Editing Super Mario-kun Volume 13

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|publisher=Shogakukan

|release={{release|Japan|August 28, 1995|France|May 24, 2017|Spain|July 3, 2018}}

|manga=Super Mario-kun

'''''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' Volume 13''' is the thirteen volume of the manga series. It contains the fourth and final part of the ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]'' arc, a short arc based on ''[[Mario's Picross]]'' and the [[Virtual Boy]] console, the third and final part of the ''[[Wario's Woods]]'' arc, and an original short story about the heroes and villains competing in a race. There is an additional chapter based on the ending of ''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3'' with puzzles for the reader. The volume's extras include puzzles and mazes, two of which are based off ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.

Furious for the double defeat, [[Genie (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)|Genie]] is about to throw his most powerful attack, the "Genie Machine Gun". A bunch of cannons appear on his belly and, after a little mishap by having the projectiles set on "magic trick tools", a bunch of energy beams are shot, but Genie soon lose control and cannot manage to stop and the [[Syrup Castle|castle]] starts trembling from all the damage. Tired of her useless genie, [[Captain Syrup|Syrup]] takes her escape pod shaped like a gacha ball and rolls away to safety, leaving [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Yoshi]], [[Wario]], and the Genie to their doom. Genie pleads the heroes to help him, in exchange he will return the favour. Luigi notices an electric wire connected to him and unplugs it, finally ceasing the Genie's fire. As Mario asks him about [[Princess Peach]]'s golden statue, Yoshi finds a "gift" left from Syrup: a giant [[bomb]]. When Mario tells him that, panicked, Yoshi tosses it in the air and it lands straight in Genie's mouth and he gulps it. Now scared, the heroes run for the exit, followed by a scared Genie, who pleads them to not let him die alone.

Between trying to survive the crumbling castle, deviating and avoiding the Genie, and trying to avoid making him denote the bomb early by falling in lava pits, Mario finds himself alone with the Genie. After trying to put off the fuse with a [[barrel]] of liquid (which is revealed to be petrol) and defenestrate the Genie (only for a [[Chicken Duck]] to save him and take it back inside), Mario suggest using his magic to remove the bomb and, holding the lamp, wishes for the bomb to roll out of the Genie's mouth. His plan works, but by laughing out of joy, Mario ends up gulping the bomb.

Right then, Luigi, Yoshi, and Wario falls from the ceiling: the situation has not changed at all. Mario is now more in distress and enters a bathroom, and when he exits it, he reveals he defecated the bomb out: the situation has been solved, but the bomb is still active and there are only three seconds left. The bomb explodes, destroying the castle and blowing up the heroes. Mario is distraught that they will never find the golden statue, but as he rises his head, the giant statue is standing in front of him in the middle of castle ruins: it was concealed as the castle's foundations and skeleton all this time. As the heroes rejoice at their success, Syrup is regretting the choice behind her nausea-inducing escape pod deprived of air holes.

The chapter opens with Mario, Luigi and Yoshi thanking the readers for supporting the manga as this is their last page, but it is then revealed to be an {{wp|April Fools}}' prank, then they proceed to cheer for finishing their mission, happily observing the retrieved statue. Yoshi starts sneezing due to his pollen allergy, but the heroes are shocked to discover that even the statue is suffering from the allergy and starts melting into a golden puddle. Syrup arrives to the scene on a helicopter, holding with a cargo chain the real golden statue and, revealing that this is her April Fools' prank, she activates her last monster: the golden puddle takes the shape of a mechanical Syrup Castle and attacks them. As Syrup flees, [[Jet Wario]] follows her, leaving Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi to deal with the robot.

The Castle is merciless on them, beating them up and making use of its pollen allergy to trap the heroes in its mucus. After emptying all the [[block]]s in the castle onto them, Mario finds a [[Garlic Pot]] and quickly gets his [[Dr. Mario|doctor outfit]] and offers to cure its hay fever by offering him a [[capsule]]. The castle accepts, and while Luigi asks why his brother is helping the enemy, Mario reveals the content of the capsule: the Garlic Pot mixed with vitamins that makes the garlic grow and then harden, trapping the mecha with hard garlic roots. As the robot growls at Mario for being tricked, with him responding "April Fools", Jet Wario returns with the statue, but Syrup pokes him with a spear, causing him to revert to [[Tiny Wario]] and making him fall with the statue onto the mecha, crushing it.

A strange sound comes from inside the statue and, worried to have activated an exploding mechanism, Syrup flies away. Immediately after, the statue uses its prehensile tongue to grab Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, eats them, and warps away, leaving Wario alone. The Genie, who was resting far from the battle, comforts Wario by giving him the promised reward for helping him with the bomb, earlier. Wario asks for his dreamed [[Wario Castle|castle]], but all he gets is a doghouse, while the Genie yells "April fools!"

The statue seems to be a spaceship of some sort and when Mario asks it when is leading them, the statue responds that they have to solve "Mario's Picross in his head". Mario is confused, but Yoshi notices a {{wp|nonogram}} on the back of Mario's head. Luigi solves it and the solution is「未来」(the future). After a time jump, the statue lands in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] of the future, which results as being pretty deserted. Yoshi finds a [[watermelon]], but when trying to eat it, it is revealed to be a [[Suika Nokonoko|Koopa Troopa with a watermelon-like shell]]. The Koopa is surprised in seeing Mario, which immediately explains of being from the past, and asks the Koopa if he can guide them.

The Suika Nokonoko flees in a museum, followed by the heroes. Inside, Mario's story is pictured: after their adventures on [[Dinosaur Land]], [[Mario Land (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Mario Land]], [[Subcon]], Yoshi became a eating contests champion and Mario and Luigi became comedians following the loss of their powers, leading to the return of [[Bowser]] and his ascension to the Mushroom Kingdom throne, now known as the Koopa Empire. Mario cannot believe his eyes and, seeing a janitor, tries to ask him if that is actually true, only to discover that the janitor is [[Ima no Mario|his exact copy]], with a K on his hat emblem. Right then, the Suika Nokonoko returns with the museum director, [[Ludwig von Koopa|Ludwig]], to confirm that after Bowser's ascension, Mario's descendants became his slaves, however, he can make things easier if he kills the past Mario now. Mario is not worried, recalling how he already defeated Ludwig (and even killed him, once), but Luwdig retracts in his shell and starts rolling around, hitting Mario and making his descendant more and more weak and transparent.

Yoshi suggests using the museum items to help them, discovering that his [[Yoshi (species)|species]] went extinct and the items exposed are fake. With his last strength, the descendant pass Mario a [[mushroom]] that is revealed to be the [[Kinoko Sword|Master Kinoko Sword]] from his adventure in [[Hyrule]], and uses it to defeat Ludwig. Intentioned to fix this dark future, Mario decides to take care of the rest of the Koopa Empire but, since "they cannot bring another Mario", his descendant is left exposed in the museum, much to his embarrassment.

With the intention of helping this dystopian future, Mario decides to remain, but his good intentions are easily swayed after being attacked by [[Mecha Kuribo|robotic Goombas]]. Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi run for the statue, but it is attacked and destroyed by the Mecha Kuribo. Luigi manages to distract the Mecha Kuribo by pointing to a non-existing beautiful girl in the distance, buying them time to escape. In the middle of a desert, the trio meet [[Iggy Koopa]], but they ignore him. Furious, Iggy uses his [[Magic Wand]] to make it rain and grow a rainforest around them, but once again, he is not acknowledged as a threat, not until he uses his magic to wash them at his feet with a downpour, claiming they will not escape from hi enemy-filled jungle.

Mario does not believe him, and tries to escape by swimming, but he is met with a [[Porcupuffer]], then by stepping on some stones, only to discover he was stepping on [[crocodile]]s. When not even that break their spirit, Iggy summons a [[Nettai Pakkun Hana]], whose breath turn them into flower. However, Mario is turned into a nose and, after Yoshi bites him out of that form, the Nettai Pakkun Hana sends him some [[Piranha Plant]]s to chomp him and toss him to it, so to maul him. Mario manages to avoid the fangs of the Nettai Pakkun Hana, and using his hand, turned big due to the bruises, executes a [[Hand Slap]], but only manages to hurt his friends and to root up the enemy, giving it walking limbs.

Iggy exclaims that until it touches the wet jungle ground, the Nettai Pakkun Hana is invincible. The Hand Slap vibration also revealed some block, and in one of them, Mario finds a [[vine]] that takes him above the clouds and then comes down holding the [[Angry Sun]]. Thanks to the heat, the humidity disapperas and the Nettai Pakkun Hana is shrunk and defeated, turning Luigi and Yoshi back to normal. After assisting a punch to the head to Iggy, that was trying to escape dressed like a bush, the trio continue their journey, but are now stalked and boiled by the Angry Sun.

The heroes have finally reached the main city and their first stop, at the insistence of Yoshi, is a restaurant, which in the future are managed by robots that can immediately create the dishes that the client is thinking. Despite the messed caused by the overload of orders, Yoshi enjoys a nice dinner. Right after, the group is stopped by some [[Lakitu]] policemen: the news of Mario's return has already spread and is now wanted, but thanks to the bruises, Mario is not recognized, for now. Realizing this, the heroes use a marker to disguise their identity and enjoy the city. While entering the Bowser Mall, where there is an sale event to celebrate the publications of CoroCoro Comic 50000th issue, [[Morton Koopa Jr.|Morton]], the mall director, recognize them and follow them inside.

While "distracted" in the bikini section, with unattractive mannequins of Bowser and a [[Wiggler]], and a very rude robot-Goomba employee, Mario and Yoshi lose sight of Luigi. On the intercom, the mall staff asks for the "parent of the green mustached child" to come and pick him up at the info point, but once Mario and Yoshi arrives, Morton comes out with a tied up Luigi and unmasks Mario. The entire mall is after them, and when they try to run away on the escalator, Morton activates a trap that tilts it to make Mario and Yoshi fall into a mouth at the base. Thanks to the massive meal of before, Yoshi's dump manages to clog the mouth at the base of the escalator, and the chase continues.

Yoshi is then captured by a [[Pokey]] and Mario bumps on a [[Grinder]] and a [[Chainsaw]] and is sent flying in the new articles section, only to find a [[Virtual Boy]] attached to his face. Seeing that, Morton decides to have some fun with it by manipulating what Mario sees: with Mario noticing enemies coming at him on the Virtual Boy screen, he keeps attacking Yoshi and Luigi, is bruised by what he thinks are non-existing [[Thwomp]]s and [[Sumo Bro]]s, and even mistakes Morton for Peach, kissing him. This comes to an end when, swinging a hammer, Mario approaches the sport isle, where the balls have been recently replaced with [[Bob-omb]]s, and he hits them, blowing up the entire mall and its occupants, much to Morton's desperation.

At Wario's base in [[Wario's Woods (location)|Wario's Woods]], the monsters inform Wario to have completed the construction of [[Drago]], the only thing left to do before sending it against Mario's crew is to infuse it with Wario's personality. After attaching a helmet on Wario and plug it to Drago, the transfer process begins and Drago is now in motion. Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, [[Toad]], and [[Wanda]] are attacked and the latter is knocked out by Drago's fire breath. Yoshi attempts to reason with it using their reptilian nature to open a dialogue, but it fails.

Without Wanda's [[bomb]] magic and with [[Birdo]] out to pre-order the latest issue of ''Super Mario-kun'', it seems like the heroes are done for. Yoshi, noticing Drago's wings, express how tiny they are and Drago suddenly cowers in embarrassment. Seems that, just like Wario, Drago has self-esteem issues deriving from its physical appearance. Mario then goes all out on it, ridiculizing its snout, its shape, and its weight, but with one insult too many, Drago is now enraged and knocks them out with its fart and starts squashing them under his claws.

Someone arrives to the heroes' rescue, the [[Chōrō-sama|fairy elder]], still in his cursed watering can form, but still capable of using his bomb magic, by making grown a meadow of [[Tsukushin bomu|horsetail bombs]]. Mario, slips out from Drago's paw and grabs as many bombs he can and, about to toss them at Drago, it pleads for its life, claiming to have a 5-dragon head son to feed and a 25-year loan on its house. Mario and the other are touched by this, getting distracted enough for the bomb to explode on them, only then Drago reveals it was all a trick. About to serving the final blow, Birdo arrives on the scene, and seeing her, Drago starts cuddling her: turns out that it has a soft spot for ladies, to which Mario and the others all dress up as women to pass the dragon.

Mario and his party have almost retaken the Peaceful Woods from Wario and the final battle is approaching with the barging in Wario's base, but they find not one but five threes with a sign claiming they are Wario's castle. Splitting up, each hero enters in one tree-castle and return with a tied up Wario: something is wrong. Looking closely, Wanda notices that four of the Warios are pretty different, and are in fact a [[Squeak]], a [[Spud]], a [[Beaker]], and a [[Spook (enemy)|Spook]] faking to be him, but Mario discovers that even the fifth one is a [[Fuzz]] disguised: Wario has already fled and left [[Fake Wario|fakers]] to lead them to think they have won.

Now busted, the monster come together to form [[Gattai zen shū Wario-gao|a revolving cylinder formed by multiple Wario's faces]], which then starts spinning towards the heroes. Luigi tries to stomp it, but a face on the top side block this attempt. The monster then tosses Mario and his friends, except for Wanda, inside a hollow tree, which is then filled with a bunch of monsters. Yoshi eats some of them, but they are poisonous, so there goes this plan. The heroes make their way to the top of the monster pile, only to be met with a lowering ceiling.

Right about when the heroes are close to be squashed, Wanda returns with her fairy friends, and they all use their bomb magic to break the tree and free their friends. The Wario-faced monster tries to escape, but Wanda and her friends turns Mario into a [[Bomba Mario|bomb]] and Luigi grabs him and dunks onto the monster, blowing it up and defeating it. Unfortunately, Mario also suffered the explosion, but Wanda heals him by using her magic again, turning him into a [[Bullet Bill]].

おむこさん{{ruby|度|ど}}チェックは、{{ruby|体|たい}}{{ruby|力|りょく}}・{{ruby|知|ち}}{{ruby|力|りょく}}・ボケ{{ruby|能|のう}}{{ruby|力|りょく}}!? (''Check your pupil's skills: physical strength, intelligence, and stupidity!?)

いきなり{{ruby|結|けっ}}{{ruby|成|せい}}! 漫才トリオも楽じゃない!? (''Unexpected formation! Is it easy being a {{wp|Manzai}} trio!?'')

Robot Goomba SMKun.png|[[Mecha Kuribo]]

Tropical Piranha Flower SMKun.png|[[Nettai Pakkun Hana]]

Wario-faced monster SMKun.png|[[Gattai zen shū Wario-gao]]

Axe of Justice SMKun.png|Axe of Justice