Kinnikuman 177

For his final Scorching Hell, The Ninja has summoned a massive lava-churning volcano on the canvas and has dropped Brocken Jr. within! Can the German Choujin hold on long enough to take down the Devil Knight within his own trap?

Chapter 177: Gold Mask Arc (18): Double-Level Hell!!

135.
Ninja: What!!
Brocken: Sorry but I’m not dead yet!!
Announcer: Brocken Jr. is climbing upwards by himself---!!

136.
Ninja: He—y! It’s essential that the Choujin is pulled to their end—
Announcer: The Ninja uses a storm of Shuriken Stomping on Brocken Jr., who’s hanging on the crater---!!
Suguru: Stop—that’s dirty--!!
Ninja: What are you saying! Winning is everything to Devil Choujin—
Brocken: Wi…winning is everything for me too like all of you……This battle will never end…………
Brocken: This battle will be won and Brocken Jr. of the Justice Choujin Corp
Brocken: Will be known to the world---!!

137.
Announcer: Brocken Jr. is free and has dealt a Headbutt to The Ninja’s face---!!
Ninja: You—what are you doing--!!
Ninja: Now you’re going down with the general myself—
Announcer: The Ninja has assumed the pose of a Brain Buster on Brocken Jr. at the crater’s edge--!!
Ninja: Die—
Suguru: Brocken—

138.
Announcer: The Ninja has hit Brocken Jr. with a Brain Buster with the bare rock in the crater!!
Ninja: Fufufu…
Suguru: Br…Brocken’s dead—
Ninja: Kukukuku, well, my face seems to have gotten ugly too, so shall I take his face………
Suguru: St…stop!!
Meat & Mayumi: Aah!!

139.
Ninja: Ninja Art
(TN: “Ninpo” = “Ninja Art”)
Ninja: Face Copy!
Announcer: Somehow, Brocken’s face is on the palm of The Ninja’s hand—
Ninja: Kukuku~~
Ninja: Starting today, I’ll be Brocken Jr.!
Announcer: And…and now he’s printed Brocken’s face on his face--!!

140.
Ninja: Gee!! Hold on! There can’t be two Brockens!!
Announcer: Brocken Jr. isn’t dead—
Suguru: Brocken—
Mayumi: I expected that—
Brocken: You’ve dressed up to go on the Hell Tour together, The Ninja!!
Announcer: The two Brocken Jr. have fallen into the crater----!!
Ninja: UWAAA
Suguru: Brocken!!

141.
Ninja: Let go—Brocken, I don’t want to go to Hell ye—t!!
Brocken: Ke, I thought this place would be Hell, but this lava isn’t hot at all--!!
Brocken: So is this merely a fake!!
Ninja: This isn’t a fake. Beyond these walls, a truly terrible hell is waiting—
Suguru: Hey, Robin, hasn’t it changed below you!?

142.
Ninja: Let go—
Brocken: You’re ugly, The Ninja!!
Robin: Brocken and The Ninja’s voices……!!
Ninja: If you remove this wall, then it’s Hell!!
Robin: It’s hell if you remove this wall…
Robin: So…so then!!
Robin: The true Hell is Junkman’s corpse…!?

143.
Brocken & The Ninja: Uwaaa—
Announcer: Both fighters have broken through the canvas to the 1st Floor ring--!!
Robin: Watch out!!
Announcer: Now, is the one caught by Robin Brocken or the transformed The Ninja!!

144.
Suguru: Ooh…Brocken Jr.’s remote-controlled hat! That hat will only return to the real Brocken Jr.
Suguru: Ah…
Robin: Ah…
Robin: Ah…

145.
Announcer: He saved the real Brocken Jr.—at this moment, the Justice Choujin have their second victory--!!
Brocken: Oh…the Gold Mask!
Robin: Ooh!! Of course…

146.
Robin: It’s…another fake!!
Brocken: Kinnikuman, this isn’t the time to be dejected!
Suguru: OK, so I’ll head up to the 3rd Floor!
Brocken: So, Robin! Have I become an adult Justice Choujin too!?
Robin: You’re an amazing Justice Choujin…!!
Caption: Justice Choujin BROCKEN JR (O) (Dragging to Hell) Devil Knight THE NINJA (X)
JUSTICE CHOUJIN: 2 WINS, 0 LOSSES…

147.
Suguru: Now, the next is the No. 1 force of the Justice Choujin, Terryman!! This will make it three straight victories.
Suguru: !
Caption: 3RD FLOOR: TERRYMAN VS. ASHURAMAN
Suguru: Te…Terry!!
Suguru: What happened, Terry—
Ashura: Kakakaka—are you Terryman, that big wheel rumored about? The true power of the Justice Choujin doesn’t amount to much.
Terry: A…Ashuraman…this is the first time there’s been such a terrible Choujin…
Terry: With your three faces and six golden arms.

148.
Ashura: Die!!
Announcer: Ashuraman has taken Terryman into a Neck Hanging--!!
Ashura: Ashura Face Angry!!
Ashura: Kukuku……and that’s not all!!
Suguru: Gee!! He’s growing hands!!
Terry: Uwa…
Suguru: Ge—he’s making a Neck Hanging with two arms and using a Bear Hug with two more arms! This…is the first time I’ve seen that technique---!!
Ashura: It’s still early to be surprised, Kinnikuman!!

149.
Ashura: There—
Terry: Uwa!
Terry: Ooh!!
Ashura: This is my deadly technique, the Ashura Buster----!!
Suguru: This…this technique!!

TN: I know it's the end of a chapter and we'll be seeing a ton of him for the next several, but let me just start with this: Ashuraman is cool. With that out of the way (and with a lot more to come in the next few scripts), the end of the Brocken/Ninja fight was chilling stuff, from the Brain Buster into the crags to the weird face switch that seemed to literally turn the Devil Knight into Brocken to the final collapse not into the volcano...but to Junkman's spiky chest! That part was just bizarre but really cool...though somehow the bit about the remote-controlled hat Brocken has was sort of a bit cheap. All in all, the fight was a bit strange and a ton of fun...and next time looks similarly cool, even if...yeah, not really a Terryman fan but if I liked Robin/Junkman, this may not be too bad either. (if only because of Ashuraman)