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Wandering Tofu has transformed into a massive tofu cube preparing to squash everyone in his path...and the only one standing in his way is Tennosuke! (well, thanks to Don Patch he is) Is there any way one wobbly being can stop another wobbly being before everyone gets crushed!?

Ougi 216: Defeat Wandering Tofu, 3-Idiots!!

117.
Opening Short Manga: TOFU AND CHEERING
Hatenko: DO IT DO IT OYABIN! HAJIKE THEM O-YA-BIN!!!
Hatenko: DO IT DO IT OYABIN! SO HAJIKE THEM O-YA-BIN!!
SFX: SUU
Hatenko: GUBOHAA!!!!
SFX; WHAM
Torpedo Girl: Hmph
Hatenko: WHAT!? WHAT HAPPENED!? WHO WAS THAT!!/
SFX: TURN TURN / SUU

118.
Narrator: Tofu vs. Tennosuke is really heating up!!!
Tennosuke: HOT HOOOOT!!
SFX: GOOOOOO
Don Patch: Sip.
Bo-bobo: WAIT FOR ME, TENNOSUKE. I’LL ASSIST YOU NOW---!!! (Hee hee hee)
Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, DON’T COOOOME, PLEASE DON’T COME~~~!!!
Bo-bobo: STAND-OFF, TENNOSUKE--!!!!
SFX: SQUA—SH
Tennosuke: GYOEHERAAAA GESHIEAAAAAARAA!!!!
Tennosuke: GYOHEEEEEEEEEE
SFX: WRITE WRITE
Don Patch: (haiku-form)
Squealing right out loud
In a deathly agony
It's tokoroten.
Beauty: BO-BOBO…TENNOSUKE-KUN IS DYING!!!
Bo-bobo: You’re misunderstanding, Beauty.
Beauty: EH?
Bo-bobo: THE SITUATION IS EVEN!! THIS IS A STRENGTH CONTEST FOR THE PRIDE OF FOOD ITEMS, WHERE THE ONE WITH THE STRONGEST FAITH WINS!!!! IT’S FINE IF THAT’S WHAT IT IS
SFX: KUWA
Beauty: IT’S ONLY DESIRE!!?

119.
Shigeki X: IDIOT!! IF THIS IS A MENTAL SURFACE OF STRENGTH, THEN THERE ISN’T ANYONE WHO CAN WIN AGAINST TOFU!!! BECAUSE HE’S FIGHTING TO TAKE REVENGE ON HUMANS!!
SFX: GOOOOO / DON
Don Patch: GUO!!?
Bo-bobo: THIS TOFU’S POWER IS GROWING, HE ISN’T NORMAL!! WHAT THE HECK IS THE ORIGIN OF HIS FAITH HE’S FIGHTING FOR!?
SFX: SQUIISH
Tennosuke: ITZFINEWHATEVERITI~~Z
(TN: Yeah, Tennosuke’s really lost his means to speak while getting squashed)
Wandering Tofu: I’LL TELL YOU, THE REMINISCENCE OF MY MEMORY!! THE PRELUDE OF MY SORROW!!!
SFX: DON
Don Patch: GUOO
Wandering Tofu: I WAS…NO, I EMBRACED THIS. I WANTED…
Wandering Tofu: ……MERELY FOR ALL TOFU TO BECOME TENNIS BALLS…
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Beauty: WHAA!!?
Tennosuke: THIS STEMS FROM THAT~~~!!?

120.
Wandering Tofu: Long ago, we had gone to petition the tennis association to make tofu the official ball in tennis…That was because we thought the king of soybeans, “Tofu”, was appropriate for a white ball…this was our great candidate.
Wandering Tofu: ……However, for the reasons of “They crumbe!”, “They don’t bounce!” and “They go bad under the hot sun!”, they were rejected.
SFX: SQUASH SQUASH MELT
SFX: Of course.
Wandering Tofu: …But we didn’t give up!! We appealed with our great selling point: “You can eat them if you’re hungry during the match” and petitioned the tennis association once again.
SFX: LICK
Wandering Tofu: IT WAS REJECTED
SFX: BAM
Beauty: Oh, of course.
Wandering Tofu: With that unfair conclusion, we who didn’t understand went to the holy land of Wimbeldon (out loud) PLEASE. THOSE WHO SIGN THIS WILL BE GIVEN SOYBEANS. (narration) And began a petition campaign to “Use Tofu Balls”! We wanted to convince our enthusiasm to everyone.

121.
Don Patch: WELL—PTEW
Wandering Tofu: Eventually, we only gathered two signatures and didn’t accomplish it…
Page: PEOPLE WHO THINK IT’S GOOD TO MAKE BALLS FROM TOFU
ZAKU
STALLONE
(TN: The “Zaku” in the list is actually “Zaku model”, which refers to a prominent mecha type in the classic 1979 anime series “Mobile Suit Gundam”)
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: ……Two…that’s enough.
Wandering Tofu: THE TOFU OF THAT TIME WERE REGRETFUL…THIS WAS OUR HATRED TO OPPOSE HUMANS, BUT I’M SURE THAT’S JUST NOT THE SOURCE OF MY POWER---!!!
Beauty: THEN WHAT WAS THAT STORY FOR UNTIL NOW!!?
Wandering Tofu: GATHER, TOFU CUBES!!
Shigeki X: WATCH IDIOTS!! THE TOFU IS ENTERING THIS TOFU!
SFX: SHUUU
Beauty: WHAAT!!!
Wandering Tofu: IT’S OVER!!! SAIDAI OUGI: THE SUPER STRONGEST MOMEN TOFU!!!!
SFX: DON
Bo-bobo: GUOOOOO, IT’S HUGE—HANG ON TENNOSUKE--!!!
Tennosuke: KILL ME—I MIGHT AS WELL BE KILLED----!!!!
SFX: PIPIPIPI
Beauty: KYAAAA, TENNOSUKE-KUN’S BECOME TERRIBLE--!!!

122.
Don Patch: I’LL KILL YOU-NYA, TENNOSUKE!!!
SFX: DA
Don Patch: I’LL START WITH THE TOFU!!! BITE THIS!!!
SFX: CRUNCH
Don Patch: ………………HARD…
SFX: CRUMBLE…
Bo-bobo: STUPID CAT!!!
Wandering Tofu: CHILD…DO YOU THINK THAT I’M SOFT BECAUSE I’M TOFU?
Don Patch: Xylident…
(TN: “Xylident” is a notable gum in Japan with the tooth-friendly xylitol)
Beauty: You alright?
Don Patch: !
Wandering Tofu: IF YOU THOUGHT I WOULD BE SOFT FOR BEING TOFU, YOU’RE GREATLY MISTAKEN!!!!
SFX: KUWA
Don Patch: REA—LY!?
SFX: ZUZUZU…
Wandering Tofu: NOW THIS REALLY IS THE END! I’LL TURN ALL OF YOU INTO MINCEMEAT
SFX: GOOOOOO
Don Patch: ZZZ
Beauty: KYAAAAAA

123.
Bo-bobo: Fu…You should have said what you believed in this battle from the start.
Wandering Tofu: WHAT!?
Bo-bobo: YOU’RE NOT JUST THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS A SORROWFUL PAST. ABOVE THAT, IT IS ABOVE YOURS. NEXT YOU’LL HEAR THE FAITH FOR TENNOSUKE’S FIGHTING
Bo-boob: NOW TENNOSUKE, SAY IT!! TURN YOUR FEELINGS INTO POWER---!!!
SFX: GOGOGO
Tennosuke: AH…AAH…
SFX: BAN
Beauty: HEY, THAT FACE IS IN DANGER!! IT’S THE FACE OF CROSSING THE SANZU RIVER!!
(TN: The “Sanzu River” is a river found in Japanese Buddhism as the river that must be crossed by a dead spirit in order to reach the afterlife, akin to the River Styx in other mythology)
Tennosuke: I………………
Tennosuke: FIVE YEARS AGO I…
Tennosuke: WAS A BLACKBOARD ERASER
Beauty: YOU—WERE!!!?

124.
Tennosuke: BUT BEFORE I ERASED THE BLACKBOARD, I HAD MELTED AWAY.
SFX: MELT…
Teacher: Huh? The eraser has…?
Beauty: THAT’S JUST STUPID!!!
Shigeki X: GU…SOMEONE LIKE HIS HAS SUCH A HEROIC PAST!
Beauty: REA—LY!?
Shigeki X: IT’S TOO SHIGEKI-LIKE…THAT GUY’S FAITH IS ABOVE OURS!!! WE’VE LOST!!
Bo-bobo: THERE ISN’T A DANDIER “KING OF BAD LUCK”!! NOW LET’S BEGIN THIS!!!
Bo-bobo: OUR MUTUAL FAITH WILL BRING HIM DOWN!!!!
Don Patch: I can’t eat anymore…
SFX: POP
Bo-bobo: AH
Beauty: HIS PRIOR REPUTATION WAS INEFFECTIVE AND SNAPPED APART EASILY---!!!

125.
Wandering Tofu: HA HA HA, MY FAITH WAS GREATER.
Bo-bobo: Look closely at your stomach.
Wandering Tofu: WHAT?
Wandering Tofu: TH…THAT IS!? IT’S AN AIRHOLE HE CREATED WHEN HE SNAPPED APART!!
Beauty: WITH ROOM TO SPARE
Bo-bobo: It’s all according to strategy.
SFX: BA
Wandering Tofu: THEY’RE GOING INSIDE ME…………!?
Bo-bobo: Now with this, we’ll clear this tofu stage all at once.
SFX: WHIRRRL
Wandering Tofu: YO…YOU, WHAT IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE!!?
Bo-bobo: FLY AWAY: HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SORROWFUL TOFU IMPACT!!!!
SFX: WHIRRRRRL
Shigeki X, Goisu & Don Patch: GUGYAAAAA

126.
Beauty: THE FLYING TOFU CUBES ARE…………
SFX: BAM BAM BAM BAM
Beauty: GOING INTO THE EXACT KEYHOLES!
SFX: BAM BAM BAM BAM
SFX: CREAK
Beauty: THE DOOR TO THE 3RD FLOOR OPENED!!!
Beauty: AMAZING, BO-BOBO, HE SOLVED THE TOFU PUZZLE ALL AT ONCE!
Shigeki X: HE GATHERED ALL THE TOFU CUBES TOGETHER AND PLACED THEM IN THE KEYHOLES ALL AT ONCE…NOW I SEE THAT HE MEASURED THE SIZES OF ALL THE KEYHOLES WHILE DATING ME…
Shigeki X: EVERYTHING WENT ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN!! S**T!!
SFX: BAM
Shigeki X: EH?
SFX: CRUMBLE
Torpedo Girl: I CAN’T STAND FOOLISHNESS----!!!!
SFX: BO—OM
Shigeki X: GYAAAAA
Bo-bobo: This is our style of teamwork.
SFX: BAN
Don Patch: I’LL KILL YOU BO-BOBO!!
Tennosuke: I WAS ALREADY IN PAIN
SFX: TEAR TEAR

127.
Bo-bobo: Well well, we’ll use these jet horses.
SFX: SPARK~~LE
Don Patch & Tennosuke: YAY—
Bo-bobo: ALRIGHT—LET’S GO TO THE NEXT STAGE!
SFX: GOOOOOOO
SFX: BO—OM
Voice: …WELL THEN YOU’VE COME THIS FAR. YOU’RE THE FIRST ONES WHO’VE COME UP TO THIS 3RD FLOOR……
Voice: BUT ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO DIE WITH THIS EST 3RD FLOOR ATHLETIC: RISING KYOTO LABYRINTH!!!!
SFX: BAN
Bo-bobo & Beauty: WHAT IS THIS STAGE!!?

128.
Voice: NOW LET’S BEGIN THE SPECIALTY OF REVERSE-KYOTO: DEATH 3-LEGGED RACE!!!
SFX: GASHAN
Beauty: Eh?
Bo-bobo: WHAT
SFX: GASHAN
Don Patch & Tennosuke: WA! WHAT ARE THESE DOLLS!?
Goisu: The Athletics on this floor is a 3-Legged Race battle!! We’re forced to connect our legs.
SFX: GASHAN
Shigeki X: WELL I’M THE ONLY ONE LEFT…IF I CAN’T DO THIS
SFX: GASHAN
Shigeki X: EEH!? I’M THE ONLY ONE DOING A ONE-LEGGED RACE!!?
(TN: It’s sort of strange to handle this but basically it’s like this: what I translated as “Three-Legged Race” is in Japanese “Ninin Sankyaku” or “Two People, Three Legs. Meanwhile, Shigeki X’s situation is “Hitori Ikkyaku” or “One Person, One Leg”, which I made “One-Legged Race”)
Bo-bobo: KU…OH NO, I’M TOO TALL FOR HER.
SFX: TWITCH TWITCH
Beauty: WA! WE CAN’T MOVE AT ALL…WE’LL TUMBLE DOWN
SFX: Tap
Don Patch: AH! I…I’M SORRY. MY HAND…
Tennosuke: NO…IT WAS MY FAULT
SFX: TWITCH TWITCH
Beauty: WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING

129.
Goisu: I’ll go and explain this! Hidden somewhere in this Kyoto labyrinth is the “Legendary Narazuke”, which will become the only key to go to the 4th Floor. Can you discover where while avoiding our attacks?
(TN: “Narazuke”, also known as “Kasuzuke”, is a particular pickle based out of Kyoto from the Nara period. The pickle is made by soaking a white melon (other fruits or vegetables such as cucumbers, eggplants or other melons) in a mixture with a sake alcohol base as well as other attributes such as mirin, sugar or salt.)
Jar: NARAZUKE (Delish)
Shigeki X: SHRIMP!!!
SFX: Squirm squirm
Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!! WE’LL FIND IT QUICKLY AND SAVE THE REST OF OUR ALLIES!!! LET’S GO BEAUTY
SFX: DASH
Beauty: Yep.
SFX: CHUDODODO—N
Beauty: KYA
Bo-bobo: KUWA, WHAT!?
Goisu: This “Kyoto Labyrinth” has prepared various types of Kyoto-style traps…
SFX: ZORORO ZORORO
Bo-bobo: !!
Goisu: BAZOOKA DEER!!!
(TN: Basically considering that this is a Kyoto-stage, Goisu is using deer due to their notoriety for being easily approachable towards human as they wander around the parks of Nara)
Beauty: WHAT’S THAT!!?
Bo-bobo: Leave it to me Beauty. It’s good that I had bought this for this moment…
Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: DEER SENBEI INTRODUCTION JUTSU!!!
(TN: A senbei is a “rice cracker”, usually as a snack but also used as deer food)
SFX: THROOOOOOOW

130.
Tennosuke: Want to buy a souvenier?
Don Patch: WELL A BOKUTO OR NUNCHUCKS…
Don Patch: Ara, what are these?
SFX: FLING
Tennosuke: Fragments of senbei?
Don Patch: N
SFX: DON
Don Patch & Tennosuke: WE’RE SURROUNDED BY DEER---!!!
SFX: TURN TURN TURN TURN
Don Patch & Tennosuke: AND BY A DENTIST TOO---!!!
(TN: A strange language joke: “Shika” with one kanji is “deer”, but with another reading and certain other kanji can be “dentist”)
Goisu: KYOTO TRAP #1: DEER TANGO!!!
SFX: CHUDODODODO
Dentist: C3
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GIIYAAAAAAAA
Don Patch: WH—A—
SFX: BO—OM
Beauty: THOSE TWO
Bo-bobo: Don’t turn around, Beauty. We’re cursed to have victims in this fight.

131.
Shigeki X: THAT’S AS FAR AS YOU GO BO-BOBO. YOU’LL BE DEFEATED DIRECTLY BY ONE-LEGGED SHIGEKI!!!
SFX: ROLL ROLL ROLL ROLL
SFX: DA
Shigeki X: AH! THEY RAN AWAY
Shigeki X: HA HA HA, THEY’VE FINALLY REALIZED MY TERROR AND RAN AWAY!!!
Goisu: KYOTO TRAP #2: DAIBUTSU-SAMA SLALOM!!!
(TN: “Daibutsu” is referring in this case to the Nara Daibutsu, a 15-meter Buddha constructed in 752. Another super-large Buddha was built in Kyoto in the 16th Century, but it quickly was destroyed and only known today through historical records)
Shigeki X: GYOBAAAA!!!
SFX: ROLL ROLL ROLL
Beauty: KYAAAAAAA, WHAT IS THIS SIDE OF KYOTO----!!!?
Bo-bobo: Ku…I have to fight while protecting Beauty. That’s difficult…
Goisu: NOW, FROM HERE ON, YOU’RE GOING INTO THE KYOTO TRAPS AND OUR COOPERATIVE ATTACKS.
SFX: SMIRK
Narrator: Top Floor
Dengaku Man: BOILED IN AN IRON POT~~YOU’RE KILLING ME BY BOILING ME~~~!!

TN: Tofu tennis balls...everything Wandering Tofu is angry over is thanks...to tofu tennis balls...sorry, but thinking of the whole concept that possibly one of the most powerful characters in the series is angry because people won't use tofu tennis balls just has to be one of the funniest tragedy stories yet! Of course he sort of maybe denied it later but you do have to wonder what it takes to be torn towards the other side in this series...heck, with everything Tennosuke's done, at least him being a former Hair Hunter makes sense compared to many of the other weird stories out there. But then again the whole fight was about the strength, tenacity and hardness...of two soft, wobbily beings who both use Purupuru Shinken! I think that having hard shields out of soft food items is bizarre but that's the fight we just came out of...but then again, now we're entering into war with deer with bazooka between their antlers and rolling, squashing Buddhas! But hey...it's not their fault that this is what Bo-bobo's team has to put up with day after day.