Super Mario-kun Volume 4

Super Mario-kun Volume 4 is the fourth volume of the manga series, ending the Super Mario World (main) story arc that began in the first volume, but some chapters also include elements from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Mario Paint. In this part, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi face the Valley of Bowser and finally have the final confrontation with Bowser. The Reznors (which briefly appeared in the second 4-koma of the first volume), Larry and Bowser are the bosses fought in the volume.

Stage One
とりつかれたルイージ！！　沈没船のわなを破れ！！ (Luigi is Possessed!! Break the Trap of a Sunken Ship!)

Mario, Luigi and Yoshi needs to return to the Valley of Bowser and save the real Princess Peach, but the cave entrance returned to the bottom of the sea. The trio notices a Sunken Airship not so far from the Chocolate Island coast and decide to check inside for some clues. Using Balloon Yoshi, the three reach the shipwreck, diving in it just as some flying enemies comes for them.

Inside the shipwreck, Mario and his friends find a bunch of Disappearing Boo Buddies. Using a giant painted sack to disguise as Big Boo, the heroes passes by. A skittish Boo tosses a coin on the ground and Mario jumps out to get it, revealing their disguise. The Boos attack them, but Mario and Yoshi manages to escape, leaving Luigi behind. When they notice this, Luigi comes back, but is much more angry and violent. Yoshi realizes that he got possessed by the Disappearing Boos.

Mario and Yoshi fights back, but each hit makes the possessed Luigi stronger and angrier. He grabs a ? Block and points to Mario and Yoshi: a vine sprouts out of the block and they two get tied and strangled by it. Mario notices an old ? Block and, making Yoshi hitting it, a Super Leaf comes out and Mario grabs it, becoming Racoon Mario. With one Tail Whip, Mario breaks free of the vine and hits Luigi, making him puke out all the Boos that possessed him. Luigi thanks Mario and the trio continues their exploring.

After entering a Warp Pipe, the three finds themselves in a tall and empty space, falling down whit Koopa Paratroopas and Floating Mines. In the middle of the enemy swarm, Yoshi notices a Super Star and Mario touches it with his tail, making it bigger and invincible. The three fall to the flooded bottom of the hall, where they find a Magic Ball. After grabbing it, the shipwreck shakes, and they go out to check, hoping to find the emerged Valley of Bowser entrance, not noticing that it's right under them.

Stage Two
危険なお札！！　クッパ神社で初もうで！？ (Dangerous talisman!! Bowser's New Year Shrine!?)

While traversing the Valley of Bowser, the trio finds Bowser's New Year Shrine. Yoshi starts feeling bad and informs the Mario Bros. that he needs to go to the bathroom, and goes behind a rock. In look for toilet papers, Yoshi finds a and, ignoring the sign warning not to, he removes it from the wall. Immediately after, the wall breaks and a dangerous Bony Beetle comes out from it. Meanwhile, Bowser is taking Peach to the shrine with the Koopa Clown Car, but seeing the heroes and the freed Bony Beetle, Bowser flees, not before mocking Mario and wishing him good luck with that terrible monster.

The Bony Beetle attacks Mario with laser eyes. Yoshi (returned from his bathroom break) tries to eat it, but it's too big for him. After almost getting impaled by its spikes, the trio tries to run for it, but gets trapped by the spikes shot at them, but Yoshi manages to free them all with a powerful fart. The "explosion" makes Mario bump on the shrine's offer box, making a Dragon Coin pop outside. Yoshi tries to eat it, believing it's a chocolate coin, but before he can gulp it, his tongue gets transformed into a longer tongue. Mario decides to use this and wraps the tongue around the Bony Beetle, then pulls the tongue, making the monster spin like a whirligig, defeating it.

The Bowser's shrine is renamed to Yoshi, who pleads Mario to pray that his tongue returns to its normal size.

Stage Three
お年玉争奪戦！！　マリオを倒すのはだれだ！？ (Lottery Competition!! Who Will Defeat Mario!?)

The entire Koopa Troop is having a New Year party at Bowser's Castle: Spinies are dress like Kadomatsu, Thwomps are mashing and Bowser is making silly dances to please Peach. Bowser then makes an announcement, he will give a to the one that will defeat Mario. Of course no one accepts, but Bowser shows that Mario, his friends and their power-ups are celebrating too, and are now tipsy from the. Everyone accepts and run to Mario's location: Valley of Bowser 2.

Kamek and the Troop initially fight each other to see who's gonna kill Mario, but Kamek calms everyone down, proposing to work together then he will duplicate the price and divide it between each other. That said, the Troop attacks Mario: first, a bunch of Bob-ombs dressed up like shuttlecocks are tossed at them, then a Monty Mole pretending to be a balloon, a Spike Top-dreidel and lastly a Charging Chuck tackles at Mario, decomposing his face. Mario tries to use the power-ups, but they're sleeping dead drunk.

Kamek orders the Troop to jump at them, but before they can get them, Mario, Luigi and Yoshi find themselves on a solid platform that raises up, making the Troop slam on the wall. Avoiding being crushed on the ceiling thanks to a hole, the heroes are now safe, but Kamek uses magic to destroy the walls, but keep missing them, crushing his allies with the debris instead. Kamek tries to appear in front of them and blocking the path, but gets hit by another solid platform and a diagonal lift, falling to the ground unconscious.

Seems to be over, but a late minion arrive: the Thwomp that was squashing the mochi (stuck in the ). Mario is not scared, but the Thwomp spills the mashed mochi on the three, trapping them in the sticky sweet. Mario tries to fly out and, thanks to Yoshi eating the mochi at his feet and flies towards the Giant Gate. Hitting the highest point, Mario obtains 50 Goal Stars and uses them to defeat the Thwomp, trowing them at it. Mario have won against the whole Troop, but a Big Steely sent by Bowser rolls and squashes Luigi and Yoshi. Happy, Bowser gives the otoshidama to himself.

Stage Four
マリオの伝説！？　ゼルダ世界(ワールド)で大暴れ！！ (The Legend of Mario!? Zelda World on Rampage!!)

Stage Five
かぜに負けるな！！　ヨッシーどとうの大奮戦！！ (Don't Succumb To The Cold! Yoshi's Raging Big Fight!!)

Stage Six
クッパ城目前！！　スイッチ宮殿をさがしだせ！！ (Koopa Castle in Sight!! Find the Switch Palace!!)

Stage Seven
ハックン軍団襲来！！　忍者の里で大激闘！！ (Ninji Army Invasion!! A Great, Fierce Battle at Ninja Village!!)

Stage Eight
聖(セント)バレンタインの悲劇！！　マリオついに死す！？ (St. Valentine's Tragedy!! Mario Finally Dies!?)

Stage Nine
食いしんぼうばんざい！？　ちびヨッシー大活躍！！ (Gluttonous Charge! Little Yoshi's Outstanding Performance!)

Stage Ten
マウスは災いの元！？　怪獣マリオ出現！！ (Mouse of Death!? Monster Mario Appears!!)

Stage Eleven
クライマックス！！　マリオVSクッパ最終決戦！！ (Climax!! Mario VS Bowser, the Final Battle!!)

4-komas
ピーチとクッパの スーパークリスマス (Super Christmas with Peach and Bowser)


 * 1) クリスマスツリー (Christmas Tree): While making the Christmas Tree, Peach asks Bowser to help her to decorate it by passing her the streamers. Bowser accepts and rummages in the box, grabbing the first fuzzy and yellow thing he finds: doing this, Bowser gets shocked by grabbing Li'l Sparkies and Hotheads.
 * 2) クリスマスケーキ (Christmas cake): Peach's just finished baking a Christmas cake. Some Lava Bubbles ask her to have a little taste, but as soon as they get close, the cake melts, being an ice-cream cake.
 * 3) くつ下 (Socks): Peach is upset that she doesn't have a place to keep her gifts. Bowser consoles her by giving her his big sock, but she uses it as a warm sleeping bag.
 * 4) カメックショー (Kamek's show): Kamek is making a magic show, but Peach isn't impressed by any of the tricks. Furious, Kamek teleports her in midair.
 * 5) グースカショー (Rip Van Fishes' show): A shoal of Rip Van Fishes will do a Christmas chorus. On the stage there's a Mario cutout. Bowser removes it, but the Rip Van Fishes falls asleep: the cutout was needed to keep them awake.
 * 6) マリオからのプレゼント (A gift from Mario): Peach recives a gift from Mario, but Bowser confiscates it to check if there isn't something that can help her escape, but when he opens it, it's revealed to be a trap for him: after a giant explosion, Bowser and the whole Troop have fake Santa's beards attached to them. Meanwhile, Peach is laughing at this prank.

Puzzles
マリオスーパー迷路 (Mario Super Maze)

Trivia

 * The second 4-koma introduces, for the first time in the Mario franchise, Peach's passion to bake cakes.
 * Due to the Spinies infesting it, it is revealed that the Switch Palace in chapter 6 is the Forest of Illusion's one, the Blue Switch Palace. However, in the previous volume, Mario and his friends were still in the forest when they fought the brainwashed Rex and defeated it by pressing the ! Switch and raining ! Blocks on it.
 * In chapter 9, it is revealed that all the seven Yoshi's Eggs were rescued, even though Mario and his friends skipped Lemmy's Castle, and Roy was fought outside of his castle.