Kinnikuman 59

The United States of America: a nation caught in the midst of a 3-way Choujin territory war! But now the weakest side has gotten a new headquarters...and potentially a new secret weapon in everyone's favorite Japanese Choujin!

Chapter 59: Engrave Your Name on the Walkway of Glory

71.
Map: AMERICAN CHOUJIN POWER DISTRIBUTION
Eastern US: WORLD CHOUJIN COUNCIL (WSC)
-Manager: Iyadesu Harrison
-Champion: Beauty Rhodes
Western US: WORLD CHOUJIN FEDERATION (WSF)
-Manager: Sheik Seijin (Sheik Alien)
-Champion: Skull Bozu
St. Louis, Missouri: WORLD CHOUJIN ASSOCIATION (WSA)
-Manager: Doro Phreas

72.
Narrator: St. Louis, Missouri
Phreas: Fufu…it seems we’re arriving at the super island.
Suguru: Eh? What, isn’t there nothing here…
Phreas: You’re confused. Look closely……………beyond the mountain.
Meat: Eeh!?
Suguru & Meat: Th…this is…

73.
Suguru & Meat: SUPERMEN WORLD!!

74.
Phreas: And within it is Supermen Land!!
Suguru: Wa…it’s like Disneyland!!
Phreas: Ha ha ha ha ha, it’s not imposible to compare it to Disneyland. Well that’s because it was made to be more advanced compared to Disneyland!
Phreas: We’ll be able to take a view of the inside from the Panorama Tower.

75.
Meat: But chairman, why is there an amusement park here?
Phreas: These Choujin, they don’t take a cent of compensation for the many times they’ve protected peace………
Phreas: When they die, not one of them receives a funeral. For that, it’s ultimately too sad for the Choujin who continue to protect the Earth…It was here I thought to create a Choujin Museum so I could file the accomplishments of these Choujin.
Phreas: And so I developed this Supermen Land.
Suguru: Guoo, I understand. These Choujin’s feelings.
Meat: Prince, it’s because you’ve been really persecuted too.

76.
Phreas: So then, let’s go to the next pavilion…
Phreas: This pavilion has a computer which remembers the history of over 100,000 Choujin of past and present.
Meat: Hee, Superman’s occupation is a news reporter…he’s perfectly moved to become an A-Rank Choujin……
Meat: Prince is drastically different from when he nibbled at his parent’s legs.
Suguru: Oh! Here’s my file!
History Monitor: WE DO NOT HAVE THE HISTORY OF THIS NO-GOOD CHOUJIN!! DUMMY!
Suguru: What the--!?
Meat: Please calm down. Your opponent isn’t the machine.

77.
Phreas: And here, we’ve established a facility for old Choujin. They’ve worked for long years for the peace of the Earth. They’re grateful for their confrontations and attacks.
Suguru: However, what is this floor…it’s uneven…
Phreas: Fufufu…That here is the ultimate draw of Supermen World: the “Walkway of Glory”
Suguru & Meat: The Walkway of Glory…!?

78.
Phreas: This is similar to the handprints and footprints of the stars at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood. These are the hand and footprints of the Choujin who left with the greatest accomplishments!!
Meat: Ah! Robin Mask’s handprints!
Phreas: Yes. And next, Kinnikuman will put his hand and footprints in it.
Phreas: His hand and footprints will go in after he’s conquered the American Choujin World…right!!
Suguru: He hehehe, I’ll do it…I’ll bring the American Choujin World under my control!!
Voice: HOHOHOHOHO…YOU CAN’T DO THAT!!
Suguru: What, what?
Meat: It’s……it’s from outside!

79.
Phreas: Ooh…It’s the Choujin Council’s chairman Iyadesu Harrison and it’s the Choujin Federation’s chairman Sheik Alien!! And worse off, they’re with their competitors!!
Harrison: Rhodes, that’s your example of Kinnikuman.
Bozu: Chairman, he’s Kinnikuman.
Suguru: Ge…Wh…what is happening here?
Assistant: We have a glass screen in the sky which can project itself from anywhere.

80.
Phreas: However, why are they together if they’re from mutually other groups?
Harrison: The destruction of the Choujin Association is our common purpose! That’s why we’ve joined forces.
Sheik: Phreas. We’ve already acknowledged that you were hiding in St. Louis.
Sheik: So, now that we know that, come to Las Vegas and fight my Skull Bozu.
Harrison: Hey, hold on Shiek! Kinnikuman’s title has already been challenged by my Beauty Rhodes.
Sheik: Fine then. It will go to your fat body after Skull Bozu!!
Harrison: No, it will go to your vulture after Rhodes!

81.
Sheik: No, he’s ours~~!!
Harrison: No, he’s ours--!!
Harrison: At…at any rate, the fans wish for the three organization titles to be unified.
Sheik: Soon, the belt of the Choujin Association will surely be ours.
Harrison & Sheik: HA HA HA HA

82.
Meat: Ah…it dissapeared…
Phreas: Ha hahahaha. Those two just want to eventually monopolize America by firmly uniting the titles.
Suguru: Chairman, this isn’t the time to laugh. Those two are going to end up breaking through into your final stronghold in St. Louis. What will we do about it!?
Phreas: We’ll fight…
Phreas: Using your life, we’ll protect St. Louis and the World Choujin Olympic title to the end!! For that, we’re going to make the first move!!

83.
Phreas: Kinnikuman. From here, you’ll going to go to the Choujin Council moving upstream. And then you’ll hide within the Choujin Federation and do a surprise attack!!
Phreas: And then, both organizations will collapse from the inside!!
Suguru: I…I’d hide within, but both organizations know my face. It’s almost too easy to……
Meat: Ah…shoe polish!
Suguru: I…? You…you can’t.
Suguru: Owa~~~chairman, stop…stop it!!
Phreas: Endure this, since this will have your name engraved on the walkway of glory too!!

TN: First things first: where's my magical headquarters underneath the Gateway Arch!? Yeah, I know it's rather stereotypical but considering how little St. Louis is ever in a manga (let alone regular comics) it could have made it much cooler! Outside that silly daydream, the chapter does seem to go a bit further in the life and times of Choujin and the triumphs and tragedies they face, particularly by way of the WSA's new "Supermen Land". While Suguru is a force in himself, he at least shows some acknowledgement of who came before him. As for the matter regarding the war with WSF and WSC...well somehow I still just have a hard time taking this whole matter seriously because...well, all the Choujin here are just wrestlers! Compared to the unique and bizarre Choujin we've seen before and will further see as the series goes on, every American Choujin just seems like a generic wrestler as opposed to what really should be a "Superman". Oh...and considering that Suguru did that whole "Clark Kent" bit way back in the gag-part of the series, I guess I would have expected him and Meat to know a bit more about the real thing...but then again it does seem a bit of a bad joke now that no one acknowledges Suguru now even though he's a champ. Sure he's a bit strange but at least he does things his way.