Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 53

All rise: the case of Pokomi, Don Patch and Tennosuke vs. the Neo-Maruhage is now in session with the dishonorable Gura-San the Judge presiding. The maximum sentence being pursued: the ultimate torment of hell!

Shinsetsu 53: The Terrible Hell Judgement!!

183.
Creatures: OOOOOOOOOH
Gura-san: THE HELL JUDGEMENT BEGINS-----!!!
Pokomi: LOOK! AT THAT EERIE HOLE THAT APPEARED IN THE SKY. Our environs was haunted by those ghouls. What exactly is that hole...?
(TN: "Ghouls" strangely has the Japanese word of "gaki", the same "Gaki" that also translates into "brat")
Don Patch: FU, PERHAPS BEYOND THAT HOLE IS...
Don Patch: There's a vending machine corner.
(TN: The word that Don Patch uses here is "Gachagacha Coonaa", which is Japanese for a collection of vending machines in a store at one place. Honestly I don't know if Don Patch thinks that's what's there to contrast with the "gaki' that are emerging (with "gaki" similar to "gacha") or because of the love of vending machines by little kids with the "Gaki" being "Brat" to him)
Pokomi: IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT HAUNT FOR KIDS
(TN: Well Pokomi didn't get the joke...there goes her Hajike points)
Don Patch: I WANT IT!! I WANT THAT 200 YEN KEYCHAIN WHERE A VOICE COMES OUT IF YOU PRESS IT THAT'S IN FASHION NOW!!
Don Patch's Helmet: 3-2 Don Patch
Tennosuke Keychain: That's sujiko!
(TN: "Sujiko" is a type of salted salmon roe that remains in the egg sack when served compared to ikura, which is served fresh and lighter in color)
Tennosuke: I want it too.
Caption: KYOURYOKU OUGI: OUR SPIDER STRING
Pokomi: HEY, COME BACK PACCHIN, IT'S DANGEROUS!!

184.
Gura-san: KUKUKU: YOU'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THE HADES GATE. SHALL I TELL YOU AS A MAJOR SERVICE: WHAT IS BEYOND THERE?
Don Patch: !
Gura-san: THE WORLD OF DEATH. HELL.
SFX: SU
Don Patch Keychain: HELLO, THIS IS THE BUTTON YOU'VE SETTLED WITH
Don Patch: GYAAAA, DAMN IT, IT WAS A TRAP----!!
Tennosuke: WE'VE BEEN DRAGGED IN---
Beauty: YOU TWO!!
Victori Fighter: I'LL HELP YOU AS YOU SET OFF TO HELL
Tennosuke: GEE! HE'S COMING AGAIN
Tennosuke: THAT GUY! DON'T MOCK TEN-CHAN: GO PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI
Tennosuke: PERFECT ARMOR "PERFECT ARMAMENT ARMOR TEN-CHAN S (ECSTACY)"!!!!
Don Patch: COOL!! THAT'S THE FORM OF HIS NEW GUARD!!! THERE ISN'T EVEN AN OPENING IN ONE PART OF HIS BODY----!!!

185.
Don Patch: !?
Tennosuke: Fufufu
Don Patch: DUMMY!! HE ISN'T PROTECTED IN THAT ONE PLACE. IF THAT'S REALIZED BY THE ENEMY.........
(TN: I notice Don Patch has transformed into what looks like Vegeta from Dragonball...but honestly it's hard for me to pick out the reference to this bit)
Victori Fighter: I WON'T OVERLOOK THIS: VICTORI SHINKEN OUGI: WOODPECKER BARRAGE!!!
Tennosuke: GYAAAAA
Don Patch: EARLESS NU---ICHIII!!!
(TN: While obviously adding in the "Nu" part due to Tennosuke, the character Don Patch is screaming out for is a parody of "Miminashi Houichi" (Earless Houichi), a tale originally found and notable from Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaian. In the tale, a blind ministrel who becomes bewitched by ghosts is forced to bare the Heart Sutra in order to rid himself of them. But ultimately when the ghosts come back to attack him again, a samurai ends up chopping off his ears, the only area where the sutra wasn't placed on. Though now blind and earless, he became famous throughout the land)
Victori Fighter: N! Where did that other one go?
Caption: ASSIMILATION
Tennosuke: GYABA
Pokomi: PURURUN
Caption: ~~HELL JUDGEMENT~~ TOKORO TENNOSUKE: GUILTY FOR HIS CRIME OF BEING A FOODSTUFF RESISTING THE SKY.
Tennosuke: WHAT? WHAT?
Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 6

186.
Pokomi: Ghouls have attached to Pururun. A special attack of the chicken!? Or is it something else?
Don Patch: HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO TENNOSUKE.
Victori Fighter: Kukuku: are you going to die too?
Don Patch: EXCELLENT! I'LL BE TAKING YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO BE YOUR GRAVE.
Victori Fighter: INTERESTING
Sign: YAKITORI
Beauty: HERE!?
Don Patch: HEY--AN ORDER OF TSUKUNE COMING UP HERE; YOU'LL DIE ROBATAYAKI-STYLE, ORA!!!
(TN: A couple notes, both culinary:
-Tsukune is a style of chicken made similar to meatloaf where it is mixed with egg, grilled like yakitori and then skewered
-"Robataki-style" is a style of restauarant where people sit around an open hearth, people point out the ingredients they wish to use and are grilled right in front of them)
Victori Fighter: GIBU GIBU GIBU, YOU'RE GOING TO EAT ME!!
Beauty: I ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT TO EAT THAT TSUKUNE!!
Katsuodani Fumio: GUILTY OF YOUR CRIME OF ILL-TREATMENT OF ANIMALS!!
Caption: GYO--RYU--KEN
(TN: Obviously this is a parody of the "Shoryuken" from Street Fighter, but with "Gyo" for "Fish")
Don Patch: GYAAAAA
Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 5
Don Patch: A FOLDING FAN!!?

187.
Don Patch: GYAAA
Pokomi: Patchin has ghouls too...they're on his back after all.
Pokomi: !
Pokomi: I DON'T HAVE REASON TO RECEIVE THIS ATTACK!! LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN: SOAP BARRIER DOUGHNUT!!!
(TN: I know I could have translated "Sabao" into "bubble", but I kept it "Sabao" for consistancy)
Gura-san: I'VE GOT YOU, YOUNG GIRL---!!!
Pokomi: !

188.
Pokomi: That's...his sword slipped through the bubbles.
Gura-san: HELL JUDGE IS A SWORD THAT CHOPS UP NOT THE BODY OR THE MATERIAL, ONLY THE SOUL. BY THIS, ALL DEFENSE IS COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE
Gura-san: GUILTY OF THE CRIME OF STRIKING WITH A MOUTH THAT MOCKS ME.
Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 10
Bo-bobo: POKOMI--
Beauty: THE GHOULS HAVE ATTACHED TO POKOMI AS WELL
Don Patch: No no, having them here is surprisingly convenient.
Ghoul: I've bought you cigarettes.
Beauty: HE'S SUBDUED THEM!!
Pokomi: Ku, is he aiming to seal off our movements with these evil spirits?...No, that's too simple. He should have some other aim ahead.

189.
Gura-san: KUKUKU
Pokomi: PERHAPS THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF HELL JUDGEMENT...
Bo-bobo: This is unpleasant. They're completely at his pace.
Beauty: That's...
Tennosuke: HERE, FINALLY, IT'S OUR TURN.
Don Patch: Yes, shall we do that?
Beauty: IT'S COME TO TERRIBLE THINGS BEHIND THEM!
Don Patch: HERE WE GO, OUR TRUMP CARD: MAGICAL DRESS UP!
Tennosuke: Hurry, hurry
Don Patch: No, this size is tight.
Beauty: .........
Don Patch & Tennosuke: WE'VE ARRIVED! F**KING SELFISH TOMBOY EGOTISTICAL BEAUTIFUL MISCHIEVOUS GIRLS: POVE AND TERRY!!!!
Beauty: THEY SUSPICIOUSLY TRANSFORMED WITH RESOLVE!! AND FURTHER WITH A PRETENSION OF LO*BERI!!?
(TN: "Lo*beri" is hinting at the girl's collectable card series "Oshare Majo: Love and Berry". Originally appearing in 2004 and released by Sega, it became popular with girls for a period between 2005 and 2006, akin to similar Sega game series (and previous Bo-bobo joke) Mushiking. In the game, the player uses cards to dress their girl up before performing in a rhythm game where they are scored for fashion and for performance)

190.
Victori Fighter: Cute! (Particularly the square one...)
Katsuodani Fumio: SERIOUSLY!!?
Gura-san: YOU TWO: ATTACH THEM WITH GHOULS QUICKLY
Victori & Katsuodani: YES
Don Patch: WELL, GO FROM HERE, YOU LITTLE BRAT!
Tennosuke: WE'RE THREE PRETTY SOLDIERS!!! WE'LL SHOW THEM A LINKING TECHNIQUE.
Pokomi: EHE, YOU TWO: IF THE THREE OF US GO, WE'RE INVINCIBLE.
Pokomi: O---K, LET'S GO EVERYONE----
Book: Manga
Bag: Potato Chips
Beauty: HUH----!!? WEREN'T YOU THE MOST INTERESTED!!?
Tennosuke: VIEWER POPULARITY IS LIFE TO A PRETTY SOLDIER!!! I'LL PUT ALL MY POWER INTO SELLING THESE FIGURES OF MYSELF THROUGH THIS FIGHT. THAT IS A TRUE PRETTY SOLDIER!!!
Beauty: THOSE TWO AREN'T USEFUL AT ALL----!!!
Pokomi: Fu---

191.
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BUBBLE PET WAN-CHANs!
Victori Fighter: WHAT
Katsuodani Fumio: DOGS!?
Don Patch: NO---THOSE---YOU HAVE SUPER-CUTE PETS WITH THOSE SOAP BUBBLES~~~~
Don Patch: I'M EMOTIOINALLY ATTACHED TO THEM~~~~CUTE
Victori Fighter: This may not be bad...
Pokomi: THOSE BUBBLE PETS ARE MADE OF A SPECIAL LIQUID!
Don Patch: Hee~~
Pokomi: NITRO-GLYCERIN: THEY'RE EXPLOSIVE
Pokomi: 3 SECONDS BEFORE IGNITION, 2, 1
Don Patch & Victori Fighter: UWAAAAA
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: CUTE RED-COLORED WINK!
Victori, Katsuodani & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAAAAAA
Don Patch: LITTLE BRAT, ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US AGAIN----

192.
Katsuodani Fumio: YOU'RE COMPLETELY GUILTY OF DEFYING US
Victori & Katsuodani: SHOKEI SHIKKOU KYOURYOKU OUGI: SKY AND SEA CONTROL BOMBER!!!
(TN: "Shokei Shikkou" = "Execution Performance")
Don Patch: ON ME!!?
Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 4: AMOUNT: 9
Don Patch: KIKII----
Don Patch: BU
SFX: GASHAN PI---
Victori Fighter: NO NO NO, THE SITUATION IS COMPLETELY WRONG!!!
Tennosuke: UWAAAAAAAA
Victori & Katsuodani: !
Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN KANASHIMI OUGI: BACKLOG OF MY FIGURES SPLA---SH!!!
(TN: A couple things:
-"Kanashimi" = "Sadness"
-"Backlog" is tied to the word "Urenokori", which is for unsold items)
Katsuodani Fumio: GUWAAAA, YOU KNOW THAT---!!

193.
Gura-san: WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU SLOWLY DOING?
Pokomi: !
Gura-san: !
Gura-san: JIGOKU SAIBAN SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: DOUBLE JET-BLACK (out loud) HERE, PROTECT FROM THIS, LITTLE GIRL!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAA, IT'S COMING THIS WAY---!!
Pokomi: DANG THIS
Pokomi: KU
Don Patch & Tennosuke: POKOMI

194.
Pokomi: EVEN IF IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THAT SWORD, I CAN STOP IT IF IT'S A SLASH ATTACK
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: FOAM-FOAM CURTAIN
(TN: "Foam-Foam" is "Awa-Awa", with one "awa" being "bubble" or "foam")
Bo-bobo: THAT'S AN AMAZING FOAM BARRIER
Beauty: AMAZING! SHE STOPPED IT
Gura-san: REGRETTABLE

195.
Gura-san: IT'S CHECKMATE
Gura-san: I HADN'T SAID THIS, BUT MY SWORD IS EXPANDIBLE. Kukuku...I couldn't see what path it was in front of that foam barrier but
Pokomi: HE...THIS WAS HIS AIM FROM THE START...
Gura-san: AN EXTRA CRIME. FURTHER, THE GHOULS WILL ATTACH.
Gura-san: LITTLE BRAT
Voices: POKOMI--
Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 8: AMOUNT: 18
Don Patch: HIII~~~THE GHOULS HAVE GATHERED AND ARE PUNISHIIIING, WHAT IS THIS~~~!?

196.
Gura-san: KUKU: I CAN GRADUALLY TELL YOU: THE RULES OF THIS HELL JUDGEMENT.
Gura-san: THIS HELL JUDGEMENT IS WHERE OUR ATTACKS ALL BECOME VERDICTS. BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PRESENTED DAMAGE~~~~WE CAN ATTACH 10 GHOULS.
Gura-san: AND THESE GHOULS HAVE A NUMBER FOR THE POINTS OF CRIME! THEY'RE PROOF OF THE SERIOUS CRIMINAL'S SENTENCE, TO THE EXTENT OF INCREASING WHEN THEY INCREASE. DEFERRMENT IS PRESENTED UNTIL THE MAXIMUM 20 POINTS AS A CRIMINAL WHO DEFIES THE KING OF HADES. THAT IS THE RULE OF HELL JUDGEMENT. AND THEN AT 20 POINTS...YOU'RE DEAD ON THE OCCASOIN THAT YOU'VE GATHERED THE MAX. A TERROR GREATER THAN DEATH AWAITS...
Don Patch: Terror greater than death......?
Gura-san: AFTER YOU DIE, ALL OF THE MUSCLES AND SKIN ON YOUR ENTIRE BODY WILL BE TORN OFF FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS AND YOU WILL BECOME A SHINIGAMI. YOU WILL BE A GUARD OF HELL WHO DOESN'T POSSESS A WILL, CONTINUING TO WANDER AROUND THE WORLD OF THE DEAD FOR ETERNITY.
Dengaku Man: SCARY-----!!!

197.
Gura-san: AND THIS LITTLE GIRL IS ALREADY AT 18 POINTS. SHE'LL BE WELCOMED TOGETHER WITH THE GHOULS
Beauty: STOP-----
Gura-san: HELL JUDGEMENT
Gura-san: WITH THIS, COURT IS ADJOURNED----!!!!
Don Patch: GYAAAAAAAAA
Tennosuke: POKOMI HAS BECOME A SHINIGAMI----!!!
(End of Volume 5)

TN: This just was a long chapter...and I mean it when I said long: all of this dialogue took forever to get through with how many pages and how wordy it was. Strangley, though, it seems that the Don Patch and Tennosuke bits seemed to make this chapter way more than the stuff with Pokomi. Nothing against the girl but I guess she seems to get a tad too serious for such a cute concept to really be easily pushed as an ally. Somehow her being a good guy just feels different than her being a bad guy, when her powers just felt like a neat novelty for Bo-bobo's side to overcome. I'm happy to have her but it's like everything feels different with her fighting compared to some of the others...maybe in some ways Pokomi has some of the "weight" akin to what's on Namerou (an attempt at a serious, moving character), but is at the same time sort of dragged by it but...not to the point of suffocation like Namerou. (that and Heppokomaru prevents her from being a complete disappointment) On the other hand...well, Don Patch and Tennosuke were epic as usual, in particular when they pulled their magical girl bit and Tennosuke tried to use his new form to sell action figures...yeah that industry is just driven by their toys huh? (somehow makes me wonder what is out there for older magical girl fans...but that's something else altogether)