Go! Go! issue 31
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| Publisher | Kodansha | ||||||||||||
| Published in | TV Magazine | ||||||||||||
| First published | November 15, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Manga | Haruka Oda | ||||||||||||
| Editor | Minoko | ||||||||||||
Synopsis
Bumblebee has raked up a nice pile of autumn leaves in front of the Ark, preparing to make a bonfire so he can roast some sweet potatoes as a snack. However, that's when Inferno comes rushing over! Transforming into his robot mode, Inferno educates Bumblebee on some basic fire safety tips such as always using fire with an adult present. Inferno, of course, counts as an adult so he decides to watch over Bumblebee while he lights the fire. Bumblebee lights a match... but Inferno's firefighter instincts kick in and douses Bumblebee with a blast from his water cannon! Though Inferno apologizes profusely, his instincts prove too powerful – when Bumblebee lights his second match, the sight of the flame prompts Inferno to blast Bumblebee with another jet of water!
That's when Inferno spots a thin plume of smoke rising from a mountain, and the two Autobots roll out with sirens blaring. Turns out the source isn't a forest fire as Inferno feared, but a smoke signal sent up by a father and his son after they got lost while hiking in the mountain. The Autobots take the humans to the foot of the mountain. The son has gotten hungry, however, so Bumblebee suggests roasting sweet potatoes once more. The father agrees and whips out a cigarette lighter to light a fire... but Inferno's firefighter instincts once again compel him to blast the two with water, forcing Bumblebee to jump in and block the water with his body to shield the two humans!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Notes
- This story was published as the November 2023 issue of the web comic and advertised War for Cybertron: Kingdom Inferno and the first collected edition of Go! Go!.
Transformers references
- Inferno makes his Go! Go! debut with a character model derived from the Kingdom toy being advertised, as per usual.
Real-world references
- The upside down mop thing Inferno wields in this issue is a kind of traditional Japanese firefighting tool called a matoi (纏), probably best known to western audiences as the signature weapon(?) of the fireman protagonist of hit Studio Trigger film Promare and those of Special Fire Force Company 7 from the manga Fire Force. Actually a funky kind of flag, the standard is designed to be twirled from the top of a nearby building. The resultant hard-to-miss flailing jellyfish acts as a sort of emergency beacon, warning away civilians while directing other firefighters to the site of the fire.
- The campfire cookout meanwhile is a recipe for yaki-imo (焼き芋), a common street dish of roasted sweet potato.
- The wooden pieces that Bumblebee is holding on the title page is a hyōshigi (拍子木), wood or bamboo clappers connected by a rope that's used in traditional Japanese theaters like Kabuki and bunraku (puppet theater), as well used in parts of a festival.
- The vest Bumblebee is wearing says "Autobot Fire Department" オートボット消防団 (しょうぼうだん shouboudan), shouboudan indicating volunteer firefighters in Japan.
