Kinnikuman 243

Finally, with one immense Muscle Docking, the Muscle Brothers has finally put a stop to the Stray-Devil Choujin Combo! The first semi-final match is over and we can move on to the second...except there's a problem...

Chapter 243: Dream Choujin Tag Arc (35): A Devil’s Distinction!!

145.
Announcer: Kinnikuman and Great’s tenacious Muscle Docking has made the Stray-Devil Combo explode----!!

146.
Mongol: Is…it over!!
Suguru: Please—don’t revive!
Terry: !
Announcer: Ashuraman hasn’t been defeated ye—t!!
Ashura: Such…a splendid friendship combination…

147.
Ashura: GEBO
Sunshine: GEBO

148.
Meat: Uwa—they did it—
Announcer: The final assassins of the Devil Choujin, Ashruaman and Sunshine, have been sunk! The Muscle Brothers have gotten their ticket to the Tag Tournament final--!!
Mayumi: Hahahaha, Suguru—you’ve done well—
Suguru: Uo—I, we did it Great, no…Master Kamehame!

149.
Suguru: Of…course!!
Terry: Well, the match is over. I’ll reveal to you my true identity!
Suguru: Well, Great, with this vigor, we’ll obtain the championship trophy!
Terry: Kinnikuman…
Terry: But those devils did well too.
Neptune: What are you doing!? Get up, Devils! You haven’t lost to the Justice Choujin yet----!!

150.
Terry: What!?
Neptune: Have you forgotten! This match is being held as a Lumberjack Gondola Deathmatch---!!
Neptune: Namely, since the Muscle Brothers haven’t thrown you two into the gondola hanging from the ceiling, they can’t be declared the winner yet--!!
Terry: ………!!
Harabote: As Neptuneman said: this match is being held as a Lumberjack Gondola Deathmatch. Therefore, since the Muscle Brothers haven’t put the Devil Combo into the gondola, the committee considers this match resumed!!

151.
Mayumi: Su…Suguru—hurry and get those devils into the gondola—
Neptune: Stand up, stand up—Ashuraman, Sunshine!!
Suguru: OK!
Suguru: What will we do! Do you want to win this match and go to the finals!!
Terry: Well I want to win this match quickly.
Terry: But in this case, I don’t want Ashuraman and Sunshine, who’ve fought wearing on their fare and square and desperate power until now, to taste the humiliation of being locked away in a cage!!
Suguru: You…say that, but we have no choice due to the rules!!

152.
Terry: Kinnikuman, do you know that you’re the prince of planet Kinniku too! What about the feelings of Makai prince Ashuraman……
Suguru: Ashuraman’s feelings…!!
Suguru: Right. Victory or defeat has no meaning in this match. Justice Choujin and Devil Choujin have used their spirit and pride to fight for two hours and ten minutes!
Suguru: Great, you are a nice guy!
Mayumi: Hey—what are you doing, Suguru—what will you do if the devils revive----
Audience: How could you plan to do this with your right to go to the final----!!
Suguru: Shut u—p! We have many circumstances here--!!

153.
Neptune: Ashuraman, Kinnikuman’s team appears they won’t put you into the gondola. If that’s how it is, then conversely throw Kinnikuman in the gondola and win the match!
Announcer: The tenacious Stray-Devil Combo has revived once again--!!
Everyone: AAH…
Ashura: Ka…kakaka. You’re…soft, Kinnikuman. If you won’t throw us into the gondola………then we’ll…
Suguru: Awawawa

154.
Suguru: Huh!!
Suguru: Wh…what the heck are they doing!?
Announcer: The Stray-Devil Combo’s Ashuraman, who we thought was going to attack the Muscle Brothers, has put Sunshine in an Ashura Buster and is soaring high into the air--!!
Suguru: Th…they’re dealing with themselves with their own hands----!!

155.
Ashura: That’s…better…
Announcer: With the Stray-Devil Combo personally entering the gondola, the Muscle Brothers’ victory this time is settled---!!

156.
Neptune: I thought that those devils would be a protective fire in smashing the Muscle Brothers a bit, but they were useless farts!
Neptune: Budo, drop them!
Budo: Right.

157.
Announcer: The gondola the Devil Choujin entered has flipped back down--!!
Neptune: Ashuraman, it seems like your laughing, angry and cold masks are the same as these Choujin: accessories just for hiding your weak faces!

158.
Neptune: Cross Bomber---!!
Announcer: Ashuraman’s three faces have been hunted---!!

159.
Neptune: Continuing from Warsman and Robin Mask, I’ve gotten the three masks of Makai prince Ashuraman…this is the greatest collection!
Neptune: A coward like you looks appropriate with a crying face!! Ha—hahaha.
Sunshine: …………
Sunshine: Yo…you—

160.
Neptune: Quarrel Special!!
Suguru: St…stop—
Terry: Ki…Kinnikuman.
Sunshine: Ugya~~
Neptune: Hahaha, how’s that? It’s enough for me alone to take care of you cowardly devils!!

161.
Neptune: Ge…!?
Neptune: Uwa
Neptune: Wh…who did that!?
Mongol: You’re using too much energy. You’ll make the showdown with our team no fun!
Announcer: Here comes the Perfect Choujin eliminating schemers: the 20 Million Powers of Mongolman & Buffaloman.

TN: I guess I can start my reaction with this: it felt like forever since I wrote "Neptune" with dialogue by this point. It was weird seeing Neptuneman fighting to get Ashuraman back up but he was right: they all agreed to the "Lumberjack Gondola" bit so they had to finish it. But somehow I did like Ashuraman taking his "loss" so simply: even as Suguru and Terry went on and on about the pride of the Choujin, the spider-god just wanted the whole stupid thing over with and took himself away...even if it was just a weird trap for Neptuneman to take his masks. (wait...they were masks all this time!? So then how the heck can his faces change when they're not masks, like the "three angry" or "three crying" bits!?) All in all, as stupid as many probably made this semi-final, Ashuraman did get a lot of redemption in this arc and this fight so it didn't feel that bad. (even if Sunshine...became a tad too whiny) But hey, at least it's time for the second match of the arc...which means I'll be writing "Neptune" quite a bit from here on!