Kinnikuman 270

Suguru may be relying on Friendship Power in his fight, but the Hell Missionaries have been over-reliant on their own powers, making a strange keyhole rise to the surface! Is this a clue to the truth of their control of the Earth's power?

Chapter 270: Dream Choujin Tag Arc (62): Secret of the Keyhole!!

123.
Neptune: Guo
Terry: What are those wounds on King and Neptuneman’s chests--!?

124.
Neptune: Guoo…
Announcer: Is there something wrong? The consistently calm Hell Missionaries seem to be shaken for the first time—
N. King: N…no, the Apollo Window has clearly risen up. Hide it, Neptuneman.
Suguru: So saying you were inferior Choujin who could do nothing if you didn’t rely on Earth’s energy was a bulls-eye!

125.
Suguru: And the key to splitting up the Earth energy and you two is that bruise that has risen on your chest!
N. King: Losing your mind is unsightly, Neptuneman.
N. King: Guroro…you’re right, Kinnikuman, it’s as you said. If we actually abandoned our Earth power, we would be degraded to mere inferior Choujin, the same as you.
N. King: But, Kinnikuman, by using the Apollo Window that has arisen on our chest, how are you going to separate us from the Earth energy?

126.
Suguru: But…that’s
N. King: If you figure out an answer, perhaps you may be able to defeat us, but……
N. King: If you don’t have an answer, we Perfect Choujin will defeat you
N. King: And afterwards we’ll rule this world with our coming allies!

127.
Ashura: It’s dangerous; this is a challenge that’s too dangerous, facing both the Hell Missionaries and the Machineguns……
Ashura: However, this situation is better for the Missionaries who have allied with Earth as is…
Robin: No, that’s not all…this will really help the Machineguns. The truth will be revealed about the change that Neptuneman has had as a Perfect Choujin…
Neptune: Haa—haa—
Suguru: Aah~~~isn’t there a switch to stop Earth energy somewhere…

128.
Terry: The…Apollo Window…I see that somewhere there is a key-shaped hole!
Suguru: Is it true, Terryman!?
Terry: Right: in truth, I saw the same form when I temporarily died when I was pierced by the sword boards.
Neptune: Ki…King, does Terryman know a way to stop our Magnet Power!?
N. King: Mu
Suguru: Remember it, Terryman, before the world is controlled by the Perfect Choujin!
Neptune: Terryman, give us your life!!
Announcer: The Missionaries have adjusted their movements from killing Kinnikuman to killing Terryman---!!

129.
Suguru: You won’t lay a finger on Terryman!!
Suguru: Uorya—
Audience: OOH

130.
Announcer: However, Kinnikuman has caught both large bodies of the Missionaries, throwing them down from behind--!!
N. King: It’s too impossible for
N. King: An inferior Choujin to throw our high-class bodies---!!
Meat: Watch out, the Sword Boards are below!!

131.
Terry: Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: I’m…fine……………
Suguru: It’s a scratch. So, Terry, quickly solve the mystery of the Apollo Window……
N. King: Guroro…it seems you haven’t absorbed it yet, you tenacious guy!
N. King: This will do it!!

132.
N. King: Your life will set with the sun—
N. King: Ge—Neptune King has caught Kinnikuman outside the ring with a Sunset Flip---!!
Terry: Ki…Kinnikuman.
Suguru: Do…don’t worry, concentrate on thinking!
N. King: Wh…what is he!! He’s still laughing!
Neptune: This…thing called “trust” can be strengthened by people this much…this Kinnikuman, who we’ve spoken of as inferior, is coercing him by being equal to we who should be perfect.
N. King: What are you doing? Neptuneman, aren’t you going to continue with an attack!!
Neptune: Ri…right!!

133.
Suguru: Guhe
Announcer: A second hit of Sunset Flip has caused the perfect result in taking Kinnikuman’s life……Kinnikuman isn’t standing!!
Terry: Kinnikuman!!
Mayumi: Stand up, Suguru--!!
Brocken: You’ve driven the Perfect Choujin this far; losing here shouldn’t be in death, even if you die---!!
N. King: Guroro……Kinnikuman’s body has deeply been pierced by the needles in the Sword Board……he won’t get up again!

134.
Neptune: What’s wrong, Kinnikuman, stand up…surprise us again!
N. King: Now, Terryman, have you forgotten the secret of the Apollo Windows……
N. King: On our chests!!
“Song”: Running like~~
N. King: A song!!
“Song”: Lightning inside the ring—A blazing warrior—
Terry: It’s Kinnikuman’s voice!!

135.
Suguru: Is shining—
(TN: The song that Suguru is singing here is....well, his own theme song: "Kinnikuman Go Fight", the first theme to the Kinnikuman anime produced by Toei in 1983)
Announcer: Kinnikuman has gotten up…Even with that much serious injury, he’s already gotten up to save his partner Terryma---n!!
Audience: AAH
N. King: He…can’t be.
Suguru: Ah~~ah, my heart~~
N. King: Ne…Neptuneman, if it’s already come to this, then we can only fully release all of Earth’s energy and break the Machineguns!
Neptune: Ri…right.
Neptune & N. King: Fully-Release Apollo Power!!

136.
Suguru: uwa
N. King: You can’t sing that bad song now!!
Suguru: Uwa
Announcer: The Sword Boards, manipulated by Magnet Power, have stabbed into Kinnikuman’s body!!
Suguru: Owa—
N. King: Guroro…well how about our special coffin for Kinnikuman we made from the sword boards, ladies and gentlemen of the crowd?

137.
Everyone: OOH.
N. King: Be thankful, Kinnikuman, I praise your achievements as a wrestler, so I’ve made your tomb in the ring!
Terry: Tomb!?
Terry: Right: at that moment my body was destroyed by the Thunder Saber in my heart. And I, who had lost my body, returned to the earth.
Terry: And descended to the world of the dead.
Terry: There was an unbelievable place blowing with flames and scattered with lava!
Terry: Is…is this place hell!! No, that’s not it: this is like a factory for some energy!

138.
Terry: I noticed that the flames and lava were blowing in a uniform direction high into the heavens!
Terry: That form……I’ve seen it somewhere.
Terry: Right: it’s the form of a tomb of Emperor Nintoku, which I saw in Osaka in Japan-----!!
Terry: Right: what I saw in the world of the dead was similar to the form of the Apollo Window that has risen on your chests!
N. King: What exactly is he saying: that the bruises on our chests are the same as the shape of that tomb?

139.
Terry: That solves the riddle…the tomb of Emperor Nintoku is what is known as an “Ancient Imperial Grave”. An Ancient Imperial Grave is mainly dotted in many parts of western Japan and was said to be the tomb of high-class people in ancient times.
(TN: The full Japanese name of “Ancient Imperial Grave is “Zenbou Kouenfun”, generally used between the 3rd and 7th centuries in a specific shape akin to the “keyhole” seen here. The one for Emperor Nintoku, mentioned prior, is the largest tomb in the country…and possibly the world!)
Terry: But on the other hand, these mysterious forms were also said to be a password set up for aliens!!
Terry: However, they’re neither to my own theory. Those Ancient Imperial Graves are keyholes that are used to act on or lock up the Earth!
Audience: EEH? The Ancient Imperial Graves are keyholes to Earth—

140.
Terry: As I thought in the world of the dead, it actually the source of the energy from the center of the Earth. Thus, the hole I saw in the sky was the Apollo Window……………a window to Earth!
Terry: Therefore, if we can thrust a key into the Earth’s keyhole, we can suspend the action of Earth’s energy and you won’t be able to emit Magnet Power from your bodies!!
Neptune & N. King: ………!!
Suguru: Without love~~in their hearts~~


141.
Suguru: Are not superheroes~~
Ashura: Aah!!
Suguru: You’ve done it, Terryman!!

142.
(DREAM CHOUJIN TAG ARC)
SPECIAL VTR XXXI
KINNIKUMAN VS. NEPTUNEMAN

TN: Alright, before I get yelled at...no I didn't realize that Suguru was singing "Kinnikuman Go Fight" for a good chunk of this chapter until I looked it up. I know the song but haven't memorized it or anything! As for this chapter...well, considering how many bizarre "Choujinizations" that have happened all throughout this series, the fact that these ancient 3rd century tombs are in actuality windows to Earth that somehow have been manipulated by Neptune King and Neptuneman for their own usage...well, we probably should have seen something like that coming. it still seems stupid that Terry would immediately discover this source the moment he died...but at least he could still put one-and-one together. But the strange thing is that the explanation of the Apollo Window was my only real complaint: I love Suguru's smug expression with the "bulls-eye" comment, the action was rather intense and...yeah, Suguru singing his own theme song shows that Yude can still poke fun at themselves!