Kinnikuman 218

We interrupt your usual Choujin tag match with the arrival of a ball-head and a screw-head who had completely destroyed the Most Dangerous Combo! But things are only getting worse...at least if the crowds have something to say!

Chapter 218: Dream Choujin Tag Arc (10): The Truth of the 4th Power!!

58.
Box: TERRY FUNK: RETIRED AUGUST, 1983
Terry: Thank you very much! I’ll do it for all of you!!
(TN: Considering Terryman is influenced, obviously, by Terry Funk, this cover page of the original’s retirement was a cause of celebration for Terry…and just a fun excuse for Yudetamago to note it. It didn't last long, considering Terry Funk was fighting in the WWF a couple years later!)

59.
Wolf & Brocken: Guwaaa~~~!!
Announcer: The duo of Brocken Jr. & Wolfman, who were intended for the 2nd Match, has suddenly been wounded by the trespassers--!!
Screw: Gehehehehe, how do you like flavor of Hell Screwdriver!?
Kenda: Karakara karakara

60.
Buffalo: The leg-component of one Choujin became a driver and his partner’s head is a screw head!!
Mongol: The…they’re truly Choujin born for tag-matches!!
Harabote: Wh…what is this? Universally chosen Choujin have lost to spontaneously joining Choujin…
Committee: It’s…terrible, chairman! The audience is starting to cause uproar.
Audience: What are these universally chosen Choujin—they’re completely weak—Give us our money back—
Audience: Idiots—you’re irresponsible—we want a refund—
Kenda: Gehehehehe, get more annoyed, more annoyed. Tell off these incredibly weak Choujin—

61.
Buffalo: So…somehow we have to protect Brocken and Wolfman from the uproar!!
Suguru: Ow.
Suguru: Korya—you all, you’re throwing them really aiming for me.
Suguru: Owa
Ashura: Generally without his force, I was unconcerned in him taking part in the tournament, but I was mistaken.
Sunshine: There’s a team I happen to know among us that will quickly disappear from the tournament grounds.

62.
Suguru: What the—we’ve gotten a perfect victory over the 4-D Killer Combo. Are you planning on underestimating the power of the Muscle Brothers—?
Kamehame: Lo…look at the ring!!
Suguru: What for?
Brocken: Mo…Mongolman, Buffaloman……
Buffalo: Br…Brocken Jr…!!
Brocken: Th…thanks for being our wall.
Brocken: Bu…but we’re alright already…!!
Screw: Wh…What!?

63.
Screw: Yo…you’ve taken our Hell Screwdriver…
Kenda: He…he’s standing…!!
Brocken: Guha
Screw: Do…do it!!
Brocken: I…I honorably gave up my body…I…I don’t have a reason to fight you…And yet I lost my partner Wolfman…

64.
Brocken: I’ve realized it…how can we face the audience and the 20 Million Powers with the trouble of us just being weak……
Buffalo: Br…Brocken!!
Brocken: Na…naturally, this is a showdown between we Most Dangerous Combo and you 20 Million Powers…now, either of you take the fall!!
Buffalo: But, Brocken, you’re not in the condition to fight now.
Brocken: Realize it, Buffaloman!!

65.
Buffalo: Understood…
Harabote: 1
Harabote: 2!
Harabote: 3!!
Harabote: 20 Million Powers
Announcer: Various things have happened, but somehow the 20 Million Powers has defeated the Most Dangerous Combo and advance to the 2nd Round!!
Brocken: Bu…Buffaloman, I seriously have hated before that we were fighting, but its good we’re not fighting…
Brocken: Because isn’t it being a friend by protecting our bodies by making a wall with your own bodies.
Buffalo: Brocken

66.
Suguru: But doesn’t Devil Choujin do these horrible things too? The team of you two has trespassed during a match.
Ashura: Hold on, I can’t ignore your words now. Devil Choujin don’t have guys like them. We say they’re assassins sent by you Justice Choujin and Brutal Choujin…
Mongol: I’m a Brutal Choujin too, but I haven’t seen these two before either—
Terry: They’re not Justice, Devil or Brutal, so what are those two in the ring!?
Screw: He—y, leave us out of that meaningless “justice” and “evil” talk! You ants--!!
Screw: It’s useless to have “justice”, “hatred” and “friendship” in a fight. A fight is a smackdown of a tempered body and tempered body! Thus, the one whose tempering exceeds their opponent even a bit wins.
(TN: “Smackdown” probably isn’t the best word to use here, but Screw Kid uses the expression “butsukari”, which is “to stop an opponent’s charge and take them down”. “Smackdown” is the first thing that came to mind in translating that)

67.
Buffalo: Wrong, you need feelings that flare up during a fight as well---!!
Kenda: Mo…Mongolman!!
Mongol: Ha--!!
Announcer: With Buffaloman faking an attack, Mongolman has found an opportunity from behind---!!
Kenda: An ant who bursts out with burning emotion
Kenda: Is still an ant!

68.
Kenda: And doesn’t befit a mighty elephant!!
Buffalo: Mongolman!!
Mongol: Uwa, my leg…
Buffalo: You~~
Suguru: You can’t return the superiority of Buffaloman’s 10 Million Power—
Kenda: You mean like this?
Buffalo: Ge

69.
Buffalo: Guwa
Audience: He…returned the 10 Million Power…………!!
Buffalo: Yo…Your Choujin Strength is above 10 Million Power.
Kenda: Our Choujin Strength is 15 Million Power!!
Kenda: We’re Perfect, with Choujin Hardness 10 (Diamond) on attack and defense!!
Kenda: People call us the Perfect Choujin!!

70.
Suguru: Perfect
Robin: Choujin
Kamehame: If that’s what you say, then I’ve heard of them! They’re Choujin who exist having transcended all emotions, making them the closest to the gods.
(TN: I didn’t know if I wanted to say just “God” due to the existence of the Gods prior with Goldman and Silverman…let alone many of the others we’ve met and will meet soon enough)
Kenda: Let me tell you.
Kenda: We Perfect Choujin end up not having partners due to our considerable strength and spend a bit of time secluded in the heavens training. However, after we’re above ground, perceive those who clamor for “Justice” or “Evil” in spite without real power as ants. Due to this, we have descended from the heavens so we can punish them.

71.
Kenda: Tournament chairman! Choose to let us Perfect Choujin take part in this Tag Tournament formally!!
Announcer: Another team has decided to participate in the tournament---!!
Kamehame: Ooh—so the truth of the 4th Power is Perfect Choujin—truly terrible things will occur from now on!!
Mongol: I don’t know if you’re the closest to gods or not, but we will defeat all Choujin who stand in our way!
Mongol: Trespassing combo, we 20 Million Powers formally challenge you!!

72.
Mongol: And we’ll advance to the 2nd Round by winning!!
Mongolman's Shoulderpad: To (Fight)
Buffaloman's Shoulderpad: Mou (Wild/Rush/Fierce)
Kenda: You cheeky!!
Buffalo: Mongolman! I’ll go ahead.

73.
Announcer: The first fighters are Kendaman and Buffaloman!!
Kenda: Guwahaha~~~
Suguru: What are you doing, Buffaloman, won’t you attack—
Kenda: Perfect Choujin never retreat when we take an opponent’s attack. That’s because if we can stop them, then we can quickly counterattack when the opponent’s attack crumbles!!
Buffalo: I…I’ve got it!!
Buffalo: I hear you well!

74.
Buffalo: Otto
Announcer: Buffaloman is inflicting an attack on Kendaman’s iron ball—
Announcer: Buffaloman has inserted the iron ball into his own left hand—
Kenda: Yo…you~~
Suguru: This is the stance of a Chain Deathmatch……!!
Kenda: Guhehehehe, a 10 Million Power Choujin is selling a fight with a 15 Million Power Choujin…
Kenda: I’ll teach you how it’s come—

75.
Buffalo: Is that all?
Kenda: Once more!!
Buffalo: Thanks for the rope!!
Announcer: Buffaloman is flying into the rope without hitting the corner---!!
Buffalo: Hurricane Mixer--!!
Announcer: There it is—Buffaloman’s treasured heirloom: the Hurricane Mixer--!!

76.
Suguru: He did it—This is Buffaloman’s win…!!
Suguru: N…
Suguru: No!! The chain. The chain is hidering the Hurricane Mixer—
Buffalo: Ge
Kenda: Gahahaha—
Kenda: Sorry, but I can only fly up to the length of my chain!!

TN: Convoluted revelation go! Well OK, the revelation of the Perfect Choujin wasn't that convoluted but it did drive me nuts trying to make sense of some of what they were saying. I do like the concept of Choujin who have "transcended their emotions", but to turn them completely into fighting machines instead of...I dunno, super-Buddhas...well, that's weird. It would make sense though that a Choujin "near God" is the next step towards...well, the final arc (not to mention we sort of did have a god fight via Goldman in the last arc so to have living Choujin with bodies doing it is the next step on the Shonen ladder). The explanation of them coming down was weak but...what can you say, it's just initial set-up for what's coming later. It was noble to see Buffaloman (and sort of Mongolman) fight the crowds rebelling against Brocken and Wolf while Screw Kid tries to rile them on though...in both ways, it showed the different perspectives of where both sides wanted to stand on "weak Choujin" vs. "Choujin friendship".