Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 59

With their beachside vacation cut short thanks to Hair Hunting robots, Bo-bobo's team continues on their journey. What sort of place will they end up in this time around...and what sort of horrific torture awaits them?

Ougi 59: It’s a Quiz, Boing! Boing! Boing! Boing! I’m Not a Frog, I’m Dengaku!
(Translator’s Note: “Dengaku” can actually refer to one of two things. The first is a special dancing ceremony used whenever planting rice, whether it is either at new years or in early summer. The other version, which is the one we’re using [as you’ll understand soon enough], is a snack made of tofu coated in a special miso sauce, usually served on a stick.)

85.
Beauty: TIME TO EAT—
Don Patch: MINE!! ALL THIS IS MINE!!!
Don Patch: N!
Don Patch: BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO STARTS NOW.
Bo-bobo: WHAT’S WITH THAT INTRO--!!!?
Don Patch: I THOUGHT WE NEEDED A NEW ONE--!!!!

86.
Don Patch: I thought every once in a while we would change the way we start this…
Beauty: But he told us to stop.
Bo-bobo: “A New Opening”…”A New Opening”. Isn’t the opening we always use good?
Caption: ISN’T WHAT WE ALWAYS USE GOOD?
Beauty & Don Patch: Ah…this is new…

87.
Moai Bo-bobo: We can’t speak…
Caption: EASTER ISLAND –STORY- END
Bo-bobo: Say, usually things become terrible when we don’t have an opening.
Beauty & Don Patch: We’re sorry.
Heppokomaru: BO-BOBO-SAN
Heppokomaru: I FOUND A HAIR HUNTER BASE NEARBY!!
Bo-bobo: !!! WH…WH…
Bo-bobo: What did you say--

88.
Bo-bobo: Heppokomaru-kun…if I catch you lying, then I think I’ll be eaten in this case. IS IT TRUE?
Heppokomaru: …It is…
Bo-bobo: THEN HERE’S A REWARD
SFX: Plop
Top: WELCOME TO Z-BLOCK BASE
Flag: FRIGAND
Cell Phone: Outside
Front Gate Signs: NINDOU HERETIC
Arrow: Miss
Interior Sign: Opening of New Dress Shop. OPEN TODAY
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Beauty: MANZAI FOR THE TSUKKOMI--!!!
(Translator’s Note: “Manzai” is the style of comedy that Bo-bobo is based on, based on the interaction between a “boke” (comedian) and “tsukkomi” (the straightman)…as you haven’t guessed, Beatuy and Heppokomaru are the “tsukkomi” in this series and Bo-bobo and Don Patch, among others, are “boke”)
Voice: Ku ku ku…its been a while since I’ve had human flesh like today.
Don Patch: WHO’S THAT!!?

89.
Caption: GUARDIAN OF HAIR HUNTER Z-BLOCK: Cerberus
Sign: Danger
Doghouse Sign: Z Block: Cerberus
Don Patch: HE…HE’S FROM THREE YEARS AGO…
Flashback: Honwa, honwa
Beauty: Ah, he’s cute.
Beauty: Here, food. Eat it.
Don Patch: What? Can’t I tell my past!!?
Cerberus: CERBERUS ATTACK!!!!
Don Patch: Ah! What are you doing?
Cerberus: I HAVE BECOME CERBERUS, GUARDIAN OF THE UNDERWORLD. I’VE LOST ALL MY CONDUCT TOWARDS HUMANS…
Cerberus: BUT I’LL EAT THIS.
Heppokomaru: He’s eating?

90.
Boy: Ku ku ku, Bo-bobo is coming, just like Tsurulina told us.
Girl: What stupid people. They’ve come to get themselves killed.
Boy: THEY DON’T KNOW THE SECRET BEHIND Z-BLOCK BASE.
Girl: Boss, what shall we do? Kill them immediately?
Dengaku Man: THEY’RE GOING TO EAT DENGAKU—
Caption: HAIR HUNTER Z-BLOCK CAPTAIN: DENGAKU MAN
(Translator’s Note: See!? Firm tofu with miso sauce and on a stick! That’s the dengaku I mentioned before!)
Boy & Girl: SO CUTE…THEN AGAIN, EVERYONE LOVES DENGAKU MAN.
Bo-bobo: OK, let’s go in immediately.
Don Patch: It’s been a while since we’ve Hajike.

91.
Pontaro: IT’S THE “HAIR HUNT DE PON” QUIZ!!!!
Bo-bobo’s Team: !!!
SFX: Wa—wa—wa—wa—
Pontaro: Hello there everyone. It’s time for the “Hair Hunt De Pon” Quiz.
Heppokomaru: What? What?
Beauty: Eh? What is this?
Pontaro: And the conductor is me, Pontaro-. So then, let’s now introduce today’s contestants.
Beauty: EEH------!!?
Pontaro: Everyone, applause would be grateful…for me.
Heppokomaru: For you!!!
Beauty: WHAT ARE THOSE TWO DOING!!
Pontaro: Eh--before we start this quiz

92.
Pontaro: KAPPA, GO HOME.
Kappa: Uuh…
Pontaro: And now, question one:
Pontaro: What will happen to this fresh egg after this electric range goes “Chin”?
Pontaro: Alrigh—t, please reveal your answers quickly.
Bo-bobo: It will become a boiled egg.
Don Patch: It will become a chick.
Man: Mercator Drawing
Pontaro: And so, let’s see the answer
SFX: Push
SFX: Chin
SFX: Gachan

93.
Chin: Hello there. I’m Chin.
Man: Of course, of course.
Headband: Todai
Pontaro: So next, question two. Please tell me what this animal’s cry is!!
Pontaro: Alrigh—t, once again the answers are revealed!!
Bo-bobo: Puyo—puyo—
Don Patch: Buhi—buhi—
Man: 6x+3y=7

94.
Pontaro: And so, let’s see the answer!!
Pig: SALAD BAR
Man: So that’s what he says.
Beauty: WHAT ARE THOSE TWO DOING? THIS ISN’T GOING WELL! THEY’RE WORSE THAN HE-KUN.
Heppokomaru: !!

95.
Pontaro: So, everyone, question 3. Within a world that’s “gone to hell”…Please use “Go to Hell” as an expression.
(Translator’s Note: the expression Pontaro is asking about, “Mappira”, actually literally means “to hell with”, but it works out better as “Go to Hell”)
Don Patch: GO TO HELL—GO TO HELL--
Headband: Go to hell
Man: GO TO HELL—
Don Patch: So stupid…everything I’ve done to now is bad…?
Bo-bobo: Sorry…I messed up…
Man: That was an old question for Waseda.
(Translator’s Note: He’s referring to “Waseda University”, also known as “Sodai”, a well known private university located in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo)

96.
Pontaro: And now question four. Please eat this natto.
Package: Grown in Mito Natto
(Translator’s Note: The city of Mito in Ibaraki prefecture is known for its natto)
SFX: Slurp slurp
Don Patch: WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH THE QUIZ!!! I WON’T DO IT
Don Patch: RIGHT (No I won’t)
Bo-bobo: YES—I’M DONE!!!
Pontaro: YES! WE’VE REACHED THE FINAL QUESTION!! THE LAST QUESTION IS “TAKING A JOURNEY”!! EVERYONE, PLEASE TAKE A JOURNEY!!

97.
(Nothing to translate on this page, just Bo-bobo, Don Patch and the last contestant taking a trip)

98.
Beauty: HAVE FUN—
Pontaro: Ku ku ku
Heppokomaru: !
Pontaro: Bo-bobo is no longer here. You’re the only ones left.
Beauty: !!
Heppokomaru: He’s…
Bo-bobo: “CONDUCTOR”~~”CONDUCTOR”~~
Pontaro: !!!
Bo-bobo: This is our last stop: “Conductor”. Please depart without leaving anything behind.
Pontaro: You guys were supposed to be on a journey, why on earth are you here? Tell me. Your station is alive and I’m the only one…

99.
Bo-bobo: A DECIDER CAN’T TELL ME WHERE TO GO ON MY JOURNEY: PURE STORY
Pontaro: IT WAS A GOOD JOURNEY--!!!!!
Bo-bobo: …Its because of that person…
Hatenko: ……
Caption: That Person
Pontaro: Ku ku ku, you’re feeling good after defeating me. But all of you don’t know the secret of Z-Block base…
Pontaro: When you find out the base’s secret, all of you will die.
Don Patch: What?
Dengaku Man: YOU’RE GONNA EAT DENGAKU—

(Translator's Note: FINALLY! DENGAKU MAN! Since Gunkan's defeat, I've eagerly counted down until reaching this chapter, mostly since we're starting to approach the classic part of the series! [Well that and I wanted to get to the next crucial character after putting up with Hatenko] One of the most obvious things you have to notice about this chapter is that considering how simple a design he is...Dengaku Man looks awfully strange in his introductory appearance. His head is huge and his body just looks like an elongated rectangle! Luckily by the end of the volume he'll look like the white shrimp we all know and...well, have variable feelings about in being essentially the mascot of the series. The only other comment for this time: yes, many Japanese game shows are like Pontaro's so its not really that strange...well outside his answers)