Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 55

Getting into the bowels of a nightmare, Pokomi has blasted the true hell of Gura-san, undoing his main judgement power! But now it's time for her and her fellow "magical girls" (!?) to sing a little closing number for the judge!

Shinsetsu 55: Pokomi's Song

26.
Pokomi: I've destroyed your Chouougi----!!!
Gura-san: GUAAAAAA
Gura-san: STUPID...THOSE BRATS. THEY'VE DESTROYED MY HELL JUDGEMENT.
Don Patch: NEXT IT'S OUR TURN!! TAKE THIS: HAJIKE-RYUU CHOUOUGI: HELL JUDGEMENT HELL JUDGEMENT HELL JUDGEMENT...
Don Patch: COMING BACK FROM SAIPAN!!!! (Noo--that was a great sea...)
(TN: This is one really silly pun: "Jigoku Saiban" which is "Hell Judgement" is changed by Don Patch simply into "Kikoku Saipan" with a few letter changes, changing from "Hell Judgement to "Coming Back from Saipan". Saipan, BTW, is the northernmost island of the US Marinas Islands)
Sign: Japan | Saipan
Beauty: THAT'S A TECHNIQUE!!!? ISN'T THAT MERELY VACATION!!!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: SOUVENIERS OF AN EVERLASTING SUMMER GREAT WHIRLWIND!!!
Victori & Katsuodani: GUBAAAAAA
Beauty: WHERE WERE THOSE SOUVENIERS THERE!?
Gura-san: YOU S**TS!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAA
Pokomi: It's futile...your techniques that have been weakened in power can't judge us anymore.
Beauty: WELL THOSE TWO ARE DEATHLY AS USUAL.

27.
Gura-san: HAA...HAA...F**KING BRAT~~~
Pokomi: EHE! LET'S GO FINISH THIS----LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI...
Pokomi: MAGIC ANIME SONG: THE SONG PRINCESS!!!
Caption: RISING-AND-FALLING PRETTY SOLDIERS SINKING GIRLS
Bottom Caption:
Lyrics: TAKEDA SHINGEN
Music: MOURI MOTONARI
(TN: Both of the "writers" of this song are notable people of the Sengoku Period:
-Takeda Shingen was a daimyou of the Kai Province (in modern Yamanashi Prefecture) who was considered one of the great allies and forces against the uniting forces of Japan, including Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga
-Mouri Motonari was a ruler of western Chugoku who ulimately conquered the entire region in his lifetime)
Song: WOWWOW WOWWOW
Gura-san: WHAT THE!!?
Beauty: THE WORLD HAS CHANGED!
Bo-bobo: AN AREA-CONTROLLING-TYPE OF CHOUOUGI
Pokomi: THIS HERE IS POKOMI'S WITCH-GIRL THEME SONG WORLD! IT'S AN OUGI WHERE YOU'LL FACE AN OPENING SONG SUNG BY POKOMI AND WE GO ALL THE WAY!
Song: WOWWOW
Pokomi: SO LET'S GET THIS STARTED! IT'S THE MAGICAL NEW PROGRAM: RISING-AND-FALLING PRETTY SOLDIERS SINKING GIRLS!
Song: WOWWOW

28.
Pokomi: (singing) EVERYONE--GOOD MORNING, NICE TO MEET YOU! WE ARE---WE ARE---
Gura-san: What's going on? Has she started the song?
Pokomi: (singing) THE DREAMING TOMBOY TRIO
Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: BUBERA!
Beauty: THE HEAD OF THE NETWORK HAS SUDDENLY REJECTED IT!!
Pokomi: (singing) WE DO THINGS A WEE-BIT CLUMSY BUT----
Computer Caption: BIG SLUMP: DEBT: 7 BILLION
Don Patch's Book: STOCKS
Beauty: THAT ISN'T THE LEVEL FOR CLUMSY!!
Pokomi: (singing) ENDING UP RESOLVING WITH MAGICAL IDEAS!
Victori & Katsuodani: GYAAAAAA
Beauty: A BANK ROBBERY!!? THAT WON'T RESOLVE ANYTHING!!
Beauty: BUT IT'S AMAZING. THE CONTENTS OF THE SONG ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR ATTACKS LIKE THIS!
Pokomi, Don Patch & Tennosuke: WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW
Pokomi: (singing) WE'LL GIVE YOU OUR EXTRAORDINARY SMILING FACES!
Beauty: SCARY!!! WHAT ARE THOSE DARK SMILES!! DON'T WANT THEM

29.
Don Patch & Tennosuke: WOW WOW WOW WOW
Pokomi: ALL OF YOU WHO AREN'T COURAGEOUS.........
Pokomi: WILL BE GIVEN A SOFT PUSHING
Don Patch & Tennosuke: DOSUKOI DOSUKOI DOSUKOI DOSUKOI
Gura-san: GUWAAAAAA, WHAT IS THIS!!? WHAT IS THIIIS!!?
Pokomi: (singing) YOU AREN'T ALONE ANYMORE!
Pokomi: (singing) IF YOU DESTROY THAT SHELL OF COWARDICE
Pokomi: (singing) THE WORLD WILL, LOOK...!
Pokomi: (singing) BE A DREAM MAGICAL WONDERLAND!
Beauty: THOSE LYRICS HAVE THAT SORT OF MEANING!!? THIS SONG IS DANGEROUS!

30.
Don Patch: WOW WOW WOW WOW
Victori Fighter: GYAAAA
Gura-san: YOU'RE MOCKING ME, S**T---
Gura-san: GRUDGE CANNON!!!
Pokomi: (singing) ANY DIFFICULTY STANDING IN OUR WAY--
Tennosuke: WITH LOVE
Tennosuke: AND DREAMS
Tennosuke: AND THE POWER OF WISHES
Pokomi: (singing) WE'LL GO AND CLIMB OVER IT, I'M CERTAIN!
Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: GYAAAAAAAAAA
Beauty: MILITARY SUPPRESION USING MONEY!!? THAT ISN'T LOVE, DREAMS OR WISHES----!!!

31.
Victori Fighter: GUBAA...HOW LONG IS THIS F**KING SONG GOING TO CONTINUE?
Katsuodani Fumio: IT ISN'T A JOKE.
Don Patch: WOW WOW WOW
Pokomi: I AM, I AM!
Tennosuke: WOW WOW WOW
Pokomi: (singing) MY WORTH IN JUST VITALITY---! (out loud) POKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKO
(TN: As I explained back in her first true battle, Pokomi uses "pokopoko" for the sound of a hammer, and I keep it like that for the cuteness alliteration aspect)
Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: GYAAAAAAAAAAA
Beauty: IT'S A DEMONIC SONG...
Pokomi: YES! MY FEELING IS A TUNDRA CLIMATE---!
Gura-san: I'M FREEZING---!!
Pokomi: YES! MY FEELING IS HATOSABURE!
(TN: "Hatosabure" is a dove-shaped cookie ["hato" = "dove"] that is a popular and notable snack of Kamakura)
Gura-san & Katsuodani: WHAT IS THIIIS!?
Beauty: THE MEANING IS UNKNOWN TO THESE LYRICS!!
Pokomi: (singing) OUR EXCESS KINDNESS AND COURAGE TIMES 100--- (out loud) LET'S GO---
Gura-san: !
Pokomi: (singing) THE LIGHT OF MAGIC ENGULFS US IN KINDNESS!
Gura-san: WHAT!?

32.
Pokomi: WELL NOW THE TIME TO CHANGE! MAGICAL SOLDIERS OF LOVE AND JUSTICE---!
Gura-san: GYAA
Katsuodani Fumio: GUBA
Beauty: AMAZING! THEY'RE TRANSFORMING FURTHER HERE
Pokomi: "RISING-AND-FALLING PRETTY SOLDIERS SINKING GIRLS"
Birds (right-to-left): Red-flanked Bluetail | Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher | Goldcrest
(TN: All three "birds" here are all indigenous to Japan. A bit about them:
-The "Red-flanked Bluetail" (Ruribitaki; Tarsiger cyanurus) is a thrush-family member considered a flycatcher; it is prominent in Japan and starting to increase its' migratory range in recent years to the edge of Europe and even western North America
-The "Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (Sankouchou; Terpsiphone atrocaudata) is a migatory bird that lives in evergreen broadleaf forests. It's song is notable in Japanese as being interpreted by them as the saying "Moon-Sun-Stars".
-The "Goldcrest" (Kikuitadachi; Regulus regulus) is a member of the kinglet family and has a range across the Eurasian continent.)
Beauty: THEY'RE BIRDS!!!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: WOW WOW WOW WOW
Pokomi: EHE! LET'S GO WITH ALL OUR STRENGTH---
Gura-san: WHAT!?

33.
Pokomi: BLESSED HAPPY MAGIC! TAKE OCHAZUKE WITH BLACK COFFEE AND DRINK IT---!
(TN: As mentioned through another "notable character", "Ochazuke" is a dish pouring tea over rice; though in this case...who knows what will happen if you make ochazuke with...coffee)
Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: YUUUUUUCK!! WE WON'T BE BLESSED ONE BIT---!!
Pokomi: BLESSED HAPPY MAGIC! TROUBLEMAKER IN THE FAIR-SKIN BOOM
Gura-san: Guwaaaaaa: hot, hot, let go stupid----!!
Pokomi: BLESSED HAPPY MAGIC! I'M...IN THE MIDST OF ADULTERY CURRENTLY!
Don Patch: AND WHILE HAVING A WOMAN LIKE ME
Gura-san: BUBA!!
Beauty: NO, THAT ISN'T MAGIC!! THAT'S MERELY A SCENE OF CARNAGE!!!

34.
Pokomi: (singing) THOSE PLAYFUL SINKING GIRLS! OUR NAMES...OUR NAMES...
Pokomi: (singing) ARE CARVED INTO HISTORY---!
Beauty: WAAAAAAAA!!
Pokomi: CHIN
Pokomi: SINKS IT
Pokomi: CHIN
Pokomi: SINKS IT
(TN: Following along from the pun from a few weeks ago, the character "Chin" returns this time tied to the whole aspect of "Chinbotsu", which is Japanese for "Sinking". Since it made no sense to just go "Sink--Ing" without refering back to Chin, I just translated it into "Chin Sinks It" to allow for both meanings)
Pokomi, Don Patch & Tennosuke: PRETTY SOLDIERS SINKING GIRLS BANZAI----! YAY-----!
Caption: PRODUCER: BOEI ANIMATION
(TN: "Boei Animation" is in reference to "Toei Animation", the animation company that made a lot of notable magical girl shows...and which was also used in parody before with Bo-bobo due to Toei making their anime as well)
Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: GUWAAAAAA
Beauty: THEY ENDED IT HEROICLY!!!! WHAT A WITCH-GIRL SONG!!!!

35.
Gura-san: GAHA
Pokomi: CHACHACHAN!
Gura-san: HAAHAA...GU...I...THIS...THIS LITTLE GIIIRL~~~~
Pokomi: HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD EVEN A BIT THE PAIN OF THE PEOPLE YOU'VE MURDERED UP TO NOW?
Tennosuke: ...But this isn't over yet! KYOURYOKU OUGI: TENPATCH MAGICAL STICK~~!!
Pokomi: OPEN!
Gura-san: !? STUPID...DID THEY OPEN A GATE TO THE REAL HELL!?
Pokomi: FOR YOUR CRIME OF DECEIVING PEOPLE AND PLAYING WITH LIVES, NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO BE JUDGED!!
Gura-san: ST...STOP-----

36.-37.
Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: MAGICAL HYAKKI YAKKOU!
(TN: A "Hyakki Yakkou" is a folk belief of a hundred supernatural creatures making a progression at night; whoever sees this progression, unless protected by a Buddhist sutra, will die)
Gura-san: GUBAWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! (WHAT ARE THESE CREATUUUURES)
Gura-san: GABA (She...she's strong...)
Beauty: AH! WE'VE RETURNED TO THE NORMAL WORLD
Caption: BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY LEADER GURA-SAN: CRUSHED
Pokomi: WHAT I OPENED WASN'T A GATE TO HELL, IT WAS A GATE TO THE MAGICAL WORLD! YOU SHOULD REFLECT A BIT WITH THAT!
Don Patch: "Sinking Girls" is brought to you sponsored by these watching sponsors.
Caption:
SPONSORS
SHUEISHA
TOKOROTEN HANDKERCHIEF FACTORY
Beauty: ARE YOU STILL DOING THAT!? YOU'RE PRECISE WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE.
Beauty: YOU WERE AMAZING, POKOMI-CHAN; YOU WERE STRONG UP TO HERE
Dengaku Man: Well, well, that was talent.
Beauty: WHO ARE YOU!?
Bo-bobo: NEXT IS FINALLY ONE OF THE NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: SHIRYUUEN KAMARA!!

38.
Porstroi: IT'S A LIE...THEY'VE DEFEATED EVEN THAT GURA-SAN? THE BLACK GAMBLERS HAVE BEEN ANNIHILATED?
Hiiragi: HIS SUBORDINATES HAVE BEEN ANNIHIATED...WITH THIS, THEY MAY BE GETTING CLOSE TO EVEN THE POSITION OF KAMARA-SAN.
Hiiragi: Por! Look at the state of Namerou. While you're at it, tell this info to Jobus.
Hiiragi's Back: IN MY LIFE, THE ESSENTIAL POINT IS LAUGHTER.
Porstroi: YES, LEADER
SFX: BOSHU
Jati: You're naive too. A person who can't be used has to be killed quickly and yet
Hiiragi: Jati.
Hiiragi: If Kamara is defeated with this, then the power-chart of the Neo-Maruhage will greatly slant.
Hiiragi: IF EVEN ONE OF THE 3-POWER BALANCE THAT HAS ANTAGONIZED BLACK, BLUE AND WHITE CRUMBLES, THEN THERE WILL BE A DISPUTE IN THE OPENED HEGEMONY AND A CONFLICT WILL OCCUR. WE SHOULD HIDE OURSELVES UNTIL THAT TIME.

39.
Hiiragi: WELL, THAT BO-BOBO I'VE WATCHED UP TO HERE. I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HE CAN WIN AGAINST KAMARA BUT
Hiiragi: Well, what's impending I must worry about. About "those three".
Jobus: .........
Jobus: I'm completely astonished. You're already a different person in a short number of months.
Jobus: Your physical body, which had stopped up to now due to the release of your power seal, has started to grow...You correctly are a pure-blooded emperor...
Jobus: TSURULINA THE 5TH NAMEROU-SAMA. WITH THIS, AT ANY RATE, YOU WILL BE KING OF THE EMPIRE.
Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: YONONAKA NAMEROU
Babuu: MAGNIFICENT...YOU'RE A MAGNIFICENT MAN. AWLL OF MY WESEARCH DATA HASH BEEN INJECTED INTO YOU.

40.
Babuu: HURRY AND AWAKEN, B - B. AT THAT TIME, THE WORLD WILL PROSTRATE ITSELF TO YOU, KUKUKU...
Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: B - B
Caption: Neo-Toshima Ward | NEO-IKEBUKURO STATION
(TN: Ikebukuro Station is a major train station in Tokyo, second in the world after Shinjuku Station, also in Tokyo)
Kamara: WHAT AN ERROR, LOSING THE BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY; WHAT SHOULD I REPORT TO KING 3RD?

41.
Leopard: Kuu~~n
Kamara: Ooh, are all of you worried...
Kamara: I'll be fine, be calm. This will end when we present the killing of Bo-bobo and the others.
Kamara: KUKUKU...
Kamara: KUKU...
Kamara: KU---KUKUKUKUKUKU, HE'LL SINK WHEN HE FACES THIS "ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN", WHICH IS BOASTED AS INVINCIBLE!!!
(TN: This literally is "Animal Mix Shinken", so there is nothing really to show off)
Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: SHIRYUUEN KAMARA
Hair Hunters: HIIIIIII
Narrator: At that moment, in Neo-Nerima Ward
"Voice": This is the 23-Wards. Can I catch up with them.........!?

TN: With all that I've complained and griped about with the proper battle between Pokomi and Gura-san, this probably is the best chapter of the entire fight (maybe you could say the first with Giga and Gunkan and Suzu...but that was before the fight). That's mostly because...it's a weird but effective follow-up/homage to a classic magical girl's opening...and just gave me off a weird Denbo vibe with how it was done. Of course, with Denbo's song being animated with an audio track, we'll never really know how the "Sinking Girls" theme would ever be in real life, but at least the lyrics are sort of catchy...and we get all sorts of randomness and violence alongside it! My guess is this: if you've seen any opening to a magical girl show, you probably could expect what it would sound like...but Sawai is probably the only one who knows properly. As for the building plot...honestly all the stuff with Hiiragi just makes me wonder what exactly his true plan was if he had more time at it. Sadly with Bo-bobo starting to enter the final phases (there are three more official fights left...plus one but that one we'll get to), it probably ended up slightly abridged, but seeing Hiiragi's anticipation and witnessing Bo-bobo doing his thing just makes me wonder how much more greater he could have been. And then there's Kamara...but we'll get to him next time...though I sort of wonder why Babuu and Namerou flip-flopped in Three Daiou positions...