Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 275

Deep within Alcatraz Prison, J is forced to fight against the boxer that was his greatest idol and inspiration in a ring where it's either win or death! But can the boxing student win a showdown against a former heavyweight champion!?

Chp. 275: Real Image and Afterimage

127.
Momotarou: Strrange……….!! There’s something strange!?
Togashi: What’s wrong, Momo!?
Momotarou: Are my eyes hallucinating………!? I have a hunch that the ring is gradually becoming smaller!!
Togashi & Toramaru: Wh…what---!! The ring is getting smaller---!!
Siegfried: Fu, right, of course!!

128.
Siegfried: The high-tension current ropes that are stretched around the ring are at times contracting their width together and, in the end, will shrink the ring to a four-corner largeness of 30cm!!
Siegfried: The time until then is about 10 minutes from now. Up to then, both opponents will become burned black and die in a situation where the match hasn’t finished!!
Siegfried: Jumping over the ropes and running is unforgivable. In that situation, we will shoot you to death without mercy!!
Toramaru: Da…damn it, that is ridiculous pretensions!!
Togashi: Th…that eyebrow oldie has thought up that outrageous thing----!!

129.
Stanley: Fufu, I won’t need ten minutes!! This match will be settled in a second!!

130.
J: Nu!?
Stanley: That’s one second!!

131.
Stanley: The match is done!! There hasn’t ever been a person who has taken my left upper, which is called the Bazooka Punch, and stood up!!
Toramaru: Wh…what---!!
Togashi: J…J in one blow---!!
J: Wa…wait……!!

132.
J: Y…you’re fast to that, Champ.
Stanley: !!
J: Your intuition has dulled living in this prison long!! Yo…you haven’t noticed that I merely got away with a back step and minimized the damage of the punch now…!!
Stanley: …………
Stanley: Fu, it wasn’t in a second. It seems I was still making light of you!!

133.
Stanley: If it’s come to this, then I’ll show you!! My footwork that was called a divine skill!!
J: !!
Stanley: THIS IS THE SHUFFLE CYCLONE!!

134.
Stanley: Fuffufu, can these movements all be seen by you---!! It isn’t just punch power: it’s because of this agility that I ruled as the invincible champion!!
Toramaru: Wh…what is th…that---!!
Togashi: Th…that Stanley guy has suddenly fully multiplied like that---!!
Momotarou: Wrong, they’re afterimages!! He has afterimages like that due to his footwork being excessively nimble and we can see several people!!
Stanley: Where were you looking! If it’s for me, then it’s here!!

135.
J: Gu!!
J: Gaha!!
Stanley: Don’t forget that you’ll be going to that world if you touch that rope even a moment!!

136.
Toramaru: Uoo!! J’s being showered in blows---!!
Togashi: N…no, with that, even J can’t avoid that many----!! Ca…can’t he do something, Momo---!!
Momotarou: He has only one chance to win………!! He has to make sure for certain just the real body from within the afterimages!!
Date: Bu…but, how will he do that…………!?
Momotarou: I believe in him!!

137.
Momotarou: LOOK IN HIS EYES!! THEY’RE NOT THE EYES OF A MAN WHO WILL SINK TO THE MAT FROM HERE!! THEY’RE EYES THAT ARE CONFIDENT IN VICTGORY WHILE STANDING IN THE CRISIS AND ARE AIMING FOR SOMETHING!!
Stanley: Fufu, you’re a stubborn man. Even after being hit just like that, you’re still holding out.
Stanley: But it seems we don’t have free time to speak carefree. The ring is becoming smaller bit by bit.
Stanley: I’ll place all of my power into this next blow and finish you off!!

138.
Stanley: DIE!!
Togashi: J--!!
Toramaru: J’S BEEN DEFEATED---!!
J: I SEE THROUGH THIS!!

139.
J: THE REAL ONE IS YOU!!
Stanley: Huh!!

140.
Stanley: HAAA---!!

141.
Stanley: Agugugu!!
Toramaru: He…he did it---!! J’s Mach Punch exploded---!!
Togashi: Wi…with that appearance, even that guy won’t stand----!!
Siegfried: Nuu!!

142.
Stanley: Ho…how did you know; of…my true body…………!?
J: The shadow. The shadow of the real body a bit darker than the shadows of the afterimages!! I took my time to see through that difference…………!!
Stanley: Fu, ri…right: the shadow……
Stanley: Bu…but why!? Why didn’t you kill me instantly!? Y…you dared to aim for the belt on my waist and halved your punch power!!
J: I had started boxing aiming for you. I respected you and had a dream of being a champion like you……………!!

143.
Stanley: Heh, I…I’m laughing. Th…this here is one death-sentence prisoner who had ruined his body with alcohol and narcotics…!!
J: …………
Toramaru: He—y, hurry and come back, J! A guy who rotted his character already is your company!!
Togashi: Chief, quickly stop the mechanism making the ring smaller---!!
Hakuhou: This match is already over---!!
Siegfried: No!! This match isn’t over yet!! Stanley is still alive!! If you want to stop the mechanism, deliver the finisher!!
Momotarou: Wh…what---!!
Siegfried: Fuffufu, he can’t deliver a finisher on that man!! In other words, both of them are saying this match is a draw in death!!

144.
Togashi: U…uoo---!! The ring has become smaller like that---!!
Toramaru: N…no---!! He can’t get out from the space of the ropes and if he gets out from above, he’ll be shot to death!! Wi…with this, J will----!!
Stanley: Fu, I give thanks. Th…there is a feeling that’s like human after a long time for me!!
J: !!
Stanley: NUN!!

145.
Stanley: G…GO, HURRY!! TH…THIS IS MY ATONEMENT TO YOU!!

TN: Somehow...this was a downer of an ending as great as it was. If Stanley still had his nobility and clean-play of his heavyweight days, then you just have to wonder why he abandoned it to the life of drugs and gangs just to get by. He could have had more out of his retirement if we knew a bit more regarding how or why it happened...I mean, a champion of his caliber had to have something happen that lead to all this...but unfortunately I doubt we'll know too much more other than what we've seen. But hey, it was a good fight and ultimately regardless of how much of a monster or lost Stanley was, J showed him probably what he forgot and allowed him to maybe regained a bit of the humanity that he formerly had. Well...that and Siegfried making a shrinking boxing ring that would shock both of them but that's something you can't really control at times.