Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 222

Twenty years ago, the Hair Kingdom was destroyed by the Maruhage Empire, leaving the five humanoid Hair Siblings adrift. Now, as Bo-bobo and all of his allies finally reach Bi-bibi's castle, the truth of this tragic day will be revealed...and the final battle of all hair will begin!

Ougi 222: This is The Beginning

39.
Narrator: --SUMMARY—With control of the Four Hair Towers, the path to the Aderas Zone has opened. The Center of the Aderas Zone: Moukon Castle
(TN: “Moukon” is Japanese for “Hair Root”)
Narrator: Bo-bobo’s team have waited to go there. They face towards it under the eye of big brother Bi-bibi, who they must defeat!! TO THE HAIR KINGDOM CLIMAX!!

40.
SFX: MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH
Bu-bubu: Moukon Castle, where Bi-bibi is, is right in front of us. Bo-bobo, it’s finally time for the final battle……
Bu-bubu: WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU DOING!!?
Bo-bobo: WE’LL KILL BI-BIBI, KO—HO--!!
Don Patch: KUSA KUSA KUSA--!! (DEFEAT BI-BIBI)
Dengaku Man: DEFEAT BI-BIBI, GUBA!!
Tennosuke: DEFEAT BIBIBI NO BITARO!!!
(TN: There’s too much going on so I decided to condense them all into one note:
-Outside Don Patch, the trio are dressed as Kinnikuman characters. (Bo-bobo: Warsman; Dengaku Man: The Ninja; Tennosuke: Ashuraman)
-Don Patch is yelling Kusa kusa as his dialogue, which is Japanese for “grass”, which he was just eating
-Tennosuke’s “Bibibi no Bitaro” is obviously a “Gegege no Kitaro” reference)
SFX: BAM WHAM BAM WHAM
Beauty: THERE IT IS: BO-BOBO TEAM’S MYSTERIOUS ENERGY RAISING TECHNIQUE!! (With that they’ll mutually raise themselves)
SFX: BAN
Beauty: !! THEY’RE DEAD----!!! AND THERE’S ONE CHAMPION---!! (Somehow)
Bo-bobo: I’ve gathered my energy. Now shall we go settle this…

41.
Bo-bobo: THIS IS THE DESTINED BATTLE OF WE, THE FIVE HAIR SIBLINGS!!
Beauty: Wa! It’s suddenly serious. Seriously!? That’s good!!
Caption: MOUKON CASTLE
SFX: GOOOOO
Caption: Top Floor Restaurant
Vita: Look, papa! A whole lot of people are heading for the tower.
Bi-bibi: It’s been 20 years……
SFX: SU
Bi-bibi: HE’S FINALLY COME. YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR PLACE, LITTLE BROTHER……

42.
Bi-bibi: BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO.
Beauty: WHA~~~~~~~!!!? THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN EARLIER!!! (What is that form!? Where’s the seriousness from earlier?)
SFX: RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE
Bo-bobo: CHEERS FOR REUNION! CHEERS FOR REUNION!
SFX: CLING CLING CLING
Beauty: WAWA HEY…STOP! YOU’LL BE DEFEATED
SFX: GLUB GLUB GLUB GLUB COUGH COUGH
Beauty: AND LOOK CLOSELY!! HE ALONE IS CERTAINLY DROWNING!!!
Tennosuke: A CHEERS WITH CHAMPAGNE. ROMAN…
Tennsouke: TIC!!!
SFX: STRETCH
Beauty: TOO ANNOYING!! WHAT’S WITH THE HIGH TENSION OF THOSE THREE NOW?

43.
Vita: LOOK PAPA, THOSE PEOPLE ARE FUNNY.
Pigtails: THEY ARE, AHAAH—
SFX: CRASH
Vita & Pigtail: KYAA
Vita: ……Eh?
Pigtails: Papa…?
Bi-bibi: It’s not just Bu-bubu, Be-bebe and Bo-bobo are opposing me too…I decide who controls the Hair Kingdom!!!
Bo-bobo: THAT’S NOT IT, BIG BRO…
SFX: SMOOSH~~~
Bitan & Pigtails: KYAA
Bi-bibi: !!!
Bo-bobo: YOU WERE UNAWARE!? THAT WAS OUGI: CLIMBING THE UNIVERSITY MOUNTAIN CIRCLE LIKE UEZONO-SAN”
Bi-bibi: WHO’S THAT!?
Bo-bobo: BREAKING IN NOW!!! DON’T NEED YOU.
SFX: WHAM / GASHA—N
Don Patch & Dengaku Man: GYAAAAA

44.
Heppokomaru: THAT’S BI-BIBI. WHAT IS THIS COERCIVE FEELING
SFX: GOOOOO
Beauty: N!
Vita: HEY! GO AWAY, JELLY MONSTER!! HEY HEY
Pigtails: HEY, GO, KONNNYAKU JELLY CREATURE
SFX: BAM BAM BAM
Beauty: TENNOSUKE-KUN…
Tennosuke: MISSIES…THIS GUY IS TOKOROTEN! I’M EXTREMELY HARMLESS. HERE, I’LL GIVE YOU THIS TOKOROTEN DOLL AS PROOF I’M YOUR FRIEND.
SFX: SU / PAT PAT
Vita: Don’t want it.
SFX: THROW
Tennosuke: HEY! YOU BRAT!!
Bi-bibi: Hmm. So you’ve come resolved to die.
Pigtails: Papa…
Bo-bobo: FINALLY. AFTER ALL I’VE BEEN THROUGH, I CAN FINALLY FACE YOU…
Don Patch: BO-BOBO, YOU. YOU’RE GONNA DIE, THERE--!!
Dengaku Man: APOLOGIZE, FOOL
Bo-bobo: Twenty years ago…since that day the Maruhage Empire destroyed the Hair Kingdom, I’ve been after you……
Caption: HAIR KINGDOM
Hair Hunter: HA HA HA, WE’RE IN CONTROL—
Don Match & Dengaku Man: WE’RE BEING IGNORED FOR A FLASHBACK—

45.
Bo-bobo: BIG BRO BE-BEBE! BIG SIS BU-BUBU! HATENKOU! WE’RE LEAVING HERE. RIDING THE ESCAPE ROCKET I’VE PREPARED, WE CAN RUN AWAY FROM THE HAIR HUNTERS SAFELY!!
Caption: Bo-bobo, 7 Years Old
Bu-bubu: BO-BOBO, WILL IT REALLY FLY!? YOU’VE MADE A WEIRD THING!! FIRST OF ALL, WHERE’S THE ROCKET!?
“Rocket”: It’s here.
Caption: Bu-bubu, 9 Years Old
Be-bebe: AND MY ROCKET IS REALLY USELESS----!!! ISN’T THIS JUST A PET BOTTLE ROCKET! YOU’VE DRAWN AND BUILT THIS!! CAN IT FLY---!!!
Bucket: TARAI
(TN: A “tarai” is a washbin used to wash clothes and occasionally people in Japanese society)
Bu-bubu: AND HATENKO’S ROCKET…?
Be-bebe: HOLD ON THERE---!!
SFX: JA—N
Bu-bubu: IT’S EXTREMELY SPLENDED!!!
Bo-bobo: TEE-HEE. PESTERING.
Bu-bubu & Be-bebe: !!
Bo-bobo: EVERYONE!! LIVE SO WE’LL MEET AGAIN!!
SFX: CLICK
SFX: WHOOSH
Bu-bubu & Be-bebe: BO-BOBO, WE’LL KILL YOU--!! YET THEY CAN FLY—

46.
Bo-bobo: That’s a relief.
TUYOSI: You’re the only one remaining.
Bo-bobo: !
Bo-bobo: FATHER!!!
TUYOSI: UUH…WHEN WE MEEN AGAIN WILL…BE MAMMOTHLY PLEASPING~~
Caption: Bo-bobo’s Father: TUYOSI
(TN: First of all, I’m keeping TUYOSI’s name as is even though it’s read as “Tsuyoshi”. Secondly, TUYOSI says “Urepi” instead of “Ureshi”, thus I made the weird adjustment to make it to “Pleasping”)
TUYOSI: SO THEN BO-BOBO, NOW I HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING.
Bo-bobo: SERIOUSLY~~
TUYOSI: I ENTRUST YOU WITH THE “PROOF OF THE HAIR KING: KENPERA”, ENTRUSTED FOR GENERATIONS TO THE KING OF THE HAIR KINGDOM. YOU ARE THE MAN WHO LOVES HAIR THE MOST IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!!! ON WHATEVER DAY YOU HOLD THIS AGAIN, THIS HAIR KINGDOM WILL BE REVIVED!!
(TN: “Kenpera” is Japanese for “Hair Fluency”)
SFX: GLIMMER
Be-bebe: STUPID! BO-BOBO’S THE HAIR KING!?
Bu-bubu: Incredible. We didn’t know all this time…
Bo-bobo: The “Proof of the Hair King” my dad gave me that day…
SFX: SLIP
Bo-bobo: I NEVER LET IT GO EVEN FOR A MOMENT!! (It was my emergency food)
Bo-boob: WHAT THE~~~!? YOU’RE COMPLETELY MISTAKEN~~~!!?

47.
Don Patch: FRFRFR……FRIED SHRIMP!!! THAT’S MY FAVORITE FOOD---!!!
SFX: SLOBBER
Bi-bibi: Kukuku…so that’s the reason I couldn’t find it all this time. My stupid dad gave it to you…
Don Patch: Pay—me pay—me
Bi-bibi: GIVE IT TO ME---!!! THE HAIR EMPEROR IS ME---!!!
SFX: RIP
Bo-bobo: Unfortunately I have no reason to hand it over. This is…
Bo-bobo: A MEMENTO OF MY DAD TUYOSI!!!
SFX: CRUNCH
Don Patch: MY LOST FRIED SHRIMP IS SMASHED TO NOTHING!!!

48.
Bo-bobo: Yes…the “Proof of the Hair King” is a memento from dad……
Hair Hunters: HA HA HA, WE’VE FOUND THE SURVIVOR! KILL HIM!!
Bo-bobo: GE! THE HAIR HUNTERS FOUND US
Sign: PROOF OF THE HAIR KING AWARD CEREMONY
Bo-bobo: KU…I HAVE TO HOLD THEM BACK HERE!!!
SFX: GARARA
TUYOSI: BO-BOBO
Bo-bobo: RUN AWAY FA—THER!!
SFX: FLING
TUYOSI: IT’S USELESS TO ATTACK YOUR OBLIGATION—
SFX: PLOP
Hair Hunters: HEY HEY DUMMY!! YOU CAN’T GET AWAY!! DIE---!!!
SFX: STOMP STOMP
Bo-bobo & TUYOSI: GYAAAA
SFX: BAM BAM
Hair Hunters: GUHA!! GOPE!!
SFX: BO—OM / STEP
Hair Hunter: HEY…WHAT ARE YOU!!?
Bo-bobo: You’re…

49.
Bo-bobo: ……I can never forget…he was the man who saved my life that day. No other…
Don Patch: Fried shrimp~~
Bo-bobo: NO OTHER…
SFX: Scoop
Don Patch: TRANSFORM
SFX: BATSU
SFX: CLING
(TN: Don Patch’s transformation sequence is reminiscent of a transformation for the tokusatsu hero Kamen Rider, one of whom put his power inside a belt in order to change to his hero form)
SFX: KA
Bo-bobo: THAT MAN!!!
Don Patch: ENTER OMEN PATCH DASH 530
(TN: “Omen” in this case is a polite manner of saying “Mask” as opposed to “Kamen” (or just the word “omen”), while the numbers “530” are read here as “Gomi Zero”, which translates into “Trash Zero”. The numerical aspect of Don Patch’s TF form is a reference to 2004-2005’s “Kamen Rider 555”, where all forms and attacks are connected to numerical combinations that are read as various words/puns, while the belt-based transformation is a reference to 2003-2004’s “Kamen Rider Blade”, where the transformation mechanism is connected to the belt power)
SFX: BAN
Beauty: IT—WAS!!? IT’S NOT BI-BIBI!! IT’S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE SIHOUETTE EARLIER!!

50.
Bo-bobo: And then after that, I learned the truth of the fall of the Hair Kingdom……(kid Bo-bobo) You saved me Patch Dash 530.
Don Patch: 530 motion.
Bi-bibi: WHAT, SO YOU’RE STILL ALIVE--?
Hair Hunters: SORRY
Bo-bobo: !!
Bo-bobo: BIG BRO BI-BIBI!!!
Hair Hunters: Bi-bibi-sama.
Bo-bobo: WHY IS BIG BRO TOGETHER WITH THE HAIR HUNTERS!?
TUYOSI: WHY!?
Don Patch: HOWHY!?
(TN: Don Patch states this as “Howhy” in Katakana)
Bi-bibi: DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND! EVEN THE MARUHAGE EMPIRE IS MY TOOL. I’VE ARRANGED FOR THE HAIR HUNTERS TO ATTACK THE HAIR KINGDOM
Bo-bobo: !!
Beauty: THAT’S…TO YOUR HOME…HORRIBLE…
Dengaku Man: IT IS…
Be-bebe: THAT STUPID FOOL!! HOW COULD HE REMAIN QUIET ABOUT SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING!
Bi-bibi: BO-BOBO! THERE WERE TOO MANY THINGS IN MY WAY FOR ME TO CONTROL THIS HAIR KINGDOM!
SFX: BAM BAM BAM
Bo-bobo: GAHA GUHA
Bi-bibi: ONCE IT’S DESTROYED, I’LL BE ABLE TO REBUILD IT QUICKLY AND EASILY

51.
Don Patch: Commemorative photo
SFX: CLICK—
Bo-bobo: IS THIS SERIOUS~~~?
SFX: STOMP
Bi-bibi: Regretfully, I’ve had the Maruhage Empire come here to destroy it. THEY’RE WITH ME
Heppokomaru: OF COURSE, THAT’S WHY BO-BOBO HAD TO DESTROY THE HAIR HUNTERS!! IN ORDER TO DEFEAT HIS BIG BROTHER!!!!
Bo-bobo: I CAN’T FORGIVE THE MARUHAGE EMPIRE FOR NOT THINKING OF HAIR FOR HAIR BUT…YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE I CAN NEVER FORGIVE FOR DISTURBING ALL HAIR PEACE!!
SFX: CRICK
Bo-bobo: YOU DESTROYED THE HAIR KINGDOM ONLY FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL GREED.
Bo-bobo: YOU’VE CHANGED THE DESTINY OF US SIBLINGS…AND THAT LIFE THAT CANNOT BE BOUGHT……
SFX: GOOOO

52.
Bo-bobo: YOU TOOK OUR FATHER’S LIFE-----!!!!!
SFX: DOGO
TUYOSI: YOU DID, YOU DID--!!!
Bi-bibi: GUHA!!!
Bi-bibi: !? ……? !?
Beauty, Heppokomaru & Bu-bubu: SOMEHOW THEIR FATHER APPEARED---!!!
TUYOSI: EEH!? HOW COULD YOU FIB THAT YOUR FATHER DIED!? I DIDN’T KNOW THAT---!!! I’VE APPEARED SO I CAN DRAWW OUT THE REAL PAST STORY!!!
Caption: Father: TUYOSI

53.
Caption: ARE YOU..FRIED SHRIMP?
Caption: AND ARE THEY FRIED SHRIMP?
Caption: YOU’RE NOT FRIED SHRIMP, ARE YOU?
SFX: DA
Don Patch: BI-BIBI
SFX: TURN TURN TURN
Don Patch: I WANT FRIED SHRIMP FOR MY SIDE-DISH TONIGHT!!!!
SFX: WHAM
Beauty: FOR NO REASON, OMEN PATCH 530 FROM THE PAST HAS APPEARED-----!!!

TN: There's only one thing you can say after reading a chapter like this: it all makes sense now. The reason Bo-bobo went to the Maruhage Empire, the reason he fought the Hair Hunters, why he and TUYOSI were so desperate to escape all those years ago...it's like everything that had happened from the first chapter on finally just comes in full view with the truth revealed, like a dim light bulb suddenly brightening in full glimmer! Somehow he probably forgot a bit (since it took Hatenko forever for him to get that info to him...proving that he and Bu-bubu at least got back there first), but you can at least see that this is the moment why Sawai had everything set up from the beginning and, barring any real cancellation early on, why the Hair Kingdom was being saved for the very end of the story! (well that and the whole "Fist of the North Star" comparison but that's mostly due to the whole idea of the evil, dominating, controlling brother being faced down by his youngest brother...even if I doubt too many would want to compare Bi-bibi with Raoh) Probably the only real weird paradox of the situation is that, once again, Don Patch knew Bo-bobo before he really "knew" Bo-bobo...I mean sure, the first time during the flashback in the Be-bebe fight he could have ignored him with the glimmer he had towards that "cat" that was his brother, but here you obviously see the truth of the spiky warrior in the armor being someone extremely familiar! (maybe it's just me reading too much into it though) But hey, even thinking of Bi-bibi's whole plan altogether is just creepy: destroy home, cast out your siblings...then rebuild it in your own image...somehow you have to wonder why Tsurulina didn't think of whom he was helping in doing this. (but the 4th was never that good of a leader, was he) Anyhow, with most of the past revealed, the real battle with Bi-bibi can get started next time...and who knows what will happen in this final battle!