Kinnikuman 262

Though still with some misgivings towards each other, Suguru and Terry have finally started to refigure out their teamwork, strengthening their bonds once again as the Machineguns...but how long will it last against the Hell Missionaries!?

Chapter 262: Dream Choujin Tag Arc (54): The Last Mask-Hunt Declaration!!

145.
Announcer: The Machineguns take Neptuneman and Budo into a Flying Head Scissors, bumping their heads into each other—

146.
Neptune: Guwa
Budo: Guo
Announcer: They’re down, they’re down. The Hell Missionaries, who weren’t thrown down once in Round 1, have suffered their first fall in this match---!!
Suguru: Th…though I’ve hated Terryman that much, my body moved on it’s own when he was in a crisis!

147.
Kamehame: No matter how much you hate Terryman on the surface, you are communicating with him in the bottom of your heart. When Terryman is in a true pinch, your body will head in to rescue him spontaneously…
Suguru: Ha.
Suguru: Aah!!
Suguru: No, my feelings of hatred for Terryman haven’t changed. The movement of my body now was merely no further than a fluke!
Neptune: We…weren’t down now. It was a slip!
Neptune: Quarrel Bomber!!
Announcer: Ge—Kinnikuman doesn’t notice the Missionaries’ attack from the front!!
Terry: Hey Kinnikuman, a high jump!

148.
Terry: Ooh!!
Neptune: S**t
Suguru: Right, this is to attack Neptuneman and Budo!
Announcer: Terryman, confronting the momentarily unprepared Kinnikuman , has precisely directed the height of their jumps, dodging the Missionaries’ attack---!!
Suguru: Terry!!
Terry: I’ve paid back my debt for earlier!!

149.
Suguru: Ossha, let’s go Terryman.
Terry: Right.
Suguru: Sorya
Announcer: The Machineguns release a lightning-speed Rolling Clutch Hold!!

150.
Neptune: Chi
Terry: Uh
Announcer: The Missionaries has rejected them without delay…
Announcer: Kinnikuman and Terryman are flying to the center of the ring, being aimed to bump into each other---!!

151.
Meat: Watch out!!
Terry: Uwa
Announcer: How…ski—lled, they’ve crossed their mutual arms and changed courses into a Drop Kick!!

152.
Neptune: Uo
Announcer: How…strong: The Machineguns have completely kept away the attacks of the Perfect Choujin!!
Brocken: Strong…they really are strong………………they can straightly take their first and second round. I thought they weren’t going to lose, but The Machineguns are a terrifying team…………

153.
Terry: Uh.
Terry: Th…thank you, Kinnikuman.
Robin: The fight those two had today has increasingly hardened their unity…!! At any rate, their mutual stimulation has made them a great combination!!

154.
Robin: The one who knows this the best may be Kamehame behind us. Prince Kamehame, the tag-team of you and Kinnikuman was great, but Kinnikuman and Terryman have grown into a greater tag-team.
Announcer: Well, what’s facing the Missionaries, who are down in the ring, is the start of the count!!
Neptune: S…stop, I’m not down at all, I slipped.
Neptune: Perfect Choujin shouldn’t go down—
Neptune: Budo, what are you doing? Get up immediately!!
Neptune: Because you’re the long-awaited final one, I thought I would be able to take your mask little by little, but I’m changing my plans!!
Neptune: Mask-Hunt Announcement No. 2!
Suguru: ………!!

155.
Neptune: Kinnikuman! Your mask will be taken off exactly 5 minutes after the start of the 2nd Round!!
Suguru: …………!!
Announcer: Continuing from Kinnikuman Great from before, Neptuneman has this time announced a Mask-Hunt of Kinnikuman--!! And further, his announced time is 5 minutes, half the time of Great’s 10!!
Suguru: Awawa…it’s…come…
Suguru: He’s sentenced me to death as well. A…Mask-Hunt Announcement…
Audience: AAH…

156.
Neptune: As you know, Kinnikuman, when I finish hunting your mask, then I’ll have collected every masked Choujin’s mask in the world.
Neptune: Yes, there’s a blank space! There is where I plan to put your mask!
Neptune: Now, we don’t have time: stand, Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: Te…Terryman, I’ve been regretful at laughing at this until now, but I see…
Suguru: My life is too precious!
Terry: Kinnikuman!!
Announcer: Though he’s grown up as a Choujin who is part of the four corners of the universe, Kinnikuman hasn’t fixed his habit of running!!
Mayumi: That idiot, if he thinks he’s pleasing his parents, then he’ll soon know!!
Suguru: Owa, a dead end…………

157.
Neptune: Budo, make a path for Kinnikuman to escape with.
Budo: Yes.
Budo: To—
Budo: Budo Exploding Ki—ck!!
Announcer: Th…that’s intense! With the blow of Budo’s dropkick, a gaping hole has opened on the surface of Tournament Mountain---!!
Suguru: Th…thanks!!

158.
Neptune: Magnet Power On!!
Suguru: Owa
Suguru: Wh…what? What exactly is he doing?
Announcer: Neptuneman has released Magnet Power from the hole opened by Budo, which is crashing into Mt. Fuji---!!

159.
Announcer: A waterfall: a waterfall of sand is flowing from Mt. Fuji----!!
Suguru: Owa—
Suguru: Owa
Suguru: This isn’t sand.
Neptune: Fufufufu…do you like this flavor of Mt. Fuji’s special Iron Sand Shower?
Terry: Iron Sand!?
Suguru: This sand is iron sand, even if it’s sand! It’s Iron Sand…
Neptune: What do you think will happen if a body that’s soaked in iron sand is bathed in Magnet Power?
Suguru: Run, Terry--!!

160.
Suguru: Owa
Suguru: My…body feels like it’s tearing apart!!
Neptune: Ha—hahahaha, the Iron Sand is fully held to you; your body is now a lump of iron! You’re destined to be pulled towards my left arm and take my Quarrel Bomber!!
Terry: Kinnikuman, tag!!
Terry: No! Due to the intense magnetic wave, even my voice can’t reach Kinnikuman!
Meat: At this rate, it’s a matter of time before Prince’s mask is hunted. Isn’t there some good escape method?
Robin: Even I can’t figure out how looking at this!
Robin: What’s left is only to have faith in Kinnikuman’s Burning Inner Strength!

161.
Suguru: I…can’t even stop this with a tag move with Terry. Am I going to die alone!
Neptune: Ugu
Announcer: Due to Kinnikuman’s left arm sinking into the canvas, he’s being held back by the pull of Neptuneman’s Magnet Power---!!
Suguru: Bu…Buffaloman!!
Suguru: Right…I’m not alone…this left arm has Buffaloman living in it!!
Neptune: Ha—hahaha, Kinnikuman, I will tear apart your flesh and your mask, regardless of how long you stay firm to my pull!!

162.
Suguru: Hehe, even if my flesh tears apart, I feel good! If you can do that, then I want you to do it much greater!!
Neptune: Al—right, so then I’ll do as you wish. Full-Release Magnet Power!!
Suguru: Here it comes, here it comes, what I’ve waited for!!
Suguru: At the moment he fully releases his power!
Announcer: Kinnikuman has removed his left arm from the canvas and is riding the magnetism--!!

163.
Suguru: LONGHORN BOMBER!!

164.
(DREAM CHOUJIN TAG ARC)
SPECIAL VTR XXVIII
KINNIKUMAN VS. NEPTUNEMAN

TN: It's been a while since I've said this, but this is probably the first "half-and-half" chapter I've had in a while. The action for once has been top notch, particularly early on when we actually seem to show flow in fighting between the Machineguns and the Hell Missionaries. But...once we get to the final mask-hunt declaration...things go downhill. There are several things I think need to be noted in particular: first of all, while I get Suguru has his "cowardly moment" in every arc, why the heck does everyone have to be embarrassed when he does it? Heck, if Suguru knew that he was the final target for the Perfect Choujin, he should have actually expected it once Terry's mask was taken. Second...why the heck do we have to bring in some sort of metallic matter in every single fight with the Hell Missionaries, particularly after they revealed last fight that even being around their magnetic abilities slowly magnetizes their victims to the point they can successfully use the Cross Bomber on them directly. I mean one fight we have metal matters in the fighters themselves (Robin's armor and...well, Warsman), then the next we have that "Iron Sweat" crap...and now we have iron sand from Mt. Fuji? And of course there is the stupidest factor in this whole chapter: since when is Suguru the last Choujin on Earth that still has his mask? Heck, it begs to question: how many Choujin are masked on this planet? For all we know, many more Choujin are masked that we don't know of and that seem like they have a "regular face"...heck, until the Warsman fight, we thought that Suguru's mask was his face! So who's to say that others don't have the same situation? (then again...Pentagon's ability suggest that his...well, is his face) And if the dissapearance of Choujin masks were that big a deal...then why didn't anyone know of this until this tournament? You would think that in a society that prides Choujin and sees them as the most important thing in the world (akin to other shonen series priding...oh, children's card games or ninja or Shinigami or...anyone who has a drop from a particular warrior alien race that seems to dwarf any other race in the universe and has so few but always seems to have those that do appear be way more powerful than even the most powerful of the other races), the loss of their masks would have been a major deal and outed the threat of the Perfect Choujin before this tournament even started! I know it's really hard to take Neptuneman's comment seriously but unfortunately at this point we really have no choice...though at least show where Skyman has been considering he's masked too...oh yeah, nowheresville.