Kinnikuman 217

With a powerful combination, the Muscle Brothers have destroyed the 4-D Killer Combo and moved to the second round! Now with them proven, it's time for the second of the first round matches...except that something new has been added...

Chapter 217: Dream Choujin Tag Arc (9): The Mysterious New Power…!!

41.
Announcer: It’s the docking of the century of Kinniku Buster and Kinniku Driver~~~!!
Terry: It…can’t be!!
Brocken: A docking of Kinniku Buster and Kinniku Driver…
Robin: That is…!!
Mongol: Is it physically possible?

42-43.
New Choujin Introduction
Choujin on 42 (from top left):
-MOAIMAN
(TN: Not to be confused with Moaidon in Nisei)
-HAMMERHEAD
-MOKU MOKU JIN
-THE PUZZLEMAN
-SCREW KID
-SNAKEMAN
Choujin on 43 (from top left):
-BIG THE BUDO
-KENDAMAN
-BIG RADIAL
-HANG KILLER
-MAGNITUDE I MAN
-DAISANGEN

44.
Announcer: There isn’t a word from the audience on the Muscle Brothers’ artistic twin-platoon attack in the ring.
Flags:
-HURRAY HURRAY KINNIKUMAN
-MONGOLMAN & BUFFALOMAN
-ROBIN MASK & WARSMAN, YOU CAN DO IT
Buffalo: The Muscle Docking possesses double…no, ten times the destructive power that when each opponent is individually facing the Kinniku Buster or Kinniku Driver.
Buffalo: Perhaps the duo of Black Hole and Pentagon won’t be getting up again.

45.
Black Hole: Geho
Pentagon: Ge

46.
Audience: THEY DID IT--!!
Announcer: The first match of the first round of the tag tournament is the Muscle Brothers taking down the 4-D Killer Combo--!!
Suguru: Yaa~~y
Mayumi: You’re closer to the dream of having both the single and tag titles, Suguru—
Meat: Prince--!!

47.
Ashura: Ke…he should be happy in having an ordinary championship. However, I should go ahead and sympathize with the 4-D Killer Combo, the weakest of our members, for giving a hard battle.
Ashura: Right, guys!?
Terry: Kinnikuman, congratulations Kinnikuman.
Robin: Nice finish hold!!
Sunshine: Terryman and the others are giving their blessing to Kinnikuman’s team…
Sunshine: That’s ridiculous! The Justice Choujin’s Friendship Power that we stole is within this box…
Suguru: Well, Great, let’s rest until the 2nd Round and get dressed to watch the matches of the other teams below!!
Kamehame: Ooh, sorry.
Suguru: What’s wrong, Great? Your face doesn’t look well.
Kamehame: N…no, it’s nothing!!

48.
Kamehame: ………!!
Suguru: G…Great!
Suguru: Are you OK?
Kamehame: Aaah, I’m just a bit tired…
Terry: Kinnikuman Great…I think that the way you’re tired is in just exhausting your stamina…
Robin: The staggering of his legs shows he has age!
Mongol: Perhaps he’s a veteran Choujin whose age is over 40, no, no less than 50 years old!!
Buffalo: If I’m sure, then I’m sure we’ll win if we fight the Muscle Brothers in a drawn-out match…!!

49.
Everyone: I see the Muscle Brothers’ weakness!
Sunshine: In that case, the effectiveness of the stolen Friendship Power is still quite suitable.
Announcer: Moving from the 1st Ring of Tournament Mountain, the next 2nd Ring will be starting the battle of fellow Justice Choujin: the Most Dangerous Combo vs. the 20 Million Powers!!
Caption: RED CORNER: Most Dangerous Combo (Wolfman, Brocken Jr.)
Caption: BLUE CORNER: 20 Million Powers (Mongolman, Buffaloman)

50.
Suguru: We-ll, shall the youngster who’s grown up show you there!!
Suguru: Go away.
Suguru: Ge!!
Kamehame: Wh…what is this blood thirst running like an electric current through my body!?
Suguru: Is this a tenacious flame confronting our team from the rival Choujin…!?

51.
Kamehame: No, this isn’t a blood thirst that I’ve felt from a Devil Choujin, Brutal Choujin or Justice Choujin!!
Kamehame: I feel worry of a 4th power slowly creeping in!!
Announcer: Well, the gong in the 2nd Ring has rung and the match begins!!
Voice: HOLD ON A MOMENT WITH THAT MATCH—

52.
Screw: Screw Kid!!
Kenda: ……& Kendaman
Mayumi: Wh…what—is that duo---!!
Suguru: They’re big Choujin with no heads---!!

53.
Brocken: What are you—it’s unforgivable that you step selfishly into our ring.
Buffalo: Stop, Brocken.
Screw: Kendaman, I’ll leave them to you!
Kenda: Thank you!!
Brocken: Guwa
Wolf: B…Brocken!
Brocken: Guuu, my ribs…
Kenda: What is this Choujin Tag Tournament? I’m shocked I’ve heard of this!!

54.
Wolf: Mu…
Wolf: Lo…look, Brocken. That sliding Choujin really doesn’t have eyes!! Therefore, it’s wandering searching for us!
Brocken: Right!! They’re headless Choujin. If we use that way, then we should win!
Wolf & Brocken: Sorya!!
Wolf & Brocken: Uo~~
Announcer: It’s the Twin-Platoon of Brocken & Wolf—
Kenda: Gehhehehe
Kenda: I don’t just attack with my iron ball…!!

55.
Kenda: I can also use it
Kenda: Like this!
Wolf & Brocken: Ge
Buffalo: I see his eyes!!
Kenda: Do you see!
Kenda: I’m not headless!!
Wolf & Brocken: Ge—a face on his iron ball---!!
Kenda: Sorya—Ball-and-Cup Head Butt—
(TN: “Ball-and-cup” is a typical past-time for Japanese youth, usually played by flipping a ball on a string around a mallet with two curves like cups and a spike at the top where the ball is also kept. Its Japanese name is “Kendama”, thus where the name “Kendaman” comes from)
Suguru: Aah!!

56.
Screw: It’s finally my turn.
Screw: Do it, Kendaman.
Kenda: Ooh!!

57.
Screw: Hell Screwdriver!!
Brocken & Wolf: Uwaaa~~~!!
Kamehame: That blood thirst then was felt from them---!!

TN: Well, here they come: the ball-headed Kendaman and the "screwed up" Screw Kid, who is enough to screw Wolfman and Brocken Jr....literally! I really love Kendaman's design, seeing how he was essentially developed from a Japanese child's past time into this powerful force! (Screw Kid...am I the only one thinking of Mignola's "The Amazing Screw-On Head"?) Of course, this isn't the only screwed up things in this chapter...for one thing: why the heck was Buffaloman wearing a sweater-vest in the ring? What could make a powerful, tough Choujin who was wearing nothing but his usual outfit outside the ring...decide for some reason to just put on a sweater-vest before taking on Brockenman and Wolfman? You can't take anyone seriously with a sweater-vest, it just sucks away all your machoness in one wooly motion! And while Kendaman and Screw Kid are the main attractions of this chapter, we also have a bunch of other Choujin here that will probably not get too much...well, I did mention Moaiman having a successor in Nisei that actually gets a good fight in, but what the heck is up with guys like "Daisangen", living mahjong tiles? Or "Magnitude I Man", a ripoff of The Mountain? Or the Sneagator like Snakeman? And get this...Big the Budo!?!?!? (yeah...nevermind, nothing more about him)