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Bobobo-Bo-Bo-Bobo #3
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Vol. 3 (3)
Hair-raising fun
Yoshio Sawai pushes the bounds of satire and the medium of manga itself with Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo . Irreverent, silly and unpredictable-- Bo-bobo is pure comic genius. In the year 300X, the cruel Emperor Tsuru Tsururina has mandated the hunting of all hair in the Maruhage Empire. But a single man rises to the occasion and takes a stand against this violation of human hair rights.
Dirty...Hairy...
Things are about to get really hairy when Bo-Bobo and Poppa Rocks combine to form a super-powered...idiot! Is that a hair plane?! The hair raid sirens have sounded! Prepare the surface-to-hair missiles! Call in the Hair Support! Will our heroes be able to save our precious hair supply...?!
Yoshio Sawai pushes the bounds of satire and the medium of manga itself with Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo . Irreverent, silly and unpredictable-- Bo-bobo is pure comic genius. In the year 300X, the cruel Emperor Tsuru Tsururina has mandated the hunting of all hair in the Maruhage Empire. But a single man rises to the occasion and takes a stand against this violation of human hair rights.
Dirty...Hairy...
Things are about to get really hairy when Bo-Bobo and Poppa Rocks combine to form a super-powered...idiot! Is that a hair plane?! The hair raid sirens have sounded! Prepare the surface-to-hair missiles! Call in the Hair Support! Will our heroes be able to save our precious hair supply...?!
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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About the author
Yoshio Sawai
38 books5 followersYoshio 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.
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.
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August 31, 2021
El amor que siento por esta serie de mangas es absurdo. En este aparece mi escena favorita de todo Bobobo, la lucha en los baños contra el grandioso Tokoro Tennosuke (me encanta ese personaje)
September 25, 2025
Another bonkers book but the humour is always just right. The last fight was a really good one too.
June 10, 2024
We are introduced to Tokoro Tennosuke, bringing us a step closer to the full cast.
The battle against Katsu is surprisingly pretty good. Like for manga in general, not just as a gag. Decent choreography.
The volume ends with Bo-bobo and Don Pachi creating their first Fusion. Good timing, as I meant to write about this when I was re-reading Dragon Ball but I forgot. Basically, Toriyama inspired a shitload of manga (in Jump especially) to give their heroes new transformations, cribbing from Super Saiyajin. But the idea of Fusion is so particular and peculiar that something like One Piece or Naruto cannot pull off emulating the idea without it being a flagrant rip-off. Bo-bobo can do it because it's an explicit parody/reference. Something like Yu-Gi-Oh! works as well because you aren't fusing sentient beings. In essence, Toriyama has monopolized the Fusion of main characters.
****
"I'm being eaten by anpan!!!! I'M SO SWEET!!!! I'M SO SWEET!!!!"
"I've chosen to put butter on the bread."
"The Northern and Southern men are arguing!!"
"3 old women. 4 old women. 5 old women. 1 old men. 6 old women."
"That's not the reason."
"In this town, we grow our amusement parks out of chopsticks."
"Hey, no!! What is this? This shower doesn't have enough potatoes!!!"
"Wha--?! What about the Don Pachi from before!?"
"Ke... Well, we've beaten the monkeys, too..."
"DA~~~"
"Did you know that I'm the guardian of the coffee cups, 6?"
"You're kidding!!! Our answer is six!!!!"
"FOOLISH MORTAL!!!!!"
"What is this? Friendship? Love? Calling on turtles? NO WAY——"
"Eat the strawberry!!! Eat the strawberry!!!"
"MAKOU HAJYAJIN ZARUBIOS!!!!!"
"You can't look. Believe in them."
"I've been stabbed."
"Babu."
"Head out, Afro Team!!!!"
"It's non-stop... Non-stop cats... Please... Spaghetti calms me."
"That hurts... I am Tokoro Tennosuke... But aren't I helping you look for Tokoro Tennosuke..."
"Multivitamin C C C C"
"It's lychee."
The battle against Katsu is surprisingly pretty good. Like for manga in general, not just as a gag. Decent choreography.
The volume ends with Bo-bobo and Don Pachi creating their first Fusion. Good timing, as I meant to write about this when I was re-reading Dragon Ball but I forgot. Basically, Toriyama inspired a shitload of manga (in Jump especially) to give their heroes new transformations, cribbing from Super Saiyajin. But the idea of Fusion is so particular and peculiar that something like One Piece or Naruto cannot pull off emulating the idea without it being a flagrant rip-off. Bo-bobo can do it because it's an explicit parody/reference. Something like Yu-Gi-Oh! works as well because you aren't fusing sentient beings. In essence, Toriyama has monopolized the Fusion of main characters.
****
"I'm being eaten by anpan!!!! I'M SO SWEET!!!! I'M SO SWEET!!!!"
"I've chosen to put butter on the bread."
"The Northern and Southern men are arguing!!"
"3 old women. 4 old women. 5 old women. 1 old men. 6 old women."
"That's not the reason."
"In this town, we grow our amusement parks out of chopsticks."
"Hey, no!! What is this? This shower doesn't have enough potatoes!!!"
"Wha--?! What about the Don Pachi from before!?"
"Ke... Well, we've beaten the monkeys, too..."
"DA~~~"
"Did you know that I'm the guardian of the coffee cups, 6?"
"You're kidding!!! Our answer is six!!!!"
"FOOLISH MORTAL!!!!!"
"What is this? Friendship? Love? Calling on turtles? NO WAY——"
"Eat the strawberry!!! Eat the strawberry!!!"
"MAKOU HAJYAJIN ZARUBIOS!!!!!"
"You can't look. Believe in them."
"I've been stabbed."
"Babu."
"Head out, Afro Team!!!!"
"It's non-stop... Non-stop cats... Please... Spaghetti calms me."
"That hurts... I am Tokoro Tennosuke... But aren't I helping you look for Tokoro Tennosuke..."
"Multivitamin C C C C"
"It's lychee."
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