Mr_Nice_Username
Brigade Leader
Delighted that I now have all six of the Bobobo-bo Bo-Bobo manga that were released in English.
For some reason the first book isn't book 1, and also the first book they released in the West starts halfway through the manga in Japan. Who can say why this one didn't win many fans in the Western world, lol. Anyway, despite all of that, I love it.
Here's some random samples of the bonkers humour in it.
As a reminder, Bobobo is on a mission to defeat a gang of thieves who steal people's hair. Bobobo teams up with a character that looks like the sun, and a character made out of jelly. Their special fighting technique is "hajike", which apparently means doing weird things until you confuse the enemy to death. Here's the very first page of the "first" book:
This is the sun (Don Patchi) apparently killing himself so an enemy can more easily be defeated - but then immediately being healed because he drinks milk - and then suddenly putting on a musical about milk, on behalf of the Milk Association.
Here's a scene where an enemy's special move is to throw heavy gems at the enemy. Bobobo and the gang defeat this move by turning into trophy wives, and starting a TV soap opera about their emotional struggles with their husbands.
And finally, here's an enemy who tries to consume the life force of the gang - only to find out that they're quite happy to live inside him and settle down to a suburban life.
Madness. Absolute madness. I love it.
For some reason the first book isn't book 1, and also the first book they released in the West starts halfway through the manga in Japan. Who can say why this one didn't win many fans in the Western world, lol. Anyway, despite all of that, I love it.
Here's some random samples of the bonkers humour in it.
As a reminder, Bobobo is on a mission to defeat a gang of thieves who steal people's hair. Bobobo teams up with a character that looks like the sun, and a character made out of jelly. Their special fighting technique is "hajike", which apparently means doing weird things until you confuse the enemy to death. Here's the very first page of the "first" book:
This is the sun (Don Patchi) apparently killing himself so an enemy can more easily be defeated - but then immediately being healed because he drinks milk - and then suddenly putting on a musical about milk, on behalf of the Milk Association.
Here's a scene where an enemy's special move is to throw heavy gems at the enemy. Bobobo and the gang defeat this move by turning into trophy wives, and starting a TV soap opera about their emotional struggles with their husbands.
And finally, here's an enemy who tries to consume the life force of the gang - only to find out that they're quite happy to live inside him and settle down to a suburban life.
Madness. Absolute madness. I love it.
So long time anime fans, rejoice!
