Kinnikuman 214

With the participants in the tag tournament finally whittled down (sort of), it's time for the games to begin...but what are the first-round matchups? And how will that be determined!? (it's Kinnikuman, which means it's going to be strange...)

Chapter 214: Dream Choujin Tag Arc (6): The Gong of Destiny!!

173.
CHOUJIN BEST TAG DIRECTORY (5)
MUSCLE BROTHERS

INDIVIDUAL TITLE HISTORY
KINNIKUMAN
-Space Choujin Heavyweight
-Former Hawaii Heavyweight
-Choujin Olympics Champion (’79)
-Choujin Olympics: The Big Fight Champion (’80)
-All-American Choujin Tag Champion (Partner was Terryman)
KINNIKUMAN GREAT (True Form: Prince Kamehame)
-Hawaii Choujin Heavyweight (As Prince Kamehame)

TAG TITLE HISTORY
-None

174.
Announcer: Well, due to Specialman and Canadianman abstaining, the regulated 8 teams are completed!!
Suguru: Wahahaha—This trophy will be taken by the Muscle Brothers!!
Black Hole: Ke…what are you babbling about? Do those with a doubtful origin think they can win a tag-team, you idiot!!
Suguru: What~~a doubtful origin~~~!!
Suguru: Tell me which of us it is—

175.
Suguru: Ma…Master!!
Black Hole: If you have confidence in that, then how about facing the 4-D Killer Combo?
Pentagon: That would be fine, we possess our own soft-body gymnastics!! (Kara Kara)
Suguru: What’s with the Kara-Kara?
Suguru: I’ll show you now~~later you won’t even have a tearful face.
Harabote: Hey hey, young Choujin shouldn’t get confused! We haven’t decided each of your battle opponents!
Harabote: It will be decided by this Tournament Mountain.
Suguru: Wh…what!?
Harabote: Look, at the sections for the first matches of Tournament Mountain!!

176.
Suguru: Ooh.
Everyone: Ri…rings have appeared---!!
Harabote: The 8 teams have been prepared 4 rings in four rooms for fighting in the first round!!
Wolf: Alright, if we just decide our battleground, then we’ll just fight in it later--!!
Harabote: However, the inside of Tournament Mountain has become a complex maze!

177.
Harabote: Each team will enter a room without knowing which team they will fight! In short: the maze will really be used as a lottery! It’s best that you yourselves fight the teams chosen by Tournament Mountain and completely win so you can get closer to the glorious tag trophy at the summit!!
Ashura: Understood, so our destiny is entirely molded by Tournament Mountain…
Suguru: It’s not interesting, you won’t do this!!
Harabote: So then, now we’ll open the first Space Choujin Tag Tournament!
Announcer: Will each participating team enter Tournament Mountain--!!

178.
Voice: You can do this—Muscle Brothers!!
Announcer: Well, each Choujin are running towards the entrance to Tournament Mountain simultaneously----!!
Kamehame: Ooh!! There are 8 entrances! Which one, Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: Alright—we’ll jump into Lucky 7--!!
(TN: Well at least Suguru remembers his lucky number)
Announcer: Well, each team is entering the mountain one after another!!

179.
Suguru: I…I’m bad at mazes!
Robin: Go this way.
Terry: This way.
Brocken: Here, Wolf!!
Brocken: Alright, we’re finally out--!!
Buffalo: If we can do this, then we can avoid just a showdown with a fellow Justice Choujin.

180.
Wolf & Brocken: Ge! Mongolman and Buffaloman!!
Announcer: The 2nd Ring in Tournament Mountain has quickly realized a clash of fellow Justice Choujin!!
Caption: 2ND RING: Most Dangerous Combo vs. 20 Million Powers
Announcer: Ooh!! And now the card for the 4th Ring has also been decided--!!
Terry: Hey, we’ve got a terrible team from our first match.
Caption: 4TH RING: New Machineguns vs. Stray-Devil Choujin Combo
Ashura: Hurry, close the door!
Robin: You two are lucky for fighting us, the champion candidate combo, from the start!!
Caption: 3RD RING: Choujin Teacher-Student Combo vs. Hell Missionaries
Announcer: And the 3rd Ring’s card has been decided.

181.
Announcer: We—ll, three of the four rings have been decided, but the 1st Ring hasn’t been filled!!
Mayumi: What’s wrong with that Suguru!
Meat: Aah!!
Meat: It’s Prince--!!
Suguru: Fue—we’ve finally gotten out of the maze.
Suguru: Huh, but hasn’t our opposing team been chosen yet!!
Suguru: N!?
Suguru: Watch out, above--!!

182.
Kamehame: Well.
Pentagon: Kakaka—
Suguru: Guhe
Announcer: It seems the match has quickly started in the 1st Ring!!
Caption: 1ST RING: Muscle Brothers vs. 4-D Killer Combo
Suguru: Damn those cowards--!!
Kamehame: Kinnikuman, I’ll go ahead, you’re not calm now.
Suguru: Can I be silent with a surprise attack~~
Announcer: The first fights are Kinnikuman and Pentagon---!!

183.
Pentagon: Die—
Announcer: It’s Pentagon’s Flying Body Attack--!!
Suguru: You s**t—
Announcer: But, Kinnikuman is caught and Pentagon leaves the ring--!!
Black Hole: 4-D Warp!!
Announcer: Pentagon’s body is being sucked into Black Hole’s face hole---!!

184.
Suguru: Ge—wh…where did he go!!
Kamehame: Kinnikuman! Black Hole is having Pentagon’s body use his 4-D Space, intending to warp him--!!
Suguru: What, warp!?
Pentagon: Kakaka—
Announcer: Pentagon has destroyed the wall of space and hit Kinnikuman with an Elbow Bat---!!

185.
Announcer: Kinnikuman is quickly down--!!
Meat & Mayumi: Prince—
Kamehame: Switch—tag me, Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: Th…that command…
Suguru: Should I switch with master?
Announcer: Kinnikuman has great bloodshed--!!
Suguru: You’re…not forgiven anymore!!
Pentagon: Kaka—
Suguru: Guwa

186.
Kamehame: Kinnikuman!!
Announcer: The 4-D Combo switches from Pentagon to Black Hole---!!
Mayumi: Suguru—
Meat: Prince—
Kamehame: Tag, Kinnikuman!!
Announcer: Black Hole throws Kinnikuman to the rope!!
Kamehame: You’re greatly overdoing your danger! Kinnikuman!!

187.
Suguru: They’re just words, but losing my embarrassment in front of my master can’t let me silently withdraw.
Kamehame: Kinnikuman! I’m not your master within this Tag Tournament. I’m Kinnikuman Great, your tag partner!
Suguru: I’ll ask you later!!
Kamehame: Tou
Announcer: The Muscle Brothers has changed from Kinnikuman to Kinnikuman Great--!!
Black Hole: Kekeke—a Flying Body Attack~~conversely, I can stop that--!!

188.
Black Hole: Ge
Kamehame: This isn’t a Body Attack!!
Black Hole: Uwa
Everyone: Ah.
Suguru: A…martial arts kick!!
Black Hole: Lucky shot—

189.
Black Hole: ……!?
Kamehame: Rolling Savate!!
(TN: Savate is a French style of fighting using kicks)
Pentagon: He…did it!!
Announcer: Now, a new star of the Choujin World has been born--!! His name is Kinnikuman Great~~!!
(End of Volume 17)

TN: First of all, I apologize for not getting this up yesterday. With all that going on from starting up a new manga series to starting another and finally figuring out how MH works in putting up raws (let alone script writing, watching something and all the usual Ataru procrastinations), I just couldn't make the time to get this out there. But hey, at least one good thing: this chapter gets the first round match-ups figured out and dives right in to the first! And among all of Kamehame/Great's fighting abilities, he shows off a bit in Savate, which really isn't as well known in martial arts, particularly with everyone's obsession with Asian styles. Just seeing the dynamic usage of Savate was a nice and neat thing somehow. I do have a bit to say on their first opponent here, but I'll leave that to the next two chapters (trust me: this is the "short" fight of the arc). Meanwhile, seeing where the others are fighting...let's say things are about to get interesting...