Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 131

With Kikunojou finally stopped, Bo-bobo's team is revved up to stop the Former Maruhage! But do they know where they are? Do they have the means to win? And do they really know what the heck is waiting for them when they finally get there!?

Ougi 131: Fierce Curtain-Raising Sangaria Battle

175.
Narrator: ~~Summary~~ Bo-bobo team’s fierce battle has ended. Kikunojou has been defeated…
Caption: Tennosuke / Half-eaten Shishamo
Bo-bobo: OSSHA—SO NOW LET’S GO DEFEAT THE HAIR HUNTERS--!!!
Beauty: BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
Bo-bobo: KU…!!
Hatenko: I know.
Heppokomaru: WHO’S THERE!!?
Hatenko: Shall I tell you?
Heppokomaru: HATENKO!!! (Why is he here?)
Hatenko: Hey hey, you guys were completely useless when I’m not around.
Heppokomaru: Ku
SFX: Swish swish
Hatenko: OYABI----N, I’VE WANTED TO SEE YOU--!!!!
SFX: DRAAAG
Don Patch: KYA!! NO, STOP…(In front of everyone!!)
Beauty: NO, YOU’RE THE MOST USELESS…

176.
Narrator: At that time
4th: What? I didn’t notice the soldiers gathering here.
Ragged: The six highest leaders here of A~F Blocks are waking.
Soldier: Kneel or die.
4th: THEY’RE OPENING!!
SFX: GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO


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Combat Blues: Kikunojou’s communication about the search for the Hair Kingdom survivor has ceased…has he gotten himself killed…
Helmet: Compassionate
Caption: Former E-Block Leader: COMBAT BLUES
Lambada: …………
Caption: Former B-Block Leader: LAMBADA
TOKIO: THAT IDIOT!! KIKUNOJOU WAS BUMPED OFF!! IMPOSSIBLE!! AND MY SPACE WAS CRAMPED!!!
Caption: Former F-Block Leader: UJIKIN TOKIO
(Translator’s Note: “Ujikin TOKIO” is a reference to “ujikintoki”, a style of shaved ice with green-tea syrup coating and red-bean paste on the side)
Jeda: ISN’T THAT SAD…There are still s**ts who oppose the Hair Hunt in this era…
Caption: Former C-Block Leader: JEDA THE WIND GOD
(Translator’s Note: The term used for Jeda is “Fuujin”, which translates into “Wind God”, but since there is no specific “wind god” out there and its used all the time in manga or anime, I decided to translate it)
Hanpen: There is time remaining until 3rd-sama awakens. Until then we must capture the Hair Kingdom survivor. For that, I request we invoke the formation “Sangaria”.
SFX: PEKI / PIKI
Caption: Former A-Block Leader: HANPEN
(Translator’s Note: Quite a bit is going on here so I’ll break it down. First of all, “Hanpen” is a fishcake made of surimi (a ground fish usually made of haddock or pollock) usually used in soups or oden. Thus Hanpen will keep his name as is…and keep note of the “oden” usage of it for later. Second is the term “Sangaria”: a “sangaria” is usually seen as a style of soft drink in Japan made of tea and occasionally infused with vitamins. In this context, though, it is used with the combination both of the number 3 (“san”) and the verbal “karu” (to hunt), thus making it into a “triple hunting” method with the name of the soda)

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Hanpen: A “SANGARIA” IS THE ULTIMATE COOPERATION BATTLE FORMATION OF HAIR HUNTERS, WHERE THREE PEOPLE ACT ON ONE TEAM! THIS FORMATION WILL BE INVOKED WITH THE A~Z LEADERS! BY WORKING AS A TEAM, WE CAN IMPLIMENT THE STRONGEST RANKS OF OUR MANY THOUSANDS.
Jeda: So we’ll use the “Sangaria”…
Combat Blues: I’ll execute the mission with those two.
Lambada: I’ll be sufficient alone.
Hanpen: HMM, LAMBADA-CHAN IS ALREADY STUBBORN…
SFX: Figit figit
Hanpen: ALL YOU TRASH GO IMMEDIATELY!!!!
SFX: BI—BO—OM
Hanpen: GET OUT QUICKLY------!!!
4th: Captains…let’s lure out the Hair survivor.
TOKIO: You’re copying after Yanagisawa
(Translator’s Note: I really don’t know which “Yanagisawa” TOKIO is referring to, but it probably is Atsushi Yanagisawa, a J-League player known for passing to help other players than scoring himself. Considering how Hanpen just sent out all the other Hair Hunters, I think it fits)
Hanpen: !
4th: I’ve will prepare the best battle field for you.
Hanpen: You can prepare it. (Present emperor) And then we’ll go use it.

179.
Narrator: At that time, Hatenko merged into the group.
Captions: HAJIKE GANG / POOP FACTION / TOKOHE GANG
Beauty: WHAT’S WITH THE EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE!!? (With these factions)
Don Patch: EXCELLENT! WE CAN CONCLUDE THIRTY YEARS OF REAL MOMOTETSU!!
(Translator’s Note: As explained prior “Momotetsu” is referring to “Momotaro Dentetsu”, a series of video games played like a fusion of sugoroku and Monopoly)
Bo-bobo: THAT’S WHAT WE WISHED FOR.
Beauty: REAL!? THIRTY YEARS!?
Tennosuke: GYAAAA
Don Patch: YA----Y
Award: Best Ride
Beauty: THEY’RE REALLY DOING IT!!
Beauty: Enough. This is nothing but play, the enemy assassins are still coming…
Hair Hunters: UOOOOOOOOOO
SFX: DODODODODODODO
Beauty: KYAAAAAAA, THEY’RE ABSURDLY COMING----!!!!

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Bo-bobo: THAT’S CONVENIENT!! IF WE FACE THE DIRECTION THOSE GUYS ARE COMING FROM, WE SHOULD REACH THE ENEMY’S BASE!!
Beauty: There’s a guy like Bonbi next to you.
(Translator’s Note: Bonbi is the “binbougami” (“God of Poverty”) found in the Momotetsu series, as seen in the previous page attacking Tennosuke)
Bo-bobo: YES!! IT’S THE SIGN OF THE WAR’S OUTBREAK. LET’S DO WHAT WE’RE ACCUSTOMED TO!!
Beauty: EH? WHAT’S THAT?
Tennosuke: YOU IDIOT--! WE ALWAYS DO THAT.
Everyone: OVERTHROW THE HAIR HUNT!!!!
Beauty: NO NO, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE SEEN THAT!!! AND THERE ARE WEIRD GUYS WITH YOU TOO.
Bo-bobo: NOW START!!!!
SFX: BANG
Tennosuke: GOHE
Hatenko: Oyabin! We too of the Hajike Gang will do our custom outbreak for war!!
Don Patch: LET’S GO!!
Don Patch & Hatenko: HAJIKE HAJIKE HAJIKE HAJIKE HAJIKE

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Don Patch & Hatenko: LET’S HAJIKE----!!!!
SFX: BA----N
Beauty: THAT’S YOUR CUSTOM!!? (Isn’t it stupid)
Everyone: UOOOOOO, LET’S GO, ORA-------!!!!
SFX: ROLL ROLL ROLL
Hair Hunters: THEY’RE ROLLING AT US!!?
Bo-bobo: NAUGHTY ATTACK!!
Shirt: WANPAKU (Naughty)
SFX: BAM
Hair Hunter: GUBA
Don Patch: NAUGHTY ATTACK!!
SFX: BAM
Hair Hunter: GYAAA
Tennosuke: WANPAKU ATT----GOFU
SFX: BOOM
Wanpaku: You’re wrong.

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Heppokomaru: LET’S GO FORTH----!!!
Hair Hunters: GUWAAAAAA
SFX: DODODODODO
Bo-bobo: Hatenko…were you at the base of the Former Hair Hunters earlier
Hatenko: Aah…we’re in the right direction.
Hatenko: While we’re at it, I’ll clearly tell you hear why the Hajike Gang is the greatest!!!
Hatenko: KAGI SHINKEN OUGI: LOCK!!
SFX: CHING CHING CHING
Hair Hunters: GUWAAAAAAA!!!
SFX: SHUUUU
Tennosuke: WHAT’S THAT!? THEY’RE MOVEMENTS HAVE COMPLETELY STOPPED!! HE’S INSANELY STRONG!!
Softon: He’s a considerable master.
Bo-bobo: That’s your level…so then here’s…

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Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: LOOK LOOK HELLO THERE!!
Sign: TODAY’S SCOOP: THE OTHER SIDE OF A BEAUTIFUL OL HOSTESS
(Translator’s Note: An “OL Hostess” is a woman who works at a nightclub, usually just as a hostess but occasionally for sex)
Desk: Chairman
Hair Hunters: GYAAAAAA!!!
Hair Hunters: I SAW THAT WOMAN YESTERDAY ON TV. (Hey, no)
Beauty: THEY TURNED INTO MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN!!
Hatenko: He did that.
Bo-bobo: POOP FACTION’S THE GREATEST!!!
Tennosuke: EXCELLENT. TOKOHE GANG WON’T LOSE EITHER!!!
SFX: BLORP
Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN OUGI: BOOMERANG OF MEN!!!
SFX: BOI--NG
SFX: PLOP
Tennosuke: They’ll kill me.

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Beauty: AH! A CLIFF!! HERE WE CAN’T GO AHEAD
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: NO PROBLEM!! WE’LL FLY OVER IT. HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI…
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: WEEKLY SHONEN JU-----MP!!!!
(Translator’s Note: Yeah, horrible pun but it’s a shoutout to their bosses most likely. Note Yugi on Bo-bobo’s cover)
SFX: BOI----NG
Hatenko: OYABIN’S THE GREATEST!!
Beauty: WHAT’S THAT!!? WITH MAGAZINES!!!
Bo-bobo: WA!! WHAT AMAZING NUMBERS!! AND THEY’RE MERELY WEIRD
Don Patch: ALRIGHT! WE’LL SWEEP THEM WITH THE HAJIKE ROBO
Hatenko: GREAT IDEA, OYABIN!!
Don Patch: LET’S GO!!
Sign: 100-OBJECT FUSION HAJIKE ROBO
Beauty: 100-OBJECT FUSION!!? THAT’S TOO MANY!!

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Don Patch: HAJIKE FUSION!!!
SFX: CHING CHING CHING CHING (etc)
Beauty: THE JOINING IS NOISY!!
Don Patch: COMPLETE!!!
SFX: BA---N
Beauty: THAT’S HORRIBLE BALANCE!! (And two or three were left over)
Tennosuke: YES! HE’S THE LAST ONE!!!
Signs: LAST ONE
Hair Hunter: LAST—LAST—
Don Patch: HOW ABOUT THE FACTION THAT DEFEATS THE GUY AHEAD WILL GAIN ALL THE MEMBERS!!
Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!! YOU WON’T MAKE FUN OF THE POOP FACTION!!
Tennosuke: DON’T FORGET THE TOKORHE GANG
Everyone: I’M THE LEADER--!!
SFX: BAM
Hair Hunter: GUWAA!!!
Beauty: IT’S CLOSE!! WHO DID IT?
Heppokomaru: All the factions did but…

186.
Dengaku Man: TODAY ALL OF YOU ARE DENGAKU GANG.
SFX: BO—OM
Beauty & Heppokomaru: DENGAKU----!!!
Heppokomaru: We’re here?
Beauty: So where exactly are we?
Tennosuke: Thi…this is…
Tennosuke: MY SECOND HOME: A-BLOCK BASE
Sign: Marhentic Amusement Park
SFX: WORN
4th: Kukuku…you’ve come, Bo-bobo.
SFX: BUON
Bo-bobo: TSURULINA THE 4TH!!
4th: In order to kill you today, I’ve prepared the best setting.
Bo-bobo: SETTING? THIS AMUSEMENT PARK!?
SFX: HYUUUUUUU

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SFX: WHAM
Tennosuke: AAH!! MY A-BLOCK BASE--!!
4th: HA HA HA!! HERE IS THE APPROPRIATE BATTLE STAGE TO MAKE THE DEATH STRUGGLE BETWEEN ALL OF YOU AND THE HAIR HUNTERS OF 100 YEARS AGO!! “NEO HAIR-HUNT LAND MAX”!!!

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Hanpen: FU FU FU…99 HELLISH ATTRACTIONS ARE WAITING FOR YOU. HAIR SURVIVOR, HERE IS WHERE THE DESTINY OF 100 YEARS AGO WILL BE STRUCK TO AN END
Bo-bobo: DESTINY!? I DON’T KNOW OF THAT BUT I WILL DEFEAT THE HAIR HUNTERS!!!
Bo-bobo: OUR FIRST STOP IS HERE!!!
SFX: BAN
Beauty: AH! THERE ARE ENEMIES
TOKIO: Nice to meet you, Hair Kingdom survivor Bo-bobo…from here on everything is the rule of “Sangaria”…it will be a battle of 3-on-3. Please choose your representatives.
(Translator’s Note: TOKIO speaks in a Kansai dialect, notable from the usage of “han” instead of “san” here. I don’t want to force it down with many problems usually seen in translations of Osaka/Kansai speech in English as if they were Southern hicks so there will be no adjustment of dialogue)
Captions: FORMER K-BLOCK LEADER / FORMER P-BLOCK LEADER

189.
TOKIO: I don’t’ care which of you comes cause none of you will come back alive from here.
Don Patch: HERE’S WHERE THE HAJIKE-GANG GOES!!
Bo-bobo: THE POOP FACTION!!!
Tennosuke: THE TOKOHE GANG’S TURN
SFX: WHAM BAM BOOM
TOKIO: ARE YOU LISTENING!!
“Man”: Please ask each other which representatives of your factions you’ll use.
Sash: Erogappa
(Translator’s Note: An “erogappa” is a kind of pervert, combining “ero” for “pervert” and “kappa” as in the mythological water spirit)
Softon: OOH~~~~
Beauty: WHO ARE YOU!?
Bo-bobo: SO THEN I’LL GO.
Don Patch: Go.
Hatenko: Yes, Oyabin.
Tennosuke: YOU RUINED A-BLOCK~~~~
SFX: BABAN
Beauty: Eh? Will a team-up of those three be alright…?
Dengaku Man: HOW’S THE DENGAKU FACTION! HEY!!
Don Patch: This is explosive! BANG BANG BAN
SFX: Tap tap
Beauty: KU, HE IS…SERIOUSLY ANNOYING.
(End of Volume 12)

Translator's Note: Poor Tennosuke...Bo-bobo grew it (unexpectedly) especially for him, he lived in it for a short while (when not trying to get sold) and now...A-Block is no more. OK, maybe the place was sort of useless after Tennosuke lost and the 4th really had no need for it, but it was still the first amusement park battleground in the series, way before Hallelujah Land or the upcoming Neo Hair-Hunt Land MAX! Don't they have protection for those sorts of things!? Well that side aside, this chapter just seemed to show off on two levels, both on the battlefield with Bo-bobo's side taking on the grunts of Former Maruhage...and by finally introducing...well, five of the six most powerful leaders! (to note, Former D-Block's leader capsule is still shut as you saw earlier...I wonder why that one hasn't opened yet...hint, hint) From the little we've seen so far of the other five leaders, you sort of get a good impression regarding the characters Bo-bobo's side will be facing in the near future. Obviously a good chunk (but not everything) on Hanpen and Lambada were out in full force at the start (and you'll be seeing a lot more of them soon enough...though it takes a while before the real genius of why Hanpen is one of the best characters in the series isn't going to be shown for quite a while yet) But on the other hand, we sort of get some "deceptiveness" on other depictions. Particularly note Combat Blues...so far he seems serious enough and mentions wanting "those two" for his Sangaria fight...but when you find out what "those two" are, you'll probably understand why initial appearances are deceiving. But of course, for the moment (well the next few chapters), our focus is on the bowl of Ujikintoki: I never realized TOKIO had a Kansai accent prior to translating this but I really didn't want to make it some cheesy "Southern accent" bit like a lot of manga or anime do with Kansai-ben. Just because you're a living bowl of shaved ice with green-tea syrup doesn't make you say "Y'all" all the time.