Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 189

Bo-bobo has finally met his big brother after a very long time, but it's been no happy reunion: with Beauty and Heppokomaru brainwashed by leghair and even his own nosehair powers not working, is there a way he can stand up to big bro Be-bebe?

Ougi 189: Decisive Hair Battle

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Narrator: --Summary—Beauty & Heppokomaru have been brainwashed by Be-bebe’s leghair and became strange.
Beauty & Heppokomaru: LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~
Don Patch: A**HOLE! OUR TSUKKOMI-ATTRIBUTE BEAUTY & HEPPOKOMARU HAVE BECOME STRANGE!!
Tennosuke: THAT’S…WITHOUT THOSE TWO, WE WON’T HAVE TSUKKOMI IF THEY’RE BRAINWASHED!! THIS MANGA’S GONE INSANE!! IT’S TERRIBLE!
Don Patch: IF THAT’S HOW IT IS, THE ONLY WAY IS FOR US TWO TO BECOME TSUKKOMI!! LET’S GO!!!
Bo-bobo: I WILL CHALLENGE THE HAIR GODS…HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI…
SFX: GOGOGOGO
Be-bebe: IT’S USELESS…
Don Patch: Exciting.
Headbands: TSUKKOMI SOUL
Be-bebe: LEGHAIR!!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: THAT GUY’S HAIRSTYLE LOOKS LIKE WAKAME---!!!
(TN: As explained before, “Wakame” is a type of edible seaweed used in many Japanese meals)
Bo-bobo: GUO!! A BUNCH OF ORANGES HAVE EMERGED FROM MY NOSE!! JUST THAT WORD SEALED OFF MY NOSEHAIRS AGAIN!! LEGHAIRS ARE DREADFUL!!
SFX: POP
Packages: ORANGES
(TN: “Mikan” is actually a kind of “Mandarin Orange”, but I decided to just keep it “oranges”)
Don Patch & Tennosuke: SHI~~N
Be-bebe: FU…LEGHAIR CONTROLS NOSEHAIR.
Don Patch & Tennosuke: THAT GUY’S HAIRSTYLE LOOKS LIKE WAKAME---!!!

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Hanpen: PLEASE SAVE US FROM THIS!! SOMEONE PLEASE SAVE US!!
SFX: SHI~~N
Caption: Forgotten characters~~
Don Patch & Tennosuke: SHI~~N
Be-bebe: ………………Little bro…
SFX: KUWA
Don Patch & Tennosuke: THAT GUY’S HAIRSTYLE LOOKS LIKE WAKAME---!!!
Be-bebe: SHUT UP YOU TWO!!
SFX: SLASH
Don Patch: GYAAAA, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PERFECT TSUKKOMI!! WHY----!!?
Softon: THOSE TWO BEAR A HEAVY WEIGHT AFTER ALL…FU
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GUWAAAAAA
SFX: SLIIIDE
Beauty & Heppokomaru: LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~
Don Patch & Tennosuke: WE’RE TSUKKOMI…WE’RE TSUKKOMI…
Beauty, Heppokomaru, Don Patch & Tennosuke: LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~
Dengaku Man: LEGHAIR!?

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Bo-bobo: KU…WE’VE FINALLY FINISHED EATING HERE TOO.
SFX: BAN
Zetsubou: COOKIE—
Tennosuke: THEY ATE ALL THE ORANGES THAT APPEARED FROM HIS NOSE EARLIER!?
Bo-bobo: SO THEN HOW’S THIS: MABOROSHI OUGI: NOSEHAIRS FROM UNDER A KOTATSU!!!
(TN: “Maboroshi” = “Illusionary”. Meanwhile, a kotatsu, as explained before, is a low table with a blanket usually with a heating supply underneath for the winter)
Hatenko: IT’S OVER, BO-BOBO, NOSEHAIRS CAN NEVER WIN AGAINST LEGHAIR!!!
Be-bebe: LEGHAIR!!!
SFX: KUWA
SFX: POP POP POP
Bo-bobo: WHAAT!? FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING ON MY NOSEHAIRS!!
SFX: POP POP POP
Bo-bobo: !! THEY’RE NEARING ME…UWAAAAA
Be-bebe: SUNEGE SHINKEN HANAGE FUUJI: FLOWER CONSULTING!!!!
(TN: “Fuuji”: Seal, thus it’s officially “Fist of the Leghair Nosehair Seal”)
SFX: DOBUSHU
Bo-bobo: GUWAAAAA, MY FLOWERS~~~
Pot: Flower-loving Boko
Don Patch & Tennosuke: HE’S BOILING WHILE HE’S GARDENING THE NOSE FLOWERS----!!!
(TN: Remember: both “flower” and “nose” are “Hana” in Japanese, so the “nose flowers” part isn’t as funny)

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SFX: HYU—
Zetsubou: THE FLOWER-WORD FOR FLOWERS THAT BLOOM FROM NOSEHAIRS IS…………”DESPAIR”!!!!
(TN: Many say that there are specific “words” that sprout from certain flowers used for certain situations)
SFX: GOSHA
Bo-bobo: GOFU
Softon & Halekulani: THIS BE-BEBE GUY IS TREATING BO-BOBO AS IF HE’S A BABY…HE’S OVERWHELMINGLY STRONG…
Dengaku Man’s Outfit: AKAGO (BABY)
Dengaku Man: MILK—
Be-bebe: Foolish little brother…even after twenty years, you can’t oppose your big brother…fine then…I’ll teach you your brother’s greatness with an easy-to-understand Sangaria…
Be-bebe: SHOW YOURSELVES!! MY LEGHAIR-SERVING APPRENTICES
Shanmeri: YOU CALLED? BE-BEBE SAMA
SFX: BAN
Right Caption: Under-A Block Leader: SHANMERI
Left Caption: Under-B Block Leader: DENCHUU
Don Patch & Tennosuke: PHPHPHPHONEPOLL!!? THAT’S A CHARACTER!!?
(TN: “Denchuu” is Japanese for “telephone poll”, but I decided to keep the name as is since it’s a name)
Denchuu: ALL THE DOGS WITHIN OUR COUNTRY…STOP PEEING ON US!
SFX: BAN
Tennosuke: IT TALKED!! IT’S ALIVE
Don Patch: DOSUWAN DOSUWAN
Denchuu: DOSUWAN!? THIS DOG SAW ME AND WANTS TO PEE ON ME? IS THIS SUMO PRACTICE!? IT ISN’T ORDINARY--!!
(TN: Considering that “Dosukoi” is a common cry for sumo wrestlers, adding the “Wan” allowed Don Patch to give it a canine feel)

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Be-bebe: Next your Sangaria will be decided by my leghair. My leghair responds to strong ones…Surrender to them!!
Don Patch: THEY RESPOND TO STRONG ONES!? INTERESTING!! WE ALSO WANT TO FIGHT STRONG ONES!!!
SFX: BAN
Caption: SEEKING CHALLENGERS!
Don Patch: HEY WHA!!? THE LEGHAIRS AVOIDED ALL OF US AND CHOSE TORPEDO-SENSEI AND HATENKO!!!
Torpedo Girl: GYORA?
SFX: GRAB GRAB GRAB
Hatenko: BE-BEBE-SAN…I CAN’T FIGHT YOU…I ABSTAIN…
Be-bebe: Hoo…aren’t you being gracious, Hatenko.
SFX: GRAB
Hatenko: !
Zetsubou: YOU WEAKLING--!!!!
SFX: SLAM

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Be-bebe: So the two outside little-bro will be these two!
Top Captions: PATCHSIM / TORAT
Bottom Caption: PATCHREET PATCHTER 3
(TN: Obviously this isn’t a parody of “Street Fighter 3” but actually the more famous “Street Fighter 2”, with parodies of several of the classic World Warriors and with the real matchup being Sagat & Dhalsim)
SFX: BAN
Tennosuke: HE CHOSE PATCHSIM!!
Don Patch: BECAUSE I CAN USE A GOOD MEDIUM-PUNCH
SFX: SLAM
Tennosuke: WHY IF IT’S WEAK!?
Be-bebe: CAUSE HE’S ANNOYING.
Tennosuke: !!
Be-bebe: Now, to prepare the battle stage.
SFX: ZUBABABA
Tennosuke: WHAT!? THE ENTIRE ROOM IS BREAKING APART!!
Dengaku Man: YOUR FACE IS TOO
SFX: UIIII—N
Tennosuke: AAH!! THE ENTIRE ROOM IS TRANSFORMING…WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING!!?
SFX: GACHING GACHING
Dengaku Man: And what’s happening to your face?
Be-bebe: COMPLETE: MOON SATIFIELD ZO!!!!
SFX: GASHA—N / UIII—N
Bag: Chestnuts
Dengaku Man: !? THOSE ARE TIENTSIN CHESTNUTS!!!
(TN: Tientsin chestnuts, connected to the Chinese city of Tianjin (originally known as “Tientsin”) are a popular Japanese treat sold in many train stations throughout Japan)

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Be-bebe: Now I’ll teach you the way to be a little brother. The reality that you can’t even win once against big bro.
SFX: GOOOO
Bo-bobo: KU
Bo-bobo: Return Beauty and Heppokomaru to normal.
Be-bebe: It’s impossible. Big brother takes from little brother, it’s an absolute wall.
Don Patch: Hey, you—
Be-bebe: !!
Don Patch: I heard you earlier, with your big bro, big bro……..
Don Patch: DON’T I HAVE AN EXTREMELY BROTHERLY-FACE?
(TN: While “Aniki” is used usually for “big brothers”, it is also used as a term of respect of members of a gang such as what Don Patch looks like now)
Forehead: ANIKI (BIG BROTHER/BROTHER)
SFX: RATTLE
Tennosuke: THAT GUY WITH A BROTHER’S FACE IS ANGRY!!!
Be-bebe: ………Well…What are you?
Don Patch: Fu…I’m a brother with the heart of man…
Bo-bobo: I’LL SURPASS MY BROTHER!!
SFX: BANG BANG BAM
Don Patch: GYAAA
Bo-bobo: BIG BRO BE-BEBE~~~
Don Patch: In the end, tear off the “ki” character in “aniki”…
SFX: RIP
Forehead: ANIme’s my love
(TN: Yeah, the gag works better in Japanese, so it’s best to keep that first forehead “aniki”)
Bo-bobo: BIG BRO BIG BRO BIG BRO---!!!
SFX: SLAM SLAM
Basket: NUKAZUKE
(TN: “Nukazuke” is a pickle created by fermenting vegetables in rice bran)
Don Patch: BU BU
Tennosuke: WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING!?

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Don Patch: WAAA~~~H
Beauty & Heppokomaru: LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~
Don Patch: LEGHAIR~~LEGHAIR~~
Tennosuke: YOU’RE DYED AGAIN!!
Bo-bobo: UOOOO, MY HANAGE SHINKEN HAS NO REASON TO LOSE. HANAGE SHINKEN!!!!
SFX: LASH
Be-bebe: GIVE IT UP! A LITTLE BRO’S THINGS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO BIG BRO, AS I SAID. SUNEGE SHINKEN!!!!
SFX: LASH
Be-bebe: NOSEHAIR ISN’T EQUAL UNDER LEGHAIR’S FEET!!!!
Bo-bobo: GUWAAAAAA!!!

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Softon & Halekulani: LEGHAIR WON AGAIN!! WHY CAN’T NOSEHAIR WIN!?
SFX: SLAM
Be-bebe: Fu…I’ll tell you.
Be-bebe: The five hairs of humans possess energy sources which each differ five ways.
Captions:
NOSEHAIR: ???
CHESTHAIR: ???
HEADHAIR: ???
PITHAIR: ???
LEGHAIR: ???
Be-bebe: And the energy-source of the leghairs I possess is the moon!! The moon’s power perfectly invalidates the power of other hair.
Caption: MOON -> LEGHAIR
Be-bebe: This stage can absorb the maximum amount of moonlight, allowing leghair power to increase 100 times and completely invalidating nosehair power!!
Dengaku Man: I DON’T UNDERSTAND AT ALL!!!
Caption: FATHER
Be-bebe: Leghair and the moon always shine equally…because leghair is a present from the moon.

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Everyone: LEGHAIR IS A PRESENT FROM THE MOON!!? WH..WHAT A DREAMY POEM!!!
Caption: ABSTRACT~~
Don Patch: Ha!! If you take what he said, the character for “moon” is read as “leghair”!
(TN: This is obviously a Japanese character joke as the kanji “tsuki” for “moon” becomes the word “sunege”, which is “leghair”)
Tennosuke: I CAN’T READ IT.
Bo-bobo: I VAGUELY NOTICED IT 20 YEARS AGO, BUT THE ENERGY SOURCE FOR LEGHAIR IS REALLY THE MOON…SO TO ANSWER THE LEGHAIR’S CONTROL, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY-----!!!
SFX: GOOOOOO
Be-bebe: WHAT!!
Bo-bobo: TORPEDO-SENSEI!! I’VE DISCOVERED FOOLISH PEOPLE ON THE MOON!!!
Torpedo Girl: I’LL KILL THEM-GYORA---!!
SFX: WHOOSH
Be-bebe: !
Be-bebe: IDIOT!! HE’S GOING TO THE MOON? WHAT WILL HE DO!? I’LL TAKE THIS!!
Don Patch: 100 YEN FOR TEN MINUTES
SFX; GOOOO / BA / GRAB
Stand: BINOCULAR SHOP
Sky: MOON
Narrator: The moon’s surface
Be-bebe: KU…NOT THERE!! WHERE’S BO-BOBO?
SFX: GLORP GLORP
Mortar: USAMARU – 5-3
(TN: The rabbits on the moon is based off a Japanese folklore regarding that the “face in the moon” is actually a rabbit making rice mochi, leading to all sorts of jokes and such regarding “rabbits on the moon”)

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Bo-bobo: DON'T MAKE MOCHI THRUST------!!! THRUST INSIDE FROM THE FRONT THRUST----!!!
SFX: STAB STAB
Loincloth: BOITSUMU
Torpedo Girl: OUGI: GYORA THRUST---!!
Rabbits: GOFU GOFU
Be-bebe: THERE THEY ARE--! THEY'RE RUNNING AMUCK ON THE MOON, S**T--
Rabbit: BE-BEBE-SAN, WE'RE SORRY...WE WERE CLUMSY...
Kanji: GYO
SFX: FLAP FLAP / CLICK
SFX: BO--OM
Be-bebe: THEY EXPLODED!!
Don Patch: 100 YEN PLEASE---
Be-bebe: WHAT? MY LEGHAIR POWER IS WEAKENING...
SFX: SHIO SHIO
Bo-bobo: THE MOON IS DESTROYED! IT'S OVER, BE-BEBE!!
SFX: GOOOOO
Don Patch & Tennosuke: HE'S BREAKING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE LIKE THE TAKETORI PRINCESS---!!
(TN: "Taketori Princess", known here as "Taketori no Ohime" but also known as "Kaguya-hime", is the tragic heroine in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter". As explained prior, the princess was born in a bamboo stalk, where she was raised by an elderly couple before returning to her real home on the moon)
Bo-bobo: UOOOO, I CAN FINALLY TAKE YOU DOWN. WITH MY ANGRY HANAGE SHINKEN.............
SFX: OOOOOO

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Bo-bobo: TAKE THIS----HANAGE SHINKEN!!! BABYLON!!!!
Be-bebe: GUWAAA
Don Patch: THAT ISN'T RELATED TO NOSEHAIRS AT ALL--!!!
Tennosuke: WHATEVER IS ALREADY SOME PARADISE FEELING!!!
Tennosuke: ......Well, then, this situation, Be-bebe's.
SFX: Chaki
Zetsubou: YOU ARE BO-BOBO'S BIG BROTHER...
Don Patch, Tennosuke, Dengaku Man & Zetsubou: WE'RE PAYING YOU AS BIG BROTHER BACK FOR THE MANY INJUST FOLLY YOUR LITTLE BROTHER HAS DONE UNTIL NOW----!!!!
SFX: RATATATATATATA
Shanmeri & Denchuu: GUWAAA
Be-bebe: EEH!? HOW COULD YOU BETRAY ME!!
Bo-bobo: I KNEW BUT
Tennosuke: SINCE THE TRAINING FROM YOU AS BIG BROTHER WAS BAD, YOUR LITTLE BRO BECAME A SELFISH CHILD~~~HUH~~~
Dengaku Man: THAT'S WE WE'VE BEEN TERRIBLE~~~~
SFX: DROOL--
Be-bebe: WA! THEY'RE REALLY DROOLING!! FILTHY, STOP!!
Don Patch: YOU IDIOT---!! LIFT YOUR HAIR AND SHOW YOUR EYES WHEN YOU WANT US TO STOP!
SFX: GRAB
Be-bebe: GIVE UP, DUMMY

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Don Patch, Tennosuke & Dengaku Man: WE SAW WHAT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE SEEN OF BO-BOBO'S BIG BRO----!!!
Be-bebe: SUNEGE SHINKEN!!!!
SFX: SLASH
Don Patch, Tennosuke & Dengaku Man: GYAAAAAAAA
Be-bebe: GU...THOSE WHO SEE MY FACE WILL NOT LIVE. I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!

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Shanmeri: PLEASE CALM DOWN, BE-BEBE-SAMA!
Be-bebe: I'LL KILL YOU
Denchuu: THEY ONLY SAW YOUR FACE FOR A MOMENT NOW!! POSTINGLY
Tennosuke: REALLY, REALLY
Don Patch: WE DIDN'T SEE IT
Bo-bobo: FU...YOU HAVE TIME TO TALK TO THE IDIOTS, BIG BRO BE-BEBE.
Be-bebe: Ah?
Bo-bobo: I have the energy source for nosehairs like how leghairs absorb the power of the moon.
Be-bebe: WHAT! WHAT IS IT
Sign: DESPAIR ROOM: ONLY 100 YEN
Don Patch & Tennosuke: NOSEHAIR HAS AN ENERGY SOURCE DIFFERENT FROM THE MOON!? YES--
Bo-bobo: I'LL TELL YOU THE ENERGY SOURCE OF NOSEHAIR...IT IS...
Options (top to bottom): SUNSHINE / DEATH VALLEY / CYCLON / DARK ARROW / GALAXY / THUNDERBOLT / KAISER KNUCKLE
Bo-bobo: TAIYAKI!!
(TN: Of course, Taiyaki are usually with azuki beans (but could also have other things such as chocolate or even non-pastery fillings like okinomiyaki or gyoza filling) within a pancake in the shape of fish)
SFX: ZURARA
Bag: TAIYAKI
Don Patch & Tennosuke: THAT'S FOOD!!!!

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Be-bebe: YOU'RE CRAZY!! YOUR NOSEHAIR WILL BE INEFFECTIVE AGAINST LEGHAIR AGAIN!!! LEGHAIR!!!
"Leghair" coverer: TAIYAKI
Monk's Back: TAIYAKI MONK
Be-bebe: IT DIDN'T WORK!!! THAT WEIRD SOUND ERASED MY VOICE!!
Bo-bobo: WITH THAT: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: TAIYAKI TO THE FUTURE!!!!
SFX: ZUBA
Be-bebe: GUWAAAAAA
Bo-bobo: NOSEHAIR HAS WON OVER LEGHAIR---!!
Beauty: LEGHAIR~~
SFX: POP
Beauty: LEGHAIR.........TA...TAIYAKI...
Bo-bobo: BEAUTY, HEPPOKOMARU, HOLD ON......SOON YOU WILL BE FREED FROM BRAINWASHING. BY TAIYAKI.
SFX: DROOL...ZUZUZU

TN: This chapter really shows the importance of a good tsukkomi...and Don Patch & Tennosuke pretending to be Tsukkomi. A good tsukkomi isn't just behind weird reactions, they also react differently and appropriately to the weird reactions...as opposed to gag characters who sometimes repeating the same line over and over! Yeah, Don Patch & Tennosuke tried...but you could tell from the beginning they aren't meant for that. Outside that, I think the only other lessons learned from this chapter are simple enough: never look under Be-bebe's hair (yeah, I sort of get why he wants to kill them all now), you can simulate the moon in a weird way in a room in a tower (then again it was sundown when they were supposed to enter the castle so that actually could have been the moon they blew up)...and of course, Tokoroten has chestnuts in them. Remember the last one if you're ever hungry...then again, he's tokoroten so it's not like he's not already edible.