Foolish Survivor —Flying High— (バカサバイバー！！〜
Summary
With his confidence restored, Fumihiko Takaba takes the fight to Kenjaku and manifests a spectacle beyond comprehension.
Plot Details
"WATCH OUT!!!"
Determined to defeat Takaba, Kenjaku summons a special grade rebel spirit, Akuro-o Otake. Takaba comedically exorcises the cursed spirit in a single hit by suddenly running it over with a truck. Portraying a drunk driver, Takaba tells Kenjaku not to play in the road. Having also been hit by the truck, Kenjaku responds by telling the drunkard to take responsibility. He becomes a cop and asks Takaba to take a breathalyzer test, instructing him to blow into a bag with a fish and water inside it. Kenjaku explains that if the fish dies, then Takaba fails the test. However, Takaba points out that this is a setup because the fish is already half dead.
Takaba and Kenjaku's battle devolves further into comedy.
Takaba and Kenjaku, now dressed as doctors, are transferred to the hospital to treat the fish, which is now far larger than it was a moment ago. Kenjaku uses the defibrillator to revive it but shocks Takaba instead. The fish dies, becoming bones, much to their dismay. Kenjaku turns into a nurse and Takaba tells him to gather the other nurses so they can all fawn over him. Kenjaku refuses and Takaba tries to hit him with this stethoscope out of frustration. Kenjaku avoids the hit and Takaba becomes irate because his nurse isn't helping treat his depression. Kenjaku argues that Takaba is plenty lively and they decide to settle the matter with a game of rock, paper, scissors.
Kenjaku and Takaba thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Back in their normal garb, Kenjaku and Takaba dance as they prepare to play. They both throw scissors and stick their fingers in each other's noses. This damages Kenjaku, momentarily snapping him back to reality. He realizes that Takaba's cursed technique is beyond simply manifesting his imagination. Even Kenjaku's mind is compelled by the technique and forced to participate, dubbing it a form of soul resonance. Next, the two randomly participate in a game show and Takaba tells Kenjaku not to get questions wrong on purpose because that type of comedy isn't entertaining. Kenjaku gets the first question wrong and Takaba berates him for breaking his promise so quickly. Kenjaku gets the next question correct and then they're tasked with running towards two doors to choose the answer for the final quiz. However, on his way, Takaba notices a cat in the street about to get hit by a car.
The stars take the stage for their final battle!!.
Takaba rushes to save the cat but it turns out to be Kenjaku with cat ears making a goofy face. Takaba gets hit by the car but then takes over the role of the cat needing to be saved. He's suddenly drowning in a large body of water and Kenjaku uses a surfboard to try and rescue him. Takaba gets his revenge by ramming into Kenjaku with a jet ski. The two of them laugh and splash each other with the water as an expression of their overwhelming joy. Kenjaku even admits this is the most fun he's had in centuries, claiming this fight has made all the trouble of establishing the Culling Game worth it. Kenjaku tries to drown Takaba by forcing his head underwater but he quickly gets free and reveals the water is actually Fanta.
Kenjaku realizes that he's going to lose if the fight goes on like this. Takaba isn't taking any damage while Kenjaku's injuries are piling up. Kenjaku decides this isn't a battle that can't be won with violence. Instead, Kenjaku must satisfy Takaba's love for comedy. Rather than continuing to fight back, Kenjaku invites Takaba to be his partner for a comedy routine. Takaba agrees and the two of them take the stage as a comedic duo.
Character in Order of Appearances
Battles & Events
Locations
- Lake Gosho Colony, Iwate Prefecture
Jujutsu
- Cursed Spirit Manipulation
- Rebel Curse: Akuro-o Otake
Author's Comment
| Author's Comment | |
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Gege Akutami |
Next chapter will have the two of them in the opposite positions, but don’t worry about it. | |
Trivia
- Continuing the theme from Chapter 239, the chapter's title is a reference to the lyrics of Baka Survivor by Ulfuls, the second opening theme to Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo anime series.
- When diagnosing the goldfish's coma scale, Takaba states that it has a level of "FFX-II", a reference to the role-playing video game Final Fantasy X-2.
- In the original Japanese text, when preparing to use the defibrillator on the goldfish, Kenjaku says "Defibrillator!! I choose you!!" (
除 細 動 !!君 に決 めた!! Josaidō!! Kimi ni Kimeta!!?). This is a reference to the catchphrase used by Ash Ketchum from the Pokémon anime series whenever he chooses his Pokémon for battle.- Similarly, when being shocked by the defibrillator, Takaba exclaims ("やなかんじ!!?" Ya na Kanji!!??) in the original Japanese text. This is a reference to the catchphrase ("やな
感 じ!" Ya na Kanji!?), commonly dubbed as "We're blasting off again!", used by Team Rocket from the Pokémon anime series whenever they are defeated and sent flying off.
- Similarly, when being shocked by the defibrillator, Takaba exclaims ("やなかんじ!!?" Ya na Kanji!!??) in the original Japanese text. This is a reference to the catchphrase ("やな
- The subtext on page 7 "JASRAC 出 2308559-301" references the Japanese copyright collection society Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, often abbreviated to JASRAC. "2308559-301" is the code for the song Kenjaku and Takaba are singing.
- In the original Japanese text, the phrase read by the game show host is (おもろいがないよなよねあるかもね Omoroiga nai yo na yo ne aru kamo ne?), which roughly translates to "Nothing's interesting. But maybe there can be something interesting?". This is a heavily paraphrased version of Shinsaku Takasugi's death poem, which reads "Live interestingly in an uninteresting world." (
面 白 き事 も無 き世を面 白 く Omoshiroki koto mo naki yo o Omoshiroku?). - When Kenjaku mocks Takaba for his dad being an optometrist, Takaba curses Yoshiharu Tsuge, the author of the one-shot manga Screw Style that follows the story of an unnamed boy who goes around several places in war-torn Japan in order to find a doctor who can fix his pierced artery. In the manga, the boy arrives at a village in search of a doctor but only finds optometrists.
- The two options presented for the second question, 'Self-recommendation' and 'Designated School Recommendation', are two ways to enter high school or college in Japan.
- While playing with the water in the ocean, Takaba and Kenjaku make poses similar to the ones made by Yusuke Urameshi and Keiko Yukimura when they are playing in the ocean in Chapter 175, the final chapter of YuYu Hakusho.