#paur

Meanwhile, on the Lookout, Dragon Team tends to Goten and Trunks injuries.  

So, this is something I never thought about before.   Buu beat up Gotenks pretty bad, and then he defused into Goten and trunks, who also have scrapes and bruises on their individual bodies.    Trunks’ clothes are even shredded up a little, and I have no idea how that makes sense, since Gotenks has his own costume.   

What I’m driving at is that neither Goten nor Trunks has that swollen eye that Gotenks had at the end of the previous episode.   Best not to think about it too much.

Then Piccolo gives them a pep talk and heals them anyway.    So why did Bulma bother putting all that iodine on Trunks?

Back to Mr. Satan.   According to this episode, he’s been in an underground bunker, protected by armed guards, so that he could train safely throughout Buu’s onslaught.   I’m pretty sure this is the first time we see Satan in the manga after he won the 25th Budokai.     Of course, in the anime, he kept popping up telling people he would save them from Buu, so that flies in the face of him being in hiding the whole time.   Oh well.   

Satan’s plan is to have these military-looking guys drop him off at Majin Buu’s house.   He starts out by calling Buu out, but he does it in a really low voice, and his escort thinks he’s got laryingitis, so he shouts for him.   

Satan tells them to go on out of here, and they do, but he isn’t too happy to see them go.    That’s kind of the lonely nature of Mr. Satan.   He seems almost naked without an audience around to perform with, but at the same time, he get frustrated being around his fans because he has to keep up his invincible hero act.

First, he sneaks up to the house, and when he finds no one inside, he starts getting cocky again, and talks about how Buu was too afraid to face him.    Oh, well, if Buu isn’t here, then he’s got a perfectly valid reason to leave, doesn’t he?    Then he starts kicking the shit out of the house, which I don’t really understand.

Also, this.

Then Buu actually shows up, and Mr. Satan shits a brick.

But Mr. Satan came prepared.    Buu’s all set to turn him into candy, but he explains that he’s here to offer him presents.    First, he gives him a box of chocolates.    Buu doesn’t get it at first...

But he tastes the candy, and decides that it’s actually better than the stuff he turns people into.   

But this is no ordinary candy.   No, this is POISON CANDY.   In the Japanese version, the script leaves it at that.   It’s poisoned.    The dub specifies that it’s loaded with cyanide, enough “to kill a water buffalo”.   That’s the sort of off-beat humor where the dub just can’t be beat.   

Unfortunately, the poison has no effect on Buu, and that may even be why he likes the taste of this stuff so much.    So on to plan B.

Mr. Satan’s second gift is a “Game Poy”.  

There’s even a Mr. Satan fighting game included, although Buu finds it too challenging.

So he changes the cartridge to an easier game, Mr. Satan Tetris or something.  

Ah, but this is no ordinary handheld video game.   This one is packed with explosives, and while Buu is busy playing, Mr. Satan sneaks off to a safe distance and...

Blows him to smithereens!

Or, not.    Buu doesn’t even realize that Mr. Satan tried to trick him.   He actually thinks the game was supposed to explode, and he likes it.   

Buu then takes a liking to Mr. Satan, and decides to make him his “servant”.  He then reaches into his pants and gives Satan some of the candy he’s made from people.   

Satan accepts, but spits the candy out when Buu isn’t looking.    Then he tries to hit him from behind with an elbow, but Buu doesn’t even feel it.

In spite of these setbacks, Mr. Satan convinces Buu to pose for some photos with him standing over him.   He says it’s the new fashion in photography, and Buu doesn’t particularly care.

I’m not sure where Mr. Satan’s head is right now.    He’s clearly went into this mission planning to trick Buu with poison and explosives, but none of that stuff worked, so what good will the photo do him?  I mean, if he ever managed to kill Buu, it would help convince people that he beat him up, but it’s useless if he doesn’t actually get rid of the guy.   

Also, who exactly is Mr. Satan trying to convince here?   80% of the population is dead.   He doesn’t know about the Dragon Balls, so as far as he’s concerned, they’re never coming back.   As for the other 20%, well, I think the world would never quite be the same after something like that.   Mr. Satan seems to be planning for a post-Buu era where he’s as big a celebrity as he was before, but I don’t think it would be that easy.   Anyway, why does he need a photo?   If Buu ever stopped killing people, everyone would give him the credit no matter what.    And at this point, he’s the only one trying right now, so if Buu ever does stop killing, it’ll be because of him.    He doesn’t need to trick his fans this time, but I guess he can’t stop thinking like a showman.

Anyway, he still seems to have some tricks up his sleeve, because he offers to cook a meal for Buu.

Meanwhile, on the Surpeme Kai Planet, the Elder Kai finishes his five (!) hour ceremony to amplify Gohan’s powers beyond their natural limits.    But that’s just the first stage.   Now comes the actual process of powering him up, which takes twenty (!!) hours.   At least Gohan gets to sit down for this part.

Back on Earth, Mr. Satan cooks Buu dinner and gives him a bubbly sponge bath.   Who’s taking photos of this part?   This won’t help his public relations at all.

But he seems confident that he can still pull this off somehow.   Yeah, he’s lulling him into a false sense of security.