Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 256

With one test down, Momo and Tougou move on to the second part of the battle for Otokojuku's Representative...but who will be the real "Leader of the Pack"? And...what exactly has happened to Edajima anyway!?

Chp. 256: The Match of “Skill”!!

129.
Hikouboshi: Wh…where did the Principal go……!? It…it seems wild in this room……!! I…I’m certain something serious occurred.
HIkouboshi: Lo…look, something is written with blood characters on the floor---!! Th…this is the Principal’s handwriting---!!
Characters: YAMI NO KIBA (DARK TUSKS)
Hikouboshi: Da…Dark Tusks…………!?
“Helmet”: Wh…what is th…that…………!!

130.
Second-Years: he did it----!! The match of “Heart” in the Otokojuku Representative Challenge Match was won by Momo---! Uwahhahaha: you’re ten years early to rival with Momo, you First-Boy---!!
(TN: “First-Boy” is a combination word which in Japanese was “Ichigou-Bouzu”; “Ichigou” is “#1”, in reference to Tougou being a First-Year; “Bouzu”, which usually stands for a particular Buddhist priest, can also be used as “a boy”.)
Tougou: ………!!

131.
Onihige: Al—right, so then from here we’ll be going into the match of “Skill”!! In the match of “Skill”, there isn’t any rules or set-up!! You merely use up your own desperate effort and just fight! You’re free to use any specialized weapon or skill!!
Tougou: Free with our weapon or skills………!!
Onihige: Right: a match of Otokojuku is whether you live or die!! If you have a metal bat or a Japanese sword, it’s as you please.
Tougou: Give me a bit of time.

132.
Toramaru: What: that guy is going off!!
Matsuo: Koryaa! He’s got piss lips and is running off----!!
Tazawa: Wahhahaha: right, I’m certain that’s right!!
Togashi: Can’t you stop that? Both of you are dirty old men.
Matsuo: Ah!?
Togashi: I’ve thought about it: isn’t he a great man, that guy Tougou……………!! He’s provoking a fight from the front with the Representative quickly after entering our Otokojuku, which is said to make even the demons in hell shudder up.
Togashi: Isn’t that what’s occurring? Remember when we came and entered into here.
Matsuo: Ah…yeah………!!

133.
Onihige: !?
Toramaru: Wh…what is th…that roar……!?
Toramaru: WH…WHAT~~~~!!

134.
Tougou: THIS IS MY SPECIAL SKILL!!
Momotarou: …………!!

135.
Togashi: A…bibibibike……..!!
Toramaru: He…he’s fighting riding that………………!!
Tougou: What will you use!?
Momotarou: These will be fine for me. Because I don’t have a reason to brandish a broadsword in the middle of campus at all.
Tougou: You’ll come to regret that. You’re babbling on fighting with your bare hands with me as your opponent……!!
Tougou: LET’S GO!!

136.
(Momo nearly got run over on the first pass!)

137.
Togashi: Uoo, wh…what a fa…fast consecutive attack---!!
Toramaru: Th…that guy, that bike is being manipulated like it’s your limbs----!!

138.
Momotarou: Great ability!! But you can’t defeat me with that degree.
Tougou: My engine has finally warmed up. From here it’s the real deal!!
Tougou: Can this be avoided by you!!

139.
Momotarou: What’s that behavior!? The one who will crash into a post and ruin themselves is you!!
Momotarou: HUH!!

140.
Momotarou: Uh!!
Momotarou: Guha!!

141.
Togashi: Mo…Momo~~~!!
Toramaru: Th…that guy: he….he ran up the post with the bike, used his backfire and hit and throw Momo with a nose-dive~~~~~!!
Tougou: That blow now should have broken two or three of your ribs. Already you can’t satisfactorily move.
Momotarou: Guku!!
Tougou: How’s that: are you worried you will hand over the seat of Otokojuku Representative with that?
Momotarou: You’re soft in thinking you’ve taken the match with that level……………!!
Momotarou: !!

142.
Tougou: In that case I’ll see! How far can you withstand this with the guts of Otokojuku Representative!!
Momoatarou: Uoo!!
Momotarou: Nuguku
Toramaru: Da…damn this; wh…what behavior of this guy----!!
Togashi: Mo…Momo---!!

143.
Tougou: You haven’t changed yet? If you continue like this, then you’ll come to die having become like a worn-out dust cloth.
Momotarou: Ku!!

144.
Momotarou: HA!!
Tougou: UO!?

145.
Toramaru: That…was clever, Momo~~~!! You…you entwined your bandana on the post and Tougou’s hand let go of the chain from his hand with the reaction~~~!
Tougou: Nuu: if I could, I didn’t want to kill you. But it seems I won’t seize the seat of Representative like this!!
Momotarou: To…Tougou……!! The…the seat of Otokojuku Representative isn’t minor to the extent that you’re thinking……………!!
Tougou: Cut that out---!! How could you say that with that body----!
Momotarou: How about with this!?

146.
Tougou: Na!!
Tougou: Guwa!!

147.
Tougou: GU!!
Momotarou: You should stand. I will teach you the weight of the Otokojuku Representative……!!
Tougou: …………!!
“Suited Man”: Is this here Otokojuku?
“Suited Man”: Fufu: they’re carefree guys. They themselves are unaware of even their circumstances now……!!

TN: You would have expected someone other than Hikouboshi to know Edajima was gone by now...but I guess somehow the Dark Tusks are probably going to be in their face soon enough and everyone is distracted with Momo and Tougou's fight so of course it's going to take a while. (though I doubt for too much longer) As for the fight...just where the heck does Tougou get a motorcycle to put on campus anyway? Is there some sort of release form that he had to fill out to prove this was his battle style and that he had to be permitted to keep it on campus or else? Honestly, it is a cool and unique battle style...but it just feels so off compared to many of Otokojuku's other battle abilities. Even with the really flashy and bizarre techniques we've seen up to now, for the most part they can be kept rather easily around the fighter due to their kenpou ability. (or in the case of Raiden: loyal trained monkeys) But Tougou's motorcycle...it just seems so large and distracting that I just wonder how the heck he's going to even bring it to battle without riding it around everywhere! It just feels more like a kenpou style a villain would have since they'd be stationary and force the Otokojuku fighter to face them with it stored in a nearby garage...not really something I'd expect from an actual Otokojuku student due to the pure size and difficulty of, you know, bringing a motorcycle with everywhere you go. Though the way he manipulated it was sort of cool, I think how Momo took care of him so easily with just his bare hands and taking advantage of Tougou getting thrown off with the right manipulation was much cooler. I'm not saying all Otokojuku students have to have a generic style but...sometimes you do have to think about what you use and how to bring it to battle...now let's just hope that if Tougou ever really needs it, he has plenty of road to ride on. (though with the Dark Tusks on the move...it may be soon)

BTW: I actually like Togashi sort of defending Tougou's unconventionality in this chapter, considering that he knows of the underclassman/upperclassman war they all had been in and to not underestimate anyone. Heck...that makes him even higher up than the ones who really don't fight that often like Matsuo, Tazawa and Hidemaro.