Kinnikuman 175

With the first floor match finally over (and another Gold Mask revealed fake), the attention shifts to the showdown between Brocken Jr. and the devious Devil Knight known as The Ninja...who has a few tricks up his sleeves!

Chapter 175: Gold Mask Arc (16): Right-and-Wrong at Will!!

104.
Announcer: Well, Kinnikuman is climbing to the 2nd floor after the 1st floor ring where Robin Mask has ended his fierce fight defeating Junkman!!
Suguru: He—y, Brocken. Robin below you has finished a splendid victory. You’ll continue from Robin too--!!
Suguru: Ge!
Suguru: Th…this is!!
Caption: FIVE-TIER RING 2ND FLOOR: BROCKEN JR. VS. THE NINJA

105.
Suguru: Ho…how did Brocken get hurt…what on earth happened……!?
Brocken: Uoo--!!
Ninja: No matter how many times, it’ll be the same!
Announcer: Their long staring is over. Brocken is on the move--!!
Brocken: Uoo--!!
Announcer: Brocken is holding The Ninja for a Body Slam--!!

106.
Announcer: Further, with these conditions, he’s running for a California Crash—
Suguru: Yes, not one Choujin has ever escaped from Brocken’s California Crash until now. It’ll be the same for The Ninja--!!
Brocken: This is the end----!!
Ninja: Right-and-Wrong at Will Jutsu!!
(TN: I decided to go along the lines of the Naruto dub for The Ninja’s attacks: translate the actual technique but still keep them as a “jutsu” instead of an “art”)
Suguru: Ge…they…disappeared!!

107.
Suguru: Ge!!
Ninja: California Crash!!
Announcer: Well whatever happened, both of them suddenly disappeared; and when they appeared, The Ninja has reversed the sides of performing the technique--!!
Brocken: Haa haa
Ninja: That’s why I said it. No matter what you do, your technique will become mine with my Right-and-Wrong at Will Jutsu……
(TN: Just a bit of warning: The Ninja talks in archaic Japanese, seeing how he refers to himself as “sessha”)
Suguru: Right-and-Wrong at Will Jutsu…is he using that rumored ninjutsu!!
Brocken: Ke…this ninjutsu, should have a source somewhere for those who do it after all!!
Announcer: Brocken’s using the California Crash again—
Ninja: Ke…stupid…Right-and-Wrong at Will Jutsu!!

108.
Suguru: Ah…they disappeared again!!
Voice: Choujin Strength power down!
Suguru: Ge…just that voice………!!
Announcer: Ooh, they haven’t completely disappeared!!
Brocken: Wh…what happened……!?
Announcer: Though it is vague, the naked eye can see Brocken and The Ninja’s movements on a slow video.

109.
Announcer: Just before The Ninja’s deciding technique, he inverted his body frontwards and switched their stances--!!
Suguru: Of course, its slight timing……you have to have at least 5 Million Power to slightly see the movements or you can’t see it with your naked eye!! But thanks to Brocken Jr. reducing his power, The Ninja had to put the brakes on his power too and, so to speak, it can be seen on a slow video!!
Ninja: Fufufufu, you had to make a big sacrifice just to prove the source of my Right-and-Wrong at Will Jutsu.
Ninja: I took your move, but that’s not all of my ninjutsu!!
Ninja: It gets fun from here!!

110.
Brocken: Uwa
Suguru: Aah!!
Brocken: Uwa
Brocken: Uwa
Brocken: Gu
Brocken: Ge—

111.
Ninja: Ninja Art: Spider Web Binding!!
Announcer: The Ninja has fixed Brocken’s body in the center of the ring, nimbly binding his limbs in the ropes like a butterfly captured in a spider web---!!
Brocken: Ugaa
Ninja: Fufufu…if you wriggle, you’ll quickly wriggle yourself into the rope.
Suguru: Brocke~~~n!!

112.
Brocken: Uwaa---!!
Ninja: With the time that you remain like that, the tangled rope will soon cut up your body.
Ninja: However, it’s not fun with just that…Here’s where I’ll show you a fun show!
Suguru: A fun show!?
Suguru: Aah!
Announcer: The Ninja is firing fireballs from his mouth----!!

113.
Announcer: The fireballs spit from The Ninja’s mouth are countlessly blazing above Brocken Jr.’s head!!
Brocken: Gyaaa
Suguru: What’s the connection of fireballs and a fun show!?
Ninja: This is the same principal of hanging by animal skin under a blazing sun.
Suguru: Hanging a skin!?
Ninja: In the old west, opposing criminals were executed by hanging them loosely with animal skin and exposing them to the blazing sun for days…The animal skin will suddenly change from the temperature…initially, the loose skin will have bleached in the blazing sun and rapidly shrink; and over time the criminal’s neck will be clamped, strangling them to death……
Suguru: Th…this rope is becoming snakeskin!

114.
Ninja: Hahahaha—so then, do you get it!! My spit-out fireballs have changed to suns…This is a Western desert zone: Hell Tour #4: Scorching Hell—
Brocken: UWAAA—
Announcer: The snakeskin rope is shrinking quickly from the heat, clamping Brocken Jr.’s body---!!
Suguru: Br…Brocken is ge…getting killed---!!

115.
Brocken: It’s…it’s 99% impossible to escape from here. However, now I can only go for my remaining 1%…
Brocken: The Ninja, perhaps this is my end. So, for my end, shouldn’t I show my ninjutsu?
Ninja: What, your ninjutsu!?
Ninja: Interesting, will you show me?
Brocken: Thanks!
Ninja: Wh…what!?
Brocken: Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth!!
Brocken: Right-and-Wrong at Will Jutsu!!
Suguru: They…disappeared—

116.
Announcer: A big turnaround: Brocken Jr. has stolen the Right-and-Wrong at Will Jutsu, The Ninja’s forte, and switched positions---!!
Ninja: Gya—
Brocken: I learned it from watching you, it was clever……
Brocken: This is your end!!
Ninja: Gyaa~~

117.
Announcer: The Ninja has fallen for his own jutsu and has been cut by his snakeskin ropes--!!
Brocken: The Ninja, you were a terrible Choujin……
Brocken: But you’re only a man being beheaded…
Suguru: He…hey, Brocken, you really seemed to jump out with that beheading.
Suguru: Ge—his head!!

118:
GOLD MASK ARC
SPECIAL VTR VI
BROCKEN JR. VS. THE NINJA

TN: Yeah, I know what you're thinking: "THE" Ninja!? Well that's his name so we have to keep it like that. Aside from that technicality of language, another interesting and fun match has started displaying a combination of brains and brawn similar to the previous match...but with more "jutsu" than actual brawn. In some ways it is weird to actually see ninja jutsu in use than actual abilities but it works. (though this version of "Scorching Hell" was cool) Meanwhile, I really don't know if I translated "Right-and-Wrong at Will" correctly as the main jutsu in the chapter's name, but somehow it just seemed a bit too similar to Buffaloman's ability of shifting his Choujin power to pull off more improbable abilities. I really wish they would explain this aspect of Choujin power, but it seems less concrete compared to other power systems in other shonen series. (though the "so fast it's beyond the naked eye" bit is a shonen staple...and heck, this chapter came out before DB so it probably was out there way before Kinnikuman!)