Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 217

Trapped together in an inescapable 3-Legged Race through a simulated version of Kyoto, Bo-bobo and Beauty must search for a jar of legendary pickles, avoid all the traps of this nightmarish city, avoid their merciless enemies...and maybe crash Don Patch & Tennosuke's date!

Ougi 217: Kyoto Bazooka!!!!

133.
Opening Short Manga: BLAZING DENGAKU MAN
Narrator: Top Floor
Dengaku Man: UWAAAAAA
Dengaku Man: WA WA
SFX: FLING FLING
Dengaku Man: WA—WA—WA--!!
SFX: BAM
Dengaku Man: WAWAWAWAWAWAWA
SFX: GOOOO
Dengaku Man: NOWA—
SFX: BAM / SLIDE
Dengaku Man: BU!!
Dengaku Man: Is that’s what’s left…
Creatures: !
Dengaku Man: I’m angry…shall I kill you all?
SFX: GOGOGOGO
SFX: BABAN
Dengaku Man: THEY’VE MULTIPLIED!!!!
Narrator: TO BE CONTINUED AS IT PLEASES!!!!
(TN: I’m really not going to go into all the video game references this time…have fun figuring them out yourself)

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Shigeki X: KYAAAAAAA, THE FORCE IS RAPIDLY INCREASING----!!!
SFX: ROLL ROLL ROLL ROLL
Narrator: SUMMARY OF LAST TIME: “Kyoto Labyrinth”, the 3rd Floor of the EST, is a 3-Legged Race fight while searching for the Narazuke, which is the key to the 4th Floor!
Goisu: HA HA HA, THIS KYOTO AREA IS AN INFINITE GIANT LABYRINTH WITH NO EXIT!! THAT DAIBUTSU WILL CHASE ALL OF YOU NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO. WHERE CAN YOU GO WITH THIS UNFAMILIAR 3-LEGGED RACE!!?
Shigeki X: IF YOU DON’T GET AWAY—WILL YOU BECOME LIKE ME--?
Bo-bobo & Beauty: UWAAAAA
Narrator: At that moment at the souvenir shop…
Tennosuke: This really suits you………Yatsuhashi.
(TN: “Yatsuhashi” is a confectionary usually a souvenir from Kyoto: a sugary sweet of rice flower, sugar and cinnamon)
Don Patch: WELL, IT’S A DREAMY HAIRPIN! THANKS!
Store Owner: You must—buy it.
Lantern: KYOTO

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Bo-bobo: WE HAVEN’T MADE PROGRESS!!
Beauty: KYA, WE CAN’T STOP IMMEDIATELY
SFX: KIKIKII
Bo-bobo: GET DOWN BEAUTY!! I’LL DESTROY THIS DAIBUTSU WITH NOSEHAIR!!
SFX: HYUN
Beauty: NO! I WANT TO GET DOWN, BUT IT’S IMPOSSIBLE WITH OUR LEGS CONNECTED.
Bo-bobo: KLU…I CAN’T USE MY NOSEHAIRS!!
Beauty: Sorry, Bo-bobo.
SFX: GOOOOO
Goisu: HA HA HA, IT’S OVER---!!!
Bo-bobo: But it’s fine that this is Kyoto.
SFX: SU
Goisu: WHAT!?
Bo-bobo: THAT’S BECAUSE I CAN USE THIS “DAIBUTSU SCOOP” THAT WAS SOLD AT THE KYOTO GION FESTIVAL!!!
(TN: The Gion Festival (or “Gion Matsuri”), is a famous Kyoto festival through the month of July, particularly known for a nightly festival similar to many temple festivals with various foods and games such as goldfish scooping)
Beauty: DAIBUTSU SCOOP!!? YOU CAN’T GET THOSE ACCURSED ROCKS DURING GION!!
Bo-bobo: LET’S GO: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: ACCURSED BLUES!!!!
SFX: GATSU
Beauty: HE SCOOPED IT---!!! AND IT’S FLYING OFF----!!!
Bo-bobo: It worked from the advice from an old night-seller long ago…
Night Seller: The paper rips easily in the center…get them at the edge.
Young Bo-bobo: HEE~~
Beauty: NO, THAT’S NOT AN EXPERIENCE AT ALL! IT HAD FLOWN AWAY
SFX: BO—OM
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAA, WHAT---!!?

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Goisu: IT’S STILL STARTING NOW. GO, KYOTO TRAP YUUGOU OUGI: BIG BAZOOKA HELL!!!
SFX: DOSHUSHUSHU
Bo-bobo: UOOOO, RUN BEAUTY!!
SFX: BO—OM, BABABOOM
Beauty: KYAAAAAAA
Bo-bobo: HERE, WEAR THIS BULLETPROOF VEST
Vest: PORUN
(TN: Slightly ironic but Porun may look like a weird creature here, but it is also known as a mascot character who appeared in the anime “Pretty Cure Max Heart”, which aired around this time in 2005 when this chapter came out)
Beauty: THIS!!? NO WAY
Bo-bobo: Then to here.
SFX: BA
Goisu & Wandering Tofu: !!
Goisu: IDIOTS! YOU WON’T RUN FAR WITH WHATEVER YOU DO WITH THIS THREE-LEGGED RACE!!
Goisu: CHECKMATE!!!
SFX: BA
SFX: BO—OM
Wheel Caption: Works on Itchy Eyes
Goisu: GYAAAA, HE’S RIDING A BIKE-----!!!!

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Bo-bobo: OK baby, with that, we’ll search for the legendary Narazuke-Lonely
SFX: VROOOM
Beauty: Wait, I’m looking at a Kyoto map now.
Beauty: There’s a place where Narazuke could be hidden…I’m suspicious they may be at Sanjuusangendo.
(TN: “Sanjuusangendo” is a notable Buddhist temple in Kyoto. Beauty is right to suspect there, considering that monks are notable for making pickles as part of their vegetarian diet)
Bo-bobo: OK BABY, LET’S GO, GO!!
SFX: VROOOOM
Bo-bobo: WE’RE HERE
Sign: CATRAYS OF THE WORLD AQUARIUM
Beauty: WHERE ARE WE!!? THIS IS COMPLETELY WRONG!!
Bo-bobo: LOOK! IT’S EXTREMELY RARE
Beauty: I WON—‘T!
Narrator: At that moment, the idiot duo were
Don Patch: I’VE CONSIDERABLY ENJOYED KYOTO.
Tennosuke: SHALL WE GRADUALLY SEARCH FOR THE NARAZUKE…SPIKED BEAUTY.
Don Patch: OF COURSE.
SFX: CLICK CLOMP / PUMO—PUMO—PUMO—
Don Patch: …SO, WHERE SHALL WE SEARCH? TEN-CHAN
SFX: RUSTLE
Tennosuke: First we’ll go around to the bottom-left area, to the side of the top-right…Here’s the map…
Map: MAP, AND CHEESE
(TN: Another language joke: “chizu” is “map” in Japanese, but it is a homonym to “chiizu”, which is a way to say “cheese”)
Don Patch: ISN’T THIS THE GRAND LINE!!!?
Map: ALABASTA / SKY ISLAND
(TN: Obvious reference to WSJ series “One Piece” by Eiichiro Oda, with Alabasta and Sky Island/Skypiea both prominent destinations in the Grand Line visited by the Straw Hat Pirates)
Tennosuke: WOAH!! YOU’RE RIGHT

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Don Patch & Tennosuke: WE’VE WON!!!
SFX: HUG
Beauty: WHAT!!? THAT ISN’T KYOTO
Shigeki X: HA HA HA, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO LOOK FOR THE NARAZUKE LOOKING AT THAT MAP. YOU’RE BOTH GONNA BE KILLED BY SHIGEKI X---!!!
SFX: WHIRRRRL / BA
Don Patch: KYA! I CAN’T RUN IF IT’S YOU
Tennosuke: I’M SORRY FOR THIS.
Don Patch: I HEAR YOU!!
Shigeki X: WATCH!! THIS IS KYOTO TRAP MAX, SINGING OF HUMAN DEGREDATION: SOUL OF SHIGEKI X RECKLESSLY FIRING ON KUDAN HILL!!!! I’M SLIDING WITH MY LIFE---!!!
(TN: Kudan Hill is actually not in Kyoto but in Tokyo, notable for being a hill where the sacred Yasukuni Shrine is, filled with various ritual spaces for pilgrims to attend to and tied to the Japanese emperor)
SFX: RATATATATATATATATATA
SFX: ERRRR
Shigeki X: GYAAAAAAA, YOU’RE SERIOUSLY GONNA KILL ME----!!!!
SFX: BOING BOING
Shigeki X: IF YOU DO THAT…
Shigeki X: Welcome~~welcome~~~
(TN: Shigeki X is actually saying “Oideyasu”, which is an antiquated way of saying “welcome”.)

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Shigeki X: TAKE THIS: KYOTO TRAP: MAIKO GIRL’S RED UMBRELLA CUTTER!!!
(TN: A “maiko” is Japanese for “dancing girl” and notable as the term for an apprentice geisha in Kyoto. This is the traditional image of geisha: a girl under 21 years of age who wear elaborate kimonos with elaborate hair and makeup)
SFX: SLASH SLASH
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAA----!!!
Shigeki X: YOUR CRIMSON BLOOD WILL FLOW LIKE MOMIJI: COTTON CUTTER!!!
(TN: “Momiji” is the Japanese name for the Japanese maple (species name: Acer palmatum), a tree prominent throughout Japan and notable for their deep red color which is viewed in the fall like sakura in the spring)
SFX: WHIRRRRRL
Don Patch & Tennosuke: WAAAA, IT’S COMING—RUN AWAY---!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: THIS WAY!!
SFX; GASHAN / BAM BAM
Don Patch & Tennosuke: BU!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: THEN THIS WAY!!!
SFX: GASHAN / BAM BAM
Don Patch & Tennosuke: BU!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: HAA…HAA…
Don Patch & Tennosuke: BEST PARTNER!!!
SFX: HUG
Shigeki X: RIGHT NOW!!?
SFX: BO—OM
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYOHERAAEEEE~~~~!!!!
Shigeki X: GYAAAAAA, WHAT IS THIIIIS------!!!

140.
SFX: TWITCH TWITCH SLUMP SLUMP
Don Patch: HEY BO-BOBO, DO YOU WANT US TO DIE TOO!!
Bo-bobo: Be quiet, I’m in the middle of onion sunbathing.
Tennsouke: ONION SUNBATHING!!?
Don Patch: THAT’S MY GREATEST WORRY THIS YEAR---!!!
Bo-bobo: So, have you two found the legendary Narazuke?
SFX: RUB RUB
Beauty: WELL THEN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!? WHAT SORT OF MEANING IS THAT!!?
Bo-bobo: IT PARTICULARLY HAS NO MEANING.
Tennosuke: AMAZIN----!!!
Don Patch: I’LL DO IT TOO
SFX: STICK STICK
Beauty: ……
Goisu: HA HA HA, YOU’VE ALL GATHERED SPLENDEDLY. WE DID IT WITHOUT KNOWING THAT YOU HAD BEEN GUIDED HERE.
SFX: BAN
Bo-bobo: WHAT! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!?
Goisu: THIS PLACE IS THE MOST CONVENIENCE FOR US TO KILL YOU………DIE: ABSORPTION!!!
SFX: GOOOO

141,
SFX: ZUOOOOO
Everyone: UWAA!! WHAT!!?
Goisu: SUCK UP EVERYTHING, MY DUCKTAIL!!!
Tennosuke: WHAT~~~~
Don Patch: I WON’T LET GO EVEN IF WE DIE—
SFX: GYUOOOOO
Beauty: THEY’VE BECOME UNUSUAL----!!!
Shigeki X: TH…THIS IS…ISN’T THIS BAZOOKA SHINKEN SAIJYOUKYUU OUGI…IT’S A SUPER-POWERFUL TECHNIQUE THAT SUCKS UP ALL MATERIALS AND FIRES IT IMMEDIATELY!! IF HE DOES IT IN THIS PLACE…
SFX: GOOOO / BO—OM
Shigeki X: YOU IDIOT, KYOTO WILL FLY AWAY WITH THIS---!!!!
SFX: KUWA
Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: WHAT THE~~~!!!?
Shigeki X: WATCH! IN FRONT OF HIS HAIR!! KYOTO IS GOING TO BE REBUILT--!!
Caption: KYOTO
Beauty: UWA, IT’S TRUE!! HE’S DRAWN KYOTO KINDLY!!!

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Shigeki X: BY THE WAY, SHALL I THROW MYSELF AWAY AT THIS TIME…………
SFX: CR~~Y
Beauty: PITIFUL!!!
Shigeki X: UOOOOOOOO
SFX: DODODODO
Don Patch & Tennosuke: UWAAAA, SAVE US~~~WE’RE BEING SUCKED IN~~~!!
SFX: GOOOOO
Beauty: YOU TWO—
Beauty: BO-BOBO
SFX: BA
Bo-bobo: I’ll save them! Eyes are eyes…suction is suction!
Bo-bobo: GO, HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: RETURN SUCTION!!!! PLEASE, OLD CLEANING LADY!!
SFX: POP
Old Woman: LEAVE IT TO ME…
Beauty: SHABBY!!! THAT’S A VACUUM CLEANER!!!
Old Woman: SWITCH ON
SFX: DOSHUU
Beauty: AMAZING---!! THAT’S IMPRESSIVE SUCTION---!!!
Beauty: BUT CAN YOU SAVE DON PATCH AND TENNOSUKE WITH THAT

143.
Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYOEEEEEE
SFX: GOOOOO
Beauty: KYAAAAAAA, THEY’RE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE----!!!
Narrator: When adults scramble for a while, that child goes through a difficult time…
SFX: PULL PULL PULL PULL
Don Patch: IT HURTS~~~YOU’RE TEARING THEM OFF.
Narrator: The one who lets go is the one who is truly thinking of the child!
(TN: Note how the “adults” are homages to Kinnikuman characters Warsman and Mister Khamen)
“Khamen’s outfit”: STER BA
“Warsman”: KO—HO—
SFX: PA
Don Patch: Kikai Choujin-san.
(TN: Like “Akuma Choujin” or “Seigi Choujin” are in Japanese, a “Kikai Choujin” is a robot Choujin in Kinnikuman, in this case the Warsman homage)
Tennosuke: So turn off the switch Bo-bobo.
SFX: GYUOOO
Don Patch: It will be fine! Cause he does understand us.
Old Woman: UOOOO!!!
Bo-bobo: Pick pick
Don Patch & Tennosuke: HE’S JUST PICKING HIS NOSE~~~~!!!
Don Patch & Tennosuke: YOU~~~~!!! (Weighing God~~~~~)
SFX: WHIRRRL
Beauty: THEY’RE BEING SUCKED INTO THE VACUUM LIKE THE MAFUUBA--!!!
(TN: A Dragonball attack, “Mafuuba” is a special energy attack used to trap an evil opponent in a Denshi Jar, but forces the one who does it to sacrifice their life to use it. This was the attack originally done to trap the evil Piccolo Daimiou prior to the start of the series and was used (and failed) to stop him during the actual series)
Narrator: …And inside Bo-bobo
Don Patch: ORA—GET OUT HERE BO-BOBO!!
Tennosuke: EXPLAIN WHAT YOU’VE DONE!! OOH!!? WE’LL KILL YOU

144.
Don Patch & Tennosuke: N!?
Don Patch: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? AAH!?
SFX: LIFT
Page: TO MY BELOVED MOTHER (Picture: GOKA)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
YOU’VE DONE WELL UNTIL NOW
BOBOTA
Tennosuke: THAT STUPID AFRO!! I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE, BUT HE SHOULDN’T JOKE WITH US!!! RIGHT DON PATCH!
Don Patch: ……MY……BOY……
Tennosuke: !!! REALLY?
Don Patch: AND I WOULD ALWAYS CURSE THAT BOY……WHEN HE WOULD NEVER COME HOME FROM WORK…
SFX: PLOP
Kanji: Mom
Don Patch: I’M THE WORST MOTHER…I NEVER UNDERSOOD MY CHILD AT ALL.
SFX: TEAR…
Don Patch: AND YET HE HAD REMEMBERED MY BIRTHDAY…
Tennosuke: Um
Don Patch: ………………
Don Patch: HEY, WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO ATONE!!? ANSWER!! PLEASE ANSWER!!!
SFX: GRAB
Tennosuke: EH!? NO, I HEARD BUT……
Narrator: At that time outside…………
Goisu: KU KU KU…IT’S GATHERED.
SFX: ZUGOGOGOGOGO
Beauty: AAH…THAT’S…

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Goisu: I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT……BO-BOBO.
Goisu: IT’S OVER!! DIE: BAZOOKA SHINKEN SAIDAI OUGI: KATAMARI DAMACY!!!!
(TN: Alright, this is a weird one but keep up: the attack Goisu released is called “Katamari Damacy”, just like the popular 2004 video game where an extraterrestrial prince comes to Earth to roll up everything in your path to create new stars to please your father the king. In fact, even the “Katamari” part is the exact same word which means “clump” or “mass”. However, the “Damacy” here is slightly different: the “Dama” is the kanji “Tama” for “Ball”, while the “cy” or “Shii” (as it’s read in Japanese) is actually another kanji which stands for “murdering one’s lord or father”. Thus the full translation of Goisu’s attack is “Clump-Ball Lord-Killer”. BTW: “Saidai” = “Ultimate”)
SFX: DON
Beauty: KYAAA, THERE ISN’T A WAY TO DEFEND FROM THIS-----!!!
SFX: WREEE
Bo-bobo: PATCH #1, TENNOSUKE#2
SFX: POP
Tennosuke: Eh?
Bo-bobo: LAUNCH PREPARATION OK!!...
Bo-bobo: GO!! HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUJIKUUOUGI: ATONING SPACE!!!!
SFX: BOOM
Tennosuke: EEEEEEEEEEEH!!?
Tennosuke: GYAAAA, WHAT’S THAT!!? WE’LL DIIIIE~~~
SFX: GOOOO
Don Patch: This is atonement………
Tennosuke: WHAA!!?
Don Patch: I understand…your mother will atone.
SFX: GOOOOO
Tennosuke: UOOO, THIS IS DESPERATIOOOON~~~~~~~

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Don Patch: PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH PATCH
Tennosuke: NU HANDKERCHIEF NU HANDKERCHIEF NU HANDKERCHIEF NU HANDKERCHIEF NU HANDKERCHIEF NU HANDKERCHIEF
SFX: BAM BAM BAM BAM
Caption: CHOU DOUBLE KYOURYOKU OUGI: NU PATCH RANDOM PROGRESSING SHOT!!!!
SFX: BYON
Goisu: WHAAT--!!! THEY’VE SENT BACK MY SAIDAI OUGI-----!!!
Goisu: UWAAAAA
SFX: GOOOOO
Shigeki X: N?
Shigeki X, Wandering Tofu & Goisu: GYAAAAAAA!!!!
SFX: BO—OM
SFX: BO—OM
Beauty: YOU DID IT—YOU WERE ALL AMAZING
Don Patch: We’re back.

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Shigeki X: GUGU…SO YOU ACTUALLY DID IT YOU S**TS…!! FINE…IT IS A KESSHII KESHI KESHI BATTLE. WE’LL RELEASE OUR 4TH WARRIOR HERE…A VIOLENTLY STRONG MAN…
Shigeki X: I am mentioning him, but all of you know him too.
Bo-bobo & Beauty: WHAT!! WHO?
Shigeki X: IT’S FINE IF YOU’RE SURPRISED!! NOW APPEAR OUR 4TH WARRIOR…
SFX: ERRR
Shigeki X: BEBEBE-BE BE-BEBE!!!!
SFX: BAN
Be-bebe: ……GUFU
Jar: NARAZUKE
Shigeki X, Wandering Tofu & Goisu: HE’S ALREADY BEEN DEFEATED------!!!!
Bu-bubu: HE WASN’T OBEDIENT AT ALL, SO BIG SIS HUNG HIM UP.
SFX: CRUNCH CRUNCH
Bo-bobo, Beauty & Don Patch: THAT GIRL HAS THE LEGENDARY NARAZUKE KEY AND IS EATING THEM ON HER OWN----!!!!

TN: Well Be-bebe finally got his wish of working for his brother...but unfortunately it's probably short lived. Yeah, Bu-bubu is his big sister and essentially should be within his own patronage mindset but to get tossed around offscreen by her really shows that maybe he isn't the best person to do this, Hair Sibling or not. Aside from him, the chapter sort of has two weird matters that I sort of want to get into. First of all is Goisu: I get that he wanted revenge on Bo-bobo considering he was willing to fire the entire Kyoto field in one massive katamari...but for what!? Why the heck did Goisu want revenge on Bo-bobo? Was it because of Gunkan? Was it just for betraying the Hair Kingdom (which obviously he isn't from if his big brother isn't from) And didn't he realize that Bo-bobo and Gunkan are (sort of) still friends even after all that happened in that previous arc? And what the heck made him obsessed with having an entire Kyoto field outside the katamari bit: is he and Gunkan from some sort of society like that and matched up with him like what we saw with Wandering Tofu and Shigeki X? He really never had too much development compared to Gunkan...but then again, not too many villains outside bosses (or crucial characters like Be-bebe) ever do. And the other weird matter: thanks to all the Kyoto references in the last two chapters, I've been really, really busy with the references! I know many of you probably know of Kyoto better than me but it just felt like I had to look up everything from deer to maple trees just to make it work! I sort of hope Sawai lets me be next time...but with how the references have returned in force since at least the Be-bebe fight (or maybe the start of Hair Kingdom), I doubt it.