Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 230

They've been around the world and back again, saving everyone, everything and every hair out there. Now, the nine weirdoes who saved the world will determine the directions they will take in their own lives as the countdown to a "true theory" begins...

Ougi 230: Hajike Legend: Forever…!?

168.
Beauty: Our Hajike journey was facing its end…
Beauty: All of our thoughts flowed within the wind…
Don Patch: Yes, like the movement of my constipated bowels…

169.
Tennosuke: Suddenly, as I closed my eyes, I remembered what happened yesterday. The many deadly battles with the Hair Hunt Corp……
Tennosuke: And
Tennosuke: All of my old enemies.
“Glasses Men”: So, it’s time to take the country. You don’t have any ideas how to manage it. You’ll be burdened with a lot of risks. Invoke TOB.
(TN: “TOB” is the Japanese acronym for “take-over bid”)
Beauty: WHO ARE THEY!!? (We didn’t fight those glasses guys!!)
Don Patch: KYA
SFX: BLOW
SFX: FALL
Caption: DEFENSE POWER + 2
Facemask: JA (WICKED)

170.
Bo-bobo: But our journey will never end!! Slow and steady
Saddle: HEAVY LOAD
Creature: UNICORN ZB-5600X
Bo-bobo: We who have defeated the Maruhage Empire and have rebuilt the Hair Kingdom
Bo-bobo: Have finally arrived at that place as if guided by the wind.
SFX: STEP
Narrator: Shinjuku Station: Eastern Entrance
(TN: “Shinjuku Station” is a main Tokyo train station around Shinjuku and Shibuya connecting the city with the western wards, notable as the busiest train station in the world for its connection.)
SFX: YAY YAY / WALK WALK / YAY YAY / STEP STEP
Beauty: NO, WE REALLY COULDN’T WALK HERE!!! WE WERE IN A GRASSY PRAIRIE, BUT ITS SHINJUKU…

171.
Bo-bobo: This is our second home, which was our starting point! We’ve come back here with everyone intact……………………………for the fifth time.
Don Patch: TE HEE HEE HEE HEE
Tennosuke: THE CONCRETE JUNGLE~~I’M CALMED~~
Beauty: IT’S OUR FIRST TIME.
Bo-bobo: Well—then, we’ve returned peace to hair…shall we quickly set off for our next journey…N~~~~
Beauty: Yep.
Bo-bobo: A PILGRIMAGE TOUR TO THE SHINJUKU GAME CENTERS
SFX: BE—EP BE—EP
Beauty: THAT’S DULL!!! WHERE ARE THE ENEMIES!?
Don Patch: WE’LL ASSIST YOU! YOU’VE CALLED
Tennosuke: ON THE STRONGEST GAMERS
Bandana: SUPER GAMER WAY
Shirt: COMPETITION
Bo-bobo: …You guys…
Bo-bobo: OK, LET’S GO ON OUR NEW BATTLE!!!
Caption: BO-BOBO NEW SERIES: ROWDY FIERCE FIGHTING GAME CENTER CHAPTER START!!
Don Patch: BEAUTY, LOAN ME MONEY.
Beauty: WE CAN’T!!! HOW’S THAT A GOOD FIGHT!!!

172.
Don Patch: YOU IDIOT!!! 10-HIT COMBO STOPPING TECHNIQUE: THROW AND FALL ATTRICION MATCH!!!
Tennosuke: Then again there’s a limit on usable techniques with area rules.
Don Patch: I NEED ENOUGH MONEY!! LOAN ME MONEY!!
Beauty: That’s frank.
Narrator: The coldest this year is Beauty.
Bo-bobo: FROM HERE, I SHOULD TRAVEL THE ENTIRE WORLD SO THE EVIL BUD THAT REPLACES THE MARUHAGE EMPIRE WON’T WANT TO GROW!!!
Heppokomaru: Bo-bobo-san…
Bo-bobo: I’m not taking questions.
Heppokomaru: I’ve realized that I was helpless in this battle…that’s why I think this is the opportunity to return to my home once again and return to my training.

173.
Bo-bobo: ……Heppokomaru………
Bo-bobo: TELL US LATER CAUSE WE’RE BUSY NOW
Sign: GATHER! GAME CENTER FUNDRASING
Don Patch & Tennosuke: A LOVING HAND FOR UNRICH GAMERS!!
Tennosuke’s Sign: GAME CENTER FUNDRAISING: I WANT TO FIGHT!
Bo-bobo’s Box: GAME CENTER FUNDRAISING
Don Patch’s Box: FUNDRAISING
Heppokomaru: WHAT’S WITH THAT HORRIBLE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY!!! (They want to go to the game center after all!?)
Don Patch: While you’re at it…have this.
Heppokomaru: !
Don Patch: A protective “Carlos Santana”.
(TN: Yes, the dinosaur is named after the classic rock musician)
Dinosaur: ROAR—
Heppokomaru: DON’T WANT--!!!
Beauty: EH? YOU’RE REALLY GOING?
Heppokomaru: It’s alright, I’ll return soon.
Beauty: Take care of yourself.
Heppokomaru: That’s Beauty.
Heppokomaru: I will become much, much stronger!!! And then by the time I return, Beauty…that’s when I’ll be the man who will protect you alone…
SFX: DA
Caption: Heppokomaru: SEPARATING

174.
Bo-bobo: Become strong and return…
Creature: USE THIS
SFX: THROW
Tennosuke: SERIOUSLY!!?
SFX: PURURU PURURU PURURU PURURU
Torpedo Girl: Softon-sama~~!
SFX: PI
Torpedo Girl: Yes, this is the police station in front of Gyoraari Park in Gyorashika Ward.
(TN: Torpedo Girl’s introduction is a slightly modified title of the long running WSJ series “Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouen Mae Hashutsujo” (AKA: KochiKame, which translates to “This is the Police Station in Front of Kameari Park in Katsushika Ward”) by Osamu Akimoto. (with certain parts changed to “gyora” obviously) This is further emphasized by her transformation to lead character Ryotsu Kankichi)
Torpedo Girl: EEH!? AN NOMURA JELLYFISH IN FUKUI WANTS TO SUICIDE BOMB BECAUSE IT WAS TOLD IT WAS WIDE!? UNDERSTOOD, CAPTAIN!! I’LL RETURN IMMEDIATLEY.
(TN: An “nomura jellyfish”, known in Japanese as “Echizen Kurage”, is one of the largest in size jellyfish in the world, known for being wider than the height of a human being and with a fatal toxicity and found in the waters between Japan and China. Meanwhile, Fukui refers to a western Japanese prefecture along the Sea of Japan.)
Beauty: AGAINST A JELLYFISH!!?
Bo-bobo: TEACHER!!
Torpedo Girl: I’ll return soon.
SFX: PLOP
Don Patch: WE’LL SEND OUT OUR TEACHER GRANDLY.
Caption: SEND OFF CEREMONY!!!
Caption: Torpedo Girl: GOING TO THE SEA OF JAPAN
Beauty: THERE’S THAT CEREMONY!!! IT’S SCARY!!

175.
Beauty: Even Torpedo-san…N?
Voices: KYAAAAA / CUTE~~
Dengaku Man: Sorry for the pics, cause they’re private.
SFX: CLICK CLICK
Beauty: EH---!? DEN-CHAN!!?
Beauty: WHAT IS THIS!? YOU’RE EXTREMELY POPULAR?
Dengaku Man: Watch the big-screen monitor in front of Arta in back.
Beauty: EH?
Dengaku Man: I was silent on this, but actually I’m a member of the popular idol group “Inu’s”.
(TN: “Inu” is obiviously “Dog” so they’re the “Dog’s”)
Beauty: INU’S!!? THOSE ARE IDOLS!!?
Dengaku Man: And this year our biggest #1 hit is “Bark at Summer”!!! Here it is!!
Dogs: WAN WAN WAN (WOOF WOOF WOOF)
Beauty: I DON’T KNOW!! THEY’RE BARKING ARBITRALILY!!
Dengaku Man: …Well, it was fun traveling with all of you. It could be fun joining you again, commoner!
SFX: SLIP
Dengaku Man: SO SHALL I RETURN TO THE WHIRLING SHOW-BIZ WORLD OF MONEY AND SCANDAL!! HYU—
Girls: KYA—KYA—KYA—
Caption: Dengaku Man: DEBUTING AGAIN
Beauty: YOU COULDN’T MAKE A FRIEND IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE…

176.
Beauty: Everyone is going one after another……
Beauty: Somehow it’s getting lonely…
SFX: BEAM—
Beauty: KYAAAAAAA, HATENKO-SAN BEING ABDUCTED BY A UFO--!!!
Hatenko: HA HA HA, YOU IDIOT ALIENS!!! SUCCESSFUL CONTACT. YOU’VE PERFECTLY FALLEN FOR MY TRAP!
SFX: PAAAAAA
Hatenko: OYABIN!! AS IS NOW I’M GOING INTO SPACE TO SEARCH FOR BA-BABA!! AND…AND THEN I’LL SPREAD THE NAME OF THE HAJIKE GANG THROUGH THE UNIVERSE!!!
Don Patch: EITHER IS FINE. (Nothing wrong with space)
Beauty: COLD!!!
Hatenko: HAJIKE-GANG BANZA—I
Caption: Hatenko: INTO SPACE
Beauty: This means that guy may be the most energetic…

177.
SFX: SCRATCH SCRATCH
Cat: THEN, I’LL GO TOO.
SFX: DADADADADADA / WOBBLE
Caption: Nekozaemon: SEPARATES ON IT’S OWN
Softon: Bo-bobo…I too will return to the land of Babylon once again.
Bo-bobo: Softon……
Beauty: EH? WHY BIG BROTHER!? I’VE FINALLY MET YOU…
Softon: Understand me, Beauty…I must still continue on my journey. But it’s best not to worry…I promise I will absolutely return.
Beauty: …………Understood…I’ll be waiting.

178.
Softon: So, please take me to the World of Babylon.
Taxi: Got it. I’ll go fast as I can.
Beauty: HE’S GOING BY TAXI!!!?
Softon: We have no time…if we don’t strike before it becomes too late, that evil aura will keep swelling greater than what it is now.
SFX: VROOOOM
Caption: Softon: TAXI FARE: 35,740 YEN
SFX: Boshun
Beauty: We've become four.
Bo-bobo: BUT WHY----!? WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO GO---!?
Don Patch: THEY DON'T LIKE PIGRIMIGE TOURS OF GAME CENTERS--
Beauty: Well, that may be it too.
Tennosuke: WELL WELL, THAT'S FINE. THEY CARE ABOUT THEM. SO I SHOULD CHANGE THE SUBJECT TO CHEERFUL TALK BUT WELL...

179.
Tennosuke: YOU'VE OMMITED ME.
Beauty: ANNOYING---!!! WHAT WAS WITH THAT FEINT NOW!!? THAT TOKOROTEN HAS BEEN THE MOST ANNOYING UNTIL NOW--!!!
Tennosuke: ACTUALLY I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT. I'VE USED THIS JOURNEY UNTIL NOW AS MY COLLEGE SUMMER VACATION, BUT SUMMER VACATION HAS FINALLY DAWNED!!
Tennosuke: To begin with, I thought that the journey itself was an actual escape, which was a kind of running away from my hated schoolwork and human relations within clubs. It's because my heart was weak...
Beauty: What is this? Is he making this up!?
Tennosuke: BUT RUNNING AWAY DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING. I'VE REALIZED THAT FROM HIM!!
Creature: NO--
Tennosuke: GOODBYE MY FRIEND!! UNTIL THE DAY WE MEET AGAIN!!!
SFX: BAM
Tennosuke: GYAA
Caption: Tennosuke: DEAD

180.
Bo-bobo: Now we're three...
Don Patch: Well that's just fine.
Beauty: Eh?
Don Patch: Actually, I think there's something I'm finally telling to just you two.
Beauty: What is it Don Patch...you're not konpeito?
(TN: Remember: "konpeito" is a particular hard candy that is Japanese in nature but originally from Portugal)
Bo-bobo: Tell us quickly.
Don Patch: Fine then, I'm only saying this once. In truth I am...
Don Patch: A WATER FAIRY WHO LIVES AROUND NATURAL WATER IN THE ALPS.

181.
Beauty: EH-----!!? THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE!!? YOU'RE A KIND OF FAIRY---!!?
Don Patch: Ah, if you drink this Alps water, you'll feel better. (Cause it's good for the body)
Beauty: TH...THANK YOU.
Don Patch: Well--then, I'll be quietly going too. N~~~
Beauty: EH? WHERE ARE YOU GOING!?
Don Patch: WEST GERMANY.
Beauty: THAT'S NOT THE ALPS!!!?
(TN: I really didn't know how to make Beauty's comment: I can't tell if she's saying "that's not the Alps" or "isn't that the Alps", particularly since the Alps do actually go through the former West Germany barely around the southern-eastern area, though it isn't as prominant or notable as other Alpine countries)
Don Patch: WE'LL MEET AGAIN, PAL. I WON'T FORGET YOU.
Bo-bobo: Well, go now and come back! Pal.
Don Patch: BAYER--N
(TN: "Bayern" is the German name for "Bavaria", so I kept it in the Japanese reading which is the same as the German one)

182.
Beauty: ...Even Don Patch-kun has gone too.
Bo-bobo: Beauty...it would be best for you too to enjoy this brief moment of peace.
Beauty: Bo-bobo......
Bo-bobo: Soon all of us will meet up again.
Beauty: !
Bo-bobo: Perhaps Tsurulina the 3rd is still alive. If I'm reading this correct, a fiercer fight is waiting for us soon from here on.
Bo-bobo: Beauty, will you loan me your power again at that time?
Beauty: OF COURSE!!! IT'S A PROMISE!!
SFX: BUMP
Beauty: WE'LL...(out loud) Well I'll be going too.
Beauty: NEVER BE ALONE............

183.
Bo-bobo: SO THEN, FIRST I'LL GO BEAT THE ROWDIES AT THE GAME CENTER!!
Beauty: That one year later, we would meet again to face a new powerful enemy.
Narrator: At that moment, in the apartment of a certain mangaka
Don Patch: NOW DRAW, SAWAI!! HURRY AND DRAW MY ACTIONS. YOU'RE NOT GETTING A VACATION!!
Tennosuke: I WILL SHINE IN PART 2!!
Sawai: GYAAAA
(TN: Sawai occasionally draws a chick in his talks, that's his personification in this universe)
Forehead: Sawai
Don Patch: UOOOO, JUST WAIT---!!! BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO STIR THINGS UP AS SOON AS WE RETURN--!!!
(End of Volume 21)
(Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (classic/pt. 1) - END)

TN: Well, I can't believe I'm saying it but...we've reached the end. With this chapter, the first book of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is finally closed, after nearly five years in Weekly Shonen Jump, a Toei-animated series, several video games and a whole bunch of minds who've probably lost it in one way or another. They've been through blocks G, H, C, A, Z and even a Hajike one, faced down all of the Heavenly Kings, crashed through the futuristic Cyber City, ran amuck a massive amusement park filled with former Maruhage, defeated an underground force lead by the emperor's brother and even stopped the Hair Hunt once and for all with a confrontation of four of the Hair Siblings...and let's not get started on how many Hajike jokes, Nu jokes, "I'm a torpedo" and poop and Oyabin bits...and every single freakout from Beauty, Heppokomaru or someone else! (oh and officially...9 fusion forms not counting weird stuff like Forgiveness Mask or Gunkan's Jagged Heart thing) Somehow I sort of wish that we got to this point sooner or that it came about in another way but I was extremely happy to take the ride with you, even if I didn't do it from the beginning. (but I am tempted to do the first twenty chapters just to be a completist someday) It's really hard for me to say how I feel getting to this point that has eluded people for so long, showing the full English script of what has happened...for one thing, I'm surprised I was able to get it done within the year considering I started translating the series back in April! But hey, I know someone is reading this part here and I sort of want to thank you for following along with me as I made this journey all the way to Shinjuku station...but of course if you think this is the end of Bo-bobo, you've got to be joking! While it won't be as fast or furious as the original, I will be starting Shinsetsu Bo-bobo soon enough...I really don't know if I need to create a new section on Mangahelpers to do so but I'll be getting it done when I can from here on out. (while concentrating on some other projects instead...yeah the translating bug won't leave me that easily)

Getting past the nostalgia and the weird sigh of relief being faced from completing pt. 1, the chapter in itself was just sort of a weird breather continuing from last time but slightly building up to what's coming in Shinsetsu. The running gag of Bo-bobo's group wanting to run around playing video games in Shinjuku was funny but did seem to go a bit long...even if the last comment he made was great. It was weird to see a Japanese landmark actually in the story (and not some weird simulation akin to Goisu's Kyoto stage), unfortunately this is one of the really weird factors that will probably end up driving people nuts in Shinsetsu...but we'll get there when we do and I'll explain why then. On the other hand, the bits regarding everyone leaving sort of was appropriate for each and every character, ranging from the dramatic (Softon hinting at the problem while leaving back to Babylon) to the nostalgic (Heppokomaru going back to complete his training...nope, no spoilers about how he returns to the story) to the enigmatic (it's great to see Hatenko trying to track down Ba-baba but...never mind) to...well, Tennosuke. (his lie about running away from college and then getting run over and blown up again was just one last but hilarious bit in the part regarding...well, his typical status) And Don Patch's fairy story...no I doubt we'll ever really know what he is but I think that konpeito is as close as we're getting...but water fairy is a good enough excuse for the moment...well for Don Patch anyway who can be anything he wants. Probably the strongest factor of the chapter is Beauty: in a way outside her tsukkomi moments, she is the soul of Bo-bobo's team and the only really normal human of the group who goes along mostly to keep the others in line and to give Bo-bobo an inspiration to fight. Sure she doesn't like everything they do but she is just as crucial and the glue keeping these nuts from tearing each other apart. Beauty never gets the appreciation she deserves...it's a shame but for all her freakout moments she is cute, courageous and just a nice girl stuck in a world of weirdos. Without her, there really wouldn't be a Bo-bobo...well OK many would say it would be better without her but manzai needs a tsukkomi and I'm just too used to her now and don't think she's as annoying as most make her out to be.

I really wish I could do thanks now to everyone who brought this series like I did at the end of Chagecha...but consider this a little breather. The first, classic part of the story is over but Sawai has more to tell with it so it will continue on. I'll probably have to create a "Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" section when I start with chp. 1 (or should I just call chp. 1 "231", I dunno), but we'll figure that out when the time comes. So, until the story continues, this is StrangerAtaru saying..."By the time a year passes, be prepared for boys with tongues, magical girls, vampires, babies, the 23 wards of Tokyo and...a koala with a calendar." Mata ne.