Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 207

Bo-bobo's lost his nosehair, Be-bebe's had half his leghair removed, Bi-bibi head hair controls all, and Don Patch...is just there. But now that Be-bebe has decided to work with Bo-bobo, can either of them figure a way to stop their elder brother's container!?

Ougi 207: Hair Peace

153.
Torpedo Girl: Is it my turn yet-Gyora?

154.
Narrator: Tokoroten and tofu……Comrades whose existence should never mix. They will fight here. This doesn’t have profound reason……To meet is a fate to kill one another to the end.
Tennosuke: PERHAPS THIS BATTLE WILL BE DRAWN OUT TO A DEADLOCK!
SFX: ZA
Wandering Tofu: ………THIS WILL TAKE A MINUTE. IT’LL BE DECIDED INSTANTLY.
SFX: SU…
Tennosuke: IT’S MYSTERIOUS…THE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF WE TWO WILL STOP AND TAKE DOWN EACH OTHER. THERE IS A PLEASANT TONE PLAYING.
SFX: CHIRI CHIRI BIRI BIRI
Wandering Tofu: THIS ISN’T THE RESULT OF THE QUIET SKY.
SFX: SHI—N
Tennosuke: I’M GRATEFUL! YOUR BLOOD WILL HAVE ME STEP TOWARDS CARNAGE AGAIN!
SFX: ZAWA
Wandering Tofu: THIS BATTLE HAS NO WINNERS.

155.
Tennosuke & Wandering Tofu: AND NOW, AHEAD…
Tennosuke & Wandering Tofu: THE WAY YOU MOVE UP AHEAD WILL LOSE IT!!
Tennosuke: DAA-----!!!!
SFX: DA
Wandering Tofu: ……IS HE STUPID…?

156.
Bi-bibi: YOU’RE COMPLETELY STUPID.
Bi-bibi: I control your nosehair, and your leghair too is impossible to restore on one leg...you’re mutually half-dead. Even so, could you win by working together?
Don Patch: Aah…with those two together, a massive power will be born! That’s because they’ve…………
Bi-bibi: !
Don Patch: Ended their quarrelling and reached an understanding. That’s the way adults settle it.
SFX: GRAB
Sign: Bribery
Be-bebe: WHAT IS THAT PICTURE!? FURTHER THEIR’S “BRIBERY” WRITTEN THERE!!!
Don Patch: “LEGHAIR” AND “NOSEHAIR”, THE TWO HAIRS ARE “KETWO”---!!! KETWO—KETWO—KETSUKETSU IS MAINLY BUTTS
Bo-bobo: OF COURSE, OF COURSE, WE’RE KETSUKETSU’S!
(TN: This is a weird language joke: Don Patch refers to the two hairs together as “Ketsu” with “ke” as “hair” and “tsu” as “two”. But then he furthers the joke by using “ketsu” in “ketsuketsu”, which is slang for “butt” (probably a slang version of “Kiss My Ass”), thus the comment about “mainly the butt”)
Bo-bobo: WA—O
SFX: WHAM
Don Match: GYOE—

157.
Bo-bobo: BIG BRO, WHAT DO WE DO?
Be-bebe: Even if it’s temporary for us two, to fight him normally would have us barely win…
Be-bebe: WITH THIS BEING OUR BIG BRO, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN FIGHT IS WITH MY BRAINS AND YOUR DIRECTION!! LET’S GO…
Be-bebe: SUNEGE SHINKEN OUGI: THINKING POSITION!!!!
SFX: BAN
Don Patch: EEH~~~!!? THAT’S LIKE L!!
(TN: Obviously Don Patch is referring to the master detective L from the WSJ suspense manga “Death Note” by Ohba/Obata, which was still running at this time)
Bo-bobo: THAT’S MERELY HIS LIMITS!!!
Bi-bibi: Kuku…this could be a good plan. I wish you good luck.
Be-bebe: THIS POSITION RAISES MY THINKING POWER TO IT’S LIMITS, UP TWO TO THREE TIMES!
Don Patch: PASTE THIS UP? PASTE THIS UP?
(TN: Note Don Patch as Ryuk)
Be-bebe: THIS BATTLE…I’M THE TACTICIAN, SO HOW SHOULD I COMMAND OUT BO-BOBO…!!!

158.
Be-bebe: REALLY, HOW SHOULD I COMMAND MY LITTLE BROTHER……?
SFX: POSHIN…
Bo-bobo: Use me. Use me.
Don Patch: IT’S SIMPLE~~! HE~~RE, CHILDREN. COLLECT THESE.
SFX: POP POP
Bi-bibi: Die, Bo-bobo.
Don Patch: GYAAAAA, BI-BIBI’S GONNA COLLECT IT---!!!
SFX: GOOO
Don Patch: WITHDRAWL!!!
SFX: SLAM
Bo-bobo: BU
Be-bebe: IDIOT, I’LL COMMAND YOU.
SFX: SLIP
Be-bebe: SUNEGE * HANAGE DOUBLE SHINKEN OUGI: LEGHAIRS COMING FROM THE NOSE!!!!
SFX: BI—
Don Patch: GYAAAAAAA
Bi-bibi: WHAAT-----!!?

159.
Bi-bibi: GUHA! WHAT WAS THAT!? A LASER--…NO, A NEW VARIETY OF HAIR? THAT BE-BEBE, HE’S…
Be-bebe: A FUSION OF TWO DISAGREEING HAIRS!! THAT’S “LEG-NOSEHAIR”!!!
Bo-bobo: AMAZIN, BIG BRO BE-BEBE!! THE POWER OF LEGHAIR IS RAPIDLY COMING IN!! IT’S THE GREATEST!!
SFX: BI—
Don Patch: DON’T TURN TOWARDS ME---!!
Bo-bobo: NOW, COMMAND ME MORE--!!!
Bo-bobo: WELL WELL
Be-bebe: Fu, that self-interested guy…
Be-bebe: RIGHT! SO THEN BO-BOBO, DEFEAT THAT CONTAINER NOW!! GO!!
Bo-bobo: RESENT—
Bo-bobo: THAT WASN’T A FRIENDLY ORDER----!!!!
SFX: WHAM
Be-bebe: UOWAA!!?

160.
Bo-bobo: POCHAPONTAS POCHAPONTAS
(TN: I swear it’s something else but it does seem like an intentionally misspelled version of “Pochahontas”)
SFX: BONK BONK
Be-bebe: WHAT!? YOU’RE SUDDENLY RUNNING WILD!! WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Be-bebe: HA!
Be-bebe: Looking closely, my leghair haven’t blended in well!! It’s the feeling of working at your worst part-time job one day.
Nosehair: WELL~~
Leghair: …..What do I do with my senpai here?
Be-bebe: Has the discord of leghair and nosehair awakened this wildness!!!
Bo-bobo: YOU GO HOME.
SFX: FLICK
Be-bebe: SUNETAROU!!!
(TN: “Sunetarou” is obviously taken from the “sune” of “sunege”)
Be-bebe: S**T!! SO THEN NOSEHAIR ONLY WORK SOLO!?
Don Patch: Want to read Bo-bobo’s Treatment Instructions?
Book: BO-BOBO’S TREATMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Be-bebe: I’LL HAVE IT!!!
Be-bebe: I CAN’T READ IT!!!!
SFX: TURN TURN TURN
Bo-bobo: ORA--!! I’VE GOT A HOSTAGE!! IF YOU WANT HIM BACK, PREPARE MY WAKAME RANSOM!! WAKAME RANSOM!!
SFX: GRAB
Be-bebe: THEY DON’T OWE YOU---!!! LEGHAIR RELEASE!!!
Don Patch: WAIT, CRIMINAL!! PLE—ASE TAKE MY KONBU RANSOM!!

161.
Bi-bibi: Don’t play with m—e. AN
SFX: BYUO
Be-bebe: DAM…
Bo-bobo: HA…What are you doing to me!?
SFX: WHIRRRRL
Bi-bibi: KAMINOKE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: A Capriccio Hair!!!
SFX: GYU
Bo-bobo & Be-bebe: GUAAAAAAA
Bi-bibi: With this I’ll chew up your faces!!
SFX: CHEW CHEW CHEW CHEW CHEW / GOOSH GOOSH
Be-bebe: A…GA……
Bo-bobo: GUGA……
Bi-bibi: Ha ha ha, what? I can’t hear you.
Wasabeef: GA…HIII…HA…
SFX: PI / RATTLE RATTLE
Don Patch: GYAAAA
SFX: HA~~NG
Bi-bibi: After all, nosehair and leghair…are trash hair…
Bi-bibi: You’re unnecessary. Useless hair and head hair hold different status.

162.
King Nosehair: YOU CAN’T LICK NOSEHAIR----!!!!
SFX: WHAM
Bi-bibi: GA!!
Be-bebe: WHA!?......THE HAIR IS SLACKING!!
SFX: SHURURURU
Bo-bobo: Fuu, just in time…
Bo-bobo: Nosehair and I have connected souls.
“Imagination” Bo-bobo: I’ll loan you my power for your PSP.
(TN: PSP = Playstation Portable)
King Nosehair: I’LL DO IT.
Be-bebe: THAT’S NOSEHAIR!!?
Bo-bobo: A CONTAINER LIKE YOU SHOULDN’T BE TALKING TO HAIR—DUMMY!!!
King Nosehair: UWAAAAAA PENNANT SHINKEN PENNANT SHINKEN!!
SFX: SLAP SLAP
Bi-bibi: GUO, WHAT IS THAT!?

163.
Bi-bibi: GO AWAY!!!
SFX: WHAM
King Nosehair: GYAAAAAAA
SFX: WHAM
King Nosehair: WHAT!!? (A fire?)
Bi-bibi: YOU USELESS HAIRS-----!!! I’LL END THIS BY KILLING YOU: KAMINOKE SHINKEN OUGI: Neptune Eternity!!!
SFX: SHI~~N
Don Patch: GASP!! NOW WAS EXTREMELY GASP!!
Be-bebe: It’s useless, big bro Bi-bibi…your hair is sealed.
SFX: TURN
Bi-bibi: !?
Be-bebe: During the earlier Ougi, nosehair and leghair were mixed within. Already your hair isn’t complete head hair.
Bi-bibi: WHAT!!?

164.
Be-bebe: THIS IS THE OUGI COMPATABLE TO ALL HAIR SHINKEN: HAIR PEACE!!! THIS OUGI IS A BIG TECHNIQUE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE REBIRTH OF A NEW HAIR WHICH NEWLY UNIFIES CONNECTED HAIR MUTUALLY!! THE UNIFIED HAIR CAN BE CONNECTED IN MIND AND SPIRIT!! THAT SURELY IS “HAIR PEACE”
(TN: An obvious but brilliant pun, considering that “Hair Peace” is a homonym for “hairpiece”)
Don Patch: WELL! THAT’S A FANTASTIC TECHNIQUE!!
Bi-bibi: Annoying……I have to let go, but is it above absurdity and impossibility for this container’s body?
Don Patch: THEY’RE CONNECTED----!!! I WANT TO BE CONNECTED TO EVERYONE TOO BUT I’M NOT CONNECTED TO ANYONE!!
Narrator: LONLINESS
Narrator: And so with that, much time passed…
Narrator: And he unknowingly turned to stone.

165.
Narrator: There, a lone sculptor passed him by.
Bo-bobo: Ooh, this is good stone.
Headband: Sculpting Love
Bo-bobo: This will be the greatest masterpiece of my sculpting life!! UOO
SFX: CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK
Narrator: ……And thus, the Gold Patch Mask was born.
Forehead: PATCH
SFX: GLIMMER GLIMMER
Be-bebe: WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING!! WE’RE IN A LIFE-OR-DEATH BATTLE!!!
Bo-bobo: WELL AS IS I WANT TO DEFEAT THAT CONTAINER GUY AT ONCE BUT HE DOESN’T HAVE A WEAKNESS AT ALL.
Be-bebe: THAT’S BECAUSE HE ISN’T PLAYING AROUND!!
Bi-bibi: This body is near it’s limit…
SFX; GOOOOO
Bo-bobo: WE’LL KILL HIM WITH HIS OWN ANSATSU SHINKEN!!!
SFX: PLUNK
Don Patch: I’VE FOUND REAL “HAIR PEACE”
Be-bebe: !!!

166.
Bi-bibi: Wh..what is this!!? Get it off!!
Don Patch: PRINCE! PLEASE FOR PLANET PATCHNIKU
(TN: Another bizarre Kinnikuman reference: Don Patch has turned into a “Gold Mask”, which was the main enemy of an entire arc connected to a possessed golden mask being used to summon the ultimate evil of Akuma Shogun)
Bo-bobo: NICE, DON PATCH.
Be-bebe: NOW!!
SFX: BA
Bo-bobo: TAKE THIIIS----
King Nosehair: AAA
Bo-bobo & Be-bebe: DOUBLE HAIR SHINKEN CHOUZETSU OUGI: RHAPSODY OF NOSEHAIR AND LEGHAIR!!!!
SFX: BO—OM
Don Patch: I’VE BEEN HUNTED~~

167.
SFX: GRAB
Be-bebe: !!
Bi-bibi: DIE
Be-bebe: GA…AH…
SFX: MEKI MEKI
Bo-bobo: I…WE THINK OF HOW IT WAS BACK THEN---!!!
SFX: HYUUUU
Bo-bobo: THAT’S BECAUSE THE EARTH IS ALWAYS TURNING--!!!
SFX: WHAM
SFX: BUSHIN
SFX: BASA / GASHAN
Bo-bobo: I win.

TN: Wow, this was just such a rush of a chapter with everything going on in this massive battle (it's not climactic considering that it's still not the real Bi-bibi but just Gokurakuchou possessed by him)...so where do I start!? Probably the easiest place to start is that it does appear Sawai is showing more and more of being a fan of Obata's work...or maybe just Death Note. While it probably was evident that Sawai liked Death Note from the collab he and Obata did, the mere fact that Be-bebe uses L's thinking pose (and even bare feet) as an Ougi easily shows that he was greatfully influenced and interested in the series just as much as series such as Kinnikuman, DB and Yu-Gi-Oh! (though Don Patch as Ryuk...that was unexpected with all of Sawai's previous depictions with Bo-bobo as Ryuk and Don Patch as Light) Moving on, just the way that Bo-bobo and Be-bebe was able to combine their hairs together creating...well, a laser firing out of Bo-bobo's nose was classic, as was the "Hair Peace" gambit that worked out for all of them. (and forced Don Patch to turn into that silly mask that broke the connection between Bi-bibi & Gokurakuchou) Heck, even the idea of "Hair Peace" is hilarious: considering it's just a type of wig, them turning it around into such a crucial and powerful attack was clever. And it's always cool to see King Nosehair attack even if Bo-bobo's power is sealed off: he really needs to do it more often when not involved in Bo-bobo World. (sort of like how he used him way back in vol. 1) And of course, I can't forget the beginning of the chapter: you can already tell from the few pages it had that Tennosuke vs. Wandering Tofu...is epic! I think it's obvious now that tofu and tokoroten mutually hate each other equally and the meeting of the two only means death and destruction...but we could have gotten that for a while now.