Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 172

It's bad enough that Halon Oni of the Under-Maruhage has transformed Heppokomaru into a giant, sent a fat penguin after Bo-bobo's team and is threatening to kill them...but now Hanpen wants to steal their thunder and defeat the demon boy himself! Is there any means to create order out of this?

Ougi 172: Shinken X Yamiken X Fist = Running Wild

117.
Hatenko: You're all too weak.
SFX: SHUUUUU
Hatenko: Even so, what is this? There's a dark feeling that's hidden all over this battlefield......Chi, this is a bad premonition.
Hatenko: ......Where did Oyabin go...
SFX: Scratch scratch

118.
Narrator: --Summary of Last Time--Heppokomaru has become big...and Hanpen's taking part in this war.
Halon Oni: Kukuku...
Bo-bobo: WHAT WILL YOU DO, HANPEN? THEY'RE TRYING TO DEFEAT US!!
Hanpen: NU NU NU, THAT KID IS MY PREY!!
SFX: GYUUUU
Beauty: Hanpen-san has come.
Heppokomaru: But--then, where's Don Patch and the others?
Don Patch & Tennosuke: WELCOME, WELCOME, TODAY'S OUR GRAND OPENING
Sign & Flag: SOUVENIER SHOP: Inside Heppokomaru's Mouth Branch
Tennosuke's Sash: GRAND OPENING TODAY
Right Package: APPLES
Left Package: GIANT SENBEI
(TN: "Senbei" are Japanese rice crackers, usually in savory or sweet flavors, baked and with a piece of nori on top)
Heppokomaru: WHAT----!! THEY INSTALLED A SOUVENIER SHOP IN MY MOUTH----!!!

119.
Man: I'll take this keyholder.
Shirt: Neuro Faction
(TN: This was a bit of an inside joke: in Issue 41, 2004, the issue that this Bo-bobo chapter was published, Yoshio Sawai's assistant Yusei Matsui released a one-shot for "Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro", a supernatural detective series. The actual Neuro series would be picked up after this and would start in WSJ in Issue 12, 2005)
Don Patch: Thanks.
Heppokomaru: N!
SFX: Bam bam
Dengaku Man: SHI SHI
SFX: BAM BAM
Heppokomaru: OOH----!!? WHAT IS HE DOING? HE'S TREATING IT AS A SANDBAG INSTEAD OF MY UVULA---!!!
Dengaku Man: CALM DOWN, OTTSUAN. CAUSE I'M GOING TO BE TAKING THE BELT...He he
SFX: DARA~~~~N
Heppokomaru: Quickly get out.
SFX: PTEW
Don Patch, Dengaku Man & Tennosuke: WAAAAA
Halon Oni: GO, SLIM.
Slim: BUHI--CURRY BREAD!!
SFX: BON
Beauty: HERE HE COMES!!
SFX: GOOOOO
Bo-bobo: ALRIGHT, COME TO ME
Hanpen: No, me.
Bo-bobo: ME
Hanpen: Me
Bo-bobo: ME
Hanpen: Me

120.
Bo-bobo: THEN I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU!!
Hanpen: BU!!
SFX: WHAM
Beauty: HANPEN-SA---N!!
Hanpen: ...I AM STEEL HANPEN.
Slim: BUHI!?
Softon: That Hanpen really is strong!!
Halon Oni: SWORD YAMIKEN OUGI: NAPALM!!!
(TN: And here we come across our first "Yamiken". But don't worry, it's easy to translate: where as "Shinken" is "True Fist" in this series, "Yamiken" is merely "Dark Fist"...but it does have some slight differences against a Shinken, as you'll soon see)
SFX: BO
Everyone: WHAT!!?
Hanpen's Gi: FOOD CHAIN
Bo-bobo: KU, DUMMY GUARD!!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: PROMISE
SFX: STAB STAB STAB
Hanpen: HANPEN UKEMI!!!
(TN: Similar to "Hanpen Shou", which was hard to work in English due to "shou" being a term for "aquiescing" or "hearing", I kept this attack in Japanese too due to it's nature not connecting to it's action: "ukemi" is Japanese for "passive" or "passive voice")
SFX: BAN

121.
Slim: BUHIII!!
SFX: BOOM
Halon Oni: Chi...I got rid of him.
Bo-bobo: KU...THAT SWORD NOW WAS YOUR DEED!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: Cruel kid
Halon Oni: I couldn't use him--I was just cleverly manipulating that fatty.
Bo-bobo: YOU HERETIC! HEPPOKOMARU, I'M GOING TO BORROW YOUR HAIR!!
SFX: SUTA
Heppokomaru: EH?
Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: HAIR-MANIPULATION JUTSU!!!!
SFX: SQUIRM SQUIRM SQUIRM
Beauty: KYAAA
Dengaku Man: BU
Tennosuke: Surf's up!
Heppokomaru: WAAAAA, MY HAIR----

122.
Dengaku Man: "Weird Man" Complete.
SFX: SQUIRM SQUIRM
Heppokomaru: DON'T PLAY WITH A GUY'S FACE----!!!
Dengaku Man: DENGAKU EYE-SMASH!!!!
Heppokomaru: GUO!! (Him)
Bo-bobo: LET'S GO, HEPPOKOMARU'S HAIR!!!
Beauty: HE-KUN
SFX: GOOOOO
Halon Oni: Hmph
Hanpen: YOU'RE NOT GONNA STEAL HIM FROM ME!!
Bo-bobo: WHAT?
Hanpen: THAT KID IS MY PREY!!!!
SFX: GOOOOOO
Bo-bobo: DAMN---!! HE GOT THERE EARLIER-----!!!

123.
Tennosuke: WAIIIIIIIT--------
SFX: DODODODODODO
Sash: FOOD REPRESENTATIVE * TEN-CHAN
Hanpen: Nu?
Tennosuke: THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY I'VE BEEN SAVING FOR----!!!!
SFX: KUWA
Beauty: YOU WANT A FOOD BATTLE AT THIS MOMENT!!?
Tennosuke: TOKOROTEN IS THE LEAD---!!
SFX: SLIIIDE / GRAB
Hanpen: NUO, LET GO!!
Halon Oni: DIE: SWORD YAMIKEN
SFX: GOOO
Hanpen & Tennosuke: HA!!
Hanpen: WON'T WORK, WON'T WORK, THIS WON'T WORK!!!
SFX: KACHING KACHING KACHING
Tennosuke: SLICED UP, SLICED UP, I'M BEING SLICED UP HERE!!!
SFX: SLASH SLASH SLASH SLASH

124.
Tennosuke: BUT I WON'T LOSE TO HANPEN-----!!!
SFX: STICK STICK
Hanpen: HE STOPPED IT WITH CELLOPHANE TAPE
Hanpen: NU?
SFX: GRAB
Tennosuke: I'M HOLDING HIM DOWN, ENEMY!! TAKE HIM NOW---!!!
SFX: GOOOOOOOO
Halon Oni: SWORD YAMIKEN OUGI: BIG BANG
SFX: POP / BAN
Tennosuke: BU!!!
Hanpen: HANPEN UKEMI!!
Bo-bobo: ARE YOU ALRIGHT, TENNOSUKE--
Tennosuke: BO-BOBO
SFX: GOOOO
Bag: SUPERMARKET (SUPER)
SFX: TIE
Tennosuke: EH?
SFX: KICK
Tennosuke: AH--
Beauty: EEH!?

125.
Bo-bobo: I'LL DEFEAT THAT BRAT!! GET OUT OF MY WAY, HANPEN YOU--!!!
Hanpen: THAT KID IS MY PREY!! YOU'RE IN MY WAY!!!
SFX: CRACKLE CRACKLE / GOOOOO
Halon Oni: DIE
Beauty: WATCH OUT, BEHIND!!
Hanpen: HANPEN JUUJITSU...
(TN: Juujitsu, or jujitsu, is a Japanese style of martial arts focusing on grappling and striking)
SFX: HYU...
Hanpen: HANPEN CHOP!!!!
SFX: SLAP
Halon Oni: GUBA!!
Beauty: A WEIRD CHOP EMERGED--!!!

126.
Bo-bobo: ME TOO!!!!
SFX: SLAP
Hanpen: GUWASHI!!!!
Bo-bobo: CHANCE COINCIDENCE
Hanpen: GUGU...
Beauty: WHY ARE YOU RIVALING HIM!!
SFX: SHUN SHUN SHUN
Heppokomaru: AH! MY HAIR'S BACK TO NORMAL
Halon Oni: Ku
SFX: SUTA
Halon Oni: What are they? They're evading my Yamiken...Shall I invoke it? No, not yet.

127.
Don Patch: Well, you've become something. Here, gum.
Stick: Gum
Hanpen: We've got you cornered.
Halon Oni: I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU.
Don Patch: GYAAAA
Bo-bobo: HANPEN, HOW ABOUT FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE FROM HERE? WHOEVER HAS A WAY TO DEFEAT HIM FIRST WINS.
SFX: GYUUU
Hanpen: THAT IS MY DESIRE!!
Bo-bobo: LET'S GO
Bo-bobo: SHUFFLING FEET!!!
SFX: ZUZAZAZAZA
Heppokomaru: OWOWOWOW, WALK NORMALLY!!
Hanpen: THE FIRST MOVE LEADS TO VICTORY!! TAKE THIS: HANPEN JUUJITSU
SFX: GA
Halon Oni: What is that setup? A shockwave? Idiot! Guard in front
SFX: BUON BUON

128.
Hanpen: HANPEN GENKO!!!!
(TN: I had a hard time figuring this out since "Genko" has many, many different meanings, from a certain kind of fixture to a strap to a movement in Japanese history (which is spelled "Genkou") to even "the current" as in "current times" (also spelled "genkou"). Take what you will out of this)
SFX: BONK
Beauty: GENKO!!?
Halon Oni: WHAT...(out loud) GAHA (internally) FROM...ABOVE?
Bo-bobo: HE'S STILL NOT EXHAUSTED---
SFX: DADADADA
Halon Oni: YOU WON'T GET ME, YOU TRASH!!!
SFX: ZAZAZAN
Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN MARUHI OUGI: LEG PIN!!!!
(TN: "Maruhi" = "secret")
SFX: POKE POKE
Beauty: LEG PIN!!?

129.
Halon Oni: GUBA
Beauty: IT WORKED!!
Bo-bobo & Hanpen: THIS OUGI IS HEAVEN AND EARTH...ONE-BLOW AWASEWAZA!!!
(TN: An "Awasewaza" is a combined technique used in either judo or juujitsu)
Beauty: ONE BLOW!?
Tennosuke: THOSE TWO RIOTING FORMS...THEY'RE SURELY THE DRAGON AND THE TIGER.........
Forehead: SKY (TENKUU)
Halon Oni: GUWAAA--
Heppokomaru: IS HE DEFEATED!?
Don Patch: NO, NOT YET
Don Patch: NOW
SFX: GRAB
Don Patch: THE FINISH
Halon Oni: !!

130.
Heppokomaru: BABU--------!!!!
SFX: BO----OM
Everyone: WAAAA-----!!
Halon Oni: WH...WHAT!?
SFX: SMIRK
Don Patch's Forehead: Kuromaku
(TN: "Kuromaku" is an expression regarding a political hawk who hid their talons so well that no one can see how easily they corrupt the Japanese political system)

131.
Beauty: HE-KUN'S GONE INTO HIS BABY MODE!!
Tennosuke & Dengaku Man: HIIII, THE BEGINNING OF HELL~~~
Bo-bobo: HANPEN, TEMPORARY TRUCE!! WE'RE GONNA GET KILLED!!
Hanpen: NU?
SFX: BA
Halon Oni: What...what have you done?
Don Patch: Fu fu fu...everything until now was the opening act.
Don Patch: NOW GO, HEPPOKOMARU!! DEFEAT HIM!!
Heppokomaru: BABU---!!!
SFX: GRAB
SFX: POP
Don Patch: AH---

TN: Well, that's one point for Bo-bobo, one point for Don Patch, one point for Heppokomaru, one point for Hanpen, one point for Dengaku Man...and Tennosuke just gets sliced to bits (but that's par for him). Somehow the chaos created by Hanpen competing with Bo-bobo's side instead of helping him immediately worked in a peculiar manner...compared to the 3rd fight, where OVER just worked with them to get rid of a greater evil (when not slashing at Tennosuke), Hanpen was essentially working with them...but only because Halon Oni was that much of a threat. Similarly, I'm sort of happy we finally actually got an official name in Hanpen's style as a bizarre form of juujitsu...well OK, he mostly will be known for the Hanpen Shou attacks but since he's one of the few characters without a Shinken who actually is able to last in a battle, it is referential for anyone who wants to make mention of it. As for Halon Oni's Yamiken style...well so far it's a dark version of a Shinken but that has a surprise or two that will be revealed soon enough. (that of course the kid himself mentioned) Of course, next time we have other matters besides Halon Oni..such as asking Don Patch why he released Baby Mode!