Kinnikuman 80

With his trials and tribulations in America over, Suguru and Meat can finally find time to relax...but when crisis arises, Kinnikuman may have to make the hardest choice of his career!

Chapter 80: The Belt or Saving Japan!?

176.
Clockwise from Top Right:
-Kinniku Cutter
-Kinniku Brain: A complex and mysterious brain, whether he’s an idiot or a genius.
-Artificial Heart: Can live for over 10 billion years.
-Spring Muscle: Jumping power 100 times a human
-XXX
-Kinniku Flash is created here
-Kinniku Arm: Power to break even diamond
-Kinniku Mask: With this, he can spend much time underwater.
-Fart Timer: Glance to know his amount of Garlic Energy

177.
Narrator: Kinnikuman, who has finished the tag matches in America, is enjoying himself on a break-day in Guam.
Announcer: We interrupt for special news from Japan.
Meat: He—nostalgic.
Announcer: Tokyo is in a massive crisis due to the evil Kaijuu Bullgoras.
Suguru & Meat: Bullgoras?
Announcer: Now, here’s some film…

178.
Reporter: We~~ll, it is preying on the children again~~~
Parent: Kya—my child.

179.
Reporter: Here comes the Defense Force!
Defense: Uwa…escape---!!
Captain: You’re a slob, Mach---!!
Captian: He—y, you tax thief---!!
Reporter: We~~ll, everyone, the Defense Force couldn’t stand up to him, as we expected.

180.
Suguru: Meat…
Meat: Right, we’re off!!
Suguru: It’s great we’re not in Japan.
Meat: What are you saying, Prince!!
Meat: Can’t you believe there are no Choujin if you look there!?
Kid: Don’t die, big bro.
Kid: Kinnikuman, wherever you are, save us—
(TN: The kid actually made the comment of Kinnikuman being “out of the country” but it makes more sense)
Meat: Prince, let’s go back to Japan!!
Suguru: Got it, we’ll save those kids!!

181.
Woman: Please hold on. Your next match will be in 5 hours…what will you do!?
Suguru: Don’t worry, companion. I’ll return to here…
Woman: Well if you’re late even a second, you will be deprived of your Choujin title.
Woman: So, please attach this to your arm.
Suguru: What is this?
Woman: This watch is now set to buzz five hours from now.
Meat: In short, that’s if you run out of time.
Woman: BEEP
Woman: At that time, you will no longer be champion…
Suguru: I get—it, I get—it.

182.
Suguru: Ri—ght, let’s go, Meat!!
Meat: OK, Prince!!
Narrator: And so……
Suguru: He~~y, Meat~~
Suguru: We’re flying there too slowly~~
Meat: Really—this was stupid even when you decided to just fly there.

183.
Narrator: At that moment…………
Kid: Wa…
Father: Aah, my child…
Kazuo: I’m running away--!!
Kid: Wa~~h!!
Suguru: Hold on, monster!!
Suguru: Meat, loan me some garlic!
Meat: Right!

184.
Bullgoras: Wh…what is this pig?
Suguru: All you readers, remember that I become huge with garlic.
Meat: Prince, hurry! The buzzer will go off in 30 more minutes…
Suguru: Wh…what…

185.
Suguru: Kinniku Flash--!!
Suguru: Wha? There’s no beam.
Bullgoras: Ao---!!
Suguru: Owa~~~!!
Suguru: S…s**t. It’s rusted in the long time I haven’t used it…
Bullgoras: It…stinks!
Bullgoras: What is that sound?

186.
Meat: Aah, Prince’s Fart Timer has started--!!
Meat: Prince--!!
People: Ooh, Pigman…no, Kinnikuman’s in a big pinch.
Meat: Kinnikuman’s Garlic Energy was suddenly exhausted when he went huge.
Kid: Hold on, Kinnikuman!!
Kid: Here’s some garlic…

187.
Suguru: KINNIKU FLASH!!

188.
Everyone: WA—HE DID IT--!!
Meat: Prince, the buzzer will go off if we don’t hurry back!!
Suguru: I know that!
Meat: Oh…Prince, you only have two seconds!
Suguru: Wh…what?
SFX: BEEP
Suguru: WA~H
Narrator: Thus, Kinnikuman didn’t return within the promised five hours and became deprived of the Choujin Title.
(End of Volume 6)

189.
WE REMOVE STRESS BY PRO WRESTLING
Yudetamago’s Cobra Twist

TN: You know as strange as it may sound, I liked this chapter. I know a lot of people probably expect more Choujin wrestling and such but somehow when Suguru goes back to his original "Ultraman Parody" form fighting Kaijuu and saving Japan, he's a ton of fun. It's a nice breather for the stuff to come and somehow it's just as natural to see Suguru and Meat doing this as it is to see them wrestling. Besides, now he actually has more physical moves alongside the Kinniku Flash, he probably should be able to be more capable...not to mention he does have more support of the locals now and there are the perks of eating garlic. But before I go off and give this chapter a unanimous seal of approval, I do have one huge bug I need to swat: why the heck did they have to make such a stupid catch to get rid of Suguru's title? I remember back at the beginning of the arc the whole big deal regarding the means and obligations of being a Choujin Olympics champion, but why would they force him to give it up for actual, serious business of saving Japan...when he was just about to give it up prior either for going home or not wresting in whatever matches they wanted him to? The latter is extreme too but the former just felt like a stupid catch Yudetamago wanted to use just to set up...well, what's coming soon. But hey, as stupid as that was, I did like the chapter for the Kaijuu fighting flashback.