Super Mario-kun Volume 3

Super Mario-kun Volume 3 is the third volume of the manga series, continuing the Super Mario World story arc that began in the first volume, but some chapters also include enemies from Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario Land. In this part, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi walk through Chocolate Island and finally reach Bowser's Castle. Wendy is the only Koopaling encountered in the volume, but Mario has a dodgeball match against Bowser (their first actual duel in the manga).

Stage One
涙の再会！？　親友ドラボンは料理上手！！ (Reunion of Tears!? My Best Friend Rex is a Good Cook!!)

Still wandering in the Forest of Illusion, Mario and Luigi get caught by a trap and Yoshi, while trying to help them, hits a beehive, getting stung by bees. The trapper comes out and orders the three to reveal if they work for Bowser. Yoshi recognizes him: it's his childhood friend Rex. Rex recognizes Yoshi's voice, but not his face (being covered by bee stings). Thanks to his tongue, Yoshi manages to convince Rex that they're not on Bowser's side, and frees the brothers. To be forgiven for the trouble, Rex invites the trio to dinner, and Yoshi tells the other that they're lucky: Rex is a very good cook.

Meanwhile, the trio is spied by Kamek and a Koopa Troopa named Number 3. 3 wants to attack them, but Kamek has a better plan and makes appear a Kamemeka, a Shell-chip, and makes it fly right on Rex's neck. This makes Rex evil and serves his friends with a dish full of rotten food, garbage and nightcrawlers (that Yoshi eats with pleasure). Mario starts to think that there's something wrong with Rex, making Yoshi angry, but when Rex comes and attacks them with a flamethrower, Yoshi has to agree with Mario. Enchanting the Kamemeka, Kamek turns Rex into a giant.

Rex tries to stomp Mario, but he steals his boot and goes on the attack riding it, but he's knocked out by the foot's smell. Yoshi tries to convince Rex to stop by asking him to remember all the good times they spent together, but that only enrages Rex more, since he only has bad memories of the two together, being always hurt in their games. Rex grows a pair of wings and tries to attack Mario, but he finds and press a ! Switch. A lot of ! Blocks falls on Rex, hitting and detaching the Kamemeka that Yoshi grabs. Rex returns to normal. Luigi, sweeping away the blocks, finds a knockdown Kamek under it and Yoshi, realizing what happened, attaches the Kamemeka on his head, making him dance like a fool.

Stage Two
必殺ショットさく裂！！　ｽｰﾊﾟｰドッジ大決戦！！ (Special Explosive Shot!! Super Dodgeball Showdown!!)

Stage Three
地下面工事中！？　メット親方の大仕事！！ (Underground Under Construction!? Chief Buzzy Beetle's Good Job!!)

Stage Four
めざせ一軍 (レギユラー)！！　クッパ第二軍団の挑戦！！ (The army awakes (literally)!! The Challenge of the Koopa Troop!!)

Stage Five
迷子のテレサ！！　母をたずねて三千里！？ (The Lost Boo Child!! Looking for Mother for 3000 Leagues!?)

Stage Six
かた～い結束！？　ドッスンとその一味登場！！ (Hard unity!? Thwomp and its gang appeared!!)

Stage Seven
ヨッシー大ピンチ！？　大爆発５秒前！？ (Yoshi in Big Trouble!? Five Seconds Before the Big Explosion!?)

Stage Eight
トゲゾー軍団復活！！　Pスイッチに注意せよ！？ (Spiny Army Revival!! Watch out for the P-Switch!?)

Bonus 1
スーパールイージくん (Super Luigi-kun)

Stage Nine
炎のチビライタ！！　とーちゃん助けに大突進！！ (Dino Torch's Flames!! Great Rush to Help Daddy!!)

Stage Ten
恐怖のクリスマス！？　アスレチックリレー征服作戦！！ (Christmas Terror!? Athletic Relay Conquer Strategy!!)

Stage Eleven
クッパ城突入！！　ライバルたちを打ち破れ！！ (Bowser's Castle Rush!!! Defeat the Rivals!!)

Bonus 2
マリオ技Sドッジ必勝法 (Mario's Super Dodgeball Winning Strategy Technique)

4-komas
突撃! 激戦クッパ城 (Charge! Fierce battle at Bowser's Castle)

Puzzles
マリオスーパー迷路 (Mario Super Maze)

Trivia

 * When Yoshi tries to convince the brainwashed Rex to be a good guy, he asks him to remember the times they spent together, but Rex only can think of memories in which he got hurt and Yoshi got away scot-free, making him more mad. The same gag is used again in volume 36, during the battle against Mr. L.