Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 198

Just when it seemed smooth sailing into Hair Kingdom, Bo-bobo and his team are stopped at the border by a bizarre squadron of warriors forcing the customs of their tyrannical leaders! Will Bo-bobo and his teammates be able to break their way through to the other side?

Volume 19: Bububu-bu Bu-bubu
Ougi 198: Bi-bibi Sentai * Takoyaki Battle!
(TN: “Sentai”, also known as “squadrons” or “soldiers”, is a term usually used for a squadron team, particularly in a series of live-action television shows of heroes in colorful costumes save the world, more known in the United States as “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers”. Since it’s a recognized Japanese term, I decided to keep that as is. And of course, “takoyaki” are “octopus balls”)

7.
Narrator: --Summary—In order to enter the Hair Kingdom, Bo-bobo’s team is undertaking a 5-on-5 battle against the Bi-bibi Dokkyun Suicide Corp.
Hatenko: They’re bodyguards directly controlled by Bi-bibi. They’re easily shrimps…what then is their true ability…?
Heppokomaru: HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE, BO-BOBO-SAN!?

8.
Don Patch: INJECTING FIGHTING SPIRIT~~INJECTING FIGHTING SPIRIT~~
SFX: POUR…
Pot: FIGHTING SPIRIT
Bo-bobo’s SFX: BO—
Heppokomaru: WA!! WHAT IS HE!!?
Heppokomaru: IS THIS INJECTING FIGHTING SPIRIT!!? IS HE ACCUMULATING HIS SPIRIT…?
SFX: KUWA
SFX: BOIN~~G
SFX: SLAM
Bo-bobo: HEY! I’VE GATHERED IT, I’VE GATHERED IT, I’VE GATHERED IT, YO! FIGHTING SPIRIT, FIGHTING SPIRIT, GATHERED UP, YO---! MY OWN FIGHTING SPIRIT IS GATHERED UP, YO!
SFX: DADADABABBABAZUDADADA
Heppokomaru: THAT’S ANNOYING--!! HE STARTED A WEIRD DANCE---!!

9.
Bo-bobo: I WHO HAVE GATHERED MY FIGHTING SPIRIT AM---
SFX: WHIRRL
Bo-bobo: A SUNDAY CARPENTRY SET
SFX: POP
Heppokomaru: I DON’T GET HIS REASON!!
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: GATHER, CARPENTRY POWER--!!
SFX: GOOO
Invi: KYAHAHAHA, THEY’VE GATHERED WEIRD SPIRIT.
Heppkomaru: THEY’RE SUPER-ACCEPTING—UNBELIEVABLE—
Pigmuck: IT’S REALLY IT’S REALLY UNKNOWN MEANING-PERO, YO---!
Heppokomaru: !?
Tennosuke: NOW, EVERYONE, IT’S LUNCHTIME NOW---! EAT FOR LUCK!
Caption: 10 TOKOROTEN
Heppokomaru: HIS TIMING IS TO BE THE ULTIMATE CONVENIENCE SELLER--!!
Heppokomaru: KU…TENNOSUKE REALLY CAN’T DO THIS. SO THEN, LET’S GO, HATENKO

10.
Sash: BEGINNER SEATBELT
Hatenko: CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP
Heppokomaru: WE CAN’T HIDE OUR UNEASY APPEARANCE WITH THIS BATTLE----!!!
Bo-bobo: Well, we’ve gathered our power, are we resolved to do this?
SFX: CRICK CRICK
Deus: You all still don’t know the terror of this stage.
Tennosuke: EAT ME, DARLING
Pigmuck: WE HAVE OHAGI TOO!
(TN: “Ohagi” is a treat made with sweet rice and azuki bean paste of a certain texture (of another texture it is a similar treat known as “botamochi”)

11.
Pigmuck: AFU AFU
Deus: EAT THIS!!!
SFX: WHAM
Tennosuke & Pigmuck: GUHAA!!!
Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, IT WON’T STOP—WE’RE FALLING—
Pigmuck: WAAAA
SFX; GAAAAA
SFX: TURN
Tennosuke: HUH? WE DIDN’T FALL. WE’RE CLINGING TO THE WALL! BIZARRE!!
Deus: There is no way to fall off the surface of this “SAI” stage since it has has a gravity ball installed in the center. Every one of all six faces is available as a battlefield.
Pigmuck: AN OPENING!! OUGI: O – HAGI SHOOT!!!
(TN: A bit of a pun with the attack: besides the treat of “ohagi”, this was separated into “o – hagi” with “hagi” also standing for “leg”)
SFX: BAM BAM BAM
Tennosuke: BUBA, YOU’RE A TRAITOR, OHAGI BOY!!
Deus: And those who fall into the cavities of the SAI………

12.
Everyone: Smirk
SFX: GOOSH…
Tennosuke: WHAT? WHAT?
Deus: …BECOME A SPECIAL BI-BIBI CORP TAKOYAKI.
SFX: BAN
Takoyaki: BI-BIBI LOVE
Tennosuke: GUBA!!
Pigmuck: IN TRUTH THIS STAGE IS A MASSIVE TAKOYAKI GRILL-PERO—
Bo-bobo: THAT’S…!! TENNOSUKE’S DONE IT WHILE BEING STINGY WITH IT!! (I don’t believe it!)
Don Patch: HAVE WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS ONCE UNTIL NOW!?
Heppokomaru: WE HAVE EVERY TIME
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: !?
Heppokomaru: NO, IT ISN’T A “!?”…
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: !!?
Deus: THIS BATTLE IS A LESSON TO THOSE WHO DEFY US. KNOW OF THE TERROR OF OUR BI-BIBI SUICIDE CORP!!
SFX: DON
Heppokomaru: WE ABSOLUTELY WILL GET INTO THE HAIR KINGDOM!! UM, WHA!?
SFX: DON
Don Patch: AHAHA

13.
Heppokomaru: WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING!!
Bo-bobo: O—K O—K
Don Patch: I’VE FALLEN IN IMMEDIATELY--!!
Hatenko: Oyabi—n
Invi: FIRST ONE! WATCH OUR INFINITE ENERGY GIVEN TO US BY BI-BIBI-SAMA! SENTAI SHINKEN
SFX: BA
Invi: OUGI: PINK RIBBON ENERGY---!
SFX: PIRON
SFX: GOOOO
Hatenko: OYABI—N! EAT THE TAKOYAKI QUICKLY TO ESCAPE……
Don Patch: UOO
Don Patch: IT’S MORE THAN I CAN EAT
Don Patch: GYAAA
SFX: BO—OM
Hatenko: OYABI---N!!
Caption: TAKOYAKI-GROUP PATCHKIN-STYLE
SFX: SHUUUUU
Beauty: WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO BE!?

14.
Bo-bobo: How’s that, Heppokomaru? Since we’re in a multiple battle, we’ll go from who appears to be the weakest…
Garuhei: I’LL GO—
Heppokomaru: Understood.
Bo-bobo: IT’S ABOUT YOUUUUU--!!!
Garuhei: GYAAAAA, HE’S KILLING ME--! AFLAC! AFLAC!!
(TN: Garuhei is sort of invoking the infamous “AFLAC Duck”, but he actually screams out “AFDUCK”, which is a nickname for the mascot)
Bo-bobo: TAKE THIS! HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: CORMORANT TRAINING HELL!!!
(TN: There are certain societies, particularly in China and Japan, who use cormorant’s unique ability to gulp fish and hold it in their throat, that train these birds as a means to fish and gather their own catch for the day. The practice is known in Japanese as “ukai”, which I merely just translated as “cormorant fishing”)
SFX: LASH LASH LASH
Garuhei: GYAAAA, I’M NOT A CORMORANT!! I’M A DUCK—
Garuhei: KU…IN THIS CASE…
SFX: SPLA—SH
Bo-bobo: !!
Garuhei: I’VE CAUGHT A FISH------!!
Bo-bobo: No, usually that’s unforgivable but
Garuhei: DEMON—DEVIL!!
SFX: LASH LASH LASH
Deus: He used Hanage Shinken now………

15.
Deus: Hanage Shinken is one of the five great Hair Shinken rooted in the Hair Kingdom…however, I’ve heard it was stopped twenty years ago…Is he an exception? Or a bluff!! Worthless.
Pigmuck: Of course…we shouldn’t notice him-pero. The one we should watch for is……
Pigmuck: THE ONE NAMED DODODO-DO DO-DODO!! HE’S PROBABLY A RELATIVE OF BI-BIBI-SAMA-PERO………
SFX: BAN
Beauty: THE ENEMY’S STILL BEING DECIEVED--!!!
Don Patch: Hey, look Heppokomaru…I see Bibibi-bi Bi-bibi. (Let’s stir him up)
SFX: GOGOGOGO
Heppokomaru: HERE TOO, HE STILL THINKS THAT UNKEMPT GUY IS BI-BIBI----!
Pigmuck: This battle will certainly move the history of hair…
Don Patch: If I win, I’ll eat right into the five siblings…
SFX: GOGOGO
Caption: MISUNDERSTOOD DO-DODO VS. MISUNDERSTOOD BI-BIBI
Beauty: Neither is right.
Don Patch: JANKEN PYON!!
Pigmuck: JANKEN PYON!!
(TN: “Janken Pon” is usually screamed out whenever Japanese people play “Janken” or “Rock/Paper/Scissors”)
SFX: BA / BA
Beauty: AND YET IT’S JANKEN!!! (With Pyon)

16.
Bo-bobo: ANNOYING---!!!
SFX: WHAM / BECHA
Don Patch & Pigmuck: GYAAA
Beauty: I don’t know at all which of them won………what are Softon and Torpedo Girl doing now………
Narrator: Inside the train
Softon: GUGU…
SFX: SHUUU…
Torpedo Girl: Gyora!?
Softon: THE BABYLON POWER WITHIN ME IS REACTING WITHIN THIS HAIR KINGDOM COUNTRY……THIS IS BAD…THE BABYLON SEAL IS LOOSENING…
Softon: KU, THIS FORM…THIS ISN’T THE SITUATION TO SHOW IT TO BEAUTY.
Torpedo Girl: SOFTON-SAMA, LOOK. A SHACHIHOKO HAPPINESS MARK!
SFX: GLEA—M
Narrator: On the other hand at that moment
Beauty: WHA---!!? THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN WHEN WE WEREN’T LOOKING!!

17.
Deus: WHEN OUR SENTAI SHINKEN IS FUSED, OUR TRUE POWER CAN BE UTILIZED. BI-BIBI SUICIDE CORP, STAND-BY GO!!
Deus: RED GUNMASTER
Garuhei: GREEN DUCK-POT COVER
Daraiaso: BLUE SWORD DINOSAUR!
Invi: PINK RIBBON ENERGY---!
SFX: JAKI
Suicide Corp: ROAR! SENTAI SHINKEN GATTAI OUGI: DOKKYUN FOUR-COLORED BLAST-WAVE!!!
(TN: “Gattai” = “Fusion”)
SFX: BOSHU / DA
Tennosuke: EH? EH? I’M GOING TO TAKE IT ALONE--!!!
Tennosuke: BUT, THE ME OF TODAY HAS THOUGHT OF MY USUAL THING
SFX: POP
Suicide Corp: WHAT!?
Tennosuke: HERE, MY IRON-WALL PROTECTION—
Tennosuke: NU HANDKERCHIEF GUARD TIMES ONE THOUSAND
Beauty: A THOUSAND!!?

18.
SFX: BO—OM
Tennosuke: GUGYAAAAAA!!!
Tennosuke: EV…EVEN A THOUSAND…DIDN’T…WORK…GUHU
Beauty: It didn’t.
Bo-bobo: YOU—HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO TENNOSUKE---!!!
Don Patch: SO THEN WE TOO WILL GET OUR REVENGE BECOMING A COLORFUL SENTAI TOO--!!!
Bo-bobo: I’M GRAYMAN, THE RESULT OF THINKING OF A PRETTY COLOR, YET OVERMIXING MANY OTHER COLORS!!
SFX: ZA
Don Patch: AND I’M BROWNMAN, HARDENING FROM OVER TWO DAYS OF NEGLECT!!
Heppokomaru: NOT THOSE TWO COLORS!!
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: COLORFUL OUGI: WE TWO COLORS ENTER THE RAINBOW TYPHOON!!
SFX: ZUGAGAGAGA
Everyone: GUWAAA KYAAA
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: GOING IN—GOING IN—
Deus: YOU’RE GOING IN!! (Filthy)
SFX: STOMP
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: GYAA
Beauty: YOU TWO---!!!

19.
Deus: HA HA HA…DO YOU KNOW YOUR PLACE, GENTLEMEN? THOSE LIKE YOU HAVE NO WAY THEY CAN WIN AGAINST PEOPLE OF THE HAIR KINGDOM
Bo-bobo: 1-HAIR, 2-HAIR, 3-HAIR~~4-HAIR, 7-HAIR, 8-HAIR
Bo-bobo: LET’S DO THE HAIR HAIR HAIR DANCE~~~
SFX: BATSU
Deus: !!
Bo-bobo: HERE COMES KE KE KE NO KETAROU—WAN WAN
Bo-bobo: WONDERFUL DAYS YOKOZUNA~~~~
SFX: SHUDDER SHUDDER
Deus: TH…TH…
Deus: THAT SONG…IS THAT THE “HAIR REQUIEM”---!!?
Bo-bobo: RURURURU~~~PLEASE BE FI~~~RM
Sentai: THOSE LYRICS ARE CERTAIN!!
Deus: ID…IDIOT…WHY DOES HE KNOW THE HAIR REQUIEM!?

20.
Deus: THE HAIR REQUIEM IS A PRAISE OF HAIR SOUL THAT IS MASTERED WITH A HAIR SHINKEN AND CAN ONLY BE SUNG BY THE FIVE HAIR SIBLINGS SUCH AS BA-BABA-SAMA AND BI-BIBI-SAMA…EVEN IF IT WAS MISTAKEN, THAT ORDINARY PERSON IS…MUCH LESS IT SHOULDN’T BE SUNG BY A PERSON FROM OUTSIDE THE HAIR KINGDOM!!!
Bo-bobo: WHAT’S LEFT TO EAT IS THE HAGO TOO~~
SFX: SLAP
Pigmuck: HI
Bo-bobo: THE CANDY IN MY THROAT IS TOO HOT
Deus: …IF HE’S DOING IT, WHAT IS HE? HE CAN USE HANAGE SHINKEN……IS HE REALLY ONE OF THE FIVE HAIR SIBLINGS…
Bo-bobo: TAKE IT OUT, DRAG OUT THE HAIR—IT’S COMPLETELY PROOF THAT THE HAIR IS SMALL AND WEAK—USE SOME RINSE—BAKA SURVIVOR—THE WINNER’S HERE HERE, BAKA SURVIVOR—BABY--!
(TN: Yeah, Bo-bobo really did switch from his mysterious “proving song” to the second Opening Theme of the Bo-bobo anime: “Baka Survivor” by Ulfuls)
Beauty: NO, MIDWAY HE OBVIOUSLY SWITCHED TO BAKA SURVIVOR!
Deus: UNBELIEVABLE!! THAT’S WHAT THIS IS!! HE HAS YET TO SHOW CLEAR PROOF THAT HE IS OF THE FIVE HAIR SIBLINGS!!
SFX: SLIP

21.
Bo-bobo: THE CREST OF NOSEHAIR!!!
Tatoo: DRINK UP
SFX: BAN
Beauty: THAT LOOKS LIKE SCRIBBLE, BUT IT’S A CREST!? (And yet it’s nothing to do with nosehair--!!)
Sentai: THAT SETTLES IT! THAT MAN IS THE SUCCESSOR TO HANAGE SHINKEN WHO WAS MISSING FOR TWENTY YEARS: BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO-SAMA!!
Far-Right Man: AIKO
Far-Left Man: YAIFU
Deus: THAT’S…WE’VE BEEN FACING BI-BIBI’S LITTLE BROTHER…
Hatenko: You should have realized that—dummy.
Bo-bobo: KYA, PERVERT!
SFX: BA
Don Patch: KE
Caption: TO BE CONTINUED

TN: Well Sawai did it to me again: he made up a bizarre song I thought was real and made me waste all my time to find what it was. You need to wonder why such a song would be considered a custom...but hey, I only translate it. Meanwhile, I really like the weird running gag about Don Patch and Pigmuck going at each other with the other thinking that their opponent is the leader/most powerful one of the group. Yeah...they're both idiots, that's obvious. (Invi isn't that smart either but she's cute so we'll let it pass) Not too much more to say here except...the sentai/suicide corp are really going to get it for not letting Bo-bobo in sooner!