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Bobobo-Bo-Bo-Bobo #4
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Vol. 4 (4)
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.
Killer Hair
The hair battle rages on! The "Smoothie 3rd Generation" hair hunters are all buzzing after Bo-bobo's fluffy mane. But they're all gonna learn the hard way that the penalty for hair-orism is a smackdown from the Fist of the Nose Hair!
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.
Killer Hair
The hair battle rages on! The "Smoothie 3rd Generation" hair hunters are all buzzing after Bo-bobo's fluffy mane. But they're all gonna learn the hard way that the penalty for hair-orism is a smackdown from the Fist of the Nose Hair!
192 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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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
Espectacular. Me encantan las tonterías que suceden todo el tiempo, es tan absurdamente aleatorio que lo hace muy gracioso.
Esta saga de cómics me recuerda mucho a tito yayo, por lo random que es en todo. Me encanta.
Esta saga de cómics me recuerda mucho a tito yayo, por lo random que es en todo. Me encanta.
September 26, 2025
Rife with some actually great fights!
February 13, 2020
The great thing about this series is that it'll make about the same amount of sense no matter where you start reading.
June 16, 2024
Tokoro Tennosuke is defeated. Bo-bobo and the gang run into Gunkan of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Hair Hunters, who kidnaps Beauty. To get her back, Bo-bobo, Don Pachi, and Heppokomaru recruit assistance... Softon and Tennosuke!
Bo-bobo defeats Gunkan's henchwoman Suzu. Kind of. She gorges herself on coelacanth....
Serviceman is introduced.
The first of Gunkan's 5-Ninshu: Fundoshitaro. Heppokomaru's loss.
Second member: Calendar. Defeated by Bo-bobo, only to reveal June 7th is the real fighter.
****
"Do you see, Beauty? That enemy is strong."
"You're the enemy."
"Stop kidding. Be serious."
"When I am prime minister... Then I see myself abolishing all tofu..."
"DEMON SWORD DAIKON BLADE?!!!"
"...I've completed my promise... Tenjirou..."
"And if you defeat Bo-bobo, you get a full year's vacation."
"That's not a guitar, that's butter!!!!"
"You can't."
"Eh... My special ability is... to say 'AH!!!!' in front of an electric fan."
"GIVE ME... CARBOHYDRATES!!!!"
"HE'S BEEN STABBED BY A DUCKTAIL!!!!!"
"Ah!! He stuck jumpropes into his nose."
"Wrong. I'm an octopus."
Beautiful Fundoshi Death Style "Helicopter"
"EH?!!!! They had kids?"
"What an outstanding poopy it is!!"
"POOP———!!!!!"
"It's 'cause of you."
"You look like Buffaloman now."
Purupuru Shinken Ougi: First Class Meal
"I drank it earlier. It tastes like Mello Yello."
"Here, coelacanth! ❤️"
Even Heppokomaru is flying 🤣
"It's service. Look at it."
"...I didn't know... she was that sort of character."
"Idiot, we're spies. We're not secretive."
"You're going to touch our butts today!! I don't believe it!!"
"I'll take back my lost pride. This is a really corrupt battle."
"I can't believe he became Battle Stages... (And there's five.)"
"We're sorry! Wait outside, we'll redo this scene over."
"THEY'VE MULTIPLIED!!!! (At a school.)"
"Which of you ate my curry bread!!!!!"
"Guess it doesn't run on sushi..."
"I thought I was loosening up, but I mistakenly strangled him. Tehe ❤️"
"Gehehe, show me. What day comes after January 1st?!!!"
"You prepared that as a joke! 'cause you're the main character!"
"Are you alright? Who did that to you?!"
Bo-bobo defeats Gunkan's henchwoman Suzu. Kind of. She gorges herself on coelacanth....
Serviceman is introduced.
The first of Gunkan's 5-Ninshu: Fundoshitaro. Heppokomaru's loss.
Second member: Calendar. Defeated by Bo-bobo, only to reveal June 7th is the real fighter.
****
"Do you see, Beauty? That enemy is strong."
"You're the enemy."
"Stop kidding. Be serious."
"When I am prime minister... Then I see myself abolishing all tofu..."
"DEMON SWORD DAIKON BLADE?!!!"
"...I've completed my promise... Tenjirou..."
"And if you defeat Bo-bobo, you get a full year's vacation."
"That's not a guitar, that's butter!!!!"
"You can't."
"Eh... My special ability is... to say 'AH!!!!' in front of an electric fan."
"GIVE ME... CARBOHYDRATES!!!!"
"HE'S BEEN STABBED BY A DUCKTAIL!!!!!"
"Ah!! He stuck jumpropes into his nose."
"Wrong. I'm an octopus."
Beautiful Fundoshi Death Style "Helicopter"
"EH?!!!! They had kids?"
"What an outstanding poopy it is!!"
"POOP———!!!!!"
"It's 'cause of you."
"You look like Buffaloman now."
Purupuru Shinken Ougi: First Class Meal
"I drank it earlier. It tastes like Mello Yello."
"Here, coelacanth! ❤️"
Even Heppokomaru is flying 🤣
"It's service. Look at it."
"...I didn't know... she was that sort of character."
"Idiot, we're spies. We're not secretive."
"You're going to touch our butts today!! I don't believe it!!"
"I'll take back my lost pride. This is a really corrupt battle."
"I can't believe he became Battle Stages... (And there's five.)"
"We're sorry! Wait outside, we'll redo this scene over."
"THEY'VE MULTIPLIED!!!! (At a school.)"
"Which of you ate my curry bread!!!!!"
"Guess it doesn't run on sushi..."
"I thought I was loosening up, but I mistakenly strangled him. Tehe ❤️"
"Gehehe, show me. What day comes after January 1st?!!!"
"You prepared that as a joke! 'cause you're the main character!"
"Are you alright? Who did that to you?!"
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 12, 2022
No tiene ningún sentido, es una maravilla más
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