Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 44

With the ultimate three-for-one attack, Don Patch has blasted Bo-bobo's way into the 23-Wards! But with the massive gamble ahead of taking on the 3rd's forces, they may need some help...in the form of a former employee...

Shinsetsu 44: Vague Gambling: Enter Chinchiro-hime!!
(TN: The title is a pun: the Japanese word for "gambling" is "tobaku", which is followed up by "bakubaku", which in this case is either "vast" or "vague")

25.
Don Patch: WE'RE FINALLY INTRODUCING SHINKEN USERS THOUGHT UP BY THE READERS IN THIS VOLUME! INCIDENTALLY, BELOW ARE SHINKEN USERS THOUGHT UP BY THE ASSISTANTS!
(TN: Yeah, Sawai held a contest for "new Shinken users" akin to something done by a few shonen authors like the "new wrestler recruitments" done by Yudetamage for Kinnikuman. As for the assistant ones...I'm just going to give you their names and their Shinken: they do have quite a bit written about them too but...as you will see, not much of it really matters ultimately)

"Assistant Shinken Users": (right to left)
-Sandrail - Ichirinsha (Unicycle) Shinken
-Yuagari Shower Kid - Shampoo Shinken
(TN: "Yuagari" = After-Bath)
-Megusuri Saeko - Megusuri (Eyedrops) Shinken

26.
"Kimono Girl": Odd with (2) - (3) makes match.
"Kimono Girl": I've heard that you were the strongest leaders of the Former Maruhage, and yet I'm dissappointed that you were too weak.
Sign: I'm a 3 PM Snack - Ujikin TOKIO
Hair Hunter: EMERGENCY REPORT!! MASTER JOY WAS DEFEATED BY SOMEONE
"Kimono Girl": !
Hair Hunter: AS IXEX, YOUR POWER IS CERTAIN!!
"Kimono Girl": Fine, let's go.

27.
Narrator: At that moment, Bo-bobo's group was...
Beauty: WE'VE DONE IT---DON PATCH-KUN'S GROUP WON!
Hatenko: OYABIN! YOU'RE THE GREATEST OYA--BIN
Don Patch: NYAWACCHI
(TN: Don Patch's "nyawacchi" is a parody of the "flying off" sound of Ultraman with a cat twist)
Hatenko: GYA
Beauty: ......
Pokomi: That Gattai Chouougi now...EHE, FLYING LIGHTING GUN WAS COOL
Bo-bobo: IT WAS A BLOW WHERE DON PATCH'S POWER WAS RAISED TO IT'S MAXIMUM WITH HATENKO'S KAGI SHINKEN AND FIRED...IT'S POWER WAS BOOSTED FURTHER TIMES SEVERAL TENS WITH TENNOSUKE'S LENS BODY. IT WAS A PERFECT CHOUOUGI.
Beauty: AMAZING
Tennosuke: MY COMPENSATION WAS THIS......GOFU
Beauty: TENNOSUKE-KU---N!!
Don Patch: WE THREE CAN USE SOME OTHER GATTAI CHOUOUGI
Beauty: EH?

28.
Don Patch: GATTAI CHOUOUGI #1: BOY IN THE MIDDLE OF SHOPLIFTING TRIANGLE ARRAY
Tennosuke: THE MANAGER IS COMING!
Tennosuke's Shirt: Living guy
Caption: GUARD 1
Don Patch: OH NO
Bag: PATCH SACK
Hatenko: OYABIN, WHAT ARE YOU STEALING THERE?
Caption: GUARD 2
Beauty: THAT'S MERELY CRIME!!!
Don Patch: AND GATTAI CHOUOUGI #2: GREEDY-FOR-MONEY BETTING MAH-JONG! FRAUDULENT TACTIC: JUNKI!!!
(TN: "Junki" is Japanese for "martyred demon"; however for some reason from the "gambling war" and the art style, something tells me that this is a parody of Nobuyuki Fukumoto's popular mah-jong manga series "Akagi")
Tennosuke: I'LL TURN THESE TWO... (out loud) GUFUFUFU: GOD WILL COME TO FALL
(TN: I won't translate the two tiles since I have no idea what they are, but they have to stay as they are in the actual script)
Don Patch: TODAY I'LL FINALLY TAKE IT
Beauty: THEREFORE THAT'S MERELY CRIME!!!
Gaou: You don't see...all of you don't see any of reality
Don Patch: What?
Gaou: RISE UP! ARTICLE OF NOBITAROU! YAKUMAN DONJARA
(TN: A few notes here to understand:
-Nobitarou is in reference most likely to Nobita Nobi, the lead human character of the classic Fujiko Fujio manga/anime series "Doraemon"
-Yakuman is the highest score that one can get in Mah Jong, usually in conjunction with a hand that is nearly impossible to get
-Donjara, also known as ponjan, is an introductory version of Mah Jong for children, usually using much simpler and less tiles compared to the actual game)
Don Patch, Tennosuke and Hatenko: HE GOT AN ARTICLE OF NOBITAROU~~~
Beauty: Anything is fine.

29.
Master Joy: GU...THOSE GUYS, IT WON'T END LIKE THIS...
Master Joy: INVOKE EMERGENCY WARNING "X0"!! THE ELITE TROOPS OF THE 23-WARDS WILL GATHER TO KILL ALL OF YOU---
(TN: The "elite troops" part is based on a word "seieihei", which I ended up picking up as a combination of two words: "seiei" or "elite" and "eihei", which are "picked troops")
Beauty: WHAT? AN EMERGENCY WARNING!?
Master Joy: UUUUU~~~~UUUUUU~~~~~
Hair Hunters: UOOOOOOOOOO
Beauty: KYAAAA: AN ABSURD AMOUNT CAME---!!! (Due to now!?)

30.
Hair Hunters: KILL THE INTRU--DERS
Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!! I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE ELITE-TROOPS OF THE 23-WARDS, BUT I'LL GO WITH SLICING UP 100 OF YOU AT ONCE----
Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: IT'S TERRIBLE FOR EVEN THE AUTHOR TO DRAW A LARGE QUANTITY OF HAIR HUNTE---RS!!!!
Stick Figures: SMALL FRY
Beauty: THESE SMALL FRY HAVE EXCEEDINGLY SIMPLIFIED----!!!
Hair Hunter: YOU S**T----THE ELITE TROOPS OF THE 23-WARDS---
"Small Fry": SHOULDN'T BE MOCKED---!!!
Tennosuke: GUBAA, IT SEEMS THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR BODY LENGTH--!!
Beauty: WHAT'S THAT? A TECHNIQUE!?

31.
Bo-bobo: IN THAT CASE, TAKE SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: HAIR HUMMINGS---!!!
(TN: A couple notes:
-Note Bo-bobo now transformed into "Kami" from Dragonball
-"Hair Hummings" is an adaptation of the original Japanese version of this: "Kegarings", but both remains the same: a fusion of "Hair Hunters" with the classic 1991 video game "Lemmings" by "DMA Designs" (now known as "Rockstar North"...yes, the creators of Lemmings also created the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series)
Beauty: KYAAAA
Bo-bobo: I'VE DECIDED THEY'LL ALL DROWN TO DEATH IN THE SEA---!!
(TN: For those who don't remember, the game "Lemmings" involve controlling little "creatures" across a destination from Point A to B, where they can do whatever you want them to...including kill themselves if you wish them to)
Beauty: DEMON!!
Don Patch: I'LL GO TOO---
SFX: PAKU (BITE)
Don Patch: TUMERIC POWER, TUMERIC POWEER----!!!
(TN: Tumeric, also known as "curcuma longa", is a notable plant found for both its usage in South Asian cuisine and for its medicinal purposes...not for turning into a giant monster with fire and freeze breath)
Hair Hunters: GYAAAAAAAA
Beauty: TUMERIC DOESN'T HAVE THAT POWER!!
Gaou: OUT OF MY WAY
Gaou: SUPER DODONPA!!
Hair Hunters: GYAAAAA
Beauty: THERE IT IS AGAIN!!
Hatenko: S**T, WHAT NUMBERS, THERE'S NO LIMIT
Voice: WORTHLESS
Beauty: !

32.
Beauty: WHAT? SOMETHING'S COMING! THAT'S...
Flag: ODEN ARMY
Hanpen: HANPEN IS HEAVEN
(TN: As I mentioned before, "Hanpen" is a kind of fishcake as well as...well, Hanpen's name, thus it will remain as "Hanpen")
Caption: FOOD KING: HANPEN
Beauty: ITITITITIT...IT'S HANPEN-SAN----!!!!

33.
Bo-bobo: NICE TIMING
Bo-bobo: JUMPING ON!!!
Hanpen: GUA
Don Patch: Leave kicking a** to us.
Flag: YO - RO - SHI - KU
(TN: The flag is basically a reading for "Yoroshiku" but in a translation that goes for "Night-Dew Deadly Pain")
Hair Hunters: CLICK CLICK CLICK
Bo-bobo: BOOST!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: AAH!!!
Bo-bobo: Hanpen, why are you here?
Hanpen: 3RD-SAMA HAS DISCARDED WE OF THE FORMER-HAIR HUNT CORP.........I CAME TO HERE SO I COULD ASCERTAIN THE TRUTH.
Bo-bobo: JUST FINE. YOU CAN TRANSPORT ME TO THE FOOT OF THE 3RD WITH THIS.

34.
Narrator: 30 MINUTES LATER
Bo-bobo: HEY, LOOK: THERE'S A CASINO. MU, SOMEONE IS THERE!
Sign: WELCOME: TO NEO-ITABASHI WARD
(TN: Itabashi Ward, in the Northeastern corridor of Tokyo, is notable as one of the four former Post Cities of Edo where people arrived in the city on the way to the main capital. It got it's name for the plank bridge that crossed the Shakujii River into the Tokyo area)
Voice: STOP! THIS CASINO STREET AHEAD IS NEO-ITABASHI WARD, WHICH IS MANAGED BY THE IXEX!! THOSE WHO INTRUDE FROM HERE AHEAD WILL BE KILLED BY US!!
Sandrail: ICHIRINSHA SHINKEN
Yuagari Shower Kid: SHAMPOO SHINKEN
Megusuri Saeko: MEGUSURI SHINKEN
Saeko's Package: WOMAN TEACHER MEGUSURI SAEKO
Caption: NEO-ITABASHI RECONNAISSANCE CORP
Beauty: IT'S THE CHARACTERS DRAWN BY THE ASSISTANTS ON THE FRONT PAGE THIS TIME---!!
Don Patch: THE SHINKEN USERS THOUGHT UP BY THE READERS AREN'T FAILURE CREATIONS LIKE THEM. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO SENT APPLICATIONS.
Reconnsaisance Corp: WHO'S A FAILURE CREATION, HEY----!!!
Hanpen: We're going to break through by force.
Hanpen: TAKE THIS...

35.
Hanpen: ALOOF HANPEN SHOU!!!!!
(TN: As I mentioned in the original with Hanpen's attack, "Shou" is a kanji for "acquiescence" or "hearing" and is kept in Japanese due to it's tough to translate definition)
Hair Hunters: GYAAAAAAAAA
Pokomi: WAA, AMAZING
SFX: ZA

36.
Chinchiro-Hime: It's them: the intruders said to have defeated Master Joy.
Bo-bobo: !
Bo-bobo: What is that person!?
Chinchiro-Hime: YOU TRULY ARE A SEEMINGLY TROUBLESOME OPPONENT. BUT YOU'RE NO MATCH FOR ME OF THE IXEX
Bo-bobo: IXEX!? SHE'S TRULY SPEAKING OF THOSE GUYS WHO RAN OFF WITH NAMEROU.
Everyone: !
Chinchiro-Hime: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: CHERRY-BLOSSOM DANCE-PERFORMANCE ARMAMENT
(TN: "Saikoro Bakuchi" = "Dice Gambling")

37.
Chinchiro-Hime: LET'S BEGIN THE DECISIVE GAMBLING GAME: ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS WILL BE TAKEN BY ME
Caption: IXEX: BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY: CHINCHIRO-HIME
Hair Hunters: L - O - V - E CHINCHIRO-HIME--L - O - V - E CHINCHIRO-HIME---
Sign: CHINCHIRO-HIME FAN (FUN?) CLUB
Beauty: SHE EVEN HAS A FAN CLUB!!?

38.
Chinchiro-Hime: ALL OF LIFE IS A GAMBLE, GAMBLE!
Chinchiro-Hime: EVEN DEATH AND LIFE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES OF PROTRUDING EYES!!!
Chinchiro-Hime: A PAIR OF (5)
Chinchiro-Hime: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: PAIR GIANT-GOD CORP!!!
Hanpen: NANU---!!!
Giant-Gods: DIE SLASHER
(TN: The "die" here is in reference to one dice, not "death")

39.
Hanpen: NUUU...THEY SMASHED MY HANPEN SHOU
Pokomi: She's strong.
Chinchiro-Hime: BEST CUSTOMERS! HAVE YOU PREPARED THE STAGE?
"Slot-Machine Head": YES, HIME-SAMA
"Ball": IT'S BEEN ARRANGED-TAMA.
(TN: "Tama" is "Ball", which is what this guy's endings are)
Chinchiro-Hime: SPECIALTY OF NEO-ITABASHI WARD: CRITICAL-MOMENT DICE GAME STADIUM!!!
Beauty: WHAT IS THIS STAGE!?

40.
Chinchiro-Hime: WELL, INTRUDER-SAN! LET'S MAKE MERRY IN A SANGARIA SOON. IN A PLEASURABLE GAMBLE WHERE WE BET OUR LIVES!
Bo-bobo: HERE'S WHERE I GO.
Don Patch: KAKAROT
(TN: "Kakarot", for those who don't know, is Goku's real name in "Dragon Ball" and the name which Saiyans usually refer to him as, particularly his brother Raditz and his rival Vegeta)
Hanpen: I'll do this too! I can't be silent with my Hanpen Shou stopped by a girl.
Beauty: HANPEN-SAN IS FIGHTING TOGETHER WITH US TOO
Hatenko: Is that alright?
Gaou: Then, the third is going to be me.
Gaou: BECAUSE IT'S MY CHANCE TO GIVE MY APPEAL AS A MASCOT CHARACTER.
Beauty: GAOU-KUN!!?

41.
Chinciro-Hime: SHALL WE BEGIN: MY LUCK AND YOUR LUCK...A REAL BATTLE WHERE WE BET OUR LIVES
Right Fighter: NEO-ITABASHI WARD GUARD: ANGEL 777
Left Fighter: NEO-ITABASHI WARD VICE-GUARD: PACHIDAMA RUNAWAY BOY
(TN: This name was a weird one that had a tough time being translated but sort of was. "Pachidama" is literally a fusion of "pachinko" and "dama", but it didn't make any sense to translate him as "pachinko-ball" so I kept it as "Pachidama". "Iede" on the other hand, is easy to translate as a "runaway", as in "running away from home". So for our purposes, his name will be "Pachidama Runaway Boy")
Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT. THE LIFE OF A GAMBLER IS 30 YEARS. WITH US, YOU'RE ONLY GOING FOR A LOSS!

TN: Why is it that Sawai seemed to finally get the hang of finally unleashing sexy female villains...at a point where they're probably just going to be villains? I mean, sure we started seeing it sort of by the Former Maruhage arc by way of Rem (unless you count, say, those girls of Giga who just giggled and were eye candy) But since then we've had the likes of LOVE, Yuko...and now Chinchiro-Hime! (lets not forget: they were all fighting after the anime ended...so little to no respectful fanbase could be built) It's like you want more of them...but know they'll ultimately be defeated and never come back! Dang that's one thing I really hate about series like these...aside from hormonal comments (and the hell of her dice-gambling coming with the fight that is about to begin), the stars of the chapter was just two unexpected ones. First of all...was the epic return of Hanpen. Considering he was hanging out with Tennosuke and Dengaku Man all this time, we knew he would somehow return to the story at some point. Strangely though they gave us a legitimate idea as to why: with the 3rd dumping on his former employees for his so called uber-forces, Hanpen would like to "get back at him for his disrespect." (doubt it will go too far but hey it gets Hanpen back in the story) On the other hand...Gaou was finally remembered after all this time! Sure it probably took Dengaku Man popping up to have him remembered but the koala actually being used in this fight is bound to be worth something...I hope considering how neglectful Sawai was towards him up to then.