Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 103

It took some work (and an aerial gondola attack), but Halekulani has finally noticed Bo-bobo! Now comes the hard part: proving himself against the madman who seems to treat them like moneyless trash...even though they are.

Ougi 103: Money or Nosehairs?

75.
Bo-bobo: Halekulani…I’ll defeat you and return Suzu to normal!!!
SFX: BOOM
Halekulani: I’ve judged all of your values. You’re worthless!!!
SFX: BOOM
Don Patch: Hello, pizza shop? One MIX pizza!!!
(Translator’s Note: A “MIX pizza” is the Japanese equivalent of “The Works” with a variety of toppings)
SFX: BOOM
Narrator: With thoughts of each other in their hearts, the battle begins!!!
Don Patch: Please put on extra cheese.

76.
Halekulani: THEN LET ME SHOW YOU MY GORGEOUS SHINKEN.
Bo-bobo: GORGEOUS SHINKEN!? WHAT’S THAT!!?
Halekulani: Do you want to know?
Bo-bobo: I WANT TO KNOW-WOOF! I REALLY WANT TO KNOW-WOOF!
Halekulani: Fine. Then I’ll tell you…
Halekulani: Gorgeous Shinken is
Bo-bobo: I GOT YOU----!!!!
Halekulani: BU!!!
SFX: WHAM
Bo-bobo: YOU’VE SAID ENOUGH. COME AT ME NOW
Beauty: EEH----!!?
Halekulani: ………KU……
Don Patch: U~~~~N! THE SCENT OF TIMOTEI!
(Translator’s Note: “Timotei” is a brand of shampoo produced by Unilever with the scent of European “Timothy Grass”. Though prominent in Europe, it is also sold in Japan)

77.
Halekulani: YOU’RE INTERESTING!!
SFX: BAM
Don Patch: GYA!!
Halekulani: IT’S FINE TO WATCH. ASSEMBLE, MONEY!!!
Halekulani: HERE WE GO: GORGEOUS SHINKEN OUGI: GOLDEN PHOENIX!!!!
Halekulani: SO, TAKE THIS!!!
Bo-bobo: THAT WAS GREAT, TENNOSUKE.
Tennosuke: Eh? What?
Bo-bobo: I’VE FOUND A BUYER----!!!
SFX: Crunch
Tennosuke: GYA----
Beauty: KYAAAA

78.
Tennosuke: GYAAAAAAA, I’M DROWNING---! IN THE MONEY…I’M DROWNING IN MONEY----!!!!
Bo-bobo: HE SAID A SKILLFUL SAYING NOW!!!
Beauty: THIS ISN’T THE SITUATION FOR THAT!!!
Bo-bobo: Then I’ll use a Golden Phoenix as well. ASSEMBLE, BOOGERS!!!
Boogers: WA------
Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: GOLDEN PHOENIX!!!!
SFX: DA—DA
Boogers: You can do it—you can do it—
Beauty: I’M DISCOURAGED!!!

79.
Bo-bobo: YOU CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT!!!! YOU CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT!!!
SFX: BAM BAM BAM BAM
Bo-bobo: IT’S STUPID----!!!!
SFX: WHAM
SFX: Flutter
Tennosuke: Ah, I’m out.
Beauty: HE’S MADE HIMSELF AT HOME---!!!
Halekulani: KU…
Don Patch: Ne~~~n, is this armor expensive~~~!
Halekulani: YOU’RE IN THE WAY!!!
Don Patch: BU!!!
SFX: BAM

80.
Halekulani: SO THEN, I’LL TURN THESE EYESORE GUYS INTO YEN ORDERLY!! STARTING WITH YOU!!!
SFX: GIN
SFX: FLAP
Tennosuke: EH, ME!? I’M AN EYESORE!!?
Tennosuke: GYAAAAA!!!
SFX: SCRUUUUUUNCH
SFX: Flutter, ching
Don Patch: TENNOSUKE--!!!
Bo-bobo: WHAT HAPPENED? TENNOSUKE HAS, TENNOSUKE HAS…
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: TURNED INTO “NU YEN”--!!!!
Beauty: WHAT THE----!!?

81.
Beauty: WHAT IS THAT COIN!!? AND WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT!!?
Don Patch: Aah.
Don Patch: Old man, I want to buy something but…
Bo-bobo: Nu yen. Well, choose from this corner.
Apron: Bo-bobo Store
Bo-bobo: Here.
Merchandise: NU YEN CORNER
(top to bottom)
SCHEDULE BOOK: NU YEN
DESK PAD: NU YEN
BRUSH CASE: NU YEN
NOOSE LEAF (40 PAGES): NU YEN
REPORT STATIONARY: NU YEN
ERASERS: NU YEN
NOTEBOOKS: EACH NU YEN
PENS: EACH NU YEN
Beauty: YOU DON’T NEED ANY OF THOSE----!!!
Don Patch: Then, I’ll take this pen.
Bo-bobo: Good taste.
Beauty: ………
Halekulani: YOU’RE NEXT.
SFX: GIN
Bo-bobo: UO!!
Bo-bobo: GUWAAAAAA
SFX: SCRUUUUUNCH
Beauty: BO-BOBO-----!!!

82.
SFX: FLAP PLOP
Beauty: A WEIRD THING EMERGED----!!!!
Bo-bobo: AAAAAAAH------!! I’VE BECOME ONE YEN--!!!!
Beauty: NO, YOU’RE NOT THAT!! YOU’RE BRAZEN!!
Bo-bobo: SO THEN I CAN ONLY WISH TO TURN BACK TO NORMAL!!! TURN ME BACK!! TURN ME BACK!! TURN ME BACK!!
Bo-bobo: TURN ME BACK!! TURN ME BACK!! TURN ME BACK!!
Spirits: AAAAAAAAAA
Beauty: EVIL SPIRITS HAVE APPEARED TO COME OUT BUT----!!!

83.
Bo-bobo: CURSE HIM TO DEATH!!! OUGI: EVIL SPIRIT POSSESSION BURST!!!
Beauty: HE’S CONTROLLING THEM----!!!
Halekulani: HMPH
SFX: WHOOSH
Bo-bobo: DIDN’T WORK!
Beauty: THEY’RE BACK TO NORMAL!!!
Halekulani: …………Bo-bobo. Do you remember the first words I said?
Don Patch: IS IT ABOUT A MIX PIZZA----!!!!
SFX: SLAM
Halekulani: GUO!!!

84.
Don Patch (both roles): Sorry, miss, I was late!! It’s fine!! Surely I thought you forgot!
Don Patch: WELL I’LL DO—WN IT IMMEDIATELY!
SFX: Creak
Don Patch: A KNEE----!!!! THIS ISN’T A PIZZA, IT’S A PIECE OF KNEE----!!!!
(Translator’s Note: This is another language joke: the Japanese word for “pizza” is “piza”, while the Japanese word for “knee” is “hiza”. Only a slight character adjustment separates the two in their reading. As for the “piece of knee” part, I did that to make the joke relevant in English)
Halekulani: Dissapear.
SFX: KICK
Don Patch: GYOE--!!!
Halekulani: Hmph
SFX: CHING

85.
Halekulani: GORGEOUS SHINKEN: COIN KNIGHT!!!
Beauty: AH!! PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT OF THE COIN DRAWINGS!!!
Halekulani: KILL THEM!! COIN KNIGHTS!!
Beauty: BO-BOBO!!!
Bo-bobo: Ah—Beauty! You coming too?
Everyone: Ha ha ha ha
Bottles: Sake
Beauty: THEY’VE CAST THEIR WORRIES------!!!!
(Translator’s Note: The Hajikelists and the Coin Knights are in a sakura viewing, notable around March or April when the sakura, or cherry trees are in full bloom and usually filled with eating, drinking sake and partying. Of particular note: this chapter was released around late March/early April of 2003, which was the period of sakura viewing that year in Japan)
Bo-bobo: MU! IT’S ALREADY LATE.
Bo-bobo: GLAD YOU CAME. GLAD YOU CAME.
SFX: SPLASH
Beauty: HE’S TREATING THEM AS TRASH!!?
Don Patch: That’s mean.
Tennosuke: Definitely.
Beauty: WHY ARE YOU TWO IN THE COINS!!?

86.
Halekulani: YOU’RE MORE THAN I THOUGHT…
Bo-bobo: !!
Halekulani: TAKE THIS!! GORGEOUS SHINKEN OUGI: FALLING JEWELS!!!
SFX: BAM BAM BAM BAM
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: UWAAAA
Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THIS! ATTACKS LIKE THESE DON’T WORK. DON’T WORK.
Bo-bobo: DON’T WORK------!!!
Beauty: THEY BECAME MADAMS------!!!!

87.
Caption: STORY OF THE THREE MADAMS: EPISODE 1: The Madam Who Confided her Worries
Beauty: AND NOW SOMETHING WEIRD HAS STARTED!!!
Bo-bobo: Ha~~~~recently the master has been cold to me-madam…
Tennosuke: What do you want to do about it at this time?
Tennosuke: You must tell him your opinion-madam.
Bo-bobo: But I’m anxious-madam…should I say it in front of master…
Narrator: That night
Bo-bobo: GIVE ME MONEY----!!!
SFX: WHAM
Caption: STORY OF THE THREE MADAMS: END
SFX: SLIIIIDE
Bo-bobo: Continuing next time with “The Rose of Passion”-madam.
Halekulani: …………They’ve taken over three attacks from me…They’re good…

88.
Halekulani: HA HA HA, I’M PLEASED! ALL OF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL!!!! LET ME INVITE YOU TO THE ULTIMATE WORLD I’VE CREATED!!!
Halekulani: GORGEOUS SHINKEN YAMIOUGI: DEATHMONEY SUGOROKU!!!
(Translator’s Note: “Sugoroku” is a style of board game where a player rolls a die and moves from start to finish, akin to backgammon or “Snakes and Ladders”/”Chutes and Ladders”)
Everyone: !!
Softon: WHAT IS THIS WORLD!!?
Beauty: IT’S JUST LIKE SUGOROKU!!
Don Patch: There’s even dice.
Halekulani: If you don’t reach the goal, you can’t return to the real world. So, roll the die.

89.
Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!!!! WE’LL STAND UP TO THIS MEAN GAME YOU’VE CREATED!!!
Bo-bobo: OSSHA---!!!! LET’S GO IMMEDIATELY!!
Beauty: THAT’S A RHINO!!!
(Translator’s Note: This is another pun that needs a bit of explanation: the Japanese word for “dice” is “Saikoro”, but it can also be abbreviated as “sai”. On the other hand, “Sai” is the Japanese word for “rhinoceros”!)
Bo-bobo: HERE WE GO!!!
SFX: WHAM
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAA!!!
SFX: ROLL ROLL ROLL
SFX: LAND
Rhino: 6!!!
Beauty: !!

Translator's Note: This autumn, don't forget to go back to school with the hottest and latest of school supplies: NU SUPPLIES!!!...OK, maybe I shouldn't be that enthusiastic: the "Nu Shop" was probably one of the harder parts to translate this time around but who wouldn't want their notebooks or pens dotted with the hiragana that pretty much defines this series? Other than that, not much to talk about: Halekulani is still an arrogant bastard, there were more puns than usual, and we're just starting the memorable "sugoroku battle"...which will only get more memorable in the next chapter.