Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 193

His feet possess the ultimate offense and his body possesses the ultimate defense (yes, cat pajamas are that good). With this combination, Hydrate may be invincible to everyone...well, almost everyone!

Ougi 193: Ultimate Defense! Break Through the Nyan-Nyan Armor!!
(TN: “Kengai” is actually a combination of two kanji: “ken” is “tough” or “solid” and “gai” is “armor”, but that would be a bit repetitive so I made it broader)

103.
Narrator: Kancho-kun’s heart-and-soul attack!!!
SFX: POKE
Hydrate: GUBA!!!
Caption: MISSION COMPLETE
SFX: PLOP
Bo-bobo: PLATOON LEADER---!!
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: PLATOON LEADER—NINNINNININI—N!!!
Kanji: NIN (HIDDEN/NINJA)
Kancho: THE SINGING VOICE OF HIS SUBORDINATES AND THE SOUND OF INSECTS…BENEATH THE NIGHT OF COLD DAWN…THE PLATOON LEADER WHO HAD BLOOMED FOR THE ONE KANCHO OF HIS LIFE…GOODBYE, BUTT REVOLUTIONARY KANCHO-KUN.
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: PLATOON LEADER--!!!
Beauty: THAT’S A FLASHY WAY TO DIE EVERY TIME. WHAT A LOW JOKE…

104.
Hydrate: …HAA HAA…THAT WAS DANGEROUS. But, it can’t completely break through this “Nyan-Nyan Armor”.
(TN: Obviously “nyan” is “meow”, so it could be “Meow-Meow Armor”)
Heppokomaru: THAT OUTFIT IS THE LEGENDARY ARMOR THAT BOASTS THE ABOVE ALL STRONGEST DEFENSIVE POWER WHICH PROTECTED THE CAT SPIRIT GARUPI…NYAN-NYAN ARMOR!!
Beauty: HE KNEW!! THAT BATTLE OTAKU
SFX: TWITCH
Don Patch: THE NYAN-NYAN ARMOR!?
Tennosuke: OH NOW, FROM THAT TIME…
Don Patch & Tennosuke: THAT ARMOR!!!!
Don Patch: HEY, LET GO OF THIS, WOMAN!!
Tennosuke: WHAT! I SAW IT FIRST
Sign: SALE
Beauty: THAT’S THE LEGENDARY ARMOR? THOSE PAJAMAS WAS A SALE ITEM!!?

105.
Narrator: That night
SFX: WAO—N
Don Patch: ……
Don Patch: Isn’t this nice?
Don Patch: GOFU GOHO GOHO!!! CAN’T BREATHE…GAHA GOHO!!!
Don Patch: IT TRIED TO KILL ME!!!
SFX: FLING
Sign: Dump Site

106.
Hydrate: …………
SFX: GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO
Hydrate: And that’s how I encountered this armor…
Don Patch: THAT’S MY ARMOR I THREW OUT THAT TIME!
Beauty: THOSE PAJAMAS HAVE A GREAT DESTINY!!
Hydrate: WHOEVER WEARS THIS ARMOR IS KING!! DIE! ASHI NO URA SHINKEN OUGI: SCENT OF A KING!!!
SFX: SHUUUUU
Bo-bobo: GYAAAAAA, THE INTENSE SMELL OF A FOOTSOLE---!!
Tennosuke: MY SENSES~~~~
Caption: Foot Drama: ASHIKAGA TAKAUJI VS. ASHIBO: Episode 1: Pushing a Foot Pot Becomes Painful
(TN: “Ashikaga Takauji” was a Kamakura general who eventually became the first shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate during the 14th century. And of course, “Ashibo” is a reference to the “AIBO” robots created by Sony)
Beauty: HOLD ON, EVERYONE~~~!! YOU’RE SEEING A WEIRD ILLUSION----!!!
Bo-bobo: KU…THIS IS BAD. WITH THAT ARMOR, THAT ASHI NO URA SHINKEN IS NO JOKE.
Hatenko: WE WON’T IF THE STENCH INTENSIFIES WITH THOSE WHO GET NEAR HIM

107.
Hydrate: HA HA HA, THERE’S NO WAY YOU CAN ESCAPE FROM MY FOOTSOLES!!
Voice: Is that what you think?
Hydrate: WHAT!?
Voice: Your strongest armor has been ruined.
Hydrate: WHA, SOMETHING UNKNOWINGLY GOT WITHIN MY ARMOR!? WHAT IS IT!?
Heppokomaru: GREAT! IF IT’S INSIDE THE ARMOR, THEN IT’S PROTECTED FROM THE SMELL…WHO ON EARTH IS IT!?
Dengaku Man: IT’S ME~~~
SFX: POP
Dengaku Man: THEY’RE BLUNTLY DISSATISFIED---!!!!
SFX: GA—N

108.
Hydrate: Two minutes left: You’ll be clouded by the smell and all of you will die.
Dengaku Man: WHA!? HE’S BLUNTLY IGNORING ME TOO!!
SFX: BAM BAM BAM BAM
Bo-bobo: We’ve run out of options.
Dengaku Man: NO, ME, ME! I’M STILL LEFT, ME! SHALL I DO SOMETHING NOW?
Dengaku Man: GU! IF THAT’S HOW IT IS, THE ONLY WAY IS TO GET THAT FROM THE DENGAKU MAN PURSE!!
SFX: ZIP ZIP
Dengaku Man: DENGAKU MENKO~~~
(TN: Menko is a Japanese card game where you are given a collection of cards and slap them on the ground, trying to turn it over and collect them for your own pile. The winner is the one who collects the most cards by the end of the game. Though the name of the game, the cards are also given the same name of “menko”)
SFX: TE—TERE—TTE TERERERE—
Don Patch: OK, WE GET IT ALREADY, COME BACK.
Tennosuke: WE’RE SATISFIED
Dengaku Man: EEH!? WHAT’S THAT COLD—REACTION!!?
Dengaku Man: BUT TODAY YOU’LL BE FOND OF ME—TOO!
SFX: BA
Dengaku Man: NORA!
SFX: SLIP / WHAM
Dengaku Man: BU!!
Dengaku Man: GUOOOOOO
Beauty: ……

109.
Bo-bobo: IT’S SERIOUSLY BAD…I’VE SMELLED TOO MUCH OF THAT STENCH AND MY BODY’S BECOME SEVERE…
Caption: Lack of O2 (Oxygen)
SFX: SHUUUUU
Beauty: HE’S SEEING ANOTHER WEIRD ILLUSION!!!
Hydrate: HA HA HA HA, THIS IS THE LEVEL OF THE ULTIMATE HUMAN POWER AFTER ALL. IT WILL BE THE SAME FOR EVERY CREATURE! YOU CAN’T TALK OUT OF IT~~~
Dengaku Man: I’M STILL LEFT! DENGAKU MAN IS YOUR OPPONENT, DARK EMPEROR HYDRATE!!
SFX: FLING
Bo-bobo: UWA, HE’S DOING SOMETHING, THAT KID…
Dengaku Man: GO: DENGAKU ITEM NO. 1: DENGAKU MENKO!!!
Dengaku Man: The horn of my Dengaku Purse floats in the midst of battle. It’s function is to absorb the power of justice and change it into Dengaku power.
Dengaku Man: THIS POWER HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED SHARING IN YOUR FIGHTS SINCE THE OVER-BATTLE. NOW I’LL USE IT!!!
SFX: PIKA
Dengaku Man: DENGAKU PURSE POWER!!!
SFX: ZUGAGAGA
Everyone: UWAAAAA, WHAT---!!?
Don Patch: NYAWACCHI (ESCAPE)
(TN: Don Patch’s “nyawatchi” is a cat version of “shuwatchi”, the “flying sound” of Ultraman)

110.
Dengaku Man: SUPER NORA-NORA-DENGAKU BIG MENKO COMPLETE!!!!
SFX: BAN
Torpedo Girl: GYORA?
Hatenko: Isn’t this interesting?
Zetsubou: DESPAIRING PREMONITION………
Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THIS!?
Beauty: WAA! WHAT IS THIS!? WE’VE BECOME MENKO!?
Softon: A MYSTERIOUS TECHNIQUE
Top Cards (Right to Left): TORPEDO GIRL / HATENKO / ZETSUBOU / BO-BOBO / HANPEN
Bottom Cards (Right to Left): HEPPOKOMARU / HALEKULANI / SOFTON / BEAUTY
Hydrate: WHAT!?
Dengaku Man: Now they don’t have to worry about the smell.
SFX: BARARARA
Don Patch: FUU
Tennosuke: WAA!!
Don Patch: HEY, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!! YOU WERE GOING TO PUT ME INTO A MENKO!! IS THIS A SCHEME TO GET THE ONE MASCOT POSITION!! YOU TRYING TO TAKE IT OVER BEING TOO CUTE?
SFX: SHAAAAKE
Dengaku Man: NO…

111.
Dengaku Man: These Dengaku Menko has a one-minute limit. The power of those within the Menko can be drawn out and loan us power. Now, this power is from “Dengaku Power” accumulated until now and it’s unknown how to invoke their attacks.
Don Patch & Tennosuke: YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY MENKO?
SFX: SLAP
Dengaku Man: LEAVE THIS TO ME!! LISTEN, I WAS CALLED THE MENKO BANCHOU BACK IN HAKATA!!
(TN: Hakata refers to the district in the city of Fukuoka at the Northern end of Kyuushu)
SFX: DON
Don Patch & Tennosuke: DENGAKU DON!!
Dengaku Man: DENGAKU SETUP. I’LL TURN THEM ALL OVER ALL AT ONCE.
Don Patch: YOU SHOULD THROW IT NORMALLY!!
Dengaku Man: LET’S GO!! HAKATA’S “DENGAKU BANCHOU THUNDERSHOT”!!! THERE---!!!
SFX; ZUGYAAAA
SFX: THUD
Dengaku Man: HAU!!
Caption: 0 CARDS
Don Patch: DENGAKU DO-----N!!!!
SFX: RIP
Dengaku Man: GYAAAA, MY DENGAKU MAN PURSE---!!!

112.
Tennosuke: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LORD?
SFX: GYUUUU / FLIP
Beauty: HEY…THIS ISN’T A TIME TO JOKE AROUND!!
Dengaku Man: IT MADE UP! I TURNED OVER THE BEAUTY MENKO
Dengaku Man: SO LOAN ME BEAUTY’S DENGAKU POWER
SFX: CRACKLE
Beauty: KYA
Dengaku Man: DENGAKU MENKO OUGI: BEAUTY HAIR-COMB UP ATTACK!!! LAA LAA
SFX: ZUGAGAGAGAGAGA
Hydrate: GUOOO
Beauty: REALLY!? THIS UNPLEASANT TECHNIQUE IS CALMLY RELEASE FROM ME!! DENGAKU POWER IS DREADFUL!!!
Hydrate: I IDIOT…EVEN MY ULTIMATE ARMOR, THE NYAN-NYAN ARMOR, CAN’T HOLD UP TO IT…WHAT IS THIS ATTACK POWER!!
SFX: RIIP
Beauty: I’m not happy…
Bo-bobo: THIS OUGI IS GREAT!! NOW’S OUR CHANCE TO DEFEAT HYDRATE! I’M HERE!! TURN OVER MY MENKO---!!!
SFX: GOOOOO

113.
Don Patch & Tennosuke: SAFE-SEAL SWORDS OF LIGHT!!!
(TN: This is a literal translation of of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” card “Hikari no Gofuuken”, known in the US as “Swords of Revealing Light”)
SFX: STAB STAB
Bo-bobo: GUGYAAAAAAA
Tennosuke: WE’RE MENKOISTS.
Don Patch: With that, Bo-bobo’s been sealed from moving for three turns. You won’t appear this week.
(TN: Obvious YGO reference with Don Patch/Yugi & Tennosuke/Kaiba, of course, they got the card right too: any card hit by it is prevented from moving for three turns)
SFX: DON
Beauty: MENKOISTS!!?
Don Patch: AND SO THIS MENKO BATTLE IS CONTROLLED BY ME!! GO, WOBBLE BODY DRAGON!!
(TN: “Wobble” is actually the Japanese “purun”, but it really didn’t work as well)
SFX: SLAM
Tennosuke: GOFU
SFX: BAN
Hatenko: OYABI—N!!! (Good to get me)
Don Patch: YES! I’VE GOT HATENKO!!
Hatenko: OYABI—N!!
SFX: BON
Caption: HATENKO INVOKED BY DENGAKU POWER!!!
Hatenko: OYABIN! I’VE BOUGHT YOU A KANGAROO BALL-POINT PEN THAT OYABIN WANTED EARLIER. PLEASE TAKE IT!!
Don Patch: EH? FOR ME?
Don Patch: I REALLY LOVE KANGAROOS, THEY’RE SO CUTE! THANK YOU, HATENKO, YOU’RE IMPORTANT!
SFX: BA
Box: From Hatenko to Oyabin

114.
Don Patch: !!
Don Patch & Hatenko: SUPER CUTE-E~~~
(TN: The pun works better in Japanese considering that “Kawaii” has the English letter “E” replace “ii”, making it “Chou-Kawa-E” instead of “Chou Kawaii”. I thought of either making it Super Cut-e, but the “E” in “cutey” made it work better)
SFX: BOING
Hydrate: GUWAAAA
Beauty: REALLY~~~!? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY EERIE! ARE THEY KANGAROO!? AND WHAT IS THIS ATTACK!!?
Hydrate: THOSE IDIOTS ARE MAKING MY NYAN-NYAN ARMOR…………
SFX: BIRIRI
Hydrate: GUOOOO…
SFX: BIRIRIRI

115.
Hydrate: BUHA
SFX: BIRIRIRI
“Bra”: RAISE
Loincloth: Aburaage Light Salt
(TN: Aburaage is a tofu dish made by slicing it then deep frying it at higher and higher temperatures. It is usually used in soups or udon)
Beauty: IS HE REALLY THE DARK-SERIES BOSS CHARACTER~!!!?
Hydrate: YOU’RE THE GREATEST TRASH~~~HOW COULD YOU CORNER ME TO HERE~~~
Tennosuke: OSSHA—I’LL GO AND END THIS!!
SFX: FLIP
SFX: BAN
Card: APPLE CORP
Tennosuke: HUH, WHAT’S THAT!? WEIRD PEOPLE APPEARED!!!

116.
Apple Corp: APPLE APPLE APPLE APPLE APPLE APPLE APPLE
Tennosuke: FUGOFUGOFUGOGO………
Hydrate: THIS IS RIDICULOUS!! THIS SIDESHOW IS OVER. I’LL FINALLY USE MY FEET TO KILL YOU--!!!
Dengaku Man: OH NO! IT’S ALREADY BEEN A MINUTE.
SFX: BOBOBON
Beauty: AH! EVERYONE’S RETURNING TO NORMAL!! WHAT DANGEROUS TIMING……
Don Patch: WAAAAA
SFX: GOOOOO
Bo-bobo: BUT STILL!! WE STILL HAVE A CARD
Bo-bobo: THIS IS THE LAST!!!
SFX: WHAM
Don Patch: BU
Beauty: TH…THIS IS!?
Card: PLATOON LEADER KANCHO-KUN
Caption: KANCHO-KUN INVOKED BY DENGAKU POWER!!!
SFX: BAN

117.
Hydrate: THAT GUY SHOULD HAVE SCATTERED ONCE! HOW…WHERE?...
Kancho: TURN AROUND, HE’S HERE…
SFX: PIPIPIPIPIPI
Hydrate: !!
Kancho: I ENFORCE YOU ON THE WAY OF KANCHO
SFX: BABABABABABA
Kancho: GO TO HEAVEN!!!!
SFX: STAB
Hydrate: GUGYAAAAAAA

TN: Well how about that!? Dengaku Man possessed the key to getting through Hydrate's armor...who'd of thunk it!? Personally, seeing the little guy get something amazing like this after being scorned, bullied and being a general ignored mascot for most of the series just puts a smile on my face. Though you do have to wonder: considering Tennosuke essentially wasn't affected by Dengaku Power...and yet he (and Don Patch) were affected by Ashi no Ura Shinken...nah, I think somehow he became immune once he was given Dengaku Man's power so maybe it's not anything in particular to think about. (outside his encounter with the apple people...the apple people should not be messed with) Heck, you could consider the shock of even Beauty assisting in this fight: remember it was that hair-flip attack that started the offensive attack so...well OK, Beauty is embarrased but it was still her and Dengaku Man working together! Of course...the more you see Hydrate, the more disturbed he gets with his choice in clothing...why couldn't he just fight in the outfit he first appeared in?