Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 175

Though one of their ranks has "converted", the plans of Hydrate and the Under-Maruhage Empire continue forwards towards their nightmarish climax...but of course, Bo-bobo's team just wants to get back to the tournament! (and oh yeah, there's also Hanpen...)

Ougi 175: The Under-Maruhage Empire and Serviceman

166.
Narrator: Maruhage Empire New Emperor Playoff Final Stage: Elemental Maruhage Castle
SFX: GOGOGOGOGOGO
Octopus Carl: IIIIIT’S TERRIBLE-----!!!! IT’S OCTOPUSINGLY TERRIBLE----!!!!

167.
Octopus Carl: SOME GUYS WHO CALL THEMSELVES THE UNDER-MARUHAGE EMPIRE HAVE TRESPASSED INTO THE TOURNAMENT AND ARE RUNNING AMUCK!
4th: THE UNDER-MARUHAGE EMPIRE? NEVER HEARD OF THEM…………
4th: Well, let them do what they like. I’m also immediately saving my space energy…
SFX: SUCK SUCK SUCK
4th: Right, Mako-chan
SFX: BAN
SFX: SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK
Octopus Carl: !?
4th: I AM THE KING.
Octopus Carl: H…HIS TRUMP CARD IS…………MAKO-CHAN…SHE WASN’T A ONE-SHOT CHARACTER…………………
SFX: GOKURI
Narrator: At the same time, far below, below, below the surface…
SFX: GOGOGOGOGO

168.
Narrator: Here is the Dark World, engulfed in the darkness. Here is the Under-Maruhage Empire.
SFX: BOSHU
“Three-Eyes”: I don’t see Halon Oni.
LOVE: He’s playing.
“Three-Eyes”: First of all, we’ve gathered two sacrifices we can use.
SFX: ZUZAZA
Lambada & Rem: GU
“Three-Eyes”: And one weird one slipped in.
Hydrate: Yo, and how is the surface world?
“Three-Eyes”: Hydrate-sama
“Three-Eyes”: I clearly say that they are a lower level, but there are a number of sacrifice candidates.
SFX: BUON
“Three Sacks”: UHYO, CONVENIENT EYES.
LOVE: ANY CUTE GUYS---?
Serviceman: ……

169.
Hydrate: FINE THEN, FINE THEN, WE’LL GATHER MUCH MORE ENERGY FROM THOSE SHINKEN USERS. AND THEN I WILL BE LIBERATED FROM THIS DARK WORLD!!
SFX: GOGOGO
Caption: DARK EMPEROR: HYDRATE
Serviceman: SLIDING SERVICE!!
SFX: SLIIIDE
Crimson: SO THEN WE WILL RETURN AGAIN. SHALL WE BRING OURSELVES INTO THAT WORTHLESS TOURNAMENT?
Serviceman: SERVICE
Caption: Under-Maruhage Four Heavenly Kings: CRIMSON
Three Sacks: THE MASSIVE DARK POWER WE POSSESS IS EXTREMELY TERRIBLE
Serviceman: SERVICE SERVICE
Caption: Under-Maruhage Four Heavenly Kings: THREE SACKS
LOVE: THERE COULD BE CUTE GUYS.
Serviceman: SERVICE
SFX: SLIDE
Caption: Under-Maruhage Four Heavenly Kings: LOVE

170.
Byakkyou: The three of us being liberated to the surface somehow will be left to you. Failure is unforgivable.
Caption: Hydrate’s Right-Hand: BYAKKYOU
(TN: I’m keeping his name is “Byakkyou”, but it translates into “White Lunatic”)
Be-bebe: Kuku…this could become the ultimate reunion…………
Caption: Hydrate’s Left-Hand: BE-BEBE
Hydrate: SO, NOW WILL BE THE TIME OF REVIVAL OF THE UNDER-MARUHAGE EMPIRE!! WE WILL KILL THOSE SURFACE-DWELLERS AND WE WILL CREATE A DARK PARADISE-----!!!
SFX: BAN
Serviceman: GUBABE!!
SFX: SLIIIDE
Rem: Ku, what is this atrocious aura…it’s higher than the 3rd’s. If these guys get to the surface, the Earth will collapse…

171.
Narrator: At that moment, Bo-bobo’s team
SFX: GOOOOO
Narrator: were in a straight line aiming for Maruhage Castle, the final battleground at the mountain’s top.
Bo-bobo: RUN—RUN—
SFX: WHIP WHIP
Beauty: It’s terrible how many badges we’ve collected.
Bo-bobo: IT’S STILL TOO EARLY TO RELAX, BEAUTY—THIS BADGE COLLECTION WAS MERELY THE APPETIZER…
Tennosuke & Don Patch: GRRR
Bo-bobo: WITHIN MARUHAGE CASTLE IS THE SCENE OF THE TRUE FINAL SUMMIT BATTLE!! I WILL HAVE PASSED THROUGH THIS LONG TOURNAMENT AND WILL REACH MY DESTINED FINALE AGAINST TSURULINA THE 4TH!!!
Don Patch: EEH!? WELL, I HAVE TO REREAD MY BO-BOBO COMICS AND REVIED WHAT’S HAPPEN UNTIL NOW.
Don Patch: ENERGETIC CHIDORI—
Beauty: THAT’S “NARUTO”!!!
(TN: Yes, the three of them are reading the WSJ series “Naruto” by Masashi Kishimoto. Of course many of you know that “Chidori” is character Sasuke Uchiha’s most famous attack…but of particular note is that at the time of this Bo-bobo chapter in 2004, Naruto was in the midst of the final battle of “Part 1” between Sasuke and lead character Naruto Uzumaki.)

172.
Beauty: AH! THE SUN IS GOING DOWN. WE HAVE TO HURRY.
Bo-bobo: NO. WE CAN’T INCREASE OUR SPEED! WHY?
SFX: GOOOO
Hanpen: IS IT BECAUSE I’M OVER-WEIGHT…
Beauty & Heppokomaru: HANPEN!! YOU’RE HERE!?
SFX: BAN
Hanpen: IT WAS INEXCUSABLE!! SO HOW ABOUT I BECOME YOUR POWER SOURCE INSTEAD!!!
SFX: SUCHA
Beauty: THAT HANPEN POSSIBLY MAY WANT TO BE OUR ALLY…
Bo-bobo: WE’RE NOT HIRING POWER LIKE HANPE—N!!
Bo-Bobo, Don Patch, Tennosuke & Hanpen: UOOOOOO
SFX: DODODODODODODODO
Heppokomaru; WAAAAA, IT’S ALREADY A STATUS OF FOUR IDIOTS. THIS ISN’T HELPING------!!!

173.
Bo-bobo: NANKYOKU MONOGATARI----!!
(TN: The cry is a reference to the 1983 Japanese film “Nankyoku Monogatari” (South Pole Story), a film about an infamous 1958 Japanese Antarctic expedition where fifteen Sakhalin huskies were left at a base due to extreme conditions, only to have two survive through the horrific year when humans reconnected to the base. The film was a massive hit in Japan that year and even had a popular soundtrack created by Greek artist Vangelis (who also did the “Chariots of Fire” soundtrack) released outside Japan as “Antarctica”)
SFX: GOOOOO
Hair Hunters: GYAAA
SFX: BO—OM
Everyone: GUBA!!
Heppokomaru: Ow ow.
Beauty: N!
Beauty: WE…WE’RE HERE! THIS IS MARUHAGE CASTLE!!
SFX: BAN
Heppokomaru: THERE’S A HUGE NUMBER OF HAIR HUNTERS!!
Beauty: We’re here, Bo-bobo…YET THEY’VE BECOME BUTTER!! AND FURTHER, THEY’RE SOLID!! (There’s no meaning to this)
SFX: BA—N
Dengaku Man: They’ve become solid…So what do I do…
Beauty: WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?
Hagerou: You’ve finally come, Bo-bobo. However, at this point, we will not pass those of you who don’t have ten badges for each person.

174.
Don Patch: HA HA HA
SFX: BAN
Bag: BADGE
Tennosuke: IF YOU WANT BADGES, WE’VE GOT THEM!
Hanpen: Damn!! I didn’t bring any badges!!!
Hanpen: ……
SFX: Hide hide…
Hair Hunter: Wait, show me your badges.
Hanpen: Will Hanpen Badges work?
SFX: ZUN / GRAB / FLING
Hair Hunter: These are no good.
Hair Hunters: GO HOME
SFX: CHIRA CHIRA
Beauty: Uwa~~he’s looking this way……………
Beauty: Hey, Hanpen wants to get into the castle too. Let’s give him some badges.
Beauty: He even saved He-kun earlier.
SFX: TEAR TEAR
Bo-bobo: I’LL NEVER DO IT----!!!!
Hanpen: GA----N

175.
Tennosuke: HA HA HA, IT’S TOO BAD, HANPEN-KUN.
SFX: Collapse
Dengaku Man: SO SHALL WE ENTER THE CASTLE?
Sign: TOKORO TENNOSUKE as well as DENGAKU MAN ARE UNCONDITIONALLY PROHIBITED FROM GOING INSIDE.
SFX: BAN
Tennosuke & Dengaku Man: WHAAAT-----------!!!
Hagerou: Kukuku…Bo-bobo, let me tell you one thing. Though all of you have come, we have already gathered fifteen valorous warriors within the castle. You can only enter the castle until sundown today…This is the end of all of you! Go and kill yourselves
Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT! WE’RE GOING TO WIN AND ADVANCE THROUGH THIS BATTLE!!! NOW, LET’S ALL ALSO ENTER THE CASTLE!!
Bo-bobo: And now all of us form a line—
Flag: CASTLE FIELD TOUR
Don Patch, Tennosuke & Dengaku Man: RI—GHT
Beauty: UWA, IT’S A MESS!!

176.
Bo-bobo: NUOOOO, YOU CAN’T GO---!!
Hanpen: GIVE ME BADGES----!!
Bo-bobo: IT’S YOUR—UPBRINGING
Voice: UUH…SOMEONE…SAVE ME…
Bo-bobo: N!
SFX: ZUZUZU
Rem: HAA HAA…SOMEONE…
Bo-bobo: YOU’RE FORMER HAIR-HUNTER REM!!
Hanpen: WHAT HAPPENED, REM!? YOU WERE ONE OF THE STRONG ONES…WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED TO YOU!?
Rem: HA…HANPEN-SAMA…
Three Sacks: THAT WOMAN IS OUR SACRIFICE.
SFX: ZUZUZU
Crimson: DO YOU WANT HER BACK?
Hanpen: NU? WHAT ARE THEY?
Mustache Sack: YOU CAN’T RUN AWA—Y
LOVE: Let’s not use this warp method anymore. It’s getting my clothes dirty.
SFX: ZUZUZUZU
Everyone: !!
Crimson: HOO, THEY’RE LUCKY. THAT AFRO IS A SACRIFICE CANDIDATE TOO.

177.
Bo-bobo: GE, PEOPLE HAVE EMERGED FROM THE EARTH!!
Don Patch: OF COURSE, THEY’RE FRIENDS OF THE EARTHWORMS!! I HAVE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT EARTHWORMS!! I’M ENVIOUS----!!
Sash: Earthworm Expert
Crimson: Three Sacks, we’ll leave this here to you. Capture that woman and the afro.
Three Sacks: O—K
LOVE: We’ll go ahead to the castle.
Beauty: WH…WHAT ARE THEY? THEY’RE SOMEHOW DANGEROUS…
Don Patch: HEY—HEY—YOU TWO. CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE RECENT CONDITION OF EARTHWORMS
Beauty: WHAT IS DON PATCH DOING!!?
Crimson: WANT TO DIE?
SFX: TURN
Don Patch: Eh? Earthworms don’t die in the summer.
Hair Hunter: Do you have badges?
Don Patch: Ah—their share of badges is on me.
Don Patch: I must cooperate with earthworm lovers. Here, go, go.

178.
Bo-bobo: HOW COULD YOU JUST GIVE THEM BADGES!!!
SFX: WHAM
Don Patch: EARTHWORMS
Beauty: AAH, THEY’RE ENTERING THE CASTLE
Don Patch: GYAAAAAA
SFX: DOKA BAKI
Bo-bobo: GIANT EARTHWORM PUNISHMENT—
Hair Hunter: Huh? Those guys now weren’t tournament participants—
Book: Participant List
Tennosuke: Weren’t they hidden characters?
Mustached Sack: UHYOHYO, WELL, SHALL WE GET TO WORK? WE’RE GONNA QUICKLY GATHER 12 PEO—PLE
Hanpen: !?
Three Sacks: APPEAR: SACRIFICE BOARD!!!
SFX: BUON
Everyone: WHAT IS THAT!? THAT CLOCK BOARD HAS LAMBADA!!?

179.
Rem: LAMBADA-SAMA WAS CAPTURED BY THOSE GUYS WHEN I ALONE ESCAPED!! PLEASE, PLEASE RESCUE LAMBADA-SAMA!!
Hanpen: HOW DARE YOU GUYS DO THIS TO MY CUTE SUBORDINATES, I CAN’T………
SFX: GOGOGOGO
Hanpen: FORGIVE YOU!!!
SFX: PLOP
Beauty: HIS ESSENTIAL PART HAS FLIPPED!! (He is hanpen)
Beauty & Heppokomaru: N!
Beauty: WHA----!!? UNAWARINGLY BO-BOBO AND THE OTHERS BECAME SACRIFICES!!!
SFX: BA—N
Bo-bobo: HEHE…
Heppokomaru: NO, IT ISN’T “HEHE…”, WHAT IS IT!?

180.
Bo-bobo: UUH, I’M DRUNK…GE~~~THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THIS IS A BARF BAG.
Cheek Sack: WHAT ARE YOU DOING--!!
Bo-bobo: This seems terrible. Are you alright, Rem?
Cheek Sack: FILTHY—
Rem: Bo…Bo-bobo-san.
Rem: Gugu…That enemy, I accept you’ll be ashamed but I have a wish.
Rem: THOSE UNDER-MARUHAGE WANT TO OBLITERATE ALL THE HUMANS ON THE SURFACE. PLEASE CRUSH THOSE GUYS AMBITIONS!! YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DO IT!!!
Bo-bobo: EH, ME!? That’s just impossible.
Rem: !!
Mustached Sack: UHHYOHHYO—THAT STUPID WOMAN. NO MATTER HOW MANY THAT AFRO JOINS WITH, HE’S NO MATCH FOR US!!
Bo-bobo: IT’S ULTIMATELY IMPOSSIBLE—
SFX: SU—
Mustached Sack: OF COURSE OF COURSE

181.
Bo-bobo: I DON’T KNOW---OF NOT BEING ABLE---TO DO IT---!!!!
SFX: POP
Cheek Sack: OLD-MAN SACK----!!!
Horn Sack: HE EXPLODED!!
Heppokomaru: BO-BOBO-SAN, THE SUN IS ALREADY SETTING, WE DON’T HAVE TIME. THE CASTLE IS CLOSING.
Bo-bobo: HEPPOKOMARU, GO AHEAD INTO THE CASTLE. I’M GOING TO DEFEAT THESE GUYS!!
SFX: BAN
(End of Volume 16)

TN: Well, that's Don Patch for you. One chapter has him kicking butt and taking names as Don Patch...and the next he's obsessing with earthworms! You knew it wasn't going to last, power-up or not. Meanwhile, while Hanpen pretty much denied it after the Halon Oni fight, he's essentially now one of the Bo-bobo teammates at least for the time being...heck, his Hajike moments are starting to act up alongside Don Patch & Tennosuke! (though Tennosuke and Dengaku Man are still being ignored...heck, what ever happened to their "Scrap-Iron Poop Badges"?) It was also nice to see Rem again interacting both with Hanpen (well for the first time considering she was asleep when he first emerged and he was nowhere near that Coin Machine battle) and Bo-bobo...somehow she lost a bit of her edge after losing her Bakusui Shinken (well the demonic part of it) but she's still cute so you can't hold that against her. But of course, the chapter was just big boosting for the Under-Maruhage forces...we have Hydrate continuing his boasting, Crimson, LOVE and the Sacks doing their duties and...the two mystery characters. (and all that time, Serviceman is doing his nonsense) Heck, this chapter even confirmed the 4th is just a weakling who lets his wife do his battles. (and yeah, Mako-chan really wasn't a one-shot gag after all...nice of Octopus Carl to realize that since so many characters in this series...are one-shot gags) All in all, with the tension rising and the gags still coming, another great chapter.

Hold on...that last guy of Hydrate's group...he said something about a reunion...his name is Be-bebe...could he possibly be..........nah, it's just coincidence.