Bobobo-Bo-Bo-Bobo 1

Bobobo-Bo-Bo-Bobo #1

by Yoshio Sawai

Para algunos de los que la padecen, la calvicie es un problema que puede llegar a nublar su juicio. Este parece ser el caso del Emperador Bola de Billar IV que, obsesionado con su falta de pelo, tiene una idea genial para no sentirse en inferioridad ante los que poseen una exuberante cabellera: crear un ejército cuya única misión es rapar la cabeza de todos los habitantes del imperio. Naturalmente, muchos de sus abnegados súbditos no se alegran, precisamente, de que les rapen el pelo al cero pero se sienten indefensos. Sólo una persona le planta cara al tirano: Bobobo Bobobobo, un hombre que desde su más tierna infancia ha podido comunicarse con el pelo de la gente y manipular el suyo a voluntad. Ahora, como paladín de la justicia capilar, Bobobo reunirá a un grupo de lo más variopinto para hacer frente a tan terrible amenaza y crear un mundo en el que el pelo pueda ser libre. . . Editado originalmente en la revista Shonen Jump.

Genres: Manga, Humor, Graphic Novels, Comics, Adventure, Fantasy, Comics Manga

200 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

About the author

Yoshio Sawai (澤井啓夫 Sawai Yoshio?, born on March 14, 1977 in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese gag manga creator best known for his series Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and sequel Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo was adapted into a 76 episodes anime series by the Toei Animation studio between 2003 and 2005.

Sawai made his debut in Weekly Shōnen Jump drawing one shot manga such as Mutekiman and Fierce!! Rock Paper Scissors Island!!, all of which have a gag aspect of manga, usually using satire and visual gags. Not too long after beginning to work for Shōnen Jump, Sawai began experimenting with various concepts regarding characters who fought with bizarre bodily functions, including a hero who fought with farts and a poop-headed hero. His most successful experiment was a Fist of the North Star parody involving a strange afro-haired man who fought against "Hair Hunters" using his nose hairs in a post-apocalyptic society. The character, as well as the story itself, was Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. Over several one-shots, Sawai further defined Bo-bobo as well as introducing other characters, including damsel-in-distress Beauty, fellow nosehair fighter Gunkan (Captain Battleship), rival fart-fighter Heppokomaru (Gasser), and a strange star-shaped creature and fellow "Hajikelist" known as Don Patch. After the success of these one-shots, Bo-bobo became a weekly series in 2001, where it had a long and successful run until its conclusion in 2007.

Sawai's art style is a mix of very blocky-looking characters and, sometimes, very detailed art. He tends to focus on the realistic appearance of his characters' facial expressions when they freak out. Because of the nature of his series, he has often written Bo-bobo version parodies of other authors' manga, including Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball, Yudetamago's Kinnikuman, Kazuki Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Tsugumi Ohba's and Takeshi Obata's Death Note. He was also the leader of a team of gag-based manga artist (alongside Kyosuke Usuta, Amon Dai and Kouji Ooishi) who wrote a special 30th anniversary chapter of Osamu Akimoto's Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo. (Kochi Kame)

Sawai returned to the magazine in September 2008 with new series Chagecha. He has also published a children's storybook, Kirarinchoshirizu.

Sawai's current manga is a spin-off of Don Patch from Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo entitled Fuwari! Don Pacchi.

Reviews

[Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Nicholas Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fist off, this is a review of the entire Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo manga, not just the first volume. This is one of the most random and crazy things I have ever read. With that being said, I love it. In this story a man by the name of Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo (A.K.A Bobobo) is fighting to defeat the evil overlord Baldy Bald. Baldy Bald's quest is to destroy all the hair in the world. Bobobo and his companions, who he meets along the way of his journey, fight Baldy's evil hair hunting troupes with the most random fighting styles in existence. For example, Bobobo uses the fighting style "Snot For You". In this fighting style Bobobo uses his nosehairs, which grow to superhuman length, to fight. The utter weirdness and just plain stupidity of this manga is what grabbed my attention and kept me reading. If you enjoy reading something that just makes you laugh or think to yourself, "why am I even bothering with this nonsense", then Bobobo is perfect for you. Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobobo is one of my favorite manga, and it is a good read... if you can follow along.

[Jamie Donahue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peak of humor. Nothing will ever compare

[Antonio Heras · Rating 2 out of 5]

Que sean continuos chistes de trama surrealista sorprende mucho al principio y divierte pero, conforme avanza el tomo, se vuelve algo irritante para el lector. Para uno como yo, claro.

[Óscar Martínez · Rating 3 out of 5]

pos pa leer en el bus y salir de la racha de leer poco me vale no os voy a mentir

[Dimitar Iliev · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me encanta Bobobo, es absurdamente maravilloso. Es incoherente e ilógico, pero es eso lo que lo hace tan gracioso. Situaciones extrañas que se desarrollan de las formas más absurdas. En una escena, se transforma en zanahoria, col y berenjena. Espectacular.

[chuchinski chucho · Rating 4 out of 5]

locura honestamente loco loco loco (soy ese) honestamente gracioso me reí

[Leo Hinkelman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This comic book may not be a book for everybody but I am certain everybody would laugh at this book. The writer of this book only, and I mean only, thought about making people laugh.
The beginning of this comic book starts like a ‘syounen’ or young men’s manga trope in a scene where the protagonist arrives in a place that’s in a desolate state until it spirals out of control in a hunky-dory, crazy rhythm.

Bobobo is the hero. In one scene, he gets killed, goes to hell, beats up the god of hell, and returns to live again. Or is anyone really alive? There really is no plot, and this book is out of the norm in every possible way. I don’t know if there is a concept of death in this story. It is complex but meaningless, like the coyote who keeps getting killed chasing the roadrunner.

The story will not allow you to understand the story’s own set of rules because there isn’t any set of rules and when there is one, it is quickly thrown out of the window so the author can have a parody with the audience's understanding of those hero tropes, just to make fun of it.

So don’t think about it; ‘Nothing makes sense’ is literally the punch line of this story. So laugh it out loud Hahaha-ha Ha-haha!

[Aaron · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Please, sir...I'm a professional...SMELT FISHERMAN!"

I don't understand why I liked this so much. The humor is stupid and referential but I found myself laughing out loud...a lot. The wordplay and sight gags are ridiculous! Definitely reminded me of the superhero spoof cartoons from my childhood like The Tick, Freakazoid, and Earthworm Jim. The fact that this collects chapters 99-109 of the Japanese series and was presented as volume 1 to American audiences just adds to the confusion and absurdity.

[James Dyar · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny as hell, an excellent start

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is well... interesting

[Natalia · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐

[Andrew Alvis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Huh, what an odd but massively amusing little beast this series begins as 😂

[Clarita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Qué puta maravilla

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I feel like it makes too much sense that Goodreads doesn't even have the original Japanese release of this manga, and the entirety of Part 1 of the series appears only in Spanish translations....

When Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo first aired in America, it was the greatest shit I'd ever seen. The wackiness appealed to me on a very deep level, to a degree that seemed not to affect most other people I knew. My brother followed the anime well enough, as we would watch Toonami together in my room. Our cousins were a little into it as well, for a similar reason. Friends at least knew of the show, but mostly tapped out early on. I think Bo-bobo was "necessary" for my childhood, to lay a sort of absurdist groundwork to soon allow me to get into flcl, which I would end up enjoying more for thematic reasons, but which I initially enjoyed for its own brand of zaniness. VIZ published a couple Bo-bobo chapters in their version of Shonen Jump, coincidentally in two issues I happened to buy (I didn't frequently purchase the magazine), and I would spend free time in sixth grade science class drawing fan-art of Bo-bobo himself and Don Patch (I think being the only time I tried drawing fan-art...!). When VIZ published Volume 9 of Bo-bobo (plus a few extra chapters for context), I had my parents buy it for me from Barnes & Noble (or Books-a-Million, I don't really remember, fuck you), and I was so elated I woke up in the middle of the night to make sure it wasn't just a dream that I was able to own Bo-bobo (Ironically, I've never owned VIZ's subsequent releases...). I was into it enough that sixteen or seventeen years later my father might make a reference to the show, where by comparison I'm quite sure he doesn't even know Naruto, which I was into at the same time...!

Honestly, it takes a little time for this manga to establish itself. The first couple chapters are raw, unfiltered nonsense, with Bo-bobo cycling through several gags before finally defeating his opponent in one-panel homages. The girl Beauty, who accompanies Bo-bobo on his quest to defeat the Bald Empire, is mostly a non-entity until a little after halfway into the volume. After she is helped by an as-of-yet-unnamed Heppokomaru, Beauty starts taking on more of a stereotypical "straight-man" role, reacting with exaggerated shock to the silly shit Bo-bobo or Don Patch do. Roughly half of this volume is about battle, contributing to the Weekly Shounen Jump parody at the series's heart, but the rest is more broadly gag-focused, with Bo-bobo and Don Patch messing around with no Bald Empire foes nearby. The volume ends by setting up Gunkan, who will be the manga's first major "boss"-type enemy.

The scans, script, and typesetting for the translation I read (which seems to be the only one in English?) leaves a lot to be desired....

[Mikie Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think that this book was very strange and should not be read by many people. The reason I think that people should not read this book because the pages are backwards and it might be hard to read. This boo did take me awhile to read but I felt very good when I was done. This book was about some people and a hair club and they wanted to steal hair. The people that wanted to steal hair did not get very far because the people with the hair would not let them. All I have to say is this book was wired but it was very good and if you are thinking of reading this I would say it is a good book.

[Braiden · Rating 5 out of 5]

My fav part was when bobobo said "I sense a enemys precense in there. beuty was nicked by guburu's hunting claw which it made it look like, she has two finger's. don patch knocked out gasser by punching him in the gut. And took off with him which was creepy why gasser. also bobobobo took down hakulani with the power of a average everyday week and also beat him up doing it. Why do they call soften docter poop its creepy or they call him poophead.

[Ruben Schuster Postiglione · Rating 2 out of 5]

(Edit) What should I say? I envy Bobobo's toupee! I guess that's one of its main gags. If you expect an iota of seriousness and gravitas in this manga, simply pack up and run for your life! This is the epitome of absurd humour at its peak! My advice, don't bother asking whys and wherefores! Turn off your brain and enjoy the ride. Simply surreal. 1000/10

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow, this thing is crazy. I think this series is best enjoyed by experienced manga readers who get more of the in-jokes and references than I did. Clever satirical references or not, you just have to go with the flow of insanity or risk killing a lot of brain cells trying to inject sense into it.

[Marissa_san121 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was possibly one of the weirdest books I have ever read. It has action, comedy, "romance" (if you can even call it that), and drama. Keep an eye out for the translated names, if you're a true fan!

[Jenna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn't like it. There were brief moments where I could tell the jokes and references they made (the DBZ and Recca no honou ones were almost line-by-line identical) but overall it just felt too silly, even for a parody.

[Blackransel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Awal baca komik ini, aku gak connect. ternyata lebih jauh volumenya yg aku baca, baru mengerti bagaimana humor komik ini. dan emang asli kocak. catatan : bacanya pas lagi mood, kalo gak, ya disconnect lagi :v

[Mario Gutiérrez Fernández · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me parece un manga estupendo con un desternillante humor absurdo. Me compré el manga de casualidad y lo he disfrutado como un niño, por ahora compraré los siguientes tomos de este personaje de mi infancia.

[Agoes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Terjemahannya pas volume awal kurang bagus (kalo baca scanlationnya, yang versi inggris lebih lucu dan nyambung) tapi volume 4 ke atas udah mulai bagus.

[Fafa · Rating 5 out of 5]

awal-awal ceritanya nggak nyabung tapi habis vol.4 mulai jelas tapi dari awal juga lucu sih(cuman translasinya ngaco)

[Mango · Rating 4 out of 5]

its a little Random and evil at the same time.But it is still pretty good!

[Heidi Martosudirjo · Rating 3 out of 5]

hihihihi....lucu n konyol abis!

[Xuefranklin · Rating 4 out of 5]

hilarious

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great funny way to sequel the great Bobobo-bo-bo-bobo series!

[Palle Dixon · Rating 4 out of 5]

its a good book to look back on cause no matter how many times you read it its funny ^^