Kinnikuman 378

When Suguru completed his first training with Kamehame, he had only learned half of his moves, yet it was enough to take him to the verge of the Throne. Now in the heat of battle, can he complete his unfinished Submission training?

Chapter 378: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (105): A Great Technique to Surpass the Master!

129.
KINNIKUMAN FAMOUS MATCHES SERIES (7)
THE MACHINEGUNS – KINNIKUMAN/TERRYMAN VS. HELL MISSIONARIES – THE NEPTUNEMAN/BIG THE BUDO

1ST ROUND (LIMITLESS TIME 3-ROUND MATCH)
O THE NEPTUNEMAN/BIG THE BUDO (17M 00S – CROSS BOMBER) KINNIKUMAN/TERRYMAN X

2ND ROUND
O KINNIKUMAN/TERRYMAN (48M 23S – MUSCLE DOCKING) THE NEPTUNEMAN/BIG THE BUDOX

3RD ROUND
O KINNIKUMAN/TERRYMAN (0M 10S – KNOCK OUT) THE NEPTUNEMAN/BIG THE BUDO X

MATCH DATA
’83 SPACE TAG TOURNAMENT FINALS
LOCATION: TOURNAMENT MOUNTAIN ADJACENT TO MT. FUJI
SPECTATORS: 205,000 (SUPER-FULL HOUSE)

Among the countless villainous Choujin until now, there hadn’t been a hated, detested villain Choujin to the extent of Perfect Choujin Neptuneman. At any rate it’s because he gathered up the masks of the Idol Choujin Warsman, Robin Mask, Mongolman and Kinnikuman Great one after another in the session of the tournament; exposing the true faces of the masked Choujin, which hadn’t been seen until now, and pained the hearts of the boys and girls that were fans of the Idol Choujin throughout the country week after week--.

130.-131.
Suguru: BI…BIBIMBA~~~!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman has escaped from Kamehame’s Gory Especial so he could help Bibimba from the crisis of her leg losing it’s footing from the top floor on the other side ---!!
Phoenix: How…stupid…
Neptune: Kinnikuman, who had this much of a hard fight with Kamehame’s 52 Submissions which he hadn’t faced until now, has…
Mayumi: Well did he escape this easily with Bibimba’s crisis before his eyes…
Suguru: ARMPIT-LOCK---!!
Suguru: Are you alright, Bibimba---!!
Bibiima: I…I…am alright but Su…Suguru-sama…you…
Suguru: Wh…what wrong, Bibimba…you’re so hesitant…
Suguru: Don’t you think it’s strange…huh, everyone…

132.
Mayumi & Sayuri: Awawa…
Suguru: Wh…what is it, everyone? You’re dumbfounded like a pigeon being hit like a peashooter, what exactly is going on!?
“Kamehame”: Uuh…Gugu…
Suguru: I…I’ve pinned Kamehame to the canvas. And…further in an Armpit-Lock, a high-grade submission art that I hadn’t been taught by anyone…!
Bibimba: Su…Suguru-sama, I’m surprised…but you’ve suddenly shown a submission, stealing Kamehame’s forte…
Neptune: Ki…Kinnikuman, have you unawaringly mastered submissions?
Suguru: I don’t know either. At the moment Bibimba lost her footing from that stand, I unawaringly came to do that while losing myself in of not coming to save her.

133.
Phoenix: Fuhahaha…it was a fluke after all; submissions can’t be done by a clumsy Choujin like you!
Omega: Fuo—fuofuo: I’m relieved hearing it was a fluke—
Suguru: Guwa
Announcer: Kamehame has escaped from Kinnikuman’s Armpit-Lock with a one-legged kick and Kinnikuman is falling to the rope………
“Kamehame”: Kinnikuman, if you don’t want to say the Armpit-Lock earlier was a fluke, then return this technique---!!
Suguru: Master Kamehame…!!

134.
“Kamehame”: Take this~~~
Announcer: Kamehame has sent out a Giant-Swing Kneel Kick, aiming for Kinnikuman’s face---!!
Suguru: I…really do want to run, but if…I run now, I’ll come to never surpass Master Kamehame!!

135.
Announcer: Kinnikuman has caught Kamehame’s kick---!!
Announcer: And further is showing the Bow Back Breaker, one of the 52 Submissions that he’s taken again from Kamehame’s forte---!!
Suguru: TAKE THIS~~~
Suguru: A…again. My body moved on it’s own in the midst of losing myself…

136.
Phoenix: That thing is a fluke—Omegaman, return that thing quickly!!
Omega: Bu…but this technique is holding me solid and I…can’t move my body…!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman yet again has switched techniques to the Gory Especial, one of Kamehame’s 52 Submissions----!!

137.
Mayumi: Uhoho—that’s not a fluke anymore. How can sending out the Bow Back Breaker and the Gory Especial, said to be difficult techniques among difficult techniques, be a fluke---!!
Suguru: I…I shouldn’t have known even the “S” in Submission until earlier and yet…somehow my body is coping with all of my opponent’s attacks, like a I’ve been a submission expert for several decades.
Neptune: This battle of Kinnikuman and Kamehame has truly been a grand death match, but somehow I’m not picking up a pretext of anger and hatred from those two…
Neptune: Right…what we have here can only be a refreshing impression that’s like they’re undertaking training, passing it off as actual combat so can master to face his beloved pupil and teach his secrets…Ka…Kamehame isn’t going to defeat Kinnikuman after all; he’s been revived so he could perform combat training for teaching something to Kinnikuman…

138.
Phoenix: It’s chance…! This doesn’t pass overlapping chances!!
Phoenix: Omegaman, if Kinnikuman is challenging you by copying Kamehame’s 52 Submissions to the bitter end, then oppose it by copying the Gory Especial Destroyer.
Omega: Now, Kamehame, did you hear Phoenix-sama’s words? Do Kinnikuman’s Gory Especial Destroyer immediately!!
“Kamehame”: Kinnikuman, you’ve been just copying the submissions I’ve brought out in this match until now…however, those don’t surpass a portion of my 52 Submissions. This is a good opportunity. From when I take myself out of your Gory Especial, predict a submission I haven’t revealed yet and send it out so you can stop this.
Suguru: That’s…impossible. How can I predict and release a technique I haven’t seen once!!

139.
“Kamehame”: If you give me complaints……
“Kamehame”: Then the Kamehame stronghold will never crumble!!
Announcer: Kamehame has escaped from Kinnikuman’s Gory Especial---!!
“Kamehame”: Kinnikuman, you aren’t the vessel that can come to be the inheritor of the the 100 Kamehame killer skills after all---!!
Suguru: That’s not it: I will master all of your 100 killer skills!!
Announcer: Somehow Kinnikuman has caught onto Kamehame’s ankles with spirit, preventing him from being thrown---!!

140.
Suguru: I’ll show you—the Kamehame 52 Submissions---!!
Bibimba: Go…god, somehow Suguru-sama’s technique is...seems to be one of Kamehame’s 52 Submissions…
Suguru: How’s that, Kamehame: this now is the ultimate submission that will be shown by clumsy me---!!

141.
Mayumi: He…flawlessly killed Kamehame’s legs, hands and body; if Kahmehame could get up with his back strength, his entire body would be broken in two!!
“Kamehame”: Mag…nificent…Kinnikuman…th…that’s surely the Kangaroo Clutch, one of the Kamehame 52 Submissions…
“Kamehame”: It…seems, you’ve completely mastered my 52 Submissions…
Suguru: Bu…but…I haven’t passed showing just four techniques…
“Kamehame”: It’s enough if you show four…from here, even if you’re visited by any crisis…your body will twine around your opponent’s body on its own, which should be the waging of the 52 Submissions…!!

142.
Suguru: Ka…Kamehame! We…weren’t you loaned a body by Omegaman so you could defeat me and reign over the Choujin world once again---!!
Neptune: It…was training after all. It was combat training for Kamehame to teach to Kinnikuman the 52 Submissions---!!
Phoenix: S**t—Omegaman had transformed into Kamehame so he could defeat Kinnikuman, but it’s conversely become in vain~~~!
Phoenix: Omegaman, you’re the one who controlled Kamehame’s body from the start. Deal “that” to Kinnikuman without worrying about him---!!
Suguru: GE
Omega: Fuo—fuofuo…understood: the last number of the Triple Beefcake.
Meat: Aah.

143.
Omega: Fuofuofuo—Kinnikuman I wanted to say that was a magnificent Camel Clutch, but you’re soft in waging it due to still remembering---!!
Announcer: Kamehame has escaped with a Kangaroo Kick---!!
Omega: The last number of the Triple Beefcake is the technique that is the most unpleasant memory within your life as a Choujin wrestler…!
Suguru: What…?
Audience: Aah~~

144.
Neptune: It…it’s the Back Flip, Prince Kamehame’s ultimate special technique that was utilized as a finishing hold when he defeated Kinnikuman in only 7 seconds and has since become a nightmare technique for Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: Owa~~no, no, I can endure taking any difficult, painful technique, but I absolutely hate just this Back Flip---!!
“Kamehame”: Calm down, Kinnikuman: you possess a sense of hatred for this technique from just the emotional shock of being K.O.ed by my Back Flip 6 years ago…
“Kamehame”: However, you now are nearing the ultimate Choujin possessing the 52 Submissions aside from the 48 Killer Techniques…you can stand against any dilemmas, but you certainly should protect yourself with those techniques!
Suguru: How could you say that; I can’t move my body with the terror of just being put into this technique~~
Omega: Fuo—fuofuo…shout and cry much more~~~~!

145.
Announcer: Omegaman, who had transformed to the body of Kamehame, is slowly bending down---!!
Suguru: Owa~~~
Phoenix: Ha—hahaha…with this much trouble, now you’ve reached your end--!!
“Kamehame”: Kinnikuman, this is the same as a graduation exam for whether or not you’ve surpassed me!
Suguru: Graduation exam!?
“Kamehame”: And if you pass this exam, then you’ll be come the ultimate Choujin of absolute perfection!!
Suguru: The ultimate Choujin!!
Omega: Die~~~!!

146.-147.
Announcer: Somehow Kinnikuman has escaped from Kamehame’s Back Flip at once and placed his hands on top of Kamehame’s head in a stance that’s like he’s on top of a pommel horse in a gymnastics competition!!
Suguru: Kamehame, I’m sorry but Kinnikuman has surpassed you---!!
Suguru: ONE OF THE 52 SUBMISSIONS…GLOBAL PLANE SPIN!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman has both hands on an axis like a gymnastic pommel horse and has started to spin----!!

148.
(SCRAMBLE FOR THE KINNIKU THRONE ARC)
SPECIAL VTR XCIII (XXXXXXXXXIII)
KINNIKUMAN VS. PRINCE KAMEHAME (OMEGAMAN)

TN: I sort of need to start my comments this time with a continuation of the comments I said last time, about how Suguru had no time and no means to complete his training with Kamehame and learn the 52 Submissions. Well...with what we saw in this chapter, it really wasn't as hard as Kamehame made it out to be. Heck, the whole key to the training wasn't to learn 52 new moves...it was mostly Suguru doing what he usually did in copying and taking on the techniques of other Choujin and using them himself, like he has had a tendency to do for a long time now! If Kamehame and Suguru just took some time from gaining the 48 Killer Techniques to do this Submission Training as it was done now and have Suguru teach his body to respond to all stimuli, then none of this would have been needed in the first place: Suguru would have gained everything he needed from the get-go! But at the same time, it would have been a very different evolution of techniques and talents if Suguru knew 100 skills instead of just the 48 he got the first time in Hawaii: he wouldn't have relied on all of the Power moves that he did use and would have not perfected techniques like the Kinniku Driver, which is probably the best example of a technique that Suguru has made his own completely. (think about it: the Kinniku Buster was one of the 48 and the Muscle Spark was an ancient technique rediscovered in the modern era; thus the only technique that Suguru actually created and made his own was Kinniku Driver) But at the same time, with a combination of power and technique, of abilities and submissions, we could have seen things turn out differently...but then again I guess it was all meant to be: Suguru has been a showy, power-using Choujin from the start and to resort to Submissions probably wouldn't be his style and he'd probably forget aside from muscle memory.

Strangely enough there are two interesting aspects that did make this chapter probably more confusiong and good compared to many of the crappy ones we had been getting as of late...though still slightly confusing. The first is the weird relationship between Kamehame and Omegaman as we saw it: it's obvious that Omegaman pulled Kamehame out as a means to defeat Suguru due to his submission weakness (and his own fears), but they never really explained how or where he was in control and when Kamehame was in control. I mean, was the Back Flip the actual final piece of the Triple Beefcake...or did he just sally it out from Kamehame due to knowing of Suguru's hatred of the technique from the infamous first match he had with him? It seemed more mutual with Kamehame working in cooperation with Omegaman to "defeat/kill" Suguru without telling his true intentions, but it did get nebulous with those moments they were in disagreement. (not to mention this: if Omegaman somehow had Kamehame in him, he could have read his thoughts and known that he was fighting yet making it a training session...unless Kamehame used thoughts to intentionally lie to Omegaman...yet Omegaman would feel Kamehame's vitals (which are his own) to know it was a lie...but Kamehame could be the type to beat a lie detector...yeesh this is just so confusing!)

The second and probably best aspect of the chapter was that as weird as it was to see the Back Flip again, it probably was Kamehame's means of testing Suguru's capacity of overcoming anything. As childish as he was for a moment in seeing himself caught in the "7-second match" technique, Kamehame knew that if Suguru could overcome that, he could overcome anything...of course it was weird it turned into a gymnastics meet but...oh well, that should be explained next time.

Another BTW about the final "famous Kinnikuman match" entry: why the heck did they make it Terry for all three matches...let alone Big the Budo?