Kinnikuman 198

The ultimate battle of Kinnikuman and Akuma Shogun is about to begin! But before it can, a little history lesson may be in the books to reveal a clue regarding the truth of the Gold and Silver Masks!

Chapter 198: Gold Mask Arc (39): Revenge Battle!!

90.
Suguru: Banza—i to Kinnikuman’s long serialization!!
Meat: Thank you everyone.

91.
Suguru: Buffaloman!!
Shogun: You came back a bit too late, Kinnikuman.
Meat: Pr…prince, Buffaloman endured those hellish attacks to prevent Akuma Shogun from leaving the ring.
Suguru: Why…why you!!

92.
Suguru: Buffaloman, proud of his ten million power, has been changed to this atrocious form…
Buffalo: The…technique…!? Kinnikuman.
Suguru: …………
Suguru: It isn’t 100% yet, but my new deadly technique, the Kinniku Driver, has appeared.
Buffalo: Of…course, how…how ni…ce.
Suguru: ………
Doctor: Now, Kinnikuman, we’ll take Buffaloman to the infirmary.

93.
Suguru: Don’t touch him--!!
Suguru: I can’t forgive anyone who touches Buffaloman!!
Doctor: Bu…but!!
Suguru: I’ll take Buffaloman over myself…
Shogun: Are you running, Kinnikuman?
Suguru: I’m not confused. When Buffaloman is asleep in bed in the infirmary, I’ll return immediately and face you!
Suguru: These wounds of friendship aren’t useless for Buffaloman!!

94.
Suguru: The Kinniku Driver will surely take back the Gold Mask from you!!
Shogun: Th…this clumsy man can show this force at times…
Shogun: Understood, this will be the last. Use this to say goodbye to your family and friends. Wahahahaha.

95.
Suguru: Uwa—it was good that I was that frank to Akuma Shogun, but I can’t win by myself~~
Meat: Really, what can you do in being scared now, Prince!
Suguru: Hmph, guys who don’t fight can say anything to those actually in the ring!
Meat: What are you saying? I’ll be your second and fight!
Suguru: What—
Meat: He—y.
Mayumi: Hey, hey, can’t you stop?
Suguru: Ge, what’s that there?

96.
Suguru: Ooh!! Look there, isn’t that the Gold and Silver Mask?
Mayumi: Ooh, that’s?
Mayumi: “The Quarreling Brothers of Heaven”—
Suguru & Meat: The Quarreling Brothers of Heaven!?
Mayumi: That drawing is the only record left that shows the origin of the Gold Mask and Silver Mask.
Mayumi: OK! At this moment, I’ll tell you of the calamity that happened which separated the Gold Mask and Silver Mask!
Mayumi: Yes, this happened ten...well, a hundred million years…no, much mu--ch further back…

97.
Mayumi: Back then, the Choujin World had brother gods named Goldman and Silverman. There wasn’t a single fight at all in the Choujin World thanks to those gods…
Mayumi: Big brother Goldman was invincible as a master of grappling, people called big brother Goldman “The God of War”—
Mayumi: Little brother Silverman could stand up to grappling and couldn’t lose to his big brother, but he didn’t like fighting. From his gentle personality, people called little brother Silverman “The God of Peace”—
Mayumi: These brother gods with different personalities were on good terms, and united well in fighting and protecting and the Choujin world was truly at peace…But one day, one boy came to them.
Boy: I don’t think this could happen since Goldman and Silverman are close, but which of you would be stronger if you fought?

98.
Gold: Of course, Silver is skilled too, but he can only protect...ultimately in attacks, my rapid fire attacks are the greatest for your ultimate defense.
Silver: Those are words, but there’s too much danger thinking that way, big brother. Well then, there isn’t anything like my protection attacks.
Gold: What, you oppose your big brother—O—K, in that case, shouldn’t we settle whether attack or defense is stronger?
Mayumi: From there, Goldman and Silverman’s started their brotherly quarrel
Mayumi: The other gods, who saw this matter as serious, held an emergency meeting to send the only god who could subdue this fight.
Mayumi: He was Justice, the God of Judgment—

99.
Justice: This won’t ever end no matter how long you do this…these will make this a match.
Justice: O—K, start!!
Mayumi: The match was held with the result of the two gods mutually beheading one another—
Mayumi: And then, many years after, the two became the wearable Gold Mask and Silver Mask; they were obtained by the ancestors of the Kinniku Clan and came to be worshiped by all Choujin as the gods of peace.

100.
Mayumi: However, by the devils splitting the relation of the masks once again, a calamity has occurred within the Choujin World once again!
Meat: That’s the power decline of the Justice Choujin throughout the universe?
Mayumi: It is…that’s why the Justice Choujin who are within those Life-Support Systems in Kourakuen have gotten a bit weaker.
Mayumi: I don’t think it would be a calamity for us Justice Choujin to lose our lives. The real calamity would be the Devil Choujin ruling the entire universe—
Suguru: I’ll take back the Gold Mask from the Devil Choujin before it comes to that.
Mayumi: Su…Suguru.
Suguru: I have the Silver Mask of Peace, has it been defeated!!
Terry: Hey, Kinnikuman, it’s time!!
Suguru: Got it!

101.
Announcer: The Kinnikuman Squad enters the arena--!!
Shogun: I’ve been waiting, Kinnikuman.
Announcer: The two masks are raised. This truly is the real Gold Mask!!
Sign: Entrance
“Mongol”: So I come again……I’ve already come twice to instruct them myself…

102.
Announcer: The numerous scars on Kinnikuman is the story of the terror of his special training. As expected, the Kinniku Driver is that kind of technique--!!
Shogun: Kukuku, those scars to me appears to be the material for destroying the Kinniku Driver.
Announcer: Second Out--!!

103.
Suguru: How’s this!! The winner will take both!!
Suguru: Let’s go—
Announcer: Now there’s the gong for the match of the century--!!
Suguru: Doryaa.

104.
Announcer: Kinnikuman has turned Shogun on his back with a swift German Suplex---!!
Meat & Mayumi: He did it—
Shogun: Hmph…stop playing, Kinnikuman!
Suguru: Wh…what!!
Shogun: I’m the Choujin who can’t feel pain.
Shogun: I’ve taken every technique in the universe, but I’ve never felt pain to them!
Suguru: He—that’s surprising. But, the Kinniku Driver is different!

105.
Shogun: The Kinniku Driver…that technique doesn’t exist in this world. However, if you got all those wounds from Terryman’s body, then I can make a rough guess at what it is!!
Shogun: Well, it seems like a great technique. I already see a way to destroy it!
Suguru: Ooh! A big open stance…my chance for the Kinniku Driver…!!
Suguru: TAKE THIS~~
Announcer: Will Akuma Shogun become the very first victim of the Kinniku Driver---!!

106.
Suguru: Ge
Shogun: The Kinniku Driver is destroyed!!
Suguru: Ge
Announcer: The miserable Kinniku Driver has already been defeated—
Robin & Brocken: Aah.
Shogun: You—it’s ten years too early for Shogun-sama to take this pitiful technique in a fight--!!

107.
Suguru: Stop—this match has rules!! The match will have them within the ring--!!
Mayumi: They’re the modern “Quarrelling Brothers of Heaven”. At this rate, the audience will be pulled into this Blood Sea Hell. We need Justice, the God of Judgment…
Voice: I’ll take over as the match referee!!

108.
(GOLD MASK ARC)
SPECIAL VTR XI
KINNIKUMAN VS. ASHURAMAN (2)

TN: Yeah, it's sort of obvious (well, sort of) who Justice is in this day and age...but it is weird that "he" would have an ancestor who lived all those years ago to restrain Goldman and Silverman. But hey, whatever happens. Speaking of which, the concept of the "Kinniku-looking gods" start to show up around this point...sure it won't play into anything now (aside from the super-obvious coincidence being shoved at us that the Kinniku Clan is the only clan that matter in the "only race which matters" already forced via the Choujin) but you'll end up liking or regretting this a couple arcs from now. Oh...and if you probably are tired of me complaining, I did like the start of the actual Kinnikuman/Akuma Shogun showdown...