Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 203

Three of Fine's team have been taken out, but the battle isn't quite over yet! With an unexpected change in the battle, can Bo-bobo find a way to keep up or will this new twist be his downfall?

Ougi 203: MEMORY—A Memorable Shinken

87.
Be-bebe: ………Have they completed it…”New Hair Kingdom”
SFX: GOOOOO
Be-bebe: WELL—THEN, SHALL I ASSIST IN THE MAGNIFICENT AMBITION OF MY BIG BROS?
Be-bebe: FROM MY BELIEF IN “BROTHER’S ABSOLUTE”
Narrator: Bebebe-be Be-bebe enters the war.

89.
Bu-bubu: HEY THERE, EVERYONE—IT’S TIME FOR OUR NEW CORNER: “BIG SIS BUBU AND PATCHIN’S SUPER-SIMPLE SUMMARY”! THE TWO OF US WILL EX—PLAIN THE LAST TIME IN AN EASY TO UNDERSTAND MANNER!
SFX: KYAPIRIN
Bu-bubu: Last time, we came to the “16 Hatsumou Shishi Division” and…………
SFX: SHUWAWA…
Bu-bubu: DEFEAT ONE
SFX: GUI
Bu-bubu: DEFEAT TWO
SFX: GUI
Bu-bubu: DEFEAT THREE
SFX: FLAP FLAP FLAP
Bu-bubu: WHAT WILL~~~~~~~~~~……HAPPEN FROM THERE……
SFX: SLUMP~~~
Don Patch: BEER~~~
Lunac: THAT’S MY…FEW APPEARANCES, YES SIR!!
Red K: THAT’S CRUEL TREATMENT-NYAN
Heppokomaru: BULLS**T----!!! YOU’RE JUST DRANK BEER

90.
Bo-bobo: You’re the only one left.
Bu-bubu: Uhuh
Fine: Ku
Beauty: AMAZING, AMAZING. WITH BU-BUBU JOINING US, WE’VE OVERWHELMED THIS BATTLE!!
Hatenko: As expected, Bu-bubu-san…
Softon: A great woman.
Torpedo Girl: She did it.
Beauty: HA!! IT CAN’T BE! WE’RE MERELY PRAISING BU-BUBU AND DENGAKU-KUN HAS BAD FEELINGS FOR HER…
SFX: BA
Beauty: !!

91.
Beauty: WHAT IS THAT? WHY HAS THAT KID BECOME LIKE ROKU-BLUE? HAS HE STRAYED?
(TN: “Roku-Blue” is a reference to WSJ series “Rokudenashi Blues” by Masanori Morita, which ran from 1988 through 1997. The series is about a bunch of delinquents, particularly Taison Maeda, a delinquent boy who aspires to be a boxer)
Beauty: While we’re at it, I haven’t seen Tennosuke-kun here but…
Tennosuke: Hey, guys, I’m back—
Beauty: Ah! Tennosuke-kun, where were you?
Tennosuke: WELL~~SINCE I WASN’T APPEARING LAST WEEK, I HAD GONE TO GET A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.
Book: Clinical Records
SFX: BAN
Beauty: WHAT WERE YOU DOING!!? EFVERYONE WAS FIGHTING DESPERATELY
Tennosuke: THAT’S NOT USING TIME EFFECTIVELY. Well—then, my condition is…
SFX: FLAP
Page: YOU ARE 100% ICARUS
(TN: The Japanese way of saying it is “Ikaros” which could have worked, but since it does refer to the character from the Greek myths, I kept it the logical conclusion)
SFX: BAN
Tennosuke: WHAT’S THIS!!?
Tennosuke: WHAT IS THIS ILLNESS!? IS IT A KIND OF ILLNESS?
SFX: GRAB
Beauty: I don’t know.
Torpedo Girl: YOU’RE TOO SILLY--!!!
SFX: BO—OM
Tennosuke: GYAAAA, IT’S BEEN A WHILE--!!
SFX: SMIRK

92.
Fine: HAHAHA! YOU IDIOTS HAD 50 MINUTES—AND NOW WE’LL START THE KESSHII KESHI KESHI BATTLE SUDDEN DEATH: CARELESS HAIR!!
Beauty: SUDDEN DEATH!? WHAT’S “CARELESS HAIR”!?
Fine: THAT’S A ONE-ON-ONE REPRESENTATIVE BATTTLE!!! THE ONE I’LL BE FIGHTING IS YOU, BO-BOBO!!
SFX: BAN
Bo-bobo: KYA, I’VE BEEN NOMINATED! I’M HAPPY
Sign: CABARET UP UP
Don Patch: I LOST TO BOBOMI!!!
Don Patch: I don’t have the will. I’m going home to the country.
Heppokomaru: Go home on your own.
Bo-bobo: This will be easy if it’s one-on-one.
SFX: POP
Bu-bubu: Wrong! Careless Hair isn’t just merely one-on-one…
Bu-bubu: YOU MUST DO A “SHINKEN CHANGE”, WHERE YOU CHANGE SHINKEN WITH WHOMEVER OF THE EIGHT WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE KESSHII KESHI KESHI BATTLE!!
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: A SHINKEN CHANGE!?
Wheel: (clockwise) HANAGE SHINKEN / YES SIR SHINKEN / ONARA SHINKEN / WAKIGE SHINKEN / TONGUE TWISTERS / BIRYUUSHI SHINKEN / CAT’S CRADLE / MOEMOE SHINKEN

93.
Beauty: YOU CAN CHANGE A SHINKEN!?
Hatenko: It’s possible with Bi-bibi’s intellect.
Beauty: THEN, HANAGE SHINKEN IS…
Bo-bobo: NO NO NO NO NO NO NO, UWAAAA, I’LL CAN’T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN HANAGE SHINKEN--!!!
Bo-bobo: BUT DIDN’T THIS MANGA START WITH THE “NOSEHAIR” CONCEPT FROM THE BEGINNING!!!
Caption: True Story
“Sawai”: Actually, I’m thinking of drawing either a “Nosehair manga” or a “Dance manga”.
Sawai’s Shirt: AUTHOR
Editor: GO WITH NOSEHAIR, SAWAI-KUN
Shirt: CHARGE
Beauty: THAT’S THE UNKNOWN ORIGIN OF OUR MANGA!!?
Tennosuke: WHY DIDN’T SAWAI THINK OF DRAWING A “TOKOROTEN MANGA” AT THAT TIME!! WHY!!? WHY!!?
SFX: SLAM
Beauty: If he thought of that, we probably wouldn’t be in Jump now.

94.
Bu-bubu: You’re deceived…He’s fighting changing his Hanage Shinken, but the objective is to break him from it.
Fine: IT’S ACCORDING TO THE RULES.
SFX: SMIRK
Heppokomaru: BUT USING ANOTHER SHINKEN WILL JUST GIVE BIRTH TO NEW STRATEGY.
Heppokomaru: HEY, WHAT!!? LOOK CLOSELY AND THERE ARE TWO WEIRD ONES IN THERE
Wheel: (clockwise) TONGUE TWISTERS / BIRYUUSHI SHINKEN / CAT’S CRADLE
Don Patch: Really, who would use…TOKYO TOWER
SFX: BABABA / BA
Heppokomaru: YOU!
Bu-bubu: KYAAA! PATCH-SAN IS CHARMING!
SFX: GLOMP
Don Patch: HEY, YOU, LET GO!!
Heppokomaru: BUT HOW WILL YOU CHANGE A SHINKEN?
Bu-bubu: Well, I’ll explain now, s**tty trash.
Heppokomaru: S**TTY TRASH!!?
Bu-bubu: WAKIGE SHINKEN OUGI……………
SFX: HYU

95.
Bu-bubu: MINIMINI BU-BUBUS CHARMING EXPLANATION!!!
Mini-bubu: FIRST, YOU GET CREDITS MUTUALLY FOR THE NUMBER OF REMAINING SUPPORTERS!
Caption: Bo-bobo Team: 3, Fine Time: 0
Mini-bubu: THESE CREDITS, FOR JUST THIS STAGE, CHOOSES SHINKEN AT RANDOM!
SFX: PURURURURU
Mini-bubu: IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO NOT CHANGE! FROM THEM, THE LEADER WILL DECIDE THE SHINKEN THEY WILL USE!
SFX: BOSHU
Bu-bubu: WHEN THE SHINKEN IS CHOSEN, THE CHOSEN SHINKEN WILL AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH THE PEOPLE’S SHINKEN! THEY’LL RETURN TO NORMAL AFTER FOUR MINUTES!
Dengaku Man: WHY ARE YOU TAKING A DEFORMED, CUTE APPEARANCE, FOOL!!! THEY’RE NOT CUTE AT ALL!!
Beauty: DENGAKU’S FINALLY BROKE DOWN---!!!

96.
Bo-bobo & Don Patch: What does all that mean?
Bu-bubu: THOSE TWO REALLY DON’T COMPREHEND IT…
Bu-bubu: IN THAT CASE, I CAN ONLY SEND IT DIRECLTY TO THEIR BRAINS
SFX: DASH
Bu-bubu: HAIR TRUST CONNECT!!!
Bo-bobo: !!
Creatures: WE’RE GOING TO THE BATHHOUSE
SFX: FLICK
Towel: Inoki
Beauty: SOMETHING WEIRD IS TRANSMITTED!!!
Bu-bubu: OUR REMAINING SUPPORTER NUMBER IS THREE. WATCH! THE STAGE IS CHOOSING THREE SHINKEN!!
SFX: PIPIPIPI
Bu-bubu: SHINKEN CHANGE!!! THE CANDIDATES FOR THE USABLE SHINKEN ARE THESE THREE!!
SFX: BAN
Caption: ONARA SHINKEN / MOEMOE SHINKEN / WAKIGE SHINKEN
Don Patch: DAMN—MY “CAT’S CRADLE” AND “TONGUE TWISTERS” WERE REMOVED--!!!

97.
Fine: I DON’T HAVE A SUPPORTER LEFT. THAT DECIDES ME WITH BIRYUUSHI SHINKEN!
Bu-bubu: BO-BOBO, CHOOSE WISELY.
Don Patch: A bridge.
Bo-bobo: N~~~I could do Onara Shinken~
Bo-bobo: COME AT ME. IT’S STUFFY
SFX: FART FART FART
Book: Oh! Potato
Heppokomaru: WHAT’S THAT?
Bo-bobo: NO PROBLEM! NO PROBLEM! NO PROBLEM!
SFX: FART FART FART FART FART FART FART FART FART FART FART
Fine: GUWAAAAA
Bo-bobo: BUKKOKI SHINKEN OUGI: “WELL, MAY”--!
(TN: “Bukkoki” = “Stuffy Fart”. Meanwhile, “Well May” is a take on Heppokomaru’s “Satsuki”, one of his “month-based” attacks for Onara Shinken)
Heppokomaru: WHAT IS THIS ILL FANTASY!! UNFORGIVABLE!!
Bo-bobo: Well, what about Moemoe Shinken…
Bo-bobob: EVERYONE MOEMOE-NYAN!
Don Patch, Heppokomaru & Bu-bubu: UWA! HE ISN’T AS MOE AS EXPECTED THERE!!

98.
Bo-bobo: ALRIGHT! IT’S DECIDED. THE SHINKEN I’M CHNAGING TO!!
Don Patch: The next customer is a customer who eats persimmons well.
Bo-bobo: THAT SHINKEN IS…
Bo-bobo: WAKIGE SHINKEN
Dengaku Man: OF COURSE!!!
SFX: KUWA
Caption: INVOKE
Bo-bobo: SHINKEN CHANGE!!
SFX: BOWA
Bu-bubu: AMAZING!!
Creature: AH
SFX: HYOKO
Beauty: WA!! SOMETHING APPEARED.

99.
SFX: DASH
Caption: Cameras Prohibited
SFX: HYUU
Creature: Yo
SFX: POKE
Beauty: THAT WAS HANAGE SHINKEN NOW!?
SFX: SHUPO
Beauty: AH, SOMETHING ENTERING HIM TOO!!
Beauty: WASN’T THERE SUPPOSED TO BE A CHANGE IN THE FIRST PANEL OF SHINKEN CHANGE???...
Fine: WELL, BO-BOBO, IT’S “CARELESS HAIR”!! HOW WILL YOU FIGHT WITH A SHINKEN YOU’RE UNEXPERIENCED WITH!? DIE!! BIRYUUSHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: ULTIMATE DUST!!!!
SFX: GOOOOOO / WHAM
Heppokomaru: THAT’S HIS BEST ONE………

100.
SFX: GOOOO
Bu-bubu: THIS IS BAD!! MY WAKIGE SHINKEN IS UNIQUE! WITHOUT TRAINING, IT ISN’T EASY TO USE!!
SFX: POKE
Heppokomaru: NOSEHAIRS ARE COMING OUT!!
Softon: BO-BOBO!!
Hatenko: BO-BOBO!!
Beauty: It’s surely fine.
Everyone: !!
Beauty: CAUSE ON THE DAY I MET BO-BOBO, BO-BOBO SHOWED OFF THAT SHINKEN.
Beauty: SINCE IT’S WAKIGE SHINKEN!!!
SFX: BO—OM
Fine: GYAAAAA

101.
Fine: GUNUOO. I AM THE 7TH DIVISION LEADER!! THIS LEVEL IS…
Fine: HA!?
Bo-bobo: I WAS A BIRD---!!!
SFX: WHAM
Fine: GUBAA!!!
Beauty: ANYHOW HE ADDED A FEINT---!!!
Beauty: HE’S DEFEATED!!!
Bu-bubu: NO……THAT POWER……HE’S ALREADY SURPASSED MY IMAGINATION.
Bu-bubu: THAT’S THAT LITTLE BO-BOBO.
Bo-bobo: AH! WHEN THE ENEMY’S DEFEATED, THE SHINKEN RETURN!!
SFX: BOSHU
Bu-bubu: CAUSE IT’S BEEN FOUR MINUTES.
Bo-bobo: SPRING IS TOO WAKIGE SHINKEN.
SFX: BAN
Beauty: IT’S SPRING TOO
Caption: SOUTH RINSE TOWER: CRUSHED
Caption: TO BE CONTINUED

TN: This was a very memorable, but strangely a slightly confusing chapter for me. Probably the biggest and most confusing part of the chapter: why the heck does Bo-bobo suddenly not like changing his Hanage Shinken to something else!? I mean, note how the beginning of the series has him looking into Soumen Shinken and wearing tissue boxes on his feet for another Shinken...and yet now he values his nosehairs and doesn't want to use anything else!? Maybe the only way to think of it is this: sure Bo-bobo may want to persue other Shinken, but he really doesn't want to give up Hanage Shinken for anything. Of course, perhaps the greatest and most interesting aspect regarding this chapter...is just how the story is really connecting back to the beginning! Beauty was the only one there when Bo-bobo first used pithair to defeat G-Block Leader Hagen...and while it was probably just a mere Hajike joke back then, now we know otherwise that this really is part of his capabilities. (who knows maybe Bu-bubu gave him pointer as kids and didn't really remember it) Of course, the chapter is memorable for many other aspects as well: Don Patch & Bu-bubu's drunk summary, Tennosuke's explanation of where he was (shouldn't tokoroten go to a food checker?), Dengaku Man's continued anger of the whole situation...and of course, the big return of Be-bebe to the Hair Kingdom, still obsessed with his "brotherly philosophy!" Well...now with the four players in position (with Ba-baba a "sort of"), the arc's only going to get more interesting...