Kinnikuman 377

In the midst of his match, Suguru has reunited with his former teacher Prince Kamehame...but he's being controlled by Omegaman and is throwing him into techniques he never learned! Can Suguru escape the power of his own master!?

Chapter 377: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (104): The Dreaded Submission!

109.
KINNIKUMAN FAMOUS MATCHES SERIES (6)
KINNIKUMAN VS. AKUMA SHOGUN

O KINNIKUMAN (57M 02S – KINNIKU DRIVER) AKUMA SHOGUN X

MATCH DATA
’82 GOLD MASK ARC FINALS
LOCATION: JAPAN ALPS SPECIALLY-INSTALLED DOME
SPECTATORS: 102,000

Akuma Shogun, who real form was just a head and the rest of his body was entirely borrowed as an aggregation of the Six Devil Knights, completely was unaffected by damaging techniques that would mainly condemn his body, such as the Bear Hug and the Kinniku Buster, that were send out by Kinnikuman. As a last resort within a condition of being completely blocked came a technique developed by Kinnikuman as a technique to destroy just the head which was the only real form to Akuma Shogun: the Kinniku Driver, Killer Kinniku Technique No. 2.

110.
“Kamehame”: Let me show you, Kinnikuman, my absolute greatest submission: the Triple Beefcake…!!
(TN: In Japanese, “Triple Beefcake” has a translation as “The Three Muscle Bombs”)
Bibimba: Aah—that technique is---!!

111.
Suguru: Owa~~~Isn’t this the Bow Back Breaker, a difficult technique within difficult techniques that demands miraculous balance and power of the body---!!
Announcer: Omegaman, who possesses Kamehame’s body by transformation, has somehow taken down Kinnikuman with a Bow Back Breaker, called a difficult technique among difficult techniques----!!
Suguru: …If…this is Master Kamehame, then…it’s natural you can easily handle this difficult technique…Wh…when I was instructed in the 48 Killer Techniques by Master Kamehame in Hawaii 6 years ago, I assisted in Master Kamehame’s training in between my intensive training…

112.
Suguru: During it, we had a training to cultivate balance and Master Kamehame went on top of a tower where there was only barely space for his legs to stand. I, who was in a place a small distance away, took an iron ball with large spikes attached to it that was connected to a chain from overhead.
Suguru: And pushed it towards Master Kamehame, who was standing on top of that small tower!!
Suguru: Thus, Master moved and avoided the iron ball with spikes attached flying towards him with just the upper-half of the body on top of the narrow space!!
Suguru: Of course if he didn’t avoid it, he would fall from the tower and be thrown into the ocean, instantly dying! Master Kamehame continued with that life-betting training every day, 365 days a year without a day off—

113.
Announcer: It’s now been revealed: the secret of Kamehame’s miraculous balance is due to cultivating it through special spiked-iron ball training!!
Suguru: Damn it…Kamehame, I hadn’t had this technique either within the 48 Killer Techniques that were taught from you~~
“Kamehame”: I’ve said it many times, but there are 100 of my Killer Kamehame Techniques; what I taught to you were just 48 great moves…this Bow Back Breaker is one of the remaining 52 Submissions that I didn’t teach to you.
Suguru: Te…teaching those 48 Killer Techniques to me 6 years ago had me destroy every Choujin throughout the universe with my young physical strength and stand at the top in the Space Choujin world in a short time…
Suguru: And thus with that, you think you can carry the 52 Submissions you hadn’t taught to me and drag me from the position of the top so you can stand at the top of the Choujin world…
Suguru: That’s why you didn’t teach to me the 52 Submissions, even if you could instruct me the 48 Killer Techniques…we…well, that’s a bulls-eye.

114.
“Kamehame”: Whether or not you’re correct with your inference will be answered with whether or not I win this match with you.
Suguru: Owa—it hurts—help me!!
Neptune: It…can’t be: the steel Defend Suit is snapping apart; n…no, Kinnikuman’s in danger!!
Phoenix: We—ll, Kinnikuman’s long-awaited execution is now coming out to be a bother to you.
Phoenix: Or if you say you’re fine in even in having your existence annihilated from this world, then that’s a different story…
Announcer: Phoenix is suddenly shaking one of the Roulette String with a composed expression---!!

115.
Announcer: Somehow that Roulette String is tied to the fated Prophecy of Neptuneman—
Neptune: Ri…right: I tripped onto my own Roulette String by accident when I dived on the rope so I could rescue Kinnikuman earlier!
Phoenix: If you don’t want to follow the same fate as Robin Mask and Geronimo, then quietly obey me.
Announcer: Phoenix is starting to tie Neptuneman’s arms and legs with ropes possessed by Phoenix---!!

116.
Bibimba: Wh…what exactly are you planning to do!?
Phoenix: Next I’ll unfasten his Roulette String from the rope.
Phoenix: And then tie it to the place where Neptuneman’s arms and legs are tied up!!
Neptune: Ge—what a coward!!
Mayumi: Wi…with that, if Neptuneman goes to rescue Suguru, then his Roulette String will be severed.
Mayumi: And Neptuneman’s existence will be annihilated from this world!!

117.
Phoenix: Hihihi…finally, I’ll be placing this.
Announcer: Phoenix further is placing a burning candle in the place of the knot Neptuneman is tied to---!!
Phoenix: We—ll, any time you shake your body a bit, the candle’s flame will burn the Roulette String that moulds your fate.
Neptune: That’s…dirty; you want to have the Throne of Planet Kinniku to the point of doing this—
Neptune: Uuh.
Phoenix: If you want to be in this world longer, then it’s best to not move that much…

118.
Suguru: Ne…Neptuneman, you…absolutely shouldn’t move—this is—n’t a situation to lose you continuing from Geronimo and Robin!!
“Kamehame”: how about if you worry about yourself more than a person’s worry, my former beloved student Kinnikuman!
Announcer: Kamehame is screwing him increasingly---!!
Mayumi: N…no: at this rate, Suguru’s hipbone will be broken and he’ll die instantly—
Bibimba: Su…Suguru-sama, right now I’ll…

119.
Phoenix: Get…it done: if Kamehame can slant his body 30, no, 15 more times, you’ll certainly break Kinnikuman’s hipbone—
Suguru: Owa~~I can’t take this~~
“Kamehame”: Uoo—
Announcer: Well, Kinnikuman is crumbling facing the stronghold of Kamehame, whom Omegaman transformed into---!!
Announcer: Though he chased Kinnikuman to one step from a K.O., Kamehame, whatever he’s thinking, has undone the Bow Back Breaker---!!

120.
Phoenix: That…was finally our chance, Omegaman. What exactly are you doing out there—
Omega: Fu…That wasn’t my will that did that…the transformed body of Kamehame did it on its own…
Phoenix: What?
“Kamehame”: Don’t be confused: as is the name of my technique, the Triple Beefcake, this Bow Back Breaker doesn’t go beyond one killer technique within the three killer techniques…
“Kamehame”: This Choujin Kinnikuman isn’t a meek Choujin that can be K.O.ed by a shot of the Bow Back Breaker. Therefore, I’m challenged to prepare the Triple Beefcake for killing Kinnikuman.
Phoenix: Oh…well, if a big-wheel of your extent says that………
“Kamehame”: With that, I’ll strike him with the 2nd Beefcake—
“Kamehame”: Sorya—

121.
Announcer: We…we—ll, this technique is the Gory Especial, a difficult technique in line with the Bow Back Breaker where they carry an opponent under arm for a long time; you are requested to have a body of steel and a spring like an elastic whip just to be in it---!!
Suguru: The…Gory Especial is a difficult technique for a normal Choujin as well but………
Suguru: Ka…Kamehame 6 years ago had all of us, me and three other pupils strike his entire body with iron rods every day, making a body of steel…
Suguru: Suguru: And…at the same time, he lied down face up on the axis of a balance beam, with me and the pupils as weight on him, two on the top half, two on the bottom half; this stretched his body, inevitably coming to cultivate a physique that possessed a spring like a whip—

122.
Suguru: That special-training was entirely for perfecting the Gory Especial…! This can’t be: I’m such a stupid Choujin for personally helping out in the special-training of techniques for defeating me…!!
“Kamehame”: Well, Kinnikuman, defeat my killer Triple Beefcake technique, which you can’t end just regretting one what you’ve done with it until now…!!
Suguru: O…owa—it hurts~~I…can’t take this anymore!!
Announcer: The Defend Suit is bursting open again---!!
Phoenix: Fuhahahaha: right, even you who have quite the tenacity, have this unbearable pain…now, give up---!!
Suguru: I…GIVE…U…
Mayumi: Aah~~Suguru’s dream of being Great King of Planet Kinniku is~~~
Voice: SUGURU-SAMA---!!

123.
Suguru: BI…BIBIMBA---!!
Phoenix: What—Bibimba was tied to the ringside seat together with Great King Kinniku and Meat…
Phoenix: Ge, she cut the rope with a fragment of glass!!
Bibimba: Suguru-sama—I’ve heard from my father when I was young that to a Choujin wrestler, saying “give up” is equivalent to death…!!

124.
Bibimba: Thus, at the same time my beloved Suguru-sama says “give up”, then I…will jump from this stand to my death!!
Suguru: Wh…what, that’s stupid…!
“Kamehame”: Korya—it’s a stupid thing for a woman to cast away her own body for a man she loves!!
Suguru: Ge
“Kamehame”: Believe in that woman. If you do, then I’m certain you’ll return my killer Triple Beefcake technique…therefore bet your own life.
Neptune: Te…tears…how could a Choujin with victory before his eyes have sad tears like that…!?
Neptune: He unfastened his Bow Back Breaker earlier…his tears now…su…suppose from being revived in Omegaman, Kamehame isn’t going to defeat Kinnikuman; isn’t he teaching something to Kinnikuman!?

125.
Kamehame: Well, Kinnikuman: do you plan to easily kill a woman; quickly get out of my Gory Especial!!
Suguru: O…owa—even though you’re saying that.
Bibimba: Kya…
Suguru: Bibimba----!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman has easily pulled out his legs that had been taken by Kamehame, like his crisis until now have been a lie---!!

126.-127.
Announcer: And frontwardsly he’s thrown off Kamehame with just the power of his legs from a handstand state---!!
Suguru: Will you run away---!!
Suguru: ARMPIT-LOCK----!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman has taken Kamehame in an Armpit-Lock, one of the 52 Submissions he shouldn’t have been taught by Kamehame----!!

128.
(SCRAMBLE FOR THE KINNIKU THRONE ARC)
SPECIAL VTR XCII (XXXXXXXXXII)
KINNIKUMAN VS. PRINCE KAMEHAME (OMEGAMAN)

TN: Is it just me or has this chapter been the most talkative Kinnikuman has been in a long while? It just feels strange that Suguru seems to now be speaking every little detail about his training regime with Kamehame now that he is actually fighting him. I mean think about it: the period of time that Suguru had between his infamous loss to Kamehame and his fight with Jessie Malvia was one week...considering that he spent a major period training to learn the 48 Killer Techniques, tempering his body and even resting, I just wonder when the heck Suguru even had time to even train Kamehame himself. I guess there probably were moments since Suguru did state his master did train without rest every day of his life, but you'd expect Suguru to probably train on his own during that period as opposed to just being a swinger of some giant spiked ball towards him. (then again that probably helped in Suguru's training too) Of course my complaints about Suguru's training will probably continue next chapter as we go in further depths with later developments but...I guess you can really learn and do a lot in a week.

Meanwhile at the same time we have the whole current situation with Bibimba...and I just wonder: is it love, concern...or just stupidity that has allowed for her to pull what she has in this chapter? We know she's concerned but to threaten lovers suicide over a wrestling match...well, there have been deaths over stupider things in manga (like children's card games for example) and we know Bibimba does care about Suguru, but to have this whole nonsense of literally threatening to commit suicide if Suguru gives up just feels way too much like they were trying to milk her for dramatic tension just for all those years they forgot she existed. I really wished that she got the attention and development she deserved instead of...well, being thrown around for shock value.

BTW: I sort of wished they gave the Akuma Shogun fight more respect considering...it wasn't just the Kinniku Driver that won the match...heck, he escaped from it easily due to his limberness and it literally took an utter insane, crazy move by Buffaloman to finally allow him to take that move!