Mangahelpers Translationshttps://mangahelpers.com/translators/rss2010-11-25T14:13:59+00:00/favicon.icoMangaHelpers Adminsadmin@mangahelpers.comhttps://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/26244[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 73 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-25T14:13:59+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThe world and all of it's hair has finally been saved thanks to Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and his wacky and insane allies. But with Tsurulina the 3rd gone, Namerou retired and the world finally safe, what's left for the afro warrior? Are there still battles to be fought to protect the Earth? The final tale of the insane hair-raising, Hajike saga has arrived...
(TN: Since this is the final chapter, I ended up putting an omake later in the volume first to get through it...it actually takes place before the invasion of the 23 Wards) Bo-bobo Nosehair Theater #3: Torpedo Training
182. Torpedo Girl: You've approximately reached your fundamental power-gyora. You've completed the second stage. Torpedo Girl: FROM HERE IS THE REAL DEAL. WE'RE GOING INTO PRIVATE LESSONS-GYORA. Don Patch: PRIVATE LESSONS? Beauty: Who is that? Torpedo Girl: Each of you respectively have a dispersion of weaknesses and techniques to your Shinken-gyora. This is a training menu for conquering them and using powerful Ougi from it. Torpedo Girl: THEY WERE THOUGHT UP BY TEACHER. Books (right to left): HATENKO'S TRAINING DON PATCH'S TRAINING BO-BOBO'S TRAINING POKOMI'S TRAINING LET'S TRAINING: TENNOSUKE Tennosuke: JUST MINE ARE MANY!!!
183. Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT, LET'S TAKE THIS!! Narrator: And so the 3rd stage of the training, "Torpedo-sensei's Open-Air Private Lessons", began. Bo-bobo: I CAN'T LET GO, I CAN'T LET GO Torpedo Girl: You're fine, because mother is leading you. Bo-bobo: ABSOLUTELY. SLOWLY, SLOWLY. Torpedo Girl: You're extremely superior. Teacher is particularly going to forge you with combat. Pokomi: YE--S. Torpedo Girl: DIE!!! YOU WILL DIE!! DIE BECAUSE IT WILL BE FINE!!! Hatenko: I'LL KILL YOU, MASTER TORPEDO!
184. (TN: I think Don Patch here is supposed to be Maeda Taison from "Rokudenashi Blues" by Masanori Morita, but don't quote me on that) Don Patch: PARARARARARA Caption: MENTAIKO (TN: Reminder: "mentaiko" = salted pollack or cod roe spiced with peppers) Don Patch: !? Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, WHAT IS THIS!? WHAT IS THIS!? Gaou: SUPER DODONPA Beauty: Are they alright with this training...
185. Caption: At that moment, Heppokomaru was... Heppokomaru: ALRIGHT, THAT'S GOOD. (to himself) I've mostly come to have seemingly mastered Black Farts. Voice: HEPPOKOMARU Heppokomaru: ! Fish: I'M DROWING---SAVE ME. I CAN'T SWIM-- Heppokomaru: GO AWAY... (End of Omake)
The Final Chapter (Shinsetsu 73): Sayonara Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
154. Caption: Awana City Hair Hunters: HYA--HA HA HA HA, IT'S A HAIR HUNT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, A HAIR HUNT----RUN, RUN, GEHEHEHE Yuki: SOMEBODY SAVE ME--- Caption: Yuki Hair Hunter: THAT'S A FUTILE WISH, YOUNG GIRL. THERE ISN'T A PERSON WHO WOULD FACE A BLADE TOWARDS THE MARUHAGE EMPIRE IN THIS WORLD.
156. Bo-bobo: PARALILA PARALILA Bo-bobo: HUH!! Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: NOSEHAIR VIOLENT FIST!!!! Hair Hunters: GUWAAAAAA!!!! Bo-bobo: What am I...that after-meal spasm that I usually get again... Yuki: WHAT A SPASM!! Hair Hunter 1: That guy...wasn't he my bike? (flashback) A new bike? Hair Hunter 2: HEY YOU...COME AROUND!!! Bo-bobo: REMNANTS OF THE HAIR HUNT CORP, DON'T MAKE AN ALLOWANCE FOR HAIR. (TN: Bo-bobo's line here is really, really strange: he literally says "Kekagen Shinai", with "kagen" as in "an allowance for something" or "addition or subtraction")
157. Hair Hunter 1: WHAT'S THAT AFRO!? Hair Hunter 2: HUNT HIM DOWN AND KILL HIM---!! Yuki: WATCH OUT, RUN Bo-bobo: COME, MY PET!! Hair Hunter: A PET!? ARE YOU STUPID? HYAHAHAHA, IS IT A DOG, A CAT OR IS IT A PARAKEET? Yuki: EH? Bo-bobo: HAJIKE FAIRY PATCH-NYUUDOU (TN: I had to keep "nyuudou" here because it is a type of youkai in Japanese culture that has a bald head like a priest, who also takes the same name) Don Patch: Did you call, master? Hair Hunters: GYAAAAAAAAAAA Yuki: KYAAAA, WHAT IS THAT CREATURE!!?
158. Bo-bobo: THE SMALL FRY WILL DIE--- Hair Hunters: HONGYARABE!!! Don Patch: THE LEAD CHARACTER IS ME---!! Yuki: WHAT ARE THOSE PEOPLE...IT CAN'T BE THAT THAT MAN IS WHO I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR ALL ALONG... Bo-bobo: AL---RIGHT, YOU'VE DONE WELL DON PATCH. IT'S YOUR FAVORITE BONE! Bo-bobo: TAKE IT-----!!!!! Don Patch: !!! Don Patch: YOU HUMAN~~~I'LL REMEMBER THIIIIS~~~~!! Bo-bobo: Well, shall we go? Yuki: AH! HOLD ON... Yuki: Are you, supposedly, Bo-bobo-san? Bo-bobo: INDEED I'M A SQUID. (TN: Alright, this is a funny gag that I decided to translate one way when it could be another: basically Bo-bobo says here "ika ni mo", which literally is "really", but he dresses up as a squid because "ika" is Japanese for "squid". I thought with the costume, I decided to fuse both meanings) Yuki: UWA... (terrible) Bo-bobo: DO YOU HAVE SOME BUSINESS WITH ME? Yuki: ............Well
159. Yuki: I'M CALLED YUKI!! PLEASE LET ME JOIN TOGETHER WITH YOU ON A JOURNEY!! I CAN'T TELL YOU MY REASON, BUT I WANT TO GO OUT ON A JOURNEY TOGETHER WITH BO-BOBO-SAN!!! Bo-bobo: Eh---no way--- Yuki: PLEASE!!! Bo-bobo: I'M PROPERLY AWARE THIS IS A SELFISH REQUEST BUT PLEASE!!! Beauty: I can't tell you my reason, but I want to go together on a journey with Bo-bobo. I won't be trouble, please!!!
160. "Creature": Du--mmy. Heppokomaru: Hey, Beauty. Beauty: What? Sign: COOKIES PLEASE "Creature": Bo-bobo's Weakness Serviceman: SERVICE!!!! Serviceman: GUO!!! Heppokomaru: I've been wanting to ask you this all along since before...
161. Heppokomaru: Why did you journey with Bo-bobo-san, Beauty? "Long Face": Ah~~~that matter. Beauty: ...It was to search for my big brother for one thing... Beauty: ...But my real reason was.....................
162. Beauty: I WANTED TO HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY HAJIKE ADVENTURE. "Giant's Shirt": IICHIGO Heppokomaru: HAJIKE...BEAUTY? Beauty: It was with all my might just going along with Bo-bobo and everyone, but it was extremely fun.
163. Cat: KA--PE. Well that's what it is, don't cha think? Heppokomaru: It was a real great journey. I'm certain we'll meet again... SFX: SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN Heppokomaru: !! Don Patch: OH NO, I'VE BEEN EXPOSED Beauty: Same as ever. Heppokomaru: He's a guy who's like a bundle of energy.
164. Banner: Drinking Place KARATACHI (TN: A "karatachi" is a tri-foliated orange) Sign: MASAHI DRAFT BEER (TN: Masahi is a parody of the notable Japanese beer brand "Asahi") Tennosuke: If I thought it was Bo-bobo from the coming of the Alumni Reunion postcard... Giga: THEN IT'S FOR THE MARUHAGE-SIDE... (TN: Moral of the series: Tennosuke is, was, and will forever be A-Block leader...no matter how much he tries to deny and forget it) Sign: MARUHAGE EMPIRE'S 10TH ALUMNI REUNION OVER: HU~~~H, WHAT ARE YOU WHISPERING? TALK, TENNOSUKE. Tennosuke: UOOO, IF IT'S COME TO THIS THEN THIS IS COMFORT EATING. I'LL EAT ALL OF THIS ALONE--- Don Patch: ...... Don Patch: Shall I go to the next?
165. Sign: HAJIKE GANG Tombstones: (left to right) -KANCHO-KUN #38 -KANCHO-KUN #51 -KANCHO-KUN #23 -KANCHO-KUN #56 -KANCHO-KUN #8 -KANCHO-KUN #42 -KANCHO-KUN #19 Don Patch: REPLENISHING Bag: YOKOSEYO DEPARTMENT STORE Kancho: STOP Kanchos: WA--WA-- Kanchos: DEMON, DEVIL Don Patch: FAREWELL.
166. Yuki: PLEASE!!! Pickles: ME...ME TOO!! Don Patch: I'm back. Don Patch: ! Yuki: AH... "Samurai": COME ALONG.
168. Carrot: That Pepper, he was connected to the Hair Hunt Corp on the other side...he's steadily building a space fort. That guy is...building up a "Great Pepper Empire" that surpasses the (previous) Maruhage Empire. It's sick to the stomach. Bo-bobo: THAT GUY!! I'VE LET HIM GO FREE THESE SIX YEARS BUT HE'S FINALLY SHOWING HIS TRUE NATURE Don Patch: EXCELLENT!!! LET'S GO WASTE HIM!!!! Bo-bobo: COME ALONG, YUKI!! THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG JOURNEY Yuki: YES Bo-bobo: I HATE PEPPER BECAUSE HE'S SALTY!!!
169. Don Patch: SEE YA. (End of Vol. 7) (Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: End) (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo [the franchise]: THE END)
TN: I...I'm at a loss of words now. I mean...I never thought this day would actually come. I never thought back in 2008 when I first decided to pick Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo up as a means to "tell the story" as opposed to merely just let the anime end or let the manga remain a confusing mess to an English speaking audience controlled by the whims of others...that I would reach this actual point. Heck, with all the heck I've been through regarding Shinsetsu, starting it early in 2009, stopping it a few chapters in, then forgetting about it while deciding to pursue other manga...like...well, that series I shall not name right now...that I would ever reach it. But...well, here we are. As you have just seen, this is the very last, final, concluding chapter of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo...not just of the title called "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo"...but of everything and anything about the original run. (not counting any future version that could come out later) It feels very bittersweet coming to this point finally thinking about everything I've done to get here. I wish I could have said this was the greatest honor to have translated this just like I did with the original Bo-bobo and spoken about how brilliant Sawai's comedy is and how everything is as perfect as can be...but that would be completely and utterly blind to the truth. I don't like lying and saying things that aren't true regarding my manga experiences. Sure I may get over the top and go insane when things just go completely out of hand, but I do so mostly because I sometimes react that way.
Let me just be blunt about it: Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo...was a dissapointment of lost potential. The series is one that really shouldn't have been due to how complete and perfect the original was in it's style and it's situations. Sawai was at the top of his game with everything from the start all the way to the defeat of Bi-bibi and the end of pt. 1. It was the perfect blend of comedy and action and both homaged, mocked and used the cliches that make us love shonen manga so much. I'm not saying that Shinsetsu didn't have any of that, because it did. There were some brilliant moments in this series, really crazy bits that are just as memorable and classic as the original. The problem...well, it feels like Shinsetsu was all over the place with what exactly it wanted to do with itself. I think somehow or another that looking at the different phases of this part of Bo-bobo, you see several different phases of what Sawai wanted to do, whether it was his own decision, the editors, or just a means to survive with how it plummeted in the ranks from the start to the final cancellation. I guess the main way to go over where Shinsetsu went wrong...and right...is to maybe make a list regarding what happened, when and how it affected the series in general:
-The attempt to make the series more serious and plot driven: I think in some ways, Sawai was just trying to make the next step in developing his story after how well it had gone with the Under-Maruhage and the Hair Kingdom arcs. Obviously Bo-bobo is based on the insanity of the comedy, but to combine it with plots and story make it more intriguing. Unfortunately, there were moments that felt too over-dramatic even for Bo-bobo...like the first "Emperor Namerou" fight: there were times in that fight where I just wondered if I was reading the same series! I know people liked it but it just felt way too over the top in some ways. The other problem with the aspect of it being plot driven...is that it can't be as loose as it was before. All the elements have to be revealed instead of just playing it by ear and letting the story play out as it plays out. Which leads us to...
-Yononaka Namerou: The controversial new character that quite a few of you know I had issues with. It's simple: he never felt part of the universe in any way. Even when he was introduced, he just felt like a serious character who had goofy weird stuff (the tongue Shinken style, the "seeing people as scarecrows") as an attempt to make him seem like a Bo-bobo character. The problem with that is simple: all characters in Bo-bobo have goofiness or bizarre elements even when they're not quite goofy. OVER is a perfect example of this: even before his battle, we saw him as this horrible looking man with a massive pair of scissors as his weapon. He wasn't just a Hair Hunter, he was a monster to the extreme...and that was before we knew how sadistic he was and the whole "Torpedo Girl" thing. Similarly goes to Bibibi-bi Bi-bibi: yeah he's a massive boss level, but he's introduced talking to his daughters and is going out to dinner with them as Bo-bobo is destorying his entire control system! I never got any of that with Namerou...and it just got worse the longer he remained in the story, in particular when his "emperor powers" awakened and the whole "Tsurulina the 5th" thing. Namerou never felt like he belonged in this universe, not because he wasn't crazy but because his craziness felt forced. So then that should be a perfect segway into...
-Gaou: So...where did Gaou go wrong? How could a character pushed at the start of the series go from being front and center to...blowing away in the second-to-last chapter? I think the damage was mostly caused in the early appearances: Sawai seemed so obsessed with pushing him to be the next cute character (who actually did stuff) that he was just everywhere. Strangely Gaou did turn out to be a good character in his own weird unique way, but my guess is the damage was done by the time Tennosuke and the other members of Bo-bobo's forces finally came back around into the story. Those characters, obviously, are way more engrained into the Bo-bobo universe and everyone knows, loves and respects them accordingly...whereas Gaou was just pushed and forced in and my guess is paid the consequences when the fan favorites returned. I think somehow that Gaou would have been more respected and beloved if he was slowly engrained into the story instead of so front-and-center at the start. I mean, look at how Dengaku Man was introduced: he randomly appears when Bo-bobo initially invades Z-Block in a random and hilarious way, reappears a couple times, then has his battle with Bo-bobo that lasts a few chapters and is so weird that he becomes beloved and thus eventually joins the squad. Yeah, most people think Dengaku Man is "worthless" (outside how great he is at Hajike, which is his only power), but that's how mascots are made, not just forcing them. I'm not discouting anything against Gaou: he had some funny and great moments (the two best chapters are probably his flashback to his past as Tsurulina's pet and the Shinsetsu Bobopatch chapter where he's doing all the comedy while the fusion is managing Heppokomaru) but if he became a character as opposed to a gimmick, then maybe he would have become one of the more beloved members of this universe. So then, that brings me to...
-Pokomi: I'm torn on Pokomi because there are things I love about her and things that sort of drive me nuts about her. Bringing in a new female character is a smart move considering that the team mostly just has Beauty. (and Torpedo Girl...but she's just strange) Likewise, as we've seen with Denbo and Bu-bubu, magical-girl type characters are always good for comedy and weird stuff in a universe like this. Allowing for a younger female gives Beauty a character she can mentor that is the same sex and species as she is, plus makes her a tad naive to some of the weirdness going on. The fact she was related to Heppokomaru was a nice idea, in some ways giving him a reason as to why he wanted to fight the Hair Hunters in the first place (well...another aside from "save his home from Gunkan") And the magical-girl powers were awesome in some of the insane ways she used them. The problem that I had with Pokomi on the other hand...is that some of her aspects just don't mesh with the universe...and that sometimes she's made too smart if only to bring in the whole Namerou aspect. I think Pokomi's arrogance over power just got annoying in some ways, with her going on and on about not liking the weak and preferring only the strong. Sure it's a character trait and allows for her to side with Bo-bobo eventually, but it just got on my nerves with how she was with the power aspects. I don't mind that she and Namerou were connected since it actually had one means to give a bit of humanity to the idiot...but its about power on both sides: Pokomi is obsessed with the strong, Namerou only respects the strong...and the two meshed in a way that actually sort of worked...well sort of. There was also the similar problem she had with Namerou: when she's serious, she really doesn't mesh with the characters. Probably a good example of a character like this is Softon: he's probably about as serious as you can get in a Bo-bobo character, but the whole "poop" joke and a lot of the really weird stuff that comes from him makes him feel part of the gang. When Pokomi acts like a magical girl, it causes some creative attacks but that's pretty much it since...well, magical girls many times have wacky things going on anyway so it's hard to make her different. Sort of the fight with Gura-san keeps coming back to me in that aspect: we have Don Patch and Tennosuke running amuck with crazy magical girl jokes, but Pokomi just acts so serious and dedicated with the fight she feels so out of place...at least outside the "magical girl song" bit she does near the end which actually does feel more like a gag that worked in her favor. But on the other hand, there was the whole "academy" aspect: I can never really get my hands on why the heck Sawai would suddenly create "an academy of elites Pokomi's been at for years that the 3rd opened a few years ago"...when the 3rd only woke up during the Former Maruhage arc of pt. 1! Heck, prior to then, it just seemed like a "survival of the fittest" aspect where people who wanted to become Hair Hunters joined (see Don Patch's "recruitment interview" way back in vol. 4) and worked their way through the ranks (that's more like Tennosuke...I'm still shocked with how insane he turned out to be and infamous that he would work from lowly soldier during the Be-bebe & Hydrate flashbacks to A-Block leader) with the most powerful in the administrative circles. While I don't mind the idea of maybe a fast-tracking school for higher administrative positions within the Maruhage Empire, the fact that it was just taken as a fact of life and that Pokomi was there for years when it was supposedly set up by the 3rd...when, as I said, he just woke up recently (and don't bring in "the Maruhage Empire could have had it for a hundred years" since the Hair Hunts only restarted when Bi-bibi influenced the 4th to invade the Hair Kingdom and that was 20 years before pt. 1...and it's really hard to make any idea of what exactly the Maruhage Empire was like between the 3rd going to sleep and the 4th starting the Hair Hunt) OK, that was too much of a tangent but the fact remains: the idea of the academy isn't bad in theory, but stunk in execution, regardless of how it allowed for the space of Pokomi not being there. And speaking of which...
-Integration of the Old and the New: When Shinsetsu started, the Bo-bobo universe just seemed to feel way "different" compared to the classic part of the series. The "Fist of the North Star" homaging world was suddenly abandoned for various random areas of Tokyo that had some weird stuff thrown in here or there. Meanwhile, most of the characters that made the original Bo-bobo good and interesting...well, just felt like they were nowhere to be found. I just never got why Sawai seemed to abandon most of the ideas, concepts and characters that originally did make Bo-bobo such an epic series. And at the same time, things did feel really flat with many of the new stuff he did try: do I really need to go into the infamous and terrilbe "Service Girl" chapter? (all those pages just for a lame "Densha Otoko parody" with Serviceman?) I understand that he has to introduce a new cast and a new set of characters and villains for Bo-bobo to face, but why in the world did he seem to utterly throw everything good under the bus just to get there. And speaking of which...can someone explain why all of the great past characters who finally did show up when Sawai turned it around by the 23 Wards arc...just seem to hype the new villains? One of the fights I really didn't mind (since...well I'll get to it in a moment) but just watching classic characters like Gunkan, Giga, Suzu, the Former Maruhage fighters and such just be used as fodder with no resistance whatsoever to the new villains and just to be seen as a means to show Bo-bobo's strength and training compare to them...struck a nerve in annoyance after what we saw in the Under-Maruahge Arc where we had characters like Halekulani and OVER (yes...OVER, not Torpedo Girl) fight alongside Bo-bobo...yet here all we get is Hanpen who we knew could be coming due to the omake chapters with Tennosuke and Dengaku Man. Probably the only cameo I did like was Rice showing up at the Hajike battle...and I didn't mind Giga, Suzu and Gunkan attempting to take charge of things...but it just felt like they were all going to be fodder for the new villains and that no one was going to stand out and show they could keep at it like Bo-bobo's side did. And speaking of which...
-Villains: This is a mixed bag to me and not going to be completely negative like a lot of what I've been saying here. That's because for every stupid and arrogant villain, we got a good or interesting one...or an utter classic. Probably one of the worst offenders for the "stupid and arrogant" side is probably Babuu: from his name I sort of originally thought he was going to be tied more to Heppokomaru (due to that being something he says all the time in Baby Mode...and he did actually boss him around for a while), but he just never really had anything that made him interesting and just lived long after his purpose was done. The only reason he survived past vol. 2 is he was the 3rd scientist, that's how I see it. Porustoroi and Jobus had potential, but one was essentially smashed away in his first real fight by Bo-bobo...and the other was just a teacher and did nothing but train Namerou. I really can't talk about Tsurubinya because...well, he's tied to the Namerou story and it's mostly his fault that the story turned out the way it did. And while most of the 23 Wards villains weren't too bad, Gura-san was a bit of a dissapointment when he showed his real form. I thought he probably was much cooler in his weirder, hunchback form he was introduced in. (and most of his fight pretty much was just...weird) But just because I complain about those doesn't mean that there weren't good villains for the series in this arc: Plain-Bread-chan was probably one of the more hilarious minions similar to a lot of the great "food-based" characters, and the Elite Academy Heavenly Kings had a great fun battle with a lot of interesting teamwork. And the 23 Wards had the sexiness of Chinchiro-hime, who probably is one of the best female villains in the series, as well as the insanity of Usui, who is probably the funniest tsukkomi of any character I've seen, good or evil. And then there's the Evil Hajike Trio: Hiiragi had a lot of awesome potential and was really well executed up until his battle became a tad...strange (the whole "eels and swimsuit" issue), and while she really didn't contribute much after the start of the actual fight, Jati was an epic character both in being an "evil Beauty" and her insane "tsukkomi-Shinken". (the whole series is probably worth it for the chapter she destroys Babuu among other chapters) And Black Bo-bobo was probably as insane as the original with a darker feel...somehow it did get a tad confusing and tough to take when he fused to become Gemini Bo-bobo, but he was incredibly fun and in some ways out Bo-bobo'ed Bo-bobo. But strangely the best villain who actually was a "villain" and did the best actions of which to a point of reminding me of someone classic or epic...was Heppokomaru. His term as a Hair Hunter and his fight with Bo-bobo is probably the most emotional and epic fight he ever had. And this wasn't pretentious like some of the Namerou stuff but actual emotion because of how Heppokomaru developed and became who he was and that he had to bite the apple in order to become strong enough to face down the man he originally was inspired to be like. Everything about his development and ultimate redemption (becoming a baby and blasting the massive fart to destroy Kamara) was spot on from how it was done and, while he wasn't the craziest or most fun of villains like some of the others, he probably is as good as you're going to get in this phase. And speaking of villains...
-Tsurulina the 3rd: Probably one of the biggest mistakes Sawai has done in Bo-bobo at this phase was to keep the 3rd around as the main, ultimate villain of the franchise. I sort of get it why he did it, being he was the man who lead the Maruhage to it's greatest successes and was more of just an "evil" villain instead of an insane one or a wacky one or one we could have sympathies with. But unfortunately the 3rd wasn't anything more than that even in the Former Maruhage arc...and his getting Bi-bibi's Hair Ball was just a means to prolonge the series longer than it should have been. The 3rd is just so generic a villain that he never really came off to me as something more than "he's evil and hates humanity and likes to hunt hair". It didn't really help that he became the mastermind of the Neo-Maruhage and didn't have much to show for it except the trail of chaos Bo-bobo left in his wake. I guess in a way the 3rd is a representative of the "heavier plot" concept Shinsetsu was trying to get across at first, where we have a mastermind controlling everything and that he's pure evil and all that. (compared to the rule of the 4th, who just let his forces do what they want as long as they got the job done since he was trying to keep his wife happy...and somehow felt more successful even if it was less draconian) I know people probably like the 3rd, but unfortunately while I could tolerate him in the Former Maruhage arc (since he was asleep most of it and had such memorable minions), here his influence showed who he was...and I never really caught on and I'm happy he's no more. And with that...
-The Final Chapter: I know it took forever to get to this point, but I sort of needed to vent out all my feelings about Shinsetsu (well the ones I could get to) before getting to the final chapter of the entire Bo-bobo franchise. That's mostly because the final chapter...is just a perfect culmination of everything this series should be about: weirdness, insanity and the wild, wonderful world Sawai had created these last 303 chapters. What really got me with this chapter is that it brought Bo-bobo back to his basic roots: kicking Hair Hunter butt and protecting cute girls who sort of are forced to put up with this weird stranger. Heck, the feel of Bo-bobo fighting with nosehairs and running around as a motorcycle felt like something that was more at home in the early part of the series than the mess we had to go through in Shinsetsu, and that was a wonderful and good thing. This was the Bo-bobo I came to love: dressing up in squid costumes, having random guys pop up in his afro, and surprising and shocking Hair Hunters while making a girl confused as heck on what the heck is going on. Of course, it had to be a new girl because...well, this chapter had a wonderful summation of Beauty's adventure and that in a way she was finally satisfied with everything she had been through. Beauty's scene with Heppokomaru, wandering around through so many familiar strange sites that we all know by now, admitting that as strange as it's been, she has loved every minute of what she had been through. It's hard to say if Beauty always felt this way but her acceptance and understanding of this world shows that maybe she wasn't just randomly going out and going insane for no reason whatsoever. Tennosuke's scene was handled brilliantly, with him not even escaping from his horrible life even after finally getting out of Hair Hunting and pretty much trapped with a pack of wild wolves (well, OVER mostly but Giga, Halekulani, Gunkan and the others probably want their share of the former A-Block Leader who worked with the good guys all this time...and it's great to see cameos by the Prison-Murder brothers, the 5 Ninshu and even Purupuu, Lamune and Kinen...Lamune needed to do more, as did Ruby I say) at a reunion party. Heck, if Tennosuke didn't suffer, then it wouldn't be funny. I also like many of the other nods to the past: the Hajike Gang, Softon back to his "job" as field poop, the "Kanchos". But probably the most amazing and greatest thing about this chapter...is that it seems to finally acknowledge the importance and maybe even the protection Don Patch gives to this world. As a master of Hajike, Don Patch probably is the one who understands the insanity the most of all and is one who, like a Buddha, is completely free from all connections even if he is conntected to so many and can watch over and protect anyone and everything like a God looking down on his people. Heck, you could even think maybe Don Patch is a God who descended among men just to have a lot of fun in the process and see how many people he can screw around with. Yeah he has obligations and friends and connections preventing him from being a pure "Buddha", but the way he was used in this chapter shows he is just there for everyone everywhere, giving his own weirdness to those in need and hanging out with those he feels like when he feels like it. And the final scene just seems to bring everything finally full circle: the vegetable gang returns to pick up Bo-bobo just how they dropped him off at the start of the series and Bo-bobo and Yuki head off to fight an evil pepper while Don Patch finally sees his work done and breaks the fourth wall by giving us, the readers, the final salutation for over six years of support. In some ways, that is just the perfect ending to a perfect final chapter that...well, aside from the Beauty/Heppokomaru scene (which reflects their Shinsetsu appearances due to their aging), really could have taken place at the end of the original Bo-bobo...if Sawai wasn't obsessed with keeping the story going. As many faults as these last 73 chapters have had, they can't take away how incredible the ride has been and the good parts even during that phase of the story. Maybe we'll see them again, maybe their story really is over...well there is the whole "Don Patch was in Chagecha" thing but let's not get into that for the moment.
Well...I guess I'm as speechless now as I was when I started this entry. But this isn't the same as the anger of talking about Shinsetsu and all of it's faults. It's that...well, I feel like this chapter is closing the book on a phase of my translating career. "Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo" was the very first series I did when I started working at Mangahelpers (the first series I TL was "Hell Teacher Nube" but that was back in college and I started that over) and it's been a blast bringing it to you. The whole ride, both the ups and downs, have been great to experience alongside with all of you and I'm happy to have brought it all out and exposed it to those who love and respect these types of series: the fans. Bo-bobo may never have the fanbase of other Jump series and may never be completely out there for people to experience...heck, it may not even be understood with how many people hate it and just goes "it's too weird, thus it sucks!" But to those who do get it, they have experienced a series that has placed a mirror right in front of Japan and the whole shonen culture and mocked it all the way to the bank while respecting it enough to use what it did do right. And preferably, I love a lot of this type of parody more than...well, other comedy crap in the US. I know I didn't start translating Bo-bobo until volume 3 (and there are still those who want me to do the first two volumes to be "complete"...though I may do the early one-shots), but happy to have done all that I have and hope that all fo you have been just as supporting on all that you've been through. I like to particularly thank those who have contacted me through the Bo-bobo project and bugged me to keep it going, particularly the period I wasn't doing Shinsetsu...or started it and never went any further...you know who you are. Thanks for reading this series and, until we cross paths again, this is StrangerAtaru leaving you with one final thought:
"As long as the Earth is protected by a guy who uses his nosehairs in battle and a sun-like creature that's insane, those peppers won't stand a chance...though I can imagine them becoming stuffed with random packets of tokoroten given to them by some strange wobbily man."
Mata ne.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/26206[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 72 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-22T01:31:23+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comNot just overcoming his unstoppable Emperor aura, Bo-bobo has reached out his hand of acceptance towards Namerou one last time. Will he finally get through...and what about Tsurulina the 3rd!? The end of the saga is near...
Shinsetsu 72: Conclusion! The Grand Finale!!
135. Bo-bobo: YOU AREN'T SOME TSURULINA THE 5TH. YOU'RE OUR ALLY. Bo-bobo: THAT'S HOW IT IS, NAMEROU. Beauty: BO-BOBO...
136. Bo-bobo: COME ON BACK, NAMEROU. Don Patch: Give me caramel.--- Namerou: ............... Namerou: PE. Don Patch: WHAT'S WITH THAT ATTITUDE! HEY Tennosuke: ARE YOU GIVING AN OBJECTION! WERE YOU OBJECTING ABOUT THE CARAMEL---!! Beauty: STOP THAT!! Heppokomaru: HA Beauty: EVEN HE-KUN!! Namerou: GET AWAY!! Don Patch: JUST ME!!?
137. 3rd: GOOD, NAMEROU. LIKE THAT, KILL ALL OF THEM. Namerou: SHUT UP---DON'T GIVE ME ORDERS-- 3rd: ...WHAT? YOU Dengaku Man: He's defying you, you unsophisticated. Dengaku Man: Ah---- Bo-bobo: Will you return here and defeat the 3rd together...or still fight us as Tsurulina the 5th... Bo-bobo: YOUR CHOICES FOR YOUR LIFE ARE TWO! SO YOU SHOULD CHOOSE, NAMEROU!! Right Sign: Welcome to Team Bo-bobo Left Sign: Tsurulina the 5th Course Beauty: WHAT'S WITH THE SET THAT DOESN'T GIVE A FEELING OF TENSION!?
138. Voice: Naturally it's this one. Don Patch: Well, well? Tennosuke: DON'T TOUCH ME. Don Patch Lun lun Don Patch: AH----- Namerou: ......HAA HAA Namerou: THE PATH I WILL ADVANCE ALONG IS THE JOURNEY OF AN EMPEROR...I CAN'T BACKTRACK NOW. Pokomi: YOU CAN. COMPLETELY.
139. Namerou: POKOMI... Bo-bobo: YOU'VE SPOKEN WELL, POKOMI. DISMISS YOUR FEELINGS... Bo-bobo: WE'VE PREPARED A 3RD NAMEROU LIFE ROUTE!! Sign: Eternal School Lunch Curry Duty Route Caption: Image Drawing Beauty: WHAT'S WITH THAT LIFE? THAT DUTY... Don Patch: IT'S SPECIAL TRAINING TO BECOME A FIRST-CLASS CURRY AMBASSADOR. SO EAT IT! GET ON DUTY AND EAT THIS!! Pail: Curry Namerou: IT'S HOT, STOP...GUWAAAA Beauty: ......... Bo-bobo: THAT'S WHAT IT IS. Nameoru: GUWA 3rd: ! Bo-bobo: NAMEROU IS PROGRESSING TO HIS NEW LIFE. TSURULINA THE 5TH IS RETIRED AS OF TODAY.
140. 3rd: YOOU'VE DONE TOO MUCH----JUST YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY NOT LIVE. 3rd: I'LL KILL YOU HERE TOGETHER WITH NAMEROU. Heppokomaru: UO, THAT 3RD STILL HAS THAT AURA LEFT? Bo-bobo: THIS IS BAD: THE REMAINING POWER IS BEING PUT INTO HIS NEXT BLOW!! Tennosuke: CAN YOU SAVE JUST ME SOMEHOW WITH THIS... Box: Tokoroten Gift Set 3rd: BO...BO----BO Tennosuke: GYAAAAAA, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE--- Tennosuke: S**t, eat in despair, eat in despair.
141. Beauty: That's...to that extent... Bo-bobo: FINE THEN...THIS DESTINED BATTLE THAT HAS GONE ON THIS LONE WILL BE CONCLUDED. Hatenko: BO-BOBO, IT'S UNREASONABLE ALONE.
142. 3rd: PERISH, HAIR RACE!!! Bo-bobo: GUWAAAAAAAAA 3rd: IT'S OVER, BO-BOBO. Bo-bobo: YOU CAN'T F**K WITH ME----THIS THING----THIS THING---- (TN: Bo-bobo's little vulgarity here is based on the Japanese world "Zaken", which is literally "f**k you" or "don't f**k with me") Hatenko: THAT'S WHY IT'S UNREASONABLE ALONE. WE'LL JOIN TOGETHER. Bo-bobo: ALL OF YOU...
143. Heppokomaru: HUH, WHERE'S TENNOSUKE? (He's not here--but...) Tennosuke: Tomorrow? Yeah, that's fine. Hahaha, seriously. Heppokomaru: THAT GUY!! Bo-bobo: NO GOOD: HIS POWER ISN'T FALLING. WE CAN'T CREATE AN OPENING FOR HIM... 3rd: IT'S USELESS. DIE. Don Patch: Calling on the final Bo-bobo warrior. Kancho: Target Lock On. Energy Charge Complete. Kancho: KANCHO-KUN, THE SHINING EXAMPLE OF A MAN: GO TO HELL!!!! Beauty & Heppokomaru: THERE IT IS----THE ALOOF SORROWFUL WARRIOR HAS STABBED THE 3RD IN THE BUTT----!!!
144. Softon: NOW! GO, BO-BOBO. Bo-bobo: YOU'VE DONE WELL, STUPID DOG. (TN: Just a contextual comment: I have no idea if Bo-bobo's "stupid dog" comment refers to Don Patch, his allies sending the aura to him, or the 3rd. Make of it as you please) Bo-bobo: TAKE THE ULTIMATE "FORM" OF HANAGE SHINKEN, TSURULINA THE 3RD. Bo-bobo: I'LL SHOW MY TRUE WORTH THAT HAS SURMOUNTED OVER NUMEROUS OLD ENEMIES AND STRUGGLED TO THIS POINT. Heppokomaru: CLEARLY IT'S MIXED WITH SOME NICE GUYS. (TN: Yeah...Flowerman shouldn't be there...Bo-bobo never even met Flowerman! And Mesopotamian Civilization...well, he was a bad guy but not even a boss and just plain insane!)
146. 3rd: GUAAAAAAAA, BOBOBO-----BO BO-----BOBOOO Beauty: HIS AURA BALL IS DISSAPPEARING. Bo-bobo: ESSENTIAL: HAIRY INCARNATION OF THE SKY Bo-bobo: DIGEST THE ANGER OF HAIR!!! 3rd: GABAA!!!! SFX: KARAN Don Patch: KANCHO-SENSEI Don Patch: Did you put in everything into that blow after all? You're dead......... Caption: Aah, farewell Kancho-kun, man of the butt revolution. Your flower has scattered in the sky of this transient world. Beauty: ...
147. 3rd: YOU...I'VE BEEN TAKEN TO THIS POINT... Don Patch: 3RD'S BODY IS CRUMBLING. (This is a scoop, a scoop) Bo-bobo: ALRIGHT---LET'S END THIS. TAKE THIS: MY ULTIMATE OUGI... Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: armpit chop. SFX: PISHI Beauty: SHABBY. 3rd: GOBUA Beauty: IT WAS EFFECTIVE!! 3rd: ...BO-BOBO...DON'T THINK YOU'VE WON WITH THIS...THE FIRE OF MARUHAGE WILL NOT GO OUT...I WILL BE REVIVED...AGAIN... 3rd: MARUHAGE EMPIRE BANZAI
148. Caption: HAIR BALL Bo-bobo: That now was a Hair Ball. It can't be. Tombstone: Tomb of Bibibi-bi Bi-bibi Be-bebe: It's been a grave thing when you died and came to not be here a year ago. You were a bad man but Bu-bubu: Be-bebe, you've come here too? SFX: Pyu-- Be-bebe: Big sister Bu-bubu. Be-bebe: If we've gathered here like this, then we can remember the battle of a year ago. SFX: Are Bo-bobo and the others doing well? Shigeki X: Hehe...That was a Shigeki fight.
149. Bu-bubu: Even so, the you of then wasn't useful at all. Be-bebe: HUH Be-bebe: I'VE BEEN TRAINING MY LEGHAIRS THOROUGHLY SINCE AFTER THAT. IF THIS WAS NOW, I WOULDN'T LOSE TO BIG BRO BI-BIBI. Bi-bibi: SO THEN, SHALL WE TEST THAT? Be-bebe: Big brother Bi-bibi has retunred to life---!!! Bi-bibi: HEY YOU, WAS I A BAD MAN? Be-bebe: NO, I WAS WRO...ON THAT, EEH!? EEEH----!!? Bi-bibi: .........Hmph. I have another debt to that guy Bo-bobo.
150. Bo-bobo: Have we...done it? Beauty: With this, the battle is over. Tennosuke: Even the battle of the Hair Kingdom and the Maruhage Empire, which has gone across this long time, has been brought to an end for the moment from the death of the 3rd. Tennosuke: The power of our friendship has crushed a mighty evil. Tennosuke: WITH THIS, THIS MATTER HAS COME TO CONCLUSION. Beauty: IN THE END, TENNOSUKE HAS TIED THIS UP---!!! Pokomi: Namecchi, where are you going?
151. Namerou: I'm going on a journey to search for a path that I can go down. Namerou: SEE YOU AGAIN, POKOMI. Beauty: ...You will meet him again. Pokomi: Yep. Bo-bobo: THIS BATTLE IS OVER. Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE TOKYO 23-WARDS CHAPTER ----END---- White Phantom-Death Disguise Party Member 1: We didn't get to appear. WPDDP 2: Really, really WPDDP 3: SO THEN--WANT TO GO HOME AND GET A BIG MAC? (TN: Yeah, they do ask for a "Makku", which is in reference to McDonalds' famous "Big Mac" burger) WPDDP 2: THAT'S GOOD. I DO HAVE THIS COUPON FOR A SHAKE.
TN: You've got to love Sawai and his sense of humor about how circumstances has brought him to this point. Even with everything we've seen and the fact that we've literally just smushed several months to years of content within such a short period of time, he has enough to remind us of that "one group of villains he never had the chance to use" in a brilliant throw-away gag like that. We'll never know who the White Phantom-Death Disguise Party is...but at least with that gag, they had at least something in the story as opposed to merely just silent and standing there.
With that said...what can one say about this chapter? I really can't say anything other than my typical "it's rushed and should have spent several chapters developing it" sort of thing...but it is a satisfying and insane conclusion to most of the story elements not just in the 23 Wards arc...but to Shinsetsu...and Bo-bobo in general. Some could say this could actually be the final chapter of the series, but...we'll leave that for next time. There were a lot of great moments that not just recall a lot of the great moments of Bo-bobo in general (the call back to all of Bo-bobo's former villains and the final attacks towards the 3rd, Tennosuke's "conclusive speech" at the end, the whole aspect of the 3rd still thinking the Maruhage Empire will go on without him and there will always be some one hunting hair in this land), but there were some nice conclusive material bringing an end to many of the plot points in this phase of the story. For the most part, this is both Namerou and Pokomi's final chapter in Shinsetsu (they don't show up next time, I am warning of that), and this sort of shows that in some strange way that...they need each other and are the only way the other can exist. Pokomi needs a friend who she can demonstrate her power alongside, while Namerou needed someone whom he can see as an equal instead of just someone whom he can look down upon. One completes the other and that completes themselves. Likewise, Namerou just needed to be convinced once and for all that "his power does not choose who he is". Sure he has the power to be an emperor, but that doesn't mean he has to be one. Yeah I can't stand Namerou and have mentioned it every single time since when I started Shinsetsu, but it is an appropriate aspect to his character that had to be completed as it was this time. (now one hopes he gets into curry like Bo-bobo wants him too) Unfortunately the only Shinsetsu character who gets no completion in this chapter...or ever really is Gaou: from such a hyped character when Shinsetsu started, he had degenerated into...well, literally blowing away this time: no conclusion to his promise, no "death", no finishing his rivalry with Dengaku Man...no the koala just blows away unnoticed never to be seen again, not even on the cover of the final chapter next time. I will probably get into it a bit more with the final overview of Shinsetsu and the Bo-bobo franchise next time, but let's say it's a shame regarding what happened to him. Then again...I did like the nice nod back to the Hair Kingdom with the death of the 3rd and the return of Bi-bibi's Hair Ball: sure we didn't get any of them prior to now but it's always fun to at least see the Hair Siblings go at it against one another. (though Be-bebe needs to find a way to stand up to big brother Bi-bibi...but that would take away a lot of his gags)
So...what's left? Well...that's for the next chapter to tell us. It's been a long road, both for Bo-bobo and for us...but who knows where that road will finally take us as the final stop on our crazy Hajike adventure approaches...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/26132[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 71 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-21T01:13:12+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWhat was supposed to be Tsurulina the 3rd's secret weapon was torn apart (literally) by Bo-bobo's own nosehairs! But with one emperor down, there is still another matter...the future emperor who used to be on their side!!!
Shinsetsu 71: Succeeding Power! Emperor Namerou
118. Caption: TSURULINA WORLD COMPLETELY COLLAPSED King Nosehair: N---HOW'S THAT BO-BOBO-SAN? MY GREAT ACTIVITY. Bo-bobo: YOU'RE MASSIVE!! Don Patch, Tennosuke & King Nosehiar: GYAA Bo-bobo: ARE YOU SERIOUSLY A NOSEHAIR--- Beauty: DEMON... Don Patch: PLEASE STOP, EVEN SO, TO THE MAIN CHARACTERS!? King Nosehair: UUH... Dengaku Man: APOLOGIZE Heppokomaru: ...THEY'RE FUTILY COMPLAINING... Namerou: BOBOPACHI...
119. 3rd: STUPID, YOU'VE BROKEN...TSURULINA WORLD? 3rd: YOU'RE CLEARLY DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE. WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS POWER...? Bo-bobo: This is power we've been awarded from our teacher... Bo-bobo: WE'RE THE TORPEDO SAINTS!!! (TN: While obviously a parody of Masashi Kurumada's famous WSJ series "Saint Seiya", there is a bit more to the joke than you realize. The word used for the announcement of the "Torpedo Saints" in Japanese was "Gyourai Saints". And while "Gyourai" is "Torpedo" in Japanese, it is also close to the English word "Gold", which is in reference the "Gold Saints", the twelve Zodiac-incluenced saints who are the most powerful members of the army of the Goddess Athena) Beauty: WHAT IS THAT! (The form of Master Torpedo is behind them) "Torpedo Girl": NOW PLEASE GO, TORPEDO WARRIORS. Bo-bobo: Shut up-- Don Patch: Die, hey--- "Torpedo Girl": HUH? SFX: KAPO
120. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: I CAN'T FORGIVE FOOLISHNESS!!! 3rd: GUOWAAAAAA!!! 3rd: YOUU YOUU----- 3rd: CHOUOUGI: GREAT BLACK MAGIC OF LARGE SPEARS Bo-bobo: TORPEDO-SENSEI, WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP SPLENDIDLY. Bo-bobo: GOKUAKU ZANKETSU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: DISORDERLY KABOSU OF OVER!!!! KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL (TN: A couple reminders: 1. "Kabosu" is a fruit similar to a yuzu or a lemon used in various Japanese dishes. 2. "Gokuaku Zanketsu Shinken", OVER's classic battle style, literally translates into "Fist of Horrible Bloody Murder") 3rd: GUAAAAA Beauty: HE'S MASTERED THE CRUELEST SHINKEN IN THE WORLD----!!!!
121. Don Patch: OUR SORT CALLS FRIENDS!! OUR SORT CALLS FRIENDS---!!! 3rd: GUAAA Beauty: MARUHAGE FOUR HEAVENLY KING'S HALEKULANI... Namerou: BOBOPACHI, I'M RETURNING THE LOAN FOR THE GASH!! Tennosuke: TOKOHE-GANG CHOUOUGI: SUMMER'S RAGING PORTABLE-SHRINE FESTIVAL!!!! (TN: "Portable Shrine" is "Mikoshi", a special shrine used and displayed during shrine festivals in Japan to present the god of said shrine) Namerou: GOBAA!! Heppokomaru: I ALSO HAVE A LOAN WITH YOU. Tennosuke: Hey hey, is this assuming your character popularity? Heppokomaru: TAKE THIS: KURO ONARA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI...
122. Pokomi: YOU CAN'T, BIG BROTHER!! Heppokomaru: GOHA!! Beauty: HE-KUN Pokomi: Namecchi...wipe your mouth with this. Namerou: DON'T CARE ABOUT ME!! Pokomi: KYA Heppokomaru: THAT BRAT----WHAT IS HE DOING TO MY LITTLE SISTER? Beauty: CALM...DOWN A BIT... Namerou: 3rd, hand over your power. Namerou: I'LL KILL ALL OF THEM WITHOUT LEAVING ONE. 3rd: CAN YOU COMMAND THE BLOOD OF AN EMPEROR, NAMEROU? FINE
123. 3rd: ACCEPT IT!!! Namerou: KUOOO Don Patch: I'll do it with Mekabu. (TN: "Mekabu" is the wild sprouts of wakame seaweed, used dried up in soups, salad and garnish) Tennosuke: SEW IT ON Namerou: THOSE WHO DEFY THE EMPEROR DIES.
124. Bo-bobo: NAMEROU, I'LL SEND YOU A YELL TO YOUR SORROWFUL DESTINY. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: HOT-BLOODED YELLING SOUL!! FIGHT, OUENDAN!!! (TN: Bo-bobo's attack name is a weird parody and homage to the 2007 Nintendo DS video game "Moero!! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2!!!" by iNiS. The game series, of which this is the sequel to the original "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!!" game, involves a cheering brigade "cheering" along others to succeed with their duties through bizarre dance routines that you control with your stylist. The game was semi-transferred to the US through the similarly bizarre "Elite Beat Agents") Don Patch: OSU OSU OSU OSU OSU OSU!! Don Patch: A CHEERING RUSH WITH A ROLLING REVOLUTION. OSUSUSUSUSUSUSU!!! Wheel: HAJIKE Announcer: CHEER GREATLY SUCCESSFUL!!! Caption: STAGE CLEAR Beauty: YOU HAVEN'T SENT EVEN ONE YELL TO HIM.
125. Tennosuke: HUH Don Patch: BLOODTHIRST!! Don Patch: ESCAPE Bo-bobo: WHAT!!! UNESCAPABLE HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: GAL CIRCLE 2007!!! Bo-bobo: HE--RE! FEEDING TIME Don Patch: STUPID! WE CAN'T HAVE THIS SITUATION...NAMEROU WILL---!! Namerou: Die Namerou: TEIOU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: KAISER DRAGON!!! (TN: Literal translation of "Kaiser Dragon" = "Emperor Dragon Blow") Don Patch: VEGE,,,GUWAAAA---!!! Heppokomaru: NAPPA!!!? (TN: The "situation" Don Patch is parodying that Heppokomaru picked up on is the murder of Nappa by his partner Vegeta during the Saiyan arc of "Dragon Ball", done so with no remorse after his failure to defeat Goku after wiping the floor with all of his friends)
126. Beauty: BO-BOBO Bo-bobo: OUGI: DUMMY GUARD Dengaku Man: ARE YOU FINE IN FORGIVING THAT OPPRESSION--- Namerou: TEIOU SHINKEN SAISHUU CHOUZETSU OUGI (out loud) IT'S OVER, BOBOPACHI (TN: "Saishuu Chouzetsu" = "Final Transcendent", AKA: "Fist of Emperor Final Transcendent Secret") Namerou: CRAWL IN HIS BODY, EARTH-DRAGON ENERGY!!! (TN: "Earth-Dragon Energy" is a literal translation of "Chiryuuki", the attack Namerou just sent into Bo-bobo) Bo-bobo: GUAA, ENERGY IS RUNNING AROUND IN MY BODY
127. Namerou: BURST OUT----HEAVEN-DRAGON ENERGY (TN: Likewise, "Heaven-Dragon Energy" is "Tenryuuki") Namerou: THOUSAND-DRAGON DIVERGENCE!!! Bo-bobo: BAABON!!!! Bo-bobo: GAAAAAAAAA Don Patch: PRETTY FIREWORKS Tennosuke: IT'S SUMMER~~~ Beauty: THIS ISN'T THE SITUATION FOR THAT Heppokomaru: BO-BOBO-SAN
128. Bo-bobo: KEHO Namerou: Scatter, Bobopachi Beauty: BO-BOBO Namerou: LIGHT-DRAGON ENERGY!!! (TN: In this case, "Light-Dragon Energy" = "Kouryuuki") Bo-bobo: ...I'VE CAUGHT YOU, NAMEROU...I'M PAYING IT BACK DOUBLE Bo-bobo: DO IT, POKOMI!! Pokomi: YEP Namerou: !! Namerou: HEY! Bo-bobo: HAFU Pokomi: HERE WE GO----
129. Pokomi: MAGICAL LOVELY SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: POKOMI'S SCRIBBLE - CANNON WAVE!!! (TN: No you're not mistaking this: Pokomi at this point says not her typical "Lovely Magical" but "Magical Lovely". It's tough to say if this was a mistake by Sawai or intentional, but I'll leave it as is at this point) Namerou: UWAAAAA Namerou: WHAT ARE THESE CREATURES? "Drawing": LICKING LICKING Namerou: IS THAT ME!? Pokomi: NAMECCHI, PLEASE: RETURN TO LIKE YOU WERE BEFORE Don Patch: DORYA----THE REST WILL BE LEFT TO US, POKOMI Bo-bobo: AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND AN AURA FOR AN AURA
130. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THE WAVE THAT BEGINS THE TONKATSU REVOLUTION----!!! (TN: "Tonkatsu" is a popular pork dish in Japan involving deep-fried pork cutlets chopped into pieces and served with sauce, cabbage and miso soup) Namerou: IS THIS GOING TO BE AN AURA BATTLE? THAT'S FUTILE! THAT DEGREE WON'T REMOVE THE EMPEROR'S ARMOR (TN: "Remove" is actually "Hagareru" which is "unstick", but since "removing armor" made more sense, I made it as such for the translation here) Namerou: WHAT? Bo-bobo: CONTINUING, SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THE WAVE THAT STARTS FORMULA 1 JAPAN!!! (TN: As probably mentioned before, "Formula 1" is a type of car racing that is popular in most of the world involving single-seater cars stearing around intricate tracks. Japan is always active within the racing circuit and has a race nearly every race as part of the circuit) Namerou: GYAAAAAAAAA!! Beauty: THAT'S F-1----!!!
131. Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: KA - ME - HA - ME Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (TN: Obviously this is based on the classic "Dragon Ball" attack...though involving bullets for some reason or another) Beauty: THIS ISN'T A DREAM: THAT'S NOT THE KAMEHAMEHA! Tennosuke: SEAFOOD TURBAN-SHELL ATTACK! TURBAN SHELL ATTACK!! (TN: The seafood that comes from the turban-shell mollusc of Turbo marmoratus is actual seafood within Japanese culture) Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THAT----!! Beauty: NOT ONE OF THOSE WERE AURA!!! Namerou: GAHAAHAA...HAA, WHY!?...I AM EMPEROR!! THE AURA OF AN EMPEROR SHOULD BE ABSOLUTE, WHY HAS IT BEEN SURPASSED!? Bo-bobo: YOU IDIOT! VERY CHEAP AURA THAT JUST CLINGS TO THE TITLE OF "EMPEROR" HAS NO EFFECT ON US. Bo-bobo: WAKE UP, NAMEROU
132. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN SAISHUU OUGI: THE BEAUTY OF JAPAN (TN: The kanji reading for "The Beauty of Japan" is "Hair Power") Namerou: GUWAAAAAAAAAA
133 Namerou: GAHAA 3rd: STAND, NAMEROU: THE COMPLETE DEFEAT OF AN EMPEROR IS UNFORGIVABLE 3rd: STAND!! Namerou: GUGU... Bo-bobo: IS LIVING AS THE 3RD PUPPET YOUR WHOLE LIFE THE PATH YOU DESIRE? Namerou: !! Bo-bobo: ...YOU AREN'T SOME TSURULINA THE 5TH. YOU'RE OUR ALLY. Bo-bobo: COME ON BACK, NAMEROU. Don Patch: I can't have that. Tennosuke: He should appear on "The Fuccons". (TN: Tennosuke's comment about "The Fuccons" is in reference to the Japanese TV show "Oh! Mikey", also known in the US as "The Fuccons", a popular and infamous Japanese series starring mannequin dolls involving an American boy with a "plastic smile" who lives with his parents in Japan) Beauty: ...
TN: Well...at least the story is approaching climax with this chapter. That's...really all I can really say about this for the moment due to all that's going on. There were quite a few fun moments in this chapter in this chapter that show that Bo-bobo is still Bo-bobo, including the "Saint Seiya" bit, the OVER/Halekulani reference, the Ouendan bit and Pokomi's weird scribble attack. But on the other hand...while the chapter in itself was alright, I guess it's really hard to take this climax seriously because...well, of how awesome it was the first time with the final battle with Bi-bibi. That climax, particularly when Bo-bobo came back to life with a giant truck possessing Landmine Dandy's power was just epic in it's approach and had a great balance regarding the awesome moments, the tragic moments and the hilariously insane moments. This climax...well, aside from the whole "Namerou" factor, just feels all over the place like Sawai was trying his best to smush as much as he wanted to do at the end of this arc in a couple chapters. I mean there are a lot of cool moments, but they just seem to be thrusted one after another with little real recovery to take it in and appreciate it. That...and the whole excuse as to why Namerou's powers finally failed really didn't work too well to me. Bo-bobo and the others did all the weird stuff last time (when Namerou's power was just awakening and they hadn't gone to Torpedo Girl yet) and nothing happened...and now they're able to smash through it one moment at a time and just say the "Emperor Aura" is cheap? If it was after a long struggle, I could sort of accept the excuse, but somehow with this chapter...it's just hard for me to do so. Heck, even the factor that Namerou literally got the remaining power of the 3rd just to do what he did...and fail at it...maybe if Sawai had more time, it would have been epic and awesome like the end of the first part but...here it's just passible. But of course, it's not quite over just yet...I mean, Namerou still has to make his final decision on his future...and yeah, there's still the 3rd.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/26003[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 70 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-14T21:25:31+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWithin the final stronghold of the Neo-Maruhage, Team Bo-bobo has begun their final assault on Tsurulina 3rd and 5th (Namerou)! But with a domain revealed by the emperor, can team Bo-bobo survive this ultimate horror unleashed!?
Shinsetsu 70: Tsurulina's Miscalculation
100. 3rd: THIS DOMAIN IS ENTIRELY CONTROLLED BY ME. THIS IS MATCH, BO-BOBO. Namerou: ...............
101. Heppokomaru: WE'LL SUFFOCATE------ Bo-bobo: AIR...AIR PLEASE!! Beauty: TH...THIS PAIN...WE CAN'T...BREATHE. Voice: Steady down, all of you. Beauty & Heppokomaru: ! Don Patch: BECAUSE NOW I'M MAKING SHIO RAMEN. EAT THIS AND YOU'LL BE HEALTHY. (TN: "Shio Ramen" or "Salt Ramen" is a ramen made with a clear yellow broth with plenty of salt and a combination of chicken, vegetables, fish and seaweed. Generally it's the healthiest ramen due to the vegetables and low fat content of the used meat for making it) Everyone: ......... Bo-bobo: RAMEN RAMEN Tennosuke: BUBO Don Patch: Shio Ramen when in space. 3rd: RED MAGIC SHINKEN CHOUOUGI...
102. 3rd: ZERO-GRAVITY ILLUSION!!! Tennosuke: GYOIYAAASAA---- Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!! WE'LL FIRE BACK AT THEM, DON PATCH. Don Patch: EH, ME? Don Patch: NO, I'M ALWAYS BEING A SACRIFICE; WHY IS IT ME THIS TIME TOO!!? Bo-bobo: Because of the resemblance. (TN: The "resemblance" is obviously to the spiked balls the 3rd sent out) Don Patch: YOU DO THAT AND ALWAYS THINK OF YOURSELF; FORCING ME, FORCING ME...DEAR...YOU'RE TOO SELFISH... Bo-bobo: I LOVE YOU PATCHMI. Don Patch: ENOUGH...YOU MEAN MAN... (TN: The "Bom" is a weird reference to the "Dom" model of mobile suits used by the Principality of Zeon in the original "Mobile Suit Gundam". However, the ball and chain weapon was never actually used by the Dom but was one of the more infamous weapons [only used once or twice] used by the RX-78 Gundam piloted by lead character Amuro Rey, known as the "Gundam Hammer")
103. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: YODEL STEP (out loud) Yo-de-le yo-de-le yo-de-le-hi--- Beauty: WHAT THE!!? Beauty: Bo...Bobo... Bo-bobo: BEAUTY! THIS IS BAD: SHE'S LOSING OXYGEN. Bo-bobo: WE HAVE TO GO TO EARTH IN A HURRY. IF WE'RE ON EARTH, WE SHOULD HAVE OXYGEN.
104. Tennosuke: OK! IT'S MY TURN. BOARD THIS. Caption: Nu Space Shuttle Bo-bobo:WELL, YOU'RE SOFT IN YOUR WORDS Tennosuke: FUGOGOGOGOGO, HEY?...EH? Bo-bobo: COMPLETE! HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: THE NEW DISCOVERY (TN: The "Discovery" is in reference to the orbital space shuttle used by NASA, in operation betwen 1984 to 2010 (it will be decomissioned after returning from it's final flight in December, 2010) Kanji on Tennosuke: NASA Bo-bobo: GET ON!! Bo-bobo: AND I'LL DISPOSE THE TRASH. Tennosuke: NU-GOU (TN: The "Gou" is a typical ending for vehicles, thus why I kept it at the end of the name of Tennosuke's "shuttle") Bo-bobo: NOW, TOWARDS THE TERRA!! (TN: Strangely while Bo-bobo's line here could just be in connection to just them headed back to Earth, he says it as "Terra E" (translated as "Towards the Terra" or just "To Terra"), which is the name of a famous science-fiction manga written by Keiko Tamagawa and ran between 1977-1980. Not ironic to this reference, an anime version of the anime was released in 2007, around the same time as the running of this chapter) Namerou: WILL YOU GET AWAY? Tennosuke: HE'S COMING----NAMEROU IS COMING. Bo-bobo: It's fine, we have a plan. SFX: Hita hita
105. Don Patch: DETACH THE 1ST ENGINE!!! Namerou: GUWA Tennosuke: MY LEG----!!!! Don Patch: DETACH THE 2ND ENGINE, 3RD ENGINE, 4TH ENGINE, 5TH ENGINE AND 6TH ENGINE Tennosuke: HEY HEY HEY HEY...WHAT ARE YOU DOING---!! Tennosuke: NOOOOOO Namerou: S**T 3rd: THERE'S NO PROBLEM. 3rd: MY EARLIER BLACK MAGIC WAS AN OUGI THAT SCATTERED A POISON MIST THAT STEALS AWAY THEIR OPTIC NERVES. BECAUSE... 3rd: THEY BASKED IN THE SHOWER OF THAT POISON.
106. 3rd: KUKUKU, WHEN THEY LAND ON EARTH, A FURTHER SHOCK AWAITS THEM. Tennosuke: GUHEE Bo-bobo: WE'VE LANDED ON THE GROUND. Beauty: PUHA---IT'S AIR. I'VE BEEN REVIVED. Everyone: MARUHAGE MARUHAGE MARUHAGE MARUHAGE Pokomi: WHAT EXACTLY...IS THIS!?
107. 3rd: HOW IS THIS? THIS IS UTOPIA: A WORLD WHERE ALL OF MANKIND HAS BEEN COMPLETELY HAIR HUNTED. Bo-bobo: THIS SLOP HAS APPEARED. Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: !? Bo-bobo: What? My body is heavy... Don Patch: Ha! Morning sickness!? 3rd: WAS THE POISON EFFECTIVE? Don Patch: The baby is being born--- 3rd: HAIR-HUNT TIME, BO-BOBO! TAKE THIS CHOUOUGI: BLACK MAGIC HYPNOSIS OF AN ENTIRE 100 MILLION MASS!! Everyone: VERY CAN (TN: Couldn't quite figure out what they were saying here, but the line here was in Japanese "Barikaan", which really could only be made out to this by me....well this or "Bari Khan") 3rd: HUNT AND KILL THEM--- Beauty: BO-BOBO
108. Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: GUWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SFX: JORI Sign: MEN'S AESTHETIC (MARUHAGE) (TN: Men's Aesthetic, "Menzu Esute" in Japanese, is an expression for a "spa treatment" for men, including for the face and body) Sign: FULL-BODY HAIR-REMOVAL COURSE
109. Sign: SHEEP-MEAT FOR EATING (FOR SHIPPING) Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: ! Beauty: .........WHAT ARE THEY DOING? Bo-bobo: THAT WAS CLOSE; WE AVOIDED THAT IN THE NICK OF TIME. Bo-bobo: TSURULINA THE 3RD: NEXT I'LL SHOW YOU OUR DOMAINS. 3rd: HMPH. Bo-bobo: FROM HERE YOU WILL TAKE THE PHYSICAL SENSATIONS OF 4 SUPER-DOMAINS. TAKE THIS: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUZETSU OUGI-----
110. Bo-bobo: DUMMY WORLD!!! (TN: "Dummy World" or "Baka World", is in kanji "Holy Don Patch Domain/Area") Don Patch: .........you're kidding. Don Patch: Director, are you fine with me doing the top? Bo-bobo: You'll come to be the lead actor. Don Patch: OSSHA---I'LL DO IT!! 3rd & Namerou: HE'S... Don Patch: NEW PROGRAM: IT'S DON PATCH ON WEDNSDAY! Caption: IT'S DON PATCH ON WEDNSDAY (SUIYOU DON PATCH DESHOU) Subtitle: HOW DO YOU LIKE DON PATCH? Beauty: SOMETHING STRANGE HAS STARTED......
111. Don Patch: PRESSING LOCATION PROJECT 1ST SHOT: IN SEARCH OF THE PHANTOM GIANT FISH IN THE UPPER-STREAM OF THE AMAZON RIVER!!! (TN: "Location" here is actually in Japanese "Roke", which is generally used for the locations of a film shoot) 3rd: YOU'RE MAKING FUN OF US Namerou: GUAAAAA Don Patch: THEY'RE SAYING AMUSING THINGS---- Don Patch: CONTINUING, OUTSKIRTS LOCATION PROJECT 2ND SHOT: LIFE-BETTING SURVIVAL IN THE FIERCE-FIGHTING JUNGLE!!! Don Patch: LIKE THIS, THE NEXT LOCATION PROJECT Don Patch: CROSSING JAPAN ON GRAVEL ROADS: A JOURNEY TO MEET THOSE SKILLED AT DICE!!! Namerou: GUWAAAA, THIS IS SUCH A HARD PROGRAM----!!
112. Bo-bobo: CONTINUING: IT'S "NU WORLD"---!!! (TN: "Nu World" = "Holy Tokoroten Domain/Area") Namerou: WHAT!? Tennosuke: OK----YOU'RE GOING TO TASTE THE ULTIMATE HUMILIATION!! TAKE THIS... Tennosuke: NU PRESENTATION GAME 2!!!! Beauty: THERE IT IS: THE ULTIMATE TERRIBLE GAME---!!! AND SOMEHOW IT'S POWERED UP (TN: A couple things: -The first time Tennosuke used the infamous "Nu Presentation Game" was back in chp. 150 of the original Bo-bobo on Lambada...which is the same version used in several GBA video games as a mini-game -Beauty uses a term here in Japanese of "Kusogee", which literally translates into "s**tty game", but is a general term used for a game with a terrible reputation or negative reception, along the lines of the Atari 2600 "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial", the infamous Zelda games for the Phillips CD-i (The Faces of Evil/The Wand of Gamalon) or the more recent PC game "Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing" -Remember that aside from "Nu" is the character "Ne", which is the character Tennosuke hates) SFX: DOSUN 3rd: GUHA!! Bo-bobo & Don Patch: STOMACH CINELLI STOMACH CINELLI (TN: I really don't get the whole joke these two are doing here, but "Cinelli" is a notable Italian company for bicycle frames. Thus I guess it has something to do with Bo-bobo and Don Patch believing the 3rd's stomach is like a Cinelli frame...or something) 3rd: GUAAAA Beauty: A NEW SYSTEM?...
113. 3rd: I'M BEING MADE FUN OF BY THIS TRASH!! Bo-bobo & Don Patch: GYAAAAA Bo-bobo: NEXT IS---- Bo-bobo: SERVICE WORLD!!! (TN: "Service World" = "Great Service Domain/Area") 3rd: KILL IT!! Namerou: JUST THIS I'LL ABSOLUTELY KILL!! Bo-bobo: Like this... 3rd & Namerou: !! Bo-bobo: RI--GHT INTO POOP WORLD (TN: "Poop World" or "Unko World" = "Holy Babylon Domain/Area") 3rd & Namerou: BU
114. Softon: BE OBLITERATED: BABYLON SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BABYLON DOODLEBUG 3rd & Namerou: AAAAAAAAAH Don Patch: IT'S THE POOP FESTIVAL, THE POOP FESTIVAL! Tennosuke: POOP GUYS, PLEA--SE RETURN TO THE TOILET. Beauty: AMAZING! THEY COMPLETELY PRESSED DOWN ON THOSE TWO. 3rd: HAA HAA, That level of thing...
115. 3rd: CAN'T STOP MY RULE---TSURULINA WORLD!!! Bo-bobo: IT'S USELESS, 3RD! THAT FOOLISH WORLD YOU CREATED WILL BE DESTROYED BY MY NOSEHAIR. 3rd: BY A NOSEHAIR!? Bo-bobo: LET'S GO: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN KYUUKYOKU OUGI--- King Nosehair: I'M APPEARING AFTER A LONG TIME----! Bo-bobo: KING NOSEHAIR TYPHOON!!!
TN: Alright...I'm lost now. This was a neat chapter with some great moments and some amazing strategies and battle skills by both sides (The "Nu Presentation Game" returns...yeah, it really is one of Tennosuke's great moments), what was the point of Tsurulina World? According to him, his "ideal world" is one where everyone is bald and obeying him...but since when has someone bald even obeyed the emperor in this series before? I guess it should be some sort of "Bo-bobo World" scenario where everything is under his rules...but even then, Tsurulina World has all these people under his control...and for the most part Bo-bobo had weird nonsense characters within them. Yeah...I'm probably overthinking this, but there are just so many things I noticed with this chapter that bug me a lot. Like this one: the title of the chapter is "Tsurulina's Miscalculation"...so what was his miscalculation anyway? Bo-bobo's side faced down his new power and crushed it rather easily...heck, it feels too easy compared to last chapter where he and Namerou together wiped the floor with Bo-bobo's side. And that's the other problem: if Bo-bobo and the others did horribly in the last chapter, then why would they own so easily the moment Tsurulina releases his own universe? They never really seem to explain it but the only real theory is simply "Bo-bobo knows how to manipulate worlds so easily since he is a native of the Hair Kingdom and can fully utilize the power of a Hair Ball including "dimensional transformations"...while the 3rd merely possesses is and just can't master it because he isn't a Hair Kingdom being. (that's my only real explanation considering that for the most part the world-creation attacks are generally only done by Hair Kingdom characters...well Bo-bobo and Hatenko off the top of my head) But hey, regardless of all the nonsense, it was still a fun chapter anyway...confusing and little sense in certain aspects, but fun still.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25994[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 69 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-14T01:52:15+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThey've overcome every obstacle and faced down the greatest enemies of the 23 Wards. Now, Bo-bobo and all of his allies have finally reached the nerve center of the Neo-Maruhage Empire...where what could be their final showdown awaits...
Shinsetsu 69: The Final Decisive Battle! Bo-bobo vs. Tsurulina
81. Tsuruina: Ultimately your life can only be plucked by my own hands, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.
82. Bo-bobo: HERE IS THE HEADQUARTERS OF TSURULINA THE 3RD, THE FINAL FORTRESS OF THE 23 WARDS... Bo-bobo: NEO-MARUHAGE KINGDOM Sign: SHUEISHA (TN: Yeah...Shueisha is the publisher of Bo-bobo and all WSJ series) Tennosuke: Hehe...it's been a short time, but it's been fun. See ya, farewell. Sign: KINGDOM SHUEISHA Beauty: WHY ARE WE ENTERING THE PUBLISHER TO GET TO THE FORTRESS...? Don Patch: STUPID, THIS IS MY CHANCE FOR WHAT I'VE BROUGHT ALONG, MY CHANCE. (TN: The "what I've brought along" part is in Japanese "mochikomi", which literally translates into "bring along"/"carry-on") Don Patch: I'VE CONTINUED THIS ADVENTURE TO COMING TO HERE AND, AS IS, WON'T I BE ABLE TO JOIN WITH THE FIRST-CLASS MANGAKA.
83. "Don Patch's Manga": Title: PARIKORE HAKUSHOU 2007 (PARIS COLLECTION FILES 2007) Panel 1: THE BAUMKUCHEN-FACE OF MADAM EDOMOISELLE, WHERE WAS I BAD? Panel 2: YOUR CLOTHING IS ENTIRELY A CHANSON-LINEAGE ESPERAN STYLE!!! Panel 3: CARBONARA!!! (TN: A couple of notes regarding Don Patch's "manga": -"Baumkuchen" is a popular layer cake in Japan where spongey round cakes are rounded and sliced on the inside akin to the rings of a tree. -"Carbonara" is a style of Italian pasta served with egg, pecorino romano, guanciale [a kind of bacon] and black pepper, usually made with spaghetti) Beauty: This is deceptive... Bo-bobo: DISCARD THIS Don Patch: AAH Don Patch: WELL, TELL US. TELL US. QUICKLY TELL US THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE 3RD!! Don Patch: Chi Don Patch: THEY'RE...ZIPPER-MOUTHS Bo-bobo: They can only confess with that technique. Guitar Pick: Bo Don Patch: Shall we do it? Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: SONG-INSTRUCTOR PRIESTS SINGING WITH HIS OWN ACCOMPANIMENT"
84. Bo-bobo: I THINK OF YOU DAY AND NIGHT AND I SEARCH FOR YOU~~CHASING AFTER YOU~~PHONE-CALLING YOU~~SENT NIGHT MAIL! I WANT TO MEET YOU, I WANT TO MEET YOU! I WANT TO MEET YOU, I WANT TO MEET YOU! I WANT TO MEET YOU, I WANT TO MEET YOU! BELOVED 3RD-CHAN~~~~ B. Bo-bobo: AND I'VE FOUND OUT YOUR WHEREABOUTS~~ Beauty: HE'S SINGING IT OUT... B. Bo-bobo: YOUR WHEREABOUTS IS WHAT I! I! WANT TO SHOUT OUT! THEY ARE...THEY ARE... B. Bo-bobo: (on harmonica) FUA FUA FUA~~~~~~~~~FUAFUAFUA FUAFUAFUA Bo-bobo: SO SAY IT---!! Bo-bobo: GOBA!! Beauty: However-- Bo-bobo: YOSSHA--WE'RE GOING IN Tennosuke: NO WAY--I'M GOING HOME---
85. Bo-bobo: I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FROM 6, IT'S JUST FOR NOSEHAIR PUBLICATION: IS 3RD-SAN IN? Beauty & Heppokomaru: ...... Sign: Reception Receptionist: He's waiting on the top floor. Please go up in the elevator on the right side. Don Patch: UM, I'VE BROUGHT THIS IN BUT THE JUMP EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT IS... Receptionist: That too will be on the top floor. Bo-bobo: ALRIGHT, IT'S THE FINAL DECISIVE BATTLE!! GET YOUR FIGHTING SPIRITS INTO THIS!! Everyone: YEAH!! Beauty: THEY HAVE NO NERVOUS FEELINGS AT ALL... Don Patch: Toriyama-sensei, somehow give your power to me... (It'll be fine) (TN: Obviously the "Toriyama-sensei" is "Akira Toriyama" considering the Goku reference here) Don Patch's Forehead: Newcomer Beauty: ! SFX: Su Caption: X-Ray Beauty: ...DEMON... SFX: CHIN
86. Voice: BLACK MAGIC LARGE SWORDS Bo-bobo & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAA Bo-bobo: THAT TECHNIQUE WAS THE 3RD'S... 3rd: KAMARA, BLACK BO-BOBO, HIIRAGI...I'VE TAKEN A HEAVY DELAY IN MY AMBITIONS OF CONQUERING HUMANITY WITH THE LOSS OF THE THREE DAIOU. MY AMBITION CAN ABSOLUTELY...NEVER BE USED EVEN A SECOND TIME. Caption: EMPEROR OF THE NEO-MARUHAGE EMPIRE: TSURU TSURULINA THE 3RD
87. Hanpen: 3RD-SAMA, WHY!? WHY HADN'T YOU CONFERRED IN ADDING WE OF THE FORMER HAIR-HUNT CORP TO THIS GRAND AMBITION!!? 3rd: YOU KNEW...THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE WEAK AS SUBORDINATES OF AN EMPEROR. 3rd: RED MAGIC SHINKEN OUGI: BLACK-MAGIC TRUMP!! Hanpen: 3RD-SAMA Bo-bobo: AVOID IT, HANPEN Hanpen: HANPEN WHIP!! Hanpen: BUBERA Bo-bobo: HANPEN Hanpen: RE......REGRET. Bo-bobo: DAHHYAHHYAHHYA
88. Heppokomaru: ! Combat Blues: This duodenum doesn't stand as a character too well. Don Patch: NO, THAT'S...IT'S CONVERSELY LIVING WITH A STOMACH ULCER ON PURPOSE...CAN YOU SAY FRANKLY THAT YOU SEE IT AS A SIDE CHARACTER... Bo-bobo: IT'S FINE EITHER WAY!! LENGTHWISE TOKOROTEN MAGNUM Combat Blues: BAHAMA Don Patch: JUST FOR THAT TREATMENT---- Voice: OUGI: CLADENING EMPEROR DRAGON Bo-bobo: BU Heppokomaru: BO-BOBO-SAN Softon: WHAT WAS THAT TECHNIQUE NOW? WAS IT THE 3RD'S?
89. 3rd: HMPH Beauty: THAT'S... Namerou: I'M RETURNING MY DEBT ON THE GASH ON MY FOREHEAD, BOBOPACHI. Caption: TSURULINA THE 5TH: YONONAKA NAMEROU Beauty: NAMEROU-KUN...
90. Bo-bobo: NAMEROU...YOU...THAT FORM IS... Namerou: I AM THE NEW KING OF THE NEO MARUHAGE. I'VE BECOME TSURULINA THE 5TH. Don Patch: WELL, YOU, JUST WHAT IS WITH THAT BECKHAM HAIR~~~? (TN: "Beckham Hair" is in reference to the hair of famous soccer player David Beckham, who is notable not just for his playing but also for being a fashion figure including in his hairstyles) Namerou: ......... Dengaku Man: THAT HAIRSTYLE RECALLS THE JAPAN AND KOREA WORLD CUP. (TN: The "Japan and Korea World Cup" refers to the 2002 World Cup shared between the two nations of Japan and South Korea) Tennosuke: I'VE GOT IT!! THE CONNECTION BETWEEN BECKHAM AND SOCCER...IT'S THE HAIR THAT HAD THE COST THAT AIMED FOR THE 600 MILLION YEN IN THE TOTO BIG THIS TIME! (TN: While I couldn't quite pick out the exact reference here, it is well known through media about the super-expensive haircuts David Beckham has that everyone goes wild about. Meanwhile, "Totobig" is in reference to the "BIG" lottery of the company TOTO, where participants have the ability to win up to 600 Million Yen by matching a 14-number combination correctly) Don Patch & Dengaku Man: THAT'S IT!! Heppokomaru: QUIET. Pokomi: ARE WE ONLY GOING TO FIGHT ALREADY? NAMECCHI Heppokomaru: NAMECCHI!!? Namerou: Yes...Pokomi. Heppokomaru: INFORMALLY!!? (TN: The "informally" comment by Heppokomaru refers to the expression "yomisute", where someone is addressed without a suffix at the end, showing their closeness and an informalness between the two) Beauty: Those two have been very close friends since long ago. Heppokomaru: WHAT!? I HADN'T ASKED BUT Beauty: Even if I didn't want to say it, she is a girl. Heppokomaru: AND YOU COULDN'T TELL HER BIG BROTHER!?
91. Heppokomaru: I DON'T APPROVE. YOUR BIG BROTHER ABSOLUTELY DOESN'T APPROVE OF THIS UNCERTAIN RELATIONSHIP!! Headband: FEELINGS FOR LITTLE SISTER Don Patch: UO, IT'S HOT Namerou: IDLE TALK IS OVER. 3rd: LEAVE ME WITH THE HANGERS-ON, NAMEROU. Namerou: I'll kill Bobopachi. Beauty: A TAG OF THE FORMER EMPEROR AND THE NEW EMPEROR, THIS IS THE WORST DEVELOPMENT Bo-bobo: ATTACK THEM
92. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: Wall Poster: Horse-Racing Forecast Computer Screen: MAJOR SLUMP Bo-bobo: FUTURE PITCH-DARK DARKNESS!!! 3rd: A SMOKESCREEN!!? Namerou: That's a futile Ougi. Up to following your indications. Namerou: IT'S THERE. SFX: GA Namerou: !!
93. Don Patch: KYAAAAAAA, I'VE FOUND AN UNDERWEAR THIEF. CATCH HIM, EVERYONE---- Everyone: OK---- Namerou: UO Bo-bobo: TAKE THIS, NAMEROU: THIS IS OUR NEW BATTLE STYLE. NEWLY-PLANNED BATTLE FORMATION... Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: ACTIVE ADVENTURE RPG: UNDERWEAR THIEF II Namerou: GUWAAAAAA!!!
94. Bo-bobo: HERE, KNEE SCREW, KNEE SCREW (TN: I really don't know if this is what it really translates to, but Bo-bobo goes "hisabishi" here, with "Hisa" standing for "knee", but "bishi" really not finding with any sort of meaning that I could find. The best I could do is equate it to "bisu", which is Japanese for "screw") Don Patch: THAT'S BADLY SMART! Namerou: TEIOU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: DRAGON-MIND-LIGHT OROCHI!!! (TN: As mentioned before, "Orochi" is an 8-headed dragon of Japanese myth) Everyone: GYAAAAAAAAA Bo-bobo: TENNOSUKE, OPPOSE HIM WITH YOUR OUGI. Tennosuke: Eh? Bo-bobo: IF IT'S CALLED OROCHI, THEN YOU TOO HAVE AN OROCHI FIST. Tennosuke: IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE Bo-bobo: GO WITH IT, I BELIEVE YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO GO WITH IT!! Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN OUGI: OROCHI
95. Bo-bobo: Ah, it was impossible. Tennosuke: I'LL KILL YOU! SFX: CHUDO----N Everyone: ! 3rd: RED MAGIC SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: HUNDRED SWORDS!!! Everyone: GUWAA
96. Bo-bobo: KU, 3RD. Bo-bobo: IT'S RECKLESS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY FACE THOSE TWO AFTER ALL. (to himself) Both of them are in a different figure until now. Beauty: EVERYONE... 3rd: BO-BOBO, THERE IS A THING I WANT TO SHOW TO YOU. Bo-bobo: ! 3rd: TAKE THIS 3rd: RED MAGIC SHINKEN CHOUOUGI:
97. 3rd: TSURULINA WORLD!!!! (TN: The kanji that read "Tsurulina World" here have a reading of "Holy Maruhage Domain/Area")
TN: Great, that's probably just what we really didn't need right now: a complete and utter beat-down by the bad-guys of Bo-bobo's forces. Yeah, we know of how powerful the 3rd is from the last time they faced off...and of course there is the whole matter of the Hair Ball now within him...and let's not forget Namerou is way more powerful than he was even when his Teiou Shinken powers awakened...but at least give Bo-bobo's side a tiny chance of success and getting something through instead of going through this "THEY'RE TOO POWERFUL" bit again. But...that aside, there were a lot of great moments in this chapter that have to be mentioned, including Black Bo-bobo revealing the location of the 3rd, Don Patch's "Manga submission" to Combat Blues and...probably the funniest bit of all: Heppokomaru discovering Pokomi's connection to Namerou. See...I told you that not knowing what his little sister was doing all this time was just going to get both of them in trouble! Yeah...Namerou is an insane evil power now and Pokomi has her memories, but look at Heppokomaru going crazy because of his sister hanging out with possibly one of the most evil characters in the series! Though...the cliffhanger with "Tsurulina World" scares me...considering that after what we've seen with all the Bo-bobo World and other "worlds", having the bad guy create a universe of his own just means trouble...big trouble. https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25949[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 68 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-11T20:48:29+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comDon Patch was forced to get serious to finally take down Hiiragi, but one opponent remains...and it's the worst he can face! Is there any way Don Patch can save Bo-bobo from his Gemini fusion and stop the evil Hajikelists!?
Shinsetsu 68: Flaring Hajike Souls!! The Bond of the Three
62. Hiiragi: DOBABA Jati: HIIRAGI Hiiragi: MY INTERNAL ORGANS HAVE EXPLODED. I CAN ONLY LEAVE IT TO HIM ALREADY...TO BO-BOBO... Beauty: STOP IT YOU TWO. Heppokomaru: Huh? Tennosuke is... Tennosuke: ......... Sign: PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUZETSU OUGI: NU EMERGENCY SHELTER Heppokomaru: THERE!!!! Tennosuke: Just this battle of those two isn't a joke. If I can't avoid this by being eaten brightly... G. Bo-bobo: HMPH
63. G. Bo-bobo: DON PATCH, FROM HERE WE'LL DECIDE IT IN A WAY OF CONCLUDING THIS THAT'S OUR STYLE. Don Patch: THAT...AS YOU WISH. LET'S GOOOO---- G. Bo-bobo & Don Patch: STYLE OF THE DUO: BREATH-HOLDING CONTEST!!! Beauty: UWAA~~~ Heppokomaru: IT'S A SIMPLE BATTLE... G. Bo-bobo: BUBA (It's already impossible) Heppokomaru: THAT WAS FAST!! Don Patch: 5 WINS, 4 LOSSES: I'VE GOT MORE WINS. Heppokomaru: WASN'T THERE A DISTURBANCE FOR THEIR BREATH-HOLDING!!!
64. G. Bo-bobo: WE'RE GOING TO THE 2ND ROUND---- G. Bo-bobo: KYUUKYOKU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI... G. Bo-bobo: KNOCK YOUR HEAD ONTO A TOFU SQUARE AND DIE----!!!! Don Patch: GAHA G. Bo-bobo: AND KYUUKYOKU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI... Sign 1: HIGH GRADE Sign 2: EGG TOFU (TN: Egg tofu is a coagulated tofu mixing together soy milk and whole egg into tofu cubes) G. Bo-bobo: KNOCK YOUR HEAD ONTO AN EGG TOFU SQUARE AND DIE----!!!!
65. Heppokomaru: DON'T DIE, DON PATCH----!! Beauty: Eh? With that group of amazing attacks? G. Bo-bobo: ! Don Patch: IT'S REVENGE Don Patch: KNOCK YOUR HEAD ONTO A TOKOROTEN SQUARE AND DIE!!!! Tennosuke: BU!!!
66. Tennosuke: THEY BRIGHTLY CAME WITH A SWIFT ATTACK---! Don Patch: BO-BOBO, IF IT'S ABOUT YOUR HABITS, THEN I KNOW EVERYTHING. I MAY BE ABLE TO REACT WITH SOMETHING... Don Patch: COULD IT BE THAT? Sign: Spring-San's Home (TN: Note how "Spring-san" seems like a strange-faced version of Kinnikuman's Springman) G. Bo-bobo: Chu--chu--chu--chu-- Don Patch: I've got you. Don Patch: WHAT? Don Patch: 8-1!? (TN: This is in reference to the original "Super Mario Brothers", where warp zones are prominent through the game allowing for the players to skip ahead to later, harder levels)
67. G. Bo-bobo: KYUUKYOKU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THE WIDESPREAD ABSURD ATTACK OF THE FINAL STAGE Weapon Caption: SNORE | SNORE | SUPER SNORE Don Patch: GUWAAA: HE'S DRAWN ME IN CONVERSELY---- Don Patch: KUU, THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE PATTERN OF LONG AGO!! I CAN'T READ HIS MOVEMENTS Don Patch: WHAT WILL BE NEXT!? G. Bo-bobo: HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: TRANQUILITY TIME Beauty: Eh? What's that? The battle has stopped.
68. Beauty: NO! The fierce battle is continuing inside the futon. G. Bo-bobo: KYUUKYOKU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: IT WON'T ITCH WITH A BACKSCRATCHER!!! Don Patch: GUBAWA!!! G. Bo-bobo: A companion necessity for the nights of the elderly. Beauty: DON PATCH-KUN Dengaku Man: That's match. SFX: Niko
69. Jati: I'M RETURNING MY DEBT, HAJIKE SHRIMP. I'LL FINISH IT WITH KOORI NO TSUKKOMI SHINKEN... Caption: Perishables | Danger Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: TOKOROTEN TRAINING INSTITUTE!!! License Plate: Tokoroten Training Institute Jati: KYAAA Tennosuke: You can't throw water into a battle of those two...SO, WILL YOU GO FOR IT? YOUR TOKOROTEN LICENSE? Jati: YOU'RE HERE!! (Quickly, stupid) Tennosuke: Yes yes. SFX: GAN
70. G. Bo-bobo: YOU SHOULD BECOME PICKELED NATTOU AND DIE, DON PATCH. Don Patch: THAT WILL BE YOU Don Patch: ANGRY LIGHTNING BEE!!! G. Bo-bobo: BAHAMA G. Bo-bobo: GYAAAAAAAAAAA (TN: The last five "a" use the kanji for "bad") Don Patch: BO-BOBO, OPEN YOUR EYES! BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY Don Patch: MAN I RECOGNIZE AS AN EQUIVALENT Caption: CATCH THE HEART
71. G. Bo-bobo: DON PAAAAATCH----------YOU ARE----...YOU ARE...... G. Bo-bobo: YOU ARE TO ME... G. Bo-bobo: SAKA...SAKA......SAKA............ G. Bo-bobo: A SAKAMOTO-CHAN-LIKE EXISTENCE, SOMEHOW----!!!!! (TN: "Sakamoto-chan", also known as Sakamoto Yasuaki, is a notable Japanese comedian, with his appearance similar to this in his oval head, round-rectangular glasses and headband) Heppokomaru: BO-BOBO-SAN Dengaku Man: With Sakamoto-chan... Beauty: BO-BOBO---!!
72. B. Bo-bobo: GAHA Hiiragi: THEY UNDID THE ABSORPTION... Bo-bobo: WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME, DON PATCH. Tennosuke: Me too, me too. Bo-bobo: SO WE'LL GO AND RETURN THE HAJIKE 100-FOLD. Hiiragi & Jati: AAH... Bo-bobo: BO-BOBO FUSION!!! Hiiragi: IS THAT...
73. Hiiragi: THE FORM OF A TRUE HAJIKELIST......... S. Bobopatchnosuke: I'LL TEACH YOU OUR DIFFERENCE IN STATUS, IGNORAMUSES. Caption: SHINSETSU BOBOPATCHNOSUKE
74. S. Bobopatchnosuke: MAJIDE (TN: Just like the last time Bobopatchnosuke showed up, "Majide" or "seriously"/"are you serious" will remain in Japanese) Hiiragi, Jati & B. Bo-bobo: MAJIDEE---!!? S. Bobopatchnosuke: YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY A SURGE OF MAJIDE. FROM HERE, ALL OF YOU WILL BE ATTACKED BY EVENTS OF "MAJIDE!?" B. Bo-bobo: EVENTS OF MAJIDE? Jati: STU---PID, THERE AREN'T---THOSE THINGS. Hiiragi: I don't know what these events of Majide are or whatever, but IN TRUTH, TODAY I... Hiiragi: HAD BEEN WEARING JATI'S UNDERWEAR! Jati: MAJIDE-----!!?
75. B. Bo-bobo: I HAVE BEEN WEARING THIS TOO. Jati: MAJIDE!!? Jati: I'M CALLING THE POLICE. B. Bo-bobo: MAJIDE!!? Telephone: HELLO, THIS HERE IS THE POLICE STATION IN FRONT OF KAMEARI PARK IN KATSUSHIKA-WARD (TN: The phone call Jati made was literally "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo", as in the Osamu Akimoto manga) Jati: MAJIDE!!? Caption: LIFE SENTENCE Jati: MAJIDE!!? Jati: MAJIDE!!? Jati: MAJIDE!!? Hiiragi: MAJIDE!!? Hiiragi: MAJIDE!!? Hiiragi: MAJIDE----MAJIDE--- S. Bobopatchnosuke: SO THEN WE'RE SLOWLY GOING TO THE END.
76. Hiiragi, Jati & B. Bo-bobo: THAT APPEARS MAJIDE-BAD!!!! (TN: Honestly, the Japanese for this line is "Majide Kakkowaru", which literally translates into "this seriously seems bad", but I had to keep the "majide" in due to the "Majide" feel) S. Bobopatchnosuke: I can't...drive this scooter myself but...wish me luck. S. Bobopatchnosuke: U--M...HERE. Hiiragi: STUPID! THE QUICK REVVING OF THE ACCELERATION IS... S. Bobopatchnosuke: UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Heppokomaru: THAT'S THE LEGENDARY BOLD MOVE: THE THROWING TABLE!! S. Bobopatchnosuke: WAAAAAAA Hiiragi, Jati & B. Bo-bobo: STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID
77. S. Bobopatchnosuke: HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUZETSU OUGI: A TYPICAL SCOOTER ACCIDENT Hiiragi, Jati & B. Bo-bobo: GYAAAAAAA Jati: WHAT A B. Bo-bobo: FINISHING TECHNIQUE Hiiragi: TOO MUCH HAJIKE Hiiragi, Jati & B. Bo-bobo: MAJIDE!!! S. Bobopatchnosuke: PAY ATTENTION IN VIOLATING HAJIKE SPEED.
Two-Page Manga: The True Identities of Black Bo-bobo & Jati
79. Voice: It can't be that the King himself would come to..."The Shadow World", a world like this. 3rd: Have you found the 9 shadows, Ikakage? Voice: That can't be. Ikakage: Those were your words, but this Shadow World is as equally huge to the size of the front world. On top of that, this is a world where individuals just merely exist at random, without countries or even names...finding them is a next-to-impossible task. Ikakage: I who have lost half of my numbers in the previous "Battle of Yobiko", which is engraved in history, amassed all of the secret squid corp and the number of shadows that we discovered at the end of a half-year investigation......
80. Ikakage: WAS TWO? Babuu: ONWY TWO? Ikakage: No no, having discovered those two was a miraculous thing. 3rd: That music? 3rd: Third Y Blind (TN: Strangely this is a parody of the American band "Third Eye Blind") Ikakage: The front world and the Shadow World must never mingle...I can't recommend taking them out of here. Voice: They're doing Billy's Bootcamp? (that's old) (TN: "Billy's Bootcamp" is a special exercise routine created by Billy Blanks that became popular in Japan in 2007) 3rd: Babuu, you will take responsibility of these two and will raise them for a year. I'm certain they'll be a major war power for the Neo-Maruhage. 3rd: I NAME THEM BLACK BO-BOBO AND JATI (End of short manga)
TN: Well the short manga...seems to hint some stuff that we'll probably never find out anything further about. From how it seems, the 3rd probably wanted evil versions of all 9 of Bo-bobo's team and use them, but merely lucked into the duo who became Black Bo-bobo and Jati. And...we really don't know anything about why their world and the Shadow World can't ever interact...but to tell the truth, we did at least find out a bit about them here considering we almost never did prior. (Sawai wrote this essentially for the volume since it was a mystery and he really didn't have any further time to really elaborate further)
As for the chapter itself...well, somehow I sort of expected a bit more but with the rapid condensing of things due to how things were pretty much collapsing in on themselves, it did what it was supposed to do. The final confrontation of Don Patch and Gemini Bo-bobo wasn't really about defeating the fused Bo-bobo than it was more or less to free the golden-afro from the black one and eliminate that weird "Composite Superman" being that they had become. Besides, anything with random Tennosuke abuse is always going to be funny. I even liked Tennosuke and Jati's short little gag preventing her from interfering from what was then mostly a Bo-bobo/Don Patch fight (probably their last one...heck it was even nice seeing the fake idiots from Evil Blood Mansion, the last really notable time those two fought) And of course in the end, with the two of them finaklly coming to accord...then it was time to kick butt as Shinsetsu Bobopatchnosuke...which wasn't as mind-blowingly epic as his first appearance back in the original, but still a nice thing to see again for old times sake. Besides...he really should have stuck with his bicycle if he sucks with scooters.
At least now with the evil Hajikelists handled and time running out, there's only one really major opponent left...well, there is a bit more to it than that, but let's say that we're headed into finale time and there is nothing that could stand in Bo-bobo's way...well, except the 3rd...and an old friend...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25850[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 67 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-07T20:30:03+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comIn an unexpected twist in the Hajike showdown, Bo-bobo has been absorbed into Black Bo-bobo, creating the ultimate nosehair machine! But as terrible as it for Don Patch and Tennosuke now...there is still the true threat of this trio!
Shinsetsu 67: Shocking! Hiiragi's True Power!!
43. Beauty: PLEASE, RETURN TO SANITY, BO-BOBO G. Bo-bobo: KYUUKYOKU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: HEAVEN AND EARRRRTH---!!!! Tennosuke: UWAAAAA, WE'LL BE KILLED BY BO-BOBO------ Don Patch: CALM DOWN, I HAVE TO READ BO-BOBO'S THOUGHTS. WE'LL STOP HIS MOVEMENT,,,,,,,,,
44. Don Patch: WITH THIS!!! Sign: PATCHPULL SWITCH SFX: KA Don Patch: PATCHPULL SWITCH! Tennosuke: UGA----!! G. Bo-bobo: THAT WAS SHO--RT!! Don Patch: NO, I CAN ONLY MAKE SIMPLE DEVICES---!!
45. Don Patch: GAHA GOHO Hiiragi: KUKUKU Hiiragi: THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE CHANGE OF AGE IN THE HAJIKE WORLD. FROM HERE, I WILL BURY YOU WITH MY HAJIKE, SENPAI. Beauty: HIS MOOD HAS CHANGED! Hiiragi: BURN THIS INTO YOUR EYES---- Hiiragi: HIIRAGI'S...NEW-AGE HAJIKE STYYLE!!
46. Hiiragi: DOKYU---N! EELS HAVE LOCKED-ON TO MY CHERRY---- Kanji on Swimsuit: HIIRAGI Hiiragi: I'VE HAD EELS GIVING SERVICE TO MY BODY ALL ALONG DURING THIS BATTLE BUT I CAN'T BE PATIENT ANYMORE: THIS FEELING OF SLIPPERINEEES--- Beauty & Heppokomaru: UWAAA~~~~HE'S DONE THAT---
47. Caption: CERTIFIED PERVERT Hiiragi: JATI, WATCH MY ACTIVITY. Jati: KYAAAAAA, DON'T TOUCH ME----!!! Hiiragi: EH? Jati: YOU PERVERT Hiiragi: .........IT SEEMS MY HAJIKE STYLE HAS BEEN REJECTED WITHOUT ANY CONNECTION TO ENEMIES OR ALLIES. Don Patch: ............YES. IT IS.
48. Hiiragi: DAMN THIS----!! Don Patch: KYAAAA, IT'S AN EXHIBITIONIST, A SPECIALTY FOR RETURNING TO A GIRL'S HIGH SCHOOL! Hiiragi: DO-RE-MI-FA-SO-LA-TI--- Hiiragi: DOCKING!!! Don Patch: WAA, HE SLIPPED IN Heppokomaru: THERE IT IS----!!! THE ILLUSIONARY GRAPPLING TECHNIQUE DO-RE-MI-FA-SO-LA-TI-DOCKING!!! THIS TECHNIQUE IS BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA-BLA, YAKKITY...SCHMAKITY------!!!! (TN: Heppokomaru's "Bla Bla Bla" ended up being in Japanese a repetition over and over of him saying "Nandara Kandara", which is "such and such", "so and so", "bla-bla-bla" and such. Of course, I added a little ending there that certain fans of 90s cartoons should know of...) Pokomi: Big brother. Hiiragi: LIKE THIS, WE'LL GO FULL SPEED INTO THE CHARMING "EEL FIELD"!! IS THE ANSWER O OR X!? Don Patch & Tennosuke: EEL FIELD!!? BATSU BATSU BATSU BATSU BATSU AND TERRY (TN: This here was a weird joke that only makes sense in Japanese: after finding out about the "Eel Field", Don Patch/Tennosuke ends up repeating over and over "Batsu", which is Japanese for "strike". But the last comment out loud turned out to be "Bats & Terry", which is a shonen series that ran in Weekly Shonen Magazine betweein 1982 and 1987. It won the 1984 Kodansha Shonen manga award and even had an animated movie and a 1987 video game) Caption: O
49. Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAAA, IT'S A BURDEN---- Heppokomaru: DON PATCH, TENNOSUKE----!! SFX: DEA---D (TN: The "Dead" part here is actually the word "Shi--n", with the kanji for "dead" the first part of the effect. Usually, "Shin" is used as a SFX for moments of silence) Hiiragi: THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETELY BURIED. NOW THEY FLAT-OUT CAN'T HOLD THEIR NERVES... Hiiragi: THEIR NERVES SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THIS BAD FEELING AND THEIR TERROR Hiiragi: WELL, WHAT HAS COME OF THOSE TWO THAT ARE WITHIN~~~? Beauty & Heppokomaru: THOSE TWO ARE...
50. Beauty & Heppokomaru: CATS!!? (TN: The "Cats" here isn't "neko" but "Kyattsu", in reference to the popular Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the writings of T.S. Elliot originally released in 1981 on the West End of London)
51. Hiiragi: HAS IT COME TO THAT? IN THAT CASE... Sign: Finally in the midst of a public performance Hiiragi: LOOK AT THIS Don Patch: YAKKUN! YOU UNAWARINGLY!!? SFX: FUN Don Patch: STOP---STOP JUST THAT---- Don Patch: YAKKUN Third Picture: Leccher Fourth Picture: Here, a--h
52. Don Patch: YAKKU-----N Don Patch: UWAAAAAAAAAAAAA Tennosuke: No. It was a doll... Hiiragi: UNDERSTAND OUR DIFFERENCE IN STATUS WITH THAT; THE KING IS ME! WELL, TAKE OUR FINISHING CHOUKYOURYOKU OUGI
53. Hiiragi: THE DEADLY "TWO-MAN GOUKON"!!!! (TN: A "goukon" is a Japanese-style blind date, usually done with two "sides" of male and females meeting up, socializing both between each other and themselves.) Car Caption: BAR-CAR UOHACHI (TN: "Uohachi" = "Fish 8") Pokomi: WHAT IS THIS GOUKON!? SOMEHOW IT'S TRANSMITTING SADNESS Pokomi: THAT BAG OF SOCIAL GOODS USED FOR RAISING SPIRITS; THEY WERE STOOD UP BY THE GIRL'S SIDE--- Pokomi: WHAT A POWERFUL LOSING AURA...IF THAT IS TAKEN, THEN THIS WILL BECOME EASY
54. Tennosuke: I'LL FIND SHELTER IN HIGHER GROUND. PATCH-DON, HURRY. Don Patch: BO-BOBO. "Bo-bobo": BOTH OF YOU, WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO ON THE JOURNEY AHEAD...TELL THIS MAN WHO HAS BLOSSOMED INTO THIS ONE FLOWER. Tennosuke: ........................I will... "Bo-bobo": DON PATCH, YOUR OPINION? Don Patch: ...I......
55. Don Patch: CHOCHOCHOCHOCHOCHOCHOCHO Don Patch: CHOCOLATE "Bo-bobo": ...RIGHT. "Bo-bobo": IT'S AN STEEP PATH. Tennosuke: I'm building a house there...and keep a dog. "Bo-bobo": MAY THERE BE HAPPINESS FOR OUR THREE LIVES Don Patch: YES...
56.-57. Hiiragi: FAREWELL, KING DON PATCH: I'M THE HAJIKE KING FROM HERE--- G. Bo-bobo: Hmph Beauty: DON PATCH-KUN, TENNOSUKE-KUN, RUN----
58. Don Patch: HOW LONG DO YOU PLAN TO DO AS SUCH, BO-BOBO? Hiiragi: THIS IS YOUR TRUE FORM...FINE---WE'LL MATCH WITH HAJIKE Don Patch: OUT OF MY WAY. Don Patch: ANGRY LIGHTNING BEE
59. Hiiragi: THIS POWER IS...AAAAAAAH Hiiragi: GUWAAAAA Jati: HIIRAGI, HOW? Tennosuke: FU--- Don Patch: I'LL OPEN YOUR EYES. G. Bo-bobo: DON PATCH...SHALL WE CONCLUDE THIS?
TN: Alright, so let's just ask ourselves again: we're still in a Hajike showdown, right? Because...usually Don Patch doesn't show up for those with...well, how serious he is. But then again, with Hiiragi's screws all lose now and Gemini Bo-bobo not really the most cheerful of warriors, I guess it takes someone to go sane to finally bring an end to this insanity. (besides, we have 6 chapters and one final battle still coming up!) Besides, we probably needed something like that after...well, Hiiragi revealing his girl's swimsuit and all the eels squirming around his...um...well, he should remember he's male. Yeah, Hiiragi's maneuvers in this match probably could make anyone traumatized if they don't realize it's all supposed to be...um, funny? Yeah there have been weird perverted moments in Hajike before, but somehow if this is the new "style" of Hajike, then one has to wonder what the old one was...then again the main Hajike trio have weird stuff like this before long before Hiiragi probably realized he could do similar. I really wish I could say more but...well, with how bizarre it's gotten on one end and how serious on another, there really isn't that much I CAN say at this point without embarrassing myself. But hey, we got one chapter of the fight left, and maybe I'll have more to say next time about it. https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25835[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 66 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-06T23:13:00+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThe ultimate Hajike showdown is underway, with the heroic Hajike Trio taking on the demented trio of the Neo-Maruhage! But while experience is on Bo-bobo's side, Hiiragi may hold a secret weapon that could change the flow of the insanity!
Shinsetsu 66: An Unspeakable Fusion!?
26. Narrator: Playoff of the Top: the wound-stained-death match where blood is washed with blood continues. Heppokomaru: BO-BOBO-SAN, FIGHT! Beauty: EVERYONE, BE CAREFUL Bo-bobo: Yes! Don Patch: Yes! B. Bo-bobo: YES!
27. Heppokomaru: WHAT IS THAT WAY OF BATTLE!!? IT'S AMAZING. IS THIS A NEW-METHOD OF BATTLE FORMAT? Beauty: ...NO, THEY'RE JUST MERELY PLAYING... Don Patch: AH, I MISSED Don Patch: Tehehehe Tennosuke: Hahaha B. Bo-bobo: Ahaha SFX: GASHAN Bo-bobo: CUSTOMARY "TENGEN" GAME RESTRICTED TO THE AREA: DEATH PENALTY GAME START!!! (TN: There are several "Tengen" that this could actually be referring to, but there are two that seem to possibly reflect what Bo-bobo is doing here: -"Tengen" is the name of a short Japanese era that existed between 976 to 978 -"Tengen" is also the name of a Go tournament that is one of the 7 major Go tournaments in Japan. A similar one using the same kanji is "Tianyuan" that is a Go tournament in China or the "Chunwon" tournament in Korea) Don Patch: GYOAAAAAA, BO-BOBO YOU----!!!
28. Bo-bobo: IN THIS GREAT WAR OF HAJIKE, THERE IS NO RELATIONS TO ENEMIES OR ALLIIIIES. THOSE WHO ARE CARELESS WILL DIE, KYOKYOKYOKYO Bo-bobo: MY NEXT PREY IS~~~~! Tennosuke: EEH, ME!!? Tennosuke: IT'S A LIE. WHAT? WHAT? B. Bo-bobo: LET'S GO: THE "MASK HUNT" Bo-bobo: WE'VE SEEN THROUGH TENNOSUKE'S TRUE IDENTITY----!!! Tennosuke: GUAAAAA, HAVE I FINALLY BEEN REVEALED---- (TN: This sequence once again refers to an incident from Yudetamago's "Kinnikuman", in particular the part where Kinnikuman Great (who by this time was Terryman in disguise) had his true identity revealed by the Cross Bomber of Neptuneman and Big the Budo. BTW: note Bo-bobo with Neptuneman's vest in the previous panel playing along with it further) Tennosuke: AH...AH...
29. Don Patch: That guy is mocking us. Tennosuke, we're doing "that technique". Tennosuke: HUH? YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN MY TRUE IDENTITY? I WAS TERRY. Don Patch: YOU'RE BOSSY Tennosuke: HAU Don Patch: GATTAI CHOUOUGI: SPEED-OF-SOUND TOKOROTEN JET!!! Hiiragi: GREAT! MY ACTOR'S SOUL HAS BEEN IGNITED. Wheel: (clockwise, from top) -FIERCE FIGHT: MILK (rest can't be read) -RECKLESS: RUBBER-BAND BUNGEE-JUMP -CRUEL: HUMAN VACUUM CLEANER -MIRACULOUS: 5-HOUR BOILING WATER -GRAND: NOSE (rest can't be read)
30. Hiiragi: BAKUSHOU MANZAI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: CRUEL! HUMAN VACUUM-CLEANER!!!! Beauty: HE'S OVERSTRAINING HIS BODY THAT'S GREATER THAN AN ACTOR THERE; HE'LL DIE!!! Beauty: HE CLEARLY SEEMS TO BE IN PAIN (that's fine since he's the enemy but) Don Patch: THAT'S NOT THE REASON. Bo-bobo: SCATTER THE SEA URCHINS Beauty: DEMON.
31. Beauty: WHAT THE!!!? Heppokomaru: AMAZING, IT'S TOO AMAZING!! WHAT A HIGH-LEVEL BATTLE---- Beauty: Is he serious? Dengaku Man: We do have these seats over here but Captions: (right to left) On-the-spot | Commentator Heppokomaru: NICE Heppokomaru: WELL THIS IS SWELLING UP! FROM HERE THE ON-THE-SPOT BROADCAST WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY HEPPOKOMARU. SO, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THIS BATTLE, COMMENTATOR BEAUTY-SAN. Beauty: SHUT UP Heppokomaru: !
32. B. Bo-bobo: BO-BOBO, YOU'RE OPEN!! (FUURIN KAZAN FUURIN KAZAN) (TN: As explained prior, "Fuurin Kazan" is a battle standard used by Sengoku leader Takeda Shingen as influenced by Sun Tzu's "The Art of War": move swift as the wind, stay silent as the forest, attack fierce as the fire, defense invincible as the mountain) Bo-bobo: !! THAT RUNNING IS B. Bo-bobo: UOOOOOO B. Bo-bobo: BLACK HANAGE SHINKEN - THREE GREAT ESSENTIALS OF NOSEHAIR: BLAZING MALE ROMANCE!!!! (out loud) MAN FIST TIMES FOUR----!!!! Bo-bobo: GUPARAPAO----!!
33. Bo-bobo: GUHE Don Patch: THAT NOW WAS THE SPECIAL OUGI USED BY BO-BOBO IN COMIC VOL. 12, OUGI 124! Tennosuke: HE USED A TECHNIQUE THAT EVEN THE AUTHOR HAD STARTED TO FORGET...WHAT EXACTLY IS HE? (TN: I have to say this as an aside: for the most part chp. 124 of the original Bo-bobo, where "Blazing Male Romance" was used the whole time, literally was a massive parody of the Akira Miyashita manly WSJ series "Sakigake! Otokojuku" I have to say that here because Don Patch and Tennosuke's 'commentary' at this point just seems to echo the similar commentary done by tough (but comic relief) characters Togashi and Toramaru who seem to commentate on every attack and battle means done in Otokojuku...then again, that chapter was TL way before I did Otokojuku myself so that's why I didn't really realize how close it was until now) B. Bo-bobo: BO-BOBO'S OUGI, WHICH ALL ALONG CONTINUES TO COME WITH HIS PROSPEROUS LIVING, SHOULDN'T BE USED BY ME, WHO SURVIVED A PAST WHERE I MAY HAVE DIED SOMEDAY OF DESTITUTION. Heppokomaru: A PAST IN DESTITUTION!? B. Bo-bobo: Please buy this...please buy this...
34. B. Bo-bobo: PLEASE BUY THIS DOMESTIC HIGH-GRADE MATSUTAKE THAT'S 50,000 YEN FOR ONE. (TN: While the Japanese love matsutake mushrooms, the ones they consider the highest of quality are the domestic ones, which are always high in cost. Matsutake grown in Japan usually costs hundreds to thousands of dollars due to their value) Caption: 50 THOUSAND YEN Beauty: MATSUTAKE!!? B. Bo-bobo: KYAA B. Bo-bobo: HA, THAT'S...... B. Bo-bobo: A PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL ILLEGAL BUSINESS BY A DARK BROKER OF MATSUTAKE!! B. Bo-bobo: THAT'S! I CAN ONLY DO THAT TO GO CHASE AFTER THEM!! Caption: THE LITTLE MATSUTAKE GIRL - JAPAN CHAPTER: END (TN: The entire "flashback" was a parody of the notable Hans Christian Andersen tale "Den Lille Pige med Svovlstikkerne", known in English as "The Little Match Girl". [in Japanese: Macchi-uri no Shoujo]. Of particular note was that this story had a critically acclaimed animated short done by Disney released around this period...but it's hard to say if that influenced Sawai for this joke or not) Heppokomaru: WHAT WAS THAT!!? THE PAST IN DESTITUTION WAS!? HE WOULD HAVE MADE MONEY AT THE POINT HE SELLS THE MATSUTAKE.
35. Sash: King of Misfortune Representative TEN-CHAN Tennosuke: IF IT'S BOASTING ABOUT MISFORTUNE, I CAN'T LOSE. Heppokomaru: TENNOSUKE IS COMPETING WITH HIM Caption: 3 Years Ago Tennosuke: I'VE BEEN MOVED TO A NEW SUPERMARKET FROM TODAY! WHERE'S MY SELLING PLACE----? Tennosuke: IT'S THERE, IT'S THERE, HERE IT IS. Sign: Top: IN THE MIDST OF SERVICE TIME Middle: TOKORO TENNOSUKE SPECIAL BARGAIN SALE: 100 YEN -> 50 YEN -> 10 YEN -> 1 YEN Bottom: YOU'LL RECEIVE A CELL PHONE TODAY Tennosuke: ... Box: MANDARINS Sign: CUSTOMER PARKING LOT
36. Bo-bobo: WHATEVER--'S FINE!! Tennosuke: GYAPABON Hiiragi: ! Bo-bobo: HAA...HAA... Beauty: Terrible damage......... B. Bo-bobo: Next will be the finish. It's a Black-Bo-bobo only-technique that I have and you don't. B. Bo-bobo: BLACK HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI...
37. B. Bo-bobo: OHAGI!!!! WELL, EAT THIS (TN: "Ohagi" is a typical autumn treat in Japan where sweet rice is soaked for six hours, clumped into balls, and covered with azuki paste. A different azuki paste mixture is used for a similar spring treat known as "botamochi") Beauty & Heppokomaru:He's an idiot---!! Don Patch: YA--Y, IT'S OHAGI! Bo-bobo: DOWN THE HAT--CH! Tennosuke: YUMMY YUMMY Beauty & Heppokomaru: THEY'RE TAKING IT---!!! B. Bo-bobo: I'VE CAUGHT YOU Don Patch & Tennosuke: WHAAAT----
38. Bo-bobo: GET AWAY!! Bo-bobo: GUWAA Don Patch: BO-BOBO'S BEING SWALLOWED BY THE AFRO B. Bo-bobo: HA HA HA, HIS POWER IS COMING IN--- G. Bo-bobo: FUSION COMPLETE: GEMINI BO-BOBO (TN: Just like I made "Black Bo-bobo" into "B. Bo-bobo" in the script, "Gemini Bo-bobo" will be "G. Bo-bobo")
39. Don Patch & Tennosuke: THE BO-BOBOS Beauty & Heppokomaru: HAVE BECOME ONE!!! Hiiragi: KUKUKU...JUST AS WE'VE AIMED FOR. Tennosuke: HEY: IS HE OUR ENEMY, OUR ALLY, WHICH IS HE? Don Patch: BO-BOBO, ANSWER! G. Bo-bobo: GEMINI BO-BOBO REALLY HATES DON PATCH AND TENNOSUKE. G. Bo-bobo: I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE. Tennosuke: Hey...calm down, Bo-bobo; let's discuss this. Don Patch: THIS IS DUE TO WHAT I DID TO THE BIKKURIMAN STICKERS
40. G. Bo-bobo: KYUUKYOKU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: GANDHI (TN: "Gandhi" is the reading of the attack, the kanji is "Hair Promotion". BTW: "Kyuukyoku Hanage" = "Ultimate/Final Nosehair") Don Patch & Tennosuke: MYAMABERACHIYO----
41. Flag: Hajike G. Bo-bobo: Even you two can't merely end this with a serious blow. Hatenko: THAT GUY, OYABIN'S BEEN Beauty: DON PATCH-KUN Softon: He's going to kill them. Heppokomaru: TENNOSUKE---- Hiiragi: That's match with that. It was too quick. Beauty: BO-BOBO, WAKE UP. RETURN TO NORMAL, BO-BOBO. Beauty: BO-BOBO SFX: CRACKLE CRACKLE
TN: Who knew that two Bo-bobo would not actually be better than one. Heck, as insane as Black Bo-bobo was, the factor of the two fusing together into a super-serious, unstoppable Hanage Shinken warrior was something that threw me for a loop as well. Though considering Hiiragi seemed to know that this was the inevitable result of what he was planning...I just wonder how much even he knew considering Black Bo-bobo was such a wild-card and an unknown probably even to the Neo-Maruhage forces before his release. Otherwise, this was just an insane chapter, from all the Hajike (see the "everything leading to everyone punching Tennosuke" part) to the bizarre "Little Match Girl" bit and Tennosuke's latest pity story. But of course with that unexpected ending, who knows what the heck is going to happen with Gemini Bo-bobo around and Don Patch and Tennosuke the only ones left to stand up to it...and that probably isn't a good thing.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25713[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 65 by StrangerAtaru2010-11-01T02:00:35+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comIt's a Hajike showdown to end all Hajike showdowns, where the current King of Hajikelists Hiiragi takes on two of the previous title holders Bo-bobo and Don Patch! Get ready for things to go insane! (well...more insane than usual)
Vol. 7: Sayonara Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Shinsetsu 65: Legendary King Don Patch!!
8. Hiiragi: WELL, IT'S A SANGARIA WHERE I'LL BET THE POSITION OF KING OF HAJIKELISTS FOR THE NEW ERA; SHALL WE GO RECKLESSLY HAJIKE! "Bo-bobo's Caption": LET'S NOT DIVIDE OURSELVES-- Beauty: THEY HAVE LOW TENSION!! "Creatures": GO HAJIKE; GO HAJIKE; HAJIKE QUICKLY AND STRIKE----!!! Top flag: Hiiragi Lower Flag: HAJIKE'S THE GREATEST Rice: This will be a battle we'll enjoy.
9. Beauty: Hey, whatever this may be asking this at this late hour but... Heppokomaru: ! Beauty: WHAT IS A HAJIKELIST? Heppokomaru: HUH? Beauty: GREAT! I THOUGHT THE ONE PUT INTO THIS WAS JUST I ALONE. (Because this manga's been going with this by just mood) Hiiragi: IF THERE WAS A DIRECT TRANSLATION, "HAJIKELIST" IS IDIOT. IDIOTS WHO RECKLESSLY HAJIKE WHERE THEY BET THEIR LIVES ARE CALLED HAJIKELISTS BY PEOPLE.
10. Beauty: SO THAT'S--WHAT IT IS. IT'S AN IDIOT... Don Patch: We slightly differentiate on the answer. Beauty: ! Hats: HAJIKELIST RESEARCH SOCIETY Tennosuke: A Hajikelist is... Don Patch: WHAT THE MEAT HERE IS CALLED. Cow Diagram: (top to bottom, left to right) RUMEN | HEART SHORT LOIN | HAJIKELIST | GALBI SIRLOIN | TENDERLOIN RUMP (TN: Don Patch's "cow diagram" shows the usual usage of a cow in various cuisine. While most of them seem rather obvious, there are a couple notes I do have to give: -While cow rumen is usually not seen as a meal in American cuisine, it is part of the meat that is used to cook in Japanese cuisine. -"Short Loin" refers to the area used for roasts -The "Galbi" is in reference to the Korean dish, but also can be used for brisket and spiced beef -The "tenderloin" is in Japanese "filet" and usually served as such) Beauty: IT'S A TYPE OF YAKINIKU!!? (TN: Like "Galbi", the "Hajikelist" that Beauty refers to here seems more in connection to the cow's loins, chuck or short ribs, which are used for yakiniku) Tennosuke: ACCORDING TO THE NEWEST RESEARCH DATA, THERE IS ALSO A THEORY THAT IT IS A VARIETY OF CUP YAKISOBA SEASONING... Seasonings: HAJIKELIST | SEASONINGS | SAUCE Beauty: ABSOLUTELY NOT!! Tennosuke: DON'T TELL HER THAT NONSENSE--- Don Patch: THAT'S GOES FOR YOU-- Bo-bobo: THEY'RE ALL WRONG. Hiiragi: ! Don Patch & Tennosuke: KYAAAAA
11. Bo-bobo: A HAJIKELIST ISN'T AS INSIGNIFICANT TO THE EXTENT OF REPRESENTING IT WITH WORDS. Hiiragi: YOU'VE TAKEN IT OUT. THE PROOF OF LAST YEAR'S KING. Don Patch: YOU'RE STILL QUITE NAIVE. Hiiragi: UWOOWOOWOOWOOWO
12. Hiiragi: YOU'RE DON PATCH, THE LEGENDARY MAN OF THE HAJIKE WORLD WHO TOOK 50 CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE TOURNAMENTS FROM '57 TO '06. FINALLY, THE DAY HAS COME WHERE I CAN MATCH WITH YOU IN HAJIKE. Voice 1: UOOOOO, AMAZING--- Voice 2: IT'S KING DON PATCH--- Voice 3: KING DON PATCH Voice 4: KING DON PATCH Voice 5: KING DON PATCH Voices: WA--WA--WA--WA-- Beauty: AMAZING CHEERS SFX: WA--WA-- Heppokomaru: This Don Patch is an amazing guy. Don Patch: STEADILY BURN INTO YOUR EYES THIS WAR, HATENKO. Hatenko: YES, OYABI-----N Heppokomaru: IS YOUR HEAD ALRIGHT!?
13. Hiiragi: KUKUKU...THERE ARE THREE KING OF HAJIKELISTS. AT LAST WE CAN OPEN THE DOOR INTO THE HAJIKE WORLD. Bo-bobo: IT CAN'T BE THAT HE'LL BE DOING "THAT"? Jati: THIS IS A STORY THAT DOESN'T RELATE TO ME Jati: KOORI NO TSUKKOMI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: TIME TO PACK YOU IN ICE!!! Bo-bobo, Heppokomaru & Don Patch: GUWAAAAAAA Bo-bobo: WHAT A POWER; EVERYONE HAS BECOME MIXED UP IN THIS!! Jati: IT'S A FRAGILE FOOTHOLD. THIS IS A PAINFUL BATTLE. Don Patch: YOU, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! Beauty: HEY, THAT HURTS; THAT WASN'T ME.
14. Hiiragi: AS IS, YOUR ALLIES WILL ALL DIE. SO SHOULDN'T WE GO TO THE LEGENDARY HAJIKE FIELD Bo-bobo: DAMN YOU, IS THIS HAND THE ONLY THING? Don Patch: OPEN Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Hiiragi: HAJIKE FIELD!!!! (TN: "Hajike Field" is a bit like "Bo-bobo World", with a literal translation of "Holy Hajike Area") Tennosuke: !
15. Beauty: WHAT IS HERE? IT'S CHANGED TO A SOUTHERN COUNTRY Softon: IS THIS A WORLD BO-BOBO CONSTRUCTED? Heppokomaru: I've heard of this. Heppokomaru: WHEN THREE PENDANTS THAT ARE THE PROOF OF THE KING ARE HOISTED INTO THE HEAVEN, THEY OPEN THE HAJIKE GATE AND ENTER INTO "HAJIKE FIELD"... Beauty: HE'S EMERGED: THE BATTLE OTAKU!!! Bo-bobo: NO----WHAT IS THIS; WE WERE SAVED IN THE KNICK OF TIME! Don Patch: SO YOU'RE HIIRAGI-KUN? YOU'RE GOOD AND EASY GOING. Bo-bobo: THERE WAS SOMETHING TO SAY MY THANKS BUT PLEASE TAKE OUR FEELINGS OF GRATITUDE... Bo-bobo: A LEAD BALL. Beauty: !!
16. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: PRESENT FOR YOU!!! Beauty: HE'S BRITTLE!! Hiiragi: THAT'S QUITE A HEAD-START HAJIKE...BUT Hiiragi: LINE Hiiragi: BAKUSHOU MANZAI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: KANPYOU SLASH!!! (Paku - Munch) (TN: Kanpyou is dried calabash gourd used as a snack or for sushi) Tennosuke: GYAAAAA
17. Bo-bobo: WITH KANPYOU!? Hiiragi: I HADN'T MENTIONED IT, BUT I'M STRONG BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU! Hiiragi: AND THIS COOL FELLOW IS ONE OF THE THREE DAIOU. Bo-bobo: WHAT!? B. Bo-bobo: BLACK HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SOFT-AFRO TANK!!! Beauty: HE'S COMPLETELY FEELING LIKE DOING THAT---!!! Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT, WE'RE GOING TO ASSAULT THAT, TENNOSUKE. Tennosuke: What will we do? Bo-bobo: A MAN'S; A MAN'S; A MAAAAN'S
18. Bo-bobo: A MAN'S TOKOROTEN MAGNUM!!!!! Tennosuke: GYAAYAAA IT'S COME AFTER A LONG TIME------ Tennosuke: Gufu: this battle is a battle to decide the true Hajike King...just this time, you can use my body as you like, Bo-bobo. Tennosuke: TEEE!? Caption: IT WAS A USELESS DEATH--- Bo-bobo: TENNOSUKE----
19. Beauty: WHAT THE!!? Beauty: HE'S DOING THAT ALREADY Heppokomaru: DON PATCH IS... Heppokomaru: THERE! Jati: YOU CAN DO AMAZING HAJIKE? THEN SHOW ME Jati: HERE HERE HERE HERE----! Don Patch: FU, YOU HAVE THE SAME EYES AS THAT TIME, JATI. Jati: WHAT!?
20. Jati: HEY...YOU KNOW MY TRUE IDENTITY? Don Patch: I KNOW IT. Beauty: THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE BLACK ME; WHAT IS IT? Don Patch: It was one year ago...It was in a room at a hotel where everyone had fallen asleep. (flashback) Beauty Don Patch: I SAW THE BIRTH OF A YOUKAI DOPPELGANGER "Jati": HEEHEEHEEHEEEHEEHEEHEEHEE Beauty: ZZZ
21. Don Patch: GYAAAAAAAAAA, KITARO---- (TN: He's yelling out for Kitaro from the manga "GeGeGe no Kitaro" by Shigeru Mizuki) Jati: ... Jati: DON'T MAKE UP THAT SELFISH STORY!!! Don Patch: THE SECOND TIME I MET YOU WAS AT THE NORTH POLE. Jati: WHAT!? Don Patch: THAT'S...
22. Jati: WHAT IS THAT--- Hiiragi: PUT IT ASIDE, JATI, IT'S A TRAP! Don Patch: DON PATCH SWORD NITOURYUU (TN: "Nitouryuu" = "Two-Sword Style") Jati: KYAAAAAAAA
23. Don Patch: YOUR HAJIKE ISN'T ENOUGH. Beauty: DON PATCH-KUN, YOU'RE AMAZING Heppokomaru: AAH...THE BLACK BEAUTY-SAN IS PITIFUL...(It's a complex feeling) Hiiragi: THIS IS THE TRUE POWER OF THE LEGENDARY HAJIKELIST, HUH? Jati: KU, I HAD MY TSUKKOMI SENT BACK TO ME. Bo-bobo: WHICH OF US IS THE SUMMIT? LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT. Dengaku Man: Well--then, shall I do a solo-swim?
TN: Alright this has to be asked first: the series has lasted close to 300 chapters at this point (230 + 65 = 295, thus close to 300) and just now is Beauty asking about the definition of "Hajike" and "Hajikelist"? Shouldn't she have probably figured it out by now with how much Hajike she's put up with for six years already? Well...I guess with time running out and no clear definition made by anyone other "all the weird stuff certain characters end up doing", she just wanted cleared up once and for all since...speak now or forever hold your peace. Heck, with all the reactions she'd had for every weird moment this series has done, Beauty could probably have inferred in her mind the definition of "Hajikelist" without even thinking too hard. Then again Bo-bobo is probably the best in explaining it: Hajike is probably whatever you want it to be and just giving a definition limits it to it's true potential...well it's that or that flank of beef Don Patch claimed it was.
Aside from that silly thought, there isn't too much to really say about the chapter. I'm trying to figure out why the heck three "Kings of Hajikelists" would have to be in the same place at the same time to even activate the power of "Hajike Field", but I guess it's just a means to define Bo-bobo, Don Patch and Hiiragi meeting here as such a rare occasion. (there were sort of three back in Hajike Block...but only once Bo-bobo won Rice's pendant, then there were three Kings...and two pendants...or is it two kings, one former king and one pendant?...but hey, nice to see Rice and even the Dynamite Brothers cameo) I also like Tennosuke choosing to take a back seat with this fight even though Black Bo-bobo and Jati seem more active than usual. Tennosuke knows he's in over his head even with his own Hajike power and rather just be a supporter of Bo-bobo and Don Patch (the real masters) this time instead of trying to act weird on his own and get crushed. (well get crushed in a way other than usual) And the ending...well, the Jati concepts never get old but we're going to have to wait until later to figure out what she and Black Bo-bobo really are...though the Doppelganger concept is probably close.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25682[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 64 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-31T01:09:46+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWhat's more insane than Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo? How about two Bo-bobo...at the same place and time!! But is Black Bo-bobo really serious about replacing the original...and what about those searching for him!?
Shinsetsu 64: Gathering! The Strongest Hajikelists
191. B. Bo-bobo: BO-BOBO, I WILL DEFEAT YOU. THE BO-BOBOS THAT WILL REMAIN IN THIS WORLD WILL BE ONE...THERE CAN'T EXIST TWO. Bo-bobo: HEY...WHAT IS THAT!? IT'S SUDDENLY APPEARED AND I HAVE TO HAND OVER THE SEAT OF BO-BOBO? UNBELIEVABLE. Don Patch: WELL, ISN'T IT FINE WITH EITHER OF YOU? THAT'S PRACTICAL.
192. Bo-bobo: OOH, BO-BOBO, WHY ARE YOU YOU BO-BOBO TOO? THE TWO OF US WHO LOVE EACH OTHER CAN'T GO AND LIVE TOGETHER... Bo-bobo: If my udon is the put-on-after crunchy tempura-faction... Bo-bobo: Yours is the juicy Oage-faction. (TN: While probably I've gone into the factor of udon noodles before and the various usage in Japanese cuisine, these two are sort of reminders: -"Crunchy tempura" is in reference to the usage of tempura as a bit of a garnish in various Japanese cuisine -"Oage" is in reference to "Aburaage", a deep-fried strip of tofu usually used as a garnish in soups) B. Bo-bobo: Just that is unforgivable. Bo-bobo: BUT I DON'T CARE THAT THERE ARE TWO BO-BOBOS. LET'S LIVE STRONGLY TOGETHER AS A DUO. B. Bo-bobo: I CAN'T: EVEN IF GOD PERMITS THIS...
193. B. Bo-bobo: The apple-dogs won't be silent. "Apple-Dogs": No way, no way, unforgivable. Bo-bobo: Apple-dogs---they're unreasonable----- Bo-bobo: LET'S DIE...BY DRINKING POISON... B. Bo-bobo: RIGHT...I CAN'T LIVE. Sign: POISON CAFE DOKUSHI (Death by Poison) Bo-bobo: MASTER, IS THIS 80s POISON CARTEL EFFECTIVE? Tennosuke: It came in unexpectedly. Bo-bobo: THEN, TWO OF THIS. Tennosuke: HERE, THANKS FOR WAITING. Bo-bobo: NO WAY---! IT'S GOT LIZARDS IN IT. IT'S---OLD B. Bo-bobo: GOT IT, GOT IT. IF THERE IS A POISON OF THE 80s, THEN THIS IS IT AFTER ALL: KYAHAHA!
194. Don Patch: SINCE YOU'RE FINE, DIE. Caption: Hydrocloric Acid Bo-bobo & B. Bo-bobo: HYDROCLORIC ACID SHOWER---GYAAAAA Bo-bobo & B. Bo-bobo: AAAH... Caption: TWO ASTRAY METAL NOSEHAIRS HAVE APPEARED. (TN: This is a parody of the infamous "Metal Slimes" that have appeared in the Dragon Quest franchise; though it actually more resembles the "Liquid Metal Slime" that has existed since DQII) Beauty: WHAAT! Don Patch: THE EXPERIENCE VALUE OF A METAL-GRADE IS HIG----H, SURROUND IT, SURROUND IT!! THIS GUY Tennosuke: SPRINKLE HOLY-WATER, HOLY-WATER!! THAT'S A BLOW Heppokomaru: HEY---YOU TWO----EVEN BO-BOBO-SAN
195. Beauty: BO-BOBO Heppokomaru: AH! THAT'S DANGEROUS Bo-bobo: ! B. Bo-bobo: HIIIII; I'M SCARED, I'M SCARED BEAUTY-SAN!! DON'T HIT ME SOMEHOW---!!! Beauty: Eh? You know about me? Don Patch: Aren't you amazing. B. Bo-bobo: I KNOW ABOUT YOU. I KNOW VARIOUS THINGS. B. Bo-bobo: JUST ABOUT THAT SECRET OF BEAUTY-SAN...SINCE I CAN'T ABSOLUTELY SAY JUST ABOUT THAT SHAMEFUL PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF BEAUTY-SAN... B. Bo-bobo: I'll commit suicide. B. Bo-bobo: BECAUSE OF THAT, PLEASE FORGI--VE ME YOU POSSESS AN EMBARRASING PAST, BEAUTY-SAN Narrator: "Should I.............kill it?" Beauty remembered her intent to murder for the first time since she was born.
196. Heppokomaru: Calm down, Beauty. Bo-bobo: This black Bo-bobo is a continuation of me and knows even about Beauty. What exactly is he? Bo-bobo: HA Don Patch: THAT'S... Hiiragi: I'VE FOUND YOU AT LAST. BLACK BO-BOBO. Don Patch: UO Pokomi: KYAAAAA, WHAT?
197. Bo-bobo: THAT OVERBEARING FEELING IS AN AURA PECULIAR TO HAJIKELISTS. AN EXTRA-LARGE HAJIKELIST IS COMING NEAR. Bo-bobo: URGENT HAJIKE WARNING ANNOUNCEMENT; URGENT HAJIKE WARNING ANNOUCEMENT. Bo-bobo: PLEASE COMMIT SUICIDE AT ONCE. Beauty: WHAT!!? THE MEANING OF THE WARNING WAS!!? Bo-bobo: I'm still fine...what about Don Patch... Heppokomaru: EH? Don Patch: BUKU BUKU BUKU BUKU Heppokomaru: WHAT IS THAT!!? Heppokomaru: ARE YOU ALRIGHT, HEY? HOLD ON. Don Patch: BUKU BUKU BUKU BUKU BUKU BUKU BUKU BUKU BUKU...
198. Don Patch: SQUEEZE IT FRESH---! SQUEEZE IT FRESH---! Don Patch: HERE---YOU GO, HERE---YOU GO! GRAPEFRUIT JUICE Heppokomaru: WHAT WAS THAT? Bo-bobo: YOU DRINK THIS AND YOU CALM DOWN... Heppokomaru: IS--THAT SO!?
199. Don Patch: GRAPEFRUIT ON THE ICE! Don Patch: GRAPEFRUIT ON THE ICE---! Don Patch: GRAPEFRUIT! GRAPEFRUTI! Don Patch: YOU DRANK TOO MUCH!!!! Tennosuke: BUBO!!!
200. Softon: The pressure is increasing. Hatenko: IT'S COMING FROM SOMEWHERE? Old Man: FROM ABOVE---!!! Beauty: Are you still here? Beauty & Heppokomaru: WHAT IS THAT----!!? IS THAT A KIND OF VEHICLE---!? Beauty: AND FURTHER THEY SEEM TO BE COMING TO RIDE IT AMAZINGLY...THEY'RE CLEARLY ENDURING IT AND THEY'RE EXTREMELY PAINFUL BECAUSE THERE'S NO FOOTHOLD WITH THAT VEHICLE.
201. Jati: There we go. Hiiragi: We've arrived. Beauty: EH? Beauty: A BLACK ME!? Jati: GLAD TO MEET YOU! Tennosuke: EVEN A BLACK BEAUTY HAS APPEARED B. Bo-bobo: It's a cheap imitation; a cheap imitation. Softon: WHAT IS THAT PERSON? Don Patch: THAT BEAUTY IS THE EVIL THAT EMERGED BY HER LONG-AGO TRAINING. GREAT DEMON KING BEAUCCOLO. (TN: Don Patch here is referring to the actual "Great Demon King Piccolo/Evil King Piccolo" from Akira Toriyama's "Dragon Ball", who was the personification of the evil of the "God" (called "Kami" in the English version) separated out by him but who ended up becoming the evil being that Goku was forced to contend with later on. Though this Piccolo died, his "son", Ma Jr., became the Piccolo who eventually became the noble warrior who would refuse with God by the Cell arc) Jati: WRONG!! Beauty: YOU CREATED THAT WEIRD CREATION ON YOUR OWN---!! Narrator: At that moment, Heppokomaru thought Heppokomaru: Even that black Beauty-san is wild and dreamy. (I've gone deep) Narrator: ...By himself.
202. Bo-bobo: NO, EVEN WITH THAT, THERE IS THIS GUY IN THE CARTOON-CHARACTER OUTFIT. (TN: "Cartoon-character outfit" is in reference to the Japanese word "kigurumi") Bo-bobo: HE'S...AIMING FOR OUR LIVES FROM THAT PLACE. Bo-bobo: HE'S DANGEROUS... Don Patch: YEAH, WE'LL DO THIS SUITABLY. Beauty: What are you doing? Hiiragi: NICE TO MEET YOU. I AM HIIRAGI, THE KING OF HAJIKELISTS; THIS YEAR'S HAJIKELIST CHAMPION. Annotation: Hajikelist - Idiot (TN: Yeah, this is the first time we get a full explanation for the "Hajikelist" concept in such a blunt manner...which has the definition of "Baka" or "Idiot"/"Dummy")
203. Bo-bobo: THAT'S THE PROOF OF THE KING. Tennosuke: IS IT THE REAL THING? Hiiragi: I KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD WITH YOUR BATTLE WITH KAMARA: A HAJIKELIST CAN ONLY BE DEFEATED BY A HAJIKELIST AFTER ALL. Hiiragi: Shall we match in Hajike in the Holy-Land of Hajike? Beauty: Eh? Heppokomaru: Is it here? Hiiragi: NEO-SHINJUKU WARD BATTLE STAGE: DO-OR-DIE ROAR-OF-LAUGHTER HAJIKE TOWER!!! SFX: PATA (clunk) Beauty: EEEH----!!!? (It was papier mache!?)
204. Heppokomaru: NO NO, THIS WASN'T THE LEVEL OF PAPIER MACHE. Beauty: THERE WERE MOVING KINDERGARTNERS AND THEY WERE ON A LEVEL SURFACE! STRANGE. SFX: WA--WA--WA--WA--WA-- Hiiragi: ALL OF YOU WERE SURVIVORS OF THREE YEARS AGO AS WELL. Hiiragi: Three years ago: at that 77th King of Hajikelist Expert Tournament; said to have Hajike at the most highest of level... Singing: LA LA LA Singing: LA LA LA LA Singing: LA LA LA LA LA--- Forehead: CERTAIN VICTORY
205. Singing: LA LA LA LA LA-- Singing: LA LA LA Singing: LA LA LA Singing: LA LA LA LA-- Singing: LA LA LA LA LA Singing: LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA--! Caption: DECORATION WOLF
206. Singing: LA LA LA LA--- Singing: LA LA Singing: LA LA LA Singing: LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA---- Singing: LA LA LA Singing: LA Bo-bobo: WHY IS THAT... Hiiragi: Black Bo-bobo, Jati, follow along with me.
207. Hiiragi: THE HAJIKE OF ALL OF YOU IS ALREADY OLD!! I'M THE KING OF HAJIKELISTS OF THE NEW ERA-----!!! Bo-bobo: IS THIS THE RAGING WAVES OF THE NEW ERA----!!! Don Patch: REPENT; YOU'RE CHALLENGING MY HAJIKE! Tennosuke: I'm doing this too? (End of Vol. 6)
TN: Well...that could explain the hamburger outfit Bo-bobo went to the Hajike Festival in way back in vol. 1 of the original...yeah, maybe it's weird he may not have "known" of Don Patch...then again, with Hajike, anything is really possible so it's really hard to explain what the heck just happened outside what we know: Hiiragi, Jati and Black Bo-bobo are taking on Bo-bobo, Don Patch...and Tennosuke. (who really wants nothing to do with it but he's the third best Hajikelist on the team right now) Well there are a few things I can add in on what we know: the two Bo-bobos doing that "Romeo & Juliet" scenario was disturbing yet silly, especially with the poison bar and the mutation of both of them into Metal Slimes; Heppokomaru is a perv thinking he can have both Beauty and Jati, grapefruit juice is good for you (as long as you don't have too much), we finally see what a true "King of Hajikelist" competition is like (then again I'm still trying to figure out how Rice won that one last year if this is Don Patch's standard...all I can think of he probably forgot to do so with all going on in his life but I guess Hiiragi was refining his comedy if he didn't enter either...of course even Don Patch lost to Rice but that was mostly due to how powerful he is at "dinner time" with Hajike) and...well, if this chapter was insane, then the fight we're entering into is probably just going to blow our mind! But heck, with one volume to go, this is probably going to be the last true Hajike-based fight...so it better be epic!
Now all we need is a tune to that "King of Hajikelists" song...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25555[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 63 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-24T13:28:20+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThrough several coordinated moves, Hiiragi has suddenly increased his influenced in the Neo-Maruhage! But the greatest key to his plan may be the hardest for him to control...especially with how "close" he is to Bo-bobo (literally!)
Shinsetsu 63: Enter the Strongest Enemy of the 23 Wards!!
173. Narrator: The Bo-bobo party, who had defeated Kamara, one of the Three Daiou, escaped the Black Gambling Area and were in front of the gate to the central sector of the Neo-Maruhage Empire ahead of them.
174. 3rd: That's fine. I appoint you the new Three Daiou. 3rd: But there are many who are aiming for that seat. Be careful as best as possible. Hiiragi: Yes. Hiiragi: ... Hiiragi: FIRST I CLEAR THE FIRST STEP-NYA--- Badge: THREE DAIOU Caption: NEW NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: RED SHOCKING-FARCE PLAY-SQUAD LEADER: HIIRAGI
175. Jati: HE'S HERE. Pantsumaru: BIG BRO HIIRAGI-- Hiiragi: You two. Pantsumaru: BIG BRO...IT'S BEEN WHILE. THIS PANTIES LIFE IS SAVING LIVES FOR YOU. YOU JUST CALLING FOR ME AGAIN IS...INSPIRATIONAL... Pantsumaru: BIG BRO--- Hiiragi: PANTSUMARU--- Pantsumaru: !? Pantsumaru: EEEH---!? Hiiragi: JATI Pantsumaru: GYAAA Hiiragi: Have you killed Babuu? Jati: YES! Fish: Checkmate Hiiragi: Then you've obtained Black Bo-bobo as I've planned. Jati: ...HE HAD GONE SOMEWHERE WHILE I WAS FIGHTING... (flashback) Ge...he's not here-- Hiiragi: HE RAN AWAY?
176. Hiiragi: BLACK BO-BOBO IS A DANGEROUS EXISTENCE WHO HIDES INFINITE POWER. WHATEVER IS DONE, WE MUST OBTAIN HIM INTO OUR HANDS... Hiiragi: ! SFX: DOPUN Hiiragi: I'VE CAUGHT IT!! Hiiragi: HAA!! "Sea God": MY SUBSTITUTE UNDERPANTS---- Fish: YOU CAN'T COME TO THIS, POSEIDON-SAMAA~~~~ Hiiragi: I'VE FISHED THE GOD OF THE SEA WITH UNDERPANTS... Hiiragi: BLACK BO-BOBO, WHERE IS HE NOW?...
177. Caption: At that moment... Pokomi: DID YOU HEAR, BIG BROTHER! IT'S POKOMI; I'VE BECOME STRONG! Don Patch: I'VE...I'VE...CHANGED Sign: ORIGINAL LITTLE SISTER-STYLE HEROINE Don Patch: THIS FELAMUNE... Bag: Felamune (TN: "Felamune" is a candy treat that has a novelty of being able to whistle through, though it more reminds me of the American candy "Life-Savers") Don Patch: Fe...Fe... Don Patch: SEEMS IT CAN BE EATEN THOUGH IT CAN'T MAKE A SOUND!!! (SFX) CHO--MP Heppokomaru: That's fine... Don Patch: FURTHER, I CAN PUT ALL THE CHOCOLATE ON THE VERY FIRST CRACKER OF TSUKECHOCOOOOO!! (TN: "Tsukechoco" is a popular Japanese snack involving a cookie being dipped into a vat of chocolate on the side; the best known brand is the Meiji Seika brand "Yan Yan") Heppokomaru: ............RIGHT. Beauty: He-kun, thank you for saving us earlier. Heppokomaru: Ah, Beauty. Beauty: Yeah! It's good you've been healthy.
178. Don Patch: WHY ARE THOSE TWO LOVESTRUCK~~~~WHILE THERE'S A HEROINE WHO IS ME, THAT LITTLE GIRL AND~~~ Don Patch: I CURSE YOU, I CURSE YOU, CURSE, CURSE! Kanji: IWA (CELEBRATE) Tennosuke: You've made a mistake with your kanji. X - Iwai (Congratulate); O - Noroi (Curse) (TN: It's really hard to show this gag in English considering that the joke is all based on Japanese kanji. What Don Patch had written before was what he thought was "Noroi", which has a radical for "box" on the left side. But instead, Don Patch accidentally writes "iwai", with the correct second character, but the wrong radical; using instead of "box" the radical for "show") Don Patch: Eh!? Don Patch: ......... Don Patch: I CELEBRATE YOU!! I CELEBRATE YOU!! I CELEBRATE THE TWO OF YOU~~~~~~ Beauty: .................. Heppokomaru: ...THANKS... Narrator: SHE CRIED Don Patch: UWAAAAAAAAAA Narrator: THAT NIGHT, PATCHMI CRIED
179. Bo-bobo: Heppokomaru, you're beyond recognition. Heppokomaru: BO-BOBO-SAN Bo-bobo: This power I'm certain has piled up with training that you've harvested. Heppokomaru: YE...YES. Caption: ACTUAL TRAINING SITUATION Fundoshitaro: AKAFUN DANCE (TN: As I mentioned last time when Fundoshitaro appeared way back, "Akafun Dance" is "Akafun no Mai", with "Akafun" finally realized at this point as in "red fundoshi") Serviceman: SERVICE FAN-WIND!!! SERVICE FAN-WIND!!! (TN: "Fan-wind" is actually "Senpuu", which is the first two kanji of "Senpuuki" or "Electric Fan") Kancho-kun: GO--TO HELL!!! Heppokomaru: AREN'T ALL OF YOU IN THE WAY----!!!
180. Narrator: That night Ochazuke Alien: I like Ayumi in Class 3. Serviceman: Seriously Heppokomaru: GO HOME!!! Bo-bobo: WERE THOSE ALLIES THAT I CALLED USEFUL? Heppokomaru: THAT WAS YOUR DEED!!! Hatenko: Ke Hatenko: You're a brat who doesn't make merry but B. Bo-bobo: ... (TN: To differentiate from the real Bo-bobo...and so I don't have to write the whole thing the whole time, "Black Bo-bobo" will be referred to in the script sections as "B. Bo-bobo") Heppokomaru: WHAT THE Softon: OUR CHAT ENDS HERE. ACCORDING TO THE INTELLIGENCE I GATHERED, WHEN WE PASS THROUGH THIS GATE, WE'LL BE IN THE CENTRAL SECTOR FO THE NEO-23-WARDS. FROM HERE AHEAD IS ALL AN UNKNOWN, SUPER-DANGEROUS AREA!! WE CAN'T GO AHEAD WITH INCOMPLETE RESOLUTION!! (TN: There's a weird visual joke here that we can't give off in the script: the bubbles infer that Softon is talking but does so in a weird way: the first bubble refers to him as "Unko", which should be obvious by now. But the other bubble refers to Softon also as "Unko", but uses the kanji for "Master" for the "Ko", thus "Master Un" or merely "Master Poop")
181. Beauty: Over there? Signs: (right to left): Otter Entrance | EMERGENCY ENTRANCE | Mouse Entrance Softon: ! Softon: DON'T GET YOURSELVES PUZZLED! THIS IS TOKYO'S NEO-23 WARDS: WHAT'S WAITING AHEAD IS STILL MORE HELL!! Softon: HERE WE GO Kids: Kya kya
182. Beauty: THIS IS LIKE A SENSE OF IMPENDING CRISIS----!! (Some of them are flying) Heppokomaru: A KINDERGARTEN!!? Don Patch: POOP, HEY!! WEREN'T YOU LYING? Heppokomaru: GUBA Tennosuke: WHEREVER WE LOOK, IT'S A KINDERGARTEN OF THE GOOD KIDS OF GOOD KIDS!! Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THIS MIGHTY OVERBEARING FEELING!? 7...8...9...IT'S OVER 10...IT'S SUDDENLY INCREASED FROM WHEN WE ENTERED THE GATE! B. Bo-bobo: ? ? Hatenko: I DON'T LIKE THESE EXTREME USERS THAT ARE AHEAD B. Bo-bobo: Seriously!? Where? Where? Don Patch: NOT CONNECTED--TO THIS; WE'RE GOING TO PLAY AT THE KINDERGARTEN! Beauty: AH! WAIT B. Bo-bobo: ME TOO, ME TOO-- Beauty: N?
183. Beauty: KYAAAAAAAAA "Old Man": I've got the boar. Beauty: ONE DANGEROUS OLD GUY HAS SLIPPED IN!! Heppokomaru: WHAT SORT OF PERSON ARE YOU!? "Old Man": ... "Old Man": Merely a kindergartner. (Fu---) Heppokomaru: LIAR!!! "Old Man": ALL OF YOU HAVE THE LUCK TO HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS NEO-SHINJUKU WARD. YOU'RE GOING TO BE KILLED BY THE DEVILS WHO PLANT BLOOD Heppokomaru: WHAT? Don Patch: UWAAAA, BEAUTY Tennosuke: BO-BOBO IS, BO-BOBO IS... Beauty: What? Don Patch: HE HAS A DIFFERENT APPEARANCE THAN HE ALWAYS HAS SOMEHOW. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE...
184. Don Patch: Are you saying that I am burdened with an unusual sadness...are you saying that this is like a transient bud that opens into a flower on the seashore... Don Patch: HE'S MERELY RAGING GREATLY B. Bo-bobo: DON'T WORRY, DON'T WORRY Beauty & Heppokomaru: UWAAAAAAAA Beauty: CAN'T YOU STOP, BO-BOBO? Bo-bobo: RIGHT--RIGHT-- Heppokomaru: YOU'RE DOING TOO MUCH.
185. Don Patch: BO...BOBO...BOBOBO...BOBOBOBO...BOBOBO...BOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBOBO Everyone: THERE ARE TWO BO-BOBO!!!! Bo-bobo & B. Bo-bobo: EEEH, SERIOUSLY!!!? B. Bo-bobo: UNAWARINGLY!? Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THIS!!?
186. B. Bo-bobo: ...It's been a while......... B. Bo-bobo: Mother. Beauty: HEYHEYHEYHEY, NONONONO Bo-bobo: Y...YOU'RE...... Bo-bobo: THAT PLASTIC MODEL I WAS MAKING THAT TIME... Caption: This Heppokomaru: THAT ISN'T A HUMAN---!!! Heppokomaru: !! WATCH OUT, BO-BOBO-SAN!! B. Bo-bobo: Hmph
187. B. Bo-bobo: BLACK HANAGE SHINKEN (TN: It pretty much speaks for itself: "Black" was in katakana thus it's "Black True-Fist of Nosehair") Bo-bobo: GUOOOOOOOO Tennosuke: KU Beauty: KYAAAA Bo-bobo: THAT'S...HANAGE SHINKEN!?
188. Don Patch: YOU----WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SFX: BASHAN Sign: PEACHES Don Patch: THE FLAVOR OF ADULTS; HAVE IT ON A SPECIAL NIGHT Don Patch: GYAAAAA Hatenko: THAT GUY, OYABIN'S BEEN Softon: HOLD ON! DON'T LAY A HAND TO HIM CARELESSLY
189. Beauty: What sort of person is he exactly? Tennosuke: I don't know what sort of person he is. If I were to merely speak figuratively with a single word on that Black Bo-bobo......... Tennosuke:A WILD BULGOGI (TN: "Bulgogi" or "Purukogi" as it's called in Japanese, is a Korean dish of barbecue, usually of beef but chicken and pork also are used for the dish) "Bulgogi": I give myself. I give myself. Tennosuke: .........That's what I say. Beauty: I don't understand the meaning at all. Dengaku Man: Die. (Tennosuke) B. Bo-bobo: I AM BLACK BO-BOBO. I'LL KILL BO-BOBO AND I'LL BE THE REAL BO-BOBO
TN: Well...at least I'm happy the evil Bo-bobo is just as wacky and insane as the original. They could have had some sort of thing where he was all serious and the "anti-Bo-bobo", but considering that last chapter he was reading a magazine in his tube...and now is playing around in a kindergarten playground...yeah, I think I'm happy that Black Bo-bobo went in this direction. Sure he's still evil and has Hanage Shinken, but there are certain things that make him unrecognizable with the original golden-afro version. Aside from that, this was an interesting and fun chapter that continued on from the last time with all sorts of weirdness, from Hiiragi's fishing trip to Heppokomaru's "Training" (though Fundoshitaro being on their side is new to me, we already knew Kancho, Ochazuke and Serviceman were for a while) and the bizarre old guy in the playground! It's weird to say this but after all the stupid stuff we've been through in the last few chapters with Gura-san and Kamara has suddenly been wiped away with Hiiragi taking center stage alongside Jati and Black Bo-bobo...I hope somehow they can keep this up considering...we only got ten chapters left and two major fights to go!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25545[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 62 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-24T01:11:26+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comAfter a sudden bout of gas courtesy of Heppokomaru, Shiryuuen Kamara of the Three Daiou has fallen! But with the balance of the Neo-Maruhage now in jeopardy, someone within the ranks is finally making their long-awaited move...
Shinsetsu 62: Tsukkomi of Ice! Jati!!
155. Narrator: A section of the Three Great Powers crumbled from the sinking of the Neo-Maruhage Three Daiou's Shiryuuen Kamara. Usui: S**t. Porstoroi: THAT KAMARA-SAMA'S BEEN DEFEATED... Jobus: This will disturb this country's power relationship. Narrator: This notice was received and a severe earthquake ran into the Neo Maruhage's 23 Wards. 3rd: BO-BOBO Namerou: You've done it, Bobopachi. Hiiragi: BEGIN THE PLAN, JATI. Jati: BATTLE STANCE.
156. 3rd: Kamara has fallen... 3rd: We urgently must prepare a replacement Three Daiou. A person who possesses a vessel that surpasses human intellect is appropriate for the Three Daiou... Combat Blues: YOU HAVE THOSE WORDS BUT, 3RD-SAMA, I'M THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD IN THE NUMBER OF EROTIC BOOKS THAT I POSSESS. AM I COMPITENT FOR THIS... 3rd: Right? Throw them away. Combat Blues: A VESSEL THAT SURPASSES HUMAN INTELLECT...THAT IS CORRECTLY ABOUT ME. (Air Guitar of sorrow---) 3rd: !! 3rd: WHO ARE YOU? "Banana": A banana.
157. Voice: UWACHA---O Combat Blues: YOU---VERY GOOD. SFX: U--U-- Combat Blues: HA, A PATROL LAMP!! (TN: "Patrol Lamp" is "Patolampu" in Japanese, referring to a specific light used by patrol cars in warning) Combat Blues: HE'S THE POLICE! THIS IS BAD...I'LL BE ARRESTED! I'LL CERTAINLY BE ARRESTED FOR MY CRIME OF OVERBUYING EROTIC BOOKS!! Combat Blues: UWAAAA, NO--- "Banana": NAMIDA NO BANANA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI... (TN: "Namida no Banana" = "The Tears of a Banana"; somehow the two were used due to their similarity in Japanese) "Banana": A BANANA FESTIVAL OF JUST MEN NATIVE TO THE PHILLIPINES Combat Blues: GYOPYAAAA, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS THIS----!!? Phillipino Men: WASSHOI WASSHOI WASSHOI Combat Blues: GYOPEEE 3rd: With one blow, Blues...what is that banana?
158. 3rd: HIIRAGI!! Hiiragi: I was lying about the Banana Shinken. That was really my Bakushou Manzai Shinken. Sorry. Hiiragi: WA 3rd: WHAT ARE YOU INTENDING, YOUNGSTER...I DIDN'T CALL FOR YOU. STEP AWAY. Hiiragi: THE POWER OF THIS EMPIRE IS ABSOLUTE. THIS HIIRAGI IS GOING TO BE YOUR NEW THREE DAIOU.
159. Caption: BABUU'S SYNTHESIS RESEARCH LAB Bird: THIS LOCATION CONDITION IS BAD!! Voice: Energy 97%: 2 hours remain until we can start B - B. Babuu: B.B...NO, BLACK BO-BOBO. EBWETHING ISH DOWING WELL. Babuu: THE SHEAT OF THE THWEE DAIOU WHICH HASH BEEN OPENED WID THE DISSHAPERWENCE OF KAMARA WILL BE WETURNED BACK TO BABUU-SAMA. Babuu: YOU ARE ALWEADY UNDER THE CONTWOL OF ME. WITH DIS, MY SHTADUS IN THE EMPIRE ISH STEADY, HA HA HA Babuu: I'BE COME TO HAB A WONG FELLOWSHIP WITH YOU, BLACK BO-BOBO. (TN: The caption shows that Babuu is referring to him as "B - B" again, but to differentiate it from his hidden name, I just made it Black Bo-bobo this time)
160. Babuu: WHAT ISH THAAAAAAT SEXY DAIKON!!? Caption: BOOMERANG PANTSUMARU (TN: The Japanese name is "BOOMERAN PANTSUMARU", I was going to originally just use "pantymaru", but with the Japanese feel of his name, I decided to just go with "Pantsumaru") Babuu: YOU UNAWAWINGLY ENTERED THE CAPSHEL!? Pantsumaru: THAT'S AN INQUIRY THAT'S QUITE EATING INTO YOU, BUT THAT I'LL GET INTO LATER... SFX: PU--- Pantsumaru: MELAN Babuu: ANSHER ME QUICKLY!!!
161. Jati: That was fast, Pantsumaru. (just as planned) Pantsumaru: JATI Babuu: ! Babuu: YOU'RE FROM A YEAR AGO... Jati: Hmph Scientist: Babuu-sama, who is she? Babuu: SHTEP BACK, SHE'S MY GUEST. Jati: I GOT AN ORDER FROM A CERTAIN PERSON (IT'S HIIRAGI BUT): BECAUSE YOU SEEM TO BE IN THE WAY, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. Pantsumaru: AND THEN BOOMERANG PANTIES WILL BLOW THE FIRE. Babuu: ISN'T THIS ELATING, FAKE! YOU SHALL KNEEL BEFWORE THE MAX SHIMETSUGAN (TN: As opposed to the "Zenmetsugan" that Heppokomaru and other Neo-Maruhage were taking earlier in the series, Babuu has ingested the "Shimetsugan", which literally translates into "Extinction Pill" or "Annihilation Pill")
162. Babuu: BABY SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BEDDY-BYE RUSH Jati: HA Jati: It's nostalgic fighting as a duo, Pantsumaru. Pantsumaru: ALRIGHT! LET'S SHOW HIM OUR SPECIAL COMBINATION TECHNIQUE Pantsumaru: LET'S GO, JATI: SU----PANTY FUSION!! Babuu: WHAT ISH THIS? WHAT EXACTWY HASH THIS COME TO!? Pantsumaru: WELL, WHAT HAS THIS COME TO? WHAT HAS THIS COME TO----!! Pantsumaru: IT'S COME TO THIS. Jati: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, F**KING PANTIES Pantsumaru: OWACHAAAAAA, I'M BURNING----!! I'M BURNING TO DEATH----!!
163. Pantsumaru: Gugu...I've made a mistake...in battling after a long time...sorry. Pantsumaru: IT'S COME TO THIS, JATI Pantsumaru: WELL, WHAT HAS THIS COME TO? WHAT HAS THIS COME TO----!! Pantsumaru: IT'S COME TO THIS Jati: DIE, F**KING PANTIES Pantsumaru: GYAAAAAAA, A SHREDDER----!!! Jati: DO THIS SERIOUSLY Pantsumaru: LOGO MARK "Logo": THEY'RE CHEAP TO WEAR AND THEY'RE STYLISH (TN: The "slogan" for Pantsumaru's latest form is actually one that is constantly used in Japanese advertisements for clothing: "hakiyasukute kakkoii", which translates as seen above into "They're cheap to wear and they're stylish") Jati: I'LL KILL YOU! Babuu: WEALLY. Jati: ! Jati: TAKE THIS: KOORI NO TSUKKOMI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: JATI'S ICY THEATER... (TN: "Koori no Tsukkomi" literally translates into a "tsukkomi of ice", with "tsukkomi" being the "straight man" of a manzai duo who takes the gags and jokes of the more bizarre bokken comic. Another nickname for this fist is the "Icy Tsukkomi" or "Icy Straight-Man")
164. Jati: NUMBER 1!! Caption: JATI'S ICY THEATER: JATI'S BATTLE OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB (TN: Jati's "story" is based on a Japanese fairy tale that basically is one about retribution justice: a monkey trades a crab's rice ball for a persimmon seed; the crab plants the seed and grows a persimmon tree, the monkey kills the crab with the persimmons from the tree, but gets the anger of it's child who ultimately gets revenge on the monkey by getting the help of a mill stone, a hornet, a chestnut and a "cow pie" [cow dung]) Babuu: UO!? WHAT? I'B TAKEN THE APPEWANCE OF A MONKEY? Jati: Ah, mill stone, hornet and chestnut, ...actually, well, I have to take down a monkey. Alright...lend me your power. I ask that of you. Caption: Crab Voice: OK Babuu: ! Jati: ENEMY OF THE CRAB---- Babuu: WOBOTS!!? AWN'T THEY SUPPOSED TO BE A MILL STOWN AND A HOWNET!? "Mill Stone": The era has changed, boy. (TN: A slight error: while the millstone has the mask of Char Aznable from the Gundam series saying this line, it was actually said by veteran mech pilot Ramba Ral) Caption: Mill Stone Babuu: ! Pantsumaru: THIS IS BECAUSE THE MONKEY TOOK THE ONIGIRI----ISN'T THIS THAT WE CAN'T END WAR ON EARTH----!!!
165. Pantsumaru: CHOUGATTAI OUGI: NEW JAPANESE FOLKTALE: BATTLE OF JATI AND PANTIES!!! Babuu: GYAAAAAA, WHAT IS THIS STORY WITHOUT ONE BIT OF TRUTH---- Jati: CONTINUING, LET'S GO WITH ICY THEATER NO. 2!! Caption: JATI'S ICY THEATER: PANTIES AT A DRIVING RANGE Babuu: PANTIES AT A DRIVING RANGE!!? Babuu: IT'S ALL IN THE STYLE OF GOLF!? Pantsumaru: HERE IT IS----
166. Pantsumaru: That's a good orbit! Babuu: WHAT ISH THAT!? Pantsumaru: YES! STRI----KE Voice: STRUCK IT RICH, STRUCK IT RICH Babuu: WHAT? WHAT'S HAPPENING? Pantsumaru: GOKUJOU PANTSU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: A HUNDRED-MILLION UNDERPANTS FALLING FROM THE SKY!!! (TN: A bit of a reminder but "pantsu" isn't just for panties but refers to all underwear) Babuu: GUBAWAAAAAAAAA
167. Babuu: I...CAN'T BWEATHE WITH DESE UNDERPANTS...FUGO FUGO Pantsumaru: I...I'M SCARED~~~ (Rattle rattle, he's a pervert...) Babuu: YOU DID DIS---HUH!! Jati: NEXT IS THE FINISH. Caption: JATI'S ICY THEATER: JATI'S RAP SHOWDOWN Jati: ICY THEATER NO. 3: FREESTYLE RAP SHOWDOWN!! Jati: THIS IS SENT AND DONE BY DJ JATI! THE LOSER WILL BE INSTANTLY BE SUNFISH BAIT. (TN: "Sunfish" refers to "Mambou" or "Ocean Sunfish", the largest bony fish in the world) Babuu: THEY EAT PEOPLE? (The sunfish) Jati: LET'S CHECK IT OUT! Pantsumaru: WE'LL GO FROM ME! PANTIES--! PANTIES--! Pantsumaru: HUMAN INTELLECT IS A THING IS BORN BY REASON AND ERASED CONTRARY TO EXPECTATION! WHAT'S PATHETIC IS AUTHENTICITY THAT'S SPLIT BY HATRED THAT'S HIDDEN BY IMPARTIALITY! Babuu: THAT'S AN OPINIONATED RAP THAT'S ISN'T OF PANTIES!!
168. Pantsumaru: NEXT IS YOU! Babuu: DON'T POINT YOUR FINGERS, PANTIES----!! Babuu: THOSE IDIOTS WILL UNDERSHTAND. SHALL I GO AND DESTWOY DEM AT MY PASHE WITH THIS STWANGE WAP... Babuu: I'LL GWO FURTHER ABOVE THEM!! (rapping) KNICKERBOCKER FIGHTER--! KNICKERBOCKER FIGHTER--! A WHOLE BUNCH OF KNICKERBOCKER FIGHTER ALTHOUGH IT ISH WINTER--- "Outfit": Super Baby Babuu: YOU CAN DO IT, KNICKERBOCKER FIGHTER; MECHANISM JOURNEY!!! Pantsumaru: GYA Babuu: HOW WASH THAT? Jati: IT STUNK. Babuu: SHE'S EXCESSIVELY COLD!!!
169. Jati: KOORI NO TSUKKOMI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: ABSOLUTE ZERO TSUKKOMI!!! (out loud) I'VE SEEN THE BOTTOM OF LAUGHTER!!!
170. Pantsumaru: In being fooled and being fooled, you're induced by your opponent's foolishment and it is there that you dig in and kill them. It's a scary Shinken as ever. (TN: The part "dig in" is another meaning for "tsukkomi", which as mentioned before is the "straight man" of comedy) Jati: I hate people who are just stiff. Jati: With this, we can restrain Black Bo-bobo, one of the Three Daiou. It's about this time that that Hiiragi would be doing that skillfully. 3rd: You, what were you thinking. Combat Blues: Um...I'm puzzled on if tonight's dinner will be stew or curry. I'm sorry. 3rd: Stand aside, you.
171. Hiiragi: I'LL BECOME A THREE DAIOU AND CREATE THE MOST ULTIMATE FORCE IN THE NEO-MARUHAGE THAT CONTROLS THE BLUE AND WHITE. IT'S NAME IS THE "RED SHOCKING-FARCE PLAY-SQUAD"!! THE ULTIMATE COMEDY ARMY-CORP (TN: The name of Hiiragi's new "squadron" is actually a very strange one: the Japanese is "Aka no Shougeki Yuutai"; the "Aka" is obviously "red", but "Shougeki" is a combination of a couple terms: in one reading it has the translation of "shocking" or "crash", while another uses it for "theatrical farce". Combining the two, I ended up making it "Shocking-Farce". Finally, the "Yuutai" is just a combination of the "yuu" for "play" and the "tai" for "army" or, in this case, "squad") 3rd: .........He's. Pantsumaru: WELL---THEN, THAT'S ALL UNTIL NEXT WEEK! IT'S FAREWELL TIME. SO THEN, EVERYONE, TOGETHER WITH THAT CUSTOM THING... Pantsumaru: Pu---- Pantsumaru: MELAN!!!
TN: You know for a chapter with no Bo-bobo in it at all...this was just epic. (well OK there was Black Bo-bobo but...he's something else altogether) Somehow while the last time a chapter like this happened with the politics within the Neo-Maruhage (where Bo-bobo actually did show up honestly even if it was just standing there), there wasn't too much outside plot progression. But here...well, let me just say this: Jati is awesome and Hiiragi is just freaky alongside his comedic exterior. In a way Jati actually does something I never really thought would happen: use the actual power of a tsukkomi to her advantage to build up her own ice-power strength and attack with it once it's at a certain level. In a way she's just like Beauty...only evil, with a Shinken and a pair of panties as her partner. (you'd sort of wish Beauty herself would think of this but somehow her super-power always involves appearing in the side of a panel in her now traditional "WTF" face...though Heppokomaru is back and Pokomi's been doing it for a while now too) Honestly, the way she did away with Babuu was long overdo, considering that he's been part of the story for so long that you forget sometimes all he did prior to...well, hanging around doing science stuff and acting like a baby. (considering that I hadn't seen Babuu prior to this chapter, I never realized all the stuff he did in Vol. 2...then again Gaou did a lot in vol. 2 and look at him now) Pantsumaru was weird but somehow worked, mostly since he was part of the incentive leading to Jati's powers being fully activated. Though with her around and Hiiragi's plan in full motion...who knows how much more bizarre things are going to get! (and that's a good thing at this point)
BTW: you still have to wonder why Combat Blues remains with the 3rd after all this time while the other Former Maruhage have long gone...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25447[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 61 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-17T22:17:25+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith Beauty on the verge of being a sacrifice to Kamara's mad train arena, she has finally been saved by a returning Heppokomaru! Has the farting warrior finally gained the power to defeat the force of a Three Daiou!?
Shinsetsu 61: Heppokomaru the Strongest!!
133. Don Patch: HEY----!! WITH THIS TIME, WE'RE FINALLY AT OUR 6TH ANNIVERSARY!! (SHINSETSU HAS BEEN ABOUT A YEAR) YOU'VE BEEN ALWAYS SUPPORTING US AND WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT!! Don Patch: WELL~~~VARIOUS THINGS HAVE HAPPENED IN THESE 6 YEARS~~~THIS HAS Don Patch: THIS HAS Don Patch: EVEN THIS HAS. Beauty: NONE OF THOSE HAVE. Don Patch: AND THIS TIME, WE'RE COMMEMORATING THIS 6TH YEAR AND OPENING THE BO-BOBO POPULARITY POLL AFTER 3 YE---ARS!! EVERYONE RAPIDLY SUPPORT US! *Applications have already been completed. Forehead: Super King Sash: ACHIEVE 3RD STRAIGHT POPULARITY POLL VICTORY
134.-135. (Well, as Don Patch said, this is essentially the 6th anniversary cover for Bo-bobo...and really it couldn't have come at a worse time for the series. Even though a year of the Shinsetsu series had passed, the series was essentially bottoming out by this point. Sure the series would still get respect for being in the magazine for this long a period, but to hold a popularity poll at this point either was just to give the series a last hurrah...or just to get a last glimpse at how many people were still reading it and how close it was to cancellation. Sadly, this is the series' last color page at this point before the one where...well, we'll get to that when we get to it. As it stands, we have a fight to finish...and Heppokomaru has some unfinished business)
136. Beauty: HE-KUN Monsu: MY DEATH COASTER IS IN SMALL PIECES...!? WHAT IS THIS, MONSU!? Bo-bobo: HAVE YOU COME, HEPPOKOMARU?
137. Heppokomaru: !? Don Patch: I'VE...I'VE WANTACO TO MEET YOU ALL ALONG. I WAS LONELY...IT WAS PAINFUL...YOU HADN'TACO KNOWN I HAVE BECOME TACOLUS (TN: I have no idea why Don Patch would pull this, but for the most part I tried to make it work as it was in the Japanese: for the most part, Don Patch took certain words that had a "ta" or "tako" in it and spoke them as "takosu", which obviously is "taco" as you can see here. I had to stretch to make it work, in particular the last "taco" where I had to fuse it with "callous", which is just "tako" in Japanese)
138. Don Patch: HE-KUN IS AT FAULT. EAT ME TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. Heppokomaru: ME!? Beauty: If you eat him Heppokomaru: EEH!? Don Patch: EAT---!!!! THIS HERE IS A PERSON ALONE WHO BECAME TACOLUS!!! Don Patch: I PUT IN THE BEST INGREDIENTS WANTING THEM TO BE TASTILY EATEN BY HE-KUN! WELL...OPEN THE INSIDE OF THIS PATCH-TACO! Packages: TOOTHPASTE
139. Heppokomaru: ALRIGHT! Well, shall I participate in this battle too? Don Patch: !!! HE'S FLOATING OFF!!! Heppokomaru: !? Don Patch: A PERSON WHO DOESN'T EAT A TACO WILL BE TAKEN TO MEXICO (The 3 Mucho Brothers) (TN: "Taken" is actually "renkou", which is "taking a suspect to the police") Heppokomaru: What are they!? Let me go----!! Beauty: HE-KU-----N Dengaku Man: THIS ISN'T THE SITUATION FOR ALL OF YOU TO PLAY. BO-BOBO'S BEING STRANGLED BY KAMARA AND IS IN A BIG CRISIS!! Heppokomaru: EH? Dengaku Man: LOOK, THAT BO-BOBO GUY IS HAVING THE BONES IN HIS BODY GETTING BROKEN WITH A CRACK-CRACK...
140. Dengaku Man: AND IS BECOMING BUCKINGHAM PALACE!!! (TN: Another weird language pun involving "bakkin" like last time, only this time Dengaku Man takes "Bakkin" and changes it to "bakkingamu", as in "Buckingham Palace" in England) Beauty & Heppokomaru: WHAT----DOES THAT MEAN!!!? (That's a crisis?) Caption: Inside the palace Sign: MASTER BO-BOBO'S 39TH BIRTHDAY PARTY Bo-bobo: HM~~~M HM~~~M, WHAT IS THIS PRESENT~~~ Cards: THE JINMENGYO | JINMENKEN (TN: "Jinmengyo" and "Jinmenken" are particular strange "phenomenon" of animals who have human faces, literally translating into "Man-Faced Fish" and "Man-Faced Dog") Bo-bobo: GUBABOBEBUBORABUBERAA!!! Monsu: UO!! Heppokomaru: BO-BOBO-SAN
141. Bo-bobo: HEPPOKOMARU, DON'T MIND ME; PUNCH HARD WITH YOUR FARTS THIS F**KING DRAGON Heppokomaru: UNDERSTOOD: I'LL SHOW YOU MY NEW BLACK FART POWER THAT I'VE ACQUIRED THROUGH TRAINING Heppokomaru: HAAAA Monsu: ! THAT'S A FART!? Heppokomaru: !?
142. Heppokomaru: ONARA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BLACK MAY'S EARLY-SUMMER RAIN Monsu: GYOPAAAAAAAAAAAA Monsu: IT STINKS-MONSU--- Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: I THINK IT'S GREAT WHEN IT'S FUNNY. Capsule: ENTRY PLUG Don Patch: WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU WANT TO DO!?
143. Beauty: Amazing...he's rapidly become stronger. This couldn't be what even I've imagined. Tennosuke: HE--Y, YOU'VE DONE IT, HEPPOKOMARU. Sash: Tokohe Gang Pokomi: EHE! IT'S BIG BROTHER HEPPOKO Pokomi: KYAAA, BUT WHAT WILL I DO? THE EMOTION OF A BIG BROTHER-LITTLE SISTER REUNION! WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST ROMANTIC WHEN I SOMEHOW GET OUT THERE?
144. Kamara: ...YOU'VE DONE IT. Bo-bobo: HE'S STILL ALIVE!? Kamara: YOU'RE GOING TO REPENT IMMEDIATELY FOR MAKING A FOOL OF ME Heppokomaru: YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN DOWN BY ME. COME. Kamara: DON'T GET CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT, YOUNGSTER!! Don Patch: HE-KUN, I'M SCARED!! Heppokomaru: WA! LET GO, DUMMIES
146. Beauty: A DISPOSABLE DIAPER----!!! Bo-bobo: HE'S INVOKED HIS RUN-AMUCK MODE! WE CAN'T REACH HIM ANYMORE (TN: "Run-amuck mode" is "Bousou Moodo) Don Patch: He--re, He-kun, come this way. Mother is going to do magic. Caption: Mama Heppokomaru: DA--DA-- Don Patch: Kukuku...after all, a milk-sucking baby is simple. (TN: Though it translates into "baby", the term Don Patch uses is "chinomiko" which is literally "a milk-sucking child". I decided to give respect to both meanings and made it "milk-sucking baby") Heppkomaru: BABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABUBABU Don Patch: GYOIYAAAAAAAA!!!
147. Bo-bobo: IF IT'S COME TO THIS, THEN SHOULDN'T WE PUT HIM TO SLEEP BY FORCE? Tennosuke: YOU'RE A GOOD CHILD, BOY, CAN'T YOU GO BEDDY-BYE? Beauty: THAT'S DOING TOO MUCH Heppokomaru: BABU--- Bo-bobo & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAAA Heppokomaru: BABU BABU Beauty: What is he doing? Heppokomaru: BABU BABU BABU Beauty: HE'S MAKING THEM INTO TEMPURA---!!!! (TN: A quick reminder: "Tempura" isn't merely one dish but any food covered in a wheat-based batter and deep-fried)
148. Beauty: CAN'T YOU STOP THIS? THEIR BODIES ARE BREAKING DOWN Heppokomaru: ! Heppokomaru: BABU-- Beauty: KYA Heppokomaru: Babu babu... Beauty: He's in my lap...and sleeping. (TN: Beauty didn't quite split the words here: the first word she says is "Hizamakura", which is purely "to sleep in someone else's lap", but she split it with the "neru" verbal after this, thus I found it right to split the "in my lap" and "sleeping" terms) Kamara: THAT IS FOOLISH RUNNING AMUCK Beauty: ! Bo-bobo: GET UP, HEPPOKOMARU! PROTECT BEAUTY; SHOW US YOUR SUPER-FARTS!! SFX: PACHI
149. Heppokomaru: BABU--------------- Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: OOH "Fart": Beauty Love Don Patch: A**HOLE!! YOU WON'T EVEN AVOID THIS SFX: Chon
150. Heppokomaru: ONARA SHINKEN BOUSOU KAKUSEI OUGI: BEAUTY LOVE (TN: "Bousou Kakusei" = "Run-Amuck Awakened"; fusing both of Heppokomaru's transformations into one) Kamara: GYAAAAA
151. Kamara: ......at...fool... (TN: The "at" is just the conclusion of "konna" or "that") Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU SHIRYUUEN KAMARA: SUNK Tennosuke: WE DID IT...WE'VE FINALLY DONE IT... Don Patch & Tennosuke: IT'S OUR COMPLETE VICTORY; ORYA~~~!! Beauty: Yes.
152. Heppokomaru: WA! WHAT IS THIS APPEARANCE!? Pokomi: BIG BRO-----THER! Caption: EMOTIONAL REUNION Beauty: Cheer up. There are various things in life. Heppokomaru: NO, IT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING!! Bo-bobo: FROM HERE, WE'RE GETTING BUSY.
TN: Well...what can you say? When you have a chapter with Heppokomaru's Baby Mode, especially after all this time...and all this power...there really isn't much you can without sounding like a fool. I do wonder though how the heck Heppokomaru got his collar back anyway considering his former training supposedly eliminated his need of ever needing it ever again...but my only theory (which will probably be revealed as wrong knowing me) is simple: by the time Heppokomaru finished his latest training session, he became so powerful that the collar he thought he finally surpassed became needed again...because now he had a way more powerful Baby Mode that had to be suppressed. But then again, the fact that Heppokomaru himself didn't realize it shows that somehow he probably had no idea someone put another collar on him...or maybe he just put it back on for old times sake without realizing he was building up way more power again. Honestly it's just tough to figure out and it's time that I stop pondering it. (it's just as difficult as figuring out the whole Monsu/Kamara connection...) Regardless, the chapter was simple but sweet: Heppokomaru returns, crushes Kamara as a baby, and Don Patch...ran around in a taco. But hey, with the series approaching closer to the end, big things are bound to happen with Kamara down and out...and that will start next time!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25412[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 60 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-17T00:52:57+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith time running out before Beauty's sacrifice to a speeding train, Kamara has mutated into his horrific true form! Can Bo-bobo stop a massive dragon and three remaining runaway machines with 30 seconds left to go!?
Shinsetsu 60: If a Man, Then A Lactic-Acid Bacilli Drink
115. Bo-bobo: Ah... Tennosuke: AAH... Don Patch: ......... Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: IT'S SHENRON------!! (TN: "Shenron" is in reference to the "dragon" summoned by the collection of the seven Dragon Balls in Akira Toriyama's seminal work...essentially giving the series it's whole purpose even with all the "fight aliens and monsters who want to destroy Earth" stuff that happens way later on) Bo-bobo: GET ME AONORI I CAN HAVE WITH MY TEETH--- (TN: "Aonori", also known as "green larvar", is "blue seaweed"/"green seaweed" that is cultivated and put on as seasoning for various Japanese meals, including okonomiyaki and fried noodles) Tennosuke: SELL TOKOROTEN-FLAVORED POTATO CHIPS Don Patch: I...PLEASE GET FOR ME BICYCLE TRAINING WHEELS!! Pokomi: THAT'S NOT SHENRON; And those wishes are shabby!!!
117. Beauty: ...NN Beauty: WA! WHAT IS THIS? Dengaku Man: Look in front of you. Beauty: EH Beauty: KYAAAAAAAAA: I'M IN A CRISIS OF A DESPERATE SITUATION----!!!! HOW EXACTLY DID IT COME TO THIS!!? Dengaku Man: From here I'll explain in Dengakuese: PAPEPO POPIPO PAPO PEPEPE PAPO PIPU (TN: "Dengakuese" is actually "Dengaku-Go" or "Dengaku Language") Beauty: DENGAKUESE!!? CAN YOU DECIPHER THAT---!!!
118. Pokomi: Big sister Beauty has awoken. Sue: HEY HEY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE LEISURE TO LOOK ASIDE Sue: ROAR, MY LION SOUL: OUGI: LION BOTTOMLESS-CANNON (TN: "Bottomless" in Sue's attack is "Senjin", which either translates to that or "thousand fathom") Sue: ! Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: PUFF-PUFF PORCUPINEFISH-SAN (out loud) Ehe! Sue: IT'S HUGE!!!!
119. Sue: KUU~~N KUU~~N, FORGIVE ME...I'M A SPOILED BOY Pokomi: DO----N! Sue: GYAAAAAAAA Pokomi: There isn't time. How are you there, Patchin?
120. Don Patch: No good~~~ Pokomi: WHA---HE'S COMPLETELY MELTED AND LOST---!!!! Pokomi: PLEASE, THE ONE WHO CAN STOP THAT TRAIN IS JUST PATCHIN ALREADY; DO IT JUST AS YOU'VE DONE IT!! Don Patch: Just as I've done it. Caption: Tororo Rice (TN: "Tororo Rice", or "Tororo Gohan" is essentially as it sounds: rice with tororo [the tuber nagaimo] mixed in) Pokomi: STRIKE IT!!!
121. Monsu: WITH THIS, THE REMAINING TRAINS ARE TWO. NOW NOTHING CAN BE DONE. Bo-bobo: WE STILL HAVE TIME. I'LL KILL YOU AND I'LL KILL DON PATCH TOO!! Monsu: ABSTAIN YOUR MOUTH; YOU'RE JUST LIKE A HUMAN---!!! (announcing) SUNMO (TN: "Sunmo" is basically "Monsu" backwards, but the kanji that makes it up translates into "Dragon Flame") Bo-bobo: GUWAAAAA Pokomi: BO-BOBO Bo-bobo: IF IT'S COME TO THIS, THEN I'LL INSERT THESE HAM UNDER MY ARMPITS AND RECITE THIS CHANT Bo-bobo: FREEDOM: SEIZE WHAT I PLEASE!!
122. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: FULL-ARMOR BO-BOBO (out loud) Barely did it. Pokomi: THAT FULL ARMOR IS YAKULT: IT'S A CONSTRUCTION AS YOU PLEASE FROM GRADE SCHOOL!!! (TN: There are a couple weird puns that I have to get into for understanding this joke: -First of all, Bo-bobo's "chant" regarding "Freedom" includes the Japanese word "jiyuu", which has a double meaning: both of "freedom" or "liberty" or "as you please". While Bo-bobo seemed to emphasize the "freedom" aspect, the fact is he ends up doing a "jiyuu kousaku", whcih is "a construction done as someone pleases" with the "jiyuu" being "as you please" akin to "do whatever you want in art class" instead of "freedom" or "liberty". It was hard to make the joke work, but somehow I made do so -Second, "Yakult" is the oftened mentioned "lactic-acid bacilli" drink used for health reason...and that inspired the title for this chapter) Monsu: ARE YOU ENTIRELY ASHAMED OF SUNMO? THAT YAKULT IS AMAZING!!
123. Bo-bobo: BUT WITH THE FULL ARMOR, I CAN GO WITH THIS SECRET OUGI Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI... SFX: PAKA... Bo-bobo: GO TO BEAR-SAN'S HOME "Bears": NICE TO SEE YOU, WELCOME---! "Bear": SECOND-SON BEAR IS HERE TOO! SECOND-SON BEAR IS HERE TOO---! Monsu: ........................ Bo-bobo: ......
124. Bo-bobo: THESE LACTIC-ACID BACILLI DRINKS ARE IN THE WAY!!! Pokomi: EEEH---!!!? YOU'VE DESTROYED IT YOURSELF----!!!! Pokomi: WHAT WAS THAT BEAR-SAN'S HOME? I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT'S MEANING. THAT'S WHY IT WAS UNPLEASANT FROM THE START. Monsu: MOMONSU (TN: "Momonsu" has the kanji of "Dragon Crest") Bo-bobo: GUGYAAAAAA Pokomi: WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO EXACTLY!?
125. Monsu: ALL THE BONES IN YOUR BODY WILL BE BROKEN-MONSU. SFX: BAKI BAKI BAKI (CRACK CRACK CRACK) Bo-bobo: GUWAAAAAAAAA SFXL BAKKIN BAKKIIN BAKKIN Patrolman: A penalty of 200 thousand yen from your speed violation. Bo-bobo: Yes. Bo-bobo: SHIPPU (HURRICANE) (TN: Note the SFX here: the third one is "bakkin" but has the reading not for the sound of Bo-bobo's breaking bones...but akin to the "bakkin" for "penalty") Pokomi: WHAAT----!!!? Monsu: WITH THIS, I'VE DRESSED YOU UP FOR A SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT. Bo-bobo: DAMN, THE TRAIN... Pokomi: BIG SISTER BEAUTY
126. Monsu: NOW THE SACRIFICES CAN'T BE SAVED. 10 SECONDS LEFT. Softon: BO-BOBO, DO SOMETHING. Bo-bobo: BEAUTY IS MY GREATEST ALLY. I ABSOLUTELY CAN'T HAVE HER DIE. Bo-bobo: WAIT FOR ME, BEAUTY!! Beauty's Eyepatch: BEAU Softon: WHO IS THAT!!?
127. Don Patch: MY CHANCE TO CHANGE THE HEROINE! Bo-bobo: UOOOOOOOOOO, IT'S COMING APART----!!! Monsu: IT'S USELESS. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WIN AGAINST THE POWER OF A DRAGON? Bo-bobo: FROM THIS ALTITUDE, I CAN'T RELEASE EVEN ONE OF MY OUGI. Bo-bobo: DAMN THIS, DAMN THIS, DAMN THIS Bo-bobo: DAMN THIS---!!! "Guy": Hey, damn this. (TN: I know this is a weird joke, but Bo-bobo just keeps going "chikishou", which here is "damn this", but then this little guy just goes "hey, chikisho da yo", which I ended up interpreting as him defying Bo-bobo but not sure but I'll have it like this for the moment)
128. Tennosuke: IT'S FACE HAS CHANGED Softon: BEAUTY--- Beauty: KYAAAAAAAAAAA
129. SFX: DA
130.-131. Beauty: ...He-kun...
TN: You have to love this series: when Plan A and Plan B have utterly collapsed and failed, then go with the plan no one expected! Yeah, the fact that Heppokomaru saved Beauty was a nice touch, let alone...he definitely seems powerful enough to destroy that train upon impact. (and that probably was really explosive gas) With that said, this was a fun chapter building up to our climax of this whole Kamara mess. I'm still a tad confused regarding Monsu though: Kamara is obviously the dragon and Monsu said prior that he was merely the container...but now I have this weird image of Kamara's body mutating into the dragon...with his mind being Monsu, but that's just a theory. On the other hand, seeing Dengaku Man's "made-up language" was a blast, let alone Don Patch...well, honestly having him lose to a massage chair is just as embarrassing as Tennosuke losing to a stick of gum...well maybe not as but this is probably a low moment for him. But who knows, maybe he'll make up for it next time...though I doubt it with He-kun finally back on their side and ready to let it loose!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25303[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 59 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-11T19:52:39+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comIn a maddening spiral towards death, Bo-bobo's team has managed to take down one of the five trains...but with four remaining and over half the course covered, can they surpass Kamara's forces and stop the inevitable!?
Shinsetsu 59: Truly a Dragon's Child
97. Onigawaraman: TENNOSUKE~~~I TOO HAVE FINALLY EMERGED ON AIR~~~WE'LL DRINK CELEBRATORY SPIRITS IN A SPRING AKAMARU EXTRA CHAPTER-BEE! (TN: For those who forgot, Onigawaraman is a random demon guy who showed up back in the first extra chapter of Shinsetsu when Tennosuke, Dengaku Man and Hanpen had yet to return to the series) Kamara: YOU, WHAT IS THAT POWER?
98. Caption: Three days earlier Voice: You've cleared the final training area. All of you have well tempered in this one month-gyora... (TN: I honestly don't quite know what was going on here but basically Sawai made a huge mistake in his story at this point. In this very scene, Torpedo Girl stated that Bo-bobo and the others spent 3 months training at her facility. However, the training period was only one month, with the "three months" being Tsurulina the 3rd's projected timeline in conquering all Shinken users...thus why they needed a month; to essentially sneak in and stop him before that happened. I don't know if this was Sawai's intention or not but I changed that line to match what was saw prior) Torpedo Girl: You've been initiated into the best new techniques-gyora! Torpedo Girl's Forehead: Oujou (Queen) Beauty: WHAT TRAINING IS THIS!!? S&M TRAINING!!? THIS WILL BARELY MAKE A SHONEN MAGAZINE Hatenko: I'LL ABSOLUTELY KILL MASTER TORPEDO... Vat: No-Good 33 Beauty: HATENKO-SA---N!!!!
99. Torpedo Girl: This boy had been completely wearing stylishly the "Shinsetsu Jacket". Bo-bobo: GYAAAAA Torpedo Girl: From here on and at any time, the jacket fairies will transport this jacket. Jacket Fairies: Ya--y ya--y ya--y Beauty: WHAT ARE THOSE? THEY'RE GROSS? Torpedo Girl: Ah, incidentally, with 8 in the morning being their time to take out the home's trash, please avoid that. Sign: TRASH DAY Beauty: ......... Torpedo Girl: THE SHINSETSU JACKET IS A SYMBOL OF A NEW POWER. BY WEARING THIS, IT CAN DRAW OUT THE EIGHT FORCE THAT IS HIDDEN WITHIN THE BODY (TN: "Eight Force" is literally in Japanese "The Eight Mysterious Powers") The Eight Force: (from the center to top right, following "infinity") -Oolong Tea -Roppongi, the Smartly-Dressed Street -Yukhoe -300 Bikku*man Stickers -Vi*gra -A Weather Forecaster -DS Li*e (Red) -2 Glasses of Campari Orange (TN: Quite a few of those should be rather obvious, including the constantly referred to "Bikkuriman" stickers, the "Roppongi" neighborhood of Tokyo, and the male impotence pill "Viagra", not to mention the DS Lite [which was a hot commodity having been released in 2006] However, a couple of the lesser known of these I'll go over now: -Yukhoe, also known as "Yukke" in Japanese, is a popular Korean dish made with raw ground beef and spices, equivalent to a steak tartar. -Campari Orange is an alcoholic drink combining Campari [a fruity alcoholic drink] with orange juice) Beauty: THOSE 8!!? NOT FIRE AND WATER AND LIGHTNING!? THIS ISN'T LIKE NARUTO (TN: I think the reason behind this line may actually have to do with some of the recent events in Naruto at the time of the chapter, where the main character was starting to learn the fundamentals of elemental manipulation that would help him face off ultimately against immortal Akatsuki member Kakuzu) Torpedo Girl: Your attack power will increase times 3! This should multiply to the extent of 30-kinds of Chouougi that you can utilize. But the thing that will change the most is nothing... Torpedo Girl: PASTE IT. (TN: I really don't know what Torpedo Girl is saying here but basically she merely says "nori yo", which probably either could be a reading of "Noru" or "to ride", or just "nori" in reference to the seaweed used in Japanese cuisine. However, since "nori" also stands for "paste" and Bo-bobo is learning something rather vital for his training, for the moment I just translated it as "paste it")
100. Kamara: ! Bo-bobo: TRUE AFRO---!!! Kamara: GUMU!! Kamara: DON'T LET OUT THIS RIDICULOUS BEHAVIOR...GUGU...
101. Kamara: UO!!? Kamara: What is this? Is this...Paris, the capital of art? SFX: Pari (TN: This is a weird pun: from the outset, Kamara thinks it's "Paris", but the people there are all going "Pari", which is similar as "Paris" in Japanese but actually the onomotopeia "Paripari" or the sound of crispiness) Bags: Senbei (rice crackers) Kamara: ! Bo-bobo: IT'S THE AGE OF VACATION ON TOP OF MY HEAD...IT WAS PAID FOR BY MY BODY'S PART-TIME WORK. Bo-bobo: NUTCRACKER!! NUTCRACKER!! NUTCRACKER!! NUTCRACKER!! Kamara: GUBOOOOOOOOOO
102. Kamara: I WILL KILL----- Kamara: THIS------....S**T!!? SFX: STEAR--N STEAR--N Kamara: ANIMAL MIX: WEASEL + SWORD Kamara: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: DULL SLASH!!!! Kamara: IT DIDN'T HIT; WHAT EXACTLY IS HE!? WHAT HAD HE CHANGED INTO!?
103. Bo-bobo: A SPONTANEOUS BODY. Caption: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN HIOUGI: STANCE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH Bo-bobo: PA~~~PE~~~PO~~~PA~~~PE~~~PO~~~ Bo-bobo: I'M GOING TO PLAY THIS Kamara: DON'T MOCK ME---!!!
104. SFX: SUTO Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: WAKIGE SHINKEN (TN: "Wakige Shinken" = "Armpit Hair Shinken", I keep it in Japanese mostly due to it being a Shinken within a Shinken) Kamara: GYAAAAAAAAA!!!!
105. Kamara: GUBAA Bo-bobo: I DON'T HAVE TIME: GET UP QUICKLY, KAMARA Caption: REMAINING TRAINS: 4 Beauty: ...NN... Sue: HEY HEY, WHAT'S WRONG!? WE'VE GOT EXACTLY A MINUTE REMAINING UNTIL THE SACRIFICE IS MINCE! Pokomi: He Sue: COME AFTER ME WITH DEATLY ENERGY, SMALL FRY: GAHAHAHAHA Pokomi: RIGHT, WHAT ABOUT PATCHIN AND PURURUN? Don Patch: Paradise~~~Paradise~~~ Pokomi: AWW---NO GOOD----!!! HE'S COMPLETELY WATERED DOWN
106. Pokomi: And Pururun too? Pokomi: IT'S HEROIC GREATER THAN ANTICIPATED!!! Tennosuke: I'm sorry, Boboman...it seems like I won't be taking back Meat-kun's right leg... (TN: The end of the last chapter as well as this scene is a weird parody of a notable fight from Yudetamago's Kinnikuman, where Terryman (which Tennosuke is parodying at this point) is forced to face the massive The Mountain in a battle to retrieve one of several abducted body parts of Meat taken by the Seven Devils) Voice: Hold on! From here you're fighting me. Tennosuke: HAS MONGOLMAN COME? (TN: Another reference to this same arc, Tennosuke's comment refers to the factor of Mongolman (Ramenman in disguise) showing up in the middle of a battle with one of the Seven Devils to help Brocken Jr. defeat Mister Khamen) Hanpen: As a similar foodstuff, I can't leave this alone. Tennosuke: HANPEN Cheri: UHO!!! Hanpen: ...That itches; young one.
107. Hanpen: ALOOF HANPEN SHOU!!!! Cheri: GORI GORI GORI GORI----- Hanpen: My techniques are all certain-kill in a blow. They demonstrate their true worth in short-term matches like this. Tennosuke: THE TRAIN IS GOING TO STOP. Hanpen: This is a victory for we too foodstuff. Tennosuke: THE FOOD KING TOKORO TENNOSUKE-SAMA HAS KILLED MASTER GORILLA---!! I LEAVE THE REST TO YOU, BO-BOBO--!! (TN: "Master Gorilla" is "Gorikou", with "Gori" being short for "Gorilla") Flag: MASTER GORILLA KILLED Hanpen: NANUU!!!
108. Bo-bobo: SUMOMOMOMOMOMOMOMOMO---N Kamara: GUAA Bo-bobo: 3 left. Kamara: YOOU...YOOU~~~~ SFX: JIII Jati: A---a---h, he's ended up losing. (Kamara) Hiiragi: No problem. Because he has his valued secret. Jati: A SECRET? Hiiragi: KAMARA IS THE CHILD OF A DRAGON. PERHAPS HE'LL RETURN TO HIS TRUE FORM...WE'LL SEE HIS PECULIAR 2-STAGE TRANSFORMATION.
109. Jati: HEE...INTERESTING. 3rd: THE AMBITIONS OF A DRAGON ASCENDS INTO THE HEAVENS. KAMARA...WILL YOU BECOME A PURPLE DRAGON? (TN: A notable comment: "Shiryuu", which is part of "Shiryuuen Kamara"'s name, literally translates into "Purple Dragon". Ironically, this "Shiryuu" is the same as the "Shiryuu" used for a main character in Masami Kurumada's "Saint Seiya") Kamara: HAAAAAAAAAAAAA Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THAT!? Pokomi: HIS AURA IS SWELLING UP...IT'S SURPASSING KNOWLEDGE Kamara: THE DAY WHERE I RETURN TO THAT FORM IN THIS WORLD HAS COME---THERE HASN'T BEEN A PERSON WHO HAS SEEN THIS FORM AND SURVIVED!!!
111. Bo-bobo: ............ Monsu: MONSU--MONSU-- Sue: ............ Pokomi: ............ Everyone: AAH... "Monsu": MONSU--MONSU-- Everyone: LET'S KILL IT... PokomI: HA Pokomi: Bo-bobo, we don't have time anymore. We're right near big sister Beauty... Bo-bobo: DECIDE THIS WITH A SWIFT ATTACK, POKOMI!!! Bo-boob: !? WHAT "Monsu": YOU'VE MADE A MISUNDERSTANDING, YOU YOUNGSTERS; THIS BODY IS A TEMPORARY CONTAINER THAT HAS WITHIN THE BODY THE AMBITION OF A DRAGON THAT IS OVERFLOWING OUT...
112.-113. "Dragon": DRAGON KING SHIRYUUEN KAMARA Kamara: CUNNING HUMANS, OPPOSING A DRAGON THAT IS THE KING OF ALL CREATION MERITS CERTAIN DEATH Don Patch: This is enchanting~~~n! Caption: 30 seconds remain
TN: Alright...I get this is supposed to be fast, but...not this fast. Two...no, three chapters seemed to fly right by with this one and everything that happened in it! Heck, you could have easily stretched it out with ease with all that was going on...heck, I know its supposed to be fast with the whole "life-or-death of Beauty" scenario, but does Sawai really have to be so speedy? Regardless, seeing such power exhibited by Bo-bobo (not to mention the likes of Hanpen...while Don Patch just seems to have melted away this time) shows the whole aspect of the chapter being a matter of time. But while I get starting with "the big attack" is what makes it so, the mere fact that so many of the attacks at this point are Chouougi anyway sort of defeats the purpose of what feels like a race against time. Besides...with how well Bo-bobo's side has been doing, you'd expect Hiiragi to applaud it with the factor that he may actually be needed.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25298[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 58 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-11T01:16:57+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comIn a realm of spiraling madness, Bo-bobo's team has an impossible task at hand: stop five trains, including their mastermind Shiryuuen Kamara, and save Beauty (and maybe Dengaku Man). But their foe isn't going to make any of that easy!
Shinsetsu 58: Stop the Train!! 5-vs.-5 Offense and Defense
79. Everyone: !! Caption: Spiral-Doodlebug: An atrocious stage where sacrifices at the goal point will jump to their deaths if all five trains aren't stopped within five minutes. Bo-bobo: KU Bo-bobo: WAIT FOR ME, BEAUTY, BECAUSE I'LL SAVE YOU NOW!!
80. Kamara: Kukuku, can you? Pokomi: MY BODY IS HEAVY WITH THE SUPER-HIGH SPEED SPIRAL ROTATION. WHAT Gs. Don Patch & Tennosuke: HE TRULY WAS AN AMAZING GRAMPS!!! GUOOOOO Caption: CYBORG JII-CHAN PATCH-G AND TEN-G Pokomi: NOT THAT G!! THAT'S HUGELY-NOSTALGIC!!! (TN: The "Gramps"/"G"/Jii-chan referred to here is the lead character of Takeshi Obata's very first shonen manga, "Cyborg Jii-chan G", which ran in WSJ in 1989. And yes...I'm the one who translated that whole series...and yes, I told Linkara before you chew me out about it) Bo-bobo: THIS ISN'T THE SITUATION TO PLAY; WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME! HERE WE DIVIDE OUR LABOR AND STOP ALL 5 OF THE TRAINS. Gaou's Slip: Intention to Resign (TN: A silly note: Gaou's slip also is pronounced "Jii") Kamara: Start the game of desperation. The main engines of the remaining four trains excluding this train are linked by my created MIX Animals. Kamara: SHOW YOURSELVES, MY EXTREMELY PERFECT ANIMALS Bo-bobo: WHAT!? SFX: ZUZUZUZUZUZU...
81. Kamara: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THREE-FOLD-MIX KAMARA'S 4 GOD-BEAST-MACHINE ARMY CORP!!!!! Sue: You've called, Kamara-sama? Caption: SUE: 9-Headed Snake + King Lion + Bike Caption: CHERI: Tank + Polar Bear + Mountain Gorilla Rai: We'll hunt them quickly. Caption: RAI: Pelican + Impala + Battleship Shore (TN: This one sort of confused me on a couple matters: the Japanese for "Battleship Shore" is "Senkan Nagi", with "Senkan" as "Battleship". "Nagi" on the other hand has a few notable meanings, including "Shore" and the "calm" of a sea, but it really didn't show anything that really would show relevance to this, so I just went with "Shore" for the "Nagi". However, "Impala", which may seem strange as well, is "Aepyceros melampus", a type of African antelope) Caption: MA: Massage Chair + Otter + Thoughts of Grandma Don Patch & Tennosuke: WHAT IS THAT!? JUST THAT ONE IS SHODDY!!!
82. Kamara: It has been arranged that these trains won't ever stop as long as you haven't defeated them. Bo-bobo: WHAT!? Softon: BO-BOBO, FROM HERE WE CAN ONLY TAKE THE HAND OF OUR REDUCED TIME BY DISPERSING AND FIGHTING. Pokomi: ONE PERSON, ONE ANIMAL! CONCENTRATE ON THEM AND BRING THEM DOWN FOR CERTAIN. Tennosuke: I'LL KILL THE OTTER-GUY! Don Patch: YOU'RE SLY ON THAT-- Tennosuke: HE'S MINE!! Can: LOTS Pokomi: I DON'T HAVE ONE BIT OF EXPECTATION FOR THEM... Softon: WE'LL DEFEAT THESE FAKE-ANIMALS WITH A SWIFT ATTACK AND STOP THE TRAINS! Pokomi: YEP. Sue: HEY HEY IS THAT A GAG? ARE THEY GOING TO WIN AGAINST US? Rai: THEY'RE FOOLS. Tennosuke: Well can't we take out this penguin that's in my stomach? It is singing a song about world peace but... Penguin: WORLD YOUR LOVE! LOVE AND PEACE! Bo-bobo: If you're going to be useful in this battle, take it out. Tennosuke: PLAYING WITH HIS TEETH!! JIMI HENDRIX!? (TN: Tennosuke actually does refer to the notable rock god Jimi Hendrix, who defined rock during a short performing period while living only between 1942 and 1970) Bo-bobo: GU
83. Bo-bobo: SHIRYUUEN KAMARA, JUST YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY BE KILLED BY ME!! Kamara: REFLECT UPON YOUR HELPLESSNESS AND DIE, TRASH. Softon: GO WELL! SCATTER! Tennosuke: My aim is only for the small-fry otter!! Shirt: Patch Don Patch: HAJIKE-RYUU OUGI: PHYS-ED 3RD-PERIOD REPETITIOUS SIDE-JUMPING!!! Tennosuke: AAH, HE CROSSED OVER AHEAD OF ME. Kamara: REALLY, CAN YOU STOP ALL FIVE TRAINS WITH YOUR QUACK POWER!?
84. Don Patch: YOUR OPPONENT IS ME. Caption: 1ST TRAIN: DON PATCH VS. MA Sue: GURURURU, SUCH TASTY PREY IS COMING FOR ME. Caption: 4TH TRAIN: POKOMI VS. SU Tennosuke: OF ALL THINGS, I'VE ENDED UP SHARING A RIDE ON THE WORST TRAIN...TEN-CHAN'S ULTIMATE CRISIS... Caption: 2ND TRAIN: TOKORO TENNOSUKE VS. CHERI
85. Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN OUGI: OWN-STYLE BANANA-ENCOUNTER (out loud) ALREADY THIS IS THE ONLY MOVE I HATE FOR THE BRUTE!! Flags: TASTY | REALLY CHEAP Cheri: UHO UHO UHO---!! +(I'll eat this) Tennosuke: GYAAAA, NO GOOD----!! Tennosuke: SAVE MEEEE, DON PATCH--- Don Patch: Beauty~~~I'll save you now~~~even if I'm lu~~cky, it may be impossible~~~Ah! It's good there! Tennosuke: YOIYASA---!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING---!! DEFEAT HIM QUICKLY (TN: "Yoiyasa" is a chant usually done by valent men, including men of the sea) Rai: WHAT'S GOING ON? NONE OF THEM ARE RIDING ON MY TRAIN BUT Voice: MY OPPONENT WILL BE ME. Rai: WHAT? THAT LIGHT IS...
86. Softon: BABYLON SHINKEN KYUUKYOKU OUGI: GOLDEN SOFTON Caption: 5TH TRAIN: SOFTON VS. RAI "Man", "Woman" and Rai: WHAAAT---GOLDEN POOOOOP!!? Rai: WHAT IS THIS!? WHOSE POOP IS THIS!! Rai: HA!!, IT CAN'T BE: MINE... (to himself) It's the gold-leaf tofu that I ate at the traditional restaurant three days ago!! This can't be a disaster for that... (TN: A couple things: 1. "Gold-Leaf Tofu" or "Kinpakuiri no Tofuu", is literally what it sounds like: tofu with gold leaf pieces in it. Since gold isn't consider toxic in some culture, they had no problem in eating it even in a delicacy. 2. A "traditional Japanese restaurant" is the Japanese word "Ryoutei", which is a specific high-class restaurant with high price food and service by geisha) Softon: WE DON'T HAVE TIME: I HAVE TO GO AT FULL POWER FROM THE START. HOLD ON, BEAUTY.
87. Rai: BEAUTY? THAT SACRIFICE! THIS IS BECAUSE SHE ENTERED THE 23-WARDS IN SPITE OF BEING WEAK. SHE'LL INSTANTLY BECOME MINCEMEAT AND BE SLOPPY HAMBURGER MEAT--- (TN: Rai does say "mince/mincemeat" twice; the first time I translated it as "mince" since it was in Japanese "hikiniku", while the second was simply "minchi", which I made as "hamburger meat") Softon: ! Rai: HUH... Softon: BABY!! Rai: GUPO Softon: LON!! Softon: SEWAGE MOUTH THAT I CAN'T STAND HEARING: POSSESS THE ANGER OF BABYLON AND GET SUPPRESSED BY IT Rai: WHAT EXACTLY HAVE YOU DONE!? Rai: HUH!
88. Softon: BABYLON SHINKEN HIOUGI: FLOW OF BABYLON (TN: "Nagashi" typically has a Japanese word of "sink", but can also be a reading of "nagasu", which is "to flow") Rai: WHAT IS HERE---!!!? A LARGE QUANTITY OF POOP IS FLOWING BY----!!! "Voice": You should eat these. Rai: WHAT ARE THEY!!? I HAVE TO EAT THESE POOP---!!! Rai: F**KING LET ME GO! WHAT IS THIS HEINOUS SHINKEN---I CAN'T HAVE SUCH OPPOSITION!? Rai: S*****T---- SFX: Pukapuka (Float float)
89. Rai: WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT!? Softon: POOPY----!!! (TN: Softon here says "Unchou", which is the softened cutesy version of "poop") Softon: POOPY POOPY POOPY POOPY Outfits: UN GIRLS (PO|POO GIRLS) Softon: LET'S GO---P - O - O - P - Y POOPY!! Softon: EDIBLE POOP!!!! Rai: GOBYABAAAAA Softon: WILL YOU EAT IT OR WILL IT EAT YOU?
90. Rai: FUGOGOGOGOGO... Softon: POOP IS THE GREATEST---!!! BABYLON SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: VERDICT OF POOP AFFECTION! Sue, Cheri & Ma: !! Voice 1: A TRAIN STOPPED! THAT STUPID RAI WAS DEFEATED!? Voice 2: WHAT SORT OF PERSON DID THAT!!?
91. Softon: THIS IS BAD! THIS TRAIN HAS ALREADY DESCENDED TO THE HALF-WAY POINT OF THE SPIRAL. EVEN THE DISTANCE OF THE RAILS HAS BECOME SHORTENED TO THE EXTENT OF HOW WE'VE ADVANCED TO BELOW... Softon: WHAT WE HAVE LEFT IS TWO MINUTES! Dengaku Man: AS EXPECTED OF POOP-DONO, HE'S DREAMY Softon: I LEAVE YOU WITH BEAUTY, ALL OF YOU----!!! Tennosuke: UOOOO Don Patch: This is your reward... Kamara: You seem like a guy who can do a bit, but that won't change all of your deaths. Caption: 3RD TRAIN: BO-BOBO VS. SHIRYUUEN KAMARA
92. Bo-bobo: I WILL DEFEAT YOU AND SAVE BEAUTY. Bo-bobo: UOOOOO Kamara: I don't know what you're going to do, but it's a futile thing. Kamara: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: INVINCIBLE ARMOR - 100 BEAST FANG!! (out loud) BE A HONEYCOMB!!
94.-95. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: ONIGAWARA BOMBER---!!! (TN: "Onigawara" is a stone oni placed on top of many Japanese buildings usually built akin to a gargoyle in Europe as means to catch and flow water towards a roof or the ground) Kamara: GAHA GOHA, HE SMASHED MY ARMOR...THE ONIGAWARA BOMBER? Bo-bobo: LET'S GO AT ONCE, KAMARA. THIS HERE IS YOUR FINAL STATION. Caption: SHINSETSU BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO; AFTER-TRAINING PERFECT-EDITION
TN: Why did this chapter feel so filled with stuff and yet the same time feel so empty and quick? I mean, this chapter had essentially another version of Softon's little "unko" bit similar to the one from the Usui fight, which then was brilliant and here...just felt rushed. I know it is all a matter of time considering the time limit with Kamara's forces riding down to a path of insanity, but that doesn't mean that everything just has to be rushed considering how so many other shonen stretch that sort of thing out. But hey, considering Sawai was probably on a time limit himself, with the series approaching rock bottom and the confidence of the magazine drifting away, so he just had no choice in the matter but speed things along in a way that just forced him to make even the time limits feel faster. Then again, this chapter did have a lot of weird but good moments, including a reference back to another series I did (yeah, I know there are a lot of people who hate G-chan but that series is just too weird to hate...once you get past some of the sick stuff) and...the otter chair...just...the otter chair. (I could see the Spanish Inquisition use that as a comfy chair any day) https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25161[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 57 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-03T20:44:31+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThough they finally reached one of the Three Daiou, Shiryuuen Kamara has revealed his mad nature and a Shinken that creates new animal-object mutations! But what horrifying battle method will he spring on Bo-bobo's team!?
Shinsetsu 57: Captured Sacrifices! The Deadly Spiral Doodlebug!!
61. Kamara: IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KILL ALL OF YOU ONCE OR TWICE; YOU'LL BE ANIMAL FEED WITHOUT LEAVING ONE BIT----!!!! Beauty: INTENSE ANGER...HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION HAS CHANGED!! SFX: Buroro... "Announcer": Next up--we're in front of Aichi University~~~ (TN: Not quite sure why "Aichi University" is mentioned here, but the university in itself is a private university whose main campus is in Aichi Prefecture with locations in Toyohashi, Higashi Ward of Nagoya and Miyoshi) Tennosuke: We're here, boy. Don Patch: YA--Y, I'LL PRESS THE BUTTON! Don Patch & Tennosuke: ! "Announcer": PINPO--N, WE HAVE STOPPED. Don Patch: KUKUKU... Don Patch: SHASHASHASHASHASHAAGYA---!! (I'LL PRESENT YOU WITH THE HIGHEST-GRADE OF PAIN AND KILL YOU) Tennosuke: INTENSE ANGER...YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSION HAS CHANGED, BOY!! Beauty: WHAT IS THIS MINI-TALE!!?
62. Bo-bobo: YOU'RE IN THE WAY!!! Don Patch: CAPOIERA!!! (TN: The word Don Patch screams out is an actual word, referring to the Afro-Brazillian martial arts style) Softon: WHAT? Softon: THAT'S...!! THE TRAINS ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING OUT! Beauty: WHAT THE---!! Don Patch: SO THEN HURRY, IF THE SHUTTER CUTS IT OFF Tennosuke: If gallent figures study the Hankyuu Kyouto Line---!! (TN: The "Hankyuu Kyouto Line" is the main train line of the Kansai area of Japan, run by the Hankyuu Company and connecting areas of Kansai to the main hubs in and around Kyouto) Beauty: RAILROAD MANIACS!? THAT'S DANGEROUS. Bo-bobo: BEAUTY Beauty: WHAT? Bo-bobo: I'm buying station bentou. (how many people?) (TN: Station bentou or "ekiben" is a notable type of boxed bentou lunch sold at various Japanese railroad stations. However, the tradition is slowly dying out due to the consistant increase in speed of the trains connecting the nation) Beauty: WE'RE BUYING THAT!! Kamara: KUKU...ALL OF YOU WILL BE TRANSPORTED TO A SPECIAL STAGE THAT'S AHEAD... SFX: KO---KO--- Kamara: IT'S A STAGE THAT'S CONCENTRATED ON A UNIQUE IDEA. WILL ONE SACRIFICE FROM AMONG ALL OF YOU EMERGE.
63. Bo-bobo: Here you go. Dengaku Man's Bib: SU (LONG LIFE) Dengaku Man: WHAAAT----!!!? Kamara: Snakin, lead out that one. Snakin: HEY NYORO Snakin: WELL--THEN, WHICH WILL IT BE, NYORORON Everyone: !! Snakin: THEY DECIDED ON YOU, NYORO!! Dengaku Man: GUWAAAA!!! Bo-bobo: GO--OD, GOOD SNAKE; YOU'RE A GOOD BOY! Snakin: ......... Tennosuke: Great, great. Don Patch: Here's a frog. Snakin: I'LL GET HER AFTER ALL!!! Beauty: KYA Bo-bobo: DAMN IT!! Beauty: KYAAAAA----- Dengaku Man: BO-BOBO, HELP!! Bo-bobo: BEAUTY---!!!! I'm fine with Dengaku but....BEAUTY---!!!
64. Beauty: ! Kamara: THE SACRIFICE IS HER Dengaku Man: SHE'S FAINTED; FIRM YOURSELF! Bo-bobo: THAT GUY---HOW DARE HE DO IT TO BEAUTY! I'LL KILL HIM!!! Softon: BEAUTY Bo-bobo: GUOOO, WHAT IS THIS SCAFFOLD!!? WE CAN'T ADVANCE AHEAD!! Kamara: These trains are all new animal lifeforms that were originated by me. Come out, Tanuxi-- Tanuxi: Yes. Tanuxi: The girl will be lead to the example station. Caption: TANUKI & TAXI (TN: Obvious pun, but just as a reminder: a tanuki is a type of wild "racoon dog", not a raccoon as typically thought of) Dengaku Man: WHAT IS HE? IT'S UNSOPHISTICATED Tanuxi: One meter: 680 yen. Dengaku Man: DID WE BRING MONEY? FURTHER, IT'S EXPENSIVE!!
65, Tanuxi: WELL, HERE WE GO---!! Dengaku Man: IT'S VIOLENTLY FAST Dengaku Man: BO-BOBO, IF THIS IS ABOUT BEAUTY, DON'T WORRY. I'LL PROPERLY GO AHEAD AND PROTECT HER!!! Bo-bobo: ...No, don't do any excess things since this will be fine. (Not a thing) Dengaku Man: COLD!! Softon: Bo-bobo, here's where you leave it to us and go save Beauty quickly!! Bo-bobo: YOU ALL! Pokomi: YAY! Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAA (Save us too) Kanji: Kin (TN: The "kin" here is obvious in reference to "kintama" or "testicles") Bo-bobo: UNDERSTOOD, LEAVE THIS TO ME--!! Kamara: There won't be a stopover. Kamara: ANIMAL MIX!! MARIMO + MINE RADAR!!! (TN: "Marimo" or "ball seaweed"/"Moss Balls" are Aegagropila linnaei, rare forms of algae that only grow in certain northern nations, including Japan)
66, Kamara: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN OUGI: CARRYING MARIMO (TN: It's sort of Don Patch: EEH!? THE MARIMO ARE THOSE ANIMALS!? Kamara: Your Hanage Shinken doesn't surpass just your nosehairs changing into expandable whips. Bo-bobo: OUT OF MY WAY----!! SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: SPRING'S DISORDERLY NOSEHAIR WHIRLWIND!!! Kamara: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: MARIMO-NET CURTAIN!!! Kamara: It's futile...look at your nosehairs. Bo-bobo: !! THAT'S...A LARGE QUANTITY OF MARIMO ARE COILED AROUND MY NOSEHAIRS!! Bo-bobo: UO! THEY'RE RAPIDLY CLIMBING IN...IF THEY DO IT AT THIS RATE, UOOOO--- Bo-bobo: IT WILL BECOME "THE WINTER SAPPORO GREAT MARIMO FESTIVAL"!!! (TN: Bo-bobo's "festival" is referring to a weird version of Sapporo's Snow Festival, held every February where massive snow statues go up in and around the major city of Hokkaido) Pokomi: I DON'T WANT THIS STUPIDLY-REACTED FESTIVAL!!! (TN: "Stupid reacted" is in reference to the expression "mossari", which is where the reaction to something is slow, dull or stupid)
67. Kamara: EXPLODE Bo-bobo: GYAAAAA Don Patch: AAAH---THE MARIMO FESTIVAL~~~~!! Kamara: That's a simple Shinken. Bo-bboo: GU Voice: Excellent! The opposition to his Animal Mix can only be for us to unite. Bo-bobo: ! Don Patch: SUMMON THE GOD, BOBOBA! Bo-bobo: PATCHGI! Bo-bobo: I SACRIFICE KANPYOU, NARIKIN AND ZETSUBOU-KUN... (TN: While "Zetsubou-kun" is obvious, the other two need a bit of explanation: -Kanpyou is the dried shavings of calabash gourd, usually used in Futomaki sushi rolls -Narikin refers is "Shinomiya Narikin", a type of pastry) Pokomi: DON'T SACRIFICE THOSE DECENT THINGS Bo-bobo: DESCEND, DESPARING SKULL HEAD DRAGOON!!! (TN: While obvious a silly reference to Yu-Gi-Oh by Kazuki Takahashi, the last bit sort of needs a bit of an explanation. In the series, the means to summon a "God" always involves sacrificing three monsters to bring forth such a powerful monster. And...yeah, "Boboba" obviously refers to Yugi's rival, Seto Kaiba and the "Despairing" is "Zetsubou") Kamara: GUOOOOOOO
68. Pokomi: AN AMAZING THING EMERGED---!! Kamara: They've entirely destroyed my Carrying Marimo! What was that ridiculous technique now? Is this Hanage Shinken too?... Softon: YOU'RE FULL OF OPENINGS Kamara: ! Softon: BABYLON SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: PASSIONATE CONTINENT OF JAMAICA!!! Softon: !! GUO Kamara: Kukuku, full of openings? Kamara: That isn't so. Caption: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: HEDGEHOG ARMOR "GYMNURA" (TN: A "gymnura" is in reference to Echinosorex gymnura, also known as a "moonrat", a white-furred member of the hedgehog family found in Borneo and parts of Southeast Asia) Don Patch: HIIIII~~~~SONIC THE HEDGEHOG~~~ (TN: Yeah, he's obviously referring to the famous Sega video game character Sonic the Hedgehog who originally appeared in 1991 on the famous Genesis game)
69. Bo-bobo: HEDGEHOG ARMOR... Kamara: Kukuku, whose next? Tennosuke's Caption: DEAD Bo-bobo: NEXT, TENNOSUKE WILL BE YOUR OPPONENT---!!! Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, I'VE BEEN EXPOSED AFTER ALL!!! Hatenko: That idiot, he can't do anything either. Don Patch: NO, LOOK CLOSELY! HIS STATE IS DIFFERENT FROM ALWAYS! THAT'S...THAT POSTURE...... Pokomi: IT'S MERELY THE COMPLETE SURRENDER POSE OF A DOG! Kamara: A jelly-shaped creature? It seems filled with moisture. Kamara: I'LL GIVE HIM A GOOD THING!!! Tennosuke: GOPAMA!!
70. Tennosuke: GUWAAAA, MY BODY IS MELTING---!!! Caption: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: PENGUIN + DRY ICE Kamara: If you put dry ice into water, then does the water spout out? Bo-bobo: TENNOSUKE---!! Softon: THIS GUY, HE SOUNDLY CREATES MIX CREATURES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE ON OUR SHINKEN AND ATTRIBUTES! HE'S STRONG!! Bo-bobo: THIS IS THE TRUE POWER OF A THREE DAIOU! Kamara: With this, it would be a good point to even kill you, but I won't kill you yet. Kamara: WE SEEMED TO HAVE ARRIVED. Kamara: OVER THERE IS THE PLACE THAT WILL BECOME ALL OF YOUR GRAVES. Bo-bobo: WHAT!? Kamara: YOUR ALLIES HAVE BEEN WAITING IMPATIENTLY AS WELL: THE DEATH STAGE...
71.-72. Kamara: THE DEATH COASTER "SPIRAL DOODLEBUG"!!!! (TN: A "doodlebug" is another name for the larva of an ant-lion, notable for their trapping pits to capture their meals of ants. In Japanese, it is known as "arijigoku" or "Ant Hell")
73. Bo-bobo: WHAT IS HERE!? Bo-bobo: UOOOO--AMAZING SIDE-Gs SEEM TO BE SHAKING US OFF---!! Don Patch: WHAT! I ABSOLUTELY CAN'T BE SHAKEN OFF. IT'S MY DREAM PERFORMANCE AUDITION; I'LL ENDURE ANY TRIAL. Sign: LITTLE SISTER HEROINE GIRL AUDITION Pokomi: WHAT IS THIS AUDITION!? Don Patch: GYAA Sign: WIND-AND-LIGHTING TRIAL Bo-bobo: N Bo-bobo: LOOK BELOW! SOMETHING IS THERE Bo-bobo: THAT'S...
74. Bo-bobo: BEAUTY!! (And Dengaku behind her...) Dengaku Man: HELP!! HELP!! Bo-bobo: KU...YOU, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO BEAUTY!? Kamara: HA HA HA, SHE'S BECOME A SACRIFICE Kamara: I'LL TELL YOU: THIS IS THE SPECIAL RULE OF THIS "SPIRAL DOODLEBUG"!!
75. Kamara: This stage is a specially-installed stage in the shape of an earthenware mortar. All of the slopes has been split into train rails that is five track segments. These five trains, which each differs in speed, will go down at fierce speed while drawing a spiral that aims for the lowest stratum, which is the goal point. The arrival time until they're at the goal point is about 5 minutes. All of you must stop all five trains until then. (TN: "Earthenware mortar" is "Suribachi", a Japanese-style mortar and pestle glazed on the outside but not on the inside. Usually this is used for grinding spices for Japanese cuisine) Caption: Goal Point Kamara: If you're not in time with even one of them, it will strike the sacrifice in the lowest stratum and your allies will die. Everyone: WHAT'S THAT---!!!!
76. Bo-bobo: KU, ALL FIVE TRAINS!? WHAT A DIRTY ARRANGEMENT Kamara: At most, this will be frantic... Kamara: ALL OF YOU WILL BE KILLED ON THE BASIS OF DESPAIR WITHOUT LEAVING ONE!!! Bo-bobo: WE CAN'T SHOW SOFTNESS. YOU WILL BE DEFEATED AND WE WILL SAVE BEAUTY!!! Don Patch: AAH!! FATHER'S WIG!! Tennosuke: GUOOOO, I'M EVAPORATING--!! I'M EVAPORATING---!!! Dengaku Man: HELP---HELP ME---!!! Pokomi: ...Quite suspenseful...
TN: The chapter wasn't too bad this time around but for the most part it just felt like it was trying to further prove the point from the previous chapter while setting up Kamara's train battle arena. I mean, we sort of got the point of his genius and the ability of defying all of Bo-bobo's team's powers with his bizarre Animal Mixes last time....though it was cool seeing the Marimo festival...and Tennosuke just start randomly melting due to the penguin dry-ice stuck in him. As for the battle structure...well, I sort of don't get the whole concept of villains who rather make the hero suffer instead of killing them outright. Sure it ends up creating psychological victory for the villain but if you just don't kill them from the start, then it's more about self satisfaction than it is about killing someone. I guess in a way it feels more like a James Bond scenario than any real matter...though there are not really as many "James Bond" death traps as many people think there are so it's really hard to say that. So...maybe we should just watch Tennosuke melt instead...or just random sacrifice Dengaku Man.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/25135[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 56 by StrangerAtaru2010-10-03T02:07:10+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith a song in her heart, Pokomi has finished off Gura-san and brought an end to the Black Gambling Cavalry! But unfortunately, their boss awaits...and while he may seem like a patient man...he wants at those who did so!
Shinsetsu 56: Enter the Three Daiou's Shiryuuen Kamara!!
43. Hiiragi: Have you seen the Bo-bobo anime? Jati: They made an anime of that?
44. Beauty: SKULL BLACK COURTROOM IS CRUMBLING! A MAJOR VICTORY FOR POKOMI-CHAN!!! Don Patch: Well, we fought in there too but Tennosuke: Really. Caption: Review Meeting (TN: "Review Meeting" is "Hanseikai", which is a meeting to review past activities, particularly for a club) Beauty: I...I'M SORRY... Shinken User 1: YES---THEY DEFEATED GURA-SAN Shinken User 2: WITH THIS, WE'RE FREE----!! String Man: Yes-- Paper Man: Yes-- Captions: String Man | Paper Man Beauty: THEY HAD YOU TWO!! (You're super-minor characters) Bo-bobo: GENTLEMEN SHINKEN USERS WHO WERE CAPTURED. ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN LIBERATED FROM HERE BY US!!!
45. Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: Well it's a GRAND OPENING! GRAND OPENING! GRAND OPENING of our 6th establishment with all machines through today! Everyone in line for one sample! Sign: PATCH PATCH PACHINKO Beauty: WELL THIS IS A PACHINKO GRAND OPENING!! Dengaku Man: I REGRET THIS... Beauty: DEN-CHAN!! Shinken User 1: WE'RE SORRY, ALL OF YOU... Shinken User 2: THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT WERE INJURED BY THEIR UNREASONABLE MANUAL LABOR...SOMEHOW THERE ARE THOSE WHO CAN'T GET THEIR WOUNDS TREATED... Bo-bobo: OK OK! THEN STEP INTO THESE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS! "Supporters": Uuuh~~uuuh~~ Beauty: THAT'S A SCENE OF SUPER-CARNAGE!! THEY'LL INCREASINGLY DIE! (TN: This "scene of carnage" and the 'life support devices' are in reference to an incident in Yudetamago's "Kinnikuman", particularly the Gold Mask arc. During this arc, most of the non-fighting Choujin are trapped inside "life-support bubbles" created by the Silver Mask to prevent them from having their powers taken by the mysterious protectors of the Gold Mask. By the end of the arc, the same bubbles are teleported underneath the fighting arena where they support Suguru's final showdown with the leader of the evil forces, Akuma Shogun, where they ultimately break and must be kept up by the Choujin inside themselves until the final battle was over or they all died beneath the battle. Strangely though Don Patch and Tennosuke are subsequently Buffaloman and Kinnikuman...sure both were in the arc but never fought each other during this scenario due to becoming allies) Bo-bobo: KU...THE NUMBERS OF THOSE WHO WERE CAPTURED ARE TOO MANY. WE CAN'T LOOK AFTER ALL OF THEM. Gunkan: Leave it to us here and go on ahead. Bo-bobo: ! Bo-bobo: YOU'RE SUZU...AND STRANGE-BEARED HAYASHIMARU DAMEZOU! (TN: Bo-bobo's name for Gunkan, "Hayashimaru Damezou" has a weird connection to Gunkan...in a way. First, the "hayashi" is the verb of "hayamu", which is "to grow a beard" while the "maru" is usually an ending used for a male warrior. On the other hand, while "Dame" is "no good", the "zou" ending in this case stands for owning; thus his name for Gunkan is an insult that essentially stands for "holder of no-good who grows a beard") Gunkan: It's Gunkan. Gunkan: BO-BOBO...THE SHINKEN USERS WHO'VE BEEN CAPTURED AREN'T JUST US! GO AND SAVE WITH YOUR POWER THE SHINKEN USERS WHO ARE AHEAD OF HERE.
46. Bo-bobo: GET TO WORK QUICKLY----!!! Gunkan: GYABO---!! Beauty: HE'S A DEMON! Don Patch: WELL WE WANT THE SMALL FRY SHINKEN USERS TO BE GRATEFUL TO US. Tennosuke: RIGHT, RIGHT. Giga: I'll absolutely kill them... Gura-san: YOU DUMMIES... Gura-san: THERE ISN'T EVEN A TEN-THOUSAND TO ONE CHANCE OF VICTORY FOR ALL OF YOU AHEAD...OUR BOSS KAMARA-SAMA WILL BITE YOU TO DEATH AND YOU'LL DIE. Bo-bobo & Don Patch: YOU, WON'T IMPUTENT TALK... Don Patch: GET YOU BEAT UP, HEY!!! Bo-bobo: GROUP OF COINS, GROUP OF COINS, GROUP OF COINS Gura-san: GYAAAAAAAAAAAA Beauty: WAAAA, WHAT A DANGEROUS THING!!! Dengaku Man: DORYAAAA, THIS IS MY ANGER: DENGAKU SLASH! DENGAKU KAISER! Beauty: Den-chan...you haven't changed from a year ago. Fight together with us again. Lend us the Den-chan power. Don Patch: COME! YOU'RE AN ALLY.
47. Dengaku Man: I HAVE TWO CONDITIONS: first, 500 kg of gold bullion; and then, write a report that's 10 pages on a blank form of 800 characters on "Why Dengaku Man is just that important" and submitted one a piece. I will go along with you only at the moment they're handed down by your good faiths. (TN: The part regarding "blank form of 800 characters" refers to the line "youshi 800 jidzu"; "youshi" is the "blank form", while "jidzu" is the Japanese word for a number of characters, thus the "800 characters" part) Beauty: THAT'S SHAMELESS!!! ALREADY HE'S MADE IMPUDENT PROPOSALS THAT EXTREMELY CAN'T BE UNDERSTOOD. Bo-bobo: WELL, YOU'RE NOT IN. Dengaku Man: !! Bo-bobo: Then, we're going to Kamara's place. Dengaku Man: A lie, a lie, it was a lie now. Tennosuke, Softon & Hanpen: OK---LET'S GO... Tennosuke: THE FASTEST MACHINE #NU ZR MODIFIED Hanpen: HANPEN JET Softon: THE BABYLON #33 WITH CUSTOM PARTS ATTACHED Beauty: JUST WEIRD THINGS APPEARED AGAIN!! Dengaku Man: Hold on a moment, Bo-bobo. Bo-bobo: Al--right, which will it be... Gaou: Unsightly. We have enough mascot characters. Dengaku Man: EH? Dengaku Man: THE KOALA GUY!!! Dengaku Man: IT'S...IT'S YOU...... Dengaku Man: YOU ALTOGETHER SNATCHED AWAY MY PIONEERING CUTE-TYPE SEAT---!!! Gaou: SHALL WE DO IT? Bo-bobo: Let's use this. Tennosuke & Hanpen: You're kidding, we lost to poop again.
48. Dengaku Man: EXCELLENT, KOALA GUY! WHICH IS CUTER THAN THE OTHER... Dengaku Man: CUTE MASCOT BATTLE!!! (out loud) NORARA~~~ Gaou: Mi--mi-- Dengaku Man: SO, IT'LL BE FINE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE WITH WHOEVER YOU THINK IS CUTER, ME OR THIS KOALA GUY, BO-BOBO!! Dengaku Man: UOOOOOOO, HOLD ON, HEEEY---!!! Caption: Pioneering Cute-Type Dengaku Man is added to the allies. Beauty: HE'S CHASING AFTER US WITH THE APPEARANCE OF A DEMON----!!! Narrator: 30 minutes later from then. Dengaku Man: UOOOOOO Softon: Where we're facing from here is "Neo-Ikebukuro Station": a giant station that is linked to all of the Neo-Maruhage Empire. Beauty: A STATION? Softon: There is the fortress base of of the Three Daiou's Shiryuuen Kamara.
49. Softon: BECAUSE OF KAMARA POSSESSING A MIGHTY INFLUENCE, HE OPERATES ALL OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC ROUTES IN THE NEO-MARUHAGE. IF WE CAN TAKE DOWN THIS IMPORTANT TRAFFIC POSITION, THEN WE CAN WEAKEN THE AIM OF THE SHINKEN-HUNT, WHICH IS THE AMBITION OF THE 3RD. Softon: But Shiryuuen Kamara is one of the Three Daiou who governs the IXEX. His status is different for certain to the opponents up to now. Don Patch: HE TRULY IS DIFFERENT IN STATUS!! Don Patch: Yo. Ha. Beauty: YOU SERIOUSLY WEREN'T LISTENING. WEREN'T YOU PLAYING THE WII? (TN: Remember: the Nintendo Wii had just been released around this point in 2006/7 and was a notable and popular game system) Don Patch: WEE-- (TN: I think Don Patch just became notable and famous wrestler Hulk Hogan (born Terry Gene Bollea), but don't quote me on this) Beauty: ...What is this: I have a bad uneasiness. Caption: 10 minutes later. Bo-bobo: WE'VE ARRIVED: NEO-IKEBUKURO STATION Bo-bobo: OUR FIRST BOSS BATTLE OF THE 23-WARDS: LET'S GO AND PUT FIGHTING SPIRIT INTO THIS---!! Tennosuke's Barrel: Prayer for Certain Victory Bo-bobo: NOW START THE BATTLE!!! Tennosuke: OTTO
50.-51. Bo-bobo: IF WE'RE AT A STATION, THEN WE SHOULD BE OPTIMISTIC IN BEING EXAM STUDENTS WHO BARELY ARE AT THE EXAM. HERE WE'LL SNEAK IN WITH KYOURYOKU OUGI: GRINDING BREAKTHROUGH!! Bo-bobo: UOOOOOOOO Hair Hunter: WHAT IS THAT----!!!? Bo-bobo: UOOOOOO; BE CAREFUL IN FORGETTING TO TAKE YOUR TICKET Bo-bobo: DON'T GET EXPOSED, DON'T GET EXPOSED. Hair Hunters: GYAAAAA Beauty: THIS HASN'T BECOME ONE BIT OF AN INFILTRATION!! Bo-bobo: I SEE OUR BOARDING AREA WE CAN GO FROM HERE TO HOME Sign: 3RD LINE Everyone: !
52. Bo-bobo: IS THAT "SHIRYUUEN KAMARA"? SFX: Niko niko SFX: Gokuri Don Patch: HE LIKES ANIMALS? HEY, THAT GUY LIKES ANIMALS? Hatenko: HE'S ALONE...IN THAT CASE, HE'LL BE DONE IN BY ME. Bo-bobo: HOLD ON, HATENKO Kamara: Come out, Gapal. Hatenko: A giant tortoise...is he going to defend with that shell? That's useless! My keys go through everything!
53. Hatenko: GO THROUGH: KAGI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: TIME LOCK!!!! Hatenko: WHAT!!? Hatenko: KU Hatenko: HE GOUGED OUT MY KEY! Hatenko: What's going on? I should have stopped the movement of the turtle.
54. Kamara: I saw that your Kagi Shinken is a technique that demonstrates an effect only when inserted into an actual living thing. Therefore, it's best if I stopped you with an inorganic being. Kamara: Look closely at the tortoise you attacked. Hatenko: WHAT!? Kamara: ANIMAL MIX: GIANT GALAPAGOS TORTOISE AND ELECTRIC FAN Hatenko: HUH...WHAT IS THAT TORTOISE!? Bo-bobo: THAT'S HIS SHINKEN? Don Patch: COOL--- Kamara: That is a new life-form that fuses living beings and inorganic substances. Kamara: Not one of your Shinken have an effect on this. Beauty: A LARGE QUANTITY OF FIGURES?
55. Kamara: I SHALL SHOW YOU THE EVIDENCE Kamara: ANIMAL MIX!! Panther: GYUOOOO Kamara: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN OUGI: PANTHER JET
56. Hatenko: ! Kamara: The ultimate weakness of Kagi Shinken is that it's techniques can only be used in close combat; if I fight at a distance, then it's fragile. Hatenko: DAM... Kamara: ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BLACK FANG!!!! Hatenko: GUWAAAAAAA
57. Don Patch: HATENKO---!! Bo-bobo: WE'LL SAVE YOU NOW, HATENKO. Tennosuke: MEEEEEEEE---!!? Tennosuke: I'VE BEEN STRUCK BY A PENGUIN!! Bo-bobo: He saw through with a swift attack the weakness of Kagi Shinken...he's strong! (And that penguin after it...) Kamara: My Black Gambling Cavalry has been defeated by you... Kamara: That really was outside my plans... Kamara: KUKU...KUKUKU...
58. Kamara: IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KILL YOU!!! IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KILL ALL OF YOU ONCE OR TWICE----!!!
59. Bo-bobo: GUO Beauty: KYAAAAAAA Kamara: I'M COMING AFTER ALL OF YOU COLLECTIVELY. YOU'LL BE ANIMAL FEED WITHOUT LEAVING ONE BIT! Bo-bobo: SHIRYUUEN KAMARA: YOU WILL BE DEFEATED BY MY NOSEHAIRS. Don Patch: ARE YOU ALRIGHT? Hatenko: OYABIN! Tennosuke: I'll show that I'm dead... Dengaku Man: THIS BATTLE...WILL REVOLVE AROUND MY "VISION"!! Caption: To Be Continued
TN: Well...I was sort of dreading this but we've finally reached...this fight. The longest fight in Shinsetsu. (not longer than OVER or Bi-bibi but it could feel like it) Honestly I sort of dreaded getting to Kamara because of how we're entering the really long and tedious point...but that may or may not emerge this time. I do have to say though one thing: maybe the fight won't be as bad as I feared. I mean, considering how he defeated and analyzed Kagi Shinken in a heartbeat (and hit away Tennosuke with...wait, anyone can hit Tennosuke away) was a creepy but cool thing. Heck, considering how Kagi Shinken for the most part was unstoppable (though Hatenko does use keys as projectiles...remember how he defeated Wan Ronga by throwing a million keys at him at once?), having someone take it apart and destroy it with a tortoise shows their power. Meanwhile, while I'm a tad dissapointed we really won't get any further Gunkan in this arc (aside from...the ending), seeing him and Suzu given the responsibility of the care of the prisoners does show that there is still a bit of respect from him...well on Sawai's part. (Bo-bobo...well he just doesn't care anymore but he never did...though he still likes Suzu) And as for Dengaku Man and Gaou...well, sadly, this is Gaou's final notable scene in this chapter. And such a shame too: a cute koala with such potential and drive to go beyond the white-creature/dog at the start of Shinsetsu has been reduced to...well, this. I guess in the end Sawai just wanted to stick with what people liked and what worked...but even with Gaou gone for the most part (outside that koala-looking thing in BG shots), we should remember the good parts. (like his insane flashback Bo-bobo and Don Patch ruined...and his epicness in the Shinsetsu Bobopatch chapter)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24995[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 55 by StrangerAtaru2010-09-26T15:46:56+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comGetting into the bowels of a nightmare, Pokomi has blasted the true hell of Gura-san, undoing his main judgement power! But now it's time for her and her fellow "magical girls" (!?) to sing a little closing number for the judge!
Shinsetsu 55: Pokomi's Song
26. Pokomi: I've destroyed your Chouougi----!!! Gura-san: GUAAAAAA Gura-san: STUPID...THOSE BRATS. THEY'VE DESTROYED MY HELL JUDGEMENT. Don Patch: NEXT IT'S OUR TURN!! TAKE THIS: HAJIKE-RYUU CHOUOUGI: HELL JUDGEMENT HELL JUDGEMENT HELL JUDGEMENT... Don Patch: COMING BACK FROM SAIPAN!!!! (Noo--that was a great sea...) (TN: This is one really silly pun: "Jigoku Saiban" which is "Hell Judgement" is changed by Don Patch simply into "Kikoku Saipan" with a few letter changes, changing from "Hell Judgement to "Coming Back from Saipan". Saipan, BTW, is the northernmost island of the US Marinas Islands) Sign: Japan | Saipan Beauty: THAT'S A TECHNIQUE!!!? ISN'T THAT MERELY VACATION!!!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: SOUVENIERS OF AN EVERLASTING SUMMER GREAT WHIRLWIND!!! Victori & Katsuodani: GUBAAAAAA Beauty: WHERE WERE THOSE SOUVENIERS THERE!? Gura-san: YOU S**TS!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAA Pokomi: It's futile...your techniques that have been weakened in power can't judge us anymore. Beauty: WELL THOSE TWO ARE DEATHLY AS USUAL.
27. Gura-san: HAA...HAA...F**KING BRAT~~~ Pokomi: EHE! LET'S GO FINISH THIS----LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI... Pokomi: MAGIC ANIME SONG: THE SONG PRINCESS!!! Caption: RISING-AND-FALLING PRETTY SOLDIERS SINKING GIRLS Bottom Caption: Lyrics: TAKEDA SHINGEN Music: MOURI MOTONARI (TN: Both of the "writers" of this song are notable people of the Sengoku Period: -Takeda Shingen was a daimyou of the Kai Province (in modern Yamanashi Prefecture) who was considered one of the great allies and forces against the uniting forces of Japan, including Tokugawa Ieyasu and Oda Nobunaga -Mouri Motonari was a ruler of western Chugoku who ulimately conquered the entire region in his lifetime) Song: WOWWOW WOWWOW Gura-san: WHAT THE!!? Beauty: THE WORLD HAS CHANGED! Bo-bobo: AN AREA-CONTROLLING-TYPE OF CHOUOUGI Pokomi: THIS HERE IS POKOMI'S WITCH-GIRL THEME SONG WORLD! IT'S AN OUGI WHERE YOU'LL FACE AN OPENING SONG SUNG BY POKOMI AND WE GO ALL THE WAY! Song: WOWWOW Pokomi: SO LET'S GET THIS STARTED! IT'S THE MAGICAL NEW PROGRAM: RISING-AND-FALLING PRETTY SOLDIERS SINKING GIRLS! Song: WOWWOW
28. Pokomi: (singing) EVERYONE--GOOD MORNING, NICE TO MEET YOU! WE ARE---WE ARE--- Gura-san: What's going on? Has she started the song? Pokomi: (singing) THE DREAMING TOMBOY TRIO Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: BUBERA! Beauty: THE HEAD OF THE NETWORK HAS SUDDENLY REJECTED IT!! Pokomi: (singing) WE DO THINGS A WEE-BIT CLUMSY BUT---- Computer Caption: BIG SLUMP: DEBT: 7 BILLION Don Patch's Book: STOCKS Beauty: THAT ISN'T THE LEVEL FOR CLUMSY!! Pokomi: (singing) ENDING UP RESOLVING WITH MAGICAL IDEAS! Victori & Katsuodani: GYAAAAAA Beauty: A BANK ROBBERY!!? THAT WON'T RESOLVE ANYTHING!! Beauty: BUT IT'S AMAZING. THE CONTENTS OF THE SONG ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR ATTACKS LIKE THIS! Pokomi, Don Patch & Tennosuke: WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW Pokomi: (singing) WE'LL GIVE YOU OUR EXTRAORDINARY SMILING FACES! Beauty: SCARY!!! WHAT ARE THOSE DARK SMILES!! DON'T WANT THEM
29. Don Patch & Tennosuke: WOW WOW WOW WOW Pokomi: ALL OF YOU WHO AREN'T COURAGEOUS......... Pokomi: WILL BE GIVEN A SOFT PUSHING Don Patch & Tennosuke: DOSUKOI DOSUKOI DOSUKOI DOSUKOI Gura-san: GUWAAAAAA, WHAT IS THIS!!? WHAT IS THIIIS!!? Pokomi: (singing) YOU AREN'T ALONE ANYMORE! Pokomi: (singing) IF YOU DESTROY THAT SHELL OF COWARDICE Pokomi: (singing) THE WORLD WILL, LOOK...! Pokomi: (singing) BE A DREAM MAGICAL WONDERLAND! Beauty: THOSE LYRICS HAVE THAT SORT OF MEANING!!? THIS SONG IS DANGEROUS!
30. Don Patch: WOW WOW WOW WOW Victori Fighter: GYAAAA Gura-san: YOU'RE MOCKING ME, S**T--- Gura-san: GRUDGE CANNON!!! Pokomi: (singing) ANY DIFFICULTY STANDING IN OUR WAY-- Tennosuke: WITH LOVE Tennosuke: AND DREAMS Tennosuke: AND THE POWER OF WISHES Pokomi: (singing) WE'LL GO AND CLIMB OVER IT, I'M CERTAIN! Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: GYAAAAAAAAAA Beauty: MILITARY SUPPRESION USING MONEY!!? THAT ISN'T LOVE, DREAMS OR WISHES----!!!
31. Victori Fighter: GUBAA...HOW LONG IS THIS F**KING SONG GOING TO CONTINUE? Katsuodani Fumio: IT ISN'T A JOKE. Don Patch: WOW WOW WOW Pokomi: I AM, I AM! Tennosuke: WOW WOW WOW Pokomi: (singing) MY WORTH IN JUST VITALITY---! (out loud) POKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKOPOKO (TN: As I explained back in her first true battle, Pokomi uses "pokopoko" for the sound of a hammer, and I keep it like that for the cuteness alliteration aspect) Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: GYAAAAAAAAAAA Beauty: IT'S A DEMONIC SONG... Pokomi: YES! MY FEELING IS A TUNDRA CLIMATE---! Gura-san: I'M FREEZING---!! Pokomi: YES! MY FEELING IS HATOSABURE! (TN: "Hatosabure" is a dove-shaped cookie ["hato" = "dove"] that is a popular and notable snack of Kamakura) Gura-san & Katsuodani: WHAT IS THIIIS!? Beauty: THE MEANING IS UNKNOWN TO THESE LYRICS!! Pokomi: (singing) OUR EXCESS KINDNESS AND COURAGE TIMES 100--- (out loud) LET'S GO--- Gura-san: ! Pokomi: (singing) THE LIGHT OF MAGIC ENGULFS US IN KINDNESS! Gura-san: WHAT!?
32. Pokomi: WELL NOW THE TIME TO CHANGE! MAGICAL SOLDIERS OF LOVE AND JUSTICE---! Gura-san: GYAA Katsuodani Fumio: GUBA Beauty: AMAZING! THEY'RE TRANSFORMING FURTHER HERE Pokomi: "RISING-AND-FALLING PRETTY SOLDIERS SINKING GIRLS" Birds (right-to-left): Red-flanked Bluetail | Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher | Goldcrest (TN: All three "birds" here are all indigenous to Japan. A bit about them: -The "Red-flanked Bluetail" (Ruribitaki; Tarsiger cyanurus) is a thrush-family member considered a flycatcher; it is prominent in Japan and starting to increase its' migratory range in recent years to the edge of Europe and even western North America -The "Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (Sankouchou; Terpsiphone atrocaudata) is a migatory bird that lives in evergreen broadleaf forests. It's song is notable in Japanese as being interpreted by them as the saying "Moon-Sun-Stars". -The "Goldcrest" (Kikuitadachi; Regulus regulus) is a member of the kinglet family and has a range across the Eurasian continent.) Beauty: THEY'RE BIRDS!!!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: WOW WOW WOW WOW Pokomi: EHE! LET'S GO WITH ALL OUR STRENGTH--- Gura-san: WHAT!?
33. Pokomi: BLESSED HAPPY MAGIC! TAKE OCHAZUKE WITH BLACK COFFEE AND DRINK IT---! (TN: As mentioned through another "notable character", "Ochazuke" is a dish pouring tea over rice; though in this case...who knows what will happen if you make ochazuke with...coffee) Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: YUUUUUUCK!! WE WON'T BE BLESSED ONE BIT---!! Pokomi: BLESSED HAPPY MAGIC! TROUBLEMAKER IN THE FAIR-SKIN BOOM Gura-san: Guwaaaaaa: hot, hot, let go stupid----!! Pokomi: BLESSED HAPPY MAGIC! I'M...IN THE MIDST OF ADULTERY CURRENTLY! Don Patch: AND WHILE HAVING A WOMAN LIKE ME Gura-san: BUBA!! Beauty: NO, THAT ISN'T MAGIC!! THAT'S MERELY A SCENE OF CARNAGE!!!
34. Pokomi: (singing) THOSE PLAYFUL SINKING GIRLS! OUR NAMES...OUR NAMES... Pokomi: (singing) ARE CARVED INTO HISTORY---! Beauty: WAAAAAAAA!! Pokomi: CHIN Pokomi: SINKS IT Pokomi: CHIN Pokomi: SINKS IT (TN: Following along from the pun from a few weeks ago, the character "Chin" returns this time tied to the whole aspect of "Chinbotsu", which is Japanese for "Sinking". Since it made no sense to just go "Sink--Ing" without refering back to Chin, I just translated it into "Chin Sinks It" to allow for both meanings) Pokomi, Don Patch & Tennosuke: PRETTY SOLDIERS SINKING GIRLS BANZAI----! YAY-----! Caption: PRODUCER: BOEI ANIMATION (TN: "Boei Animation" is in reference to "Toei Animation", the animation company that made a lot of notable magical girl shows...and which was also used in parody before with Bo-bobo due to Toei making their anime as well) Gura-san, Victori & Katsuodani: GUWAAAAAA Beauty: THEY ENDED IT HEROICLY!!!! WHAT A WITCH-GIRL SONG!!!!
35. Gura-san: GAHA Pokomi: CHACHACHAN! Gura-san: HAAHAA...GU...I...THIS...THIS LITTLE GIIIRL~~~~ Pokomi: HAVE YOU UNDERSTOOD EVEN A BIT THE PAIN OF THE PEOPLE YOU'VE MURDERED UP TO NOW? Tennosuke: ...But this isn't over yet! KYOURYOKU OUGI: TENPATCH MAGICAL STICK~~!! Pokomi: OPEN! Gura-san: !? STUPID...DID THEY OPEN A GATE TO THE REAL HELL!? Pokomi: FOR YOUR CRIME OF DECEIVING PEOPLE AND PLAYING WITH LIVES, NOW IT'S YOUR TURN TO BE JUDGED!! Gura-san: ST...STOP-----
36.-37. Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: MAGICAL HYAKKI YAKKOU! (TN: A "Hyakki Yakkou" is a folk belief of a hundred supernatural creatures making a progression at night; whoever sees this progression, unless protected by a Buddhist sutra, will die) Gura-san: GUBAWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! (WHAT ARE THESE CREATUUUURES) Gura-san: GABA (She...she's strong...) Beauty: AH! WE'VE RETURNED TO THE NORMAL WORLD Caption: BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY LEADER GURA-SAN: CRUSHED Pokomi: WHAT I OPENED WASN'T A GATE TO HELL, IT WAS A GATE TO THE MAGICAL WORLD! YOU SHOULD REFLECT A BIT WITH THAT! Don Patch: "Sinking Girls" is brought to you sponsored by these watching sponsors. Caption: SPONSORS SHUEISHA TOKOROTEN HANDKERCHIEF FACTORY Beauty: ARE YOU STILL DOING THAT!? YOU'RE PRECISE WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE. Beauty: YOU WERE AMAZING, POKOMI-CHAN; YOU WERE STRONG UP TO HERE Dengaku Man: Well, well, that was talent. Beauty: WHO ARE YOU!? Bo-bobo: NEXT IS FINALLY ONE OF THE NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: SHIRYUUEN KAMARA!!
38. Porstroi: IT'S A LIE...THEY'VE DEFEATED EVEN THAT GURA-SAN? THE BLACK GAMBLERS HAVE BEEN ANNIHILATED? Hiiragi: HIS SUBORDINATES HAVE BEEN ANNIHIATED...WITH THIS, THEY MAY BE GETTING CLOSE TO EVEN THE POSITION OF KAMARA-SAN. Hiiragi: Por! Look at the state of Namerou. While you're at it, tell this info to Jobus. Hiiragi's Back: IN MY LIFE, THE ESSENTIAL POINT IS LAUGHTER. Porstroi: YES, LEADER SFX: BOSHU Jati: You're naive too. A person who can't be used has to be killed quickly and yet Hiiragi: Jati. Hiiragi: If Kamara is defeated with this, then the power-chart of the Neo-Maruhage will greatly slant. Hiiragi: IF EVEN ONE OF THE 3-POWER BALANCE THAT HAS ANTAGONIZED BLACK, BLUE AND WHITE CRUMBLES, THEN THERE WILL BE A DISPUTE IN THE OPENED HEGEMONY AND A CONFLICT WILL OCCUR. WE SHOULD HIDE OURSELVES UNTIL THAT TIME.
39. Hiiragi: WELL, THAT BO-BOBO I'VE WATCHED UP TO HERE. I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE THAT HE CAN WIN AGAINST KAMARA BUT Hiiragi: Well, what's impending I must worry about. About "those three". Jobus: ......... Jobus: I'm completely astonished. You're already a different person in a short number of months. Jobus: Your physical body, which had stopped up to now due to the release of your power seal, has started to grow...You correctly are a pure-blooded emperor... Jobus: TSURULINA THE 5TH NAMEROU-SAMA. WITH THIS, AT ANY RATE, YOU WILL BE KING OF THE EMPIRE. Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: YONONAKA NAMEROU Babuu: MAGNIFICENT...YOU'RE A MAGNIFICENT MAN. AWLL OF MY WESEARCH DATA HASH BEEN INJECTED INTO YOU.
40. Babuu: HURRY AND AWAKEN, B - B. AT THAT TIME, THE WORLD WILL PROSTRATE ITSELF TO YOU, KUKUKU... Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: B - B Caption: Neo-Toshima Ward | NEO-IKEBUKURO STATION (TN: Ikebukuro Station is a major train station in Tokyo, second in the world after Shinjuku Station, also in Tokyo) Kamara: WHAT AN ERROR, LOSING THE BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY; WHAT SHOULD I REPORT TO KING 3RD?
41. Leopard: Kuu~~n Kamara: Ooh, are all of you worried... Kamara: I'll be fine, be calm. This will end when we present the killing of Bo-bobo and the others. Kamara: KUKUKU... Kamara: KUKU... Kamara: KU---KUKUKUKUKUKU, HE'LL SINK WHEN HE FACES THIS "ANIMAL MIX SHINKEN", WHICH IS BOASTED AS INVINCIBLE!!! (TN: This literally is "Animal Mix Shinken", so there is nothing really to show off) Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU: SHIRYUUEN KAMARA Hair Hunters: HIIIIIII Narrator: At that moment, in Neo-Nerima Ward "Voice": This is the 23-Wards. Can I catch up with them.........!?
TN: With all that I've complained and griped about with the proper battle between Pokomi and Gura-san, this probably is the best chapter of the entire fight (maybe you could say the first with Giga and Gunkan and Suzu...but that was before the fight). That's mostly because...it's a weird but effective follow-up/homage to a classic magical girl's opening...and just gave me off a weird Denbo vibe with how it was done. Of course, with Denbo's song being animated with an audio track, we'll never really know how the "Sinking Girls" theme would ever be in real life, but at least the lyrics are sort of catchy...and we get all sorts of randomness and violence alongside it! My guess is this: if you've seen any opening to a magical girl show, you probably could expect what it would sound like...but Sawai is probably the only one who knows properly. As for the building plot...honestly all the stuff with Hiiragi just makes me wonder what exactly his true plan was if he had more time at it. Sadly with Bo-bobo starting to enter the final phases (there are three more official fights left...plus one but that one we'll get to), it probably ended up slightly abridged, but seeing Hiiragi's anticipation and witnessing Bo-bobo doing his thing just makes me wonder how much more greater he could have been. And then there's Kamara...but we'll get to him next time...though I sort of wonder why Babuu and Namerou flip-flopped in Three Daiou positions...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24982[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 54 by StrangerAtaru2010-09-26T01:44:17+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comTrapped by the monsters unleashed by Gura-san, Pokomi can only sit idle as she is slashed into being trapped into a fate of being a Shinigami! Is this truly the end of Bo-bobo's young ally...and what of Don Patch and Tennosuke!?
Vol. 6: Heppokomaru the Strongest!! Shinsetsu 54: Exposed!! The Hidden Truth!!
7. Gura-san: HELL JUDGEMENT: WITH THIS, COURT IS ADJOURNED---!!!
8. Don Patch: STOP THIS---THE LITTLE BRAT HAS...THE LITTLE BRAT HAS... Don Patch: BECOME A SHINIGAMI!!! Caption: TEDIOU---S Beauty: WHAT'S WITH THAT TEDIOUS SHINIGAMI PORTRAIT!? Don Patch: UOOO---THAT MISFORTUNATE LITTLE BRAT. "Pokomi": I'm going to practice. Beauty: THAT DOESN'T TRANSMIT A SENSE OF IMPENDING CRISIS AT ALL!! Tennosuke: SO THEN CAN'T WE CONVERSELY MAKE THE SHINIGAMI COOL? Beauty: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!? Gura-san: IT'S OVER--- Gura-san: !?
9. Gura-san: WHAT, THOSE ARE...BUBBLES!? Don Patch: THE LITTLE BRAT HAS BEEN CUT--- Tennosuke: DON'T DIE, POKOMI---NOW WE'LL SAVE YOU Don Patch: REPAIR, REPAIR! Tennosuke: WE'LL FILL THIS UP WITH ALL THE SOAP BUBBLES WE CAN!! Caption: KYOURYOKU OUGI: SUPER OPERATION Beauty: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE Don Patch: AAH...NO GOOD...THAT LITTLE BRAT GIRL IS BECOMING BUBBLY...... Don Patch: CAN'T WE HAVE A STORY WHERE WE SPUR ON A BUBBLE BATH BUBBLE STAR; DAHYAHYAHYA Beauty: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO!!! Gura-san: YOU'RE IN THE WAY Tennosuke: AAH, ME? Gura-san: THAT WAS A FAKE MADE OUT OF BUBBLES WHERE'S THE REAL ONE? Pokomi: HERE Gura-san: !
10. Pokomi: EHE! I SUBSTITUTED WITH A SOAP DOLL ON THE VERGE OF BEING KILLED! LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: POKOMI'S FOAM-FOAM DOLL-SAN! Victori Fighter: DAMN IT Katsuodani Fumio: SHE CREATED A CREATURE OUT OF BUBBLES Pokomi: As I thought: you revealed the true form of your technique when you delivered the finisher. With that, I understand the structure of Hell Judgement. Gura-san: YOU FOOL: AT ANY RATE, YOU ALREADY HAVE 18. 6 AND 9 GHOULS ARE ATTACHED TO THOSE IDIOTS. Don Patch: SIX GIRLS HAVE JOINED TABLE #--8! Tennosuke: WE'RE OPENING THE DON PERIGNON--- (TN: "Don Preignon" is a notable brand of vintage champagne produced in the Champagne region of France. In Japanese, it has the abridged name of "Donperi") Beauty: THEY'VE CHANGED IT INTO A CABARET CLUB WITH THE GHOULS!!
11. Pokomi: AL---RIGHT, FROM HERE, WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY-- Tennosuke: SORTIE OUT, RISING-AND-FALLING PRETTY SOLDIER "SINKING GIRLS"!!! Beauty: SINKING GIRLS!!? Victori Fighter: DREAMY! Katsuodani Fumio: SERIOUSLY!? Gura-san: FINISH THEM QUICKLY Victori & Katsuodani: YES Bo-bobo: They may understand the rules of Hell Judgement, but they haven't found a deadlock-breaking plan. They haven't changed this unfavorable situation. (TN: "Deadlock-breaking" is "dakai" which is "break in the deadlock") Beauty: EVERYONE Gura-san: YOU THINK YOU UNDERSTAND, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A WARNING: IF YOU ENTER INTO THE HELL ABOVE, YOU'LL DIE, KUKU... Pokomi: !
12. Victori Fighter: WITH THIS, IT'S THE END FOR ALL OF YOU Katsuodani Fumio: WE'LL SHOW YOU THE POWER OF THE EXECUTIONERZ! Caption: 20 MILLION (TN: The position of Katsuodani and Victori and the "20 Million" part is a reference to the "20 Million Power" team of Kinnikuman made up of Buffaloman and Mongolman (Ramenman). The stance here is their big finishing move, the Longhorn Train) Don Patch: HEY YOU, BEING THE CUTEST, I'M THE GROUP LEADER Tennosuke: NO, IT'S ME Pokomi: THE ENEMY IS COMING!! Don Patch: IN THAT CASE, IT'S A CUTENESS MATCH WITH COSMETIC SPECIAL TECHNIQUES!! Tennosuke: AS YOU WISH Don Patch & Tennosuke: CUTE TRANSFORMATION WITH MAGICAL MAKE-UP! Tennosuke: 3RD-DAN IN KENDOU MAN (TN: 3rd Dan is a level in Kendou which is considered "level three" of the Dan system, received after two years as a "2nd Dan") Don Patch: RENJISHI, THE DEMON-KING OF THE MOONLIT NIGHT (TN: "Renjishi" is a character from a notable kabuki play of the same name involving two "Shishi" [a mythological lion-like animal called the "king of beasts"], a parent and a cub who is being raised in the ways of it's kind by the elder) Beauty: NEITHER ONE OF THESE ARE CUTE---!!! THEY'RE BOTH SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS Tennosuke: TAKE THIS: CHOUKYOURYOKU OUGI: MAGICAL CUTE-GROUP PUNISHMENT! (out loud) BEAUTIFUL GIRL, BEAUTIFUL GIRL! Victori Fighter: GYAAAAA Don Patch: BLOOD----SHOW YOUR BLOOD---!! Beauty: HOWEVER YOU LOOK AT THIS, BOTH OF YOU ARE VILLAINS!!
13. Don Patch: THAT WAS NICE AND CUTE! Tennosuke: YOU TOO Beauty: ......What is this? Gura-san: HMPH Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAA Gura-san: GHOULS, ATTACH!! Caption: GHOUL X 4: AMOUNT: 10; X 4: AMOUNT: 13 Ghouls: BU Don Patch: GASHANPI-- Sign: PASSING ANNOUNCEMENT Victori Fighter: WHAT'S WITH THAT COPY MACHINE FROM LAST WEEK!!? THAT ISN'T THEIR SITUATION AT ALL! Katsuodani Fumio: HA HA HA, I WAS JUST SHORT OF BEING AFRAID OF A PRETTY SOLDIER Don Patch: KU Katsuodani Fumio: DU--MMY, DU--MMY Katsuodani Fumio: ! Don Patch: LET'S GO WITH GRACE, SENPAI SFX: PIKI PAKI Katsuodani Fumio: EEEH~~THAT'S HER UNCOVERED!? THAT PERSON'S A YANKEE!!? (TN: A "yankee" is a term for a delinquent girl)
14. Don Patch: INA BAUER (TN: Ina bauer is a style in figure skating where a skater skates on two parallel blades) Katsuodani Fumio: GYAA!! Don Patch: Double Lutz... (TN: A "lutz" is another figure skating jump, starting with a jump from the outside of one foot assisted by a toepick and landing on the other foot. A "double lutz" is a double spin in the midst of a jump) Gura-san: KUKUKU...MY TARGET. Pokomi: NO YOU WON'T Gura-san: WHAT!? Pokomi: Your opponent is me. Gura-san: I'LL HURT YOU TO DEATH Victori Fighter: HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO FUMIO--DIE: VICTORI SHINKEN OUGI: CHARACATURE OF WILDLIFE!! Don Patch: HAJIKE-RYUU URAOUGI: B~~~~~~~~~ (TN: "Hajike-ryuu" = "Hajike-School"; "Uraougi" = "Underhanded Secret"; "Reverse Secret") Don Patch: B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT B-DISTRICT (TN: "B-district" or "Bichiku", is a nickname in Japanese for "nipples") Victori Fighter: HAUUUA~~~GUHAAAN Beauty: WHAT IS THIS!!!?
15. Victori Fighter: ...YOU...PLAYING WITH MY B-DISTRICT LIKE THAT...YOU'RE NOT AN ORDINARY MAN...WHAT ARE YOU? Don Patch: I'M CALLED BY PEOPLE THE YOUNG NOBLE OF NIPPLES: B-DISTRICT FIGHTER Beauty: B-DISTRICT FIGHTER!!? Victori Fighter: Ku... Katsuodani Fumio: THOSE ARE THE SINKING GIRLS... Tennosuke: KUKUKU, NEXT SHALL I MAKE MY ANNOUNCEMENT? ABOUT THIS POISON FIST THAT I'VE ACQUIRED AS A POPPY AND CUTE PRETTY GIRL SPECIAL TECHNIQUE (TN: "Poison Fist" is "Dokushu", which is a literal translation) Beauty: POISON FIST!? Tennosuke: Even Pretty Soldiers are in an era now where they seek new individuality...I looked ahead into the era and cast my eye onto Poison Fist. (screaming) HIGH TV RATINGS, HIGH TV RATINGS Bucket: DOKU (POISON) Beauty: CAN THAT BE USED BY A PRETTY SOLDIER WHO POSSESSES THAT REAL, SCARY TECHNIQUE---!!! Tennosuke: TAKE THIS~~~PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI!! Tennosuke: Ah. Katsuodani Fumio: YOU BRAT Tennosuke: GUHE
16. Bo-bobo: They're fighting evenly, but not one solution has been discovered. Sooner or later we'll be out if we take an attack once more. Beauty: That's Gura-san: DIE AWAY, LITTLE GIRL---!!! JIGOKU SAIBAN SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: EVIL OF HADES' GRUDGE!!!! Pokomi: EHE! IF IT'S THAT DEGREE, I'LL RETURN IT: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SPLENDID POKOMI-BALLS
17. SFX: Su Book: TENNOSUKE'S POEM COLLECTION Tennosuke: AAH!! THAT'S MY POEM COLLECTION: WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT... Tennosuke's Poem: -Rising Star People all Possess stars in their hearts. People possess stars In their hearts for shining. It is merely one rising star.
Don Patch: HMPH Tennosuke: AAH Pokomi: GO-----! Tennosuke: GYAAAA: THE POEM COLLECTION OF MY HEART----!!! Pokomi: IT'S SMASHED AND SNAPPED Gura-san: THIS IS BAD Victori Fighter: KU Victori Fighter: VICTORI CHANGE!!!
18. Victori Fighter: SECOND FORM: VICTORI FIGHTER 2!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: WHAAAT---SUPER COOL---!! Victori Fighter: VICTORI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: CHICKIE-CHICKIE BONE!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: THAT CHICKEN IS AMAZING!! Gura-san: FUU Pokomi: That impatience now... Pokomi: HA! Don Patch: What's wrong, need a bathroom? Tennosuke: Forgot to lock the key at your house? Pokomi: WRONG!! Pokomi: I GOT IT: THE SECRET OF THIS HELL JUDGEMENT...MY CAPTURING METHOD WILL BE
19. Pokomi: Taking you with, Patchin, Pururun. Don Patch: HEY...WHAT? WHAT? WHERE ARE YOU TAKING US? Tennosuke: A game center? Pokomi: INTO THAT HOLE IN THE SKY! Don Patch & Tennosuke: WHAT----!!? (You're an idiot!! In there is hell) Gura-san: STUPID!! HAS THE LITTLE GIRL REALIZED IT!? Gura-san: I CAN'T GO IN THERE! STOP THEM! Victori & Katsuodani: YES Don Patch & Tennosuke: RECONSIDER, LITTLE BRAT--- Pokomi: IT'LL BE FINE; BELIEVE IN ME. Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAA
20. Pokomi: THIS IS THE TRUE FORM OF HELL. Don Patch: WHERE IS HERE!!? Tennosuke: IS THIS INSIDE SOME BODY...? Don Patch: NOW WE CAN ONLY DO THIS AS PYLORI BACTERIA--- (TN: "Pylori bacteria" is in reference to "Helicobacter Pylori", a bacteria usualy found in the stomach that can cause ulcers) Tennosuke: PYLORI PYLORI Pokomi: They seem like Ahem bugs. (TN: "Ahem bugs", also known as "Ehenmushi", is in reference to a 1970s commercial for Vicks' cough drops. The little guy looks like a sun with spikes surrounding it and the characters for "Ehen" on it, making it cause congestion to whomever it infects) Katsuodani Fumio: YOU, HOW DARE YOU ENTER HERE AS YOU PLEASE!! Pokomi: EHE, WE ENTERED CALMLY. THIS HERE IS GURA-SAN'S WEAKNESS AFTER ALL! Victori & Katsuodani: !!
21. Pokomi: THIS HERE IS THE INSIDE OF A HUMAN STOMACH...PERHAPS THAT OF GURA-SAN HIMSELF, THE ARTIST. THIS IS A THING WHICH IS CHANGED INTO AN EMBODIMENT OF HIS OWN STOMACH BY HIS JIGOKU SAIBAN SHINKEN. Pokomi: THE GHOULS ARE SIMPLY ONLY THINGS FOR SEALING OFF OUR MOVEMENTS. AND THE MAX IS 20! OUR MOVEMENT IS SEALED OFF COMPLETELY AND WE MELT BY THE GASTRIC JUICES IN HERE, BECOMING SHINIGAMI. Pokomi: THAT'S THE CONSTRUCTION OF HELL JUDGEMENT Katsuodani Fumio: SHE...HOW DID YOU REALIZE THE SECRET!? Pokomi: I SAW THAT THIS HERE WAS RANDOMLY THREATENED AS HELL AND HE BECAME CONFUSED WHEN HE WAS COVERING IT UP FROM THE POKOMI BALLS. I GOT IT WITH THAT. Don Patch: YOU'VE MADE FUN OF US! COME LITTLE BRAT!! WE'RE GOING TO BEAT DOWN THE GHOULS AND THE STOMACH. Tennosuke: NOW WE'LL SHOW THEM THE RESULTS OF THE TORPEDO TRAINING FOR THE THREE OF US!! Victori & Katsuodani: WILL YOU DO THAT----!! Pokomi: EHE! THIS ISN'T A TECHNIQUE FOR ANYONE BUT THE THREE OF US!
22.-23. Pokomi, Don Patch & Tennosuke: GATTAI CHOUOUGI: FIREWORK BEES: STICK--THESE TO YOUR BODIES!!! (TN: "Firework Bees" is like "Jiraipachi" before [the one attack used by Don Patch], in that it is fully translated but we will give you the Japanese: Hanabipachi, or "Hanabi" (firework) + "Pachi" ["Bees"]) Victori, Katsuodani & Ghouls: GUGYAAAAAAA Beauty: THE GHOULS AND...THE HELL IN THE SKY HAVE DISSAPPEARED. Gura-san: GUAAAAA Beauty: AMAZING Dengaku Man: My directions were effective, Beauty. Beauty: What? Pokomi: WELL, LET'S BRING THIS TO AN END, GURA-SAN. Banner: TURNABOUT VICTORY (TN: "Victory" here is actually the term "Shousou", which is a victory in a lawsuit)
TN: I can't believe how insane this chapter was to translate. I thought for the most part I wasn't going to have another one of these chapters with the tons of tiny panels and a million things going on at once. But low and behold, something like this will always seem to pop right back up and bite you in the butt when you least expect it. Pokomi is a valuable character, but even I had a hard time believing she switched out with a soap clone moments before she was attacked by Gura-san. I get it was all part of her plan but somehow I just wish we had a means of knowing when that was a clone or how she did the switch without Gura-san realizing it, especially with all the ghouls running amuck. Somehow Don Patch and Tennosuke's "attempt" at being magical girl just seems rather confusing with each bit that they did, but I did like some of the insane moments in this chapter, like the return of Tennosuke's "poetry collection" (he just can't write from the heart when his heart is made of tokoroten) and Tennosuke's "attempt" at Poison Fist. (which just made me imagine he was Eikei from Otokojuku for some reason...) The final explanation of Gura-san's power is...weird. I don't really get how stomach acid has anything to do with being a judge...but then again Bo-bobo's powers mostly have nothing to do with nosehairs anymore. (well outside the flash to the past we get occasionally now and again) Although...next time will have one Shinken fully show off it's true potential...get your headphones ready until then!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24869[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 53 by StrangerAtaru2010-09-19T23:22:06+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comAll rise: the case of Pokomi, Don Patch and Tennosuke vs. the Neo-Maruhage is now in session with the dishonorable Gura-San the Judge presiding. The maximum sentence being pursued: the ultimate torment of hell!
Shinsetsu 53: The Terrible Hell Judgement!!
183. Creatures: OOOOOOOOOH Gura-san: THE HELL JUDGEMENT BEGINS-----!!! Pokomi: LOOK! AT THAT EERIE HOLE THAT APPEARED IN THE SKY. Our environs was haunted by those ghouls. What exactly is that hole...? (TN: "Ghouls" strangely has the Japanese word of "gaki", the same "Gaki" that also translates into "brat") Don Patch: FU, PERHAPS BEYOND THAT HOLE IS... Don Patch: There's a vending machine corner. (TN: The word that Don Patch uses here is "Gachagacha Coonaa", which is Japanese for a collection of vending machines in a store at one place. Honestly I don't know if Don Patch thinks that's what's there to contrast with the "gaki' that are emerging (with "gaki" similar to "gacha") or because of the love of vending machines by little kids with the "Gaki" being "Brat" to him) Pokomi: IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT THAT HAUNT FOR KIDS (TN: Well Pokomi didn't get the joke...there goes her Hajike points) Don Patch: I WANT IT!! I WANT THAT 200 YEN KEYCHAIN WHERE A VOICE COMES OUT IF YOU PRESS IT THAT'S IN FASHION NOW!! Don Patch's Helmet: 3-2 Don Patch Tennosuke Keychain: That's sujiko! (TN: "Sujiko" is a type of salted salmon roe that remains in the egg sack when served compared to ikura, which is served fresh and lighter in color) Tennosuke: I want it too. Caption: KYOURYOKU OUGI: OUR SPIDER STRING Pokomi: HEY, COME BACK PACCHIN, IT'S DANGEROUS!!
184. Gura-san: KUKUKU: YOU'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THE HADES GATE. SHALL I TELL YOU AS A MAJOR SERVICE: WHAT IS BEYOND THERE? Don Patch: ! Gura-san: THE WORLD OF DEATH. HELL. SFX: SU Don Patch Keychain: HELLO, THIS IS THE BUTTON YOU'VE SETTLED WITH Don Patch: GYAAAA, DAMN IT, IT WAS A TRAP----!! Tennosuke: WE'VE BEEN DRAGGED IN--- Beauty: YOU TWO!! Victori Fighter: I'LL HELP YOU AS YOU SET OFF TO HELL Tennosuke: GEE! HE'S COMING AGAIN Tennosuke: THAT GUY! DON'T MOCK TEN-CHAN: GO PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI Tennosuke: PERFECT ARMOR "PERFECT ARMAMENT ARMOR TEN-CHAN S (ECSTACY)"!!!! Don Patch: COOL!! THAT'S THE FORM OF HIS NEW GUARD!!! THERE ISN'T EVEN AN OPENING IN ONE PART OF HIS BODY----!!!
185. Don Patch: !? Tennosuke: Fufufu Don Patch: DUMMY!! HE ISN'T PROTECTED IN THAT ONE PLACE. IF THAT'S REALIZED BY THE ENEMY......... (TN: I notice Don Patch has transformed into what looks like Vegeta from Dragonball...but honestly it's hard for me to pick out the reference to this bit) Victori Fighter: I WON'T OVERLOOK THIS: VICTORI SHINKEN OUGI: WOODPECKER BARRAGE!!! Tennosuke: GYAAAAA Don Patch: EARLESS NU---ICHIII!!! (TN: While obviously adding in the "Nu" part due to Tennosuke, the character Don Patch is screaming out for is a parody of "Miminashi Houichi" (Earless Houichi), a tale originally found and notable from Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaian. In the tale, a blind ministrel who becomes bewitched by ghosts is forced to bare the Heart Sutra in order to rid himself of them. But ultimately when the ghosts come back to attack him again, a samurai ends up chopping off his ears, the only area where the sutra wasn't placed on. Though now blind and earless, he became famous throughout the land) Victori Fighter: N! Where did that other one go? Caption: ASSIMILATION Tennosuke: GYABA Pokomi: PURURUN Caption: ~~HELL JUDGEMENT~~ TOKORO TENNOSUKE: GUILTY FOR HIS CRIME OF BEING A FOODSTUFF RESISTING THE SKY. Tennosuke: WHAT? WHAT? Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 6
186. Pokomi: Ghouls have attached to Pururun. A special attack of the chicken!? Or is it something else? Don Patch: HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO TENNOSUKE. Victori Fighter: Kukuku: are you going to die too? Don Patch: EXCELLENT! I'LL BE TAKING YOU TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO BE YOUR GRAVE. Victori Fighter: INTERESTING Sign: YAKITORI Beauty: HERE!? Don Patch: HEY--AN ORDER OF TSUKUNE COMING UP HERE; YOU'LL DIE ROBATAYAKI-STYLE, ORA!!! (TN: A couple notes, both culinary: -Tsukune is a style of chicken made similar to meatloaf where it is mixed with egg, grilled like yakitori and then skewered -"Robataki-style" is a style of restauarant where people sit around an open hearth, people point out the ingredients they wish to use and are grilled right in front of them) Victori Fighter: GIBU GIBU GIBU, YOU'RE GOING TO EAT ME!! Beauty: I ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT TO EAT THAT TSUKUNE!! Katsuodani Fumio: GUILTY OF YOUR CRIME OF ILL-TREATMENT OF ANIMALS!! Caption: GYO--RYU--KEN (TN: Obviously this is a parody of the "Shoryuken" from Street Fighter, but with "Gyo" for "Fish") Don Patch: GYAAAAA Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 5 Don Patch: A FOLDING FAN!!?
187. Don Patch: GYAAA Pokomi: Patchin has ghouls too...they're on his back after all. Pokomi: ! Pokomi: I DON'T HAVE REASON TO RECEIVE THIS ATTACK!! LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN: SOAP BARRIER DOUGHNUT!!! (TN: I know I could have translated "Sabao" into "bubble", but I kept it "Sabao" for consistancy) Gura-san: I'VE GOT YOU, YOUNG GIRL---!!! Pokomi: !
188. Pokomi: That's...his sword slipped through the bubbles. Gura-san: HELL JUDGE IS A SWORD THAT CHOPS UP NOT THE BODY OR THE MATERIAL, ONLY THE SOUL. BY THIS, ALL DEFENSE IS COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE Gura-san: GUILTY OF THE CRIME OF STRIKING WITH A MOUTH THAT MOCKS ME. Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 10 Bo-bobo: POKOMI-- Beauty: THE GHOULS HAVE ATTACHED TO POKOMI AS WELL Don Patch: No no, having them here is surprisingly convenient. Ghoul: I've bought you cigarettes. Beauty: HE'S SUBDUED THEM!! Pokomi: Ku, is he aiming to seal off our movements with these evil spirits?...No, that's too simple. He should have some other aim ahead.
189. Gura-san: KUKUKU Pokomi: PERHAPS THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF HELL JUDGEMENT... Bo-bobo: This is unpleasant. They're completely at his pace. Beauty: That's... Tennosuke: HERE, FINALLY, IT'S OUR TURN. Don Patch: Yes, shall we do that? Beauty: IT'S COME TO TERRIBLE THINGS BEHIND THEM! Don Patch: HERE WE GO, OUR TRUMP CARD: MAGICAL DRESS UP! Tennosuke: Hurry, hurry Don Patch: No, this size is tight. Beauty: ......... Don Patch & Tennosuke: WE'VE ARRIVED! F**KING SELFISH TOMBOY EGOTISTICAL BEAUTIFUL MISCHIEVOUS GIRLS: POVE AND TERRY!!!! Beauty: THEY SUSPICIOUSLY TRANSFORMED WITH RESOLVE!! AND FURTHER WITH A PRETENSION OF LO*BERI!!? (TN: "Lo*beri" is hinting at the girl's collectable card series "Oshare Majo: Love and Berry". Originally appearing in 2004 and released by Sega, it became popular with girls for a period between 2005 and 2006, akin to similar Sega game series (and previous Bo-bobo joke) Mushiking. In the game, the player uses cards to dress their girl up before performing in a rhythm game where they are scored for fashion and for performance)
190. Victori Fighter: Cute! (Particularly the square one...) Katsuodani Fumio: SERIOUSLY!!? Gura-san: YOU TWO: ATTACH THEM WITH GHOULS QUICKLY Victori & Katsuodani: YES Don Patch: WELL, GO FROM HERE, YOU LITTLE BRAT! Tennosuke: WE'RE THREE PRETTY SOLDIERS!!! WE'LL SHOW THEM A LINKING TECHNIQUE. Pokomi: EHE, YOU TWO: IF THE THREE OF US GO, WE'RE INVINCIBLE. Pokomi: O---K, LET'S GO EVERYONE---- Book: Manga Bag: Potato Chips Beauty: HUH----!!? WEREN'T YOU THE MOST INTERESTED!!? Tennosuke: VIEWER POPULARITY IS LIFE TO A PRETTY SOLDIER!!! I'LL PUT ALL MY POWER INTO SELLING THESE FIGURES OF MYSELF THROUGH THIS FIGHT. THAT IS A TRUE PRETTY SOLDIER!!! Beauty: THOSE TWO AREN'T USEFUL AT ALL----!!! Pokomi: Fu---
191. Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BUBBLE PET WAN-CHANs! Victori Fighter: WHAT Katsuodani Fumio: DOGS!? Don Patch: NO---THOSE---YOU HAVE SUPER-CUTE PETS WITH THOSE SOAP BUBBLES~~~~ Don Patch: I'M EMOTIOINALLY ATTACHED TO THEM~~~~CUTE Victori Fighter: This may not be bad... Pokomi: THOSE BUBBLE PETS ARE MADE OF A SPECIAL LIQUID! Don Patch: Hee~~ Pokomi: NITRO-GLYCERIN: THEY'RE EXPLOSIVE Pokomi: 3 SECONDS BEFORE IGNITION, 2, 1 Don Patch & Victori Fighter: UWAAAAA Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: CUTE RED-COLORED WINK! Victori, Katsuodani & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAAAAAA Don Patch: LITTLE BRAT, ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US AGAIN----
192. Katsuodani Fumio: YOU'RE COMPLETELY GUILTY OF DEFYING US Victori & Katsuodani: SHOKEI SHIKKOU KYOURYOKU OUGI: SKY AND SEA CONTROL BOMBER!!! (TN: "Shokei Shikkou" = "Execution Performance") Don Patch: ON ME!!? Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 4: AMOUNT: 9 Don Patch: KIKII---- Don Patch: BU SFX: GASHAN PI--- Victori Fighter: NO NO NO, THE SITUATION IS COMPLETELY WRONG!!! Tennosuke: UWAAAAAAAA Victori & Katsuodani: ! Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN KANASHIMI OUGI: BACKLOG OF MY FIGURES SPLA---SH!!! (TN: A couple things: -"Kanashimi" = "Sadness" -"Backlog" is tied to the word "Urenokori", which is for unsold items) Katsuodani Fumio: GUWAAAA, YOU KNOW THAT---!!
193. Gura-san: WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU SLOWLY DOING? Pokomi: ! Gura-san: ! Gura-san: JIGOKU SAIBAN SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: DOUBLE JET-BLACK (out loud) HERE, PROTECT FROM THIS, LITTLE GIRL!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAA, IT'S COMING THIS WAY---!! Pokomi: DANG THIS Pokomi: KU Don Patch & Tennosuke: POKOMI
194. Pokomi: EVEN IF IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THAT SWORD, I CAN STOP IT IF IT'S A SLASH ATTACK Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: FOAM-FOAM CURTAIN (TN: "Foam-Foam" is "Awa-Awa", with one "awa" being "bubble" or "foam") Bo-bobo: THAT'S AN AMAZING FOAM BARRIER Beauty: AMAZING! SHE STOPPED IT Gura-san: REGRETTABLE
195. Gura-san: IT'S CHECKMATE Gura-san: I HADN'T SAID THIS, BUT MY SWORD IS EXPANDIBLE. Kukuku...I couldn't see what path it was in front of that foam barrier but Pokomi: HE...THIS WAS HIS AIM FROM THE START... Gura-san: AN EXTRA CRIME. FURTHER, THE GHOULS WILL ATTACH. Gura-san: LITTLE BRAT Voices: POKOMI-- Caption: SENTENCE: GHOULS X 8: AMOUNT: 18 Don Patch: HIII~~~THE GHOULS HAVE GATHERED AND ARE PUNISHIIIING, WHAT IS THIS~~~!?
196. Gura-san: KUKU: I CAN GRADUALLY TELL YOU: THE RULES OF THIS HELL JUDGEMENT. Gura-san: THIS HELL JUDGEMENT IS WHERE OUR ATTACKS ALL BECOME VERDICTS. BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PRESENTED DAMAGE~~~~WE CAN ATTACH 10 GHOULS. Gura-san: AND THESE GHOULS HAVE A NUMBER FOR THE POINTS OF CRIME! THEY'RE PROOF OF THE SERIOUS CRIMINAL'S SENTENCE, TO THE EXTENT OF INCREASING WHEN THEY INCREASE. DEFERRMENT IS PRESENTED UNTIL THE MAXIMUM 20 POINTS AS A CRIMINAL WHO DEFIES THE KING OF HADES. THAT IS THE RULE OF HELL JUDGEMENT. AND THEN AT 20 POINTS...YOU'RE DEAD ON THE OCCASOIN THAT YOU'VE GATHERED THE MAX. A TERROR GREATER THAN DEATH AWAITS... Don Patch: Terror greater than death......? Gura-san: AFTER YOU DIE, ALL OF THE MUSCLES AND SKIN ON YOUR ENTIRE BODY WILL BE TORN OFF FOR THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS AND YOU WILL BECOME A SHINIGAMI. YOU WILL BE A GUARD OF HELL WHO DOESN'T POSSESS A WILL, CONTINUING TO WANDER AROUND THE WORLD OF THE DEAD FOR ETERNITY. Dengaku Man: SCARY-----!!!
197. Gura-san: AND THIS LITTLE GIRL IS ALREADY AT 18 POINTS. SHE'LL BE WELCOMED TOGETHER WITH THE GHOULS Beauty: STOP----- Gura-san: HELL JUDGEMENT Gura-san: WITH THIS, COURT IS ADJOURNED----!!!! Don Patch: GYAAAAAAAAA Tennosuke: POKOMI HAS BECOME A SHINIGAMI----!!! (End of Volume 5)
TN: This just was a long chapter...and I mean it when I said long: all of this dialogue took forever to get through with how many pages and how wordy it was. Strangley, though, it seems that the Don Patch and Tennosuke bits seemed to make this chapter way more than the stuff with Pokomi. Nothing against the girl but I guess she seems to get a tad too serious for such a cute concept to really be easily pushed as an ally. Somehow her being a good guy just feels different than her being a bad guy, when her powers just felt like a neat novelty for Bo-bobo's side to overcome. I'm happy to have her but it's like everything feels different with her fighting compared to some of the others...maybe in some ways Pokomi has some of the "weight" akin to what's on Namerou (an attempt at a serious, moving character), but is at the same time sort of dragged by it but...not to the point of suffocation like Namerou. (that and Heppokomaru prevents her from being a complete disappointment) On the other hand...well, Don Patch and Tennosuke were epic as usual, in particular when they pulled their magical girl bit and Tennosuke tried to use his new form to sell action figures...yeah that industry is just driven by their toys huh? (somehow makes me wonder what is out there for older magical girl fans...but that's something else altogether)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24855[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 52 by StrangerAtaru2010-09-19T11:17:24+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comGetting past the last of the Black Gambling Cavalry won't be easy, considering Gura-san can turn Shinken power into ultimate evil judgement! But while Don Patch may be the first to face him, his partners are going to be...interesting.
Shinsetsu 52: A Unique Sangaria!!
166. Gura-san: .................. Don Patch: I'VE COME TO SAVE YOU, DENGAKU! Dengaku Man: Don Patch
167. Gura-san: WHAT ARE YOU...A SUICIDE CANDIDATE? Dengaku Man: LEEK! YOU CAN DO IT, LEEK! "Leek": It's impossible--su Dengaku Man: AH!! Dengaku Man: GYAAAAAAA Pokomi: YOU WON'T DO THAT! Don Patch: POKOMI
168. Pokomi: THAT POWER...HE'S STRONG!! (out loud) EHE, I JUMPED OUT WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT. Dengaku Man: Right now. Gura-san: NOW A BRAT...IT'S INCREASED AGAIN. Bo-bobo: THAT'S AS FAR AS YOU GO, YOU SEWAGE. Gura-san: ! Gura-san: YOU APPEAR ONE AFTER ANOTHER. WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU? Bo-bobo: WE'RE THE "CORP WHO DIDN'T RECEIVE THEIR WISHED-FOR PRESENT FOR CHRISTMAS!!! Hanpen: I WANTED A PLAYSTATION III! (TN: The Playstation III was a major draw for Christmas, 2006 around when this chapter was published...even if it was "$599 US Dollars") Beauty: UNAWARINGLY YOU FORMED THAT CORP THAT CAN'T DO ANYTHING!!? Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: HAVE A MERRY S**TMAS AND GO TO SLEEP. (TN: I know it probably is a disgusting thought but Bo-bobo literally says "Merii Kuso Shite Nemasu"; I tried to make it work...and that's how it did, even though the "kuso" is probably meant to be "kuri", which a "shortened word" for "Christmas") Bag: Unusable Items Tennosuke: Eh? Tennosuke: OGYAAAAAAAA Beauty: TENNOSUKE-KUN!!
169. Bo-bobo: TAKE THIS! A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM ME Gura-san: THAT'S BLUNT TREASON; DIE Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, IT'S WRONG. I'M WRONG Tennosuke: GYOHEEEEEE Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: HIDDEN ASSASSINATION SPY TEN-CHAN Z!!!! (out loud) TOU Gura-san: WHAT!? Gura-san: HE... Tennosuke: HA Tennosuke: YEAR-END PRESENT (TN: Remember: New Years is the bigger holiday in Japan, not Christmas...and usually with food being one of the main New Years gifts, Tennosuke sending out...tokoroten packages works)
170. Tennosuke: YEAR-END PRESENT Gura-san: HMPH Tennosuke: GYAAAA Don Patch: AS TYPICAL, TENNOSUKE. Pokomi: PURURUN IS WEAK Gura-san: THE CRIME OF INTRUDING ON MY JUDGEMENTS IS DEEPLY MASSIVE...ATONE WITH DEATH Gura-san: HELL JUDGE Pokomi, Don Patch & Tennosuke: GUWAAAAA
171. Gura-san: JIGOKU SAIBAN SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SHINKEN PRISON SENTENCE!!! Tennosuke: !! Don Patch: UWAAAAA, WHAT IS THIS~~~!!? Don Patch's "box": Apples Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THAT SHINKEN!? Gura-san: THAT CAGE IS THE MIRROR OF HADES THAT REFLECTS YOURSELF. YOUR OWN SHINKEN BECOMES AN EVIL ENERGY, BECOMES TIMES 10 AND IS RETURNED BACK TO ALL OF YOU. Don Patch: HIIII, I'VE GOT AN OMINOUS CAGE FOLLOWING WITH THAT Beauty: It's merely cardboard. Gura-san: SO, PERISH IN PAIN BY YOUR OWN SHINKEN!! Tennosuke, Don Patch & Pokomi: GYAAAAAAA Beauty: EVERYONE----
172. Gura-san: HELL PURUPURU SHINKEN!!! Tennosuke: What? Beauty: HE ISN'T TAKING DAMAGE AT ALL IN SPITE OF BEING TIMES 10!! (It's just that shabby a Shinken!?) Gura-san: HELL HAJIKELIST!!! "Little Guys": Otemoya~~n Otemoya~~n Otemoya~~n Otemoya~~n (TN: "Otemoyan" is a Japanese folk song of Kumamoto Prefecture usually done as a drinking song. The contents of the song involves a girl who is to marry a man who still shows scars from being affected by smallpoxs, but loves him to the point of not wanting to have the ceremony in public) Don Patch: YOU'RE KIDDING? THAT'S ME TIMES 10!? AMAZIN-- Beauty: DON PATCH-KUN!! WHAT ARE THOSE!? "Little Guy": Otemoya~~n Don Patch: What? What? "Little Guy": OTEMOYAN TRY!!! (Otemoyan) (TN: A "try" is a score in rugby, usually done by grounding a ball in the opposition's goal. You could call it the equivalent of football's touchdown, but with the ball being required to be on the ground while the player is either across the line or in play) Don Patch: BU!!!! "Referee": PII----6-OTEMOYAN Beauty: I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING AT ALL Gura-san: HMPH, SHALL IT HOLD YOU FOR FIVE MINUTES? Pokomi: THAT WON'T BE SO. Pokomi: IF THIS ATTACK IS TIMES 10, THEN IT'S JUST BEST IF WE GO FURTHER HIGHER. Gura-san: !
173. Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: POKOMI WATER ver. COSTUME!!! (out loud) BUBBLE SOAP FLOWER!! Pokomi: THAT'S AN OUGI WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEANS THAT CAUSES THE MOST HATRED AND SUFFERING OF AN OPPONENT. YOU'RE THE WORST MAN WITH BAD TASTE...THAT MAKES ME SPEW.
174. Bo-bobo: POKOMI HAS CHANGED HER COSTUME. Beauty: A new power. Hatenko: Did she acquire it in her training with Master Torpedo? Don Patch: IT'S NOT JUST THE LITTLE BRAT THAT HAS POWERED UP! Hatenko: OYABIN HAS DESTROYED HIS CAGE TOO! Tennosuke: IT'S APPEARING HERE~~~NEW DON PATCH!!! Tennosuke: ......... Tennosuke: I'll leave too. Beauty: HE GOT OUT NORMALLY!! (It's just that insignificant a Shinken)
175. Gura-san: KUKU...IT SEEMS YOU'RE NOT MERE SMALL FRY. Gura-san: CANCEL SENTENCE! Gura-san: YOU'RE NOT LIKE THEM Bo-bobo: SUZU!! OTHER TWO GUYS I DON'T KNOW!! Beauty: THEY'RE GUNKAN AND GIGA. (turns away) Cruel. Dengaku Man: I'M A SURVIVOR. BECAUSE I'M STRONG. Sash: Small Fry Removal Declaration Beauty: That's good. Gura-san: YOU'RE ALL GOOD. YOU'LL SEEM TO SUFFER...THAT SMALL GIRL OVER THERE IN PARTICULAR: I'M GOING TO SEE YOUR FACE SCREAMING WITH PATHOS, KUKUKU. WE'LL HAVE A MATCH; SHALL WE GO WITH A SANGARIA?
176.-177. Bo-bobo: POKOMI, HOLD ON: I'M GOING TO ASSIST ALL OF YOU NOW. Pokomi: N--n, it's fine! I'll do it in a trio with Patchin and Pururun. This trio is fine. Bo-bobo: What!! Don Patch: ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? Tennosuke: No, no, Ten-chan is scared, scared. Pokomi: THEY'RE UNFORGIVABLE: ROTTEN MEN LIKE THAT. Gura-san: THIS WILL BECOME A GOOD LESSON: THE PRISONERS WILL LOOK CLOSELY AS WELL. COME OUT: Gura-san: SHINKEN SLAVE-LABOR AREA SPECIAL-ORDER STAGE: SKULL-BLACK COURTROOM!!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: WHAT IS THIIIIIS!!? Beauty: A GIANT, EERIE COURTROOM HAS APPEARED. IT'S AS IF IT'S DIFFERENT IN SCALE FROM THE STAGES UP TO NOW!!
178. Bo-bobo: HE'S A MAN TO THE EXTENT THAT HE HAS THIS TOP ASYLUM AND HAS BEEN LEFT WITH THIS JUMBO STAGE. THIS MAY BE DANGEROUS FOR THOSE THREE. Beauty: THAT'S... Dengaku Man: Well, this has come to something. Right, Beauty? Beauty: Well this kid's already gotten familiar. Gura-san: WHO I AM TEAMING WITH IS THIS DUO WHO ARE THE EXECUTIONERS OF HADES. Beauty: Executioners...so then... SFX: Gokuri Victori Fighter: VICTORI---- Caption: EXECUTIONER: VICTORI FIGHTER (TN: This is a weird but funny pun: while it should be read as "Victory", it is supposed to be "victori" with the "tori" for "chicken" in it) Caption: EXECUTIONER: KATSUODANI FUMIO Beauty: THEY'RE RESOLVINGLY STRANGE GUYS----!!! (They do executions!? That's amazingly bad)
179. Victori Figther: VICTORI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: DAWN'S KICK BOXER MAMORU!!! (TN: "Kick Boxer Mamoru" is a short-run 1990 series created by Yudetamago about kick-boxing and Muay Thai. It's also notable as Yudetamago's final attempt at Jump serialization) Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, IS THIS A NEW METHOD OF EXECUTION---!! Don Patch: DUMMY TENNOSUKE...! Katsuodani Fumio: YOUR LIFE WILL BE TAKEN WITH A SMILE-GYON (TN: I had a hard time figuring out "pokkun" which Fumio states but considering his expression, I went with "with a smile". Also, the "gyon" here is a cute version of "gyo", the Japanese word for "fish") Pokomi: PATCHIN, STEP BACK! HERE WE GO--- Pokomi: LOVELY MAGICAL SHINKEN OUGI: ANGEL-SAN'S TEARS: GIANT TSUNAMI!!! Katsuodani Fumio & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAAAAAA Don Patch: THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS SOMEHOW GETTING ALL OF US ENTANGLED IN THIS--
180. Katsuodani Fumio: DUMMY-GYON! WATER IS MY FAVORITE FOOD-GYON!! Cap: GAMAKATSU (TN: "Gamakatsu" is a notable company who make fishing rods) Katsuodani Fumio: FISH SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: MY-STYLE FISHING-IDIOT DIARY!!! (TN: Yeah it literally is "Fish" [or in this case, "Fisshu"] Shinken) Don Patch & Tennosuke: OWWWWWW Beauty: EEH---THEY'RE BEING PULLED IN BY A FISH!! (He's quite an atrocious fish) Gura-san: SO, SHALL WE GET STARTED? Gura-san: WITH THIS MAGNIFICENT HELL JUDGEMENT Gura-san: GO! "Black Mist": GIGIGIGIGIGIGI
181. Gura-san: JIGOKU SAIBAN SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: FLESH-AND-BLOOD HADES' FINAL GATE!!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: WHAT IS THAT---IT'S EXCESSIVELY SCAAARY---!!!
TN: Well there is one lesson to be learned by this chapter: Purupuru Shinken can save your life as long as someone tries to use it against you...no it isn't worthless, it's just...wobbly. (though the impact...I guess the principle is simple: 0 X 10 = 0) Heck, Don Patch and Tennosuke were probably the highlights of the chapter (well that and the fact that Hanpen wanted a Playstation 3 for Christmas...must love his giant enemy crabs and Ridge Racer) considering the two of them went through the most abuse and insane moments. (then again, just like Purupuru Shinken, Hajike...is similarly impossible to define) On the other hand...while I do like Pokomi, the way she broke out of Gura-san's cage just didn't make sense to me. I don't get how getting more powerful makes her a water elemental...but it's probably just a magical girl thing like "more magic can allow for her to tap into different elements and costumes aside her black one". Her nature of obsession with fighting strength can be both a good and bad thing honestly. https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24636[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 51 by StrangerAtaru2010-09-12T20:39:44+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comAfter taking down Usui with a super-powered fusion warrior (and destroying everything in the process), the progress into the 23 Wards can continue on. But Bo-bobo's team isn't the only ones ready to rebel against their jailers...
Shinsetsu 51: The Guide to Hades (TN: The "Hades" here is "yomi", which is a Japanese word for merely "underworld" or "Hades". I decided to go with "Hades" due to the classy sound of it)
149. Don Patch: WE'VE DONE IT----WE'VE WON----GEHEHEHE GEHEHEHE Beauty: ............ Beauty: Big brother......... Beauty: N--n, until this battle is over, I can't call him big brother. Beauty: Welcome back Softon-san. Softon: ...Alright, Beauty. Don Patch: IT STINKS---!! YOU STINK JUST LIKE POOP---!! STINK, STINK. (Beauty form) HOW CAN I WELCOME YOU BACK, PURIPURITAROU-SAN. HERE, PAPER...TAKE. (TN: "Puripuri" is Japanese for a strong smell...which is how many people complain about poop) Tennosuke: THIS IS A REUNION FEELING FROM A BATHROOM, DUMMY!! Tennosuke's Caption: Poop Beauty: DON'T INTRUDE WITH THIS LONG-AWAITED REUNION!!!
150. Softon: I snuck into the castle and have been gathering information on the Neo 23-Wards for a week. Bo-bobo: AS EXPECTED, SOFTON. TELL US AT ONCE. Softon: First of all, the IXEX guys are valorous men who are users of super-Shinken who are come to be from a planned 9 people who are on 3-man formations on 3 teams. They possess a team characteristic respectively of Blue, Black and White. Softon: The two IXEX you've all defeated up to here are those who belong to the "Black Gambling Cavalry". Don Patch: Hee. Softon: The Neo-Maruhage 23-Wards are divided into three large areas that are extremely powerful. Here where we are now is the "Black Gambling Amusement" area, which resembles Neo-Nerima, Kita, Itabashi, Adachi, Suginami, Nakano and Toshima Wards. The other areas are not net known about yet due to the communication with the other areas being completely intercepted from the power of this area's boss. (TN: The previous sections went over the other wards of this area, including Nerima, Kita and Itabashi. So I think this is the perfect opportunity to talk about all the others in this area with this slight pause: -Adachi: Previously a post station area notable for the Nishiarai Daishi, one of the three great temples of Kantou, this area became part of the 23 Special Wards as of 1947. It is also known for it's parks and the Tokyo Budokan. -Suginami: In the western end of the 23 Wards, this area is known both for it's left-leaning politics as well as the location of the Japanese Hewlett-Packard HQ and several anime studios including those for Sunrise, Bones and Satelite -Nakano: Just east of Suginami, it is mostly notable for it's hotels, concert facility and a building for otaku. -Toshima: In a northwestern area of the town, it is notable for it's entertainment districts connected to Ikebukuro as well as a large population of Chinese and Korean foreigners living in it)
151. Softon: THE BLACK GAMBLING AMUSEMENT AREA HAS A BOSS WHO GOVERNS THIS AREA: SHIRYUUEN KAMARA OF THE NEO-MARUHAGE THREE DAIOU! AND THERE IS THE LEADER OF THE IXEX'S BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY: GURA-SAN THE GUIDE! AS LONG AS WE HAVEN'T DEFEATED THIS IMPENDING DUO, WE CAN'T PROCEED AHEAD...IN THE NEO-23 WARDS!!! Softon: But those two are strong; extraordinary of those up to now. I alone can't possibly win. Bo-bobo: THEY'RE THAT STRONG? Softon: The first we have to fight ahead is the Black Gambling Leader Gura-san!! Over there is the slave-labor area for captured Shinken-users. Bo-bobo, everyone is waiting for you to save them. Bo-bobo: LEAVE THIS TO ME!! I'LL LAY THEM TO WASTE AND SAVE ALL OF THEM!! Don Patch: AAH, YAKKUN!!! Bo-bobo: WAIT FOR ME, GURA-SAN!! DORYA-- Don Patch: Just a moment, just a moment, what's your resentment towards Yakkun---!! Tennosuke: OSSHA--IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DECIDING, THEN WE'LL DEPART AT ONCE. Hanpen & Softon: LET'S GO
152. Tennosuke: THE FASTEST MACHINE, NU MAX TURBO!! Hanpen: THE MAGIC HANPEN-MOMEN (TN: The "Momen" part is in reference ot "Ittan-Momen", a youkai that appears like a flying cloth from Kagoshima Prefecture. "Momen" literally stands for "cotton") Softon: BABYLON #33 Beauty: THOSE AREN'T DECENT VEHICLES---!!! Bo-bobo: LET'S GO TO NEO-ADACHI WARD. Hanpen: THAT!? Tennosuke: SHOCK! EVEN WITH A YEAR PASSING, I'VE LOST TO POOP! Tennosuke: WHY----WHY AM I ALWAYS LOSING TO POOP, WHY----!! Bo-bobo: SET OFF!!! Tennosuke: GYAAA
153. Tennosuke: GUOOOO. THIS TREATMENT---- Tennosuke: HAA HAA... Tennosuke: N! What is he doing in this place? Don Patch: KUKU...I'LL SHOW BO-BOBO AND THE OTHERS IN THE NEXT FIGHT. I'M A "NEW DON PATCH" WHO HAS GAINED A NEW POWER!!! Tennosuke: New Don Patch? Don Patch: Fufu...shall I test it right now? Don Patch: HAAAAAAAA, NEW DON PATCH!!! Tennosuke: What is this aura!? Is this Don Patch!? Don Patch: UOOOOOOO Tennosuke: WHAT EXACTLY IS HE BECOMING!!?
154. Tennosuke: NEW DON PATCH: THAT'S A GENUINE FAILURE---!!!! Mirror: Patchmaru Don Patch: Isn't this fine? Tennosuke: .........IS THIS FINE?
155. Narrator: NEO-ADACHI WARD: SLAVE-LABOR INSTITUTION UNDERGROUND CONFINEMENT PRISON AREA Hair Hunter: YOU CAN'T BREAK! WORK, WORK!! Prisoner: GYAAA Hair Hunter: ALL OF YOU SMALL FRY ARE WORKING YOUR WHOLE LIVES FOR KING 3RD-SAMA. Prisoner: GUAA Hair Hunter: YOU CAN'T SHOW THAT CONDITION IN FRONT OF GURA-SAN-SAMA. Prisoner: GYAAA Gura-san: PUPUPUPUPU...GOOD. THOSE WHO BECOME UNUSEABLE WILL STEADILY BE KILLED. IF IT'S REPLACEMENT SHINKEN USERS, THEN WE DO HAVE A SUPPLY OF AS MANY AS WE LIKE. Hair Hunters: YES, GURA-SAN-SAMA Caption: IXEX: Black Gambling Cavalry Leader: GURA-SAN THE GUIDE
156. Voices: GYOHEEEE Gura-san: ! Hair Hunter 1: WHAT IS THAT!? Gura-san: MUTINY! MUTINY IS OCCURRING. Hair Hunter 2: !? Giga: HOW DARE ALL OF YOU WORK ME HARD. THESE WOUNDS ARE HEALED! WE'RE KILLING YOU! Gunkan: If we're together, then we can defeat them!! Dengaku Man: THOSE WHO DON'T WANT TO DIE, DISSAPPEAR. Hair Hunters: PROTECT GURA-SAN-SAMA---!! Dengaku Man: HIIIIIII, THEY'RE COMING ALL AT ONCE---!!! Gunkan: SUZU Suzu: YES. Suzu: PSYCHOKINESIS!!!
157. Gura-San: !? Hair Hunters: !! WE CAN'T MOVE Gunkan: NOW, GIGA Giga: UNDERSTOOD Gunkan: GARYUU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: MOONLIGHT!!! (TN: A couple things: 1. "Garyuu" = "Self-Taught" or "Personalized"/"One's Own Way", thus Gunkan's "Hanage Shinken" style being as such in being "self-taught" or "personalized", as previously known 2. The literal Kanji reading for Gunkan's attack is "Hair Power": basically just like Bo-bobo's Hanage Shinken attacks, Gunkan usually has attacks that are written one way and said another) Gura-san: GUOWAAAAA Giga: OBJET SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: ART LIGHT ELEC-THUNDER!!! Hair Hunter 1: THAT GURA-SAN-SAMA IS Hair Hunter 2: STUPID Dengaku Man: THE FINISHER WILL BE WITH THIS WI* REMOTE NUNCHUCK: HOATA---!! (TN: A couple thing: 1. The first obviously is in reference to the "Wiimote" remote control tied to Nintendo's Wii video game system 2. "Hoata" is a scream usually used in conjunction to Bruce Lee, thus I didn't change it...mostly due to the whole gag of Bruce Lee using nunchucks) Suzu: No, step back because he's been hurt!! Giga: YES, JUST AS PLANNED. Gura-san: guooooo Giga: LOOK, HE'S BECOMING DUST!
158.-159. Gura-san: OH BROTHER...YOU SPOILED MY ONLY GOOD SUIT. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BROUGHT OUT THIS FORM. Caption: THE GUIDE TO HADES: GURA-SAN "THE JUDGE" Everyone: !!! Dengaku Man: GYAAAAAA, AN ABSURDLY STRONG GUY EMERGED FROM WITHIN----!!! Gura-san: I'LL SAY THIS TO ALL OF YOU. Gura-san: I DO NOT FORGIVE THE MUTINY OF BUGS. THOSE WHO OPPOSE ME WILL BE KILLED WITH NO EXCEPTION. Gunkan: ...AAH... Gura-san: I SENTENCE YOUR JUDGEMENT: GUILTY. Gura-san: HELL JUDGE Giga, Gunkan and Suzu: GUWAAAAAAAAAA
160. Suzu: WE'VE BEEN CUT!...NO, WE HAVEN'T!! WHAT WAS THAT NOW!? Gura-san: HMPH Giga & Gunkan: !? Gura-san: JIGOKU SAIBAN SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SHINKEN PRISON SENTENCE!!! (TN: "Jigoku Saiban" = "Hell's Judgement") Giga, Gunkan & Suzu: UWAAAA, WHAT IS THIS----!?
161. Gura-san: MY SWORD "HELL JUDGE" GUIDES AND JUDGES THOSE CUT WITH IT TO HELL'S JUDGEMENT. THAT CAGE ABSORBS THE SHINKEN ENERGY OF ALL OF YOU AND RETURNS IT TIMES TEN!! YOU WILL SUFFER YOUR OWN SHINKEN AND THEN FALL. Gura-san: HELL OBJET SHINKEN!!! Giga: GUAAAAA, I HAVE THIS ARTISTIC NATURE WITH THESE F**KING OBJEEET Gura-san: HELL ESP PSYCHIC ABILITY!!! Suzu: KYAAAAAAAA Gura-san: HELL GARYUU HANAGE SHINKEN!!! Gunkan: GYAHAHAHAHA: WHAT IS THIS, WHAT IS THIS? I'M EXCESSIVELY TICKLISH----!!!
162. Captives: GYAAA KYAAA GUWAAA Gura-san: HOLD THEM FOR 10 MINUTES. Shinken User 1: HIIII~~~HE'S A MONSTER... Shinken User 2: AAAH...... Shinken User 3: We can't win even if we group together Gura-san: THIS HAS BECOME A GOOD LESSON. Gura-san: UNDERSTAND, YOU SLAVE WASTE!! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS TO REBELS. DON'T HAVE THOSE FOOLISH THOUGHTS AGAIN. WORK TO YOUR DEATHS!!! Dengaku Man: HIIII... Gura-san: YOU WHO REMAINS DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE PUNISHED. YOU'LL STRAIGHT-AWAY DIE. Dengaku Man: NOWAA----I'VE BEEN EXPOSED----!!! Gura-san: Hmph Dengaku Man: YOU'RE WRONG!! I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO OPPOSE YOU!! BUT I WAS FORCED TO BY THEM... Dengaku Man: GYAAAAAAA
163. Dengaku Man: DON PATCH!!! Don Patch: STEP BACK, DENGAKU. I'LL TAKE HIM.
TN: This chapter honestly just confused me quite a bit, in both allowing for something that really should have happened sooner...and just smashing it down immediately. As you can see, Giga, Suzu and Gunkan actually were useful for a chapter in attempting to take down Gura-san and at least prove that the insides aren't just a bunch of wimps who laid down and got crushed by Tsurulina the 3rd. But of course...that ended up getting screwed up with "Gura-san's new form" (honestly the first form was creepier...sure this one is is cool but the first one just really showed itself as a monster instead of just another generic cool-looking fighter...like so many villains in this series seem to be these days) and put down immediately. Sure, Giga did show himself attempting himself to eliminate the 3rd's forces prior to Hiiragi but this chapter just proves that somehow these guys really should have done something sooner to fight back instead of just standing around letting Bo-bobo and his group do all the fighting for them. Again, I keep complaining about this, but it just feels like everyone from the last series who for the most part aren't allied with Bo-bobo are just being used as sacrifices to show the main heroes in action. If we had more scenes like the sneak attack with Suzu, Giga and Gunkan together on Gura-san instead of just "let's just show how weak they are to characters who were mysteriously nowhere a year ago and them defeated at their feet", then somehow I wouldn't be complaining as much. And Dengaku Man...well, it's Dengaku Man, so of course he usually wouldn't do much. (though he was funny with the Wiimote bit...though I do notice we get one "team Bo-bobo" member rejoining with each fight around now...so then I guess the little guy is next)
BTW: I have no idea what Don Patch was trying to prove considering he's powerful already so why...become that wolf thing outside a joke? Oh and I almost forgot this but...I liked Beauty at the start acknowleding Softon without calling him "big brother"...knowing that after everything in the Hair Kingdom arc, he has a job to do and can't be distracted from it.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24615[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 50 by StrangerAtaru2010-09-11T13:51:01+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comBo-bobo had thought it was enough to use Patchbobo against Usui, but a slight button press by Don Patch has unleashed a new warrior with even more power! But is this fusion being still powerful enough to stop the ninja master?
Shinsetsu 50: Papapa-pa Pa-papatch
132. Beauty: KYAAAAAA Hatenko: WHAT IS THAT!? A MONSTER? Tennosuke: OWOWOWOWOW, THESE PEBBLES HURT! THESE PEBBLES HURT! Tennosuke: BUHE!!! Usui: THIS AURA VOLUME ISN'T TYPICAL!! IT'S A DIFFERENT BEING THAN HE WAS TO EARLIER!! WHAT ARE YOU!!? "Super-Saiyan Patchbobo?": THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT WHAT I'VE BECOME...I'LL TELL YOU. I AM...
133. Pa-papatch: THE ULTIMATE HAJIKE WARRIOR: PAPAPA-PA PA-PAPATCH!!!! Shoulder: HAJIKE SOUL Beauty: PAPAPA-PA PA-PAPATCH!!? Tennosuke: THAT'S DIFFICULT TO SPEAK ABOUT!! WITH THAT TONGUE-BITING NAME!! Usui: ARE YOU...THEN YOU'LL DIE QUICKLY AFTER THIS INTRODUCTION.
134. Usui: DORORORON NINJA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: ENJIN-RAIJIN ZUBABABAN SUPER-JUTSU!!!! (TN: A few notes: -"Enjin" stands for "Flame God" and "Raijin" stands for "Lightning God" appropriately -"Zubababan" actually is a really hard word to explain in Japanese: it's an onomotopeia but it really has no meaning. The closest is something akin to the sound of charging forth or excitement, but dont' take my word for it) Beauty: KYAAAAAAA Tennosuke: OWOWOWOWOWOW Usui: DISSAPEAR WITH THE DUST, PA-PAPATCH!! Beauty: BO-BOBO--!! Pa-papatch: It's your turn...
135. Pa-papatch: Pal! Kitten: Mii mii Tennosuke: AW----W! SUPER-CUTE! A KITTEN IS CLINGING TO HIS BACK~~ SFX: GACHI Pa-papatch: HOLY DEMON INFINITE CONTROLLING SWORD: NYAN-CHAN SWORD Tennosuke: NO, THAT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE; THAT ABSOLUTELY ISN'T A SWORD! BECAUSE IT'S MERELY A KITTTEN!! THAT'S PATHETIC Softon: I have to make sure of Papapa-pa Pa-papatch with this. Is he really a warrior who possesses this extent of power!? Pa-papatch: LET'S GO---
136.-137. Pa-papatch: HAJIKE SHINKEN OUGI: ONYANKO NYAN NYAN NYAN!!!!! (TN: A couple things: -No, you're not seeing things: Pa-papatch's Shinken style is "Hajike", the same "Hajike" which is based on the verb "Hajikeru" or "to split open"/"to pop" and is usually seen as the weird battle and comedy style of characters like Don Patch. -"Nyan" is "Meow" in Japanese, and with the sword being the "Nyan-chan Sword" and all the "nyan" here, I sort of felt it better to keep the attack and the character all in Japanese as well) Usui: GUBAAAAAAAAAAA Hatenko, Pokomi & Tennosuke: UWAAAAAA
138.-139. Caption: EARTH Beauty & Tennosuke: WHAAAT-----!!! Beauty: HEY, EEH!? WHAT HAS HE DONE; HE'S BROKEN OPEN THE EARTH---!! Hatenko & Softon: THE SCALE OF HAJIKE SHINKEN IS TOO HUGE!! Usui: STUPID...HE HAS AND HAS GATHERED THAT RIDICULOUS ATTACK POWER... Pa-papatch: NOT YET. LOOK INSIDE THE OPENING. Usui: WHAT!? Pa-papatch: HAJIKE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SEA OTTER-CHAN IMPACT!!!! Usui: GYAAAAAAAA Beauty: KYAAAA; WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS----!!? Tennosuke: IS THIS SURELY THE FIN DE SIECLE FOR THE WORLD----!!!! (TN: "Fin De Siecle" is a French term that refers to the "End of a Century", as mentioned likewise in Japanese by the term "Seikimatsu". The term isn't the "end of the world" as the "end of the century" idea could suggest, more about "the final decadent years of a period filled with degeneration, but with hope for the new century to come")
140. Caption: WHY ISN'T THERE A SEA OTTER IN THE CONSTELLATIONS---!!! -By Sea Otter Planets: Far Left: MERCURY Top Right: JUPITER Far Right: MARS Beauty: THE SEA OTTERS HAVE DESTROYED THE SOLAR SYSTEM---!!! (TN: Beauty actually states that the sea otters have destroyed "Tentaikei", which is "a system of heavenly bodies"...but it's a tad obvious it's the Solar System so I'm just translating it as such due to that) Pa-papatch: Appreciate your efforts, Nyan-chan Sword. Kitten: Mya Hanpen: GYAAAA, THE FRAGMENTS OF THE PLANETS ARE POURING DOWN---!!! Tennosuke: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE---!!
141. Beauty: PAPAPA-PA PA-PAPATCH... (You're excessively strong) Hatenko: HE DID THAT WITH A WAVE OF A KITTEN! (This has become a joke) Softon: THE EARTH IS BREAKING DOWN BY HE ALONE. Tennosuke: HEY---YOU!! YOU'VE SHOWN DANGEROUS EYES EVEN TO ALL OF US. WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU; HOW COULD YOU HAVE BECOME THAT WAY!! Beauty: ......... Tennosuke: ANSWER ME!! Pa-papatch: THIS POWER IS A POWER ACQUIRED BY A LEVEL-2 FUSION...I AM A SUPER-FUSION WARRIOR. Tennosuke: !! Pa-papatch: I am a super-warrior who was born by a level-two fusion by a further Bo-bobo Fusion of "souls" within my body when I was in my Patchbobo state. Don Patch: Let's run in the marathon rally together. Bo-bobo: Ah...let's slowly go. Pa-papatch: There is an explosion of even more power with Hajike Souls becoming one. Beauty: WHAT IS THAT IMAGE DRAWING!? Beauty: A further fusion of a fusion... Pa-papatch: THIS FORM TOO HAS A LIMIT OF ONE MINUTE...I POSSESS TEN MORE SECONDS. UP TO THEN, I WILL BRING AN END TO USUI.
142. Usui: F**KING BRAT----I'LL KILL YOU!! Tennosuke: HIIII, HE'S STILL ALIVE---HE'S JUST THAT TOUGH, THAT STRONG LEVER--- Usui: I'VE BEEN HURT BY A GUY LIKE YOU. THIS IS A DISGRACE TO THE IXEX!! Usui: DORORON NINJA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: GUILLOUTINE ZANTOU SUPER-NINJUTSU!!! (TN: "Zantou" = "Beheading the Head") Pa-papatch: YOU AREN'T ENOUGH FOR HAJIKE.
143. Pa-papatch: LEFT HAND IS WEDDING CAKE; RIGHT HAND IS BIRTHDAY CAKE (out loud) HAJIKE SHINKEN KYUUKYOKU OUGI
144.-145. Pa-papatch: NO HAJIKE, NO LIFE. (A LIFE WITHOUT HAJIKE ISN'T A LIFE!!!) (TN: Pa-papatch essentially announces the attack in English with the Japanese translation; I just used the Japanese translation for a literalization of what he says in Japanese)
146. Usui: STUPID...I IN THIS PLACE HAVE... (out loud) GAHA Caption: IXEX - Black Gambling Cavalry: USUI: CRUSHED Tennosuke: HE DID IT---BO-BOBO WON-- Tennosuke & Hanpen: GYAAAAAAA Caption: Earth Everyone: EEH!!? "Bear-Hat": AHHAHAHA, THE LAST GUY SUPER-EXPERIENCED DOUBLE CAKES! HAHAHAHA, WITH THAT, EVEN THAT USUI GUY IS DEAD! Hiiragi: GREAT! THEY'RE SUPER-GREAT!! THEY SEEM LIKE THEY CAN FIGHT! I'M CERTAIN THAT WILL BECOME THE GREATEST COMEDY STAGE!! (Can't they hurry up and come to my area!!)
147. Hiiragi: Hah, even so, they've done in Usui, continuing from Chinchiro-Hime. Jobus and Porstoroi are completely insufficient in power after all. "Black Outfit": It's been a while, Hiiragi. Hiiragi: ! "Black Outfit": It's unusual that you'd call for me. Hiiragi: NAH. I'VE BEEN WAITING... Hiiragi: JATI. YOUR ICY TSUKOMMI HAS COME TO BE NEEDED FOR A BIT. (TN: "Tsukkomi" is the "straight man" to the "bokken" in Manzai acts, sort of like Beauty...or this evil Beauty-look-alike Jati, to Bo-bobo) Caption: JATI
TN: I really don't know if there is anything really to say now. What with Earth annihilated by the impact of otters destroying everything and blowing up the planet...for the most part that would mean the series is over and everyone dies that can't breathe in space...honestly with the new Pokemon game coming out next week, this probably is enough of an advertisement to make people choose Mijumaru: use an otter and blow up the entire Solar System...but use at your own risk cause we won't be liable if you do blow up the entire Solar System, Earth included. (yeah I know, it was a Hajike bit but come on...even Hiiragi thought they blew up Earth and he was watching it on TV!)
This probably is the easiest chapter I've had to work on for a while, mostly due to the epicly insane double-pages with the massive super-powerful attacks of Pa-papatch. I knew Sawai sort of went overboard with the fusion characters, but Pa-papatch takes overboard to a whole new level with the insane images of kitten swords and cake smashing...and oh yeah, planet-busting otters. Honestly with this chapter, I sort of wonder if this is what Sawai planned for now or just a trump card he had to pull with the series collapsing in the Jump rankings...but honestly I think it's epic regardless so there's no worries by me. (then again I am biased being a Bo-bobo fan) Heck, for the most part the entire Usui fight did feel like a classic Bo-bobo battle with the Hajike bits, weird moments and the insane fusion warrior. But sadly now that it's done...we can only move on to the next one after that. (though looking into the future...considering we saw an evil black Bo-bobo and now an evil black Beauty...there's something fishy going on)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24430[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 49 by StrangerAtaru2010-09-05T01:28:13+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comHaving survived a nightmare of "Babylon" (or poop, depends on who you ask), Usui is now forced to face the wrath of Softon and the rest of Team Bo-bobo! Can the Hajike fighters take on the full power of a true ninja master?
Shinsetsu 49: The Awakened Super-Warrior!!
114. Usui: You dummies! You carelessly entered into this Black Hattori Castle; all of you have been collected here and have decided to die!! Usui: GO: NINJA-ARMS WEAPONLY WEAPONS GREAT SHINOBI ENGAGEMENT STAGE!!!! (TN: This was a tough state to translate it's name for, mostly due to the usage of an onomotopeia here of "bukibuki" which really has no real meaning. I ended up using "weaponly weapons" mostly due to how many weapons that are just offered in Usui's arms) Bo-bobo: A LARGE QUANTITY OF WEAPONS HAVE APPEARED!! Usui: IT'S A FIELD WHERE WE MATCH TO KILL EACH OTHER BY USING THESE NINJA ARMS AS YOU PLEASE--- Usui: NOW SHOW YOURSELVES, MY STRONGEST NINJAS!! Voices: YES Beauty: NEW ENEMIES!?
115. Usui: FROM HERE IS THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE. LET'S GO WITH OUR GREAT NINJA WAR SANGARIA, ALRIGHT!! Right Caption: Neo Kita-Ward Guard: DRAGON KNIGHT ARISTOAL Left Caption: Special Guest: SHIROTA MASAKAGE (TN: For those who know who he is, you know what he's up to. But for those who don't: Shirota Masakage is literally a guest star from another manga: former Bo-bobo assistant Yuusei Matsui's horror-mystery story "Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro", which ran from 2005 to 2009. He appeared in one of the early cases of the series as a master chef who was creating dishes combining food with various drugs to induce greater "flavor", ultimately mutating into a muscle-bound freak after injecting himself with his ultimate meal: Doping Consomme Soup. However, Neuro reduced him to a shriveled up man after solving the mystery, which likewise stole away all of the power of the drugs injected in him...though what he's doing in Bo-bobo is anyone's guess aside from a mere cameo) Shirota: DOPING CONSOMME SOUP Beauty: THEY'RE NOT NINJAS AT ALL----! THEY'VE BECOME AN UNBELIEVABLE THREE-MAN TEAM Usui: FURTHER, THIS TIME WE PARTICULARLY HAVE NOUGAMI NEURO'S SHIROTA PARTICIPATING IN THE BATTLE AS A POWERFUL SUPPORTER. Shirota: EAT IT~~EAT IT BECAUSE IT'S GOOD-- Usui: THIS IS THE END OF ALL OF YOU (Gulp) Beauty: IS HE REALLY YOUR ALLY!!? HE'S IMMEDIATELY ACCOMPANYING YOU BUT Caption Box: DOESN'T CONCERN ME Tennosuke: THE DRAGON KNIGHT FLEW OFF!! Don Patch: EXCELLENT! IF IT'S COME TO THIS, THEN WE'LL BE THE THREE GOING Usui: !
116. Bo-bobo: LET'S OPEN THE CURTAIN TO A TRANSCENDING NINJUTSU BATTLE THAT TAKES IN SHINKEN!! Bo-bobo's Head Cover: BOTTORI (TN: Another reference to "Hattori", this time with Bo-bobo's version) Beauty: KYAAAAAA, WE'VE GOT OUR STRONGEST MEMBERS Don Patch: CRUMPLE CRUMPLE Don Patch's Outfit: NINDOU Don Patch: CALL ME NINJA-SAMA! CALL ME NINJA-SAMA! Usui: LET'S GO AT ONCE---
117. Usui: DORORON NINJA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: DISORDERLY KUNAI: KARAIDAN!!!! (TN: I'm sort of torn on whether or not to translate the ninja techniques, but considering this one really has no meanings outside itself, I'll be keeping it in Japanese. BTW: "Karaidan" = "Flower-Thunder Bullets") Don Patch: OH NO! I HAVE TO RETURN FIRE WITH NINJA-ARMS TOO... Don Patch: BUT THERE'S ONLY COLD COMPRESS SHEETS!!! Sign: Cold Compress Sheets (TN: I had a hard time finding what Don Patch actually found: the closest I got was "Cold Compress Sheets" due to the whole feel of it, which in Japanese was "Hie Pittan Sheet") Voice: CALM DOWN! WE HAVE A HANDY NINJA-ARM. Don Patch: Eh? Where, where? Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN KIHON OUGI: DUMMY GUARD!! (TN: "Kihon" = "Fundamental") Softon: ... Don Patch: GYOBEBEEAAA, ME-----!!! (You're--an accomplist too, poop?) Don Patch: HEY YOU, TRYING TO KILL ME? Jug: GASOLINE Bo-bobo: LET'S GO, SOFTON---
118. Softon: BABYLON (to himself) ... Don Patch: POOP, YOUUUU Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN KYOURYOKU OUGI: CRACKLING GREAT-FLAME SHURIKEN!!! Usui: GUWAAAAA---HE'S A SHURIKEN!!! Shirota: ALRIGHT, NOW YOU'LL EAT MY DOPED COOKING AND RECOVER YOUR PHYSICAL STRENGTH. Usui: CAN I EAT YOUR COOKING WITH IT BEING DANGEROUS!! Bo-bobo: AN OPENING Usui: A NINJA DOG!? Bo-bobo: LEFT LEFT JAB HOOK HIGH 1 - 2!! Usui: GUBA GABA Beauty: THE LEGENDARY "HOLYFIELD BOXING"!!? (TN: While obviously Beauty is referring to legendary heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield, the line here seems like it's referring to the Sega video game"Evander Holyfield Real Deal Boxing", released in 1992 for the Sega Genesis and involving the creation of a character to take on 28 imaginary foes before taking on champ Holyfield himself...sort of akin to "Mike Tyson's Punch Out")
119. Don Patch: YOSSHA--HOLD ON, I'LL CONTINUE THIS. SOME GOOD WEAPON, SOME GOOD WEAPON--- (TN: Note the PS2 and the Sega Saturn) Don Patch: N? D - C - S? Shirota: DOPING CONSOMME SOUP!!! Don Patch: UOWAAA: SHIROTA'S APPEARED---!!! Don Patch: EXCELLENT!! I KNOW WELL ABOUT YOU HAVING READ "NEURO". YOU CAN'T WIN AND AREN'T MY MATCH! I'LL FULLY TEACH YOU THE INTENSITY OF THE BO-BOBO WORLD!! COME AT ME!!! Shirota: SHIROTA SHIROTA SHIROTA SHIROTA SHIROTA SHIROTA SHIROTA Shirota: D - C - S SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: FOOD "PREY" THOUSAND-YEAR EMPIRE OF MEALS!!!! (TN: D - C - S is obviously "Doping Consomme Soup") Caption: D - C - S TANTEI NOUGAMI SHIROTA (TN: The title caption here is a parody of the one for "Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro", here standing for "D - C - S DETECTIVE BRAIN-EATER SHIROTA") Bo-bobo & Don Patch: GYAAAAAAA, IT'S EXCESSIVELY STROOONG----!! Beauty: HE'S ARBITRARILY STARTED USING AN AMAZING SHINKEN----!! (Even Matsui-sensei woudn't think of doing it this far---!!)
120. Bo-bobo & Don Patch: SOFTON, DO SOMETHING Softon: ...So then shall I borrow this rope? Softon: SECRET ART OF BABYLON HANDED DOWN FROM ANTIQUITY Softon: BABYLON SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: A PRESENT FROM ETHIOPIA!!!! Shirota: GYAAAAA, MY COOKING IS THE GREATEST AND THE ULTIMAAATE Don Patch: HE'S WINDING AND SWIRLING THEM IN SWIRLED S**T--!! THE WORST!! THIS IS THE WORST OUGI----!!!
121. Tennosuke: IT'S TRULY THE "DEVIL POOP TOMBOY"!!! IT'S AMAZING!!! (TN: The "Devil Poop Tomboy" is a parody of the "Devil Tomboy" move from Kinnikuman by Seven Devils member Springman...which for some reason is just him wrapping his body around another body, strangling an opponent) Hatenko: GUWAAA, LET GO YOU F**KING TOKOROTEN Beauty: KYAAAAA, HATENKO-SAN Usui: HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO USUI, S**T Usui: TAKE A SWORD!! WE'LL CLEAR UP BLACK-AND-WHITE WHICH OF US IS HIGHER IN STATUS. Bo-bobo: AS YOU WISH Usui: LET'S GO: HIGHEST TREASURE: SECRET DRAGON-GOD KING SWORD: YOUTOU "MAKIZANBA"!!!! (TN: Two things: -"Youtou" = "Calamity Sword" -"Makizanba" = "Coiling-Murder Blade") Bo-bobo: IN THAT CASE I HAVE THIS MORNING'S BEST WHOLESALE OF TSUKIJI...REITOU "AKISANMA"!!!! (TN: Two things: -While its supposed to be a sword or give the impression of "Ghost Sword" with the reading, "Reitou" here is "Frozen" or "Refrigerated" -"Akisanma" = "Autumn Saury")
122. Usui: DORORON NINJA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: LIGHTNING SLASH!!!! (TN: Usui's attack is actually in Japanese "Raitouzan", but this was easy to translate so just kept it as is translated) Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: DAIKON WHOLESALE IS HUMBLE!!!! Don Patch: UHI Usui: OFFSETTING!! Bo-bobo: USUI, THIS IS THE END WITH THIS--- Usui: DAMN, IT'S NITOURYUU... (TN: "Nitouryuu" = "Two-Sword Style") Usui: A NINTE*DO DS LITE!!? (TN: The "Nintendo DS Lite" was originally released in 2006 and was a really popular present around the holidays when this chapter was released)
123. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: JUMP ULTIMATE STARS BO-BOBO STRONGEST DREAM DECK DEMON COMBO S!!! (TN: As I mentioned back in chp. 23, 2006 was the year that the sequel to "Jump Super Stars", known as "Jump Ultimate Stars", was released on the Nintendo DS. As you'll see here, this game had quite a bit of Bo-bobo representation, with Bo-bobo and Don Patch playable and various assists/transformations involving characters such as Heppokomaru, Bobopatchnosuke, and Denbo...though sadly, one of these characters in this page is getting their only "apperance" in Bo-bobo in this one panel...I won't spoil which for those wondering, you'll just have to wait and see, then regret that character being missing) Usui: GUGYAAAAAAAA!!! Beauty: THE SUPER-GLORIOUS MEMBERS ARE FULL OF ACTIVITY!! Tennosuke: FU, I HAD A SUITABLY GOOD MATCH. Beauty: WHAT IS THAT!? IT'S GLOOMY (TN: In Jump Super/Ultimate Stars, the "deck" in the game usually involves notable panels for each playable character that can be touched to make the moves active...though none of them involve "weird-face Don Patch from the Heppokomaru/Katsu fight") Usui: KU...DRAGON-KNIGHT ARISTOAL, I ASK FOR YOUR BACKING! Aristoal: LEAVE THIS TO ME Aristoal: HA Caption: Fight Usui: DO YOU REALLY HAVE THE WILL TO FIGHT?
124. Usui: IT CAN'T BE: I'M COMING TO USE MY FINAL SUPER-SECRET ART ON THESE A**HOLES: KAININ!! (TN: "Kainin" = "Release The Secret") Usui: KING OF THE BEASTS - GIANT APPARITION JUTSU!!! Bo-bobo: UWAAAA: IT'S EXTREMELY HUGE---!!! Usui: DORORON NINJA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: ENFUURAIGOU SUPER-NINJUTSU!!!! (TN: "Enfuuraigou Super-Ninjutsu" or "Enfuuraigou no Chouninjutsu" = "Super-Ninjutsu of Flames, Wind and Lightning Karma") Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Softon: GUWAAAAAAAA
125. Usui: HEHEHE.........I'VE USED EVEN THIS FORBIDDEN ART. I'M FULLY TAKING THIS RESPONSIBILITY~~~ Don Patch: He did that? Softon: What an art...it's destructive power isn't incomplete. Bo-bobo: KU Beauty: EVERYONE Bo-bobo: IF IT'S COME TO THIS, THEN WE CAN ONLY USE BO-BOBO FUSION Bo-bobo: COME, DON PATCH!! Don Patch: OK Caption: INSIDE BO-BOBO Don Patch: Here we go. "Mini-Bo-bobos": WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU, DON PATCH-SAN. THE FUSION PREPARATIONS ARE COMPLETE!!! Don Patch: .........Huh? These kids are awfully obedient this time. Don Patch: OH WELL! FUSION ON Sign: FUSION Bo-bobo: HERE IT COMES-----DYE IT UUUUUUP
126. Patchbobo: FUSION COMPLETE: PATCHBOBO!!! Beauty: THOSE TWO---THEY DID IT!! Tennosuke: THE INVINCIBLE VIOLENTLY-STRONG WARRIOR PATCHBOBO! Usui: THE BO-BOBO FUSION GUY...IT'S USELESS! THAT DATA I'VE RECEIVED FROM BABUU Patchbobo: MATERIAL HAJIKE FUSION (out loud) HOW'S THIS? (attack) OKRA, RAW SOBA, RED TURNIP, SHIJIMI, LOTUS ROOT, AND ALL OTHER THINGS (TN: "Shijimi", also known as the "shijimi clam", is a clam of the Corbiculidae Family, also known as the "Basket Clam". This family of clams also includes "Corbicula Fluminea", also known as the "Asiatic Clam", which is an infamous invasive species in North America and Europe)
127. Patchbobo: EN MASSE Usui: DUMMY, THIS EXTENT IS USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS, USELESS Beauty: KYAAAAA "Mini-Bo-bobos": HE'S DEFENDING IT. Don Patch: N, WHAT'S THIS BUTTON? Don Patch: HOW ABOUT I PRESS IT? Caption: JUMP INTO TURBO Patchbobo: YOU CAN'T! CEASE THIS STUPIDITY...DON PATCH!! THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO USE THAT POWER YET SFX: CLICK Patchbobo: UOOOOO
128.-129. "Super-Saiyan Patchbobo?": YOU F**KER DON PATCH----!!!!!
TN: I have a huge theory honestly about the end of this chapter and the appearance of...well, that weird SSJ3-influenced fighter, but I'll leave that for next time. For the most part, this chapter further shows the comedic brilliance that seems to exist with Usui, especially considering not just he's powerful, but just a perfect Tsukkomi...and works with a coward and a borrowed character from Nougami Neuro. (I've been meaning to read Neuro for the longest time...and may need to do more after looking over the Doping Consomme Soup case tied to Shirota's appearance this time...but I say that's mostly Sawai congratulating Matsui for a job well done in his own series having had his humble starts being an assistant on Bo-bobo) Whereas the Chinchiro-Hime fight was more hilarity based on a set of rules, this was all out insane ninja antics...so much of so that I started falling into my Otokojuku-translating ways of "leaving the attacks in Japanese due to how hard they are to make out in English". But then again...maybe it's just reading so much Naruto and seeing how the ninja attacks are left there, I really don't know. Oh and one last aside: I never got the name of "Devil Tomboy"...I mean, Springman isn't a female, so how can he call it a "tomboy" attack!? (yeah..never mind, wrong series...again...but then with a Neuro character this time, all the Babylon last time and...well, the next chapter, anything goes with this fight)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24404[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 48 by StrangerAtaru2010-09-04T02:15:33+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comBo-bobo's side has already made quite a fuss with their invasion of the 23 Wards and defeat of IXEX Chinchiro-Hime. Of course, the biggest worry now for another IXEX: the threat that may just be right where he expects it least...
Shinsetsu 48: Super-Warrior of Babylon: Softon
97. Caption 1: Kita Ward (TN: Another of the 23 Special Wards located in the far-northern edge of the city, Kita Ward is the ward directly to the east of Itabashi, which was the ward Bo-bobo's forces were in last time) Caption 2: Ninja Mansion: Black Hattori Castle (TN: Hattori is obviously in reference to the famed ninja Hattori Hanzo) Voice: STUPID... Usui: CHINCHIRO-HIME'S BEEN DEFEATED!? WHAT PEOPLE DID THAT? Usui: BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO? ARE THEY THE PEOPLE SPOKEN ABOUT BY KING 3RD? "Bo-bobo" Nyawan Wanted Bounty: 50 Yen (TN: Yeah, this sort of is a bit of a parody of One Piece with Bo-bobo's wanted poster...though weirdly enough, this was around the time in 2006/2007 where the Wanted Posters for the remainder of the crew came out and I believe this is a bit of a parody of the fact that "pet" Tony Tony Chopper...only got a 50 Beli Reward if he gets captured) Usui: HE'S MAKING FUN OF THE BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY! THE TRUE TERROR OF THE IXEX WILL BE TAUGHT TO HIM BY BRINGING DEATH!!! Caption: IXEX Black Gambling Cavalry: USUI Hair Hunter: Hiiii......Usui-sama. Usui: ALRIGHT, ALL SOLDIERS HEAD TO THE FRONT! Hair Hunters: !!!
98. Hair Hunter: USUI-SAMA, BEHIND YOU, BEHIND YOU! IN THE CHAIR YOU WERE SITTING ON...YOUR CHAIR!!! Usui: Ah, what's wrong? Usui: UWAAAAAAAAA!!!! POOOP!!!!
99. Hair Hunter 1: UWAAA... Hair Hunter 2: USUI-SAMA TOOK A POOP. Hair Hunter 3: Though he is a fine adult... Usui: WRONG!! THAT ISN'T MINE!! Usui: DON'T GO FLOATING AROUND STRANGE RUMORS, ALL OF YOU. Hair Hunters: RIGHT. SFX: Pi Cell Phone: USUI-SAMA TOOK A POOP. Usui: WHAT ARE YOU DOING, HEY---!! Hair Hunter: GYAAAA, I'VE BEEN EXPOSED---!! Usui: WHAT BEING ARE YOU!! ANSWER. Softon's Head: PREVENT HEMORRHOIDS SOFTON 2580 Yen Usui: LIAR!!! Softon: I'VE BEEN HIDING IN THIS CHAIR FOR A WEEK...I TOO AM STILL QUITE UNSKILLED FOR BEING DISCOVERED ALREADY. "Week Calendar" Monday: Hair Hunter: Ah, poop. Tuesday: Hair Hunter: Poop today too. Wednesday: Hair Hunter: Still there... Thursday: Hair Hunter: Really...it is well-revealed... Friday Saturday Sunday Usui: HEY, YOU SHOULD HAVE NOTICED IT MUCH SOONER!! Hair Hunter: Sorry...
100. Usui: I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, BUT I'LL SHAKE YOU OFF YOU S**T. YOU'LL BE VICTIMIZED BY MY DORORON NINJA SHINKEN!!!! (TN: "Dororon Ninja" = "Muddied Ninja") Softon: MY NAME IS SOFTON. UNDER THE DIVINE PROTECTION OF BABYLON SHINKEN, I WILL PLUCK THESE BAD BUDS. (TN: "Babylon Shinken", as probably explained before, pretty much speaks for itself and is in reference to the early Babylonian civilization) Hair Hunter 1: SILENCE AND LISTEN TO US, YOU BRAZEN POOP!! Hair Hunter 2: THOUGH YOU SPEAK AS USUI-SAMA'S POOP, YOU ARE UNFORGIVABLE!! Usui: THEREFORE, THAT ISN'T MY PO----OP!! Hair Hunters: DIE---!!
101. Serviceman: SERVICE-RYUU DAIOUGI: HURRICANE SERVICE WHIRLWIND!!! (TN: Just to clarify: "Ryuu" = "Style"; Daiougi" = "Big Secret") Hair Hunters: GYAAAAAAAAA Serviceman: IT'S ASSISTING SERVICE. LEAVE ME THE SMALL FRY. Usui: AN ALLY!? FOLLOWING POOP IS PENIS? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY ENEMY! (TN: This actually was way funnier in Japanese: Usui's real line is "unko no tsugi wa chinko"; note how close both words are in construction, with the only difference being the change from "u" to "chi") Softon: BABYLON SHINKEN OUGI Usui: ! Softon: This match will be ended at once. (attack caption): MOROCCO'S STREAM!!! Softon: BABY Softon: LON
102. Softon: BABYLON SHINKEN HIOUGI: BABYLON SHANGRI-LA (TN: First of all, "Babylon" is written strangely as "Babilon" here, which I changed. Secondly: the actual second word in Softon's attack is "Tougenkyou"; which is the Japanese word for the Chinese concept of "Tao Hua Yuan", a utopia place where people live happily and harmoniously. While this "place" actually has several representing names as it could be mentioned in English aside the Chinese concept, including Arcadia and Shambhala (as well as Xanadu but that was in reference to a real city called Shangdu), I am going with the well known concept of "Shangri-La", which actually was a similar place as found in James Hilton's novel "Lost Horizon", as well as the film version of the book by Frank Capra...that and "Shangri-La" just rhymes perfectly with Babylon.) Usui: UOWAAAAA Usui: WHAT IS THIS WORLD!!? IT'S A NUMBER OF POOP THAT ISN'T USUAL!! Softon: THEY'RE NOT POOP...THOSE SEPARATE THINGS ARE BABYLON! THAT IS THE ANSWER. Usui: I DON'T GET THE MEANING!!
103. "Poop": BABY BABY BABY BABY "Poop": LON LON LON LON Usui: AREN'T THEY POOP NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT THEM? S**T. Hair Hunter 1: Usui-Sama and Usui-sama's poop... Hair Hunter 2: Whichever we cheer for, it will be fine. Serviceman: THIS POOPING POOP CAN'T BE SEEN BY JUST THE LOWER MATERIALS OF THE WORLD!! Usui: YOU'RE THE LOWEST OF MATERIALS!!! "Poop 1": Foolish human-baby. "Poop 2": Devote yourself to Babylon-lon. Usui: WHO ARE YOU!? "Poop": IF YOU DO, THEN THE PATH WILL OPEN. Usui: WHAT ARE THOSE!? A KIND OF FAIRY!? "Poop": Huh, master? Usui: HIS PETS!!? Softon: THESE NUMBERLESS BABYLON WILL LEAD ME TO AN EVEN FURTHER HEIGHT. BATHE ME IN THE POWER OF BABYLON AND LET ME AWAKEN... Usui: !
104. Softon: BABYLON SHINKEN KYUUKYOKU OUGI: GOLDEN SOFTON (out loud) THE SINFUL GOLDEN LEGEND (TN: "Kyuukyoku" = "Ultimate" thus "Ultimate Ougi")
105. Usui: HE BECAME GOLDEN POOP----!!! Softon: BABYLON SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SWEDEN'S PEERLESS FIGHT!!! Usui: GAHAA!!!! Usui: I'VE BEEN CUT BY A PLUNGER---!!? Stupid...that destructive power was in a plunger!? Usui: WHAT EXACTLY IS HE?
108. Softon: BABYLON!!! Usui: GYAAAAAAAAA Usui: GAHAA, THAT...BY POOP... Softon: THAT ISN'T POOP, IT'S BABYLON. BABYLON SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: JUDGMENT OF BABYLON THAT BECOMES BLANK
109. Hair Hunters: WE'VE RETURNED TO THE ORIGINAL WORLD!! Usui: TH...THIS USUI-SAMA...SHOULDN'T LOSE... Usui: TO THIS POOP GUY--- Usui: DORORON NINJA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THREE-FOLD EXTREME CLONES: MOONLIGHT MADNESS SLICE!!!!
110. Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: WATERBOYS 3!!!! (TN: "Waterboys" is in reference to a 2001 Japanese comedy film directed by Shinobu Yaguchi about five boys who come together to form a synchronized swim team. It had a sequel and two TV series...but the "three" never came about...except this probably has to do with these three showing up now) Usui: BU!!! Softon: BO-BOBO!! THEN BEAUTY'S WITH TOO... Don Patch: NO---O, POOPIE IS A LECH! BEAUTY WAS TAKING A BATH! Softon: !!
111. Beauty: WHAT ARE YOU DOING! Hanpen: MU, SOFTON-DONO Pokomi: EHE, INFILTRATION SUCCESSFUL! Bo-bobo: YO. Softon: SAME AS EVER. Usui: THEY...THE GUYS WHO DID IN CHINCHIRO-HIME...IS HE THEIR ALLY? Bo-bobo: REMEMBER THIS! WE ARE THE STRONGEST TEAM BO-BOBO. WE'RE GOING TO SMASH THE AMBITIONS OF THE NEO-MARUHAGE!! Usui: !!
TN: In response to the whole discussion I made this time, I offer you three doors to go down in search of "paradise" (or just a soundtrack for this set of notes): -If you want to head to Shangri-La, then your path will lead you to a classic 60s girl group through this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy8_38U3xLU (it was that or get a song from that Hal David/Burt Bacharat Soundtrack from the "Lost Horizon" remake in the 70s...and there's no way I'm going to look for that) -If you want to head to Shambahla, follow this link to a classic 70s pop classic by Three Dog Night written by Daniel Moore, who also wrote "My Maria": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvkFjgRMbNI -And for those in search of Xanadu, nothing beats a bit of 80s pop from a vastly underrated movie...well I thought so. (besides, you can't go wrong with ELO [well Jeff Lynne wrote the song] and Olivia Newton-John): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m1UWSD-FaA
This chapter...well let me just say this: it just felt like something from the early days of Bo-bobo. For some reason, the interactions regarding Softon, Usui and the idiot Hair Hunters who allowed for Softon to sit there forever undercover just felt like something from the early volumes as opposed to some of the stupid stuff that we've been getting as of late that I sort of went into last time with Bo-bobo World. (I think I did, I can't really remember) Though talk of scatological humor aside, the key as to why I felt like an early chapter was merely just how surreal everything felt pretty much from the moment they went to a Shangri-La filled with poop...and we started getting that insane Poop chant near the end. Though...at least one thing was made certain once and for all with this: apparently the whole center of "Babylon Shinken" (the "babylon" mind you) is essentially the poop itself, not just some weird metaphysical concept...then again it probably is a weird metaphysical concept, but it is personified with poop...I think. Sure the whole matter of what Babylon is changes by your perspective and where you stand, but that is all up to interpretation. Though as I said before, I think the weird surrealness of Softon and his encounter with Usui, not to mention Usui's freak-outs and even the Hair Hunters just gave it an early Bo-bobo vibe that made me like it a lot...a real lot.
(A final tip: if you ever catch Ataru listening to "I'm Alive", don't bother him. He's daydreaming in his own world with his own beautiful muses)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24328[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 47 by StrangerAtaru2010-08-29T19:58:22+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThrough a miraculous tactic (involving Hanpen's head), Bo-bobo has finally defeated Chinchiro-Hime in her own game. But now, the villainess is forced to pay the penalty: a life-or-death game in the hell known as...Bo-bobo World...
Shinsetsu 47: It's Been 4 Years: Bo-bobo World is Heart-Throbbing Even to the Author! (TN: Remember: the last time Bo-bobo World was used proper was way back in the fight with Torpedo Girl...in 2003. Thus, with this chapter's release in 2007, it's been 4 years since Bo-bobo used it last!)
80. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN MARUHI OUGI: BO-BOBO WORLD!!!! Beauty: IT'S FINALLY APPEARED: BO-BOBO WORLD!! IT'S A SHINSETSU-EDITION OUGI AFTER A LONG TIME! WHAT EXACTLY IS STARTING!!!
81. Chinchiro-Hime: WHAT IS THIS WORLD!!? Bo-bobo: THIS IS THE "HOLY NOSEHAIR SPACE": A WORLD WHERE YOU THROW OPEN YOUR SOUL----AND---- Bo-bobo: THOSE WHO CAN'T THROW OPEN THEIR SOULS WILL HAVE THEIR SOUL COLLAPSE AND DIE---THAT IS BO-BOBO WORLD---- Bo-bobo: WAN WAN WAN (WOOF WOOF WOOF)--- Bo-bobo: YOU WILL DIE!!! Hanpen: GOHA!! Chinchiro-Hime: !! GAHA!!
82. Chinchiro-Hime: WHAT!? WHAT WAS THAT? WHAT DID THAT TO ME NOW!? Bo-bobo: THE ANSWER IS RIGHT AT YOUR FEET Chinchiro-Hime: AT MY FEET!? Chinchiro-Hime: !! WHAT ARE THOSE? KIWI? TAWASHI? (TN: A "tawashi" is a traditional Japanese scrub brush made with the fiber of hemp palms) "Creatures": WE'RE TESTYCALS. (TN: I had a bit of a problem with this pun, but assumably these "things" are supposed to be "kintama", or "testicals"...the best way I could in making it work is to sort of make it "cuter" by making them "testycals") Chinchiro-Hime: GUAAAAA, WHAT---MY BODY IS HOOOT---WHAT HAVE YOU DONE---? Bo-bobo: THIS WORLD IS COMPLETELY CONTROLLED BY MY SENSES! THOSE WHO THROW OPEN THEIR SOULS AND DON'T HAJIKE ALL GET A DIRECT CONNECTION TO GREAT DAMAGE!! Bo-bobo: WELL THEN ALL OF YOU, I LIFT YOUR DICE BAN!! THROW OPEN YOUR SOULS---LET'S...
83. Bo-bobo: BO-BOBO WORLD!!! Hatenko: OYABIN'S THE GREATEST, FUO---!! Kanji: HA (RIP; FIRST KANJI IN HATENKO'S NAME) Beauty: WAAAA, THEY'RE DOING HAJIKE AND RETURNED!!! Chinchiro-Hime: STUPID...THROW OPEN THEIR SOULS? HAJIKE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? EXPLAIN IT!!! Don Patch: Bananan Naba~~ba Banananna~~ba... Don Patch: YES, NAMASUKO---!!! NAMASUKO NAMASUKO---!!! Beauty: DON PATCH-KUN!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? Don Patch: NAMASUKO---!!! Beauty: HEY...STOP THAT, YOU HAVE A NOSEBLEED. Don Patch: NAMASUKO---! Beauty: HEY, LET THAT GO; ENOUGH... Don Patch: NAMASUKO---! Beauty: DAMN THIS----THIS IS THE RELEASE OF A SOUL----!! (Perhaps) Tennosuke: LOOK, BEAUTY!! THAT BO-BOBO GUY HAS COMPLETELY THROWN OPEN HIS SOUL TOO Beauty: EH?
84. Beauty: SOMETHING IS SPINNING VARIOUS TIMES----!!! SAURY...SUNGLASSES----!!!
85. Chinchiro-Hime: DON'T JOKE WITH ME----!! Chinchiro-Hime: SMASH APART---SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN OUGI: YASHA SLASHER!!!! Chinchiro-Hime: WHAAT----!!!! Bo-bobo: IT'S USELESS...IN THIS WORLD, THROWING OPEN YOUR SOUL IS EVERYTHING!! SHINKEN ATTACKS ARE ALL USELESS...THEREFORE ALL ATTACKS WILL BE CHANGED INTO EXAM STUDYERS. (TN: "Exam studiers" is in Japanese "Juken Benkyou", with "juken" specifically standing for "taking an exam") Beauty: I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MEANING AT ALL... Hanpen: Hanpen Whip... SFX: Peto Chinchiro-Hime: N?
86. Bo-bobo: GOOD DAY TO WOOF. GOOD DAY TO WOOF. (TN: Bo-bobo originally says here "Konichiwawa" twice, thus fusing the typical "konnichiwa" expression with "chihuahua". Here I ended up making a slight variation to make the joke work in English to "Good Day to Woof" as opposed to "Good Day to You") Chinchiro-Hime: GYO!! A...DOG!!!? Don Patch: OK! YOU GOT HER UNDER CONTROL, DOG. THE REST IS FOR ME TO KILL HER!! Captions: Yankee | Graduate | Found employment Don Patch: I've settled down Don Patch: IT'S BO-BOBO WORLD!!!! Caption: PATCHTAROU (TN: The caption here is in reference to the legend of Momotarou, the "peach boy" who was notable, as seen here, in working together with a pheasant, a monkey and a dog [here represented by Bo-bobo] to defeat a band of Oni) Chinchiro-Hime: GYAAAAAA, MY BODY IS BURNING----!!!
87. Chinchiro-Hime: HAA...HAA... Bo-bobo: I HAVE BUFF*N BUT (TN: Bo-bobo is mentioning the notable medication "Buffrin" here) Chinchiro-Hime: S**T--- Don Patch: AAH...CHIRO-CHAN. CHIRO-CHAN, CHIRO-CHAN... Don Patch: DRAGONFISH BLOW!!!! (TN: The "Dragonfish Blow" is a move from Hajime no Ippo, involving short body blows deceiving an opponent leading to a direct smash to the jaw) Bo-bobo: BOBU!!! Chinchiro-Hime: HE'S COMING BACK! NOW I'LL TAKE DOWN THIS AVENGER SFX: KAKUN Chinchiro-Hime: !!
88. Bo-bobo: KUE KUE KUE KUE KUE KUE Kanji on Body and Belt: BO Caption: BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO SECOND KAISER: Height: 2m 10cm; Weight: 80kg Beauty: KYAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Chinchiro-Hime: !! Chinchiro-Hime: WHAT'S THAT? WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT!? Bo-bobo: SHUGOGOGOGOGOGOGO
89. Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: IT'S BO-BOBO WORLD!!!! Bottle: Shampoo Chinchiro-Hime: GUWAAAAA, IT'S HIS SHOP----!!! Tennosuke: HE--RE, AN EXTRA-SPECIAL SERVICE OF SHAMPOO! Don Patch: THESE USELESS HAIRS WILL ALSO BE DEALT WITH! Chinchiro-Hime: HOT...GOBO STOP...GOHO, LET ME GO... Don Patch: COMPLETE Chinchiro-Hime: GAHAA!!! Beauty: A TERRIBLE OCCURANCE!! Chinchiro-Hime: GUAA...THIS PAIN. THOSE S*****TS~~ Beauty: SHE'S BEING DAMAGED Don Patch: MAMA! YOU PROMISED WE'D GO SHOPPING AT YOKOSEYO DEPARTMENT STORE TODAY! Chinchiro-Hime: AH!!?
90. Don Patch: PA--PA Don Patch: MA--MA Don Patch: AND--ME Don Patch: ALL--OF US HAPPY! ALL--OF US HAPPY! YOKOYOKO YOKOYOKO YOKOSE--YO DEPARTMENT STORE! Don Patch: YOKOSEYO DEPARTMENT STORE IS DISMANTLED FROM A SLUMP IN SALES! Bo-bobo: THAT WAS YOUR DEED---!!!! Chinchiro-Hime: GAPAA!! Beauty: YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY WRONG!! Don Patch: THAT WAS YOUR DEED...THAT WAS YOUR DEED... Bo-bobo: GYAA
91. Bo-bobo: WELL HERE I'LL INTRODUCE MY SPECIAL GUEST--- Bo-bobo: COME ON! HANPEN Hanpen: CHIYO CHIYO CHIYO Beauty: HANPEN-SAN TOO HAS BECOME STRANGE! Bo-bobo: NOW PLAY!! HANPEN'S XYLOPHONE SYMPHONY #3 (ETERNAL)!!! Chinchiro-Hime: GYAAAAAAA!!! Beauty: WHAT IS THIS FAILURE INSTRUMENT!!? IT BARELY CAN JUST BE HIT ON---!!! Chinchiro-Hime: S**T---WHAT ARE ALL OF YOU----!!? Bo-bobo: WE ARE... Bo-bobo: WE ARE SURELY...
92. Bo-bobo: KABUKI THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND AT THE NORTH POLE!!!! Beauty: NO, THAT'S COMPLETELY WRONG---!!! I HAVE NO IDEA OF IT'S MEANING! Hatenko: Uuh...I get it. Pokomi: IT'S KABUKI ARCTIC STORY (TN: Pokomi's explanation regarding Bo-bobo "kabuki" tale is essentially a parody of the classic Japanese film "Nankyoku Monogatari" or "South Pole Story", a famous 1983 film about a group of sled dogs left behind at the South Pole during a cold winter where they must fight for their survival. It became notable again in 2006 due to the US remake of the film under the title "Eight Below", though in Japan the film was released by the original "Nankyoku Monogatari" title) Pokomi's Outfit: POKO POKO POKOMI Beauty: YOU UNDERSTAND!!? (That)
93. Bo-bobo: WITH THAT, IT'S MATCH. CHINCHIRO-HIME. Chinchiro-Hime: HAA HAA...DON'T MOCK ME. Chinchiro-Hime: I OF THE IXEX SHOULDN'T BE DEFEATED BY F**KING INSECTS LIKE YOU!!! Bo-bobo: THEN LET'S CONCLUDE THIS. Bo-bobo: IN THIS WORLD OF BO-BOBO WORLD Bo-bobo: LET'S GOOOOOO-- Chinchiro-Hime: YOU WON'T LICK ME---!!
94. Bo-bobo & King Nosehair: BOMBER (TN: The kanji for Bo-bobo's final attack reads as "Hair Control") Chinchiro-Hime: GYAAAAAAA King Nosehair: UOOOO YES!! BO-BOBO WORLD AFTER APPROXIMATELY 4 YEARS IS THE GREATEST---!! Bo-bobo: YOU'RE MASSIVE. SFX: BUCHI King Nosehair: NOOOOOO---!!
95. Beauty: THEY DID IT---WEVE RETURNED TO THE REAL WORLD! Caption: IXEX - Black Gambling Cavalry's Chinchiro-Hime = CRUSHED Bo-bobo: I WILL TEACH YOU ONE THING...VICTORY OR DEFEAT IN GAMBLING ISN'T DECIDED BY THE WEIGHT OF WHAT'S BET BUT BY THE WEIGHT OF WHAT'S ON THE LINE.
TN: First of all: this series needs more King Nosehair. Don't ask me why, it just does. Secondly, somehow after as brilliant as the fight has been, there just has been one nagging factor in my head about the climax of this fight: if Bo-bobo World is invoked in a Sangaria, then shouldn't only those involved in the fight be the main actors in Bo-bobo World instead of just anyone with Hajike abilities? Yeah, we've had similar situations with Bo-bobo World-esque fights, but for the most part it really didn't feel too much of a problem. (the first to come to mind was Bo-bobo World Nightmare, which was essentially Bo-bobo and Tennosuke with Don Patch merely cameoing instead of being a major factor...or Hatenko World where it was essentially Hatenko and Torpedo Girl who used the power since it was their fight) But here...the Sangaria was Bo-bobo, Hanpen and Gaou...and Bo-bobo was the only one of the three that felt relevant. Sure Hanpen got in some weird moments at the end (see the xylophone bit), but Gaou...well all he had was merely just a tiny blink-and-you'll miss it moment. Heck, if you think about it, Gaou, who was supposed to be a major factor in this fight being part of the Sangaria trio, barely did anything in this whole Chinchiro-Hime fight! Sure he did a couple cameo participation but he was rather a non-factor in this fight...compared to Don Patch and Tennosuke who just popped in and joined in Bo-bobo World...just because. I get it: Bo-bobo World is where everyone can participate in the insanity, but at least just have Bo-bobo concentrate it's power on those who are supposed to be fighting instead of just all Hajike based characters (not named Gaou). Sadly, after his pathetic usage here (outside one or two bits), I think its just going to get worse for Gaou from here. But...well, they did take out Chinchiro-Hime...a shame since I like her but she was evil and all...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24321[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 46 by StrangerAtaru2010-08-29T02:20:29+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comOne by one, Bo-bobo has watched his allies be transformed by Chinchiro-Hime into new items for her dice collection. Is there any way to make the bet that will finally make this wild gambling woman go broke!?
Shinsetsu 46: Super-High Rate!! The Soul-Betting Great Gamble!!!! (TN: This title actually has a silly pun in Japanese that can't be translated: "Super-High Rate" is read here as "Choukoureeto", which is close in pronounciation to the English word "Chocolate")
62. Chinchiro-Hime: AHHAHHA: HOW DO YOU LIKE MY COLLECTION! Chinchiro-Hime: NFU--- (TN: Yeah...she's really getting off on it) Hanpen: THOSE ARE LAMBADA AND JEDA THE WIND GOD!! Hanpen: YOU----HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO MY CUTE FORMER SUBORDINATES......I CAN'T FORGIVE YOU!! (past Hanpen) Um... Caption: ALL IGNORING HIM Beauty: YOUR CUTE SUBORDINATES!!? THAT HOW!? IN THAT IMAGE
63. Chinchiro-Hime: ALL OF YOU WILL INSTANTLY BE MADE INTO DICE! LIKE YOUR ALLIES OVER THERE! Tennosuke: TOU!! 30 YEARS OF REAL "MOMOTETSU"!! (TN: As I mentioned in a previous script, "Momotetsu" is in reference to the board-game like video game series "Momotarou Dentetsu", also known as "Momotetsu", which actually started in 1988...) Don Patch: LIMITED-EXPRESS CARD Beauty: HEY---WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!! Chinchiro-Hime: LET'S STEADILY GO! START THE 3RD MATCH! NOW, PLEASE PUT DOWN ON IF IT'S ODD OR EVEN!! Bo-bobo: KU Hanpen: IN THAT CASE, WE'LL HAVE... Hanpen: SON GO......HAN!!! (Piccolo-san) (TN: Hanpen's newest bet obviously is in reference to Son Gohan from DB, but of course the way he does it is how it's funny, with the infamous "bowl haircut" Gohan has during the Namek arc...and his weird obsession as a kid for Piccolo) Beauty: CAN'T YOU SAY IT NORMALLY!!?
64. Tennosuke: THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BAD... Beauty: EH? (Is there a reason that odd is bad?) Tennosuke: ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT UP. Display: MENTAIKO SHOP - PRESIDENT PATCH MENTAIKO SHOP - PRESIDENT PATCH HAKATA RAMEN SHOP - PRESIDENT PATCH CANAL CITY - PRESIDENT PATCH (TN: Apparantly the game area that Tennosuke and Don Patch were playing in regarding the previous MomoTetsu joke was the area around Fukuoka Prefecture and Hakata due to all of the weird references here: -Mentaiko: a specialty of Fukuoka, made of marinaded pollock roe -Hakata Ramen: a specific style of ramen made in Hakata known for using a broth made of pork bones, thinner noodles and simple toppings such as cha-su, scallions, red ginger and sesame seeds -Canal City: Hakata's main entertainment complex) SFX: Smirk Beauty: ARE YOU TALKING OF MOMOTETSU!! (Whatever it is, it's fine) Bo-bobo: CHINCHIRO-HIME! WE'VE REALIZED A DEATH DICE CAPTURE METHOD. Chinchiro-Hime: WHAT? Bo-bobo: THAT'S THE ESSENTIAL POINT OF GAMBLING--- Bo-bobo: IT'S "THE GODDESS OF GAMBLING SMILES ONLY ON THOSE WHO POSSESS A PURE HEART---!!! Nametags: HANKO | BOBOMI | KOAYO Caption: PURITY LEVEL INCREASED 80% Beauty: KYAAAA, THAT'S A CAPTURE METHOD!? IT'S GROSS!! Bo-bobo: LET'S GO: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THE ANGELS WHO CALL OUT FOR VICTORY PURE PRAYER!!! (out loud) MAKE IT ODD, KORAAA; SINK DOWN ON ME! DO IT Pachidama & Angel 777: GYAAAAA Beauty: THAT'S NOT PURE AT ALL; THEY'RE MERELY HEINOUS PEOPLE----!!!
65. Hanpen: A WISH TO GODDESS-SAMA: LET US WIN... Beauty: THE DEMPSEY ROLL!!? (TN: The Dempsey Roll is the famous boxing move by fighter Jack Dempsey, notable as heavyweight champion between 1919 to 1926, involving bobbing around and throwing punches like a pendulum. The move was made famous in Japanese culture through various means including through Makunouchi Ippo from the manga "Hajime no Ippo" and variation by Street Fighter character Dudley known as the "Rolling Thunder") Chinchiro-Hime: AN EVEN 12 Bo-bobo, Hanpen & Gaou: GA---N!!!! Bo-bobo, Hanpen & Gaou: WE'VE LOST AGAIN... Beauty: WELL IT SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED... Chinchiro-Hime: WELL PAY WITH A CHIP! Tennosuke: ME!! Tennosuke: GYAAAAAA, I'M BECOMING A DIE~~~I'M BECOMING---I'M BECOMING---
66. Tennosuke: I'M BECOMING PSYCHO-----!!!! Pachidama & Angel 777: ESPA ROBAAAAAAAA Beauty: WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!!! THAT'S PSYCHO-SHOCKER JINZO---!!! (TN: The joke works way better in Japanese than it does in English. In the original Japanese, Tennosuke begins to complain "saikoro ni naru", where "saikoro" is "die". But in actuality, he becomes "Psycho-Shocker" (also known as "Jinzo" in the US release, thus I used both names here), a monster from the original Yu-Gi-Oh manga by Kazuki Takahashi used by psychic dueler Espa Roba. The key to the joke is the "saiko, which goes from "Saikoro" to the "saiko" as in "psycho"...though somehow I made the pun work in a weird way by having Tennosuke yelling that instead of becoming a die, he becomes "psycho"...which can be interpreted either as the "psychotic" type of "psycho" or just the "psycho" that has to do with ESP "psi" powers such as Jinzo's power) Don Patch: OUT OF THE WAY. I DRAW TWO CARDS---!!! (TN: I really don't get why Don Patch becomes Yugi here...especially since it wasn't Yugi who originally stopped Psycho-Shocker but Jounouichi/Joey...but considering Yugi is the main character of the franchise, I guess that's the only real explanation) Don Patch: I SUMMON FUNDAMENTAL ASIAN BENTOU "GAIPATTO GABAO"!! (TN: "Gaipatto Gabao" is actually food of Thai cuisine, made up of minced meat and vegetables seasoned with basil with a fried egg on top) Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, HOT AND TASTY---!! Beauty: ...... Caption: CHANGED INTO A DIE Beauty: WHAT IS THAT!!? IS THAT A DIE!!?
67. Bo-bobo: KU, EVEN TENNOSUKE. Chinchiro-Hime: AHHAHHA: WITH THAT, I HAVE THREE-STRAIGHT VICTORIES. WELL, WHAT WILL YOU DO NEXT? Bo-bobo: ..................The captives were filth. Bo-bobo: THE NEXT DEATH DICE RATE WILL BE RAISED TO MAXIMUM! MY BET WILL BE ALL FIVE OF US THAT ARE REMAINING!!! IF WE WIN, THEN THE THREE THAT HAVE BECOME DICE WILL BE RETURNED TO NORMAL!!! Beauty: BO-BOBO Don Patch: HEY---!! WHY ARE YOU SELFISHLY BETTING OUR LIVES!! Don Patch: THE BET WILL BE GIVEN BY BEING DONE WITH JUST RAW EGGS!!!
68. Chinchiro-Hime: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THE GREAT DEATH-PENALTY STAND OF THE SHINIGAMI KING!!! (out loud) AHHAHHA: DO YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR SITUATION? FINE: I'LL SMASH YOU ALL AT ONCE Bo-bobo: HANPEN Hanpen: NU Caption: Slightly worried SFX: PIKA--N Chinchiro-Hime: LET'S BEGIN THIS FINAL DECISIVE GAME!! PLEASE PLACE ON YOUR ODD - EVEN OF DESTINY! Bo-bobo: UOOOOO----OUR BET IS----- Bo-bobo: CHOU!! (TN: I was contemplating on making this "even", which is the final bet, but one of the many readings for "chou" includes the kanji for "bird", thus I kept it as "Chou" to keep with the pattern of all the other bets) Bo-bobo: IT'S MATCH, CHINCHIRO-HIME Chinchiro-Hime: What is this now?
69. Bo-bobo: IT'S A MATCH IN THE APPROXIMATELY ONE-MINUTE TIME WHERE THOSE "DEATH DICE" DICE FALL!! UNTIL THEN, YOU'LL LOSE TO OUR STYLE OF GAMBLING!! Chinchiro-Hime: YOUR STYLE OF GAMBLING!? Bo-bobo: HERE WE GO: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SUPER-GAMBLE #1! LEGEND OF DISCOVERING THE TOKUGAWA BURIED TREASURE!!!! (TN: Bo-bobo is making a joke involving the search for the missing or buried treasures of the Tokugawa, a legendary treasure that has been searched for but still remains mostly unaccounted for or even merely a legend without any real basis of existence) Helmets: SAFETY FIRST Chinchiro-Hime: THAT'S A HISTORIC GAMBLE THAT CAN BE INVESTED IN AN ENTIRE LIFETIME--!! CAN THAT BE CONCLUDED IN THIS SHORT TIME---!!!
70. SFX: GAKIN Bo-bobo: MU! Box: NOBUNAGA'S BURIED TREASURE (TN: Oda Nobunaga was the predecessor of Tokugawa Ieyasu and began the unification of Japan) Bo-bobo: THIS IS STUPID---!! I CAN'T HAVE THAT---!!! Chinchiro-Hime, Angel 777 *& Pachidama: GUWAAAAAAA-- Beauty: NO NO NO, IT'S A GREAT HISTORICAL DISCOVERY!! (It's Nobunaga's) Chinchiro-Hime: KU, THAT MOCKING TECHNIQUE... Bo-bobo: WE'LL GO WITH THE NEXT GAMBLE---!! Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SUPER GAMBLE: A MATCH OF HITTING GOOD MUSIC IN COVER-BUYING A CD OF WESTERN MUSIC!!! Beauty: COVER-BUYING A CD!? THAT'S A GAMBLE!!?
71. Caption: COVER-BUYING: That is buying by relying just on the cover art or picture. Those who open within and see hell are said to be too many to count. Beauty: A good song is subjective... Bo-bobo: ALRIGHT! I DECIDE ON THIS Cover: TAMASHII (SOUL) Beauty: THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG!!! Bo-bobob: LISTEN TO THE MUSIC OF THE SOUL----!! Chinchiro-Hime: GYAAAAAA, IT'S ROTTING MY EARS--- Don Patch: Fu...even the author really cover-bought game cartridges and cried about them. Games: VOLUNTARY RESTRAINTS Beauty: .............Whatever it is is fine. Voice: AH, THE DICE ARE ALREADY FALLING Angel 777: I'VE GOT THEM! OUGI: SLOTTER WING!! Angel 777: GUO!! Gaou: YOU WON'T DO AS SUCH...TIENSHINHAN Angel 777: TAO PAI-PAI!!? (TN: A notable factor about Gaou's choice in words: even though he was the brother of his teacher, Tienshinhan did end up fighting and beating cyborg Tao in the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai)
72. Bo-bobo: WE DON'T HAVE TIME: IF IT'S COME TO THIS, THEN WE'RE CONCLUDING WITH MY BEST GAMBLE THAT I THOUGHT UP. Bo-bobo: LET'S GO: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SUPER GAMBLE! RUSSIAN MAYONAISSE!!!! THIS IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MAYONAISSE! THE ONE WHO DRAWS THE KARASHI MAYONAISSE FIRST WINS---!!! (TN: "Karashi" is a type of mustard made of the crushed seeds of brassica juncea, also known as Indian Mustard or Cabbage Mustard...and obviously "Russian Mayonaisse" is a variation of "Russian Roulette", the infamous game involving putting a gun to your head until someone finds the bullet...and blows their own brains out to their death) Chinchiro-Hime: Are they idiots... Beauty: CAN'T YOU THINK MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY!!!! Bo-bobo: GROSS-BUBO!!!! Beauty: KYAA Don Patch: HEY...THE DICE FROM HERE!? Chinchiro-Hime: They dug their graves. Everyone: !!
73. Chinchiro-Hime: AN ODD 13. WE'VE WON. Beauty: THAT'S...WE'VE LOST. Don Patch: ......AAH... Pachidama: WASSHOI-TAMA Angel 777: THAT'S THE CONCLUSIVE DICE--!! Chinchiro-Hime: THAT WAS SILLY! NOW, I SHALL TAKE YOUR SOULS Bo-bobo: BEFORE YOU DO, LOOK CLOSELY AT THE DIE PLACED ON THE GROUND Chinchiro-Hime: WHAT!?
74. Hanpen: OPERATION SUCCESSFUL... Chinchiro-Hime: !!! Caption: HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUKYOURYOKU OUGI: MISSION HANPOSSIBLE CAMOFLAGUED DICE OPERATION! (TN: There is no real joke about this joke: the Japanese literally refers to "Mission Impossible", but with Hanpen meshed in into "Mission Hanpossible". It probably has something to do with the 2006 film sequel of the Tom Cruise franchise...which actually was out in Japan that summer) Beauty: EEEH----!!? HANPEN WAS CLINGING TO THE DIE--!!! Hanpen: I CLUNG TO IT IN THE MIDST OF FALLING. Hanpen: IN OTHER WORDS, THE TRUE NUMBER IS AN EVEN 8. Hanpen: WE'VE WON. (Because you had appear just a 6) Bo-bobo: NOW, RETURN POKOMI AND THE OTHERS TO NORMAL.
75. Chinchiro-Hime: THIS IS...UNBELIEVABLE. ME, LOSING IN GAMBLING, IS...UNBELIEVABLE!!! Angel 777: THIS IS BAD: SHE'S BECOMING YASHA-HIME (TN: For once, "Yasha" is used properly considering it is a "female demon"...thus she is going from a "princess/mistress" to "princess demon/mistress demon" or "princess yasha/mistress yasha") Chinchiro-Hime: NOW FUSE-----!! Pachidama: WA-TAMA---!! Chinchiro-Hime: THE NEXT!! NOW WE'LL START THE NEXT. THE GAMBLING CALLED KILLING EACH OTHER---!!! Caption: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: GAMBLING SUPER-FUSION: CHINCHIRO YASHA-HIME!!!
76. Beauty: ...THAT'S...THEY'VE FUSED AND POWERED UP... Bo-bobo: IF YOU HAVE THAT SORT OF GAMBLE, THEN HERE'S MY GREAT SPECIALTY Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN MARUHI OUGI--- (TN: "Maruhi" = "Secret" or "Classified") Bo-bobo: BO-BOBO WORLD!!!! Chinchiro-Hime: !!! Creature 1: SHINRA BANCHO (TN: Shinra Bancho is in reference to a franchise of cards that are tied to chocolate, sort of like the old Bikkuriman Line) Creature 2's Flags: FUURIN (TN: Fuurin is the first two words of the mantra from Sengoku Daimyo Takeda Shingen, meaning "Swift Like the Wind; Quiet Like the Forest")
TN: How long has it been...seems like forever since Bo-bobo World was last used...but then again that's for next chapter. Regardless, once again we got another incredible chapter probably highlighting one of the best fights in this series that actually uses all the emotion and humor that the series has...well OK, maybe I'm not a fan of Don Patch randomly having shocked faces instead of doing something strange so you can't say it's perfect but it's as good as we're probably going to get in Shinsetsu. Probably one of the best aspects of the chapter is the strategy which you see Bo-bobo's side setting up but don't quite know how it works...until it's done. The mere fact that we see Hanpen setting up for the big play and seeing him vanish while Bo-bobo forces Chinchiro-Hime into weird gambles before the big reveal shows that the tactic was weird and didn't just randomly come out of nowhere...sure you'd expect it with Bo-bobo but it was clever and it actually kept with the rules of the game: the dice remain in play until they hit the ground, thus Hanpen was allowed to dis-attach his head in order to make the right roll. Though probably the weirdest and toughest part of the chapter...was just how to make that Tennosuke becoming Jinzo joke work without it sounding ridiculous or stupid. I hope it works for all of you...but don't yell at me if it didn't.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24202[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 45 by StrangerAtaru2010-08-22T14:47:15+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comBo-bobo and Hanpen (And Gaou...I think) has been sent out in a Sangaria against a devious gambling princess who determines the match by a roll of the dice! Can they bet it all to defeat this high-rolling IXEX maiden?
Shinsetsu 45: Feeling of Vegas? Dark-Gambling Death Dice!!
43. Beauty: Dengaku Cantabile......... (TN: "Dengaku Cantabile" is in reference to the popular music-based shoujo series "Nodame Cantabile" by Tomoko Ninomiya, running in Kodansha magazine Kiss between 2001 to 2009. The series involves a girl who, through encounters and a love of a guy, grows to appreciate the music that she plays)
44. Chinchiro-Hime: KING OF JAPANESE-MADE GAMBLING: "CHINCHIRO"...IT'S TERROR WILL BE TAUGHT TO YOU IN THIS SANGARIA. Tennosuke: GREAT---MISS. STIR IT UP-- Sake Bottles: (right to left) NU-OU (Nu-King); NU-HA (Nu-Wave); TENKA NUSOU (parody of "Tenka Musou", "Unequalled Under the Heaven"...thus this would be "Equal to Nu under the heaven") Beauty: Since he understood he himself isn't fighting, he became a tender-hearted stranger... Pokomi: HEY, WH--AT IS CHINCHIRO? Don Patch: You don't know? Fine: Chinchiro is, well...
45. Don Patch: It's this. "Chin": CHIN FLICKS. CHIN FLICKS. Caption: Chin (TN: It's been a while since we've had a pun this great but basically it's this: while it's obvious this guy's name is "chin", what he is doing is "chirochiro", which is "flickering" in Japanese. Thus, Chin is "chiro"-ing, leading to "Chinchiro") Beauty: YOU'RE COMPLETELY WRONG!!!! Hatenko: "Chinchiro" is simple gambling where you win with the number of protruding dots on the dice that are rolled are odd or even, as one kind of dice gambling. (Oyabin) Captions: ODD NUMBER -> HAN; EVEN NUMBER -> CHOU (TN: Now that it's finally explained a bit, it's time that I actually explain it a bit better: while it will be called "Chinchiro" in this series, the actual name of the game is "Chinchirorin" and is also known as "Cee-lo". The game is essentially a variation of the game of craps, only with three dice instead of just two and is based on the concept mostly of "Odds and Evens". For the most part, the gamblers bet on whether the three dice will come up as "Odd" (known as "Han" in Japanese) or "Even" ("Chou"), as well as certain combinations that can make or break a game: a 4-5-6 roll allows for everyone at the table who bet to win, while a 1-2-3 is a win for the bank. Due to the direct translation and so we won't get confused, I will be keeping "Han" and "Chou" as "Odd" and "Even" in this script) Pig: NOW, TELL ME, TELL ME-BU Don Patch: !!! Beauty: As expected, Hatenko-san. Don Patch: AAH, CHIN! WAIT UP, CHIN! Chinchiro-Hime: NOW, LET'S COMPETE FOR OUR LIVES TOGETHER. Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT: THIS DARK-GAMBLING MATCH... Bo-bobo: SHALL BE TAKEN FROM THE FRONT!!! Caption: 15:50 (3:50 PM): RIOT POLICE BREAK IN Shield: POLICE HQ Beauty: YOU LIE----!! YOU'RE FULLY READY TO EXPOSE THIS AS ILLEGAL GAMBLING----!!
46. Bo-bobo: HERE WE GO Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: 24-HOUR POLICE SEIGE-NETWORK! SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL!!! Voices: GYOHEEEE Beauty: KYAAA, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING WITHIN THERE---!!? Beauty: Ah...the mosaic is getting unstuck... Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: LUFFA CULTIVATION DIARY!!! (TN: The "sponge gourd", or "luffa" is genus "Luffa", a genus that is typically used as a coarse sponge in the west but used as a vegetable in the Middle East, Asia and Africa) Beauty: THAT'S---WHAT IT IS!!? THAT CALM MOOD WITHIN THE MOSAIC!!? Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THE APPLICATION METHOD OF A LUFFA!!! Angel 777: GABARA!!! Hanpen: WHAT IS THE APPLICATION METHOD OF A LU---FFA!!! Angel 777: GYAHA--IT'S WETTING MY EYES~~~
47. Bo-bobo: FOR YOU IS SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE IN-VOGUE BALANCE-BALL----!!! Pachidama: GYAAAAAAA, I'M A BALL FOR TEMPERING THE BODY-----THIS HURTS-----!!! Chinchiro-Hime: ALL OF YOU STEADY YOURSELVES Chinchiro-Hime: A PAIR OF (1) Chinchiro-Hime: ALRIGHT, I'LL DO THAT! Chinchiro-Hime: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SHINIGAMI KING OF GAMBLING: MAPHINE!!!! I'VE GOT THIS MATCH (TN: A few notes: -I ended up making the name of the attack character "Maphine" as a weird fusion of "Ma" or "Demon" and the ending of "Morphine". -I ended up keeping the creature as "Shinigami" [which is a typical Japanese embodiment of "death"] as opposed to "Death God" because...well, you'll see why next page -The summoning means of Maphine isn't ironic at all: two 1s, the combo also known as "snake eyes", is considered bad luck in many cultures and ends up being a losing roll in craps)
48. Bo-bobo: WHAT IS THAT!? Hanpen: A KIND OF SHINIGAMI!? Tennosuke: PERHAPS WITH A SHINIGAMI...SHE IS KIRA. "Cup": Coffee Cup Beauty: EEH!? Don Patch: You dummy...L-nosuke. I am Kira! I am God. "Creature": Orange Book: SCRIBBLE NOTE Tennosuke: NOW TELL ME, AMANE PATCHMI, YOU ARE KIRA. Don Patch: STOP THIS---IT'S TORTURE---YOU'RE A PERVERT, PERVERT--- Beauty: Well, what are you two doing... (TN: I had to essentially keep quiet the whole time to let the whole scenario play out but, once again, Sawai is referring to Ohba/Obata's "Death Note"...but this time, is actually following along with some previous work Sawai himself did! Back when DN was still running as a manga, Sawai was notable for making a "one-shot" that essentially replaced the characters of the series with Bo-bobo characters. Most notable were using Don Patch as Light Yagami/Kira and Tennosuke/L, but Bo-bobo ended up playing Ryuk...which he isn't in this version sadly. However, this version ends up adding in the infamous "second Kira" Misa Amane, who this version is being played by...yeah, Patchmi. In fact, the whole scene with Tennosuke's "capture/torture" of Patchmi was in Death Note, right down to Misa calling L a pervert for the unconventional method of capture he does to her in order to try and prove certain things about the Kira murders) Chinchiro-Hime: UFUFUFU...ON TOP OF THE APPEARANCE OF "MAPHINE", YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM MY GAMBLING ANYMORE. Bo-bobo: WHAT? Chinchiro-Hime: THE THREE JET-BLACK DICE TOGETHER IN THE SKY WILL DECIDE OUR DESTINES FROM HERE ON...
49. Chinchiro-Hime: WE'LL START THE BATTLE GAMBLE "DEATH DICE"!!! Hanpen: WHAT!? THE CYLINDERS ABOVE US HAVE STARTED TO TURN!! Chinchiro-Hime: BATTLE GAMBLE START! Chinchiro-Hime: THE DICE HAVE BEEN THROWN! FROM HERE WE HAVE THE TWO CHOICES OF ODD OR EVEN, JUST LIKE IN CHINCHIRO!! NOW PLEASE PUT UP!! Hanpen: Nuu...In that case, here we'll decide with my good luck. Bo-bobo: WAIT! I'LL DECIDE Hanpen: We can't leave this to you; here will be me!! Bo-bobo: NO...
50. Bo-bobo: LEAVE THIS TO MY LUCK, HANPEN. Hanpen: AH.........AAH... Caption: Hanpen withdraws. Bo-bobo: Odd, even, frankly I don't know which is correct. If you're saying this is decided by whichever it is, merely odd or even... Bo-bobo: HIDEN NINPOU...CHOU!! (TN: Bo-bobo's "choice" is the name of a rival "collectable sticker series" to the likes of "Bikkuriman" with ninja techniques, only with "Chou" being the same "Chou" as the one for "Even". The actual "Hiden Ninpou Chou" translates into "Secret Ninja Art Notebook") Beauty: WHAT'S THAT!? Pachidama: HE'S A ICE-CREAM CANDY GUY Bo-bobo: UOOOOOOOOO Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THE GREAT PARADE OF NOSTALGIC STICKERS!!!! THE LEGEND OF KING HARIMA, TIME-SLIP BATTLE, RAMEN-GRANNY, BRAVO GREAT SHOGUN, BATTLE KNIGHT (TN: All of these are actually the name of various sticker series akin to "Hiden Ninpou Chou" and "Bikkuriman"; a rundown: -Legend of King Harima (Harima-ou no Densetsu): A collective of various knights, royalty and monsters -Time-Slip Battle: Creatures and artifacts from throughout the past and future -Ramen-Granny (Ramenbaa): Not sure but seems to be based on ramen -Bravo Great Shogun (Appare Daishougun): Japanese warriors and monsters -Battle Knight: European-styled knights and monsters) Sticker: MANIN (Evin Ninja) BO-BOBO Angel 777 & Pachidama: GYAAAAAA, ALL THE TITLES WE'VE HEARD ARE NOSTALGIIC----!!!
51. Bo-bobo: Ku...these "Death Dice". On top of not knowing the rules, now I can only follow the rules of her. Chinchiro-Hime: FUFU...EVEN IS FINE. IN THAT CASE, WE'LL TAKE ODD. Chinchiro-Hime: WELL, THE DICE ARE FALLING. WHICH WILL IT BE, ODD OR EVEN?
52. Chinchiro-Hime: A 5 and 4. Chinchiro-Hime: And with this 6, it's an odd 15. Chinchiro-Hime: I WIN. Beauty: THAT'S...SHE AIMED FOR THE NUMBER AND CHANGED IT. THAT'S UNFAIR Tennosuke: FRAUD, IT'S FRAUD---!! Don Patch: SQUID-SAMA---!!? "Squid": He--y, I don't want to see the octopus. Step back, step back-- (TN: This was another weird pun: Tennosuke ends up calling Chinchiro-Hime "Ikasama", which is "fraud", but Don Patch interprets "ikasama" as "Ika-sama" or "Squid-sama") Chinchiro-Hime: THAT'S THE RULE OF DEATH DICE! UNTIL THE DICE HIT THE GROUND, IT'S VALID TO CHANGE THE NUMBER EFFECTIVELY, EVEN BY TOUCHING IT JUST ANY TIME. WE MEET AND KILL BY TURNING THE FACES OF THESE THREE DICE! THAT'S A GAMBLE BATTLE Bo-bobo: KU...THIS MATCH: WE HAVE FRAUDULENCE AND ANYTHING FROM THE START? Don Patch: SQUID-SAMA!!? "Squid": THIS IS PARADISE-- Chinchiro-Hime: YOU HAVE TO PAY UP THE LOSING SHARE FOR THE GAMBLE NOW Bo-bobo: WHAT?
53. Chinchiro-Hime: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SOUL BET LAS VEGAS!!!! (TN: The "other reading" for the attack we're seeing here is "The great game of betting souls" or "The great Number One for betting souls") Pokomi: WA Everyone: !!!
54. Beauty: KYAAAA: POKOMI-CHAN Hatenko: WHA? SHE BECAME A DIE. Don Patch: THIS FEELS HIGH-SPIRITED? Bo-bobo: YOU, WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED TO POKOMI...? Chinchiro-Hime: MAPHINE IS A SHINIGAMI WHO DISCOVERS ONE SACRIFICE FOR LOSING A GAMBLE, TAKES THEIR SOUL AND CHANGES THEM INTO A DIE. RUNNING AWAY IS UNFORGIVABLE: YOUR ALLIES ARE REPLACEMENT CHIPS! NOW, HAVE FUN IN GAMBLING! Bo-bobo: YOU Chinchiro-Hime: NOW, WE'LL START THE SECOND ACT. PLEASE PLACE ON ODD OR EVEN!! Hanpen: IN THAT CASE, NEXT WILL BE DECIDED BY ME. NEXT IS Hanpen: TOKUMEI KAKARI...CHOU!! (TN: Another "Chou"-based pun, Hanpen announced his bet through the title of "Tokumei Kakarichou Tadano Hitoshi" (Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective), a popular J-drama about a "nobody" businessman by day who becomes a skilled detective by night. Two seasons had already aired by this point, with a third series starting close to the release of this chapter in January, 2007. [the chapter was released around November/December, 2006] and a fourth in 2009) Beauty: HE DID THAT SERIOUSLY!!
55. Bo-bobo: HOW DARE YOU LAY A HAND ON MY ALLIES...UNFORGIVABLE!!! YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOSE TO ME!!! Bo-bobo: LET'S GO, HANPEN!! WE'LL SEND THEM FLYING AND PLUNDER THOSE DICE Hanpen: UMU!! Gaou: LEAVE THE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO ME Beauty: !! Angel 777: WELL, COME AT US Pachidama: WE'LL SHOW YOU OUR TACTICS-TAMA--!! Bo-bobo & Hanpen: THE SMALL-FRY ARE CROWDING US---
56. Bo-bobo & Hanpen: GATTAI CHOUOUGI: PERFECT HANPEN-SHOU!!! Pachidama & Angel 777: !! UWAAAAAAA, A GREAT FORCE!! A LARGE-VOLUME OF HANPEN ARE COMING----!! Slot word: Hanpen
57. Pachidama: HERE'S WHERE I'LL APPEAR-TAMA! WE'LL GO WITH A GAMBLING COMBO Pachidama: REACH-TECHNIQUE SECRET WITH 80% TRUST: VIOLENTLY-HEATED ADVANCE-NOTICE PACHIDAMA-GROUP!! (TN: Pachidama is using a technique tied to "reach", a special maneuver within a game of Pachinko where two numbers in a slot end up matching, with the outcome of everything relying on the third. Many times "Reach" ends up coming up every four spins in a Pachinko game, building up the hopes of a player before the final number is revealed...meanwhile, "Violently Heated" is "Gekiatsu" in Japanese...then again, this whole thing does remind me a lot of some stuff from Sawai's next work "Chagecha"...) Angel 777: ALRIGHT! THE REST WILL BE LEFT TO ME SFX: GACHAN Angel 777: IT'S COME! A DEFINATE CHANGE JACKPOT!! Slots: HIME-SAMA | ATTACK POWER | TIMES 30 Chinchiro-Hime: YOU'VE DONE WELL, YOU TWO. ATTACK POWER X 30 Chinchiro-Hime: HA Chinchiro-Hime: (3) AND (6) Chinchiro-Hime: CASINO HOUSE POIFUL-KUN (out loud) GO Beauty: WHAT IS THAT!!?
58. Chinchiro-Hime: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: A REQUEST TO REFORM FOR A YEAR!!! Beauty: GUWAAAAAA, SHE'S RETURNING THE HANPEN---!!! (AND FURTHER THAT TECHNIQUE DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONNECTION AT ALL TO GAMBLING--!!) Hanpen: GUOOOO, IS THIS SELF-RESPONSIBILITY---I CAN'T EAT THESE--- Beauty: KYAAA, THOSE TWO Chinchiro-Hime: THAT'S REGRETTING. I WIN AGAIN WITH ODD Chinchiro-Hime: PAY WITH A CHIP! Hatenko: HUH
59. Don Patch: HATENKO!! Dice Symbols: OYABIN LIFE Tennosuke: PUPU...SERVES HIM RIGHT Beauty: EVEN HATENKO-SAN...IT CAN'T BE Chinchiro-Hime: THIS IS FUN: MY DICE COLLECTION IS GROWING! GROWING! Bo-bobo: KU Bo-bobo: THIS IS THE TRUE-POWER OF THE IXEX...CHINCHIRO-HIME...SHE'S STRONG
TN: It's been forever since I've said this...but this has to be the most incredible Bo-bobo chapter I've done in forever. I know that sometimes the standards of Bo-bobo are high...but somehow since Hanpen has shown up and they've met with Chinchiro-Hime, the fight has just been beyond insane! I think strangely that what makes this battle so insane and brilliant...is just how well structured it is based on the gambling theme. The whole basis of Chinchiro-Hime's battle style being a weird all-out version of "Chinchiroutou" complete with fighting over dice just seems so simple yet effective at the same time, not to mention the way that she is just so complimented by having pachinko and slot-minions working alongside her. Heck, the whole concept of her "rolling" special attacks with her own dice alongside the "Death Dice" game leading to her summons are likewise something I actually once came up with as some sort of weird battle style...but it's done so well and yet so simple at the same time. Heck, even much of the classic Bo-bobo puns (Chin-Chirou, Ika-sama), Sawai's love of the past (the sticker list) and the most insane Death Note parody yet (even though having Don patch as both Light and Misa was...weird)...suddenly I can't wait for the next chapter, and I haven't said that in a while!
BTW: After reading about how certain mangaka "get ideas from one idea for the next" in Bakuman...strangely I just feel that there may be more than coincidence we get some of this "gambling terminology" with a certain character in "Chagecha"...but I'm still bitter about how that series turned out. (grumbles about the lack of taste of Jump voters)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24189[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 44 by StrangerAtaru2010-08-21T21:01:48+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith the ultimate three-for-one attack, Don Patch has blasted Bo-bobo's way into the 23-Wards! But with the massive gamble ahead of taking on the 3rd's forces, they may need some help...in the form of a former employee...
Shinsetsu 44: Vague Gambling: Enter Chinchiro-hime!! (TN: The title is a pun: the Japanese word for "gambling" is "tobaku", which is followed up by "bakubaku", which in this case is either "vast" or "vague")
25. Don Patch: WE'RE FINALLY INTRODUCING SHINKEN USERS THOUGHT UP BY THE READERS IN THIS VOLUME! INCIDENTALLY, BELOW ARE SHINKEN USERS THOUGHT UP BY THE ASSISTANTS! (TN: Yeah, Sawai held a contest for "new Shinken users" akin to something done by a few shonen authors like the "new wrestler recruitments" done by Yudetamage for Kinnikuman. As for the assistant ones...I'm just going to give you their names and their Shinken: they do have quite a bit written about them too but...as you will see, not much of it really matters ultimately)
26. "Kimono Girl": Odd with (2) - (3) makes match. "Kimono Girl": I've heard that you were the strongest leaders of the Former Maruhage, and yet I'm dissappointed that you were too weak. Sign: I'm a 3 PM Snack - Ujikin TOKIO Hair Hunter: EMERGENCY REPORT!! MASTER JOY WAS DEFEATED BY SOMEONE "Kimono Girl": ! Hair Hunter: AS IXEX, YOUR POWER IS CERTAIN!! "Kimono Girl": Fine, let's go.
27. Narrator: At that moment, Bo-bobo's group was... Beauty: WE'VE DONE IT---DON PATCH-KUN'S GROUP WON! Hatenko: OYABIN! YOU'RE THE GREATEST OYA--BIN Don Patch: NYAWACCHI (TN: Don Patch's "nyawacchi" is a parody of the "flying off" sound of Ultraman with a cat twist) Hatenko: GYA Beauty: ...... Pokomi: That Gattai Chouougi now...EHE, FLYING LIGHTING GUN WAS COOL Bo-bobo: IT WAS A BLOW WHERE DON PATCH'S POWER WAS RAISED TO IT'S MAXIMUM WITH HATENKO'S KAGI SHINKEN AND FIRED...IT'S POWER WAS BOOSTED FURTHER TIMES SEVERAL TENS WITH TENNOSUKE'S LENS BODY. IT WAS A PERFECT CHOUOUGI. Beauty: AMAZING Tennosuke: MY COMPENSATION WAS THIS......GOFU Beauty: TENNOSUKE-KU---N!! Don Patch: WE THREE CAN USE SOME OTHER GATTAI CHOUOUGI Beauty: EH?
28. Don Patch: GATTAI CHOUOUGI #1: BOY IN THE MIDDLE OF SHOPLIFTING TRIANGLE ARRAY Tennosuke: THE MANAGER IS COMING! Tennosuke's Shirt: Living guy Caption: GUARD 1 Don Patch: OH NO Bag: PATCH SACK Hatenko: OYABIN, WHAT ARE YOU STEALING THERE? Caption: GUARD 2 Beauty: THAT'S MERELY CRIME!!! Don Patch: AND GATTAI CHOUOUGI #2: GREEDY-FOR-MONEY BETTING MAH-JONG! FRAUDULENT TACTIC: JUNKI!!! (TN: "Junki" is Japanese for "martyred demon"; however for some reason from the "gambling war" and the art style, something tells me that this is a parody of Nobuyuki Fukumoto's popular mah-jong manga series "Akagi") Tennosuke: I'LL TURN THESE TWO... (out loud) GUFUFUFU: GOD WILL COME TO FALL (TN: I won't translate the two tiles since I have no idea what they are, but they have to stay as they are in the actual script) Don Patch: TODAY I'LL FINALLY TAKE IT Beauty: THEREFORE THAT'S MERELY CRIME!!! Gaou: You don't see...all of you don't see any of reality Don Patch: What? Gaou: RISE UP! ARTICLE OF NOBITAROU! YAKUMAN DONJARA (TN: A few notes here to understand: -Nobitarou is in reference most likely to Nobita Nobi, the lead human character of the classic Fujiko Fujio manga/anime series "Doraemon" -Yakuman is the highest score that one can get in Mah Jong, usually in conjunction with a hand that is nearly impossible to get -Donjara, also known as ponjan, is an introductory version of Mah Jong for children, usually using much simpler and less tiles compared to the actual game) Don Patch, Tennosuke and Hatenko: HE GOT AN ARTICLE OF NOBITAROU~~~ Beauty: Anything is fine.
29. Master Joy: GU...THOSE GUYS, IT WON'T END LIKE THIS... Master Joy: INVOKE EMERGENCY WARNING "X0"!! THE ELITE TROOPS OF THE 23-WARDS WILL GATHER TO KILL ALL OF YOU--- (TN: The "elite troops" part is based on a word "seieihei", which I ended up picking up as a combination of two words: "seiei" or "elite" and "eihei", which are "picked troops") Beauty: WHAT? AN EMERGENCY WARNING!? Master Joy: UUUUU~~~~UUUUUU~~~~~ Hair Hunters: UOOOOOOOOOO Beauty: KYAAAA: AN ABSURD AMOUNT CAME---!!! (Due to now!?)
30. Hair Hunters: KILL THE INTRU--DERS Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!! I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE ELITE-TROOPS OF THE 23-WARDS, BUT I'LL GO WITH SLICING UP 100 OF YOU AT ONCE---- Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: IT'S TERRIBLE FOR EVEN THE AUTHOR TO DRAW A LARGE QUANTITY OF HAIR HUNTE---RS!!!! Stick Figures: SMALL FRY Beauty: THESE SMALL FRY HAVE EXCEEDINGLY SIMPLIFIED----!!! Hair Hunter: YOU S**T----THE ELITE TROOPS OF THE 23-WARDS--- "Small Fry": SHOULDN'T BE MOCKED---!!! Tennosuke: GUBAA, IT SEEMS THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR BODY LENGTH--!! Beauty: WHAT'S THAT? A TECHNIQUE!?
31. Bo-bobo: IN THAT CASE, TAKE SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: HAIR HUMMINGS---!!! (TN: A couple notes: -Note Bo-bobo now transformed into "Kami" from Dragonball -"Hair Hummings" is an adaptation of the original Japanese version of this: "Kegarings", but both remains the same: a fusion of "Hair Hunters" with the classic 1991 video game "Lemmings" by "DMA Designs" (now known as "Rockstar North"...yes, the creators of Lemmings also created the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series) Beauty: KYAAAA Bo-bobo: I'VE DECIDED THEY'LL ALL DROWN TO DEATH IN THE SEA---!! (TN: For those who don't remember, the game "Lemmings" involve controlling little "creatures" across a destination from Point A to B, where they can do whatever you want them to...including kill themselves if you wish them to) Beauty: DEMON!! Don Patch: I'LL GO TOO--- SFX: PAKU (BITE) Don Patch: TUMERIC POWER, TUMERIC POWEER----!!! (TN: Tumeric, also known as "curcuma longa", is a notable plant found for both its usage in South Asian cuisine and for its medicinal purposes...not for turning into a giant monster with fire and freeze breath) Hair Hunters: GYAAAAAAAA Beauty: TUMERIC DOESN'T HAVE THAT POWER!! Gaou: OUT OF MY WAY Gaou: SUPER DODONPA!! Hair Hunters: GYAAAAA Beauty: THERE IT IS AGAIN!! Hatenko: S**T, WHAT NUMBERS, THERE'S NO LIMIT Voice: WORTHLESS Beauty: !
32. Beauty: WHAT? SOMETHING'S COMING! THAT'S... Flag: ODEN ARMY Hanpen: HANPEN IS HEAVEN (TN: As I mentioned before, "Hanpen" is a kind of fishcake as well as...well, Hanpen's name, thus it will remain as "Hanpen") Caption: FOOD KING: HANPEN Beauty: ITITITITIT...IT'S HANPEN-SAN----!!!!
33. Bo-bobo: NICE TIMING Bo-bobo: JUMPING ON!!! Hanpen: GUA Don Patch: Leave kicking a** to us. Flag: YO - RO - SHI - KU (TN: The flag is basically a reading for "Yoroshiku" but in a translation that goes for "Night-Dew Deadly Pain") Hair Hunters: CLICK CLICK CLICK Bo-bobo: BOOST! Don Patch & Tennosuke: AAH!!! Bo-bobo: Hanpen, why are you here? Hanpen: 3RD-SAMA HAS DISCARDED WE OF THE FORMER-HAIR HUNT CORP.........I CAME TO HERE SO I COULD ASCERTAIN THE TRUTH. Bo-bobo: JUST FINE. YOU CAN TRANSPORT ME TO THE FOOT OF THE 3RD WITH THIS.
34. Narrator: 30 MINUTES LATER Bo-bobo: HEY, LOOK: THERE'S A CASINO. MU, SOMEONE IS THERE! Sign: WELCOME: TO NEO-ITABASHI WARD (TN: Itabashi Ward, in the Northeastern corridor of Tokyo, is notable as one of the four former Post Cities of Edo where people arrived in the city on the way to the main capital. It got it's name for the plank bridge that crossed the Shakujii River into the Tokyo area) Voice: STOP! THIS CASINO STREET AHEAD IS NEO-ITABASHI WARD, WHICH IS MANAGED BY THE IXEX!! THOSE WHO INTRUDE FROM HERE AHEAD WILL BE KILLED BY US!! Sandrail: ICHIRINSHA SHINKEN Yuagari Shower Kid: SHAMPOO SHINKEN Megusuri Saeko: MEGUSURI SHINKEN Saeko's Package: WOMAN TEACHER MEGUSURI SAEKO Caption: NEO-ITABASHI RECONNAISSANCE CORP Beauty: IT'S THE CHARACTERS DRAWN BY THE ASSISTANTS ON THE FRONT PAGE THIS TIME---!! Don Patch: THE SHINKEN USERS THOUGHT UP BY THE READERS AREN'T FAILURE CREATIONS LIKE THEM. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO SENT APPLICATIONS. Reconnsaisance Corp: WHO'S A FAILURE CREATION, HEY----!!! Hanpen: We're going to break through by force. Hanpen: TAKE THIS...
35. Hanpen: ALOOF HANPEN SHOU!!!!! (TN: As I mentioned in the original with Hanpen's attack, "Shou" is a kanji for "acquiescence" or "hearing" and is kept in Japanese due to it's tough to translate definition) Hair Hunters: GYAAAAAAAAA Pokomi: WAA, AMAZING SFX: ZA
36. Chinchiro-Hime: It's them: the intruders said to have defeated Master Joy. Bo-bobo: ! Bo-bobo: What is that person!? Chinchiro-Hime: YOU TRULY ARE A SEEMINGLY TROUBLESOME OPPONENT. BUT YOU'RE NO MATCH FOR ME OF THE IXEX Bo-bobo: IXEX!? SHE'S TRULY SPEAKING OF THOSE GUYS WHO RAN OFF WITH NAMEROU. Everyone: ! Chinchiro-Hime: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: CHERRY-BLOSSOM DANCE-PERFORMANCE ARMAMENT (TN: "Saikoro Bakuchi" = "Dice Gambling")
37. Chinchiro-Hime: LET'S BEGIN THE DECISIVE GAMBLING GAME: ALL OF YOUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS WILL BE TAKEN BY ME Caption: IXEX: BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY: CHINCHIRO-HIME Hair Hunters: L - O - V - E CHINCHIRO-HIME--L - O - V - E CHINCHIRO-HIME--- Sign: CHINCHIRO-HIME FAN (FUN?) CLUB Beauty: SHE EVEN HAS A FAN CLUB!!?
38. Chinchiro-Hime: ALL OF LIFE IS A GAMBLE, GAMBLE! Chinchiro-Hime: EVEN DEATH AND LIFE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES OF PROTRUDING EYES!!! Chinchiro-Hime: A PAIR OF (5) Chinchiro-Hime: SAIKORO BAKUCHI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: PAIR GIANT-GOD CORP!!! Hanpen: NANU---!!! Giant-Gods: DIE SLASHER (TN: The "die" here is in reference to one dice, not "death")
39. Hanpen: NUUU...THEY SMASHED MY HANPEN SHOU Pokomi: She's strong. Chinchiro-Hime: BEST CUSTOMERS! HAVE YOU PREPARED THE STAGE? "Slot-Machine Head": YES, HIME-SAMA "Ball": IT'S BEEN ARRANGED-TAMA. (TN: "Tama" is "Ball", which is what this guy's endings are) Chinchiro-Hime: SPECIALTY OF NEO-ITABASHI WARD: CRITICAL-MOMENT DICE GAME STADIUM!!! Beauty: WHAT IS THIS STAGE!?
40. Chinchiro-Hime: WELL, INTRUDER-SAN! LET'S MAKE MERRY IN A SANGARIA SOON. IN A PLEASURABLE GAMBLE WHERE WE BET OUR LIVES! Bo-bobo: HERE'S WHERE I GO. Don Patch: KAKAROT (TN: "Kakarot", for those who don't know, is Goku's real name in "Dragon Ball" and the name which Saiyans usually refer to him as, particularly his brother Raditz and his rival Vegeta) Hanpen: I'll do this too! I can't be silent with my Hanpen Shou stopped by a girl. Beauty: HANPEN-SAN IS FIGHTING TOGETHER WITH US TOO Hatenko: Is that alright? Gaou: Then, the third is going to be me. Gaou: BECAUSE IT'S MY CHANCE TO GIVE MY APPEAL AS A MASCOT CHARACTER. Beauty: GAOU-KUN!!?
41. Chinciro-Hime: SHALL WE BEGIN: MY LUCK AND YOUR LUCK...A REAL BATTLE WHERE WE BET OUR LIVES Right Fighter: NEO-ITABASHI WARD GUARD: ANGEL 777 Left Fighter: NEO-ITABASHI WARD VICE-GUARD: PACHIDAMA RUNAWAY BOY (TN: This name was a weird one that had a tough time being translated but sort of was. "Pachidama" is literally a fusion of "pachinko" and "dama", but it didn't make any sense to translate him as "pachinko-ball" so I kept it as "Pachidama". "Iede" on the other hand, is easy to translate as a "runaway", as in "running away from home". So for our purposes, his name will be "Pachidama Runaway Boy") Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT. THE LIFE OF A GAMBLER IS 30 YEARS. WITH US, YOU'RE ONLY GOING FOR A LOSS!
TN: Why is it that Sawai seemed to finally get the hang of finally unleashing sexy female villains...at a point where they're probably just going to be villains? I mean, sure we started seeing it sort of by the Former Maruhage arc by way of Rem (unless you count, say, those girls of Giga who just giggled and were eye candy) But since then we've had the likes of LOVE, Yuko...and now Chinchiro-Hime! (lets not forget: they were all fighting after the anime ended...so little to no respectful fanbase could be built) It's like you want more of them...but know they'll ultimately be defeated and never come back! Dang that's one thing I really hate about series like these...aside from hormonal comments (and the hell of her dice-gambling coming with the fight that is about to begin), the stars of the chapter was just two unexpected ones. First of all...was the epic return of Hanpen. Considering he was hanging out with Tennosuke and Dengaku Man all this time, we knew he would somehow return to the story at some point. Strangely though they gave us a legitimate idea as to why: with the 3rd dumping on his former employees for his so called uber-forces, Hanpen would like to "get back at him for his disrespect." (doubt it will go too far but hey it gets Hanpen back in the story) On the other hand...Gaou was finally remembered after all this time! Sure it probably took Dengaku Man popping up to have him remembered but the koala actually being used in this fight is bound to be worth something...I hope considering how neglectful Sawai was towards him up to then.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24085[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 43 by StrangerAtaru2010-08-15T23:49:01+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comConfronted at the first obstacle in Tokyo-Maruhage 23 Wards, the Hajike Gang (Don Patch and Hatenko...with Tennosuke thrown in) have chosen to take on Master Joy in a hot-dogging showdown...but who will be the wiener this time!?
Vol. 5: Super-Warrior of Babylon: Softon Shinsetsu 43: The Real Worth of Training!!
8. Master Joy: CHAPPY----- Master Joy: HOLD ON, CHAPPY---DON'T DIE, MY BELOVED DOG CHAPPY----!! Chappy: Don't cry, Joy. Live strongly even for my share............ Master Joy: !! Chappy: ...Hehe, my final smoke... Master Joy: SOMEHOW THIS DOG WAS GROSS----!! Chappy: Wa---- Beauty: HE TOSSED HIM AWAY---!! Hatenko: Hey, Card Machine-guy over there. Be prepared, I've decided to defeat you. (your existence is annoyin')
9. Cardoss 50: EXCELLENT!! I'LL MURDER YOU BY DRAGGING OUT ALL OF YOUR INTERNAL ORGANS AND HAVE YOU CRAWLING IN A SEA OF BLOODY VOMIT WITH MY CARD!!! Beauty: Uwa...that's surprising: his facial expression and his speech aren't in gear with each other. Cardoss 50: HERE WE GO! CARD EFFECT-- Hatenko: How many times will you do that... Hatenko: STOP HIM, TENNOSUKE!!! KYOUSEI KYOURYOKU OUGI: PROCESSED FOODSTUFF SLIDING ON SAUSAGE!!! (TN: "Kyousei" = "Enforced", thus it's an "Enforced Cooperative Ougi") Tennosuke: TEKOPPACHI YOU---!!
10. Tennosuke: COOKED AND EATEN, COOKED AND EATEN Cardoss 50: FU, ONLY A SMALL FRY. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH TO TAKE ME. Tennosuke: DON'T MOCK ME. Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI... Cardoss 50: WHAT!? Tennosuke: COLLECTOR TEN-CHAN'S ADULT-BUYER SPECIAL!!!! I'M A PERFECT COMPLETIST!! Cardoss 50: GYAAAAA, HE'S DRAGGING OUT ALL OF MY CARDS----!! STOP THIS!! STOP IT---!!! Beauty: A SIMPLY HEROIC OUGI----!!!
11. Bo-bobo: THERE IT IS: TENNOSUKE IS SHOWING HIS TRUE WORTH... Beauty: EH? SFX: GU Tennosuke: INVOKE URAOUGI "DARK SUZAKU", WHICH IS WORKING OUT OVER FIVE CARDS AT ONCE WITH ONE COIN!!! (TN: While I really have no idea what "Dark Suzaku" (in reference most likely to the Phoenix God of the South in China) has to do with pulling cards out, the technique was called "Yami Suzaku", with "Yami" being "dark"; while "uraougi" is "reverse-ougi" or "reverse-secret", which are usually in connection to cheating techniques of the sort) Cardoss 50: GYAAAAAAAA: THE EMERGENCE OF THIS TECHNIQUE, WHICH TORMENTED MANY OLD CARD MACHINES OF LONG AGO, IS DREADFUL---!! Beauty: THAT'S MERELY CRIME---!!! Don Patch: Oldie, switch with me quickly. Tennosuke: YOU'RE NOISY, BRAT! I'LL KILL YOU. Beauty: ... Tsurugi Mai: THAT GUY! WILL HE DO THAT ANY FURTHER--- Tsurugi Mai: SUPER IDOL-SAPPOU: I WHO COLLECT ONLY BROKEN THINGS!!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAA: HIS RADIANCE ISN'T DECORATION---!!!
12. Tsurugi Mai: I WON'T BE TREATED LIKE A MINOR CHARACTER---I'M THE "GLASS TO THE 80s ERA: TSURUGI MAI", NICE TO MEET YOU. Don Patch: KE, A GLASS TO THE 80s ERA...THAT WON'T WORK. Tsurugi Mai: WHAT!? Don Patch: HERE IS THE FLAME OF THE 70s ERA: "RAGE PATCH-GANG"!!!! Caption: RAGE PATCH-GANG Tsurugi Mai: RAGE PATCH-GANG!!? Don Patch: LET'S GO, TENJI!! KYOURYOKU OUGI: LET'S HEAD PATCH!!! Tsurugi Mai: GYAAAA: IT'S HOOOOT---!!! Beauty: IT'S A SUPER-VIOLENT OUGI TO THE EXTENT OF REMEMBERING MONTHLY JUMP OF THOSE DAYS---!!! (TN: All right, I think I can finally explain fully the purpose/meaning of the "manga" Don Patch is parodying. It was around this point in 2006 that the results for the monthly Shueisha shonen magazine, Monthly Shonen Jump, were shown to be their lowest ever, ultimately leading to the magazine's cancellation as of June, 2007. The manga that Don Patch is using to recognize the "good old days" of Monthly Jump is actually a MSJ title: "Abare Hana-Gumi", a school/yankee series that...well, honestly from some of the research I did for it, it's hard to tell if it was from the 70s or the 80s) Don Patch: WOMEN FOR THE MOMENT, A**HOLE IS FOR LIFE!!
13. Pokomi: EHE! PACCHIN IS STRONG Hatenko: O...Oyabin... Hatenko: THE BEST, THE BEST, THE BEST----! Outfit Caption: BAKED HATENKO Beauty: HATENKO-SAN, PLEASE CALM DOWN---!! Master Joy: YOUUUU---NATSUKASHI OMOCHA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: MEMORIES OF BASEBALL-TRAYS IN LARGE DROPS!!! (TN: "Baseball-trays" or "Yakyuuban" is in reference to the old game which is a tray that resembles a baseball diamond where the players are manipulated while you hit a ball and try to stop the other player from scoring like in real baseball) Hatenko: KAGI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: RED-KEY MAGMA!!! Master Joy: HUH...
14. Master Joy: WHAAT---!? MY LEGS ARE BURNING---!! Master Joy: GUAAA--- Hatenko: YOU WON'T GET IN THE WAY OF HATENKO'S BATTLE. Beauty: YOU'RE AMAZING, EVERYONE! YOU'VE CLEARLY POWERED UP FROM BEFORE! Gaou's Caption: KOA-ZUBA Bo-bobo: KIIII: THOSE THREE AREN'T TASTY. Don Patch: NOW, LET'S GO WITH MY BEST ONE Cardoss 50: You...what are you doing? SFX: GASHAN
15. Don Patch: THE DON-PATCH-PRODUCED NEW CARDS "ALL-NATION VICE-PRINCIPAL-SENSEI" SECOND SERIES IS ON SALE!!!! Cardoss's Display: ALL NATION VICE-PRINCIPAL-SENSEI COLLECTION: 24th Edition Cards: VICE-PRINCIPAL ISHIHARA; VICE-PRINCIPAL KOYAMADA; VICE-PRINCIPAL MIYANO Cardoss 50: GUBAA!!! Beauty: DEMON---!! THIS WOULDN'T EVEN BE WANTED BY A THOUSANDTH OF PEOPLE. Cardoss 50: IT'S TOO CRUEL... Tsurugi Mai: CARDOSS 50! Hatenko: As expected, Oyabin! Tennosuke: ENOUGH! THAT WAS SCARY, THAT YOUNG-BALDIE, YOUNG-BALDIE, YOUNG-BALDIE Tennosuke: ...Really, it's not decent to go along with them...now's the time to separate from the front. In general, I've got nothing to do with the Hajike Gang... Don Patch: ! (TN: Yeah, it's Don Patch as Dragon Ball's Trunks...somehow we all know what's coming)
16. Don Patch: HAAA Tennosuke: GYAAAAAA Don Patch: Alright, the sausages below us are exactly cooked and seasoned. It's suitable. Tsurugi Mai: WHAT!? Don Patch: THE INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING THE STAGE CAN'T BE MISTAKEN. TAKE THIS--- Don Patch: CHOUKYOURYOKU OUGI: NEW FOOD TEXTURE FOR THE FALL TOKOROTEN BURGER PARADISE!!! (TN: Though not mentioning it, Don Patch has obviously turned Tennosuke into a living version of the classic 1982 Data East game "Burger Time") Beauty: NEW FOOD RESEARCH---!!? HE'S SENT OUT AN OUGI THAT'S DEEP IN FLAVOR---!!
17. Tennosuke: PERFECT!!! Cardoss 50: BAHAMA Tsurugi Mai: PARADISE GINGYAAAAAA---- (TN: "Paradise Ginga" or "Paradise Galaxy", is the name of a 1988 hit song by Japanese band Hikaru Genji, notable as one of the youngest bands to have a major #1 hit by the time of the publishing of that chapter in 2006.) Tsurugi Mai: BOHEMIA Hatenko: OYABIN'S THE GREATEST--- Master Joy: CARDOSS 50!! TSURUGI MAI!! UOOOO, HOW DARE THAT YOU KILLED--- Master Joy: THOSE TWO; YOU ROTTEN TOKOROTEN----!!! Tennosuke: EEH, ME!!!? WRONG, WRONG, I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!! IT WAS ALL IN THE COURSE OF EVENTS!! BELIEVE ME Master Joy: THERE'S NO USE IN ARGUING!! TAKE MY ANGER...NATSUKASHI OMOCHA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI-----
18. Master Joy: HORRIBLE HOBBY PARADISE DIAMOND PERSONAL-EXPERIENCE LOG!!! (Clockwise from top-right) Master Joy: BUTAMI_TON! Master Joy: PLACE THE DOLLS ON WITH THE IRREGULAR MOVEMENTS Tennosuke: CONCENTRATE Master Joy: TOKORO GRASS Master Joy: BEING NOISY IN BOXING--!! Master Joy: HAVING FUN WITH YUTAROU---!! Tennosuke: BOHEN Master Joy: SOMEHOW THE FEELING OF PLAMO... Tennosuke: There they are... Master Joy: BARCODE BA_LER--!! Tennosuke: GYOHEEE Master Joy: RED PHOTON _LLION!! Tennosuke: GYAAAA (TN: The "hobbies" and "games" played here are all sorts of weird cultural references. I'll be collecting them all in one note so we can go through all of them together instead of interrupting the flow: -"Butaminton" is a game released in 1988 involving blowing a plastic ball with "pigs" through the air squeezed out through their noses -The second one is the "Guraguragura Game" or the "Irregular Movement" game, which is a game essentially placing "dolls" onto a tipping tower without it tipping over, akin to the American game "Tip It" -"Tokoro Grass" Assumably is something I think is similar to the infamous "Chia-Pets", originally introduced in 1982 and made of terracotta pets that grow moistened "Salvia Hispanica", a Mexican variety of chia -There is a variety of boxing games sort of like the one depicted where the fighters directly control their fighters in the ring, but honestly I really can't say what sort of toy that is...since I mostly know of "Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots" -"Yutarou" or "Oyoge Yutarou" is a bath toy notable for swimming on it's own while in the bath. -"Plamo" is obviously a short version of "Plastic Model" -"Barcode Battler" is a game introduced in Japan in 1991 by Epoch involving the collection of barcodes to scan into a device for "battles". While extremely popular in it's homeland, it was also introduced to other parts of the world in 1992, where it bombed -"Red Photon Zillion" is in reference to an 1987-88 anime produced by Tatsunoko Productions and video game company Sega, who produced special light phasers used on the show that were tied both to a video-game tie-in as well as devised with the "Q-Zar" laser tag games that were also connected to the franchise. Strangely enough, Sega stopped sponsoring the anime by the second half, but the legacy with the franchise and laser tag remains due to this -And don't even ask me what the last thing Tennosuke is...some sort of plush doll?) Tennosuke: BUHEE---!!! Beauty: HE RETURNED HAVING BECOME VARIOUS RETRO THINGS---!!! (TN: Don't ask me to look up all those after all my work on the above...though do note the Rubik's Cube and Famicom controller...)
19. Master Joy: I'M DONE PLAYING WITH YOU WITH JUST TOYS...ALL OF YOU WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN WITH CERTAINTY BY ME. Tennosuke: S**T----I HATE THIS ALREADY. I WAS JUST MADE A MEMBER BY THE COURSE OF EVENTS!! THE REST WILL BE DONE BY YOU TWO. Hatenko: It wasn't the course of events. We chose you for this challenge. Tennosuke: EH!? Don Patch: I THINK I'LL SHOW IT TO THAT BO-BOBO GUY: OUR TRIO "GATTAI CHOUOUGI" (TN: "Gattai Chouougi" = "United Chouougi" or "United Super-Secret") Bo-bobo: A GATTAI CHOUOUGI!!? HAVE THEY LEARNED THAT? Beauty: Eh, that's Bo-bobo: IF A KYOURYOKU OUGI ADDS UP ATTACK POWER, A GATTAI CHOUOUGI CORRECTLY MULTIPLIES IT!! IT'S A SUPER-RARE OUGI THAT IS RESTRICTED BY THE COMPATABILITY OF EACH RESPECTIVE OUGI...THOUGH ONE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED, IT HAS BEEN SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED IN MANY YEARS...WITH IT'S POWER AND SUPER-IMMENSENESS Caption 1 (Kyouryoku Ougi) - Decreases Snoring Caption 2 (Gattai Chouougi) - SUPER-IMMENSENESS
20. Beauty: A Gattai Chouougi, which goes and further increases a Kyouryoku Ougi......to what extent will that exactly be?... Don Patch: HERE WE GO!! FROM HERE WILL BE THE TRUE RESULTS OF TORPEDO TRAINING. Hatenko: HAAAAA... Hatenko: SKY-OPENING KEY Hatenko: OYABIN UNLOCK OPEN!!! (TN: Yeah, Hatenko does actually say "Unlock" and "Open", with the "Open" in English and the "unlock" being "Kaijou", the Japanese word for "unlock")
21. Don Patch: HAA!! Hatenko: TENNOSUKE UNLOCK OPEN! Tennosuke: Ow Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: LENS-BODY CANTEEN!!! Master Joy: STUPID: IS THAT THEIR POWER!? IT'S REMARKABLY JUMPING UP...WHAT IS HAPPENING? I'M NOT SEEING THIS PHENOMENON
22.-23. Don Patch: FLY AWAY Tennosuke: GATTAI CHOUOUGI Don Patch & Tennosuke: FLYING LIGHTNING GUN (TN: It actually is simpler in Japanese as "Hiraigan", but it translates as "Flying Lightning Gun") Master Joy: GUGYAAAAAAAA!!!
TN: Honestly I really don't quite get the big deal about the introduction of a new type of combo attack for finishing off Master Joy. As powerful as the final attack was, it still essentially just felt like a traditional Kyouryoku Ougi...only with Hatenko having unlocked Don Patch and Tennosuke's full potential beforehand. (yeah we saw way back in the original: when Hatenko unlocks potential, in particular after all they went through with Torpedo Girl...it really does pack a wallop) It was a really cool attack (somehow it gave me a weird Yusuke "Spirit/Rei Gun" vibe) but calling it something more special just felt off. Anyway, I think the main hell of this chapter was just in that whole "punishment" Master Joy gave to Tennosuke with a bunch of Japanese toys and fads that just required a ton of research, and some of which (that doll thing) I still don't quite get! But then again...Tennosuke taking the fall for other people just seems like one of those running gags that never goes away. (though it does make me wish OVER was around since...well he seemed to excel at "random Tennosuke punishment") Then again...if it weren't for all of the fad references, then the hardest moment would have been the random "Abare Hana-gumi" bit, which...well, I never even heard of the manga and there is really little on even the web about it outside people trying to sell the series! (if anyone is willing to buy it or get it for me, I'm willing to TL it...but I'll probably forget about it after this chapter...but with so many other "yankee manga" out there, are we ready for yet another?) Though...I also sort of dread the next fight too...as we go from figuring out Japanese fads and obscure shonen manga...to some good old fashion gambling rules! (the good news: it's not the headache of mah-jong for once...but from what it appears, it's probably still bad...especially since its the specialty for our next villain...or maybe "villainess"...)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/24065[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 42 by StrangerAtaru2010-08-14T22:49:55+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comAfter a series of trials and tribulations, Team Bo-bobo has arrived at the door of the 23 Wards fort for their climactic battle! But with a tough guy standing in their way, are they ready to lay it down to finally begin taking the empire down!?
Shinsetsu 42: Violent Fight! Fierce Fight! The Great Final Battle of the 23 Wards!!
189. Bo-bobo: AN ENEMY? Tennosuke: HIII...HE SEEMS DANGEROUS. Don Patch: YOU DUMMIES, DON'T MAKE FUN OF US. NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE, FIRST WE FIGHT. Don Patch: PRESIDENT PATCHMARU WILL GO IN AND CHOP THEM INTO MINCE!!!! (out loud) HEY YOU, WHERE DO WE GO IN!!!! Beauty: IT'S FOR THE DOG!!? SFX: Lick Don Patch: HIIII~~FORGIVE ME~~DON'T BITE ME~~~ Beauty: What the...
190. Bo-bobo: YOU---YOU'LL DIE FOR BEING LICKED AT THAT SCHOOL'S GATE---!! SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: RUNNING-WILD TAKUAN YOUNG-TOUGH GANG!!! (TN: Usually I would translate the coats and such for these types of bits, but considering they really don't have too much relevance (and Don Patch's outfit is essentially the same one as he wore back when he became a yankee in Evil Blood Mansion), I won't do it this time unless specifically asked to...though I can note that Gaou's outfit does have the kanji for "Ashura" on it. Oh by I will translate this: "takuan" is pickled daikon radish) Don Patch: GYAAAA, SUPER-HOT TO THE EXTREME---!!! (TN: The "super-hot to the extreme" line is tied to the takuan, which can be made with chili peppers for a heated flavor) Hatenko: OYABI----N!!! Master Joy: THAT TECHNIQUE...ARE YOU-ALL SHINKEN USERS!? Tennosuke: ...SEEMS SO--BUT WHY? IS IT PROSTRATING TIME? Master Joy: IF YOU'RE SHINKEN USERS, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. WHAT'S AHEAD FOR ALL OF YOU IS THE "ETERNAL CONFINEMENT WORKGROUND", WHERE YOU'LL COME TO WORK UNTIL YOU DIE. Master Joy: YOU SHOULD SEE THIS. SFX: BUON Beauty: WHAT IS IT!?
191. Master Joy: THIS IS THE "ETERNAL CONFINEMENT WORKGROUND" OF HELL!! Everyone: !!! Bo-bobo: GIGA OF THE CYBER EMPIRE Tennosuke: GUNKAN AND SUZU!! Beauty: OVER THERE!!? Beauty: THEY'RE THERE TOO BUT LOOK CLOSELY AND DENGAKU-KUN IS THERE RESOLVINGLY IN THE CENTER!!! Headband: ORIGINAL CUTE LINEAGE
192. Dengaku Man: KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA KILL THE KOALA... Right Flag: USURPED MASCOT CHARACTER Left Flag: FLAMING REVENGER Kanji: USURPED (left side) | KILL (right side) Beauty: UWA, HE'S EXCESSIVELY PEEVED!!! Gaou: Dengaku or me...the position of mascot character in this manga can be only one... Beauty: IS THAT--REALLY!? Master Joy: ...AND THIS IS WHAT COMES AT THE END FOR SHINKEN USERS WHO DEFY OUR EMPIRE. Everyone: ! SFX: BUON Master Joy: 23 WARDS' SUGINAMI: SUPER-TICKLISH COOCHY-COO AREA (TN: Like Nerima, Suginami is another residential ward of Tokyo, notable for it's avenue of cedar trees. It is the population "center" of Tokyo) Civilizations (even though they don't use Shinken): GYAHAHAHAHAHA Tennosuke: THEY'RE LAUGHING UNTIL THEY SPIT BLOODY VOMIT----!! IS THIS OUR END----!?
193. Beauty: AH, HE RAN! Don Patch: PATCH-SHIELD 27!! (TN: An obvious reference to the Inagaki/Murata football manga "Eyeshield 21") Tennosuke: GYAAAA Beauty: Even doing that is too cruel... Caption: PATCH-ZUBA Bo-bobo: STEP BACK, BEAUTY. HE'LL BE DEFEATED BY ME!! Master Joy: NOT SO FAST...THE BATTLES IN TOKYO-MARUHAGE 23 WARDS ARE ALMOST ALL CONDUCTED AS "SANGARIA". WE ARE THE "SANGARIA", THE EMPIRE'S STRONGEST COOPERATION FORMATION. (TN: A slight reminder: the term "Sangaria" is a major pun that is used as a battle formation style. It is based on the "sangaria" drink, which is a tea soft drink usually infused with vitamins; but is also a combination of "san" (three) and "karu" (to hunt); thus usually in reference to a trio of Hair Hunters fighting a trio of fighters, usually from Bo-bobo's side) Pokomi: Sangaria? Don Patch: Hmm, you don't know of those? Don Patch: HOW'S THIS: A SANGARIA IS......
194. Don Patch: A 3-on-3 battle royal where the enemies and allies respectively send out three representatives and they face off in killing each other!!! You freely use teamwork and collaborative Ougi and you're the winner when you've completely killed off the opposing team! Caption: Neo-Maruhage's Famed "SANGARIA" Image Cut Beauty: THAT IMAGE CUT IS TOO GROTESQUE!!! Tennosuke: WELL SPEAKING IN MAKING IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, IT HAS THIS FEELING. Woman 1: If I buy this... Woman 2: Hm~~m, I'm perplexed... Woman 3: I'm profoundly interested... All three packages: Tokoroten Lower Sign: Tokoroten Corner Left Sign: On sale: Tokoroten; 1 Pack - 100 Yen Beauty: WHAT IS THAT!? Everyone: ! Master Joy: HAVE YOU COME...YOU TWO? Beauty: ENEMIES!?
195. Master Joy: NOW, SHALL WE GO START THE SANGARIA? "Machine Caption": SUB-GUARD OF NEO-NERIMA: CARDOSS 50 (TN: "Cardoss" is a parody of Bandai's "Cardass" series, which are trading and game cards sold in vending machines) Slot sign: 50 yen "Punk Caption": A GLASS TO THE 80s ERA: TSURUGI MAI Beauty: JUST STRONG CHARACTERS APPEARED---!!! (They've become an amazing 3-man team!) Cardoss 50: Ah, here, a symbol that we've made acquaintance...A SPARKLE CARD Beauty: ...Thanks... Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT!! IN THIS CASE, A DUO SELECTED BY ME WILL......... "Don Patch": Bo-bobo, shouldn't you step back? Bo-bobo: !
196. Don Patch: THEY'LL BE WASTED BY WE OF THE HAJIKE GANG. RIGHT HATENKO, TENNOSUKE? Fundoshi: HAJIKE GANG BIG BOSS Hatenko: YES, OYABIN Tennosuke: WHY ARE YOU ADDING IN ME!!? Hatenko: He's come to here and is wearing the uniform of the Hajike Gang boss...I'll go with him throughout my life. Beauty: THAT'S A UNIFORM!!?
197. Bo-bobo: THEN, GIVE MY REGARDS FOR THE REST. TV: Give me an apple-- (TN: Yeah, if you look closely, you'll see Light and Ryuk from Ohba/Obata's "Death Note" on TV; by this point in 2006, the anime of the highly popular manga was now on the air) Tennosuke: BO-BOBO, WHAT ARE YOU-- Tennosuke: YOU DEKOPPACHI DEKOPPACHI DEKOPPACHI!! Hatenko: UO, FILTHY-- Master Joy: SO, SHALL WE START? Hatenko: What is this? Master Joy: THIS IS THE NOTED SPECIALTY OF NERIMA-WARD: FRANKFURTER SURVIVAL!!! Beauty: THIS COMPLETELY HAS NO CONNECTION TO NERIMA-WARD----!!!
198. Don Patch: UOOOO---THESE FOOTHOLDS ARE IMMEDIATELY ROTATING AND WE CAN'T KEEP OUR BALANCE!!! Hatenko: KU, IF WE CAN'T KEEP OUR CENTER OF GRAVITY, WE'LL FALL OFF IMMEDIATELY Tennosuke: WH--AH-- Bo-bobo: YOU GUYS---!! Beauty: EVERYONE-- Master Joy: KU KU KU: FULLY TASTE THE TERROR OF THIS FIELD Don Patch: YOU DUMMY!! DON'T MOCK THE HAJIKE GANG. AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO WITH THAT. Don Patch: LET'S GO: NEW HAJIKE TV SHOW: PACHISUKE!!!! Hatenko: OYABIN'S THE GREATEST Beauty: HE CONVERSELY INCREASED THE HURDLES---!!!
199. Don Patch: I want to bet everything of myself in this challenge now...yes, if I can't seem to do this, then I can't progress further. Don Patch: BUBO!! FRANK--- Beauty: ...... Cardoss 50: CARD ON!! THE TRUE HELL IS FROM HERE. Cardoss' Display: ELEMENTS!! NERIMA CASTLE SFX: Nyu Cardoss 50: INVOKE-- Card: SCREAMING MACHINE GUN: STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (TN: The "Strait of Gibraltar" is the slender slip of water separating Spain and Morocco, as well as the gateway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea) Cardoss 50: KYOURYOKU CHOUOUGI: TRANSCENDANT STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR!!! Don Patch, Tennosuke and Hatenko: GUWAAAAAAAA---!!!
200. Master Joy: AN OVERLAPPING MELODY FROM THE SKY--- Pokomi: HE CAN'T Master Joy: NATSUKASHI OMOCHA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: GULP-GULP GABUCCHORINA!!! (TN: A couple notes: -Even though Master Joy actually has the English word "Toy" in his Shinken, he reads it the Japanese way of "Omocha", thus I ended up making his Shinken style how he says it, not how it's displayed. BTW: "Natsukashi Omocha" = "Nostalgic Toy" -The name of the "creatures" (obviously inspired by that silly fishing game that little kids love with the fish bobbing on the wheel) is "Gabucchorina", with the "gabu" also referring to the "gulp-gulp" part of the attack name, which in Japanese is "gabu gabu") Master Joy: GO, GABUCCHORINA!! Don Patch, Tennosuke and Hatenko: UWAAAAAA Hatenko: This is bad, they're eating away at our footholds. Tennosuke: THOSE S**TS---IF IT'S COME TO THIS, THEN I'LL DO THIS TOO. IF YOU'RE COMING, THEN COME ON!!
201. Tennosuke: GYAAAAA, IT'S A DARIUS-LIKE FISH-----!!! (TN: "Darius" is a notable shoot-em-up game created by Taito in 1986, notable for all of the villains and monsters the main plains fight against being based on marine life, including fish) Bo-bobo: THIS IS BAD! THEY'VE BEEN COMPLETELY SEALED. THOSE GUYS ARE STRONG. Master Joy: WELL, IT'S FEEDING TIME, CHAPPY-- Master Joy: NOW GO Beauty: EH!? Chappy: CHIHUAHUA-RYUU SAPPOU-JUTSU: DRAWN-SWORD FANG!!!! (TN: "Chihuahua-ryuu Sappou-jutsu" = "Chihuahua-style Murder-Method Technique"; notably "Chihuahua" in Japanese is "Chiwawa", but it was easy enough to translate)
202. Don Patch: TRUE ACCOUNT - DADDY'S CHOPSTICK VERDICT Chappy: !! Don Patch: I understand: you were faking your innocence from the start......... Don Patch: TONIGHT IT'S INUNABE----!!! (TN: "Nabe" is in reference to a "nabemono" meal, where everything is cooked and served in one pot. Thus in this case, "inunabe" would be a "dog nabe") Chappy: GIWAN Beauty: INUNABE!?
203. Master Joy: CHAPPY----!! Hatenko: If I compare it to Master Torpedo's training, well, they're not considrable things--huh? Master Joy: !? Don Patch: WELL--THEN, SHALL WE TEST THE RESULTS OF OUR TRAINING, HATENKO? Hatenko: YEAH, OYABIN. (End of Vol. 4)
TN: Well, honestly with how long it's been since the mentions of the Hajike Gang were said, I didn't expect Don Patch and Hatenko to use that line to set up their team (with Tennosuke...well, just pulled in because...who knows why, it's Tennosuke and you don't need a reason really) But honestly seeing an official "Hajike Gang" usage in a fight, even at this doorway segment with Master Joy and his duo, just gives off an aura of coolness. Though...I still don't quite get Chappy's usage: I get that the poodle had that dark side but somehow it was all just for eating the frankfurters...or Tennosuke. (then again everyone wants to eat him) Though the chapter had a lot of other brilliant and weird moments as well, from Gaou and Dengaku Man's first "encounter" (sort of) to the "Sangaria" explanations to illuminate Pokomi to...well, Tennosuke being captured in another classic video game bit. But hey, at least it shows we can have a good fight even without Bo-bobo. (though all his fights do seem to be a tad cliche as of late...or is that just me talking with all the Namerou crap he has put up with)https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/23982[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 41 by StrangerAtaru2010-08-09T02:58:37+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith a three-month time limit before the 3rd completed his plan, team Bo-bobo gave themselves a month to take their skills to the next level! But has this training paid off for an all-out assault on the empire's new headquarters!?
Shinsetsu 41: Completion of the Training! Take the N-Train
169. Character Captions (top to bottom, right to left): BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO | GAOU BEAUTY | TOKORO TENNOSUKE | POKOMI DON PATCH | HATENKO
170. Kanji: KE (HAIR) Bo-bobo: I'VE DONE IT...IT'S COMPLETE. Torpedo Girl: Good show. You've finally completed your new special Ougi-gyora. Beauty: Amazing... Beauty & Torpedo Girl: !
171. Hatenko: We've completed our training too, Master Gyora. Pokomi: EHE! IT WAS SUPER AMUSING--- Beauty: WOW, THOSE TWO HAVE AN AMAZING AURA. THEY'VE BECOME FURTHER STRONGER THAN BEFORE. Torpedo Girl: With that, what's left are the three poor students. Don Patch: Who's a poor student? Beauty: THAT VOICE IS DON PATCH-KUN... Don Patch: I'VE FOUND IT. MY NEW STYLE, (TN: Don Patch's "new style" is is exactly just a clone of Cross Marian, the guardian of Allen Walker from Katsura Hoshino's manga "D.Gray-Man") Beauty: WAAAAA, HE SOMEHOW DASHED INTO A WEIRD DIRECTIONG IN THIS ONE MONTH---!!!
172. Don Patch: BEAUTY Beauty: ! Don Patch: PAN Hatenko: OYABIN'S THE GREATE----ST Beauty: WHAT WAS THAT NOW?...(It's amazingly discomforting) Pokomi: AH, IT'S PURURUN! Beauty: EH, TENNOSUKE-KUN Beauty: WHAT IS THAT!!? HIS RESULTS FOR SOMEHOW SPENDING THIS MONTH HAVE COME TO BE IN THAT WAY!!?
173. SFX: Jaki Tennosuke: ENJOY THE COOL EVENING. (TN: Tennosuke's saying at this point is "nouryou", which is an expression of "enjoy the cool of the evening") Beauty: IS THAT HOW YOU'LL FIGHT!!? Gaou: REALLY Beauty: WHO IS THAT!!? (TN: Aside from the utter neglect Gaou was getting by this point, Gaou has essentially transformed into the cyborg version of Tao-Pai-Pai, an infamous assassin from "Dragon Ball" notable by many as both Goku's first true evil rival...and a major inspiration towards fellow Goku rival Tienshinhan!) Bo-bobo: ...WITH THAT, ALL OF US HAVE COMPLETED THE TRAINING. SO, SHALL WE GO TO DEFEAT THE 3RD? Don Patch: HATENKO...ARE YOU COMING TOGETHER WITH US? Hatenko: OF COURSE, I'LL GLADLY COME WITH YOU, OYABIN. MY LIFE IS OYABIN'S. OYABIN'S THE GREATEST! HAJIKE-GANG BANZAI Beauty: HATENKO-SAN, JUST A MOMENT...EH!? ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?
174. Bo-bobo: AIM FOR THE HIGHEST SCORE!!! Hatenko: GYAAAAAA Don Patch: HATENKO----!!! Hatenko: I'll kill you Bo-bobo... Bo-bobo: Torpedo-sensei. Bo-bobo: PLEASE FIGHT TOGETHER WITH US. Torpedo Girl: THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE-GYORA. Bo-bobo: !? Torpedo Girl: THAT'S BECAUSE I MUST SELL MY SELF-WRITTEN SOFT X TORP COUPLING BOOK AT WINTER-COMIKET STARTING TOMORROW! (TN: Though she uses a term of "FuyuComi", Torpedo Girl is referring to the Comiket [Comic Market], a notable convention for "self-published comic books" [usually doushinjis] held twice a year [summer and winter] in Tokyo since 1975. The winter edition is usually held in the period at the end of December. As for the type of comic Torpedo Girl is selling, it's a "CapuPon", a "coupling book" usually seen as a doushinji that promotes a certain couple to others in the comic) Book: MY LOVE IS LIKE A SUPER-PRECISE WATERPROOF RADAR | AUTHOR: TORPEDO GIRL Beauty: FOR THAT REASON!? AND FURTHER, WHAT IS THAT MANIAC FANZINE YOU DREW!? THERE ISN'T A PERSON WHO WOULD BUY THAT Torpedo Girl: IT'S MY MOST IMPORTANT MISSION-GYORA---!! Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAA Torpedo Girl: Lastly, I've been silent about this, but over this month the 3rd has changed Tokyo into a city-styled fort. Everyone: WHAT'S THAT!? Torpedo Girl: I knew by it appearing in this month's "Torpedo News, November Issue". Magazine Cover: TORPEDO NEWS November Issue ALL-OUT SPECIAL EDITION THE NEWEST CITY-STYLED FORT All about TOKYO-MARUHAGE 23 WARDS Beauty: TORPEDO NEWS?
175. Article: The Neo-Maruhage Empire's Latest Fortress Base: "Tokyo-Maruhage 23 Wards"!! As it is named, this base that is Tokyo has been transfigured into a city-style fort. It's power is immense due to freely utilizing super-newly produced technology! It is the most supreme fort in the entire world. Torpedo Girl: EVEN THE 3RD HAS SEEMED TO HAVE GOTTEN SERIOUS THIS TIME. Bo-bobo: THAT GUY! TO HAVE THAT THING MADE IN THAT MONTH...WE'RE GOING TO SMASH IT UP IMMEDIATELY---!! Beauty: But how are we going there to do that? Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: FROM THIS SUBWAY BY TRAIN Sign: Minowa Station (TN: "Minowa Station" is a station in Taitou ward...which is weird considering Taitou is part of the 23 wards that supposedly is part of the 3rd's fortress) Beauty: WE HAVE A STATION!!? UNAWARINGLY!?
176. Torpedo Girl: Finally, these words will be sent to all of you starting your journey from your teacher... Don Patch: Eh? Torpedo Girl: DROP KICK THOSE BORING LIVES, YOU DUMMIES!!! (TN: While I'm not quite sure exactly what Torpedo Girl's final lesson has to do with anything, I think it has something slightly to do with the popular best-selling 2006 KAT-TUN song "Real Face", where the original line was "Taikutsu na Yoru ni doroppu kikku shita", or "Drop Kick This Boring Night") Torpedo Girl: YOU DUMMIES--YOU DUMMIES--YOU DUMMIES--YOU DUMMIES-- Beauty: ......... (to herself) I don't understand the meaning at all... Announcer: GOING TO TOKYO-MARUHAGE 23 WARDS----ARRIVING!!! SFX: FUIII~~~ Beauty: HUGE!!!!
177. Bo-bobo: HERE WE GO. Announcer: HERE, PASSENGER-TICKET CHIKUWA. THEY'RE RECEIPTS (TN: A slight reminder: "chikuwa" are the infamous tube-like fish sausages used as a snack) Beauty: ...Is this a train?... Announcer: WELL, THIS THING IS LIKE THE CAT-BUS. (TN: The "cat bus" is in reference to the large feline-like transportation from Studio Ghibli's notable 1988 film "My Neighbor Totoro") Beauty: IT'S COMPLETELY WRONG. Train: DEPARTING-RAA-- Don Patch: RESERVED SEATS! RESERVED SEATS! Tennosuke: AH? Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE EMPIRE SOLDIERS: NEO-HAIR HUNT CORP Tennosuke: GEEEEEE, WHAT IS THIS----!!? Hatenko: This train is a transport train for the fighters of the Neo-Maruhage. Pokomi: EHE
178. Hair Hunters: WE'VE DISCOVERED SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE. CAPTURE AND KILL THEM----!! Bo-bobo: THIS IS EXACTLY FINE FOR WARMING UP. HERE WE GO... Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: BOINAL BOIGHT BOY!!!! (TN: The name of the attack is actually in reference to Capcom's Beat-em-up series "Final Fight", originally released in 1989. One of it's most notable stages is the second, where you must fight against a bunch of thugs on a subway train just like Bo-bobo's forces are doing at this time. BTW: The title of the game is actually in reference to a sub-game released for the SNES known as "Final Fight Guy", a special version allowing for the ninja fighter to finally be played at home due to him being omitted in the original SNES version in favor of having only Cody and Haggar. And speaking of everyone's favorite wrestling mayor...note Bo-bobo, Don Patch and Tennosuke) Beauty: THEY'RE JUST THE MAYOR----!!! Bo-bobo: WATCH! THIS IS MY CONSECUTIVE DESTRUCTIVE PUNCH, WHICH I'VE TRAINED IN AT MY GAME CENTER!! (TN: The "consecutive destructive punch", also known as the "Renzoku Hamepanchi", is a special move that was notable as one honed and created by Japanese players of Final Fight, which allowed for the player to throw off four consecutive punches against an opponent) Beauty: AMAZING Beauty: MAYOR DON PATCH----!! (TN: This "Final Fight" image is parodying the infamous "game over" screen, where the character you played as is literally strapped to a stick of dynamite that is set to blow if you let the timer go down to zero) Gaou: HEAD'S UP
179. Gaou: SUPER DODONPA!!! (TN: The "Super Dodonpa" or "Super Dodon Ray" is an upgrade of Tao-Pai-Pai's ultimate technique, the "Dodonpa". The move takes advantage of his cyborg upgrades and allows for him to lock on and use a more powerful energy blast compared to his prior version) Hair Hunters: Gyaaaaaa Beauty: GAOU-KUN!!? REALLY, WHAT EXACTLY HAS HAPPENED TO YOU!!? Hatenko: Shall I test my new technique... Hatenko: RAINBOW KEYS Hatenko: KAGI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: GREEN-KEY SUPER KING!!! Hair Hunters: GYAAAAAAAAA
180. Hair Hunter 1: GAAA Hair Hunter 2: WHAAA, WHAT? Hair Hunter 3: GURUAAA Hatenko: THE GREEN KEY RELEASES THE INTERNAL BRUTAL ENERGY AND MANIPULATES IT. YOU'LL MISTAKENLY KILL ONE ANOTHER. Hair Hunter 1: HIII~~WHAT ARE THEY!? Hair Hunter 2: THEY'RE STRONG WITHOUT DEFICIENCYYY!! Don Patch: Ossha--let's continue after Hatenko, Tennosuke. Tennosuke: IF WE'RE ON A TRAIN, THEN WE HAVE THIS HIGH-GRADE TACTIC... Tennosuke: CHOUKYOURYOKU OUGI: WORK-COMMUTE RUSH GIRL'S HIGH SCHOOL SOS!!! (TN: "Choukyouryoku" = "Super-Cooperation") SFX: Sawa sawa Don Patch: KYAAAA: DON'T COME NEAR! DON'T COME NEAR!! Bag: PATCHMI Beauty: WHAT IS THIS RUDE SKIT!? IS THIS NEEDED!?
181. Hatenko: OYABIN'S THE GREATEST---! Pokomi: KYA "Voice": ALL OF YOU, HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, KOCCHIN!! (TN: "Kocchin" is an onomotopeia" for a sound of a hammer hitting something brass, like an alarm clock) Hair Hunters: Train Leader, train leader Beauty: TRAIN LEADER? THAT'S............ Kocchin Guy: FROM HERE, I'LL BE YOUR OPPONENT, KOCCHIN. Beauty: THAT'S THE TRAIN LEADER!!? THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONNECTION AT ALL TO A TRAIN. Don Patch & Tennosuke: IT'S WAKE-UP CLOCK-SAN! YES---WITH THIS, WE WHO SLEEP IN LATE CAN SLEEP WITH PEACE OF MIND---- "Caption": PILLOW Kocchin Guy: TAKE THIS: CHOUOUGI: A MERE TIMER ALARM!! JIRIRIRIRI Bo-bobo: DO THIS OUTSIDE!!! Don Patch, Tennosuke & Kocchin Guy: GYAAAAAAAA
182. Bo-bobo: THE NOISE IS BOTHERING THE PASSENGERS! GUYS WHO DON'T PROTECT MANNERS WITHIN TRAINS GET SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI... Bo-bobo: HELL'S TRAIN TRAIN!!!! Don Patch, Tennosuke and Kocchin Guy: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
183. Kocchin Guy: MY LEGS ARE SHORT AND IT'S TO MY DISADVANTAGE...GYAAAA Announcer: BIN BON BAN BON: RIGHT NOW, THIS TRAIN HAS ENTERED INTO THE TOKYO 23 WARDS AREA. WE HAVE ENTERED INTO THE TOKYO 23 WARDS AREA. Beauty: EH? ALREADY? Bo-bobo: AT LAST. Narrator: THE BO-BOBO PARTY HAS SUCCESSFULLY PENETRATED INTO THE GIANT FORTRESS CITY: TOKYO-MARUHAGE 23 WARDS.
184. Hatenko: Isn't it awkward to to go in like this? (Is this a trap?) Bo-bobo: Right...shall we go above ground for the moment? Bo-bobo: I'LL LEAVE IT TO DON PATCH. Don Patch: AH, COLA! Don Patch: BO-BOBO, I'LL REMEMBER THIS FOR LATER. Don Patch: CHOU HAJIKE OUGI: A THOUSAND ELECTRIC NEEDLES!!!! Everyone: WAAAA
185. Beauty: OW OW Bo-bobo: THAT DON PATCH DID IT GAUDILY...BUT WE'VE EMERGED ABOVE GROUND. "Punk": Are you intruders? Bo-bobo: ! Master Joy: I AM THE GUARDIAN OF NEO-NERIMA, ONE OF THE 23-WARDS: MASTER JOY. I WILL BE TAKING YOUR LIVES. Caption: MASTER JOY Jacket Kanji: JU (Longevity/Congratulations) (TN: A couple notes regarding the current situation: 1. The original name for this "guardian" is "Joy Meijin", with "Meijin" being a title for a "Master" or "Expert"; thus why he will be translated here as "Master Joy". 2. Though sometimes feeling on the outside of proper Tokyo, Nerima is one of the 23 Special Wards, at the northwestern edge. Strangely enough, this was the location where Osamu Tezuka created Mushi Studios and thus made it the "Birthplace of Anime" and continues to have anime studios for companies such as AIC and Toei, the latter of which made the Bo-bobo anime)
TN: This chapter just feels like, in a way, Sawai trying to find a middle ground between the old and new aspects in his saga as he essentially starts his final arc...and somehow getting stuck in a murky middle. For starters, I really don't get why we get yet another style of Hair Hunter grunt in this chapter that essentially harkens back to the original ones. Sure I don't mind a bit of the nostalgia, but we never even saw too much with the "new Hair Hunters" aside a few moments in the first Shinsetsu volume. I guess with the 3rd trying to show off how this is his ultimate plan, he sort of wants to flaunt it by even updating the grunts...but they're still grunts. Likewise: while I get the comedy of team Bo-bobo taking the train there, I sort of wonder a bit about the big "finish" regarding this so called sneak attack. When team Bo-bobo took the train to Hallelujah Land, it was obvious it was going there because it was all the empire's lines and they really didn't need to make a show of themselves until the moment they arrived in Halekulani's territory. Here...it's like they want to make it a sneak attack but are just taking empire trains just for the sake of warming up against grunts...it works but it just confused me. And meanwhile the whole aspect of what the team is supposed to look like now just keeps getting more confusing. Luckily Gaou is still "sort of" considered a member of the squad, but even Beauty has to be reminded that there has to be a koala (who now looks like Tao Pai Pai) that was so prominent for the first two volumes. And at the same time...it was funny to see Torpedo Girl's excuse for why she isn't part of this invasion (Comiket is a really major factor in Japanese culture), but it's obvious what her real excuse is: Sawai made her way too powerful and using her to fight the 3rd would just make it too easy. Honestly, I did like Torpedo Girl being a bit more mellow and helpful, but somehow I missed her saying "BECAUSE I'M A TORPEDO" like before...but I guess that's maturity and trust for you.
But it's not like the chapter was a complete waste: the "everyone fighting as Haggar" bit was hilarious and I sort of wished we got an extra chapter with the fight with the alarm clock...but Bo-bobo has gotten way more straightforward compared to the other two Hajike weirdoes and for the most part that probably has to do with Sawai trying to squeeze in as much as possible with sinking popularity. But hey, the next chapter begins the event we've been waiting for: the beginning of the battle of the 23 Wards...though what a poodle has to do with it, I have no idea!https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/23964[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 40 by StrangerAtaru2010-08-07T23:03:58+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith the 3rd's ultimate plan finally in action, Bo-bobo's team has headed off to get some much needed training for the final battle! But as Torpedo Girl's harsh training comes forth, the empire makes its move against it's enemies...
Shinsetsu 40: Superior Training!! Hell Torpedo's Crash-Course!!!
151. (We now join this invasion of Cyber City, already in progress)
152. Wan Ronga: UOOOO, IF YOU STOP THIS ROUGOKU SHINKEN--- (TN: Considering how fast it's going, I'm a bit shocked Wan Ronga has the means to shout out his Shinken. But as reminder: "Rougoku Shinken" = "Fist of Prison/Jail") J: CORNERSTONE-CATHARSIS OF THE BLACK SUN Porstroi: AKUMA SHINKEN OUGI: GENOCIDE STREAM!!! Wan Ronga: GUWAAAA---6 DENNOU KNIGHTS BANZAI!! Hiiragi: THANKS FOR THE EFFORT, POR...WHAT'S LEFT IS JUST GIGA. ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT Hiiragi: GIGA SEEMS LIKE THIS ROOM. Namerou: This is Giga's aura...we have to be prudent from here...... SFX: !!! Porstroi: PARDON THE INTRUSION!
153. Sign: HIGH SPIRITS ARE HOPELESS (TN: Obviously this "show" is under the control of our old buddy Zetsubou; the show he is running is in Japanese "Gokigen wa Zetsubouteki", with the "Zetsubouteki" standing for "Desperate" or "Hopeless"; while "Desperate" sounds better considering we're dealing with a guy whose name stands for "despair", hopeless just sounded better for the title) Zetsubou: WHAT WILL APPEAR? WHAT WILL APPEAR? Porstroi: HE'S IN HERE!!? Zetsubou: IT'S APPEARED! Die: Top: Hopeless Talk Right Side: Talk that becomes Hopeless Left Side: Success Zetsubou: "HOPELESS TALK"; FOR SHORT: "Z-TALK"-- (TN: The "for short" joke really didn't work in a way I wanted it to here considering that the short version of "Hopeless Talk", which in Japanese is "Zetsubou no Hanashi" is "Zetsubana", the combination of the first kanji for "Zetsubou" and the kanji for "Hanashi"; I ended up making it "Z-Talk" as opposed to, say, "H-Talk"/"D-Talk" to try and keep a bit of the concept that this is all tied to Zetsubou himself as well as his consistantly hopeless/desperate nature) Porstroi: DISSAPPEAR! Zetsubou: IT'S HOPELEEESS-----!!! Hiiragi: ! Giga: OBJET SHINKEN OUGI: GIGA-NATE ART!!! (TN: Reminder time: "Objet" is the French term that is connected to "Objet D'Art", a French term for art of a particular importance standard) Jobus: !! Porstroi: WHAT!?
154. Giga: THE 3RD'S DOGS? HARMFUL INSECTS WILL BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY! Caption: Emperor of Cyber City: GIGA Porstroi: GIGA Hiiragi: EVERYONE STEP BACK. HE'LL BE DONE IN BY ME. Namerou: Hiiragi! His power will finally be known! Giga: DIE! OBJET SHINKEN OUGI: HOMING OBJET!!! Hiiragi: HERE WE GO
155. Hiiragi: RAISE THE CURTAIN (TN: The kanji we see here, and on Hiiragi's outfit for at least this chapter, is the kanji for "laughter" or "smile") Hiiragi: BAKUSHOU MANZAI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SUPER-FUNNY COSTUME (TN: The "Bakushou" in this Shinken style is a "roar of laughter"...but that's the easy word in this Shinken style. "Manzai", on the other hand, has a couple different meanings: one is merely "comedian" or "comic", the other being tied to the "manzai comedy-style" that Bo-bobo takes to heart involving the strange dialogues and situations between the comic and straight-man...considering someone we meet later [not to mention this manga at it's heart], the best way to translate Hiiragi's style is "Hilarious Manzai"...or if you want to just go with who he is as is, "Hilarious Comedian", which works too)
156. Namerou: HE'S A WEIRD GUY----!!!! Hiiragi: LEGENDARY TSUKKOMI HARISEN!!! (TN: The "harisen" is a fan-like artifact usually used in Japanese comedy act, usually in manzai by the tsukkomi (the straight man) to clear up the idiocies of the boke (the comic)) Giga: RIDICULOUS Hiiragi: NOW, INVOKE THIS WEEK'S COMIC EVENT Wheel Stop: BOILING-WATER CLOTHES-PIN BATH Hiiragi: DECIDED! Hiiragi: BAKUSHOU MANZAI SHINKEN OUGI: BOILING-WATER PENALTY GAME 2006!!! Giga: GUWAAAA---WHAT IS THIS RIDICULOUS TECHNIQUE!!
157. Hiiragi: I'LL SHOW YOU THE ULTIMATE REACTION! STARTING WITH A THOUSAND WASHBINS... (TN: "Washbin" is in reference to a "tarai", a specific Japanese style bin that is wide but shallow in depth, made either of wood or more recently metal and used in washing clothes) Giga: ! Hiiragi: BAKUSHOU MANZAI SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: VIOLENT FARCE! RAPID-FIRE 1,000 WASHBINS!!!! WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN WASHBIN... (TN: The first part of Hiiragi's technique name is a slight punning of a term: the "shougeki" that he is referring to his the Japanese word for "comedic farce", but the second kanji is changed from the "geki" which is for "play" to the kanji that also reads "geki", which in this case stands for "violent") Giga: GUOAAAAAAA
158. Namerou: IT'S SUPER-POWERFUL, BUT WHAT A RIDICULOUS OUGI. HIIRAGI...I ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT TO FIGHT JUST HIM. Giga: GAHAA!! Hiiragi: ...TOO BAD. YOU TOO AGAIN AREN'T THE VESSEL WHO WILL BE MY ACCOMPANIEST... Jobus: SOMEDAY THERE WILL APPEAR A PERSON WHO WILL JOIN TOGETHER INTO A COMIC COMBINATION WITH LEADER... Namerou: HE'S SEARCHING FOR AN ACCOMPANIEST!? Zetsubou & Super Rabbit: WE'RE THE ULTIMATE COMBINATION Namerou: ARE YOU! I'LL KILL YOU Namerou: ...At any rate, I'm being lead by Hiiragi and the others...Honestly, I've become uneasy about it... Hiiragi: WELL, EVERYONE, LET'S GO BACK TO THE HOUSE. Jobus: Yes. Namerou: Turn back to normal...
159. Narrator: At that moment, Bo-bobo and the others were piling on training under Torpedo Girl... Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYABARABEBAAAA----- Caption: TORPEDO SECRET TRAINING GROUND: GYORA PARTY
160. Torpedo Girl: This secret training ground, "Gyora Party", has 100 stages in all. If you can clear them all, then you'll your power will increase several times of that before your training! Beauty: EVERYONE, YOU CAN DO THIS----! Caption: STAGE 35 Bo-bobo: UOOOOO!!! Caption: STAGE 20 (TN: Gaou's current training stage is akin to that of the classic Hudson video game series "Bomberman") Caption: STAGE 31 Caption: STAGE 27 Caption: STAGE 37 Caption: STAGE 39 Hatenko: S**T Beauty: UWAAAA: LOOKING CLOSELY, THEY'RE JUST TRANSCENDINGLY HARD----!!!
161. Don Patch: YOU S**T-----DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS TRAINING---I'M GOING TO DO A MUCH MORE FLASHY TRAINING! Don Patch: ......... Beauty: THE RASENGAN!!? (THAT'S BRAZEN) (TN: The "training" Don Patch is doing is the exact same training for the first stage of the Rasengan in "Naruto", where the learner must pop a water balloon by spinning the water inside in multiple directions at once with only chakra) Tennosuke: WELL, I'LL BE USING THE "FAMILY TRAINER". It's a similar athletic system... (TN: The "Family Trainer", also known in the US as the "Power Pad", is a notable accessory to the Famicom/NES in the form of a pad used for making video games where the player would have to move their feet and body to make the character move, allowing both to play the game and get fitness. Strangely the accessory was created by Bandai in Japan, but bought out and released by Nintendo themselves in the US and Europe) Beauty: WHAT TRAINING WILL YOU GET WITH THAT!!! Caption: STAGE 40 Pokomi: EHE! IT'S INTERESTING HERE Hatenko: OYABI--N Torpedo Girl: Fufu...everyone's finally arrived at Stage 40. From here is the real thing-gyora. Bo-bobo: N
162. Torpedo Girl: PROTOTYPE TORPEDO GIRL Everyone: !!! Torpedo Girl: THESE PROTOTYPES ONE-BY-ONE BOAST THE SAME ATTACK ABILITY AS ME. Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: WHAAT----!!! Tennosuke: N? TG Mark-II: KILL TENNOSUKE...KILL TENNOSUKE...
163. Tennosuke: KYAAAA, CLEARLY ONE OF THEM SEEMS DANGEROUS---AND FURTHER IT'S ATTACK TARGET IS ME----!! Everyone: UWAAA, THEY'RE COMING ALL AT ONCE--- Hatenko: THIS IS JUST THE BEST STAGE FOR CLEARING STRESS, MASTER GYORA Hatenko: KAGI SHINKEN OUGI: LOCK!!! (TN: As before, "Kagi" = "Key") Beauty: AMAZING! HE INSTANTLY STOPPED THEIR MOVEMENT. KAGI SHINKEN IS IN GOOD HEALTH Tennosuke: GYAAAA, WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS THIS?
164. Bo-bobo: WE WILL DEFEAT TSURULINA THE 3RD. CAN WE STUMBLE THROUGH THIS TRAINING--- Bo-bobo: HERE WE GO: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: NOSTALGIC RETRO-GAME KILLING-MATCH S!!!! (TN: Obviously Bo-bobo's technique is all in reference to classic Famicom/NES games. While I don't quite get what the one regarding Torpedo Girl stabbing Tennosuke is, Bo-bobo is mocking "Ice Climbers", Don Patch is mocking "Balloon Fighter" and Pokomi is merely doing an easy stomp akin to "Super Mario Brothers", all in a "Mario Brothers" inspired stage) Beauty: A ROUGH TECHNIQUE WHICH WILL ONLY ELIMINATE FRIENDS HAS APPEARED---!! Don Patch: HEY YOU, DIE Bo-bobo: EXCELLENT, I'LL KILL YOU Beauty: HEY...STOP THAT Torpedo Girl: Their basic physical strength is the best...I'll gradually take their training to the next stage: acquiring super-special techniques-gyora!!
165. 3rd: KUKUKU...I'M GRADUALLY COMPLETING IT: MY ASPIRED EMPIRE... 3rd: THIS TOKYO IS CHANGING INTO MY IMPREGNABLE FORTRESS.
TN: This is the type of chapter that makes me just...well, makes me just wonder what has happened to Bo-bobo. Well alright, I can't really say that about the whole chapter considering there is some really cool stuff and a certain character finally shows what he's made of. But before I get to them, I just need to comment about...well, the fodderization of every other character in this series. When we saw a chapter ago the 3rd make his declaration against all Shinken users, we saw some familiar faces re-emerge from the shadows. Honestly when I saw characters from the original Bo-bobo again, whether or not they were my favorites, I figured that maybe they would have some sort of importance in this phase. Sure they weren't Bo-bobo's team, but somehow seeing an all out battle between the 3rd's forces and the rest of the forces who fought for/against the Maruhage at some point would be neat to gain allies or something. Of course...this chapter proves me wrong and demonstrates a common problem with a lot of shonen authors: increasing threat levels at the cost of other characters. Look, I get we need to see some victories by the Neo-Maruhage forces in order to show they mean business and such, even though...well, some of them are on drugs (yeah, that's what the Zenmetsugan are) and others...well, how the heck could they be under the radar for so long. (well aside Namerou, he had an excuse) But to see characters we've seen before fall without resistance like they're nothing...(Gunkan? Halekulani? And...wait, why the heck are the Under-Maruhage forces there, shouldn't they have just vanished or retreated considering Hydrate was crushed?) just shows how many shonen authors handle these things: only the ally and his friends (well some of them) get stronger, everyone else means nothing. Instead of getting a balance and maybe an entire army facing against the 3rd, it's up to Bo-bobo's group...as usual. Strangely the main reason behind my complaint may have something to do with a "Sakigake! Otokojuku" chapter I just translated this week: when I saw certain characters actually return even if they only seemed to be important in the first year of the series, I flipped out! Seeing them in action doing something that just feels so natural and important to them and to the characters of this series without being seen as weak or unnecessary or fodder shows that characters don't have to be useless as you go further and further along. Sadly...Sawai never got that memo...but then again, neither did most shonen authors. (aside Oda)
Aside from that complaint, the chapter actually did have two major saving graces. One is some of the crazy training regarding Torpedo Girl's training ground. Somehow seeing all these wacky courses just defines what is so lovable about this series even at times where it feels like it's rapidly falling apart. The other...well, the epicness of Hiiragi. While it does feel bizarre a character like him would work for the 3rd (then again he used to have Hanpen and Bi-bibi had Shigeki X so there must be a precedence of having a weirdo be so close to the top), the mere fact that we have a manzai-themed Shinken user and seeing his craziness crush Giga made up for the fact that...well, Giga was fodderized. (well a lot of Bo-bobo's weirdness did take Giga down last time so at least it was a needed power demonstration...even with him as the victim) Trust me: aside from Pokomi, Hiiragi is probably one of the few brilliant things about this phase of the series...https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/23822[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 39 by StrangerAtaru2010-07-31T03:29:13+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comTsurulina the 3rd has gathered his strongest forces to declare a final war for the extinction of the Shinken users and the domination of all humanity! Yet in the face of this threat, Bo-bobo may need to prepare for his biggest fight ever...
Shinsetsu 39: With Love From Fukui (TN: Fukui is the prefecture on the Western-side in the Chubu region, on the Sea of Japan coast)
134. Bo-bobo: UOOOOO, WE'VE RETURNED NOW, HEPPOKOMARU----!!! Beauty: YOU MUST BE QUIET IN A HOSPITAL. Don Patch: WELL, HE-KUN, HERE'S A WARM CARESS AND EMBRACE FROM BEAUTYYYY--- Beauty: WHAT ARE YOU SAYING THERE---!!! (I'll slap you) Don Patch: BU!! Don Patch: YOU LITTLE BRAT---!! Pokomi: EHE! The first in is Pokomi Sign: HEPPOKOMARU-SAMA Pokomi: BIG BROTHER, I'M HERE!
135. Beauty: HE-KUN'S NOT HERE! WHERE IS HE!? Don Patch: Isn't he in the bathroom? Caption: PATCH-ZUBA Bo-bobo: It's a letter... Letter: To Bo-bobo-san Heppokomaru's Letter: Bo-bobo-san: I knew of my weak heart in my battle now. I'm going off on a training journey that is momentary while convenient. When we next meet, I plan to be able to fight with our shoulders lined up together...Until then, thanks in advance for Pokomi. Heppokomaru.
136. Bo-bobo: THERE'S TOO MANY KANJI AND I CAN'T READ IT---!!! Beauty: THAT NOW!? YOU READ IT SUFFICIENTLY. Bo-bobo: ...Pokomi, don't be down. Pokomi: ...Right. He's gone training. Nothing we can do. Pokomi: ...BUT I'VE WANTED TO MEET MY BIG BROTHER AS I THOUGHT.
137. Beauty: It's alright: he'll return soon again. Pokomi-chan shouldn't be saddened because of the kindness of He-kun. Beauty: ! Don Patch: YOU LIAR!! DIDN'T I SAY THAT I LOVED ONLY YOU! WHICH IS US IS IMPORTANT, POKOMI OR ME? Tennosuke: I'VE BECOME AN ADULT, BEAUTY. I JUST DON'T WANT THE TWO OF US TO BE SAD. Don Patch: YOU'RE A CRUEL MAN PLAYING WITH ME LIKE THAT! YOU'RE THE WORST!! Beauty: WHAT'S THAT? Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAA "Voice": NHN NHN NHN (TN: The "Nhn nhn" here is the English onomotopeia for sobbing, which in Japanese is "shiku shiku") Beauty: Pokomi-chan, don't cry anymore... Bo-bobo: It's the sobbing of a koala frightened that he shouldn't be having his apparearances remarkably declining and that he'll end up dissappearing from this manga. Gaou: Nhn nhn nhn nhn nhn Beauty: THAT'S MISLEADING!!!
138. Gaou: We're all oso-- we're all oso-- (TN: Gaou is referring to a strange ad campaign for Japanese car insurance company Sonbo24 that was popular around 2005. In the commercial, three koalas pop out in the midst of drivers and sing "Minna Oso, Minna Osonbo" (obviously telling people they all are with "Sonbo 24") SFX: Jijiji... Bo-bobo: N Everyone: !! Don Patch: TSURULINA THE 3RD!! Caption: PATCH-ZUBA 3rd: PLEASANT IGNORANTS. THIS IMAGE NOW IS BEING COMPULSORILY TELIVISED TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. 3rd: MY NAME IS TSURULINA THE 3RD. I AM MAKING A DECLARATION OF COMPLETE SUBJUGATION OF ALL HUMANITY HERE.
139. 3rd: IN MY EMPIRE, I DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AT ALL THE EXISTENCE OF SHINKEN USERS OUTSIDE MY FORCES! THEREFORE, FROM HERE ON I WILL BE PERFORMING COMPLETE EXECUTIONS OF SHINKEN USERS. THE PERIOD WILL BE 3 MONTHS! I WILL SECURE THE LIVES OF ONLY THOSE WHO SURRENDER TO THE NEO-MARUHAGE...OTHER THAN THEM, THEY WILL BE ERASED WITHOUT EXCEPTION. 3rd: THE REMAINDER OF THE NATION SHALL BE PERMITTED TO LIVE ONLY AS SLAVES OF MY EMPIRE. Lambada: Even at this time...? 3rd: THREE MONTHS! THREE MONTHS REMAIN UNTIL THIS WORLD IS CHANGED INTO A MAGNIFICENT WORLD OF CONTROL AND TERROR. HAHHAHHAHHAHHA
140. Bo-bobo: WHY ARE YOU TALKING HALF ASLEEP? THAT'S YOUR MASTEEER!!!! Beauty: KYAAAA, GAOU-KUN!! Don Patch: HEH, ISN'T THIS GOOD. THAT 3RD. Tennosuke: WELL THEN... Tennosuke: SHALL WE SURRENDER? Beauty: ARE YOU REALLY THE GUY WHO ORIGINALLY WAS THE A-BLOCK LEADER!? Bo-bobo: S**t, the 3rd is finally on the move in earnest. Beauty: THIS IS BAD! WE CAN'T STOP WHAT HE'S SEEMED TO SAY; HE'LL RULE THE EARTH! Bo-bobo: THE BATTLE POTENTIAL OF US NOW CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. IF IT'S COME TO THIS, THEN WE CAN ONLY GO "TO THERE"!! Tennosuke: TO SURRENDER?
141. Bo-bobo: TO THE LAND OF THE LEGENDARY TRAINING ONCE AGAIN... Don Patch: HEY HEY, THIS IS UNEXPECTED, BO-BOBO; WHY ARE WE HERE? IS THIS VACATION? Beauty: This sea, it can't be... Bo-bobo: We've arrived. Look there. Don Patch: HYU--IS A NICE WAVE COMING? Caption: TORPEDO GIRL
142. Torpedo Girl: .....................YOU'RE FINE THERE. Book: Printed Instructions: RODE (TN: Not sure what the last katakana was so I couldn't quite figure out what the rest after "Rode" was) Don Patch & Tennosuke: SHE'S APPEARED---IT'S TORPEDO GIRL----!!! Beauty: WHAT DOES HE WANT HERE...? Don Patch: RUN----- Tennosuke: SHE'LL KILL US---- Torpedo Girl: I~~DO~~NOT~~FOR~~GIVE~~~ Torpedo Girl: FOOLISHNESS---!!! Don Patch: GYARAPAAAA!!! SFX: SUTA Torpedo Girl: VUL-PANTHER (TN: Torpedo Girl's "pose" and cry is in reference to Vul-Panther (AKA: Asao Hyou), one of the three heroes of the 1981 Toei Super-Sentai series "Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan". [Sun Soldiers/Rangers Sun Vulcan]) Beauty: They weren't fooling around even once and yet...she's a demon... Torpedo Girl: All of you, you came to see the 3rd's foolish speech. I thought that's the time you'd eventually come.
143. Bo-bobo: TORPEDO-SENSEI, WE DON'T HAVE TIME. ONE MONTH: PLEASE TRAIN US WELL IN THIS ONE MONTH!! Torpedo Girl: MY TRAINING IS RELENTLESS-GYORA. CAN YOU COME TO FOLLOW IT? Don Patch: I won't do this. Pass, pass. Training is dull! I'm going swimming. Beauty: DON PATCH-KUN Tennosuke: THEN...I TOO HAVE YOGA FOR THIS... SFX: Fidget Torpedo Girl: YOU CAN'T HARDEN YOUR BODY ANYWHERE!!! Tennosuke: BU!!! Bo-bobo: TEACHER, IS IT FINE TO HAVE THIS GIRL TOGETHER WITH US? Pokomi: THANKS IN ADVAN--CE Torpedo Girl: I don't care-gyora. Torpedo Girl: My pupil now is one...with this, I'll add you at once-gyora. Bo-bobo: PUPIL? Voice: That about me?
144. Hatenko: YO, ALL OF YOU, IT'S BEEN A YEAR. HAVE YOU BEEN HEALTHY? Caption: HATENKO
145. Bo-bobo: HATENKO! Beauty: HATENKO-SAN! Tennosuke: DEKOPPACHIMAN!! (TN: "Dekoppachiman", Tennosuke's "name" for Hatenko is a weird nickname tied to "Dekoppachi", the friend of the main character from Fujio Akatsuka's manga series "Mouretsu Atarou") Hatenko: FU (I'll kill the tokoroten later) Torpedo Girl: WHY ARE YOU SHOWING A STYLISH AIR!! DID YOU EXACTLY BUY THAT YOSHINOYA GYUUDON!? EH? HEY (TN: "Yoshinoya" is a notable gyuudon chain, established in 1899 and notable as the largest beefbowl/gyuudon chain in the world) Hatenko: Uo! THERE'S NO REASON FOR THERE TO BE A YOSHINOYA ON A SEASHORE WITHOUT HUMAN HABITATION! I'LL ABSOLUTELY KILL THIS TORPEDO-OFFICIAL!! Pokomi: Hey, Pururun, who is that person? Tennosuke: N...Hatenko? Hatenko: HE'S THE FIRST PRINCE OF PLANET DECORIN (TN: Moving along with his previous "Dekoppachi" bit, Tennosuke now refers to planet "Decorin"; "Decorin" is a proteoglycan crcuail in the matrix assembly of binding connective tissue) Beauty: WHAT KIND OF LIE IS THAT!?
146. Beauty: Hatenko-san was an ally who traveled together with us a year ago...He's one of the Hajike Gang and extremely respects Don Patch-kun. Pokomi: Puzzling, his mood is different. This person is really strong. Pokomi: Ehe (note) This cool feeling...he's like Namecchi. Pokomi: ?
147. Hatenko: ...O...OYABIN...? (TN: As a slight reminder [considering Hatenko will be with us for a while], "Oyabin" is a variation of "Oyabun" or "Boss") Don Patch: ARE YOU...HATENKO...
148. Hatenko: O...O... Hatenko: OYABIN Beauty: WA!! Don Patch: Hatenko... Beauty: WHO IS THAT!! Hatenko: OYABIN! OYABIN! OYABIN! OYABIN! Beauty: ...... Beauty: EEH!!? Don Patch: YOU'VE GROWN UP, HATENKO. YOU'RE A SUCCESS. Hatenko: I'LL FOLLOW YOU MY WHOLE LIFE, OYABIN! Pokomi: Eh? What's going on? What is this cool man? Caption: POKOMI | BEAUTY Beauty: ... Narrator: There was Pokomi, who was confused by an unknown personality.
149. Caption: CYBER CITY Wan Ronga: S**T! THEY'VE ENTERED INTO THE NUCLEUS......HARDEN THE DEFENSE. DON'T LET THEM PASS EVEN A STEP--! Hiiragi: Namerou-kun, you're on a field-trip today. That's neat. Hiiragi: NOW, THIS WILL FALL IN FIVE MINUTES.
TN: One thing you have to like about this chapter...though it will probably turn out to be a curse in disguise: when the 3rd prepares for his final battle against everyone...he means it! The mere fact that we have cameos of several characters from the original (even with Rem still being as sleepy as ever) and Hiiragi spearheading a Cyber City invasion just shows that this time the 3rd means it! I have a lot to say about this next chapter though...and a lot of it just isn't going to be pretty. Though at least this chapter prevented me from jumping off the deep end: I was thinking last time that it would be rather hurtful that the 3rd would target Shinken users...but be very contradictory considering himself and several of the revealed fighters use Shinken. But when his big announcement mentioned that "if they surrendered and fought for him, they'd live", that put me at ease. Yeah I get what he wants, but to attack Shinken users and not just, say, commit suicide or take out his own forces would be ridiculous, so at least he knew what he was doing there.
Back with Bo-bobo's group, they were essentially at the top of their game this time around. The main group we've been with for a while all seemed to have great moments, particulary Tennosuke's "idea of surrender" and Gaou facing the inevitable "dissappearing act" that he's been through the last couple volumes or so. (it isn't his fault: either there are just too many characters fighting for time, the fans never caught on to him...or Sawai just forgot; besides, as Bo-bobo said: it's his master, so he should be raging about now instead of sobbing over how forgotten he is) This time, though, finally has the reunion of two notables from the original: Torpedo Girl (who is as grumpy as ever...cause she's a torpedo) as well as Hatenko (whom is a very strange case since we never found out what happened to him and his Ba-baba search in space...and that he's become even weirder/more disturbing with his "chibification" of his Oyabin bit) Yeah, you'd probably sympathize with Pokomi (or Gaou) after all they've witnessed...but you probably are going to need a lot more sympathy for the next chapter.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/23821[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 38 by StrangerAtaru2010-07-31T03:15:03+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comThough they expected to be prepared for him, Bo-bobo has provided some new research material on his new Shinsetsu power to Jobus and Porstroi! But the time they'll need it may be drawing real soon with everything finally in motion...
Shinsetsu 38: Outbreak of the Final War
116. Jobus: STUPID...THAT BO-BOBO SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SMALL FRY WHO WOULDN'T STAND UP TO TAKING THIS. HE'S DEFEATED PORSTROI!? Don Patch: That was a miscalculation. The cause of his defeat was merely one... Don Patch: I WAS SHINSETSU. Beauty: YEAH, YEAH. THUS YOU'RE IN THE WAY. Don Patch: Ah, I just needed a bit more... Jobus: SHINSETSU BO-BOBO, IT WAS GOOD THAT I COULD KNOW OF YOU HERE AND NOW.
117. Jobus: SYNAPSE SHINKEN OUGI: BOOK OF SPATIAL RECOGNITION. (TN: "While 'synapse' is obviously connected to a neuron junction point for electrons to pass through directing information between nerves and cells, the kanji for the name of this Shinken style is in Japanese "Nou Dentatsu Kairo", which literally translates into "Brain Communication Circuit") Pokomi: !! Don Patch: That guy can do that? Jobus: The fufillment of our duty is ahead. Here we will withdrawl. Jobus: BUT REMEMBER THIS: THE Z-PROJECT IS BEGINNING TO MOVE. SOON WE OF THE IXEX WILL GO AND TAKE ALL OF YOUR LIVES. (TN: Sort of an important term for the rest of the series from here on: IXEX is short for "Nine (IX) Experts (EX)") Bo-bobo: Z-PROJECT!? IXEX!? Jobus: Hmph.
118. Beauty: THEY DISSAPPEARED Tennosuke: HOCUS--POCUS? (TN: "Hocus Pocus" here is basically an equivalent for "Tenjina-nya", the word Tennosuke used here which is another Japanese magic word) Pokomi: ......Namecchi... Don Patch: BO-BOBO, HURRY AND GO AFTER THEM!!! Caption: PATCH-ZUBA (TN: While I'm sure this is referring to "something", the "Pachizuba"| "Patch-zuba" bit ends up having the usage of "zuba", which is tied to "zubazuba" or "straightforwards" [akin to something like "zubazuba iu" or "speak frankly") Bo-bobo: .........IMPOSSIBLE. Everyone: !
119. Bo-bobo: GENAHA BRAKE RELEASE Bo-bobo: Haa haa...I even possess this power and yet my limit is 10 minutes. That was close...if I had fought him, I would have been killed. Pokomi: This appears to be a recoil of that super-mighty power. Beauty: Bo-bobo. Don Patch: Are you alright... "Little Man": I'm alri--V (TN: Bo-bobo actually goes "Daijo-bui", with the "bui" being a "V" as in the end of "Daijoubu". I tried to make it work somehow) Don Patch: UWAAA~~THAT'S NOT ALRIGHT AT ALL.
120. Bo-bobo: THAT NAMEROU HAS GONE. WELL, WE'VE SMASHED THE ELITE ACADEMY, SO IS THAT FINE FOR TODAY'S SCENE? Beauty: Feels so. Bo-bobo: ALRIGHT! SO SHALL WE GET BACK TO HEPPOKOMARU'S PLACE? Beauty: YEP Pokomi: I'M EMBARRASED BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS IN MEETING HIM...BIG BROTHER HEPPOKO HASN'T CHANGED FROM LONG AGO. Don Patch: FRANKLY, HE NOW HAS BECOME LIKE THIS!!! Caption: PATCH-ZUBA Headband: A-BOY (TN: "A-Boy" stands for "Akihabara Boy", usually due to how many in the "geek/otaku culture" hang out there with things of their interest in that Tokyo neighborhood) Pokomi: No, he hasn't become like this. NO-----!!! Tennosuke: WITH THIS, WE'LL HAVE THE REVIVAL OF THE TOKOHE GANG!! Flag: TOKOHE GANG Bo-bobo: ... SFX: Zuba
121. Bo-bobo: IXES, WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY? Namerou: KU, THAT WAS DAZZLING. WHERE AM I?
122. Jobus: I'VE BROUGHT NAMEROU-SAMA, KING 3RD Namerou: ! 3rd: YOU'VE COME WELL, 5TH NAMEROU. I WELCOME YOU.
123. Namerou: Heh. Voice: ...Really. You're really late, dummy. Voice: Jobus, we've been waiting for just that face. "Cigarette Man": Work much more promptly from being inefficient to being inefficient...EH? Caption: BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY (TN: The Japanese name of the team is "Kuro Tobaku Kiheishuu", which literally translates into "Black Gambling Cavalry")
124. Jobus: I'm sorry. "Cigarette Man": CHI, THIS FEELS BAD. "Cigarette Man": ...That's Porstroi? "Cigarette Man": WHAT IS THIS? IT CAN'T BE THAT ALL OF YOU CAN'T GIVE THE PRETENSE OF SPREADING MUD ON THE IXEX. Voice: WELL
125. Hiiragi: DON'T TORMENT OUR OWN TOO MUCH, USUI. Caption: BLUE RADICAL CORP: HIIRAGI (TN: "Blue Radical Corp" is a literal translation of "Ao no Senei Teidan", with "Teidan" Japanese for "Army Corp") Jobus: LEADER Usui: YOU...COMING IN JUST THIS LATE Hiiragi: You're Namerou-kun. Nice to meet you. Namerou: AH...YES.
126. Hiiragi: The unusual people have come too. Hello there. Caption: WHITE PHANTOM-DEATH DISGUISE-PARTY (TN: Unlike the other two "new groups", this one has no actual proper translation and is translated based on their kanji: "Haku Genshi Souto" translates as seen as the "White Phantom-Death Disguise-Party") Hiiragi: Haha... Babuu: KING 3RD...WITH DISH, DA IXEX HAB GATHERED. 3rd: Going ahead, we will tell Namerou about "that". He'll be confused.
127. Babuu: SO DEN, I SHOW MY APOWOGY TO 5TH NAMEWOU-SAMA. Namerou: That guy, going on shamelessly... Babuu: WE OF THE NEO-MARUHAGE HAVE KING 3RD AT THE TOP AND BENEATH HIM AWRE THE THWEE DAIOU WHICH INCWUDES ME! AND AS CWOSE ASSOCIATES TO THE THREE DAIOU, WE EACH HAVE THREE SUPER-BODYGUARDS...THESE BODYGUARDS ARE BUNDLED AS 9 PEOPLE AND ARE CWALLED IXEX. Diagram (from Top, from right to left)
TSURULINA THE 3RD BB | SHIRYUUEN KAMARA | BABUU (THREE DAIOU) WHITE PHANTOM-DEATH DISGUISE PARTY | BLACK GAMBLING CAVALRY | BLUE RADICAL CORP
(TN: A couple bits of info about a couple of our new names this time: -"Chinchiro-hime" can also be called "Princess Chinchiro", but I kept the "hime" ending mostly because usually it isn't just used for "princesses" but also for the young lady of noble birth -The "guide" part of "Gura-San the Guide" is "Annaiya"; though the "ya" part refers to a "building" like a "booth" or "shop", I chose to merely have it translate as "guide" as his title)
3rd: NAMEROU...WHEN YOU COME TO COMPLETELY USE THE POWER OF THE EMPEROR, YOU WILL RELIEVE BABUU AND TAKE A SEAT IN THE THREE DAIOU. 3rd: UNTIL THEN, JOBUS, LOOK AFTER HIM. Jobus: YES
128. Usui: He's good...that boy. 3rd: TODAY'S GATHERING ISN'T FOR ANY OTHER REASON. IT'S FINALLY TIME TO PUT INTO OPERATION THE Z-PROJECT. 3rd: THE Z-PROJECT, THAT IS, THE ZERO PROJECT FOR THE COMPLETE ERASURE OF SHINKEN USERS...FROM HERE, WE WILL START OUR FINAL WAR ON THE USERS OF SHINKEN. (TN: I had to make a massive "change" regarding the name of the "final project" for which the 3rd is hyping here. In Japanese, the word used for the true name of the project is "Zetsumetsu", which is Japanese for "extinction". Personally I wish I could just call it the "Extinction Project" or even go back and call it the "E-Project", but considering that the "Z" is in reference to a word that begins with "Z" like "Zetsumetsu" (and it was called the "Z-Project" all this time prior to the revelation of what "Z" stood for), I ended up using the close approximation of "Zero") 3rd: THREE MONTHS!! IN THREE MONTHS, ALL SHINKEN USERS WILL BE ERASED AND I WILL GAIN CONTROL OF ALL MANKIND!!! THIS EMPIRE WILL GO TO THE END OF AN ETERNAL PROSPERITY ON TOP OF A HEAP OF THE CORPSES OF SHINKEN USERS!!!
129. Everyone: OOH-- Hiiragi: Uwaa, he's thinking these cruel things. 3rd: I DON'T CARE IF THEY'RE STRONG OR WEAK: THOSE WHO USE SHINKEN WILL BE KILLED WITHOUT BEWILDERMENT!! THE REMAINING HUMANS WILL LIVE AS SLAVES OF MY EMPIRE. Namerou: Is he serious? About that... Everyone: !! 3rd: I HAVE A CONNECTION TO THESE 9...THE CORP THAT KILLS MORE NUMBERS THAN THEM WILL BE RAISED INTO A CORP I DIRECTLY SUPERVISE.
130. Chinchiro-HIme: Kamara-sama, from where do we go? Usui: We have our direction. Kamara: THERE ISN'T AN ORDER: IN A WEEK I ALONE WILL HAVE A HUNDRED. (TN: Not sure if that's exactly what he says: Kamara uses "hitori noruma" here; while the "hitori" is "alone", I'm not sure what the "noruma" part was about. However, I somehow inferred that Kamara thinks he alone can take 100 Shinken users, I guess, but I probably am wrong) Gura-san: LIKE THAT!? Kamara: IS THAT FINE, ALL OF YOU? DON'T JUMP THE GUN OF YOUR CHARGE. I CAN'T HAVE MY FACE WASTED. Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE-DAIOU: SHIRYUUEN KAMARA
131. 3rd: EVEN THIS PROJECT HAS A FINAL STAGE: WHEN EVEN HE AWAKENS... 3rd: KUKUKU... Caption: NEO-MARUHAGE THREE-DAIOU: BB
TN: I had honestly prepared a whole lot that I wanted to say about this chapter, but strangely some of it gets cleared up a bit in the next chapter. I do have a couple massive nit-picks but for the most part it isn't something that some would say is important. Essentially, the whole idea of the 3rd declaring complete and utter war on all Shinken users is a frightening idea if you think about it. As we've seen, for the most part Shinken are the main means of fighting in this universe, with those mastering it becoming more powerful than those who don't. You can take something as strange and as bizarre as you want, make it a battle style "Shinken", and thus have a power...thus by targeting and attempting to drive extinct all Shinken users, you seem to knock away the main threat. (though it's weird that he didn't think of something like this before when he did his last world-conquering scheme 100 years ago...but they never really explained why they did go to cryogenic slumber) Then again, while you could see some legitimacy on the whole scenario as it stands, there are still a couple things that bug me: -First: while I get targeting Shinken users...what about those without Shinken!? There are many dangerous battle styles that aren't Shinken and he's going to just let them go about their business? Heck, look at Don Patch: he never used a Shinken and has always been a purely Hajike-based fighter. (aside his Don Patch moments) While there would be a more minimal resistance, resistance will always exist as long as there's a means to fight against the empire. Heck...even Bo-bobo could continue to use Hajike: sure it may not be as powerful (I always have a theory his Hajike seems more powerful than it should be because it intermixes with his Hanage Shinken power), but it's still a means to keep fighting back! -The second thing that bugs me is probably more minor but...why in the world is this so called "plot" so inconsistent? Heck, why is the Neo-Maruhage so inconsistent? I mean, first we have the 3rd doing a weirder, but more traditional concept of Hair Hunt...then we have the "True Leaders" (where only three were revealed: Pokomi, Tsurubinya and Porstroi) and the Elite Academy stuff...and now we have this IXEX and consolidation plot! Can't the 3rd just find one plot and stick with it? (though somehow I think that the Z(ero) Project was the big project all this time, but it had to end up being hurried up to now because...well, of Bo-bobo's ratings at this point.
Regardless of how messy and how interesting (or screwed up) the final plan is, we are underway in the final arc of the series...and we ended up meeting a lot of interesting characters this time around. Some of whom we'll be knowing more of soon enough, others we won't; some we'll love, others we'll regret and others...wait, was that a black-haired Bo-bobo? But of all of them, the most obviously peculiar even at this early stage is Hiiragi: something just seems very "off" about him, as if he feels like an enigma...but that's just a strange hunch.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/23676[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 37 by StrangerAtaru2010-07-25T21:51:24+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comJust when it seemed like Bo-bobo could finally get through to Namerou, two emissaries sent by Tsurulina the 3rd have come for the future emperor! Can he show them the true power he possesses to prove his power to the force?
Shinsetsu 37: A Further "Kiwami"!! (TN: While I did mention the meaning of "Kiwami" in chp. 35 as "extreme" or "pinnacle", I kept it as "Kiwami" in the title due to how it is referring to Bo-bobo's "Kiwami Ougi")
98. Porstroi: WHAT'S THAT, YOU Jobus: Leave it be, Porstroi. Now our duty is done. His battle data we completed collecting with his battle with Babuu-sama...he's a small fry who isn't sufficient to take on. Porstroi: HE'S MOCKING ME Jobus: ......I'll give you two minutes. Porstroi: I'M FINE WITH TWO SECONDS
100. Porstroi: AKUMA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: GENOCIDE STORM!!! (TN: Well we have a bit of inconsistancy here: when Porstroi was originally introduced, he used "Devil Shinken", with the "Devil" part being "Akuma" with the kanji, but pronounced "Devil". But here, Porstroi merely uses "Akuma Shinken"; same kanji, same meaning, just reading it differently. Either is fine for usage for scanslation even with the inconsistancy due to...well, "akuma" = "devil") Bo-bobo: GUWAAAAAA--- Beauty: BO-BOBO Porstroi: HAHHAHHA, THAT'S THE EFFECT. YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED. YOU'VE BEEN TURNED INTO SMALL PIECES!!
101. Tennosuke: I'VE...ENDED UP DAMAGED... (TN: Tennosuke actually uses a Satsuma dialect here, using the expression of "gowasu", which is their version of "to be" or "iru") Paper: GENTLE TENNOSUKE Porstroi: !!! Tennosuke: BO-BOBO, I'LL ABSOLUTELY--KILL YOU SOMEDAY Tennosuke's Book: GRUDGE NOTEBOOK Bo-bobo: Best regards, substitute Porstroi: WHAT IS HE!? WHERE DID THAT AFRO GO? Porstroi: THERE!!!
102. Bag: BoBoBo Confectionary Snack for Good Kids HONEKKO-CHAN (With 20% more calcium) Bo-bobo: OUGI: HONEKKO MACHINE GUN!!!! Porstroi: UO!!! Bo-bobo: YOU'RE A TAD TOO QUICK-TEMPERED. HERE'S A PRESENT FROM ME: CALCIUM! Porstroi: I'LL...KILL HIM
103. Don Patch: Yum yum Beauty: ... Pokomi: Jobus-sensei Jobus: ! Pokomi: You can't take Namecchi Jobus: POKOMI...IT ISN'T IMPOSSBLE THAT THIS ISN'T EVEN KNOWN BY YOU, WHO WAS ONLY GENERAL LEADER OF F-BLOCK. THE Z-PROJECT IS ALREADY PROGRESSING TO THE NEXT STAGE. NAMEROU-SAMA IS THE ONE WHO HAS BECOME IT'S CENTER. Jobus: IT'S FINE FOR EVEN YOU TO SEE THIS: THE IDEAL FRACTION THAT IS THE AIM OF THE Z-PROJECT
104. Jobus: PORSTROI, SHOW THEM: YOUR TRUE POWER!! Porstroi: OOOOOOOH (out loud) ZENMETSUGAN X 2 Porstroi: BLOOD OVERHEAT!!! Beauty: KYAA Porstroi: OOOOOOOOOOOOOH
105. Postroi: ZENMETSUGAN X 2: VAMPIRE PORSTROI Namerou: IS HE...A MONSTER? Jobus: YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO THIS EXTENT. NAMEROU-SAMA TOO WILL OBTAIN THIS GREATER POWER READILY.
107. Porstroi: AKUMA SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: SUCK-BLOOD DESTRUCTION Bo-bobo: !! Namerou: That's? Jobus: He sucks dry all power with those Blood Fangs.
108. Jobus: The Blood Fangs eats to the inside of the body but, in the end, it can't be ripped off even by me. HE'LL BE A MUMMY IN LESS THAN 10 SECONDS. Don Patch: A MUMMY!? SCARY (TN: Don Patch has ended up transforming here into Kinnikuman fighter Mr. Khamen, who has a similar ability of sucking an opponent dry of the energy in tehir body, turning them into a mummy. BTW: Note Gaou as Ramenman, who "sort of" saved Brocken Jr. and defeated Mr. Khamen...as Mongolman) Beauty: BO-BOBO Porstroi: IT'S OVER: YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ANYMORE Bo-bobo: IN THAT CASE, DON'T LET GO. LET'S GO: WITH THE 4-COUNT TO DEATH Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN KIWAMI OUGI: GENAHA CANNON
109. Bo-bobo: BON!!!! (TN: The "numbers" behind the "Bon" are the hits and should remain considering Bo-bobo's comment about a 4-count) SFX: MEKI MEKI Porstroi: GAHA Bo-bobo: BON!!!!
110. Porstroi: HE'S TEARING OFF MY BODY......THAT GUY...... Bo-bobo: BON!!!! Porstroi: BUHA--- Bo-bobo: IT'S OVER
111.-112. Bo-bobo: BON!!!! Porstroi: ...KA... Namerou: BOBOPACHI... Namerou: I CAN'T...SEE A BOTTOM TO HIM SFX: FU Jobus: THAT'S STUPID...PORSTROI WAS...THAT MOVEMENT WASN'T WITHIN BO-BOBO'S DATA Bo-bobo: REWRITE THAT USELESS DATA
TN: Well, we've essentially reached the half-way point of Shinsetsu in this chapter: there are 73 chapters, thus 36 before, 36 after and...this one in the middle. And at this point, it feels like we're witnessing both the good and bad with Bo-bobo in this one chapter. On one hand, Bo-bobo's attack against Porstroi seemed awesome: taking the bite of a "vampire", then smashing him with four punches to knock him down. But on the other hand...why in the world doesn't this still feel like Bo-bobo? I know I mentioned it before, but somehow these chapters feel less like the classic series since the whole "Namerou the Emperor" storyline started at the start of the volume with a ton of story and just not enough Hajike or weird bits. Yeah, they're still here (like Tennosuke taking Porstroi's claw attack and the Mr. Khamen joke), but somehow it doesn't feel like Bo-bobo anymore and feels more like some serious series with a few weird jokes sprinkled here and there due to the title. I do wonder sometimes if this has anything to do with the change in the series...or is just a sign of Sawai trying to progress the story with so much of this backstory due to Bo-bobo's collapsing popularity in the magazine. Sort of like "well I have something big I want to do but I have to do all this set-up in order to get to it". Honestly, I really don't get the point of this Z-Project anymore (first we had mutated Heppokomaru, then we had these "True Block Leaders", and now we have some other force tied to Namerou...with as fast as the project has gone, I wonder what the real intention was considering it's just been so crucial to everything in this series since at least Babuu showed up and Heppokomaru turned evil), but at least it seems like the fighters who get mutated with the Zenmetsugan all do seem to get "new forms" to demonstrate their ultimate power. (as we've seen with Heppokomaru, Pokomi, and Porstroi...and yet we don't know if Tsurubinya had it too with how he was handled) Of course, while I do hope we finally get some answers, next time we'll be starting...well, the build-up to the big finish...and I do mean "big".https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/23652[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 36 by StrangerAtaru2010-07-25T03:33:56+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comReleasing out the newest pinnacle of his power, Bo-bobo has rushed and smashed Namerou down to submission. Has the boy finally been stopped from his ultimate destiny...or have the wheels of fate already started to turn...
Shinsetsu 36: Emissaries from the Empire
80. SFX: KASHA Bo-bobo: THIS IS THE ULTIMATE FIST THAT MASTERS ONE MORE STEP FURTHER SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI; IT'S KIWAMI OUGI: GENAHA RUSH!
81. Don Patch: AMAZING SHINSETSU BO-BOBO. Tennosuke: YOU'RE THE GREATEST!! Don Patch: I can get rich...this jacket uses great raw materials after all, just as I glare at it. This will sell highly...kukuku. Bo-bobo: Sho--ryu--reppa--- (TN: "Shoryu Reppa" is Ken's definitive version of the "Shoryuken", originally introduced in "Super Street Fighter II Turbo" as his super move and giving him a fist that bursts an opponent to flames) Beauty: He won. Don Patch: YOSSHA--WE'LL CELEBRATE SHINSETSU BO-BOBO'S VICTORY; IT'S A PARTY----- Don Patch: NOW, DRINK, DRINK!! Ryoutsu (!?): Ooh, you're bad, Don Patch. Beauty: WHA-----!? RYOU-SAN IS HERE!!! Beauty: BUT WHY ARE YOU SUDDENLY? (You weren't here until earlier) Ryoutsu: Because it's the 30th anniversary of KochiKame. I'm doing a patrol within Jump. Caption: KOCHIKAME CELEBRATING 30 YEARS (TN: Yeah, some of you probably are going WTF regarding Ryoutsu's sudden appearance here thinking "wait, is Ataru messing with us again and doing a KochiKame chapter instead of his job again?" Well basically it's as Ryoutsu said: issue 42, 2006 of WSJ was officially the 30th anniversary of the start of "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo" (KochiKame for short) and, for that one issue, Ryoutsu essentially cameoed in at least one panel in every single Jump series. Strangely, though, this is one of the few manga where Ryoutsu's appearance was way more prominent as opposed to...well, a mere cameo, to the point where I even wonder if Osamu Akimoto did something similar to Kazuki Takahashi way back. Strangely though Sawai was rather active with the KochiKame anniversary, even spearheading a collaborative chapter with several other Jump comedy writers for an entire team-up involving Don Patch attempting to steal a Ryoutsu statue which actually exists in front of Kameari Park out of jealousy...and before anyone asks, yes I will get back to KochiKame in the near future...I at least want to get through a major chunk of the series) Ryoutsu: Well, be well all of you!! Don Patch: THANK YOU VERY MUCH Bo-bobo: Please do your best with KochiKame from here on. Beauty: ......
83. Bo-bobo: NAMEROU Tennosuke: HIIII~~~HE TOOK THAT RUSH AND IS STANDING...HE'S A MONSTER Bo-bobo: Fine then: From here on the battle ahead will be a sacred precinct. WE'LL CONCLUDE IT WITH "GUNJIN SHOUGI" (TN: "Gunjin Shougi" or "Soldier Shougi", is a variety of Shougi played on a 6x4 board completely covered with 23 pieces on each side, including a "middle section" of which is the only place where members of the troops can cross over to attack the other side and ultimately take control of the opponent, ultimately with the objective of taking down the king like in regular shougi. This version of Shougi is popular in particular with video games, with many different versions of the game appearing on many systems) Beauty: GUNJIN SHOUGI!? Don Patch: CHA--NCE!! IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO BE AFRAID OF A WOUNDED TIGER Don Patch: O--HOHHOHHO: A COUNTERATTACK!! THIS IS A COUNTERATTACK!! NERUNERUNERUNE~~NERUNERUNE~~RUNE (TN: Before I get caught in this joke again after the last time it tormented me: Don Patch once again is making fun of the witch character from a commercial for Japanese candy "Nerunerunerune", which essentially is a mix creating a soft candy that can get rolled into other toppings like chocolate) Namerou: BUHA Beauty: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO TO HIM!!!? SFX: Pero (lick) Don Patch: DELISH
84. Bo-bobo: DON'T DO THESE NOSTALGIC THINGS--!!! Namerou: BU Tennosuke: WELL THEN, NAMCO NOSTALGIC MASTERPIECE "METRO-CROSS" JUMP!! (TN: "Metro-Cross" was a1985 video game using the build from Namco's video game "Pac-Land" to create a futuristic world where a character must jump across and past objects in his way to race to the finish) Beauty: ALREADY THIS IS COMPLETELY IGNORING NAMEROU-KUN!! Namerou: ZEE......ZEE...... Bo-bobo: I WILL SAY IT ONCE MORE: DON'T RETURN TO THE NEO-MARUHAGE, NAMEROU. Namerou: SHUT UP. I'VE DECIDED. DON'T GET CONNECTED TO IT. Bo-bobo: I HADN'T WANTED TO FINISH THIS WITH YOU, BUT I DON'T HAVE A REASON TO OVERLOOK SOMEONE WHO WILL BECOME A THREAT.
85. Pokomi: YOU CAN'T. Beauty: Pokomi-chan Pokomi: Namecchi, come back to us. Huh? Pokomi: Here. Namerou: ......Pokomi...
87. Porstroi: DON'T DECEIVE NAMEROU-CHAN, SHRIMP-CHAN "Blockhead": WE'VE COME TO PICK YOU UP, NAMEROU-SAMA
88. Bo-bobo: THEY'RE...? "Blockhead": It's been a while, Namerou-sama. Since the Academy. "Blockhead": KING 3RD IS WAITING. NOW COME WITH US... Namerou: DON'T LAY A HAND ON POKOMI. I'LL KILL YOU!!! "Blockhead": PLEASE LET GO, NAMEROU-SAMA Namerou: SHUT UP; DON'T GIVE DIRECTIONS TO ME! "Blockhead": PLEASE LISTEN TO MY WORDS Namerou: I DON'T ANYTHING BUT YOU'RE UNPLEASING GUYS!! I KICK AWAY THESE EYESORES Porstroi: FUWA~~(YAWN)
89. Namerou: GAHA!! Porstroi: You're making a misunderstanding, boy. I don't have a reason yet to recognize you as the next emperor. Porstroi: BE CAREFUL IN THE WAY YOU HEAR THESE MOUTHS Porstroi: Ha--hahhahhahhahhahha
90. "Blockhead": STOP, PORSTROI SFX: MISHI MEKI "Blockhead": I'LL KILL YOU HERE AND NOW. SFX: BUSHU Porstroi: Chi, understood. You didn't get the joke.
91. "Blockhead": NAMEROU-SAMA...YOUR EMPEROR POWER IS STILL INCOMPLETE, HAVING JUST AWAKENED. IF YOU COME TO RETURN TO THE NEO-MARUHAGE, THIS POWER CAN BECOMEA COMPLETE THING. Namerou: YOU, HOW DO YOU KNOW OF THIS POWER...? "Blockhead": The one who proposed to the 3rd to have Tsurubinya battle with you was me. Namerou: !! "Blockhead": Due to him holding a complex with you since your Academy period, it was taken to be utilized. The seal that was done in you can only be undone by the family of darkness. As I aimed for, he awakened your power that was sealed... "Blockhead": THIS EMPEROR POWER IS AT ANY RATE PROOF OF A GOVERNOR WHO FAR AND AWAY SURPASSES US. Porstroi: Ke...
92. Beauty: THAT'S... Pokomi: JOBUS-SENSEI. Beauty: You know him? Pokomi: That one man was the special fight instructor at the Elite Academy. He's a scary man with an incredibly sharp mind... Namerou: KUKUKU, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY... Namerou: IF IT IS, THEN QUICKLY TAKE ME TO THE NEO-MARUHAGE Jobus: CERTAINLY
93. Beauty: AH! NAMEROU-KUN IS GOING TO THE NEO-MARUHAGE Don Patch: ALL OF US SALUTE. Beauty: BO-BOBO, YOU MUST STOP HIM Bo-bobo: AAH... SFX: Gashan Bo-bobo: I'LL USE THIS. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI...
94. Porstroi & Jobus: !! Bo-bobo: GENAHA LANCE
95. Porstroi: WHAT'S THAT, YOU? Bo-bobo: I'M GOING AFTER MY STUDENT
TN: It's been a while since we've had a nice duo of contrasting personality showing up in this series. And while we sort of knew about Porstroi and his sicko nature (I mean he literally sucked dry the man he was taking over moments after awakening from his Zenmetsugan bath), seeing the silent, calculating monstrosity of the teacher Jobus (though it was rather stupid that he and the 3rd knew about Tsurubinya's escape but Babuu was just left clueless considering it was his Zenmetsugan project he was working with and maxed out) contrasted and yet continued to air out the horror that these two seem to possess. Meanwhile, while I can't really speak well anymore about Namerou, the factor regarding Pokomi protecting him regardless of all the bad things he's done just seems to add and contribute to her character along with what we know. Sure she probably has come to some understanding that Namerou is now evil and the potential emperor, but she still remembers him as one of those she respected at the Academy and that's why she can't just abandon him even with him drawing further and further into his evil fate. Honestly though I don't quite get why Bo-bobo keeps buying into saving him (my guess is it has something to do with how he wasn't there for Heppokomaru or just that he saw him as a misfit before the emperor crap was thrown in), but I guess it is supposed ot add tension and does so in some ways. But then again...Bo-bobo has plenty to worry about now considering Porstroi...
BTW: Ryoutsu can drop in anytime he needs to :Phttps://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/23554[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 35 by StrangerAtaru2010-07-18T22:27:20+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith nothing (and yes, I mean nothing) even able to stop...or even touch Namerou, Bo-bobo has released a hidden trump card culminating his missing year! But what is this new power...and can it finally bring down their former ally!?
Shinsetsu 35: Start Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo!!!! (TN: "Start" is "Shidou", which is Japanese for "the starting of a machine"; I probably could have made it "S-Bo-bobo is Starting!" but this is the start of the new power that Bo-bobo is using...)
62. Bo-bobo: THIS IS THE NEW POWER: SHINSETSU BO-BOBO.
63. Beauty: HE'S CHANGED!! Pokomi: SHINSETSU BO-BOBO Don Patch: HE WAS HIDING THAT AMAZING TRUMP CARD Tennosuke: THAT'S COOL Namerou: IT'S A BLUFF. CREEPING OUT OF PRETENSE. Bo-bobo: GU
64. Namerou: WHAT!? Namerou: ...KU. Pokomi: He's been damaged for the first time. Amazing, Bo-bobo. Bo-bobo: POKOMI, BEAUTY, YOU'RE FINE ALREADY. Bo-bobo: THE REST WILL BE HANDLED BY ME ALONE. Beauty: EH?
65. Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN OUGI: SNOT BUBBLE BARRIER!!! Sign: PLEASE DO NOT PRESENT FEED TO THEM. Don Patch & Tennosuke: !! Beauty: This became a barrier. Don Patch & Tennosuke: HEY---BO-BOBO, WHAT'S WITH THIS DIFFERNECE!? YOU'RE CRUEL WITH THIS CAGE!! Box: FOR GAOU'S USE Don Patch & Tennosuke: !? Don Patch: ALRIGHT, IN PLACE OF THE BARRIER, WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUR YELL TO BO-BOBO Don Patch: HURRAY---HURRAY--BO-BOBO!! CERTAIN-VICTORY, CERTAIN-VICTORY, "KYOURA DAIYON KYOUSATSU"----!! Tennosuke: HERE WE GO WITH THIS----!! (TN: What those three end up doing is a major factor/reference to Akira Miyashita's "Sakigake!! Otokojuku" during the "Kyoura Daiyon Kyousatsu" (The Great Frighteningly Hidden Four Evil Murders) arc. In this arc, four of the major 1st-Years (Momotarou, Togashi, Toramaru, J) are forced to face the forces of the Kanto Gougakuren in a bizarre battle that combines mountain-climbing and martial arts fighting. As they do, though, the rest of the 1st-Years are forced to do whatever they could to support and help their classmates in this brutal battle. Don Patch has become Matsuo, who invoked the ability of the "Great Chime Yell" to send the entire class' support for the quartet fighting [and which became a massive plot point for Togashi's battle]. Meanwhile, Gaou and Tennosuke have respectively become Hidemaro and Tazawa and are holding the "Katsukon Flag", a massive flag usually used in conjunction with the "Great Chime Yell" (so says "the Principal of Otokojuku, Edajima Heihachi") to impart the spirit of the classmates to their classmate in need. Gaou as Hidemaro makes sense: though diminutive, the small 1st-Year proves his might by holding up the massive flag during Momo's final battle with Gougakuren leader Omito Date, while Tazawa (Tennosuke's role), ends up literally putting a knife on the flag's mast to force him to keep holding it up. [he was tired and couldn't keep holding it and Tazawa did it making him force to keep it up lest the knife kills his classmate) Yeah...I went way too long with this entry but since "Sakigake!! Otokojuku" is one of my other projects) Beauty: GYAAAAAA, CHEER FOR HIM MORE NORMALLY!!
66. Bo-bobo: MACH PUNCH!!!! (TN: And continung our Otokojuku reference, Bo-bobo just became J and used his trademark Mach Punch) Tennosuke: GYAAAAAAAA Don Patch: SHINSETSU BO-BOBO...HIS MOOD HASN'T CHANGED. Bo-bobo: NAMEROU, I WILL SHOW YOU THE RELEASED NOSEHAIR POWER!!! Namerou: DON'T GET ELATED. WHATEVER YOU DO, IT WON'T BE EQUAL TO ME... Namerou: TO ETERNITY!! Bo-bobo: TAKE THIS: THIS IS THE MANNER OF FIGHTING FOR SHINSETSU BO-BOBO.
69. Namerou: HAVE WE COUNTERBALANCED? KUKU...WE HAVE. I TOO HAVE GREATLY BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THIS POWER. Beauty: Bo-bobo. Don Patch: HEY, HEY, HEY, JUST A MOMENT, IS SHINSETSU BO-BOBO ALRIGHT!? CAN'T HE GO TO BASHI MUCH MORE? (TN: Not quite sure why Don Patch has said this or the reference behind it but he makes a mention here of "Bashii", which either refers to a "privacy policy" or possibly to the "Bashi Channel", a channel between Taiwan and the island of Luzon in the Phillipines and is extremely infamous for stormy turbulance) Tennosuke: We don't have to worry: this match will be won by Bo-bobo. Beauty: EH? Tennosuke: He has Kaiouken! Bo-bobo now should be able to endure up to a maximum of times ten. Gaou: Regretfully...what he's using now is Kaiouken times ten... Don Patch & Tennosuke: !!!? (TN: This whole "Dragon Ball" scenario at this point is a parody of an infamous moment during Goku's fight with Frieza where the dead characters (Tienshinhan, Yamcha) think Goku still has Kaiouken [the big power-up Goku had at the time prior to acquiring Super Saiyan] as a trump card...except he'd been using it against Frieza since he started fighting him and was still getting beaten around by the alien tyrant) Beauty: No, he's not using that. Bo-bobo: I'm testing it...the results of the hell training that I had worked hard at with the strongest teacher in this one year!!
70. Bo-bobo: TORPEDO SUPER-TRAINING Torpedo Girl: MUCH, MUCH MORE GYORA---!! (TN: It's been a while since we've seen Torpedo Girl...just a slight reminder: Torpedo Girl has this habit of saying "gyora" occasionally...which is merely just a shortened version of "gyourai" or "Torpedo" in Japanese) Beauty: WHOM BO-BOBO ASKED FOR TRAINING IN THIS ONE YEAR WAS TORPEDO GIRL---!!! Bo-bobo: Haa haa...Torpedo-sensei, please let's get to the higher training soon. Torpedo Girl: Even a person who has no idea of it can play soccer but can't be a soccer player. Bo-bobo: A pretension of reluctance!?
71. Torpedo Girl: Well fine. We'll move to the next training-gyora. Torpedo Girl: Break through this tidal wave with this ball with sand inside. Bo-bobo: THAT'S THE TRAINING FOR USING THE TIGER SHOT...... (TN: The "Tiger Shot" is a move used by character Kojiro Hyuga in soccer/football manga "Captain Tsubasa") Torpedo Girl: SILENCE AND LEARN THIS!! YOU HAVE TSUBASA-KUN AS AN OPPONENT!!! Bo-bobo: No...he's not... Bo-bobo: As such I, for some reason, learned the special shot technique. Torpedo Girl: AMAZING, AMAZING! YOU'VE DONE WELL-GYORA Bo-bobo: Teacher......so, our next training... Torpedo Girl: THE REST IS SELF-STUDY!!!! Bo-bobo: EEEH---!!? Bo-bobo: Oooh Torpedo Girl: Please awaken that power that's inside you. You will be much, much stronger-gyora.
72. Bo-bobo: LET'S GO Namerou: FINE, SHOW ME! Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN KIWAMI OUGI: GENAHA RUSH (TN: "Kiwami" = "Extremity"; "The Highest of High")
74. Bo-bobo: BOBOBOBOBO Namerou: THAT S**T HAS THIS Bo-bobo: BOBOBOBOBOBO Bo-bobo: BOBOBOBOBOBOBO Bo-bobo: BOBOBOBOBOBOBO
75.-76. Bo-bobo: BOBOBO-BO BO-BOBO!!!!!
TN: I can't complain about this chapter. After several chapters with the "Namerou is invincible and arrogant" stream, this one just feels more like a Bo-bobo chapter with an awesome power and an annoying brat eating crow than everything since Namerou's emperor power awakened. Then again it's mostly because of Shinsetsu Bo-bobo...which actually I think has a bit of a source but still seems a tad confusing. Honestly, I think the inference this chapter is trying to make is that the "Shinsetsu" power that we saw in this chapter that was drawn out of Bo-bobo...is the exact same as the "Ganeme" ability that Bo-bobo used in his Be-bebe battle back in the original. Remember: Torpedo Girl went literally inside Bo-bobo and essentially released a similar super-power...though it was done by her by destroying his reason [Bo-bobo couldn't fight Be-bebe due to family connections and this was the only way he could. My guess: when his reason was destroyed, Bo-bobo probably was able to pull on even more power that even his insane mind thought he had. Obviously he couldn't really control it (therefore Don Patch doing that weird transformation to keep him under control to concentrate on destroying his brother), but it probably gave Torpedo Girl the idea (as well as Bo-bobo the hint) to bring it out through this training. (he had to bring it out through training, it's not like he could draw on it immediately to, say, stop Bi-bibi) The only really confusing part is "if this is the true Shinsetsu Bo-bobo, then why exactly do all of Bo-bobo's Shinken have "Shinsetsu" as well without the jacket and visor"? My guess: while this is the true Shinsetsu power, it strengthened Bo-bobo in general as well, allowing for it to strengthen his base power and therefore enforces him to call all his Shinken "Shinsetsu", with the true "Shinsetsu" power being when he releases the Genaha Brake. But hey...Namerou is finally down, Bo-bobo was awesome, we got a great Otokojuku joke and even one Gaou joke. (even if he was for the most part impersonating King Kai to get it...unless you count that "box" he was given as protection) This should be enough to get me to next time...I hope.https://mangahelpers.com/t/strangerataru/releases/23538[English] [Translation] Shintetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 34 by StrangerAtaru2010-07-17T22:43:05+00:00StrangerAtaruadmin@mangahelpers.comWith his imperial power awakened but not complete, Namerou has done nothing but wipe the floor with Bo-bobo's team. But now with Pokomi finally convinced to join in the battle, will this be the key needed to stop the next emperor?
Shinsetsu 34: Desperate Situation!? Team Bo-bobo
43. Pokomi: It's no good to fight him normally...Namecchi's power is mighty though incomplete. I must raise our probability to win even a bit.
44. Pokomi: All of you will follow Pokomi. Pokomi: LET'S GO! Namerou: A STAIRWAY!? Pokomi: With this, we can limit to one direction his pursuing attacks by means of an irregular aura. Bo-bobo: FURTHERMORE, OUR PROBABILITY OF DECEIVING THE EYES OF THE ENEMY BY A DISGUISE THAT BLENDS IN WITH THIS STAIRWAY GOES U----P 20%!!! Don Patch: CINDERELLA IS M------E!! (TN: While I really don't quite know what sort of "disguise" Tennosuke has, he is doing a notable "stair power" in the Super Mario Brothers series where Mario can gain a massive amount of extra lives by bouncing a Koopa shell against a stairwell and jumping on it, repelling it and then jumping again raising your points and eventually your amount of lives) Pokomi: WAAAA; THOSE DON'T HAVE ANY MEANING AT ALL!!!
45. Pokomi: THE OPERATION IS SIMPLE!! AT THE MOMENT POKOMI'S POWER IS RAISED TO MAXIMUM I'LL ATTACK NAMECCHI IN A POWERFUL OUGI WITH BO-BOBO!! WE JUST CAN USE PACCHIN AND PURURUN UNTIL THEN; THEY'LL HOLD BACK NAMECCHI! Don Patch: THAT LITTLE BRAT--WE'RE DECOYS!! Tennosuke: TEN-CHAN DISAGREES TOO!! Namerou: Fu...a useless contrivance. Pokomi: GE! HERE HE COMES!! Bo-bobo: HERE I'LL HOLD HIM BACK! Package: BO-BOBOKKURIMAN (TN: "Bo-bobokkuriman" is another reference to the collectible stickers popular in the late 1980s) Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: NEWLY ON SALE! THE RUMORED BOKKURIMAN STICKERS!!!! "Stickers": "Don Patch": PATCHPATCH THE INCARNATION OF HELL (Makaishou Pacchipacchi) "Bo-bobo": BO-BOBO THE GREAT HOLY PROTECTOR (Seidaishu Bo-bobo) "Tennosuke": WILD TOKOROTEN M (Yasei Tokoroten M) (TN: For the most part I translated all of them, you can use either the Japanese and the translation beneath it or the translation with the original beneath...preferable the former) Beauty: EEEH, WHAT ARE THOSE!?
46. Bo-bobo: I WILL POSSESS THE ADHESIVE POWER OF THESE STICKERS AND COMPLETELY STOP NAMEROU'S MOVEMENTS!!! Don Patch: THAT HAND......IS HE A GENIUS? Tennosuke: IT'S THERE---! THERE IT IS---!! Beauty: ......... Don Patch: Ah. Namerou: DIE! Bo-bobo, Don Patch & Tennosuke: UWAAAAAA--- Pokomi: IT WON'T WORK. Don Patch & Tennosuke: ! Pokomi: !!
47. Namerou: WELL? Pokomi: ...He's controlling his aura...Namecchi has already gotten use to a new power... Tennosuke: You're...protecting us...... Tennosuke: HE--Y, A**HOLE, GO QUICKY! HERE'S WHERE I'LL HOLD HIM BACK!! Pokomi: Pururun. Tennosuke: PURUPURU SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: COMPLETE PROTECTIVE WALL TOKOROTEN BARRIER!!! NOTHING WILL PASS THROUGH THIS! "Invoking Tile": Nu Beauty: THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY UNRELIABLE BARRIER---!!! HE'LL BREAK THROUGH IT IMMEDIATELY
48. Bo-bobo: FIRECRACKER POUPOU Don Patch: POUPOU Tennosuke: WAAAAAA----MY BARRIER'S BEING DESTROYED FROM FRIENDS I HAVE---!!! Bo-bobo: TAKE THIS, NAMEROU--- Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: THE 53-STAGES OF THE TOKAIDO OF GRENADE-THROWING BONTAROU!!! (TN: The last couple of panels have been in reference to the 1986 Sunsoft video game "Kanshakudama Nage Kantarou no Toukaidou Gojuusan Tsugi" [The 53-Stage of the Tokaido of Firecracker-Throwing Kantarou] for the Famicom [it was never released for the NES in the US]. In the game, you play a firecracker maker who must travel between Tokyo and Kyoto (by way of the Tokaido road, a notable road linking the two with 53 stages which travlelers rest at along the journey) to meet with his fiance and protect his fireworks from an evil merchant and his band of ninjas. Bo-bobo and Don Patch in the top panel were both representing the lead character Kantarou, while Gaou in the third panel is "Otani", a prostitute character whom slows down Kantarou's movements whenever he touches her on his journey) Namerou: IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE Bo-bobo: BUBO!!!
49. Namerou: Oh, pardon me...did I kill you with force to spare? Bo-bobo: SHINSETSU HANAGE SHINKEN CHOUOUGI: YOUKAI LEGEND: A TOUR OF HELL!!! Namerou: WHAAAAT? Beauty: HIIIII~~~JUST THIS PANEL HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A SUPER-HORROR MANGA~~!!! Don Patch: I'm a reader of "Bessatsu Margeret" and "Seventeen". (TN: Don Patch mentions two notable magazines for girls: Bessatsu Margaret, which is a shoujo manga magazine and Seventeen, a Japanese varient based on the original American version and extremely popular with teenage females in Japan. Both are published, non-coincidentally, by Shueisha) Namerou: LET GO!! Bo-bobo, Don Patch and Gaou: GYAAAAAA
50. Namerou: You're a sad person, Bobopachi. The difference in power is too much. Beauty: BO-BOBO Pokomi: Now I can only believe in everyone. A bit more time has to pass but I must increase my power until I can defeat Namecchi with this blow.
51. Bo-bobo: It's no good...it's Shinsetsu Hanage Shinken but I can't present any damage to him......(out loud) KAHA (internal) A difference in power to this extent...he's in a different league. Tennosuke: STUPID BO-BOBO...YOU CAN'T SLEEP YET. Don Patch: YOU GET UP QUICKLY AND COMBINE YOUR POWER WITH THAT LITTLE BRAT. Bo-bobo: You guys... Don Patch: HE'LL BE HELD BACK BY US. Tennosuke: EVEN IN EXCHANGE FOR OUR LIVES----!! Don Patch: HU~~~H, YOU CAN'T GO, PAPA--N! Tennosuke: CAUSE WE'VE GOT BOTTLE SERVICE~~N Beauty: YOU 100% WON'T HOLD HIM BACK WITH THAT!!!
52. Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAAAAA Beauty: ...... Bo-bobo: I'm sorry Don Patch, Tennosuke. But I'm praying for your safety... Bo-bobo: I'm putting my prayers into these Bojobo dolls!! (TN: A Bojobo doll is a doll from Saipan in the Mariana Islands which is made of nuts and coconut fibers. Usually two dolls of a man and a woman, you place them into various positions in order to bring good luck, fortune or other things. In recent years, the Japanese have discovered and used these dolls) Beauty: THOSE NOW ARE THE RUMORED THINGS FROM MAIL ORDER!!? HE BOUGHT THEM!! Don Patch: ...PRAYING ON THOSE BOJOBO DOLLS... Tennosuke: WILL MAKE US STAND EVERY TIME... Headbands and Sashes: BOJOBO Beauty: LIKE THAT!? AREN'T YOU OVERDOING IT? Tennosuke: TRICKS ARE UNNECESSARY ALREADY Don Patch: WE'LL PUT IN ALL OF OUR POWER AND COME AT HIM WITH HAJIKE--- Tennosuke: UOOOOO, AIR GUITAR----AIR GUITAR!!! Don Patch: I'M NOT PLAYING LIKE I'M PLAYI----NG!! ARTISANI!! I'M AN ARTISAN-- Beauty: THEY'RE HAJIKEING IN A STRANGE WAY----!!!
53. Don Patch & Tennosuke: GYAAAA Beauty: ......... Namerou: No need to talk. Namerou: !! Namerou: WHAT IS...!? THAT POWER!? Bo-bobo: LET'S GO, NAMEROU. Pokomi: ZENMETSUGAN X 4 POKOMI DRIVE: SUPER-POPPOKO HAMMER
55. Beauty: KYAAAAAA Pokomi: This will give a fatal wound even if it doesn't defeat him... Bo-bobo: ...S...S**T... Nameoru: HMPH
56. Beauty: ...That wasn't effective at all... Pokomi: HAA HAA (TN: While I'm not sure in the "sash scene" before, this moment with Don Patch and Tennosuke is a parody of the classic final scene of Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba's "Ashita no Joe" [Tomorrow Joe], where the main character dies on a bench after giving his all in taking his shot at the World Championship) Beauty: NAMEROU-KUN'S BEEN STEADILY GETTING STRONGER IN THIS BATTLE. BO-BOBO CAN'T...WIN ANYMORE... Namerou: That's as far as we go, Bobopachi. Die. Bo-bobo: ...I UP TO NOW HAVE TRULY REACHED THIS POINT...I TRULY PLANNED TO HIDE THIS UNTIL THE TIME I FOUGHT THE 3RD. Bo-bobo: I WILL SHOW YOU, NAMEROU. MY NEW POWER THAT I'VE ACQUIRED IN THIS ONE YEAR... Namerou: Fool, stop your trivial bluff. It's discomforting.
57. Bo-bobo: GREAT NOSEHAIR RELEASE Bo-bobo: GENAHA BRAKE!!!!! (TN: Nearly forgot this: "Genaha" is backwards for "Hanage", which means that in English it would be "Riaheson" or something) Namerou: WHAT!?
58.-59. (Enter...our new Bo-bobo form!?)
TN: Yeah...Bo-bobo's new form does look cool. Honestly I do have a whole theory and concept regarding what this "new Bo-bobo" actually is...but I'll save it for next time when we fully see him in action. Otherwise...yeah, we get it: Namerou just keeps getting more powerful, more control and Bo-bobo and the others (even with Pokomi) can do nothing about it. Personally though I just don't get why they have to keep treating this battle so seriously compared to so many fights prior to this...I mean, even in the case with a mostly serious battle such as Bi-bibi, we had some really crazy stuff going on even in the midst of the battle. But here...the only crazy stuff was the Hajike attacks Bo-bobo does...and that's it. He was for the most part on "serious mode" the whole time and it just felt so OOC...yeah I know Bo-bobo spends times where he is serious but at least he has moments where he still acts crazy in the midst of it. Since the Namerou fight started...heck, since the Heppokomaru fight, he seems to just act crazy for attacks and feels so serious in his fights, which just doesn't feel right. My only other weird complaint: why the heck is Pokomi using her Zenmetsugan powers again? I guess it may have something to do with it being permanent because of her treatment by Babuu but...you'd expect that with it being evil and all it really shouldn't be used anymore since it's a Neo-Maruhage thing. But hey, one power-up at a time I guess...and we got Bo-bobo's new one next!