Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 132

One is fighting to stop the Hair Hunts, one is fighting for the sake of his Oyabin, and one...is fighting in memory of his former base! But are Bo-bobo, Tennosuke and Hatenko really the best combination to take on their first Sangaria challenge against Ujikin TOKIO and his partners?

Vol. 13: The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi Patchbobo
Ougi 132: This is It? New Trio

7.
Don Patch: BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO BEGINS~~~~!
Don Patch: WE’RE BEGINNING, KORA.
SFX: Grab
Bo-bobo: IT IS “PLEASE LETS BEGIN”?
Beauty: WHAT IS THIS BEGINNING!!?
Beauty: SINCE THIS IS OUR LONG-AWAITED FRONT COVER, YOU SHOULD START PERFECTLY!!!
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: YOU HEARD WHAT BEAUTY SAID, TENNOSUKE!!!
SFX: BAM
Tennosuke: DAMN YOU TYRANTS----!!!
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: OSSHA---LET’S START THIS OVER, BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO BEGINS!!!!

8-9.
Beauty: WHAT IS THIS!!!? (Which manga are we)
(Translator’s Note: We had two previous color pages connected to it, with the previous one introducing the designs. But this color page was the big one: in the week of this spread in November, 2003, the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo anime finally hit the airwaves of Japan! Thus the big deal behind this color. Now as for the pic…well, note all the manga parodies this time around mostly WSJ related. There are quite a few notable ones we all probably can figure out (Bo-bobo: Dragonball, Don Patch: Hikaru no Go, Heppokomaru: Slam Dunk), but then things get a bit nebulous. I think Softon is supposed to either be one of the big detective/police series like City Hunter or Doberman Detective but I’m not sure which. Hatenko & Dengaku Man seems to be Rurouni Kenshin…but there are a bunch of other samurai series out there and its not specific enough so I can’t say that. I think Torpedo Girl is doing Mazinger Z (yes, the manga ran in WSJ) while Tennosuke is…well there are so many harem-esque love series so don’t ask. (though the fact there are four males and one females make me think it’s the shoujo “Hana Yori Dango”) And the bottom…yeah, whatever Gunkan and Purupuu are doing, I have no idea…heck I didn’t even think Purupuu would be on this cover…but at least we get our only other look at Lamune…she was a cutie, wasn’t she?)

11.
TOKIO: FUFUFU, THERE IS THE TERRIFYING “RUNAWAY GADGET” AREA. So, let blood begin the battle washed in blood
Bo-bobo: POOP FACTION--!!
SFX: BAM
Tennosuke: GOHA
TOKIO: WHA? IT’S ALREADY STARTED!!
Beauty: EVERYONE! STOP THIS POINTLESS FACTION DISPUTE!!
TOKIO: THIS IS CONVENIENT! NATSU SHINKEN OUGI: SHRILL ICE!!!!
(Translator’s Note: “Natsu” is Japanese for “Summer”, thus Ujikin TOKIO’s Shinken is “summer-related”…which makes sense for shaved ice)
SFX: GOOOO
Hatenko: FILTH
Tennosuke: PTTT PTTT
Bo-bobo: WHAT? HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: SNACK TIME!!!!
SFX: CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG
Tennosuke: GUGAGAGAGAGAGA!!!

12.
SFX: KAKI—N
Beauty: TENNOSUKE----!!
TOKIO: HA HA HA, THOSE AFFECTED BY “SHRILL ICE” KAKI—N AND FREEZE!!!
Bo-bobo: NO PROBLEM!!!
SFX: STUFF
Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: REVIVED TENNOSUKE!!!!
SFX: BLORP----
Device: Tokoroten Splitter
Tennosuke: YA—Y
(Translator’s Note: The kanji were hard to decipher on it)
Beauty: KYAAAAAAA!!!!
TOKIO: NEXT, I’LL GO FOR YOU----!!
Bo-bobo: GUWAAAA, I’M FREEZING----!!
TOKIO: HA HA HA, YOU’RE BECOMING KAKI—N!!
Caption: KAKIN (TUESDAY / FRIDAY)
(Translator’s Note: I mostly kept the Japanese SFX for this gag: KAKIN is sort of a “chilling” or “freezing” onomatopoeia, so Bo-bobo stops it by becoming a calendar with “Ka” (Kayoubi – Tuesday) and “Kin” (Kinyoubi – Friday) circled on it)
TOKIO: OH NO, THOSE ARE RUBBISH TRASH DAYS.

13.
SFX: BO—OM
Bo-bobo & TOKIO: GYAAAAAAA!!!
Hatenko: WH…WHAT WAS THAT NOW?
K-Block Leader: THAT GUY IS THE RUNAWAY MECHA “GADGET-KUN”!!
SFX: GYAGYAGYA
K-Block Leader: THE ENTIRE FLOOR HERE IS “GADGET-KUN”’S TRACK!! IF YOU DON’T MOVE BY CALCULATION, YOU’LL BE HIT AND THROWN AWAY!!!
SFX: GYAGYAGYAGYA
Beauty: THAT’S…
Heppokomaru: IT’S DANGEROUS THERE!!
Chisuisui: HYAHAHAHA, I AM CHISUISUI THE FASTEST!! WE THREE ARE FIGHTING HERE BEFORE OUR BREAKFAST!! JUST AS PLANNED JUST AS PLANNED!
(Translator’s Note: A bit of a pun in his name: “Chi” is “blood” and “Sui” can be a version of the verbal “Suu” or “to suck”…and since he’s a vampire…do the math)

14.
Bo-bobo & Tennosuke: YAKINIKU BOMBER!!!!
(Translator’s Note: “Yakiniku” is grilled meat, usually cooked raw on a circular grill as a deviation of Korean barbeque)
Top Sign: YAKINIKU HOME
Bottom Sign: BEEF LIFE
SFX: BO—OM
Chisuisui: GUBA!!!
TOKIO: HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO CHISUI...KILL THEM!!!!
Bo-bobo: WE MADE IT MEDIUM--!!
TOKIO: UJIKIN TOKICK!!!
SFX: WHAM
Bo-bobo & Tennosuke: GUWAAAAAAAA
TOKIO: I USED THAT TECHNIQUE EVEN IF I’M UJIKINTOKI!!
SFX: SLIIIIDE
Bo-bobo & Tennosuke: STRONG----!!
TOKIO: PLEASE LICK UP UJIKINTOKI!!!!
(Translator’s Note: The verb TOKIO is using is “Nameru”, which can either be “to make fun of” or “to lick”. And since he’s Ujikintoki, the latter made more sense here)
SFX: CHACHIN

15.
Don Patch: NO WAY
SFX: LICK LICK
Hatenko: First of all, we have to stop the face-mecha as a trio.
Bo-bobo & Tennosuke: OK!!
Hatenko: ALRIGHT! HERE WE GO!!!
Bo-bobo: PARALLEL PARALLEL TIME, STOP!
Tennosuke: STOP
Sign: STOP
Beauty: THEY’RE ESSENTIALLY ONE!!!
SFX: BO—OM
Bo-bobo, Hatenko & Tennosuke: BE SERIOUS-----!!!!
Bo-bobo: WE WERE—

16.
Chisuisui: THIS ISN’T JUST THE ONLY HORROR OF THE AREA. WE CAN REARRANGE THE PLATES OF THE PATH
SFX: CLICK CLICK CLICK
Chisuisui: MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE GADGET-KUN’S COURSE!!
SFX: GYAGYAGYA
Bo-bobo: GE! IT’S COMING AGAIN!!
Bo-bobo: SO THEN WE’LL USE THE PLATES TOO
SFX: CLICK CLICK CLICK
Beauty: HE’S CHANGING THE COURSE!!
Bo-bobo: I’VE MADE IT TRUMP-CHIC!!
SFX: BA—N
Beauty: WHAT IS THAT!!? (What does it mean?)
Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: PLEASANT PLATE DESTRUCTION!!!!
SFX: BAM BAM BAM BAM
TOKIO & P-Block Leader: GYAAAAAA!!!!


17.
Chisuisui: CHI!! I’LL CHANGE THE COURSE FOR THE MOMENT!!
Hatenko: UO! IT’S COMING HERE
Hatenko: THIS IS BAD! IF WE DON’T REARRANGE THE PLATES TOO…
Tennosuke: I’LL DO IT!!
SFX: CLICK CLICK CLICK
Hatenko: IS IT DONE?
SFX: CLICK CLICK
Tennosuke: A BIT MORE.
SFX: CLICK CLICK CLICK
Hatenko: WHAT ARE YOU DOING----!!!
Chisuisui: DIE----!!!
Tennosuke: How’s that? My photographic skill?
Bo-bobo: Hoo, that’s splendid.
Bo-bobo: BUT I WON’T LOSE EITHER.
SFX: KIRA—N

18.
Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: PHANTOM SHUTTER CHANCE!!!!
SFX: CLICK CLICK CLICK
Beauty: A SHADY OUGI EMERGED----!!!!
Chisuisui: DA…DAMN! SINCE WE WERE OCCUPIED BY THE PICTURES, THERE’S NO ROAD IN FRONT!!
Tennosuke: OSSHA—THEY’RE BEING DERAILED!!
Bo-bobo: GREAT SENSATION!!
TOKIO: AH----YOU IDIOTS!! IF WE’RE DERAILED…IF WE’RE DERAILED…
SFX: PLOP

19.
TOKIO: THE ENTIRE FIELD WILL EXPLODE
SFX: BO—OM
Beauty: GYAAAAA, WHAT IS THIS FIELD----!!?
Hatenko: WHAT A GENIUS RULE!!
Don Patch: AHAHAHA
Beauty: EVERYONE!!
Hatenko: KU…THE PANELS RETURN ON THEIR OWN.
SFX: CLICK CLICK
Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THIS AREA…
TOKIO: HA HA HA, YOU DUMMIES!! IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU ARE SO SLIGHT?
SFX: SUCK / FLING
Bo-bobo: …THAT GUY…WE’RE FOLLOWING HIS LEAD…
Hatenko: I feel offended.
Tennosuke: Nothing more we can do, so shall we go together… (Let’s stop our faction dispute)
SFX: GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO

20.
Bo-bobo: Alright, it’s a team play now. One of us has to gain control of Gadget-kun.
Hatenko: WHICH WILL IT BE?
Tennosuke: Me.
SFX: GRIP
Tennosuke: LEAVE IT TO ME.
SFX: BAN
Headband: THE (Nu) BEST
Beauty: THE “NU GOODS” APPEAR AGAIN!!!
Bo-bobo: AND THE REMAINING DUO WILL BLOW THEM AWAY.
Hatenko: That’s good thinking.
SFX: BABAN
Chisuisui: CAN YOU!
Tennosuke: Well—then, so, those two are making a road of progress…
SFX: WOBBLE
Heppokomaru: EVEN WHEN FIRM, HE’S WEIRD!!!
Tennosuke: NU SIMULATE!!!
SFX: GIN
Note: TENNOSUKE’S WORD MEMO: When I wear the “Nu Chimaki”, you notice I get smarter.
(Translator’s Note: A “chimaki” is a glutenous rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves usually eaten on Children’s Day, May 5th. A binding which usually keeps the cake and the leaf together is what connects it to “Nu Chimaki”)

21.
Tennosuke: YES, I’VE SEEN IT! I’VE CHANGED THE PATH OF THE GADGET!!
SFX: CLICK CLICK
Tennosuke: NOW!!! GO GUYS!!
Bo-bobo: OU!!
SFX: BO—OM
Bo-bobo & Hatenko: GOPAA!!!
SFX: ERRRRR…
Tennosuke: FUGO FUGO FUGO
Hatenko: OUGI: ATONEMENT ARROW!!!!
SFX: BOING / BAM
Chisuisui: GUBAA!!!
TOKIO: GUYS! HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO CHISUISUI…HOAAAAAAAAA

22.
TOKIO: NATSU SHINKEN OUGI: MIDSUMMER COUNTRYSIDE!!!
SFX: BUWA
Bo-bobo: WHA…THE SCENERY’S CHANGED!!!
Bo-bobo: Gugu…where am I? It’s hot! My body’s sluggish due to the heat…I feel like I can’t move…I want to eat a cold thing…
TOKIO: Pardon me.
SFX: SU
Bo-bobo: N! Who’s there?
TOKIO: I AM UJIKINTOKI.
Bo-bobo: OO! LOOKS YUMMY!!
TOKIO: Go ahead, chow down……
Bo-bobo: ALRIGHT!!
TOKIO: IDIOT!! I’VE GOT YOU! I HAVE POISON IN ME…SO EAT! EAT!
SFX: KUWA

23.
Bo-bobo: Hold on, I forgot ketchup.
TOKIO: He wants me with ketchup!!?
TOKIO: Well, whatever he uses, he is free to eat me! Hurry and come back…so hurry and come…come…come…
TOKIO: CO…
TOKIO: A CAT HAS COME----!!!
SFX: HMM—HMM—
TOKIO: I’M FINE…DON’T QUESTION IT…IN THIS PINCH, NO MATTER THE TIMES, I’LL ESCAPE…
SFX: PLUNK / DRIIIP…

24.
Don Patch: MEOWACHI!
Bo-bobo: HA!! WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!?
SFX: WHAM
TOKIO: GYAA!!!
Hatenko: HEY HEY, HOW’S IT GOING!
Chisuisui: Gu…he’s strong!
Don Patch: HATENKO!!
Hatenko: OYABIN!
Don Patch: MORE…
SFX: NUDGE NUDGE
Don Patch: HAJIKE!!!
SFX: FLASH

25.
Beauty: Annoying.
SFX: KACHI—NG
Don Patch: AH—
Heppokomaru: IDIOT! GO TAKE THE LEAD…HATENKO IS?
Hatenko: UNDERSTOOD, OYABIN
SFX: SHINE SHINE
Heppokomaru: OH NO--!! HE BECAME STRANGE!!!
Hatenko: BOUNCY MANJUU BOUNCY MANJUU
(Translator’s Note: Manjuu is a sweet bun notable of having a flour, rice and buckwheat outside and an inside usually made of a bean paste from boiled azuki beans and sugar)
Heppokomaru: AAH! HE’S DONE IT HERE----!!!
Star Saber: My name is Star Saber
Caption: Former P-Block Leader: STAR SABER
Star Saber: MEGATON PUNCH!!!
Hatenko: GAHA!!!

26.
SFX: BO—OM
TOKIO: CHII! WHERE DID BO-BOBO GO? HE’S DISSAPEARED!!
TOKIO: HE’S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE TO DEFEAT!! A GUY WHO LICKS UJIKINTOKI WILL FACE HIS REVIVAL!!
Chisuisui: It’s still closing in…
SFX: GOOOO
TOKIO: FIND HIM!!!
Bo-bobo: I’M RIGHT HE—RE!
SFX: WHAM
TOKIO & Chisuisui: GYAAAAAAA!!!

27.
Hatenko: Can't I be like Oyabin expects...
Bo-bobo: WELL...LET ME SHOW YOU THE HAIR JUDGEMENT.
SFX: BO--OM
Bo-bobo, Tennosuke & Hatenko: GYAAAA!!
TOKIO: We let a good thing go too far...You all will know of our anger starting now.
SFX: BO--OM
TOKIO, Chisuisui & Star Saber: GYAAAA!!
SFX: Muku...
TOKIO: SO, SHALL WE BATTLE HERE----!!!
Beauty: THAT'S SHREWD!!

Translator's Note: Is it just me or did this chapter feel much longer than it was? There were a few points where I actually thought the chapter was going to end this time around...and it didn't. I don't know if it's just my own instinct or just not really like it...it just felt long. The thing is that there is an interesting concept in regards to the fight: the Gadget battle is just a fun concept in fighting and avoiding a runaway machine at the same time. But I guess there were a few reasons why the chapter never really worked for me: one part is Hatenko and another...is probably Chisuisui: like we needed some vampire knockoff on the team who doesn't even feel like a vampire and seems more in control than the one who's supposedly one of the six-strongest Former block leaders. TOKIO did try and the bit with him and Don Patch was somewhat funny but it somehow just isn't as funny when you've got Tennosuke around. (oh, I did like the headband bit BTW) Next time...the battle hopefully gets better but it does get more interesting...