[BOKKI and GORO, huddled around the tv]
[SOBA]
What are you guys watching?
[GORO]
Come 'ere, kid!
We're watching the roster reveal for the King of Bamboo Fist Tournament!
[BOKKI]
Why do you say the full name?
Just call it Takeken like any normal person.
[GORO, slumps over defeated]
[SOBA, pushing his glasses up]
Oh! Takeken, huh…
Did you guys know my father was once champion?
[BOKKI]
Your old man was a champion?
[SOBA]
That's right!
The legendary Yaki Tori was my father!
[BOKKI]
Never heard of him…
[GORO]
Hmm… so you're Tori's son…
I should've put two and two together, given the family name and all…
[BOKKI]
You're acting as if we've heard his family name more than twice in the past 7 chapters.
[SOBA, smacks BOKKI]
OH SHUT UP, BOKKI!
DONT REMIND ME OF MY IRRELEVANCE TO THE FIRST ARC!
[SOBA]
Anyways, Mr. Goro, did you know my father?
[GORO]
Yes, I was the champion after him.
HA!
I took your fathers spot!
He was a good man…
[SOBA]
You FOUGHT my father?!
[GORO looks at BOKKI]
Did I not just say that?
[BOKKI shrugs and nods his head]
So old geezer…
You REALLY were a Takeken champion …
Why'd you even come back to Bakufu City if you were so successful before?
Makes me sick thinkin' about how you left me despite all your stupid prestige.
[GORO sighs]
My mochi shop in Aero Town wasn't doing well. I turned to the BUMS group for money... After a few months of being up and running with the money they gave me, I went out of business again. I went into debt. Without my mochi shop, I became a vagrant. I would be chased everywhere by them to get the money back, and that led me back here to Bakufu CIty where I would consequently lead their mob to trample you over.
[Goro shifts back into his seat and kicks his feet up]
Well boys, there's your answer…
[GORO looks over at the two. They're dead asleep.]
[GORO, shocked and annoyed]
[TV]
Time to announce this King of Bamboo Fist Tournament's teams!
[GORO, under his breath]
The TV says the tournament name right…
[BOKKI and SOBA wake up after hearing the TV]
[BOKKI]
Team announcement time?
[SOBA rubs his eyes as he wakes up]
Seems so…
[GORO, ticked off, punches both of them on the head]
BOTH OF YOU SLEPT THROUGH MY ENTIRE STORY, BUT THEN YOU WAKE UP WHEN THE ANNOUNCER STARTS TALKING?!
[BOKKI]
Don't take it personally, shitty geezer.
[TV]
Team 1…
[SOBA]
Time to find out the teams!
[TV]
The karate duo and their kung fu gal pal:
Giyu, Pat Halifax, and Yue Lan!
Team 2…
The Bureau of Underworld Muscle Soldiers Squad Y!
Iwai Gozo, Don Taro, and Tadashi Taira!
[BOKKI]
Bureau of Underworld Muscle Soldiers?
B… U… M… S…
HA! HAHA!
THEY'RE BUMS!
[GORO, turns to BOKKI]
Quite literally, son.
That's the BUMS group's full name
[SOBA]
Makes sense, they seem sketchy… except that one guy
[SOBA points at Taira's photo]
[TV]
Team 3!
The Explosive Boxer: Billy Lombardi
The Sumo Straggler: Jack Kabuki
and Brazilian Tornado: Ginga Sato!
And for the final team!
Team 4!
Mochizuki & Sons:
Mochizuki Bokki
Yaki Soba
and a returning legend… Mochizuki Goro!
[The three of them look at each other in complete shock]
[SOBA]
But we didn't sign up... did we?
[BOKKI, swinging his sword]
SHE GOT MY NAME WRONG! SHE GOT MY NAME WRONGGGG!!
[Goro, holding Bokki back from breaking the TV]
It doesn't matter now.
Boys, it's time we put all this mochi might to use dont you think?
[BOKKI]
You know what?
I'm not one to fight, but when it comes to a legendary tournament like this…
I'm down!
Imagine the advertisement potential for my odd jobs!
[GORO]
Give up on that, you're a mochi maker now kid.
[BOKKI]
SHUT UP YOU GEEZER!