Editing Super Mario-kun Volume 7

{{italic title|''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 7}}
{{manga infobox
|title=''Super Mario-kun'' Volume 7
|image=[[File:Mario-kun-07.jpg|200px]]
|publisher=Shogakukan
|label=Coro Coro Comics
|artist=[[Yukio Sawada]]
|release={{release|Japan|June 28, 1993|France|November 25, 2015|Spain|July 4, 2017}}
|manga=Super Mario-kun
|previous=Super Mario-kun Volume 6
|next=Super Mario-kun Volume 8
}}
'''''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' Volume 7''' is the seventh volume of the manga series. It starts the ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' story arc (which was already anticipated in the [[Super Mario-kun Volume 6#Stage Fourteen|last volume's last chapter]]) with elements from ''[[Yoshi's Cookie]]''. In this chapter, [[Mario]], accompanied by [[Carrot]] and [[Yokkī]], enters the [[Tree Zone]], [[Turtle Zone]], [[Mario Zone]], and [[Macro Zone]].

The last two chapters are two original stories; the first one has elements from ''[[Super Mario World]]'', ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', while the last one is a completely original story, narrated in the style of a role-playing game.

This volume's extras are puzzles.
==Contents==
===Chapters===
====Stage 1====
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{{ruby|帰|かえ}}ってきたマリオ!! {{ruby|打|だ}}{{ruby|倒|とう}}ワリオへ{{ruby|GO|ゴー}}!! (''Mario is Back!! Go and Defeat Wario!!'')

After saving [[Princess Peach]] from [[Bowser]]'s clutches in [[Dinosaur Land]], [[Mario]] decides to return to his home in [[Mario Land (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Mario Land]], the land Peach gave to him as a reward for all his (and [[Luigi]]'s) heroic acts, and to enjoy some well-deserved rest. Flying in the [[Sky Pop]], Mario returns to Mario Land, but he has not even landed yet when he is attacked by a tree. After crashing, the entire vegetation attacks him. Mario questions himself if he landed on the right island and sees the welcoming sign: it reads "Mario Land". A [[Goomba]] appears and replaces the sign with another one that reads "Wario Land". Still shocked, Mario's childhood friend, [[Wario]] himself, much larger and stronger than the last time Mario saw him, appears.

Wario mocks Mario and explains to him that he conquered Mario Land while he was busy fighting Bowser because he was jealous of his popularity and the fact that he owns a castle. To conquer it, Wario hypnotized (almost) every inhabitant of the island to be on his side, explaining why even the vegetation attacked him. Wario shoves Mario down a cliff, but he manages to save himself with a rope. He then tries to punch him, but he ends up only hurting himself without making Wario flinch. Wario beats him to a pulp and leaves. Mario tries to sneakily make faces behind his back, but Wario catches him in the act and beats him again, then disappears with the Goomba, his assistant.

Mario hears someone approaching: it is a [[Spikey (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Spikey]] that farts and rolls towards him. A pebble is hit by one of Spikey's spikes and is launched into the air, hitting a [[? Block]] from which a [[Carrot]] comes out. The Carrot lands on Mario, turning him into [[Bunny Mario]], letting him dodge the incoming Spikey with a hop. Spikey rolls on a wall and Mario kicks him, defeating him. The Carrot, which can speak and grows some limbs, explains that not everyone succumbed to Wario's hypnosis, like the power-ups, which will not follow Wario's orders. She also explains that the [[Mario's Castle]], now Wario's headquarters, is locked and only the [[6 Golden Coins]] can open it, which are hidden in the six regions of the island. Mario, with his new ally, decides to go on a quest to search for the 6 Golden Coins and retake Mario Land from Wario.

====Stage 2====
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ツリーゾーン{{ruby|突|とつ}}{{ruby|入|にゅう}}!! この{{ruby|木|き}}なんの{{ruby|木|き}}{{ruby|敵|てき}}がいる{{ruby|木|き}}!? (''Enter the Tree Zone!! What Kind of Tree is This!?'')

With Mario's return, Wario and his fellow Goomba are testing the castle traps, but they should also spy on Mario. Goomba presents to Wario the [[Kyotonbo]], a robot dragonfly with a hidden camera linked to their computer screen. However, the Kyotonbo gets too close to Mario, who crushes it, making the computer screen explode in Wario and Goomba's faces.

In the [[Tree Zone]], the first region, made out of a giant tree, Mario and Carrot enter the [[In the Trees|first area]] and, fascinated by the [[Tree sap]] walls, Mario falls into a pond of sap. Carrot tries to help him, but becomes stuck as well. A [[Moofish]] drags Mario deeper and attempts to kill him, but, dodging it like a bullfighter, Mario has the upper hand, though the Moofish enlarges its horns and charges at him. Carrot finally frees herself from the sap and slaps herself on Mario, giving him Bunny Ears. With them, Mario holds the Moofish's horns and then breaks them, defeating it. Later, after being stung by a [[Spike Trap|Spike]], Mario sits on a [[Noko Bombette]], making it explode.

Finally out from the trunk, it is time to face the branches. The duo enters a [[Honeybees (level)|beehive]]. Scared of the [[Beebee]]s, Mario dons armor, but at the first attempted sting, Mario jumps out and rushes in the middle of a nest of Beebees and [[Unera]]s, knocking them out. Mario gives a sigh of relief, but is then crushed by a [[Bigbee]]. Mario, angry, slams it with a swatter, then buries it in the ground. Angry, the Bigbee calls a group of [[Skeleton Bee]]s that sting him in the bunny ears. Mario is hurt, but realizes that the stings made his swollen ears large and uses them as a swatter to defeat all the Beebees. Dragging behind him a pair of large, swollen, and bulky bunny ears, Mario and Carrot leave the beehive.

====Stage 3====
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{{ruby|助|すけ}}っ{{ruby|人|と}}グー{{ruby|登|とう}}{{ruby|場|じょう}}!! ねむけざましのベルが{{ruby|鳴|な}}る!? (''Helpful Heavy Zed is Here!! The Sleepy Bell Rings!?'')

Goomba has made a second Kyotonbo to spy on Mario and Carrot, who are busy fishing [[coin]]s on the [[The Exit|branches of Tree Zone]]. Once again, the Kyotonbo gets too close and Mario crushes it, making Wario's screen explode in his face again.

All the coins collected are put by Mario in a [[Moneybag|sack]], but when he is about to pick it up, a [[Battle Beetle]] takes it, challenging Mario to take it back. Mario punches it on the belly, but only causes it to be tickled. It drops the bag on top of the two heroes, knocking out Carrot. Mario is punched against the trunk of the Tree. The Battle Beetle attacks with another punch that Mario ends up avoiding, making it hit the tree. From a higher branch, a sleeping [[Heavy Zed]] falls on the Battle Beetle, crushing it.

Carrot suggests then to use Heavy Zed's flying ability to reach the top and quickly look for the Golden Coin. With some difficulty in keeping the Zed awake, Mario and Carrot reach the [[Final Boss: The Big Bird|top of the Tree Zone]], where they see a giant and shiny bird nest. In the nest, Mario and Carrot find [[Big Bird]] in the middle of polishing his egg. Mario realizes that the coin must be in the egg and orders him to give it to him.

Big Bird attacks, trying to swoop at them, but they easily dodge him. Big Bird then ruffles out some of his feathers that fall on Mario, tickling him. Big Bird swoops at him again, but Heavy Zed arrives as the heroes' aid with a [[Bell (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|bonus bell]]. Carrot rings it and accesses [[Goal (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)|Mario Catcher]], winning a [[Fire Flower]] that she passes to Mario, transforming him into [[Fire Mario]]. Mario roasts Big Bird and wins, but when he goes to check the egg, the coin is not there, there is just a bald bird. Only then, Mario and Carrot notice many other eggs. Mario, Carrot, and Heavy Zed start checking each egg. Heavy Zed finds it with the first try, but falls asleep, so Mario and Carrot keep checking many other eggs before noticing it.

====Stage 4====
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お{{ruby|役|やく}}に{{ruby|立|た}}ちます!? ヨッシーからの{{ruby|贈|おく}}り{{ruby|物|もの}}!! (''Useful, You Say!? A Gift From Yoshi!!'')

While heading to the [[Turtle Zone]], Mario and Carrot come across a [[Flying ? Block|Flying]] [[Message Block]]. The block is from [[Yoshi]] and, to thank Mario for saving his country from Bowser, he has sent a bunch of delicious food from Dinosaur Land, but apart from a [[Yoshi Cookie]] that Carrot puts away in her hair-leaves, Mario only finds a bunch of enemy-based food. The duo reaches [[Turtle Zone]]'s entrance. The [[Koopa Troopa]] statue's head lunges at Mario, but he dodges it for some time, but in the end, Mario and Carrot are swallowed, ending up in the ocean. Immediately, they are attacked by a bunch of [[Cheep Cheep]]s and [[Blurp]]s. After failing to stop them with a stomp, Mario touches Carrot, becomes Bunny Mario, and defeats the fish. Using the ears as a propeller, the two zip away, not noticing a group of [[octopus (boss)|small octopuses]] spying on them.

Continuing on their path, Mario and Carrot fall in the small octopuses' trap and find themselves trapped in a box made of [[Empty Block]]s, where the small octopuses force them to fight a [[Shark]] in a cage match. The Shark has the upper hand, but he hears the gong sound, though the small octopuses realize it was Carrot imitating the gong. The second round starts and Mario manages to perform better, but not by much, and is beat again to a pulp. Suddenly, the water level starts lowering and Mario notices the Yoshi Cookie kept by Carrot drinking the water inside the cage, making the Shark and the small octopuses flip due to water absence.

Mario kicks one of the flipping small octopuses against a ? Block with a Moneybag inside. Using it as a boxing glove, Mario puts the Moneybag on one of the bunny ears, and punches the Shark so hard to make a hole in the cage, letting the heroes continue their journey with a new party member: [[Yokkī]] the Yoshi Cookie.

====Stage 5====
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{{ruby|沈|ちん}}{{ruby|黙|もく}}の{{ruby|潜|せん}}{{ruby|水|すい}}{{ruby|艦|かん}}!? バクダンマリオで{{ruby|一|いっ}}{{ruby|発|ぽつ}}{{ruby|逆|ぎゃく}}{{ruby|転|てん}}!! (''The Wrecked Submarine!? Bomb Mario One-Shot Attack!!'')

Goomba has prepared a third Kyotonbo to spy on Mario, but with Wario having enough of exploding screens, it instead hires the small octopuses to spy on Mario, disguised as {{wp|takoyaki}}s, but two of them (the ones having the camera) are eaten by Yokkī. Through a speaker, Wario warns the rest of the small octopuses to use "that" and they go into action. Mario's party reaches [[Turtle Zone (level)|a sunken and shipwrecked submarine]] and explores it. After the team becomes lost, Mario uses Yokkī to chomp the walls and skip the level quickly, but they are attacked by a [[Bill Blaster]]. Running away, Carrot loses sight of Mario and Yokkī.

Suddenly, something is attacking the submarine and, watching from a porthole, Mario and Yokkī see an [[Poko-tachi no sensuikan|octopus submarine]] attacking them with poop-shaped torpedoes. One of the explosions bumps Mario and Yokkī to a group of Cheep Cheeps and [[Unibo]]. Mario asks Yokkī to get rid of them, but he is knocked out. Meanwhile, Carrot has found a way out and ends up on the surface, on an [[Secret Course 6|island with "Wario Land 2" written in coins and the ''W'' in blocks]]. Carrot decides to fix this and destroys the central part of the ''W'' and, through some [[Hidden Block]]s, creates an ''M''. This causes the shipwrecked submarine to repair himself, and dehypnotizes the enemies inside. With their help, Mario guides a counterattack to the small octopuses' submarine.

The fish, now on Mario's side, attack the small octopuses, but are squeezed by the submarine's tentacles. Mario then orders the Bill Blaster to shoot some torpedoes, but it has no more ammunition. Yokkī then jumps in the save files room and hits the [[CLEAR]], transforming Mario into [[Bomb Mario]]. Carrot reloads Mario in the Bill Blaster and shoots him at the enemies. Bomb Mario explodes, destroying the enemy submarine (and almost killing himself).

====Stage 6====
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{{ruby|海|かい}}{{ruby|底|てい}}{{ruby|大|だい}}{{ruby|戦|せん}}{{ruby|争|そう}}!? {{ruby|失|や}}クリボーの{{ruby|恩|おん}}{{ruby|返|がえ}}し!! (''The Great Underwater War!? Rescuing the Lost Goomba!!'')

While exploring the last section of the Turtle Zone, the party come across eight Goombas in distress not hypnotized by Wario. They have been punished by planting a sharp object in their heads and have been tossed into the sea. Mario helps them and they all thank him. At Mario's Castle, Wario is complaining that the rebel Goombas have been rescued, but his assistant Goomba reassures him that everything is under control: the small octopus-spies and their boss, the [[octopus (boss)|octopus]] Pako, are ready to face Mario, having decorated their base, the [[Whale Course|whale they live in]] as a restaurant. Wario is not confident in their plan, but Mario and his friends fall for it.

While self-serving themselves by a conveyor belt of food, the party is attacked by the small octopuses, beaten and tossed in the gastric acid. Hiding inside Yokkī's mouth, Mario and Carrot survive, while Yokkī loses its skin. Mario punches the small octopuses and they run to their boss, who is waiting to face Mario. Mario's party and Pako fight: Pako has the upper hand, strangling Mario with his tentacles, then slapping away Yokkī after he tried to eat his tentacles. Carrot grabs a Fire Flower from a ? Block and passes it to Mario, turning him into [[Hinotama Mario]].

Burned by his aura, Pako declares himself defeated and reveals that his Golden Coin is hidden inside his pot. Mario enters the pot, but immediately after, Pako corks it, trapping Mario inside. While Pako victoriously laughs, the Goomba rebels, wearing [[Aqua Goomba|diving helmets]], come and rescue Mario destroying the pot. Mario is free and has the second Golden Coin with him. Furious, Pako tries to grab the pesky Goombas, but they outsmart him and he ends up entangling his tentacles on themselves. While the heroes celebrate with the Goombas, Wario punishes his assistant, hanging him on a pole like a {{wp|teru teru bōzu}}.

====Stage 7====
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マリオ{{ruby|人|にん}}{{ruby|形|ぎょう}}の{{ruby|逆|ぎゃく}}{{ruby|襲|しゅう}}!? カギをめぐって{{ruby|大|おお}}{{ruby|騒|そう}}{{ruby|動|どう}}!! (''Mario Zone's Counterattack!? A Fuss Over the Key!!'')

The next stop for Mario and Carrot is the [[Mario Zone]]. Due to an old prank war with [[Luigi]], Mario reveals that he had to hide the [[key]] of the Zone to avoid his brother causing trouble with the mechanical statue, but forgot where he put it. While the two look for the key, the statue suddenly starts attacking them. Wario appears on the statue's hat and shows that he found the key, showing it off, and reprogrammed the statue to keep him away from it. Mario tries to prove him wrong, but his jump is stopped by the statue's tongue.

While Wario laughs at him, he accidentally activates a [[Jack-in-the-Box (enemy)|Jack-in-the-Box]] that sends him flying, making him drop the key, right on the statue's nose. With Wario out of the picture, Mario uses Carrot's power to become Bunny Mario and tries to reach the nose by climbing the statue's back, but a mecha-fart stops him from climbing. Flying by flapping his ears, Mario tries on the front, but the statue spits [[Bullet Bill]]s on him and then opens his belly to release [[screw]]s.

While Mario is busy with the Bills and the screws, Carrot, in a fit of rage, bites the statue's boot. The statue reacts by screaming so loudly that it pukes out a bunch of obstacles, enemies and blocks. In one of the latter, Mario finds a [[1 UP Heart]], obtaining a force shield to overcome the statue's antics and finally gets the key. Mario stops the statue from acting hostile towards him and asks it to open the entrance. The entrance door appears on its crotch: apparently, Luigi managed to tamper with the statue back then.

Meanwhile, Wario has been sent flying straight to the castle, landing head-first into a wall.

====Stage 8====
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マリオ{{ruby|人|にん}}{{ruby|形|ぎょう}}に{{ruby|突|とつ}}{{ruby|入|にゅう}}!! ブー{{ruby|兄|きょう}}{{ruby|弟|だい}}をやっつけろ!! (''Rushing Inside the Mario Zone!! Defeat the Three Little Pigheads!!'')

Mario and Carrot are traversing the Mario Zone. In the [[Fiery Blocks|first area]], Mario has fun with the gears until he is hit by a [[Tatenoko]]. In the [[Mario the Circus Star!|second area]], the two bounce their way along on the rubber balls, but are attacked by a [[Bomubomu]]. After being hit by the enemy's [[cannonball]]s, Mario catches them and shoves them back in the Bomubomu's mouth, making it explode. Continuing on their way, Mario falls on a large floor of [[Spike Trap|spikes]] and makes a run for it, while Carrot finds a rubber ball and uses it to cross the spiked floor, much to Mario's anger.

In the [[Beware: Jagged Spikes|next area]], Mario is lifted across the level by a [[claw]]. Carrot tries to help by maneuvering the claw to the other side, sending Mario bumping into every single wall and spike of the level. In the end, the two reach the [[Final Bosses: Three Mean Pigs!|final area]] and enter the bosses' room, where they are awaited by the [[Three Little Pigheads]]. The first pig, Buro, starts the battle, and he is easily defeated, becoming dizzy by his rolling attack. Bucho and Bupon, angry at their brother's ineptitude, attack Mario together, getting the upper hand by flattening him like a pancake. Carrot pumps air into him, inflating him into a balloon. Bucho hits Mario with a [[Yashichi]], deflating him.

Another package from Yoshi arrives, containing another box of Yoshi Cookies. Following the instruction on the box, Mario discovers that the Yoshi Cookies can be used as a weapon if one of three specific formations is made, so Mario makes a [[Yoshi's_Cookie#VS_Mode|Panic formation]], creating an electric explosion and defeating the Three Little Pigheads. Mario obtains the Mario Coin. The pigs jump at him, but they are not attacking him: they are simply bouncing around the whole room, still unconscious.

====Stage 9====
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{{ruby|敵|てき}}!? {{ruby|味|み}}{{ruby|方|かた}}!? ドジなどろぼうケイプ{{ruby|登|とう}}{{ruby|場|じょう}}!! (''Enemy or Ally!? Collector Appears!!'')

The next area is the [[Macro Zone]]. Armed with a bag full of items, Mario and Carrot proceed to enter the little villa, but they are approached by a group of Goombas. Mario, trying different disguises, tricks them and the duo makes a run for it inside a gallery carved in a nearby hill, only to be zapped by some magic bolt once inside. Mario and Carrot exit the gallery and discover, much to their shock, that they have become microscopic. Having escaped from the now giant Goombas, Mario tries to pull out two [[Super Mushroom]]s from the bag, but he is robbed by a speedy [[collector]].

Having lost track of the thief, Mario uses the only item left in his pocket, a dried out 1 UP Heart, and uses it as bait for the little thief, capturing him (much to Carrot's surprise). Mario orders the collector to give him back his items, but the collector reveals he already sold the stolen goods, however, to avoid punishment, he accepts to help Mario get through the Macro Zone and get the Macro Coin from the boss.

The trio reaches the door of the Zone's cottage. Mario tries to get near, but he is burned by a potted [[Fire Piranha Plant]]. The collector reveals that the only (safe) way into the cottage is through the [[The Ant Monsters|sewage system]], pointing to a hole in the ground. Mario gets near to it and a giant [[ant]] appears, but the collector reveals that they are easy to take them out: Mario just needs to stomp on it. Mario follows the instruction, but gets prickled by some spikes that the ant made appears on his back, revealing it to be a [[Chikunto]]. The collector then passes a normal-sized coin (which is large for them) and suggests using it to crush it. Thanks to the Bunny Ears' strength, Mario defeats the Chikunto and proceeds to enter the hole, but Carrot notices that the collector is gone. Just then, the collector returns with another stolen good he could not resist taking: a Goomba's feces.

====Stage 10====
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こんなのアリー!? アントット{{ruby|一|いっ}}{{ruby|家|か}}の{{ruby|挑|ちょう}}{{ruby|戦|せん}}!! (''Such an Ally!? The Challenge of the Ant Family!!'')

While traversing the sewers, the group notices an ant colony on the other side of a [[pipe]]. Mario cannot take them all out by himself. However, the collector has a solution and pulls out a costume to disguise themselves as an ant: the collector will be the head, Carrot the thorax and Mario the abdomen. Even if the strange "six-legged" ant does draw some attention, not one of the ants become suspicious until the collector suddenly farts, making Mario and Carrot (who were right behind him) gasp for air, revealing their trick.

The group makes a run for the exit, while the head of the family, Grandpa [[Dokanto]] tries to shoot them with his head-cannon, but from the cannon, everything is shot but a cannonball (flags, decoration, party spheres). A [[Goronto]] then tries to bury the intruders under a [[boulder]], apparently succeeding in his plan, but Mario emerges holding the boulder with the Bunny ears and tosses it at Grandpa Dokanto, then flies away with Carrot and the collector. Furious, Grandpa orders a Chikunto to shoot them down with its spikes, and, even if Mario is hit by the spikes, he seems to be more healthy than before: apparently the spikes that landed on his back worked like acupuncture.

The collector takes advantage of the situation and steals Dokanto's head cannon and passes it to Mario, who ties it to his hat with the bunny ears. After shooting out the laundry, the collector passes him Bullet Bills and [[Bob-omb]]s and Mario blows up the entire ant colony. The heroes skip happily towards the exit, only to find it buried under a landslide caused by one of the cannon shots.

====Stage 11====
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ハナせばわかる!? ケイプ{{ruby|最|さい}}{{ruby|後|ご}}の{{ruby|大|おお}}{{ruby|仕|し}}{{ruby|事|ごと}}!! (''Can You Understand It if You Do It!? Collector's Last Big Job!!'')

The trio has reached the [[Final Boss: One Mighty Mouse!|attic of the cottage]], when Mario and Carrot are suddenly attacked by a normal-sized Goomba who stomps on them. The collector saves them by crashing on the Goomba head-first with an [[Arwing]] stolen from [[Fox|Fox McCloud]] himself. The collector then shows that he also stole some healing items (and [[Whispy Woods]]) from the ''Kirby'' games and even some items and a [[Star Thwomp]] from ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'', but [[Kirby]] comes and inhales everything and floats away, leaving the trio with nothing.

Suddenly, the [[sewer rat]] appears and charges at Mario. While escaping from the Rat's pointy nose, Mario receives from Carrot the Bunny powers and flies away from the Rat's trajectory, making him crash into a wall, where his nose gets stuck. Whipping his Bunny ears, Mario destroys the sewer rat's nose. While Rat complains of his missing nose, another one (identical to an eggplant) grows on his snout. Mario, Carrot, and the collector laugh at him and a furious sewer rat jumps on Mario, squashing him. The collector, in a strange act of betrayal, tosses to the sewer rat a Super Mushroom, much to Mario's surprise, but the Mushroom is revealed to be a [[Poison Mushroom|Poisonous]] one and the sewer rat shrinks into a tiny mouse.

Having the leverage on the boss, Mario grabs the rat and orders him to give him the Macro Coin, but Rat explains he no longer has it: not so long ago, someone stole it from him. Everyone turns to the collector who just realized that he actually did steal the Macro Coin and still has it, angering Mario and Carrot.

====Stage 12====
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ひまんじマリオ!? おせいぼダイエット{{ruby|作|さく}}{{ruby|戦|せん}}!! (''Mario's Free Time!! Oseibo Diet Strategy!!'')

Yoshi is going to visit Mario to give him his oseibo (a traditional Japanese new-year end gift, or an offering for the dead, mostly consisting of homemade food). Arriving at [[Mario Bros.' House|Mario and Luigi's house]], Yoshi is surprised to find Mario all round and fat rolling down the porch: having participated in many new-year eve parties, Mario has become "as thick as a CoroCoro manga". Even if Yoshi is not happy with Mario's appearance, he does give him his oseibo, but the gift is taken away by [[Lakitu]], which flees towards [[Bowser's Castle]]. Mario tries to follow him with the [[Cape Mario|cape]], but his weight does not let him fly from more than one centimeter from the ground. He then tries to jump in his [[Pipe Frame|kart]], but destroys it under his weight. Mario takes the kart's pieces and tosses them into Yoshi's mouth, turning him into [[Yoshi Kart (form)|Yoshi Kart]], and rides it.

They soon reach Lakitu, who Mario hits with a [[Red Shell]]. Lakitu loses the oseibo, but a [[Paragaloomba|Flying Goomba]] catches it and continues flying it over to Bowser's. Mario and Yoshi are then attacked by the [[Koopa Troop]], but Yoshi eats them all and, thanks to a red shelled Koopa, uses the fire breath as a turbo nitro until they crash onto a pipe. A [[Mega Mole]] appears to attack them but, fed up with all these enemies, Mario grabs him with a "''Super Mario Bros. 2'' pick up move" and tosses him away (right on Yoshi).

Continuing their chase, the two meet [[Birdo]], who captured the thieving Para-Goomba, but refuses to give the stolen goods back, having been ordered by her boss (that Mario presumes being Bowser) to not let Mario reach for the oseibo. Birdo starts attacking Mario by spitting her [[Birdo's Egg|eggs]] at him. With all the movement and all the physicality in dodging, jumping on and tossing the eggs, Mario starts to finally lose some weight, but he is still unable to hit Birdo. Yoshi then passes him a Carrot and Mario, using his Bunny ears, grabs all the eggs spitted on him and tosses them all together to Birdo, finally defeating her.

During the fight, the Para-Goomba fled and reached Bowser's Castle, where Mario and Yoshi arrives, discovering that the mind behind this silly chase was not Bowser, but Princess Peach: she was the mind behind this plan, with the help of Luigi and the Koopa Troop, all to help Mario in making some kind of exercise and getting in shape. Initially angry, Mario thanks Peach and the Koopas, and Yoshi decides to share the oseibo's food with everyone but, much to everyone except Yoshi's dismay, the oseibo contains the food most hated by Mario and the Koopa Troop: canned enemies.

====Stage 13====
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マリオとヨッシーのスター{{ruby|花|フラワー}}クエスト!! (''Mario and Yoshi's Star Flower Quest!!'')

To thank Mario and Luigi for freeing Dinosaur Land from Bowser, Yoshi invites them to [[Mura Mura]], his hometown, so they can be greeted and cheered by his friends, chief and "cute girls". However, once the trio reaches the village, they are welcomed by a bunch of [[pig]]s: Yoshi recognizes one of the pigs to be the village chief. He explains that a contagious pandemic, the [[influenza tontonbū-gata]], is turning the infected into pigs, even Luigi is turned into one. The village chief reveals that a cure exists: an infusion made with a rare [[Star Hana]]. Yoshi and Mario immediately start their journey to find the flower.

During their quest, Mario notices that their adventure, from the camera angle to the textboxes, looks like a role-playing game. At one point, trying to go back, Mario bumps head first into Yoshi, who was following him right behind him (like any RPG allies). Having reached a grassy area, they find an [[Unchimu]], which attacks them. Mario defeats it, obtaining a [[chest]] full of useless items, like a map of the world and armor that is just a cardboard box.

Mario and Yoshi eventually find the Star Hana, but just before they can take it, a [[Super Dossun]] appears, refusing to give up the flower, attached to his head. Mario tries to attack him with a cape twirl, but the attack does nothing to the enemy. Yoshi then summons a rain of Yoshi Cookies, which he proceeds to eat, before getting crushed by the Super Dossun. Mario then pulls out the last two items he got from the chest. The first is a [[Music Box]] that makes him fall asleep (instead of the enemy), while the second is a pencil with mines that he uses as a spear, finally hurting the enemy, but also angering it. Mario then uses it syringe in his [[Dr. Mario (character)|doctor outfit]] and punctures the Super Dossun. Mario reveals that the syringe is full of the pig flu that affected the [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshis]] and Luigi, turning the Super Dossun into a pig.

Saddened, the Super Dossun gives up fighting and Mario takes the Star Hana, bringing it back to the village. Everyone is cured and reverted to their original form. The party begins and all the female Yoshis surround Mario to kiss him, upset that those are the "cute girls" Yoshi was talking about.

==Puzzles==
マリオスーパー{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}・パズル (''Mario Super Maze: Puzzle'')
#'''おさらパズル''' (''Plate puzzle''): There's only one shard you don't need. Which one of the 6 is it?
#'''ヨッシーのパクパク{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Yoshi's chomp-chomp maze''): Let's reach the goal by passing only by the enemies that Yoshi can eat.
#'''ピーチ{{ruby|姫|ひめ}}のつみきパズル''' (''Princess Peach's block puzzle''): Princess Peach made a castle with building blocks. Which set of blocks, from 1 through 5, has she used?
#'''{{ruby|犯|はん}}{{ruby|人|にん}}はだれだ?!''' (''Who is the culprit?!''): Using Mario and Yoshi's testimonies, find which one of the enemies made Princess Peach cry.
#'''カミナリ{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Thunder maze''): Help Yoshi pass through the space between the [[Sumo Bro]]'s lightning shocks.
#'''ヨッシーの{{ruby|冒|ぼう}}{{ruby|険|けん}}{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Yoshi's Adventure Maze''): Collect all 4 items from the start and go to Mario. On the way back, go to Princess Peach after defeating all the enemies. (You can't go the same way back and forth)
#'''スーパーアスレチック{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Super Athletic Maze''): From the start, reach the goal on the mountain, beyond the sea and over the hills.
#'''{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|宮|きゅう}}{{ruby|城|じょう}}{{ruby|突|とっ}}{{ruby|破|ぱ}}{{ruby|迷|めい}}{{ruby|路|ろ}}''' (''Maze to break through the labyrinth castle''): Let's reach the goal by taking the [[Cape Feather]] that the [[Super Koopa (enemy)|Super Koopa]] has.
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SMKun 7 puzzle 1.png|Plate puzzle
SMKun 7 puzzle 2.png|Yoshi's chomp-chomp maze
SMKun 7 puzzle 3.png|Princess Peach's block puzzle
SMKun 7 puzzle 4.png|Who is the culprit?!
SMKun 7 puzzle 5.png|Thunder maze
SMKun 7 puzzle 6.png|Yoshi's Adventure Maze
SMKun 7 puzzle 7.png|Super Athletic Maze
SMKun 7 puzzle 8.png|Maze to break through the labyrinth castle
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{{Yukio Sawada's manga}}
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