Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin 2

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Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin 2
Series	Super Mario
Artists	Kazuki Motoyama Igaiga Lisa Motoyama Mito Izumi Daimaru Roketto Satō Gen Yumeya
Publisher	Kodansha
Label	KC Deluxe
Release date	December 6, 1995
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Super Mario 4-koma Daikōshin 2 is the second 4-koma collection of Kodansha's Super Mario manga published under the KC Deluxe label. It was released in December 1995.

The volume contains 8 collections of short stories (mostly 4-koma) divided between four different Kodansha artists: returning from the previous issue are Kazuki Motoyama, Satō Gen, and Daimaru Roketto, and newcomer Mito Izumi. Motoyama's shares his section with the "Ūpā Rūpā", which is comprised by his sister Lisa Motoyama and recurring fanartist Igaiga; and Satō Gen is once again paired with Yumeya like in the first issue.

Contents

Cover story

A Piranha Plant blocks Yoshi and Baby Mario's path. The baby suggests waiting out for the heat of the sun to "do the job". After some time, the Piranha Plant dies from dehydration, allowing for the two to continue.

Kazuki Motoyama & Ūpā Rūpā

モト珍ちんアイランド ("Mototin's Island")

Baby Mario goes!

赤あかちゃんマリオがいく！！

• 劇団げきだんマリオ座ざ ("Mario theater company"): Peach leanrs that Mario is putting up a theater play based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, with a kid actor playing Baby Mario. Peach comments on how the kid's head is bigger than Yoshi's, upsetting him. Mario scolds the princess for picking on a child, but she justifies herself that she is just jealous she is not in the play.
• ヌードはいやよ！ ("I don't want to be nude!"): to accodate her, Mario decides to include Peach in the play, but, since Mario will be a baby in the story, she will also be one, and will just wear a diaper. Unwilling to appear bare-chested in front of the audience, Peach chooses to remain a light technician.
• 器用きような爬虫類はちゅうるい ("A skillful reptile"): Peach also retorts that Yoshi might not be indicated as a main character, seeing as he will have to care of a baby: how can a reptile take care of a human infant? Just then, a mosquito flies by and stings Yoshi in the nose, causing a bump to appear. Now armed with a "boob", Yoshi prepares to breastfeed Baby Mario and Baby Luigi's actors, shutting Peach up.
• はじまりはじまり ("Let the show begins"): the play begins. A Stork comes to pick up two bundled up babies: Baby Mario and Baby Luigi. Upon collecting the two bundles, the Storks notices a third bigger one. Sticking to the script, it only picks up the first two, while the third one is marked as "return to sender". While changing the background behind the curtains, Mario discovers that Peach tried to self-insert herself into the story, by hiding in the bundle, but with no avail.
• ベビークッパ ("Baby Bowser"): in the next scene, Baby Bowser orders his guardian Kamek to capture Baby Mario. Kamek thinks it is because he wants to make friends with him, but Baby Bowser explains that he wants instead bully them, so that they will never cross him ever again in the future. Kamek is so impressed and frightened by Baby Bowser's actor energy matching Bowser's (who is gleefully enjoying the show in the audience), that he begins to think the kid might be Bowser's secret son.
• 類似るいじ品ひん ("Similar products"): Kamek returns with the Stork and one of the bundles, but he only finds Baby Luigi inside. This prompts Baby Bowser to lash out at his guardian for his failure. Kamek quickly goes back to complete the task.
• 横よことり ("Take over"): meanwhile, in Yoshi's Island, Yoshi returns to his friends flaunting the hat that fell from the sky, that he considered a gift from God specifically for him. One of the Yoshi, also points out to the crying baby in the bush where he found the hat, asking if he is also a present from God.
• ヨッシーがいっぱい！("Lot's of Yoshis!"): Baby Mario asks for his hat back, then explains that a wizard attacked him, his brother, and the stork that was supposed to take them home, and now he must find his brother back. The Yoshis observe him confused, so Baby Mario starts to mime, at the best of his abilities, the events he went through, finally getting the Yoshi to help him.
• おちょうし者ものカメック ("Kamek the buffoon"): just then, Kamek appears, ready to snatch Baby Mario. Feinging awe, Baby Mario compares Kamek and his broom to a surfer and his surfboard. To impress him, Kamek imitates a surfer and ends up crashing into a wall, allowing Mario and Yoshi to escape him.
• 考かんがえすぎだよマリオ２ ("You're overthinking it, Mario 2"): while Yoshi continues to carry Baby Mario towards Baby Luigi, he eats a Koopa Paratroopa blocking their way, while still marching onwards. Baby Mario notices the strange onomatopoeia described around them (「スタスタ」, sutasuta, used for briskly paced walks without looking around) and asks the author who is "Sutasuta", visualizing a bizarre creature.
• だいじょうぶ！ 英訳えいやく本ぼんでないから ("It's ok! It's not the English translation"): Yoshi and Baby Mario come across a metamorphosis bubble. Yoshi asks what does "morph" mean. Baby Mario explains then about morphin, and how Micheal Jackson used it in the music video "Black or White" to appear as various people of different enticity and gender. Yoshi misunderstands the explanation, and comes to the conclusion that "morphing" is plastic surgery, opting to ignore the power-up.
• うしろ向むきに乗のってる理由りゆう ("The reason why he faces backwards"): Yoshi comes to a halt to avoid stepping on a Special Flower. This causes Baby Mario to slam his face into Yoshi's pointy crest. He then grabs a pair of shears to clip the spike off and avoid another similar accident. Scared, Yoshi comes with a solution: Baby Mario will now sit on the saddle facing backwards.
• 考かんがえすぎだよマリオ３ ("You're overthinking it, Mario 3"): continuing, Yoshi gulps down two Fangs while still running. Baby Mario notices the strange onomatopoeia described around them (「ダダダ」, dadada, used for running) and asks the author who is "dadada". A Shy Guy appears behind on a motorcycle, explaining that the sound was coming from his exhaust pipe.
• Sスペシャルフラワーとまちがえてなんとおまえにつっこんだことか ("I can't believe I mistook you for a Special Flower and called you as such!"): Yoshi and Baby Mario witness an Woozy Guy performing summersaults, and they clap for him. A Dizzy Dandy also appears to receive some applause too for its rolls, but Yoshi runs away instead to avoid getting run over.
• ヘイホーの素顔すがおって・・ ("Shy Guy's true face..."): Baby Mario decides to unmask a Stilt Guy to unveil their real face. The spooky face of a Lantern Ghost is revealed. Shocked, Mario puts the mask back on claiming "I'll pretend I didn't see that."
• 燃もえるヘイホー ("Burning Shy Guy"): to succeed where Stilt Guys, Stretches, and Fat Guys failed, a Shy Guy decides to cover himself in oil and to set himself on fire. Yoshi manages to evade it, but then the Shy Guy, starting to regret his decision, pleads him to eat him and put an end to his blazing suffering, but Yoshi refuses.
• へたくそ！ ("Dammit!"): sometimes Yoshi can miss something. It happens. Sometimes a Shy Guy is swapped with Baby Mario, or a Huffin Puffin can end up in the egg line, or a Little Mouser would steal one, or Kamek's Toadies might take away Baby Mario. It happens.
• 突然とつぜんワンダちゃん２ ("Suddenly, Wanda 2"): while riding the river in a bucket, Yoshi fails to notice the waterfall. And falling down, the bucket ends up getting stuck on his head. Just then, Wanda appears and strikes repeatedly her wand on the bucket to make him run faster, much to Yoshi's annoyance.
• なぞなぞ ("Riddle"): Baby Mario poses a riddle to a Blargg: "Who would answer "yes" to the question "Are you a grandmother?"?" The Blargg gives up, disappointing Mario and leaving the mosnter confused.
• へんなハナちゃん ("Strange Wigglers"): Baby Mario drew pictures of a Wiggler's life stages: caterpillar, cocoon, and butterfly. However, his version has the Wiggler with Yoshi's face. His justification being that, if they are in Yoshi's Island, it would be natural for the Wiggler to have a Yoshi-like face.
• 飲酒いんしゅはだめよ！ ("Don't get drunk!"): Yoshi and Baby Mario are attacked by two Fuzzies. Yoshi eats them and starts acting like at a drunken party. When the effects wear off, Baby Mario asks to join in the fun, but Yoshi forbids it due to his age.
• ギャンブルもだめよ！ ("Same goes for gambling!"): after seeing Yoshi having fun with the Slot Machine and Roulette minigames, he asks once more to join in the fun, but Yoshi forbids it due to his age, giving him the safe but boring Match Cards minigame.
• その名なはビックドンプリ ("His name is Burt the Bashful"): Yoshi and Baby Mario are fighting against Burt the Bashful. Yoshi identifies the boss as Mr. Saturn. Offended, Burt explains that Mr. Saturn does not wear any pants. Yoshi agrees, but Baby Mario says that Dekapan from Osomatsu-kun does, and he looks like the boss. More offended, Burt drops his pants to avoid being confused for someone else, but Yoshi flees in disgust since he is flashing in front of an infant.
• しょうもないウル技わざ ("Pointless technique"): if a player would try to throw an egg, he should know that he cannot do that while pushing objects like flower pots.
• あらっぽいヨッシー ("Rough Yoshi"): after reaching a goal, a Yoshi passes Baby Mario to the next Yoshi. During one of these exchanges, a Bandit takes Baby Mario and flees. The first Yoshi is strangely calm, explaining to the other that he planted a bomb in a Baby Mario doll so he does not have to worry for Bandits. As he says this, the Bandit blow up in the distance.
• そのころクッパは？ ("What is Baby Bowser doing?"): meanwhile, at King Bowser's Castle, Baby Bowser is taking care of Luigi. As he changes Luigi's diaper, Baby Bowser pleads that Mario comes quickly to rescue him, as he is not willing to deal with "golden showers".
• 目のかくしテレサ ("Blindfolded Boo"): to get over its species weaknesses, a Boo decides to put on a blindfold. It explains that way he can attack Mario without making eye contact with him, but Baby Mario replies that is already their modus operandi.
• きゅうにデカくなりやがる ("It suddenly grew so big"): curious to discover if a Piranha Plant hides its legs or roots under its stem, Yoshi tries to uproot one of them, revealing a bandaged navel. The Piranha Plant calls Yoshi a "pervert" for doing so. Ashamed, Yoshi kneels asking for forgiveness. Taking advantage of that, the Piranha Plant gobbles him up.
• 寄より道みちはやめよう！ ("Let's stop getting detours!"): Baby Mario grabs a Super Star and becomes Powerful Mario, while Yoshi ends up in a giant egg. Running around, Baby Mario spends so much time playing with the obstacles, until Yoshi (still inside the egg) yells at him to go towards the goal.
• 子こどもってへんなものが好すき ("Kids like weird things"): Baby Mario finds a snake's shed skin and starts playing with it. Thinking he will have more fun, Yoshi too begins to shed. Seeing a Yoshi emerging from an old dried up Yoshi, Baby Mario gets scared and starts crying.
• なめくじに塩しお？ ("Salt on a slug?"): while fighting against Sluggy the Unshaven, Yoshi throws salt at the boss, leaving Baby Mario confused, but Yoshi explains that, due to its slug nature, the boss will melt when in contact with salt.
• バーチャルボーイはいかが？ ("How about a Virtual Boy?"): a Koopa Troopa is now in the way of the heroes. He shows off that "Bowser" is in the latest console game (that being Virtual Boy's Mario's Tennis), but since he is depicted under Bowser's name, that makes him the King of the Koopas. Yoshi and Baby Mario are left confused, but asks Koopa if he is in for a tennis match. He accepts, summoning Peach as his double partner.
• むりやりピーチ登場とうじょう ("Peach's forced appearance"): Peach makes the first serving. As she hits the ball, she asks Yoshi if he is brave enough to hit a ball with "his master's face" on it. Angry that he has been demoted to Mario's slave, Yoshi responds to the service with a powerful swing that sends the ball deep into the ground on adversaries' side of the field. Scared by his strenght, Peach forfeits.
• ゲーム終了しゅうりよう？ ("Game's over?"): with Peach's forfeit, Koopa Troopa loses the match. Baby Mario happily announces that they "triumphed over Bowser", thus the game is over. As the credits start rolling, Kamek arrives telling them they still have to rescue Luigi.
• ビックカチカチもこわかるもの ("Big, hard, and resilient things are also understandable"): chased by a Tap-Tap the Golden, Yoshi declares the resiliant enemy to be an unstoppable machine. So, Baby Mario deploys a mech of his own, the Mecha Toad. However, Tap-Tap the Golden runs it over, without flinching, prompting Yoshi to pull out the Mecha Peach. Scared by the imposing and firebreathing figure of Peach, the Tap-Tap runs away, as Peach laments this unfair portrayal by the audience.
• くちゲンカ ("Verbal argument"): Kamek is the next obstacle. He appears in front of the duo, calling them "belly button bastards". Yoshi takes offence to this, since he does not even have a belly button due to his reptile nature. Kamek retorts however that King K. Rool has a belly button and he is a crocodile, but Baby Mario responds that, since Donkey Kong Country was made by the Americans, it is a result of their sloppyness. Kamek then retorts that Yoshi is still weird for being a male creature that lays eggs, but Baby Mario responds that everyone has already come to terms with it, ending by insulting Kamek's nose.
• ザンコクなお子こさま ("Cruel child"): Kamek takes offense about the nose comment, so Baby Mario keeps going by calling it weird and delivering the final blow by stating that it looks more like a crane's than a turtle's.
• ベビークッパ敗はいれる？ ("Baby Bowser is defeated?"): morally worn out from all the bullying, Kamek leaves everything in Baby Bowser's hands, but he ends up falling asleep on the floor. Taking care of Baby Luigi the whole time has left him tired and exhausted.
• 巨大きょだいクッパ逃 にげ帰かえる ("The giant Bowser runs away"): upset that his character was defeated this easily, Bowser stands up in the audience and makes his way towards the stage to teach Baby Mario's actor a lesson. Yoshi is ready to defeand the kid, but the audience start throwing trash at Bowser to stop him. It ends up working, as Bowser leaves the theater in a huff.
• 大団円だいだんえん ("The grand finale"): for the final scene, the freed Stork takes Baby Mario and Baby Luigi towards their new home. In the bundle, Mario laments that Yoshi had to eat a lot of things in the journey while he did not get to eat anything. Luigi explains that with all the milk he drank at Baby Bowser's he grew taller. With peace returning to Yoshi's Islands, the actors reunite on the stage for the final bow.
• 武闘ふとう家かピーチ ("Martial artist Peach"): behind the scenes, Peach compliments and hugs Baby Mario's actor for his acting skill. Toad arrives and, seeing the scene, asks if the baby is Peach's secret child. In response, Peach delivers a punch that sends Toad flying, upset that his only screentime was just for this.
• 新しんゲーム① ("New Game 1"): in the following skits, fanartist proposes new game idea for the franchise. The first is a game called "Peach & Daisy Sisters Big Adventure", a game in which Peach and Daisy enters a world for only girls to save a race of fairies. While Peach and Daisy are fond of the idea, hearing that the latter would be included, Luigi tries to sneak into the game's cast by crossdressing.
• 新しんゲーム② ("New Game 2"): Mario has made a sport career by starting as a judge and referee, and only recently he started to play sports such as golf and tennis. Therefore, next summer, might be the right time to do a "Mario Beachvolley 64".
• 新しんゲーム③ ("New Game 3"): despite these fake hopes, Mario does state that a RPG game is in the works. Peach and Daisy are baffled, especially by the strange art proposed, but Luigi reassures that the artstyle is as quirky as the fanart.
• Seeシー Youユー Againアゲイン！ ("See you again!"): speaking of the devil, the postman arrives with a letter regarding the latest development news on the RPG game. Mario eagerly opens it, only to be left shocked by the news: Birdo is set to appear in it.

Let's play doubles?

ダブルスをやろう！？

• マリオって変態へんたい！？（ピーチ姫ひめ件だん）("Is Mario a pervert?! (Princess Peach's case)"): Mario is entering Peach's tennis court. Fascinated by the time he spent officiating tennis matches, he oogles at Peach's racket, the court's net, and even caresses the ground. Peach arrives and gets the wrong idea.
• 守もりれ伝統でんとう！？ ("Preserve tradition!?"): Mario is happy to be finally able to play in a sport game, claiming that being a referee was boring as you get to sit all the time. Hearing this, Lakitu decide to apply for the referee role.
• ああかんちがい ("Oh, what a misunderstanding"): Yoshi is about to serve, but he fails the shot as his whole racket is chomped off. As Yoshi "tastes" more to see which are better, Koopa Troopa explains to him that this is not how the game is supposed to be played.
• 冷つれたいマリオ ("Cold Mario"): the characters decide to play a match in double teams. Yoshi pairs up with Koopa Troopa, Peach with Toad, and Mario with Luigi. Only Donkey Kong Jr. is without a partner. Seeing this, Mario goes up to him, puts a hand on his shoulder... and tells him to go home.
• ちがうちがうそうじゃない ("No, that's not a rule"): after agreeing with playing one match against Donkey Kong Jr., he compliments Mario for his tennis skill. Mario insists that, if he really thinks so, he should become his apprentice. Junior agrees and returns wearing Luigi's outfit, much to his annoyance.
• よよいのヨッシーくん (Y-ok Yoshi): Yoshi is quite fast on the court. The problem is that he processes the shots much later and he ends up swinging at the air after the ball already scored the point.
• 新しんシステム ("New system"): whenever a player loses a point, the hills in the background laugh at them. After enduring this humiliation, Mario asks for this system to be removed.
• アクシデント ("Accident"): Lakitu starts to realize what Mario meant on the boredome brought by the referee job. As he yawns, he drops the scroeboard on the court, interrupting the match.
• とらば〜ゆ ("Changing job"): Mario decides to be an archeologist, and packs his tool to go explore ruins, Luigi asks what is he doing. Mario asks "isn't it obvious from the tool I'm carrying?", Luigi responds negatively while staring at the giant plunger on his brother's shoulder.
• ピクロス ("Picross"): Mario comes across a picross puzzle. One row has three numbers: 1, 1, and 4. Confused by the rules, Mario adds the number together to get six.
• とき方かたを知しらなかったりして ("Maybe they don't know how to solve it"): with the help of Luigi, Mario fills another picross puzzle. By the end of it, it is revealed that, still unaware of the puzzle rules, they were playing Tic-Tac-Toe and filled the tablet with O's and X's.
• ワリオのいじわる問題もんだい ("Wario's mischievious problem"): Mario tries out Wario's picross puzzle, but he is baffled in discovering there is no roulette to fill a random row and column, and also there are no correctors. Wario claims that this makes it harder, while Mario mutters that is because he does not know the solution either. Hearing that, Wario starts chasing Mario with a mallet.
• サテ坊ぼう&アンデバラ坊ぼうのテーマソング ("Satebô & Parabô's theme song"): the last Igaiga's 4-koma is a theme song for the Satellaview's mascots Satebô & Parabô. Suddenly, the two stops, noticing that putting together their names does not result in "Satellaview", so Satebô suggests to his partner to rename himself Laviewbô. While he agrees on the idea, Mario kicks them out of the comic for wasting time for the author's last skit.

The spoiled Princess Peach

わがままピーチ姫ひめ

• ヨッシーアイランド ("Yoshi's Island"): the chapter is another one based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, but it is strangely drawn in a childish manner. Yoshi explains that it is meant to replicate the coloring book artstyle of the game. Unsatisfied by this explanation, Mototin slaps the author (his sister) on the head, ordering her to draw the chapter properly, which she agrees.
• ヨッシーアイガンド ("Yoshi's Popularity-land"): Yoshi is thrilled that his new game will increase his popularity level, and maybe Peach will finally see him under a different light. Baby Mario, on his back, shakes his head in disbelief.
• しゃべれない赤あかちゃんマリオの苦悩くのう ("The struggles of Baby Mario who is unable to speak"): Yoshi comes across a Burt and unsuccessfully tries to swallow it. Baby Mario can only think what to tell him, due to his young age. What's more, the Burt manages to hit Yoshi, making him lose Baby Mario in a bubble, unable to warn his ride.
• 退屈たいくつな赤あかちゃんルイージの苦悩くのう ("The struggles of Baby Luigi who is bored"): trapped with the Stork at King Bowser's Castle, Baby Luigi is only able to wait. Unfortunately for him and the Stork, the player of this copy of the game is unable to continue and the game remains inactive for three years, leaving its events and characters in a boring stasis.
• 思おもい出でを語かたる ("The good ol' times"): while remembering the last skit with his brother and Yoshi, Luigi tells Mario that he can now understand Peach when she is kidnapped, asking if her bratty personality makes her more frustrated. Peach, who was listening into the conversation, asks him to repeat, to which Luigi starts stuttering.
• 昔むかしのアルバム ("Old album"): after properly punishing Luigi, Peach asks the group what are they doing. Mario shows her the photo album of their time as infants on Yoshi's Island. Peach takes it to see herself, but becomes much more interested in Baby Mario's picture, much to Mario's embarassment.
• キノピオの努力どりょく ("Toad's effort"): Peach finds photo albums boring, asking if there could be a way to enjoy them differently. Hearing that Toad and his friends create a videogame out of the photo album and give it to Peach. An hour later, Toad sees Peach relaxing, surely thinking she got bored of the game already, but Peach replies she is only taking a break while she farms infinite 1-Ups.
• 無限むげんヨッシー ("Infinite Yoshis"): after properly punishing Toad for their comments, Peach continues with the game. After wasting various Yoshis into pits and lava, Peach grows tired of the game and is about to call it quit, when the numerous Yoshis in her life counter tell her to not waste her efforts and continue. Terrified, Peach does so.
• ピーチ姫ひめのお気さに入いり ("Princess Peach's favourite"): Peach makes a comment on how one of the game characters is cute. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi start bickering on who she is refering to, but when they ask, she reveals she was talking about the Cactus Jack.
• ピーチ姫ひめのイライラ ("Princess Peach's frustration"): after seeing Peach repeating the same move over and over, Mario and Yoshi starts to mock her by imitating the repeated sounds, until she lashes out at them.
• ピーチ姫ひめの苦手にがて ("Princess Peach's weakness"): Mario and friends are witnessing Peach struggling with a Melon Bug. Upon Mario asking why she finds it hard to beat them, Peach explains she does not want to hurt someone so similar to Mario. Confused, Mario does not know if to take offence to this or be happy about it.
• クッパの夢ゆめ ("Bowser's desire"): upon reaching the final battle, Peach finds it funny that Baby Bowser picked up a fight with Yoshi because he wanted to ride him. Hearing that, Bowser (arrived in the meanwhile) decides to achieve this goal now that he can. Yoshi starts running, claiming that he will die under his adult weight.
• マリオの秘密ひみつ① ("Mario's secret 1"): Peach notices something new. She always believed Bowser was an older creature, but turns out he is not that much older than Mario if they were babies at the same time. Peach also comments that, judging by Mario's mustache, she initially saw him as a middle-aged man. Rejoicing to such news, Luigi can now claim to be the youngest in the group, but Mario specifies that he is only younger than him by a couple of minutes.
• マリオの秘密ひみつ② ("Mario's secret 2"): upon witnessing the ending, Peach discovers that Mario and Luigi's family live in a Toad House, therefore, if she were to marry Mario, she would live in a paesant house. To save the situation, Mario claims that he could be taken by the Mushroom King as an adoptive son. Seeing this pathetic scene, Luigi, Bowser, and Yoshi sigh in shared embarrassment.
• ピーチ姫ひめのアルバム ("Princess Peach's album"): to conclude the day, Peach offers to show her baby photo album. Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Yoshi accept the offer but soon fall asleep. Sighing in frustration, Peach asks the reader "maybe someone should make a game about Baby Peach."

Mito Izumi

The lovely world of a mustached man

ヒゲおやじの愛ラブ愛ラブ世界ワールド

マリオペイントたのしいお絵えかき ("It's fun to draw with Mario Paint")

• ぬり絵え ("Coloring book"): Luigi broke the Super Nintendo. To calm Mario down, who wants to play Mario Paint, he makes a coloring book from the ground up. Mario gives it a shot, but immediately gives up and throws it back at his brother once he sees the horrible artsyle.
• ハエたたき ("Gnat Attack"): with the SNES still broken, Luigi decides to rehenact Gnat Attack by giving Mario a swatter while he dresses up as a fly. Mario gladly follows his suggestion.
• マッスル！ ("Muscles!"): starring in this skit are Udetate and Banzāi, showing off the great results of their training.
• 哀愁あいしゅうおやじ ("Melancholy man"): while Luigi fantasizes on the chance to get a game where he is the main character, he gets to hear that Yoshi will be starring in yet another game.
• いきなりバカおやじ ("Suddenly, a stupid man"): Luigi laments that his unpopularity is due to his design being way too identical to Mario: he needs a makeover. Mario agrees and he is willing to do the change himself. Luigi is happy to hear this, until he sees the terrible final product.
• マウスの達人たつじん ("Mouse master"): Mario is drawing a green strange creature in Mario Paint. Yoshi arrives and appreciates Mario's effort in drawing him. Luigi smiles at that, until Mario explains that he was drawing Luigi. And things get worse when Yoshi claims that he sees the resemblance.
• も――いいの ("It's ok now"): Tired of this disrespect, Luigi goes to Nintendo and pleads to have a game in which he is the protagonist. Nintendo obliges and creates "Super Luigi Fukuwarai". While trying it for himself, Luigi keeps failing and eventually breaks the TV out of frustration. While playing
• 立につとデカい犬いぬ ("A big dog when it stands up"): while playing Mario Paint, Luigi messes up a picture, but Mario explains he just needs to "make the dog bark" to fix it. Luigi goes to Jackie, offering him a sausage, asking him to bark. Instead, Jackie farts and defecates on the floor, before taking the sausage. Luigi lashes out at him, only to be bitten in the head by the dog.

スーパーマリオワールド赤あかと緑みどりのヒゲおやじさん ("Super Mario World: The Red and Green Mustache Men")

• ヒゲおやじダブル ("Double Bearded Men"): while playing Super Mario World, a kid laments that the game is terrible after falling in a pit. Mario responds furiously to this, calling the player terrible. Haruo Mizuno quickly interjects, smiling and advertising the game as a very fantastic game.
• 美女びじょと野獣やじゅう ("Beauty and the Beast"): inspired after reading about Beauty and the Beast, Peach attempts to reform Bowser by confessing her love to him. Thanks to this, she hopes to turn him into the beautiful man he once was. The curse does get broken, but instead of "the man" he was originally, he becomes the Bowser he originally was in Super Mario Bros.: bald and completely green. Scared by this, Peach runs away, leaving Bowser completely baffled by the entire situation.
• 重圧じゅうあつ ("Pressure"): despite everything, Luigi always looks up to his brother, hoping to become brave, strong, cool, and beloved like him. Upon hearing this, Mario slaps him. While crying, Luigi asks what was that for. Mario replies "don't ever put me under pressure again".
• おかっぴき ("Private detective"): while Mario is picking up coins as per usual, an ancient-looking Japanese law-enforcer appears, putting him under arrest for stealing. Mario is confused, but when he is asked to look at what he picked up, he realizes he was collecting ancient ryō.
• まわるまわる〜〜〜♡ ("Spinning, spinning..."): while up against the Reznors, Mario asks Yoshi suggestions on how to beat them. Yoshi then decides to juggle Mario to make him spin faster than them and confound them, but also getting Mario dizzy.
• マッチョ〜〜〜メン♡ ("Macho... man"): since a chubby body is not fit for a hero, Mario shows off a muscular body worthy of a bodybuilder. Seeing Mario muscular and in just a slip, Luigi calls him a pervert, embarassing him.
• マリオたおれる！！ ("Mario is down!"): after Mario gets downed by a group of Chargin' Chucks, Yoshi is left to fend for himself. To escape the Chucks, Yoshi removes his shell and boots, trying to disguise himself as a normal lizard, but unfortunately, it doesn't work.
• ピーチ姫ひめと七人にんのマリオ ("Princess Peach and the seven Marios"): after eating a poisoned apple, Peach has fallen victim of a sleep curse, while the seven Marios watch over her final resting spot. One day, the charming Prince Luigi arrives, asking what happened. Abruptly, the Marios state that nothing happened and to get lost. Luigi rides away, while the Mario go back to mourn Peach, shocked to have such strange "guardians".
• はちゅう〜〜〜♡ ("Reptile..."): alternating from moments in which Peach cries over a pimple on her cheek, and Luigi eats chips in frustration over his brother's popularity, the image of a realistic-looking Yoshi appears below them.
• ビデオ発売はっぱい中ちゆう ("Movie now in sale"): to celebrate the homevideo release of the Super Mario Bros. movie, Mario, Luigi and Bowser allow their movie counterparts to give a message to the reader: Bob Hoskins' Mario and John Leguizamo's Luigi kindly promote the watching "the Super Mario Bros. movie, but Dennis Hopper's President Koopa's longue tongue causes him to say "Mr. Bear" instead of "Please", while Mario asks if that means he cannot bring his favorite Monty Mole plushie with him.

スーパーマリオカートしゆかいなのりもの ("Super Mario Kart: a funny vehicle")

• タマゴちゃん♡ ("The egg"): while racing on the go-karts, Yoshi spots an egg on the side of the road. He tries to catch it with his tongue, but it gets run over by Mario's kart.
• カミナリ ("Lightning"): while in last place, Mario obtains a Lightning Bolt and tries to use it against his adversary, but it somehow backfires and it hits only him.
• カートで勝しとう ("Winning at go-kart"): during a race, Luigi crashes into a pipe in the middle of the road. Mario and Yoshi are at first worried, until they start laughing after noticing how the situation created a funny tongue twister, completely forgetting about him.
• ホッピー ("Hoppy"): Mario asks Lakitu if he would be interested into joining the race. He positively replies, claiming he is tired of always waving the checker flag, but Mario shuts him down saying "that is his role" and to "do it seriously". In response, Lakitu then uses a noren as the checker flag, with「ホルモン」(Horumon) written on it. When Mario crosses the finish line, he is get surprised by the unserious situation he ends up crashing.
• サル！ ("Monkey!"): Donkey Kong Jr. is sad. When Mario goes to confort him, he explains he is sad that the Banana Peel they use leave the fruit without protection and will taste bad, giving Mario a bowl of them, but upon close inspection, Mario reveals they are not unpeeled bananas but pickled shallots.
• 有毒ゆうどくくん ("Mr. Toxic"): while talking to Toad and Yoshi, Peach drops the information that Toad's mushroom is a poisonous: according to a book, mushrooms with vibrant colors are usually poisonous. Toad is deeply offended by this remark, and when Yoshi comments on it, Toad erupts in anger, leading to a heated confrontation between the two.
• つり上げます！ ("Fishing out!"): while fishing out Mario from a water obstacle, Lakitu is confronted by a goddess, asking him if he dropped a normal Mario or a golden one. Lakitu replies he dropped the normal one. Satisfied by his honesty, the goddess invites Lakitu to dinner to reward him. Lakit agrees, putting down his fishing pole. In the last panel, Luigi is looking for Mario while his hat, kart's tire, and body bobs on the water surface.
• 放火ほうか ("Arson"): during a race, Bowser tries to hit Toad with his fireball, but the fireball takes a different path and hits the Mario Bros.' house, burning it down.
• キレたヒゲおやじ ("An enraged mustachioed man"): after landing in every pond, slipping on every obstacle, crashing into every pipe, and being last, Mario has had enough. Soon enough, the pilot sees Mario coming from the wrong direction, and he is so angry that he is carrying a nailed bat and a beaten up and tied up Lakitu. The section ends with the pilots being scared for their lives.

スーパーマリオワールド冷血のジェラシ ("Super Mario World: Cold-Blooded Jealousy")

• 国技こくぎであっぱれ ("Appreciating the national sport"): a new Mario-theme sport game is coming: "Super Mario Sumo Wrestling". Peach is not thrilled by it, stating that, since she is a woman, she cannot participate to such sport, but Mario has a solution: a polka, frilled perizoma just for her.
• お仲間なかま募集ぼしゅう―くま― ("Recruiting friends (bear)"): Finding it unfair that the enemy armies are growing day by day while it's just him, Luigi, and Yoshi to face them, Mario decides to hold auditions for new animal allies. The first participant is a bear, whose special ability is mauling, as he demonstrates on Yoshi.
• お仲間なかま募集ぼしゅう―カチカチ山― ("Recruiting friends (Kachi-kachi Yama)"): nest up is the tanooki from Kachi-kachi Yama. His special ability is to create mud boats, but they sink when in contact with water.
• お仲間なかま募集ぼしゅう―緑みどりのおやじ― ("Recruiting friends (the green man)"): the last participant is a hyena, who special ability is to eat dead meat. The hyene then stares at Luigi and attacks it. The audition is a bust and Mario proceed to save his brother and Yoshi from the animal's fangs.
• ひげ ("Beard"): Mario offers to help Luigi trim his mustache, but ends up giving him the same mustache as Bakabon's Papa.
• おっさんドリーム―いも虫むし― ("What men dream of (caterpillars)"): Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi are watching over Mario as he sleeps. In his dreams, Mario is chased by Peach and Luigi who are tormenting him with icky caterpillars. In his sleep, Mario mutters their name, letting the other think he is making a beautiful dream about them.
• おっさんドリーム―リアル― ("What men dream of (real)"): in the next dream, Mario witness Luigi and Peach become realistic and beautiful, so they go to marry each other. In his sleep, Mario mutters them to not go, making Luigi and Peach think he is having a moving dream about not wanting to leave them.
• おっさんドリーム―ばば― ("What men dream of (Baba)"): this time, Mario is muttering Yoshi's name. In his dream, Mario is about to discover Yoshi's real identity, which to his surprise is professional wrestler Giant Baba.
• ララ〜ラララララ〜ラ ("Lala... lalalalala... la"): Mario has a fondness for Mega Moles, after winning many plushies of them at the crane games. Yoshi is jealous, so he tries to disguise as a Monty Mole, but that makes him feel dirty inside.
• 花はなをめしませ♡ ("Please enjoy the flowers"): Yoshi receives from Mario a bouquet of flowers as a thanks for always helping him. Yoshi is happy of this, and goes to Mega Mole to flaunt his present, only to discover that Mega Mole obtained more flower ornaments from Mario.
• デート ("Date"): during a date with Peach, Mario also gives her a bouquet of flowers. She thanks him for the kind gesture, but Yoshi (still demoralized) tells her not to.
• もぐら ("Mole"): Mario informs Yoshi that his ride role has been replaced by Mega Mole. Yoshi is upset, but Mario soon regrets his decision when, instead of walking forward, the Mega Mole starts digging into the ground, taking Mario with it.

Daimaru Roketto

キューティーマリオ ("Cutie Mario")

It's revealing it!

でるんだホイ！！

• 夢中むちゅうなマリオ ("Mario is obsessed"): Mario has been lately obsessed with Picross puzzles. Everytime he sees a grid, he gets the urge to pull out a scalpel and a mallet and solve the (non-existent) nanogram. First with the chess board of Luigi's Shogi, then with Peach's Othello board, and Yoshi's crossword puzzles.
• でるんだホイ（１）("It's revealing it (1)"): After seeing a grid, Mario starts solving it and apparently finds the image of a flower. But on closer observation, he realizes the puzzle he solved was a checker skirt of a girl, and the flower was on the panties he accidentally revealed by pulling down the skirt.
• でるんだホイ（２）("It's revealing it (2)"): After seeing another grid, Mario starts solving it and apparently finds the image of a dragon. But on closer observation, he realizes the puzzle he solved was a checker robe of a yakuza, and the dragon is the tattoo on the back he accidentally exposed by pulling down the clothing.
• こわ〜い話はなし ("Scary story"): two Koopa Troopas are sharing scary stories. One of them tells of the time he was followed by Mario with what it looked to be a knife. Just then, Mario appears, looming behind one of the Koopa Troopas and scaring the other, raising his mallet and scalpel, after mistaking their shell for another grid to fill.
• プールにいこと ("I want to go to the pool"): Peach decides to organize a trip to the pool with her friends. Their plans are halted when, upon arriving, they discover that Mario's obsession hit the tile grid on the bottom of the pool, and the water drained through the cracks.
• ピーチ城じょうにて ("At Peach's Castle"): Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom are expanding the Peach's Castle with a new area. Toad informs them it will be completed in three days, as long that Mario does not interrupt them like he is doing now after seeing a giant grid formed by the scaffoldings.
• マリオ逃亡とうぼう中ちゅう ("Mario on the run"): for the damages caused to the castle walls, Mario is chased by the Toads. He tries to hide until everyone cools down, but he ends up being caught after filling the window grid of a skyscraper.
• オリの中なか ("In the cell"): Mario is arrested and put with his hands and feet tied into "Cell 1". Mario sighs in relief, hoping this will make him not think of Picross puzzles, but to his horror, the cell is a tiled cell and he cannot calm his itch to complete it.
• 街まちにでよう（１）("A trip to the city (1)"): while strolling through town, Mario's obession strikes a tiled pavement. This time, however, he gets a compliment from a passerby for the texture he created.
• 街まちにでよう（２）("A trip to the city (2)"): while strolling through town, Mario's obession strikes a window grid of a skyscraper. This time a passerby comments negatively on the result, angering Mario to the point of him raising his scalpel behind the passerby.
• 電話でんわして ("Call me"): while at home, Mario's obsession strikes their telephone. Mario apoligizes for ruining it to Luigi, while he grimmly says "if only I could make a phone call".
• 使つかいみち ("Usage"): while trying to rehabilitate Mario, his friends consider replacing his scalpel with an alternative: Peach suggest replacing it with a needle so he can be a doctor, Yoshi suggest removing it all together and making Mario a carpenter, while Luigi's somber idea is to make him nail wara ningyō on trees, which scares Mario.
• でたんだホイ ("Here it is"): while solving a Picross on the wall, Mario breaks it, revealing a creepy treasure cove full of skeletons. Mario comments on how surely he raised a curse by doing this.
• マリオとワリオ ("Mario & Wario"): Mario and Wario, sworn enemies, are finally working together to complete a picross: one of Princecss Peach. Unfortunately, the princess is not pleased by their ugly results.
• まっ赤なマリオ ("Mario is bright red"): While Mario is playing on his SNES, Peach sneaks up behind him, covers his eyes, and asks him to "guess who." Initially, Peach interprets Mario's bright red face as a sign of him blushing, but when he turns towards her, it becomes clear that his face is red from anger. Because of her, he has just messed up a puzzle in "Mario's Super Picross" and lost.

Go Yoshi!

がんばれヨッシー

• おちてきた赤あかちゃん ("The fallen baby"): after the stork dropped him, Baby Mario's bundle lands on top of Yoshi's head, knocking him out.
• あったかいな ("It's warm"): while carrying Baby Mario, Yoshi expresses his thoughts on how warm babies are, as his back feels so warm and fuzzy with Baby Mario on it. Once that sensation turns cold, Yoshi realizes the warmth was because of the diaper leaking its contents on his back.
• 笑わらって笑わらって ("Laughing"): Yoshi uses his tail to play with Baby Mario while on his back. He then decides to do a tickle prank on him and ends up regretting it when another dose of urine is spilled on his back.
• 泣なかないでよ ("Don't cry"): unable to calm down Baby Mario from crying and unable to witstand his cries, Yoshi decides to put the baby in a soundproof bubble.
• パワフル赤あかちゃん ("Powerful Baby"): after Baby Mario transforms into Powerful Mario, Yoshi can finally take a break in his egg and allow the baby to move forward for a while. Instead, the baby falls asleep on top of Yoshi's egg, so he must kick him through the eggshell to keep moving forward.
• カムバック（１）("Comeback (1)"): after Baby Mario is floating away in a bubble, Yoshi catches him back with his tongue, covering the baby in drool.
• カムバック（２）("Comeback (2)"): after Baby Mario is floating away in a bubble, Yoshi catches him back by throwing an egg at him, knocking him out and leaving a bump on his head.
• ま いっか ("Oh well"): Baby Mario ends up again in a bubble. This time, Yoshi half-hassedly decides to give up.
• バンジー ("Bubble Dayzee"): Bubble Dayzee presents herself as the Crazee Dayzee variant that shoots bubbles from the mouth, but having drunk too much yesterday, she feels sick and ends up throwing up on the floor.
• ちが〜う！！ ("Different!"): Yoshi grows a beanstalk and climbs it. The plant takes him over the clouds and straight to the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale. The situation causes Yoshi and Baby Mario to laugh.
• ビッグドンブリ ("Burt the Bashful"): while up against Burt the Bashful, Yoshi learns that the way to defeat him is to drop his pants with his eggs. Hearing this, Yoshi loses his motivation to fight.
• 竹馬たけうまヘイホー ("Shy-Guy on Stilts"): a Shy-Guy on Stilts explains that walking on stilts is a difficult task, and adds that a baby would never understand that. Just then, Baby Mario grabs onto one of the stilt, making the enemy flinch, while Yoshi comments how this is a pretty balanced fight.
• いつの日ひか・・ ("Someday..."): an Itsunomanika Heihō explains how he is tasked to appear out of nowhere when people least expect it, so the reader better watch, because he might appear sooner than they think. Just then, Yoshi suddenly realizes that the Itsunomanika Heihō is on his back and kicks him off.
• くやしー ("Frustrating"): Powerful Mario is crossing a cave full of Flightless Goonies and laments how icky and stupid their bug-like design is, offending them.
• こんなところに ("In a place like this"): the Itsunomanika Heihō reappears again and confesses he wanted to make conversation. The last panel pans back, revealing that he is popping out from a toilet Yoshi was about to use. Angred, Yoshi flushes him down the drain.
• にてます？ ("Are we that similar?"): Yoshi transforms into a train, but the Shy Guys stop him to ask for his autograph, having mistaken him for Thomas the Tank Engine.
• あぶない！ ("Dangerous!"): while up against a Kaboomba, Yoshi plugs the Kaboomba's cannon with something, causing the enemy to explode. As Yoshi walks away happily, it is revealed the plug used was Baby Mario.
• ゲロゲーロ ("Ribbit ribbit"): a Frog Pirate snatches Baby Mario with its slimy tongue, but the baby ends up slipping his grip, landing back on Yoshi's back.
• 便利べんりだね ("That's convenient"): seeing how its water spit hinders Yoshi, a Spray Fish keeps spraying Yoshi, but he uses the water stream as a shower for him and Baby Mario.
• フラワーヘイホー ("Mufti Guy"): a Mufti Guy is waiting in the flower bed, ready to jump at Yoshi. But when he passes by, nothing happens. Later, a Fang informs Mufti Guy that he missed his chance, and it is revealed the Mufti Guy fell asleep during his ambush.
• ふんばれ！ ("Hang in there"): while performing a Flutter Jump across a large gap, Yoshi makes a straining face. His expression makes Baby Mario giggle, which annoys Yoshi.
• へたくそ ("Clumsy"): while up against Naval Piranha, Yoshi misses each shot. When Baby Mario comments "clumsy", Yoshi throws him, hitting Naval Piranha in the head.
• つぶれクリボー ("Crushed Goomba"): while the Goombas sing a song about how strong they are even when crushed, Yoshi gets scared by their squashed and deformed appearance.
• そのまま ("Just like that"): a Bandit appears, explaining his job is to kidnap Baby Mario and he will succeed thanks to his speed and agility. Hearing that, Yoshi gives him Baby Mario and asks him to go to the Goal, leaving him speechless.
• もっともっと ("More and more"): while inflating the red balloon, Yoshi, incited by Baby Mario, keeps pumping more and more air in, until it pops.
• ビッグプチプチ ("Marching Milde"): having understood how to defeat the Marching Milde, Yoshi keeps splitting the boss into tiny versions of itself, until he gets overwelmed by them.
• キューちゃん ("Raven"): being a Raven is not that bad: you have your own little planet to rule. But even Ravens wish for more, like friends. As a Raven explains this while crying, a chick tells him to stop.
• ツララがいっぱい ("Lot's of icicle"): while in an ice cave, Yoshi carefully avoids the icicles by ducking down. The same cannot be said for Baby Mario.
• 雪玉ゆきだま作つくろ！！ ("Making a snowball!"): Yoshi makes a giant snowball by rolling it uphill. As he then stops admiring his work, the giant snowball rolls over him.
• らくがきヘイホー ("Train Bandit"): a Train Bandit chase Yoshi. Seeing him, Baby Mario scribbles over his mask. When other Train Bandits go to check on his friend, they discover the horrible vandilized face it now has.
• 鉄球てつきゅうヘイホー ("Mace Guy"): a Mace Guy is ready to fight and starts spinning his weapon, but by spinning it so fast, he starts to take altitude like a helicopter and flies off.
• 連つれてきて（１）("Bring him here (1)"): Kamek is scolding his Toadies for being unable to bring him a baby. One by one, the Toadies show their findings: first a sunfish, then a thief, and then a stubburn guy (the author). Exasperated, Kamek gives up.
• 連つれてきて（２）("Bring him here (2)"): after being specific on what he wants, Kamek now recieves a ruby, a shrimp, a obi sash, and a snake.
• ３匹ひきのミットさん登場とうじょう ("3 Green Gloves appears"): Yoshi is now up against three Green Gloves on top of narrow platforms. Knowing their unmatched skill of catching any ball thrown at them, Yoshi throws his eggs. The Green Gloves manage to catch them all, but they lose balance after leaning too much to catch them and fall off the platforms.
• いいやつ ("Good guy"): Itsunomanika Heihō hops on Yoshi's back to sew the torn diapers for Baby Mario. Yoshi is moved by his gesture, but Itsunomanika Heihō replies it was needed since they ran out of diapers and he had to use a Spooky sheet as a substitute. Realizing that, Yoshi turns around to see the Spooky floating away with the Baby.
• おつかれさま ("Good work"): with the chapter coming to a close, the Yoshi and his stunt doubles are ready to go home, unbothered of leaving Baby Mario alone in the field.
• ビッグスライムの立場たちば ("Salvo the Slime's standpoint"): up against Salvo the Slime. Yoshi throws his egg against the wall to ricochet and hit Salvo, but ends up hitting Baby Mario instead, sparking a fight between Yoshi and the baby, while Salvo awkwardly watches.

Satō Gen and Yumeya

前略ぜんりゃくマリオは元気です・・ (Mario is doing well...)

Fly, Mario! (Mario Clash chapter)

飛とびだせマリオ！ — マリオクラッシュ編へん —

Fly, Mario! (Picross chapter)

飛とびだせマリオ！ — ピクロス編へん —

Easygoing Mario!

お気楽きらくマリオがいく！！

Gallery

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  Mega Moles

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  Story arc cover

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  Table of contents

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  The Mario team meet their movie counterparts

Descriptions

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▣マリオにヨッシーが、4コマで縦じゅう横おう無尽むじんの大おお暴あばれ！おなじみのピーチ、クッパにくわえ、赤あかちゃんマリオも大だだ活躍いかつやく！！愉快ゆかい痛快つうかい！！奇想きそう天外てんがい！！きみのギャグセンスがパワーアップする、スペシャルアイテムだ。

Mario and Yoshi run wild in four-panel comics! In addition to the familiar Peach and Bowser, Baby Mario also plays a major role! Hilarious and exciting! Outrageous! This is a special volume that will power up your sense of humor.

★作者さくしゃやからきみへ
わたし、ピーチ姫ひめになつた夢見ゆめみたの！！(水) なんだって！？オレはマリオになつた夢見ゆめみたよ。(本) オ、オレはルイージ･･。 なんか、こわ〜〜〜い。(元) わたしだけ仲間なかまはずれだ〜！(大)

A word from the author(s)
I dreamt I was Princess Peach! (Mizu) What?! I dreamt I was Mario. (Mototin) I... I was Luigi... It was kind of scary. (Satō Gen) I'm the only one left out! (Roketto)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	スーパーマリオ4コマ大だい行進こうしん② Sūpā Mario 4-koma Daikōshin 2	Super Mario 4-koma Parade 2