Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

ボボボーボ・ボーボボ

Manga7.53260 votes21 volumes · 230 chaptersFinished

AdventureComedySci-FiGag HumorShounen

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Synopsis

In the year 300X, Earth is terrorized by the evil Maruhage Empire, which will stop at nothing to rid the entire population of their hair. But now, one afro-wearing man stands his way. He has the ability to communicate with other people's hair and use his own nasal hair to defeat the Maruhage Empire's bald henchmen. His name: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.

Publication notes

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo was published in English by VIZ Media starting with a compilation volume under its Shonen Jump Advanced imprint featuring chapters from volumes 9 and 10, which was released on November 5, 2005. After serialization in the US edition of Shonen Jump began in July 2007, publication of the manga started at volume 11, but were re-labeled as volume 1 from August 5, 2008, to October 5, 2010, for five volumes, ending at volume 15. It was also published in Spanish by Planeta Cómic from November 2007 to May 2011; and in Italian by Planeta DeAgostini Comics from November 9, 2007, to May 8, 2011.

Published

Feb 20, 2001 to Dec 12, 2005

Authors

Sawai, Yoshio

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Sequel

Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Adaptation

Main characters

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo600 fan favorites
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This is the cool and incomprehensible hero, swarthy and musclebound, sporting sunglasses and a large golden afro. His hair is 24-karat gold but is usually said to be yellow or blonde; some viewers even argue about its true color. He is called Bo-bobo for short. He refuses to let people call him Bo. He fights with his nose hair using the Hanage Shinken (sometimes "Super Fist of the Nose Hair", other times "Snot Fou-You"), as well as simply confusing his enemies. His only weakness, which he discovered while visiting the world of Blabsalot, is the fact that he doesn't have as many deadly attacks. He believes that the Fist of the Nose Hair is sacred and that he shouldn't overuse it. He has three brothers and one sister. Bo-BoBo directs small "micromovies" in his own movie theatre "Bo-BoBo Gekijou" (Bo-BoBo Theater, but also called other names in the dub). He apparently has some control over an army of stuffed teddy bears which are seen in many episodes. There is an apparently large colony of tiny humans and humanoid boogers living in his nose. They sometimes aid him in battle. In Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Bo-bobo wears a red shirt.
Don Patch450 fan favorites
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Don Patch is a happy-go-lucky character, more so than anyone else on Bo-bobo's team. He is an orange, round creature based on Don Pach, a mascot of 80's Japanese confectionery, Konpeitō, which is similar to Pop Rocks. While facing extreme danger and the many powerful and troublesome threats in this world, he usually keeps his chin up and either finds or says something that completely destroys the mood of the battle or makes things even more bizarre. Most of his cheerfulness comes from his hajike way of life, where he must always be doing something bizarre or else he'll be completely uncontrollable. Even during the most serious times, Don Patch can never take anything too seriously (nor can any of the other principal characters for that matter, save Beauty and Heppokomaru). Unfortunately, Don Patch's desire to consistently wig out or be the center of attention makes him narcissistic in nature. Whenever the focus isn't on him, he always tries to find some way to make everyone pay attention. His feelings are particularly seen this way towards his allies, of whom he finds himself more important than throughout the series. He tries to promote himself as main character over Bo-bobo, he tries to become the main heroine over Beauty, he even tries to force himself as greater than a similar ally, Tokoro Tennosuke. Usually, these streaks of attention-hogging are beaten away from Don Patch, either by being beaten up by an enemy, beaten up by Bo-bobo or even talked down upon by Beauty. Several other aspects of Don Patch's personality occasionally come into play whenever needed. Although he is no longer leader of the Hajike Gang, he still obtains great respect from hajike followers, including the KoPatch, and the human followers, Underboss and Hatenko. Don Patch uses these moments to show his leadership qualities, but usually they lead to him becoming bossy or self-serving. He has also exhibited a matronly side (and not just when he cross-dresses either), usually in care of his toy doll Ya-kun (Ya-ya), but occasionally in Hajike gags with Bo-bobo. And there are even moments where Don Patch does try to show a more serious side, but yet those usually end up as set ups for a joke. (Source: The Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo Wiki)
Tennosuke Tokoro188 fan favorites
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Tokoro Tennosuke is a walking, talking, blocky, human shaped mass of tokoroten (a type of very cold jelly). His moldable body makes him compareable to Gumby. His Japanese name is a pun on "tokoroten", hence his ability to shape himself into any form. His name in the English dub is probably a trademark-friendly reference to Jell-O Jigglers, a snack made from fruit juice and powdered gelatin. Tennosuke appears, at first glance, as the most serious of the main Hajike trio of the series. Not as necessarily happy-go-lucky as either Bo-bobo or Don Patch, Jelly tries to remain calm while merely performing his strange actions. However, his serious nature hides the extremely emotional and over-the-top emotions that the wobbly warrior exhibits. His moments of calm are contrasted to periods where he could be angry, upset, even silly like his comrades. The contrast between his serious and his emotional sides are reflections of his period at the supermarket, being forced to try and get himself sold and the usually emotional followup from the disappointment of remaining unused for his primary objective of consumption. By the time he officially joins Bo-BoBo's team, he possesses a handkerchief with the Japanese hiragana for "nu" (ぬ) written all over it (ぬのハンカチ, the "handkerchief of 'nu'", known in English dub "The Lucky Hanky") which he uses to wipe away tears at first, but eventually leads to an all-out "nu" obsession. By contrast he utterly despises the hiragana character, "ne" (ね)! Besides the ne character, Tennosuke will not tolerate tofu. The tokoroten man despises it with a passion, to the point where his worst nightmare is being tortured by tofu men! This hatred could stem from the fact that tofu sold even better than he did while in the supermarket, or it could be a simple rivalry with another squishy food.
Softon32 fan favorites
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His head resembles soft serve ice cream (hence his name). He was the guardian of the "Jet Black Room" of C-Block's "Aitsuhage Tower" (some fans think he was the vice commander). Softon uses "Babiron (Babylon) Shinken" (in the English dub, he fights by channeling the power of "the Goddess Blabs-A-Lot," a not-too-obvious pun: Blabs-A-Lot = Babble on = Babylon). Perhaps not coincidentally, the shape of his head also resembles the typical manga depiction of poop. In promotional color artwork for the manga, his head is colored brown, whereas in the anime, it is colored pink (which is not a U.S. TV edit). It is later revealed that this isn't his real face but a mask used to control his powers, similar to Gasser's collar. He is the only non-human looking character to not fuse with Bobobo (probably because he is too big to get in any of his openings). He allies with Bo-BoBo's team after Beauty is kidnapped, but doesn't officially join until the battle with Halekulani. In many episodes, Softon's "poop" jokes are directly copied from the manga, but put in the context of ice cream. Later, against Lambada, Softon reveals he was given the power of the Black Sun by J and combines it with Goddess Blabs-A-Lot. During a battle in the Hair Kingdom against a Babylon assassin, it is finally revealed that he is Beauty's older brother, explaining the connection he consistently has to her. He is also the mascot of an ice cream shop.
Dengakuman17 fan favorites
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He is the gang's cute mascot and the former Z-Block leader. Actually he is a dog who, due to his strange appearance, was rejected by his siblings and was constantly bullied.
Beauty15 fan favorites
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Beauty is the female heroine of Bobobo's group and usually the only girl when Torpedo Girl isn't around. She has mid-length pink hair with short bangs and blue eyes. Unlike the puns used for many of the characters, she received her name because the manga writer was looking at a video tape of the movie American Beauty when he created her character. A stereotypical teenage manga heroine, she is one of the few sane characters who is the first to join Bo-bobo and was the only citizen to still have hair after the attack of the town she lived in. She initially wanted to join Bobobo because she sought a life of adventure. Bobobo let her join him, but rejected Pickle at the same time. She has loving feelings for Gasser after he rescued her (the first time they met), but doesn't say anything about them. She is often exasperated by Bo-bobo's odd behavior or the behavior or actions of others, usually with the same face. She's the only person in the group that doesn't fight (Except in the video games, but that's not considered canon), but still criticizes the others' fighting styles. There are a few rare occurrences where she was forced to fight to defend herself, but it's only when Bobobo isn't around to protect her and at the last minute someone would come and save her (mainly Bobobo and Gasser). Beauty worries about her friends' safety and finds them as her own family and though finds Bo-bobo crazy she idolizes him greatly. She seems to be a random girl who joins Bobobo's group till Softon is revealed to be her brother; infering that she may have powers of her own or is decended from a powerful bloodline. By the end of the series, she is travelling the world with Heppokomaru/Gasser.
Heppokomaru11 fan favorites
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Gasser is the quiet but sensible teenage hero of Bobobo's group. He has short, spiky white hair with short bangs and blood red eyes. The "heppoko" in his Japanese name means "untrained", while "maru" is a common name suffix for a samurai or other type of warrior. He uses "True Fart Fist" (Onara Shinken) as his martial art style. In the English Dub he uses "The Fist of The Back Wind" and was formerly an outcast who was studying Bo-bobo's power. He briefly broke from his trail to literally save the hair of a kidnapped Beauty. Gasser followed them to C-Block Base where he once again saved Beauty, and after Wall Man's defeat joined the team, but he rarely is seen fighting. He is actually mostly seen punching someone. He is another "sane" person among the group like Beauty, though he sometimes joins Bo-bobo in his antics or acts oddly on his own. Also like Beauty, he admires Bobobo from the sidelines and refers to him as "Mr. Bobobo." Like Beauty, Gasser gets shocked if someone does something stupid. Though he doesn't dare tell her, he loves Beauty and though he doesn't know it, she loves him. Beauty's nickname for him is "He-kun" (へっくん, "Gas-Can" in American version). He also is hated by Don Patch.This is because in episode 9 he states that the Bobobo Show is dumb and Don Patch begins to hit him and hate him for that. After being convinced by Pokomi that Bo-bobo's team is evil, Gasser becomes Neo A-Block Base's commander but after being defeated, he rejoins Bo-bobo's group after undergoing a nightmarish training session. (literal torture from Serviceman, Kancho-kun, Ochazuke Alien and even his old friend Fundoshitaro).