Rice

Rice (ライス, Raisu) is a character from the manga and anime series, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.

Rice
(ライス, Raisu)
Debut (Manga):	Chapter 69
Debut (Anime):	Episode 27
Appears in:	Anime and Manga
Seiyū (Japanese):	Hiro Yuki Takayuki Sasada (Escape!! Hajike Royale)
Voice actor:	Yuri Lowenthal (English) Click "expand" for full list (Spanish) (French) (Italian) (German) (Dutch) (Polish) (Portuguese)
Nickname(s):
Aliases:	None
Species:	Human
Affiliation	Hajike Block
Classification:	King of Hajikelists (Former)
Birthdate:	November 8
Age:
Height:
Weight:
Gender:	Male
Blood type:	O
Eye Color:	Brown
Hair Color:	Brown
Fist Skill:	Kome Shinken

Background

Rice is a teenage boy with brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a brown short-sleeved jacket (decorated with three triangles) with a white undershirt and brown pants.

Personality

Being a hajikelist, Rice has an extemely random personality. There is absolutely no telling what he will do next. He is extremely competitive in the Hajike field, and loves meeting fellow Hajikelists so that he can challenge them. Rice also seems to enjoy blowing things up.

History

Hajike Block

Rice is first seen working as an assassin encountered on the top floor of Hajike Base, a base whose guards are completely composed of hajikelsits. When Bo-bobo and the rebels reach the top of Hajike Block, they find that Rice has been waiting for them, and has prepared lunch for them. He tells them that he has no intention on fighting them, and that they should just enjoy themselves. Rice's generosity is actually just a hajikelist prank, and after the rebels fall for it, he reveals to them that he is the new Hajike Block leader. The old leader Rokka fell victim to his Rice based powers and was trapped in a giant bowl of rice.

Rice then challenges the rebels to a fight. He raises the stakes by trapping Beauty in his giant bowl of rice. If the rebles don't hurry up and save her within an hour, then she will turn into a panda like Rocker. Despite their best efforts the rebels can't even get close to Rice, and pretty soon, Heppokomaru and Tokoro Tennosuke are trapped in the Rice like Beauty. The hour then wears off, and Beauty is asked to put on a panda costume, revealing that she was never in any danger at all.

Rice then reveals his true intentions. All he really wants is to fight Don Patch, and see which of them is the true hajikelist king. The two seem evenly matched, until Rice finally manages to out-hajike Don Patch, leaving him a crumpled position with his mouth stitched shut. Rice then begins celebrating that he has defeated his opponent, but his victory is short lived. Bo-bobo then challenges him for the title of Hajike King.

But what Bo-bobo doesn't know is that Rice's Kome Shinken has an even more powerful alias and ability at it's disposal: every night at exactly 6 p.m. (dinner time), he transforms into the "King of Hajikelists", using attacks more powerful and insane than anything even regular hajikelists Bo-bobo and Don Patch! Rice ends up wearing such odd outfits as a shampoo hat and a ballerina suit, and a giant "KING" costume, all of which shock even Bo-bobo! But Bo-bobo refuses to surrender even after Rice has an accident, and bombards Rice with his own hajike abilities. Rice is defeated by Bo-bobo's "Pineapple Custard Pudding" attack, and one final blow from Fist of the Nose Hair. Rice takes defeat well, glad that he could meet a hajikelist even better than himself. He gives Bo-bobo his "H" Necklace, which declares Bo-bobo the new King of Hajikelists.

Only seconds after the match, Rice begins groaning in pain. It is revealed by Ochoboguchi-kun, another assassin, that he has been infected by OVER's curse mark, and that if OVER is not defeated soon, Rice will die! Bo-bobo and the rebels set their sights on OVER next, and after OVER is defeated, Rice is saved.

The Former Maruhage Empire

Rice later gets a phone call from Bo-bobo, asking for assistance in the battle against the former Hair Hunters. Rice immediately comes to Bo-bobo's aid, and he helps to defeat Rububa the Bubbles with a powerful "Hajike Cannon", but the gang is challenged afterwards by former B-block leader, Lambada. Knowing that they are in hurry to save Beauty (who is being held in another room), Rice volunteers to hold off Lambada, but he only succeeds for a short time before being defeated effortlessly. He recovers afterwards, but is never seen again in the orignal series.

Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Rice is seen only once in Shinsetsu. He is shocked by Tsuru Tsurulina III, brodcasting his message across the world, that all members of the Former Maruhage Empire (the one previously ruled by Tsurulina himself and the ones ruled by Tsuru Tsurulina IV and Hydrate) will be hunted down for their failures in the past. He does not physically appear again afterwards, but he makes a small cameo in chapter 72 during the climactic battle between Bo-bobo's team and current "King of Hajikelists" Hiragi.

Abilities & Powers

Rice is the master of "Kome Shinken" (米真拳; "Fist of Rice"), which refers to the actual grain of rice, as opposed "gohan", cooked rice. He attacks through an immense bowl of rice he summons above him. Most of his attacks involve using the grain as a weapon, or trapping people within the giant bowl, but the rice itself has other strange abilities.

He is also an extemely skillful Hajikelist, to the point where he has been declared "King of Hajikelists", a competition that Don Patch had won for the last 50 years (despite the fact that he is actually 26 years old); this contest was won by Hīragi in the next year.

Attacks

Kome Shinken Techniques

Image	Technique Type	Name (Manga/Anime)	US Name (Anime/Manga)	Debut
		Gusto Burst!! (もりもりポックン！！, Morimori Pokkun!!)	Extra Helping of Rice / Twice the Rice is Twice as Nice
			Munchy Munch Rice
Rice summons a giant bowl of rice that engulfs the enemy. It can also be used to create two tentacles of rice. One to capture an enemy and another to help an ally.				Used Against: Lambada
		Rice Thrust (米突き！！, Kome Tsuki)	Flying Rice: Rice Punch
Rice charges energy in his fist to prepare an air born attack, then punches the ground, thus creating a rice shock wave.				Used Against: Heppokomaru Tennosuke
		Ricesplosion!!! (ライスプロージョン！！！, Raisu Purōjon!!!)
Rice punches the ground to fire a diagonal stream of rice at the opponent's face. This technique can also be read as Rice Explosion (米爆発！！！, Kome Bakuhatsu!!!).				Used Against: Bo-bobo
		Rice Tsunami (米津波, Kome Tsunami)	Rice Avalanche
Rice summons an immense amount of rice to flood the area.				Used Against:
		Rice Cyclone (マイサイクロン)
Rice creates a strong gust of wind that carries rice with it. This technique can also be read as Rice Typhoon (米台風, Kome Taifū).				Used Against:
	Technique	Mega Ricesplosion (メガライスプロージョン)
Rice turns the opponent into a giant rice ball.				Used Against:

Hajike Techniques

Image	Technique Type	Name (Manga/Anime)	US Name (Anime/Manga)	Debut
		KING Flash		Chapter 74 Episode 29
				Used Against:
	Hajike Technique 1 (ハジケ奥義 その１, Hajike Ougi Sono 1)	Sea Anemone Stance (イソギンチャクの構え, Isoginchaku no Kamae)	Jellyfish Pose	Chapter 74 Episode 29
Rice does an upwards pose with legs, mimicking the movement of a sea anemone to lure in the opponent and attack them.				Used Against: Don Patch
	Hajike Technique 2 (ハジケ奥義 その２, Hajike Ougi Sono 2)	Automatic Teller Machine Stance (自動現金引き落とし機の構え, Jidō Genkin Hikiotoshi-ki no Kamae)	Automatic Teller Machine Pose	Chapter 74 Episode 29
Rice transforms into an ATM machine to lure in the opponent and attack them.				Used Against: Don Patch
	Hajike Technique 3 (ハジケ奥義 その３, Hajike Ougi Sono 3)	Witch Stance (魔女の構え, Majo no Kamae)	Witch's Brew	Chapter 74 Episode 29
Rice transforms into a witch to lure in the opponent with an apple.				Used Against: Don Patch
		Limit Break!!! (臨界点突破！！！, Rinkai-ten Toppa!!!)		Chapter 74 Episode 29
Rice collides with the opponent and performs a counter-strike.				Used Against: Don Patch
	Technique	Pig Piggy Bank (ブタの貯金箱, Buta no Chokin-bako)		Episode 29
Rice transforms into a female Piggy Bank to infatuate the Bo-bobo pigs. This only happens in the anime.				Used Against:
	Hajike Technique Ultimate (ハジケ奥義極)	Wooper Looper Stance (ウーパールーパーの構え, Ūpārūpā no Kamae)/:	Form of Wooper Looper	Chapter 75
Rice transforms into a wooper looper in an attempt to weaken the opponent with his cuteness.				Used Against:
		Sea Monkey Stance		Chapter 75 Episode 29
		Frilled Lizard Stance
Rice transforms into a sea monkey. After his Wooper Looper Stance failed against Bo-bobo, Rice attempts to use this technique, but is attacked before he can do anything.				Used Against:

Appearances

• Episode Appearances: 27-30, 35, 60-61, 64
• Manga Appearances:
  • Original Series: 69-70 (Silhouette), 71-76, 141-144
  • Shinsetsu Bo-bobo: 39, 72

Trivia

• Rice's favorite movie is "Hitchcock "Rice"", along with the film's quote "The rice is mightier than the pen".
• Rice's hobby is sutras to rice.
• Rice's least favorite kind of rice is mixed rice.
• Despite not making many appearances, Rice came in 21st place in the last popularity contest. This rank was shared by Tsurulina III.
• When he gave up his title of hajikelists to Bo-bobo, Tokoro Tennosuke gave him a sash and hat that said "I ♥ Tokoroten" in order to advertise the product he himself is (though he also "evolved" Rice with said outfit during the battle). Tennosuke has given this subsequently to other characters, including Pokomi, aside from wearing it himself on one occasion.
• On the cast blog in 2006, Rice was noted to have been raised by Don Patch, even though during the Hajike Block arc, Rice said that this is the first time they met.

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