Kinnikuman 73

Time's almost up: with seconds left, can the Machineguns finish their improbable comeback against the Emperors? And what will happen in regards to the other tag fight between the Rugged Brothers and The Most Brutal Combo in the Universe?

Chapter 73: The Evil Fight

79.
Top Row: Terryman / Ramenman / Brockenman / Specialman
Second Row: Skyman / Jessie Malvia / Canadianman / John Steamboat
Third Row: Beauty Rhodes / Devil Magician / Skull Bozu / Black Shadow
Bottom Row: Robin Mask / Kinnikuman & Meat / Curry Cook

80.
Announcer: 4: Ooh, Rhodes is entering a follow---!!
Announcer: However, Kinnikuman is holding him back. 3
Announcer: 2
Announcer: 1
Announcer: So---is it over~~~!?

81.
Kenta: Match End!!
Annoucner: We—ll, almost! Both teams have run out of time and get a tie.
Crowds: Ooh.
Announcer: The score for a time-out tie is merely one for both teams.
Yudetamago: A triangle goes in everyone’s charts.
(Special Return: You too can predict the champion)
Chart: Choujin Strongest Tag League Battle Chart

82.
Suguru: Terryman, isn’t it your fault that we’ve tied?
Suguru: You dummy---!!
Terry: What’s with that false pretext!!
Announcer: Because of the danger of you two, please don’t throw the people!
Terry: If you hadn’t been disturbed in the first half, we wouldn’t be in this matter--!!
Suguru: Wa~~shut up~~~!!
Meat: Hey hey, and they said their troubling teamwork had returned…

83.
Steamboat: You’re good studies!
Suguru: Hey, I’m not touching that hand anymore!!
Terry: Thanks!
Suguru: Huh? They’re not beating us up?
Suguru: Thank you!
Sheik: Fufufu…they’re not crying that they tied with the Machineguns…
Voice: PLAYTIME IS OVER ALREADY!

84.
Kinkotsu: Hey, we’ve waited for this.
Announcer: We—ll, the Rugged Brothers are trespassing in!!
Iwao: Uh…
Bozu: That’s not stylish, single-cell!
Iwao: The Most Brutal Combo in the Universe!
Announcer: Well, the second match is a battle of Skull Bozu & Devil Magician vs. Iwao & Black Shadow!!

85.
Announcer: Ah—the Brutal Combo are rushing in--!!
Announcer: The referee has requested the gong without delay!!
Announcer: With that, we won’t be having a second match ceremony!!
Tazahana: Well then, an interesting thing is happening…

86.
Iwao: Right, you face me!!
Magician: The shrimp will go away!!
Iwao: Hi~~save me~~
Announcer: Ooh, Iwao’s been skewered in the ceiling---!!
Bozu: Right! Next is him---!!

87.
Everyone: ………………
Announcer: We—ll, Black’s arms have been torn off--!!

88.
Magician: And this will end it---!!
Sheik: There we go. 4+4, this is a real “8 Defense”!!
(TN: The actual term used here for “8” is “8 no ji”, which is the form of the number 8)
Announcer: We—ll, that’s cruel! Using the elastic power of the rope, they have a “4 Attack” from front and behind!!
Tazahana: Do~~it~~from behind, from the front~~
Suguru: Are you Yoko Hatanaka…
(TN: Yoko Hatanaka was a notable soul/R&B/Disco singer in Japan in the late 70s)

89.
Terry: It’s best that he gives up quickly!!
Kinkotsu: Hey, referee, Black Shadow gives up. Suspend the match!
Kenta: I can’t. I haven’t heard the player give up, so I can’t recognize it!
Kinkotsu: Shut up. I made that guy without a mouth---!!
Kenta: Eeh
Kinkotsu: Ah…

90.
(Not much to say, just watch the pictures)

91.
Everyone: ……………………
Announcer: We~~~~~ll, The Most Brutal Combo in the Universe were overwhelmingly strong in the ring, banishing the Rugged Brothers to oblivion on the mat!!
Kinkotsu: Black, I have absolutely learned of the enemy from you---!!
Voice: Hey, vulture man, hold on.
Steamboat: Your next opponent is the Emperors!

92.
Steamboat: Hey! You can’t cook us up that simply!!
Audience: Kya—dreamy, Steamboat!!
Girls: You’ll kill the Brutal Combination!!
Suguru: Hehe, you can’t cook us up…
Suguru: That simply either!

93.
Meat: Really—what are you doing, Prince…
Terry: God damn.
Meat: Terryman…
Announcer: Standing alone at the top of the World Choujin Tag Championship is Skull Boze and Devil Magician, the Most Brutal Combination in the Universe. Below them, sharing 2nd is The Machineguns and Emperors, and in last place are the Rugged Brothers.
Announcer: Well, will these ranks change with the remaining four matches? We can’t predict it.
Tazahana: Well, bye-bye everyone, bye-bye.

TN: You have to hand it to Kinkotsuman: he knows how to make the most fodder of robots. Essentially you can't say he didn't try...but the way he was ripped up and Iwao was knocked away from the word "go", this was more a setup of Skull Bozu and Devil Magician than a real tag match. As for the other fight...well after following the Eagles this season, sometimes you have to realize that "a tie is much better to have than a loss". Considering the crap Suguru and Terry went through just to at least last to get a tie, they should just take it and move on to their next match with...well, most likely the Rugged Brothers but who knows who the second member will be with Black Shadow destroyed.