Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 200

They've finally won passage into the Hair Kingdom, but what will Bo-bobo and the others find when they get there? And, while we know of Bo-bobo (good), Ba-baba (evil), Bi-bibi (evil) and Be-bebe (jury still out)...isn't there supposed to be one more Hair Sibling...and who knows what they're like!

Ougi 200: Bububu-bu Bu-bubu

39.
Softon: HAA…HAA…
Softon: Gu…somethings holding me down but, again, I don’t know how long it will take for the Babylon Seal to be removed…
SFX: GOGOGOGOGOGOGO

40.
Narrator: ~Summary~: Bo-bobo’s team, who had become kaijin to defeat the Bi-bibi Sentai Corp, have started an evil organization in order to invade Earth!
Beauty: WE DIDN’T START THAT!!! (I’M IN IT TOO)
Deus: FU…AS EXPECTED OF BO-BOBO, THE YOUNGEST OF THE FIVE HAIR SIBLINGS……WE’RE COMPLETELY DEFEATED. NOW…PLEASE ENTER INTO THE HAIR KINGDOM.
Bo-bobo: SHUT UP-----YOU OHAGI MINISTER---!!!
SFX: WHAM
Deus: BU!!
Beauty: KYAAAA, WHAT!?
Pigmuck: THAT WAS A GOOD FIGHT, DO-DODO-SAN…
Don Patch: YES…
Tennosuke: GREAT STORY
Beauty: WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING!?
Bo-bobo: OFF, OFF! WE’RE BREAKING INTO THE HAIR KINGDOM!!
SFX: WHAM BAM
Don Patch, Tennosuke & Pigmuck: GYAAAAAA!!!

41.
SFX: GOOOO
Bo-bobo: LET’S GO—
Don Patch: WE’VE WAITED, TAGA
Tennosuke: HERE WE COME, YUUJI
SFX: DADADADA
Bo-bobo: NOW, LOOK
Don Patch & Tennosuke: !!
Heppokomaru: AMAZIN---!!! WHAT IS THIS!? WHAT’S HAPPENED!?
Beauty: No…this is the first time I’ve seen a super-civilization. That country does exist………
Tennosuke: THIS CEREMONIAL RAISING IS A SUITABLE PLACE
Softon: THIS IS WHAT’S CALLED “PRESENT SCENERY”!
Beauty: ……But this country is, for Bo-bobo, a return to his homeland after 20 years…

42.
Bo-bobo: GYAHAHA~~DESTROY. DESTROY THIS TOWN!! DESTROY IT~~!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: DESTROY DESTROY DESTROY----!!!
SFX: PI—ZAP ZAP
Beauty: KYAAAA, WHY ARE THEY GOING AROUND DESTROYING IT---!!!
Beauty: HOLD ON, THIS HERE IS YOUR HOME! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!
Bo-bobo: But this Hair Kingdom has completely changed from when I lived here.
SFX: PICK PICK
Don Patch: THEY’LL FORGIVE ME IF I THROW CANDY!!!
SFX: THROW
Beauty: THAT’S NOT FORGIVEN AT ALL!!!
Hatenko: Bo-bobo…I’ve been ordered by “that person” to bring you back…
Bo-bobo & Beauty: “That person”?
Torpedo Girl: WHO DID YOU BRING WITH, YOU DECOY-BOY!!
SFX: WHAM
Hatenko: GOBA
Beauty: HATENKO-SA-N!!
Voice: ENTER “THAT PERSON”----!!!
SFX: BO—OM
Beauty: WA! SOMEONE HAS LANDED ON THE GROUND!!!

43.
Don Patch: IT’S—ME
Voice: Aren’t you late, Hatenko?
Don Patch: GYAAAA
Bo-bobo: ……YOU……YOU’RE…………
Bo-bobo: BIG SIS BUBUBU-BU BU-BUBU!!!!
Bu-bubu: CIAO
Caption: BUBUBU-BU BU-BUBU
Beauty: IT’S DENBO----!!
Heppokomaru: THAT BIG SIS BU-BUBU IS LIKE DENBO---!!!
Dengaku Man: GAGAGAGA……GASP------!!!! IYAAAAAA

44.
Dengaku Man: THAT SUPERIOR WOMAN, SHE’S OUT OF BOUNDS HERE!! COURT! WE’LL CLEARLY DETERMINE BLACK AND WHITE IN COURT!
Caption: PLAINTIFF
Beauty: HEY…CALM DOWN, DEN-CHAN
Dengaku Man: STOP IT, BEAUTY! YOU’RE ONE WHO’S EXISTANCE I VALUE…
Don Patch: GOOD—BYE—
Tennosuke: THANK YOU
SFX: BAN
Dengaku Man: HEY!!
Hatenko: Bu-bubu, it’s good you’re safe…
Bu-bubu: Hatenko………
SFX: SMIRK
Bu-bubu: YOU! YOU’VE COME BACK BUT YOU’RE TOO SLOW----!!!
SFX: WHAM
Beauty: SHE HAS NUNCHUCKS----!!!
Bu-bubu: UNTIL TODAY, I’VE HAD TO HIDE MYSELF UNDER THE EARTH ALONE TO ESCAPE BECAUSE OF THE DEMONIC HAND OF BA-BABA AND BI-BIBI. IT WAS PAINFUL
Heppokomaru: AN ANT NEST!!?
Bu-bubu: There were many terrors within the ant society…(flashback) Um, is next door fine?
Ant: It’s fine.
Beauty: THE ANT SOCIETY!!? THAT EXISTS
Bu-bubu: But, that too was through today. Because Hatenko has brought me my cute little brother. I knew from a glance………

45.
Bu-bubu: WELCOME HOME, BO-BOBO
SFX: GRAB
Beauty & Heppokomaru: FLIGHTY—THAT GIRL, HER PROMISE LEVEL WAS 120%--!!!!
Beauty: Um…Bo-bobo is there but…
Bu-bubu: Eh?
Bu-bubu: AH, IT’S TRUE. You’ve become strong over the 20 years that I haven’t seen you……………
Bo-bobo: MY BIG SIS REALLY HASN’T NOTICED.
SFX: BAN
Beauty: IT’S NOT THAT SHE DIDN’T NOTICE IT---!!! YOU’VE BECOME TOO STRONG!! YOU’RE NOT HOW YOU WERE BEFORE!!!
Bo-bobo: AH—AH--!!
SFX: BO—OM
Bu-bubu: I EXPECTED THAT FROM LITTLE BRO
Beauty: AAH!! HE’S DESTROYING THE TOWN AGAIN!! HE REALLY HATES THIS TOWN!?
Bu-bubu: It’s dangerous further ahead from here. I’ll give you the details above on my scooter…The other weaklings can come too.
Heppokomaru & Tennouske: OTHER WEAKLINGS!!?
Don Patch: WHAT ARE YOU

46.
Don Patch: YOU, DON’T MISUNDERSTAND ME—EVEN IF THE “KASU” IS WEAK, IT COULD BE KASUTERA!!
(TN: This is a bizarre language joke: in Japanese, Bu-bubu called them “Kasu”, which is referring to “Kasuka” or “weak”. But when Don Patch tries to explain himself, he changes the “Kasu” from “weak” to “Kasutera”, also known as “castella”, which is a sponge cake notable in Nagasaki from their interaction with the Portugese from the 16th century, which is where the word comes from)
SFX: GRAB
Bu-bubu: I…I’M SORRY. He’s dreamy…does he like candy?
SFX: BLUSH
Beauty: LOVE? NOW? YOU’RE KIDDING!!
Bu-bubu: WELL, MY SCOOTER IS HERE, PLEASE GET ON!
SFX: GOOOOO / WHAM
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAA
Beauty: YOU HIT YOUR BROTHER!!
Bu-bubu: So let’s go.
SFX: GOOOOO / SPRINKLE
Beauty: Eh…candy? What are you doing?
Bu-bubu: This candy is forgiveness for the road that I destroyed earlier…
Beauty: YOU DID!?
Bu-bubu: I didn’t, I felt like it.
Beauty: !?
Beauty & Heppokomaru: WE EXPECTED THIS FROM BO-BOBO’S SISTER…WE HAVEN’T UNDERSTOOD A THING THEY WERE THINKING SINCE EARLIER—
Bo-bobo: SO, WE’LL COVER IT IN NATTOU—
SFX: GLORP
Don Patch: THIS FEELS GOOD—
SFX: ROLL ROLL
Beauty: HEY? WHAT!? THOSE TWO ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND!!

47.
Beauty: Bu-bubu, where are we going?
Bu-bubu: I hate being called that…
Bu-bubu: CALL ME DENBO-CHAN!
Dengaku Man: THAT SUPERIOR WOMAN. THE LAW WILL JUDGE YOU!!!
Bo-bobo: WELL ISN’T IT FINE?
Sign: Presiding Judge
Dengaku Man: UWAAAAAAAAA
Heppokomaru: While we’re at it, what is with the technological power in this country…(This scooter even flies)
Beauty: Everything I see here is only the first time I’ve seen them.
Softon: I’ve just laid eyes on this civilization, yet it’s ahead roughly 500 years.
Bu-bubu: The technology of this country was entirely proposed and developed by big brother Bibibi-bi Bi-bibi alone. The civilization of this country is already a thousand years ahead.
Don Patch & Tennosuke: A MILLENNIUM!!?
(TN: Obviously, the reference to Yu-Gi-Oh! is tied to the “Millennium” comment due to the “Millennium Items” of this series, note “Yugi” and “Kaiba”)
Beauty: THIS…HE HAS THE MIND TO PREDICT A THOUSAND YEARS AHEAD!? WOULDN’T THIS MAKE HIM DANGEROUS, THIS BIBIBI-BI BI-BIBI
Bo-bobo: NO RELATION----!! TURNING MY HOME INTO THIS FORM IS…UNFORGIVABLE!! I’VE DECIDED TO KILL BIBIBI-BI BI-BIBI!!!
Beauty: YOU’LL KILL HIM!? HE’S YOUR BROTHER

48.
Don Patch: I CAN’T BEAR THIS ANYMORE!! I’M GOING, TO KILL HIM!
Tennosuke: ME TOO!
SFX: GOO GOO
Beauty: EEH? WHERE ARE YOU GOING!?
Bo-bobo: BIG SIS!! ISN’T IT REGRETTABLE WHAT’S HAPPEN TO OUR HOME!! IT’S REALLY URGENT THAT WE KILL HIM!!
SFX: GOOOO
Bu-bubu: You can’t, the security system of this county is perfect. Currently, we can’t go in yet.
Bu-bubu: THE TWO OF THEM ARE IN THE “ADERAS ZONE” IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY! IT’S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE TO ENTER THERE IN THE PROTECTED HAIR CORE. THERE IS ONE WAY FOR US TO ENTER THERE…THERE ARE “4 HAIR TOWERS” IN THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST OF THE HAIR COUNTRY. WE’LL TURN ALL THE KEY SWITCHES OFF, RELEASING THE LOCK OF THE ADERAS ZONE
(TN: Somehow I think this is probably a fusion of “Aderans”, the hair-growth company, as well as “Atlas”, leading to the combination of the two…but don’t take my word for it.)
Captions:
Top: HAIR KINGDOM
Circle (clockwise): NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Interior: (clockwise): PRESENT LOCATION / ADERAS ZONE
Inside: BA / BI
Bo-bobo: EVEN IF THE SCENERY CHANGED, THE HAIR KINGDOM SYSTEM HASN’T CHANGED? THAT WAS EASYT TO UNDERSTAND.
Bu-bubu: Right. But the 4 Hair Towers are protected by the guardian gods of the Hair Kingdom: The 16 Hatsumou Shishi Divisions!!!
(TN: This is actually a really hard name to translate but essentially the name goes like this: “Hatsumou” = “First Hair”, “Shishi” is usually “Lion” but the final kanji is the kanji for “Resolve”, thus you can essentially call them the “First-Hair Lion’s Resolve 16”…but I kept it in Japanese so it wouldn’t sound so cumbersome or wacky)

49.
Narrator: At that time
Caption: ADERAS ZONE
Voice: I leave dealing with those two to you.
Silhouette: OK, BIG BRO BA-BABA.
Ba-baba: THE BI-BIBI SENTAI CORP WERE DAMAGED………BU-BUBU IS EYEING HERE. BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO IS ALSO WITH HER.
Bi-bibi: KUKUKU…HASN’T THE HAIR BECOME TERRIBLY NOISY TODAY—
Bi-bibi: IF BO-BOBO ATTACKS HERE, THEN LET’S USHER HIM IN!! MY CUTE LITTLE BRO. IF HE’S BEING USED BY THAT BETRAYING DUMMY BU-BUBU, I’LL BRING THEM IN AND ERASE THEM.
Caption: BIBIBI-BI BI-BIBI
SFX: DON
Pigtails: PAPA—

50-51.
Bi-bibi: UNDERSTOOD, 16 HATSUMOU SHISHI DIVISIONS.
SFX: BAN
Everyone: RIGHT!
Don Patch: WHERE’S BI-BIBI--!!!
Shigeki X: THAT HAJIKE CAN’T HOLD UP TO SHIGEKI
Caption: HATSUMOU 1ST DIVISION COMMANDER: SHIGEKI X
(TN: “Shigeki” is a term we’re going to be seeing a lot in this arc. The term, as is now, stands for “exciting”, “motivating” or “irritating”)
Wandering Tofu: THAT SMELL. I HATE IT THE MOST: THE SMELL OF TOKOROTEN
Caption: HATSUMOU 3RD DIVISION COMMANDER: WANDERING TOFU
(TN: His full name is “Sasurai no Toufu”, but I decided to fully translate it)
Caption: HATSUMOU 2ND DIVISION COMMANDER: GOISU
4th: BASED ON THE ORDER OF BI-BIBI-SAMA
Caption: HATSUMOU 4TH DIVISION COMMANDER
5th: THE NUMBER ORDER IS BY STRENGTH.
Caption: HATSUMOU 5TH DIVISION COMMANDER
Caption: HATSUMOU 7TH DIVISION COMMANDER
8th: CHANCE TO RAISE MY STATUS
Caption: HATSUMOU 8TH DIVISION COMMANDER
Caption: HATSUMOU 9TH – 10TH DIVISION COMMANDER
Don Patch: GET OUT HERE BI-BIBI. WHERE ARE YOU--!!!
Caption: HATSUMOU 11TH DIVISION COMMANDER
Caption: HATSUMOU 12TH DIVISION COMMANDER
Bi-bibi: EVERYONE TO THEIR STATION!!
Don Patch: !!

52.
Beauty: SO…THERE’S NO BLIND SPOTS
Heppokomaru: HOW IS IT SO POWERFUL!!
SFX: HYUUUU
Don Patch & Tennosuke: BI-BIBI WASN’T THERE………
Heppokomaru: WHERE WERE YOU!!
Torpedo Girl: CUT THE CAKE
Beauty: WHAT WERE YOU DOING JUST THEN!!?
Bu-bubu: Now, all of you, the useless talk is over. See for yourself.
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER CHATTER
Bu-bubu: ONE OF THE FOUR HAIR TOWERS: SOUTH RINSE TOWER!!! FIRST WE SHOULD OCCUPY OURSELVES WITH THE KEY SWITCH!!!
SFX: GOOOOOOO
Tower: HAIR – SOUTH
Bo-bobo: NOW ASSAULT, LUNCH NEXT DO—OR!!!!
SFX: BO—OM
Spoons: LUNCH NEXT DOOR
(TN: The “Assault Lunch Next Door” comment is actually a reference to a segment known as “Totsugeki! Tonari no Bangohan” (which is actually “Assault! Dinner Next Door” translated) found as a segment on the morning wide show on Nihon TV. (the wide show being “Look Look Konnichiwa” from the late 70s through early 2002, and more recenty known as “Za! Jouhou Tsu” through it’s final show in 2006)
Beauty: KYAAA

53.
7th: KUKUKU…WE’RE GRATEFUL YOU’VE COME TO THIS TOWER FIRST, BUBUBU-BU BU-BUBU. TRAITOR OF HAIR, WE OF THE 16 HATSUMOU SHISHI DIVISIONS WILL TOMB YOU IN HELL
Bu-bubu: !
Bo-bobo: WHILE ON THAT, GIVE US LUNCH--!! I’M STARVING AND FEEL LIKE I’M DYING--!!!
Tennosuke: Well it’s so sudden…its always much more extravagant but…
SFX: TWITCH TWITCH / POTSU…
Don Patch: I’LL EAT IT--!!!
SFX: CRA—SH
Tennosuke: EEH---!? (Aren’t you mean)
Bu-bubu: IS THIS FINE, BO-BOBO? THE FIGHTS IN THE HAIR KINGDOM ARE ALL BY THE “KESSHII * KESHI KESHI” RULE. SURELY FROM WHAT I’VE SAID, IT’S A 4-ON-4 ELIMINATION DEATHMATCH!! FINE WITH THAT?
(TN: The name of the battle style, “Kesshii Keshi Keshi” is an onomatopoeia with three “Keshi” but translates into “Do or Die Four Hair Elimination”)
SFX: KACHA
Dengaku Man: SANSETSUKON!!
(TN: A “Sansetsukon”, also known as a “three-section staff” or “san jie gun” in Chinese, is a flail weapon using three staffs connected by chain links that can be used either for spin attacks or shielding)
Bo-bobo: EVEN WITH NEW BATTLE RULES, I’LL WIN!! THAT’S THE WAY I DO IT!!!
SFX: BISHI
Dengaku Man: AND I WILL FIGHT THIS NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES. IN THIS COURTROOM BATTLEGROUND----!!!
SFX: BAN
Voice: DISMISSED.

TN: Now how about that for a shocker: Bububu-bu Bu-bubu is...Denbo!? This ends up causing a whole lot of weird thoughts and theories that could drive a person nuts: Bu-bubu is Denbo, but Denbo first appeared in the series...but then, Bu-bubu was born prior to Denbo being created...but Sawai created Denbo before Bu-bubu was even thought of in the story's plotline...but then there's Hatenko, who was working for Bu-bubu all this time in the back of Sawai's mind...but he probably didn't get a grip of who Bu-bubu was going to be until he created Denbo.........so I just say just forget about thinking about it and leave it at this: Bu-bubu is Bu-bubu, she looks like Denbo, and somehow Dengaku Man now has years of litigation to prove that his weird female idol fusion is different from Bo-bobo's sister. I'd start worrying if she starts singing though...but aside from that brilliant revelation, this chapter was just loaded with all sorts of weird and new plot points that are key to what's happening now. For one thing, Bo-bobo really doesn't feel at home in what's essentially "home", so it's obvious he wants to take the Hair Kingdom apart. Furthermore, this isn't just the first appearance of Bu-bubu...but Bi-bibi and Ba-baba's as well! While I can't quite talk about Ba-baba yet (since it's going to get screwier), it's sort of shocking...that Bi-bibi's a father?! The big baddy of the arc has two daugthers he's caring for...that's going to make him harder to take down. And of course, we get our first glimpse of the "16 Hatsumou Shishi Divisions"...and outside Don Patch in the midst of them (which is probably one of the funniest bits in the chapter, if not the arc), we meet a bunch of crucial characters in that introductory pan. Take particular note of Shigeki X and Wandering Tofu of those guys, considering how they seem like "anti-Don Patch" and "anti-Tennosuke" even now...but for the moment (like next chapter), we have to deal with the 7th, 9th, 10th and "eyepatch guy"...yeah, Bo-bobo's team has their work cut out for them this time!