Kinnikuman 233

Terry has been saved, but under one condition by his savior Kamehame: he will continue on as the new Kinnikuman Great! Is the American really up to the challenge to re-enter the tourney...and reunite alongside Suguru!?

Chapter 233: Dream Choujin Tag Arc (25): Birth of the 2nd Great!!

143.
Terry: Master Kamehame, I’ll borrow your mask for a little while!

144.
Suguru: He—y, hurry; if you don’t open, I’ll really break the lock!!
Terry: Hey!! Kinnikuman? I’ll open it now.
Terry: Uwa
Terry: It’s…you—
Terry: Ooh, Master!! Are the wound you took from the Devil Choujin healed already?
Terry: Ah…yes. I’ve completely gotten better thanks to the courteous nursing of Terryman.
Terry: Hey! That’s it.
Suguru: Well then, where’s Terryman?
Meat: Ah…while you mention it, I don’t see him!
Terry: N…no, Terryman had urgent business and left earlier.

145.
Suguru: Well there is someone sleeping in the bed but…
Terry: You’re imagining it, you’re imagining it.
Suguru: Great, I’ll tell you since I don’t seem to see Terry……
Suguru: Earlier, I took Geronimo to a nearby hospital. His body, wounded by the Devil Choujin, is at its limit for not having surgery and seems to be life-or-death for two or three days from here from how torn it is.
Terry: Th…that’s Geronimo’s condition……!!
Suguru: The Perfect Choujin have crushed Brocken, Wolf, Robin and Wars and now the Devil Choujin took Geronimo…If it’s come to that, we’re the only ones left who can crush them, even for the honor of the Justice Choujin!!
Suguru: There isn’t time until the start of the semifinals. Prepare to get into the ring, Great!!

146.
Terry: They…they completely believed I was Great…!!
Terry: I’m not healed. Going after hearing of the many Justice Choujin lost and with even Geronimo defeated this time…how could Kamehame, the real form of Great, have died……
Terry: If I can get better with Geronimo defeated and Kamehame dead, I can help him……
Terry: And then, to do like him himself, I have to survive by removing my cowardice and shame!
Terry: Right, I’ll die when that happens----!!
Voice: Terryman, what are you so worried about!

147.
Terry: The…ghost of Kamehame……!!
Kamehame: Terryman, show your face if you don’t want to live and put on that mask so you can live!!
Terry: Kamehame! What are you telling me?
Kamehame: Aren’t I switching places with Terryman so Kinnikuman Great can live!!
Kamehame: Quiet. You truly will become Kinnikuman Great yourself, team up with Kinnikuman and fight the Perfect Choujin and Devil Choujin…You should understand this is the ultimate farewell gift to your defeated allies----!!
Kamehame: However, the Kinnikuman Great I performed was me so he could be great, but can I expect you to do that as the 2nd Great? I’m worried that you won’t be able to pull Kinnikuman by the legs.
Terry: I…I want to pleasingly wear this Great mask if I can fight the Devil Choujin once more…however, I don’t have your wisdom or ability!!

148.
Kamehame: Why are you scared! Don’t you have the youth I don’t and the guts reared in the wide land of Texas!!
Terry: Youth and guts…
Kamehame: Even if you have those, you have to quickly master the Great strategy style.
Terry: …………!!
Terry: Wh…what is that!!

149.
Kamehame: Fuofuofuo…I remember this…even then, I used this wood puzzle to teach the 48 Killer Techniques to Kinnikuman…(flashback) Here, here.
Kamehame: Well, Terryman, no, 2nd Great. Face this wood puzzle and come at me from anywhere.
Terry: Too
Kamehame: Hey hey, that won’t hit the enemies of Geronimo.

150.
Terry: Sorya—
Kamehame: Dorya—
Kamehame: Hoiya—
Audience: Hurry, the semi-finals are starting—doesn’t this have importance—
Announcer: Right now, the first Choujin Tag Tournament semifinals shall begin!!

151.
Announcer: With the first round matches finally past, the 4 teams who made it are entering!!
Announcer: First to enter are Mongolman & Buffaloman: the 20 Million Powers, revealing their incredible stamina by defeating the Most Dangerous Combo in the first round, and continuing by defeating the Trespassing Combo of Screw Kid & Kendaman!!
Announcer: Their average height is 229.5 cm, total weight 350 kg. Their special Two-Platoon Hold is the Longhorn Train!!
Announcer: And now from the opposing corner are Neptuneman & Big the Budo: the Hell Missionaries, the leader of the Perfect Choujin who brilliantly achieved a defeat of the Choujin Teacher/Student Combo, said to be the top champion candidates, in the first round!!

152.
Announcer: Their average height & combined weight are unknown. Their special Two-Platoon Hold is the Cross Bomber!!
Neptune: Number O—ne!!
(TN: A bit of a difference here: when Neptuneman first said it, he said “Number One”, but this time he said “Ichiban”, which is Japanese for the same thing)
Girls: Kya—Neptune’s dreamy--!!
Announcer: The girls who were fans of the Choujin Teacher/Student Combo until before have completely switched to the Missionaries!!
Neptune: Fufufu…in this world, strength is everything.

153.
Announcer: Next up are Ashuraman & Sunshine, the Stray Devil Combo who just victimized Terry and Geronimo earlier with their killer techniques!!
Announcer: Their average height is 252.5 cm, total weight 1200 kg. Their special Two-Platoon Hold is the Hell Combination!!
Audience: Go home—devils!!
Ashura: Ka—kakaka, hate us, hate us! Hatred is our medals!!
Sunshine: Kuofuofuofuo
Suguru: Awawawa, three of the teams have started to enter!!
Suguru: Next will be the entrance of my Muscle Brothers, but what exactly happened to that Great!!
Suguru: Ooh, he’s come, he’s come!

154.
Terry: Sorry for keeping you waiting, Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: Wh…what, you’ve become wounded!?
Terry: Don’t worry, don’t worry, so let’s go in!!
Announcer: Well, and now finally are Kinnikuman & Kinnikuman Great, the Muscle Brothers who showed splended teamwork in the first round in taking down the 4-D Killer Combo!!
Mayumi: Yes, here comes the stars—

155.
Announcer: Their average height is 187.5 cm and combined weight is 185 kg. Their special Two-Platoon Hold is Muscle Docking!!
Harabote: You can’t enter!!
Suguru: Owa
Suguru: Why can’t I! Shouldn’t I go into the ring so I can fight?
Harabote: Before we start the semifinals, I want to hold a combination lottery due to all of you being the advancing semifinal teams!!
Terry: What!?
Suguru: What? Shouldn’t the combinations have been decided long ago by Tournament Mountain!!

156.
Harabote: Shall we go with that one tournament path where the tournament combination that decides the best Choujin in the universe is chosen by mistake?
Neptune: Fufufu…isn’t that interesting? According to this tournament, our next opponents will be the Stray Devil Combo, but we don’t want to fight them yet until we have our achievement purpose to overthrow the Justice Choujin!!
Ashura: We too have the same opinion. A Perfect Choujin and Devil Choujin finals will be from the defeat of the Justice Choujin!!
Announcer: The Hell Missionaries and the Stray Devil Combo are bound by an evil alliance----!!
Mayumi: Th…this has gotten terrible---!!
Buffalo: We don’t object. We want to take on guys with bones from the start than face a team of weaklings!
Suguru: What—who exactly are those weaklings---!!

157.
Suguru: Right, the Muscle Brothers also approve of a lottery!!
Announcer: Thus with the approval of the four teams, we will have a combination lottery!!
Voice: Ge—wh…what!! Those are ropes…
Harabote: Well, young Choujin? These four ropes placed in the ring are each bound between one and another corner!! Thus why it’s called “The Shame and Dishonor of Two Ropes”.

158.
Harabote: Now all of you will pull whichever rope you like! Whoever’s holding the rope you grab will be your competition opponent!!
Neptune: Understood. They’re ropes of destiny.
Suguru: We’ll go with this!!
Harabote: Alright, pull—
Buffalo: There!!
Ashura: Now!
Suguru: Here—
Announcer: Well, the combination lottery of destiny has started---!!

159.
Neptune: Pull it much stronger, Budo!!
Buffalo: Uh!!
Announcer: The first has been decided as the combo of the 20 Million Powers and the Hell Missionaries---!!
Announcer: Th…that makes the Muscle Brothers opponent---!!

TN: Let me just be frank: I hate this chapter. In every way, shape and form, I really hate this chapter. Where doI begin...oh yeah, let's start with the sudden "death" of Prince Kamehame. Yeah, it sort of was inferred he was dying in the last chapter what with his age and all the damage he took from the last several matches (let alone taking a complete Cursed Roller), but with no real indication otherwise from his conversation previously that was inferring and no real big show...he's just dead. Obviously that means Terry is now Great since the former Great...is an ex-Great. But wait, it gets worse: just when you think Kamehame is dead, he returns as a ghost...and not just as a ghost, but a ghost that can suddenly move objects at will and hold up "wooden puzzles" like he was alive! And let's make things worse: Terry now not only has to become Great, but spend a period of time (that is unknown but short enough that there isn't much of a break before the intro to the next round) to learn all of Kamehame's strategies and abilities so he could be Great and work with Suguru like nothing happened! And then let's top off the stupidity with this: all of a sudden they have to abandon the bracket for the first round so they can choose different semi-final opponents! It's obvious why: with the way things were then, the Muscle Brothers would face the 20 Million Powers next...and as you've seen in this arc, Yudetamago hates having any Idol Choujin fight each other at all. It's really pathetic and it forced this reorganization, but...meh, it's just the topper of the stupid choices made here. I know they had made things up as they went along with this series (isn't it obvious?), but this really shouldn't have been like...well, it was.