXTREME---!!!
(TN: The "super-hot to the extreme" line is tied to the takuan, which can be made with chili peppers for a heated flavor)
Hatenko: OYABI----N!!!
Master Joy: THAT TECHNIQUE...ARE YOU-ALL SHINKEN USERS!?
Tennosuke: ...SEEMS SO--BUT WHY? IS IT PROSTRATING TIME?
Master Joy: IF YOU'RE SHINKEN USERS, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. WHAT'S AHEAD FOR ALL OF YOU IS THE "ETERNAL CONFINEMENT WORKGROUND", WHERE YOU'LL COME TO WORK UNTIL YOU DIE.
Master Joy: YOU SHOULD SEE THIS.
SFX: BUON
Beauty: WHAT IS IT!?

191.
Master Joy: THIS IS THE "ETERNAL CONFINEMENT WORKGROUND" OF HELL!!
Everyone: !!!
Bo-bobo: GIGA OF THE CYBER EMPIRE
Tennosuke: GUNKAN AND SUZU!!
Beauty: OVER THERE!!?
Beauty: THEY'RE THERE TOO BUT LOOK CLOSELY AND DENGAKU-KUN IS THERE RESOLVINGLY IN THE CENTER!!!
Headband: ORIGINAL CUTE LINEAGE

192.
Dengaku Man: KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA...
Right Flag: USURPED MASCOT CHARACTER
Left Flag: FLAMING REVENGER
Kanji: USURPED (left side) | KILL (right side)
Beauty: UWA, HE'S EXCESSIVELY PEEVED!!!
Gaou: Dengaku or me...the position of mascot character in this manga can be only one...
Beauty: IS THAT--REALLY!?
Master Joy: ...AND THIS IS WHAT COMES AT THE END FOR SHINKEN USERS WHO DEFY OUR EMPIRE.
Everyone: !
SFX: BUON
Master Joy: 23 WARDS' SUGINAMI: SUPER-TICKLISH COOCHY-COO AREA
(TN: Like Nerima, Suginami is another residential ward of Tokyo, notable for it's avenue of cedar trees. It is the population "center" of Tokyo)
Civilizations (even though they don't use Shinken): GYAHAHAHAHAHA
Tennosuke: THEY'RE LAUGHING UNTIL THEY SPIT BLOODY VOMIT----!! IS THIS OUR END----!?

193.
Beauty: AH, HE RAN!
Don Patch: PATCH-SHIELD 27!!
(TN: An obvious reference to the Inagaki/Murata football manga "Eyeshield 21")
Tennosuke: GYAAAA
Beauty: Even doing that is too cruel...
Caption: PATCH-ZUBA
Bo-bobo: STEP BACK, BEAUTY. HE'LL BE DEFEATED BY ME!!
Master Joy: NOT SO FAST...THE BATTLES IN TOKYO-MARUHAGE 23 WARDS ARE ALMOST ALL CONDUCTED AS "SANGARIA". WE ARE THE "SANGARIA", THE EMPIRE'S STRONGEST COOPERATION FORMATION.
(TN: A slight reminder: the term "Sangaria" is a major pun that is used as a battle formation style. It is based on the "sangaria" drink, which is a tea soft drink usually infused with vitamins; but is also a combination of "san" (three) and "karu" (to hunt); thus usually in reference to a trio of Hair Hunters fighting a trio of fighters, usually from Bo-bobo's side)
Pokomi: Sangaria?
Don Patch: Hmm, you don't know of those?
Don Patch: HOW'S THIS: A SANGARIA IS......

194.
Don Patch: A 3-on-3 battle royal where the enemies and allies respectively send out three representatives and they face off in killing each other!!! You freely use teamwork and collaborative Ougi and you're the winner when you've completely killed off the opposing team!
Caption: Neo-Maruhage's Famed "SANGARIA" Image Cut
Beauty: THAT IMAGE CUT IS TOO GROTESQUE!!!
Tennosuke: WELL SPEAKING IN MAKING IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, IT HAS THIS FEELING.
Woman 1: If I buy this...
Woman 2: Hm~~m, I'm perplexed...
Woman 3: I'm profoundly interested...
All three packages: Tokoroten
Lower Sign: Tokoroten Corner
Left Sign: On sale: Tokoroten; 1 Pack - 100 Yen
Beauty: WHAT IS THAT!?
Everyone: !
Master Joy: HAVE YOU COME...YOU TWO?
Beauty: ENEMIES!?

195.
Master Joy: NOW, SHALL WE GO START THE SANGARIA?
"Machine Caption": SUB-GUARD OF NEO-NERIMA: CARDOSS 50
(TN: "Cardoss" is a parody of Bandai's "Cardass" series, which are trading and game cards sold in vending machines)
Slot sign: 50 yen
"Punk Caption": A GLASS TO THE 80s ERA: TSURUGI MAI
Beauty: JUST STRONG CHARACTERS APPEARED---!!! (They've become an amazing 3-man team!)
Cardoss 50: Ah, here, a symbol that we've made acquaintance...A SPARKLE CARD
Beauty: ...Thanks...
Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!! IN THIS CASE, A DUO SELECTED BY ME WILL.........
"Don Patch": Bo-bobo, shouldn't you step back?
Bo-bobo: !

196.
Don Patch: THEY'LL BE WASTED BY WE OF THE HAJIKE GANG. RIGHT HATENKO, TENNOSUKE?
Fundoshi: HAJIKE GANG BIG BOSS
Hatenko: YES, OYABIN
Tennosuke: WHY ARE YOU ADDING IN ME!!?
Hatenko: He's come to here and is wearing the uniform of the Hajike Gang boss...I'll go with him throughout my life.
Beauty: THAT'S A UNIFORM!!?

197.
Bo-bobo: THEN, GIVE MY REGARDS FOR THE REST.
TV: Give me an apple--
(TN: Yeah, if you look closely, you'll see Light and Ryuk from Ohba/Obata's "Death Note" on TV; by this point in 2006, the anime of the highly popular manga was now on the air)
Tennosuke: BO-BOBO, WHAT ARE YOU--
Tennosuke: YOU DEKOPPACHI DEKOPPACHI DEKOPPACHI!!
Hatenko: UO, FILTHY--
Master Joy: SO, SHALL WE START?
Hatenko: What is this?
Master Joy: THIS IS THE NOTED SPECIALTY OF NERIMA-WARD: FRANKFURTER SURVIVAL!!!
Beauty: THIS COMPLETELY HAS NO CONNECTION TO NERIMA-WARD----!!!

198.
Don Patch: UOOOO---THESE FOOTHOLDS ARE IMMEDIATELY ROTATING AND WE CAN'T KEEP OUR BALANCE!!!
Hatenko: KU, IF WE CAN'T KEEP OUR CENTER OF GRAVITY, WE'LL FALL OFF IMMEDIATELY
Tennosuke: WH--AH--
Bo-bobo: YOU GUYS---!!
Beauty: EVERYONE--
Master Joy: KU KU KU: FULLY TASTE THE TERROR OF THIS FIELD
Don Patch: YOU DUMMY!! DON'T MOCK THE HAJIKE GANG. AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO WITH THAT.
Don Patch: LET'S GO: NEW HAJIKE TV SHOW: PACHISUKE!!!!
Hatenko: OYABIN'S THE GREATEST
Beauty: HE CONVERSELY INCREASED THE HURDLES---!!!

199.
Don Patch: I want to bet everything of myself in this challenge now...yes, if I can't seem to do this, then I can't progress further.
Don Patch: BUBO!! FRANK---
Beauty: ......
Cardoss 50: CARD ON!! THE TRUE HELL IS FROM HERE.
Cardoss' Display: ELEMENTS!! NERIMA CASTLE
SFX: Nyu
Cardoss 50: INVOKE--
Card: SCREAMING MACHINE GUN: STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR
(TN: The "Strait of Gibraltar" is the slender slip of water separating Spain and Morocco, as well as the gateway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea)
Cardoss 50: KYOURYOKU CHOUOUGI: TRANSCENDANT STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR!!!
Don Patch, Tennosuke and Hatenko: GUWAAAAAAAA---!!!

200.
Master Joy: AN OVERLAPPING MELODY FROM THE SKY---
Pokomi: HE CAN'T
Master Joy: NATSUKASHI OMOCHA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: GULP-GULP GABUCCHORINA!!!
(TN: A couple notes:
-Even though Master Joy actually has the English word "Toy" in his Shinken, he reads it the Japanese way of "Omocha", thus I ended up making his Shinken style how he says it, not how it's displayed. BTW: "Natsukashi Omocha" = "Nostalgic Toy"
-The name of the "creatures" (obviously inspired by that silly fishing game that little kids love with the fish bobbing on the wheel) is "Gabucchorina", with the "gabu" also referring to the "gulp-gulp" part of the attack name, which in Japanese is "gabu gabu")
Master Joy: GO, GABUCCHORINA!!
Don Patch, Tennosuke and Hatenko: UWAAAAAA
Hatenko: This is bad, they're eating away at our footholds.
Tennosuke: THOSE S**TS---IF IT'S COME TO THIS, THEN I'LL DO THIS TOO. IF YOU'RE COMING, THEN COME ON!!

201.
Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, IT'S A DARIUS-LIKE FISH-----!!!
(TN: "Darius" is a notable shoot-em-up game created by Taito in 1986, notable for all of the villains and monsters the main plains fight against being based on marine life, including fish)
Bo-bobo: THIS IS BAD! THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETELY SEALED. THOSE GUYS ARE STRONG.
Master Joy: WELL, IT'S FEEDING TIME, CHAPPY--
Master Joy: NOW GO
Beauty: EH!?
Chappy: CHIHUAHUA-RYUU SAPPOU-JUTSU: DRAWN-SWORD FANG!!!!
(TN: "Chihuahua-ryuu Sappou-jutsu" = "Chihuahua-style Murder-Method Technique"; notably "Chihuahua" in Japanese is "Chiwawa", but it was easy enough to translate)

202.
Don Patch: TRUE ACCOUNT - DADDY'S CHOPSTICK VERDICT
Chappy: !!
Don Patch: I understand: you were faking your innocence from the start.........
Don Patch: TONIGHT IT'S INUNABE----!!!
(TN: "Nabe" is in reference to a "nabemono" meal, where everything is cooked and served in one pot. Thus in this case, "inunabe" would be a "dog nabe")
Chappy: GIWAN
Beauty: INUNABE!?

203.
Master Joy: CHAPPY----!!
Hatenko: If I compare it to Master Torpedo's training, well, they're not considrable things--huh?
Master Joy: !?
Don Patch: WELL--THEN, SHALL WE TEST THE RESULTS OF OUR TRAINING, HATENKO?
Hatenko: YEAH, OYABIN.
(End of Vol. 4)

TN: Well, honestly with how long it's been since the mentions of the Hajike Gang were said, I didn't expect Don Patch and Hatenko to use that line to set up their team (with Tennosuke...well, just pulled in because...who knows why, it's Tennosuke and you don't need a reason really) But honestly seeing an official "Hajike Gang" usage in a fight, even at this doorway segment with Master Joy and his duo, just gives off an aura of coolness. Though...I still don't quite get Chappy's usage: I get that the poodle had that dark side but somehow it was all just for eating the frankfurters...or Tennosuke. (then again everyone wants to eat him) Though the chapter had a lot of other brilliant and weird moments as well, from Gaou and Dengaku Man's first "encounter" (sort of) to the "Sangaria" explanations to illuminate Pokomi to...well, Tennosuke being captured in another classic video game bit. But hey, at least it shows we can have a good fight even without Bo-bobo. (though all his fights do seem to be a tad cliche as of late...or is that just me talking with all the Namerou crap he has put up with)