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Hold on there: who's side is that Gunkan really on!? Is he really a Hair Hunt destroyer...AND a member of the Maruhage Four Heavenly Kings!? Or is he...something else?

Ougi 36. Fundoshi-senpai

72.
Narrator: Summary of Last Time: He suddenly appeared. In front of Gunkan, Heppokomaru shouted.
Heppokomaru: SHUT UP!!!! THAT GUY’S ONE OF THE MARUHAGE FOUR HEAVENLY KINGS!!!!
Gunkan: …………
Gunkan: Wrong. I’m an octopus.
Don Patch: You---aren’t you reasonably ill-mannered?
Bo-bobo: Can’t you also see he’s an octopus?
Don Patch: Right, right.

73.
Heppokomaru: WHY ARE YOU ON HIS SIDE? HE’S THE MAN WHO DESTROYED MY HOMETOWN!!!
Don Patch: WHAT!!! IS THAT TRUE!!!?
Gunkan: No, no. I’m an octopus.
Don Patch: YOU---YOU’VE GOT IT ALL WRONG. THE OCTOPUS DIDN’T DO IT.
Heppokomaru: Ow, ow!
Bo-bobo: Gonna lick this bathroom slipper?
Beauty: BO-BOBO, HE-KUN WOULDN’T LIE. BELIEVE IN HIM.
Bo-bobo: NOISY—
Don Patch: YOU CAN’T ORDER US AROUND. DUMMY
Heppokomaru: Today I’ve made a girl lonely too…
Heppokomaru: !

74.
Heppokomaru: THAT FUNDOSHI!!!
(Note: A “fundoshi” is a kind of loincloth usually used by sumo wrestlers)
Gunkan: Fu…Do you get it, Heppokomaru?
Heppokomaru: Yo…you---senpai couldn’t have…
Narrator: Six Months Ago…
Sign: Puppu City
Heppokomaru: Haa haa…we’re the only two left…
Fundoshitaro: Aah…that ducktailed guy isn’t kidding with us…
Fundoshitaro: Heppokomaru, as it stands, our town is finished…you have to leave to find the man who can save our town.
Sign: Fundoshitaro
Heppokomaru: But senpai…
HH: THERE THEY ARE!!
Fundoshitaro: Chi…they found us!!!

75.
Fundoshitaro: I’LL HANDLE IT HERE. SO GO, HEPPOKOMARU!!!
Fundoshitaro: BEAUTIFUL FUNDOSHI DEATH STYLE: HELICOPTER
HH: GYAAAAAAAA!!!
Fundoshitaro: NOW GO, HEPPOKOMARU!!! I’LL DO THE “AKAFUN DANCE” AS YOU LEAVE ME!
(Note: I kept “Akafun no Mai” as “the Akafun Dance” because the only real definition I could find for “Akafun” was “Red Dirt”. Maybe it can be translated as the “Red Dirt Dance”)
Fundoshitaro: Torya—
Heppokomaru: Senpai…you’re doing the “Akafun Dance” for me…thank you…
Heppokomaru: …………Did you kill my senpai?
Gunkan: He refused to become one of us…you know. When he was worn down, I killed him.
Gunkan: So then, Heppokomaru, if you also refuse me, I’ll kill you.
Heppokomaru: YOU------!!!!

76.
SFX: BON
Heppokomaru: UWA!!!!!
Suzu: GUNKAN-SAMA, HAIR HUNT B-BLOCK BASE HAS BEEN ANNIHILATED JUST AS YOU PLANNED.
Beauty: No…that girl. She destroyed B-Block all by herself…

77.
Gunkan: Nice-chu. Nice-chu.
Suzu: Thank you.
Gunkan: Ku ku ku. Thus the Hair Hunters are almost annihilated. The day of my desired ambitions is close.
Bo-bobo: Gunkan. I wanted to hear what you were saying earlier. Are you really currently a member of the Maruhage Four Heavenly Kings? Why are you destroying the Hair Hunters?
Gunkan: Alright, I’ll tell you.
Jar: Octopus Jar
Gunkan: I actually am in the Maruhage Four Heavenly Kings. !
Gunkan: However, that is as a means to accomplish my greatest desire. The desire to control the Maruhage Empire…
Gunkan: Fortunately, even though the Maruhage Empire aren’t kids above the Hair Hunters, its easy to sneak in if you are good.

78.
Gunkan: I’ve joined the Maruhage Four Heavenly Kings so I can control the Maruhage Empire. I thought it would be extremely easiest to destroy the Hair Hunters from there. (out loud) GYAAAAA
Don Patch: Chu-yo, Chu-yo.
Gunkan: Since then, you’ve come along to destroy the Hair Hunters. I’ve gotten the intelligence and its been very convenient.
Gunkan: So even if the Hair Hunters are destroyed, then it’s all Bo-bobo’s fault.
Beauty: EH!!!!! They had kids?

79.
Gunkan: Hey, girl.
Beauty: !
Gunkan: HOW DARE YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING I’VE DONE!!!!
Heppokomaru: WATCH OUT!!!!!
Beauty: GYA
Heppokomaru: I’m…I’m sorry…
Beauty: Uun, thanks.

80.
Beauty: You’re nice, He-kun.
Heppokomaru: ……
Don Patch: ……
Don Patch: Chi, you didn’t help.
Gunkan: GUBA!!!!
Don Patch: CHI…CARAMBA. CARAMBA…THAT GIRL…WHY IS SHE SO LOVESTRUCK…SHOW ME NOW, SHOW ME NOW…
Headband: Grudge
Doll: Beauty
Gunkan: Haha-n, Heppokomaru. So then, do you love this girl?
Heppokomaru: Wh…what are you saying?
Gunkan: You seem to like this girl. Do you like her?

81.
Heppokomaru: STOP! SHE MEANS NOTHING TO ME!!!!
Gunkan; Do it, Dollman.
Dollman: Kekeke all people including Gunkan are evil. I love it when I ruin people’s romance…
Sign: Dollman.
Dollman: Keke.
Beauty: KYAA!!
Heppokomaru: !!
Don Patch: This potato chip is too salty.

82.
Dollman: Keke, here we go. A premium stuffed doll.
Dollman: So, her origin is cheap. Even as a doll, she’s really cheap. Keke.
Dollman: Ke…
Dollman: What are you…Let me go, let me go!
Heppokomaru: TURN HER BACK.

83.
Dollman: Keke, I understand. You’re angry…I’ll turn her back now…
Bo-bobo: HEPPOKOMARU, DON’T BELIEVE HIM!!! I’LL GET THE BEAUTY DOLL!!!
Gunkan: Too slow.
Bo-bobo: !!
SFX: Lash
Gunkan: Too bad, Heppokomaru. You won’t be able to turn this doll back to normal.
Heppokomaru: Ku…
Gunkan: BO-BOBO, HEPPOKOMARU…MEET ME AT MY FORTRESS, THE “POMADE RING”.

84.
Gunkan: We’ll have fun, Bo-bobo. A suitable place for the destined battle of Hanage Shinken will be prepared there.
SFX: Suu
Suzu: TELEPORT
Gunkan: HA---HAHAHAHAHAHA
SFX: BON
Dollman: Keke!! Gunkan-sama has his terrifying Gunkan Five-Ninshuu are there!!! No matter what you do, you can’t win, Keke!!!
(Note: Gunkan, as well as another later villain, have a group known as the “Go Ninshuu” or “Five Guardians” or “Five Companions”. For both, I’ll just be calling them the “Five Ninshuu”)
Bo-bobo: THAT’S GORO THAT’S GORO
Dollman: GYAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

85.
Babies: Mama---where’s papa---?
Don Patch: Father’s gone to work.
Heppokomaru: S**T!!
Heppokomaru: …It’s my fault…my fault…
Bo-bobo: Don’t worry. It’s not your fault.
Heppokomaru: …Bo-bobo-san…
Sign: HEPPOKOMARU’S FAULT
Headband: Heppokomaru
Don Patch: You.
Bo-bobo: …The Gunkan 5-Ninshuu…in that case, could we add that guy to our team?
Don Patch: OH NO, THAT SILHOUETTE…

(Translator's Note: I somehow like this chapter more and more considering what it presents. We get a bit of Heppokomaru's backstory, a bizarre explanation on Gunkan's situation, the setup for the next major battle, and...the first appearance of the vastly under-rated/underused Suzu. She really deserved more but unfortunately that's the nature of the story's evolution. Next up....some familiar faces return to the story for the moment)