Kinnikuman 272

The massive "key" to the Perfect Choujin's Earth power has been right under everyone's feet all this time! But with Neptune King about to push Terry over the edge, Suguru has to figure out how to "lock" the power away!

Chapter 272: Dream Choujin Tag Arc (64): I’ll Throw My Life Away to Become a Key!!

162.
Suguru: Perfect Choujin: this Ancient Imperial Tomb is the key to your destruction--!!
(TN: Suguru actually says it’s the “keyhole to their destruction”, but “key to your destruction” is a better English expression)
N. King: It…can’t be: the Earth is collaborating with a Choujin other than us!!

163.
Terry: At last I understand that the blessing of Earth’s energy is impartial to all people.
N. King: What?
Terry: Well, we’re on equal footing, 50/50. Forget about Magnet Power and fight fairly!!
N. King: What are you babbling about? How could such a voice ask us to actually stop our Magnet Power--!!
N. King: Magnet Power!!
Terry: Guwa
N. King: Guroro…don’t fight with your impudent talk and fall down to the depths of Hades.
Terry: Uwa—

164.
N. King: Hihhihihihihi
Terry: Uwa—
Announcer: Neptune King is using Magnet Power to separate both of Terryman’s arms, which are dangling to the fissure in the canvas---!!
N. King: Terryman, your hand is already tinged with magnetism that’s stuck well to it.
N. King: Hahahaha—

165.
Neptune: Is….this the form of Neptune King, the Don of Perfect Choujin who was in the ultimate race in toughness and grace……he’s unclean…having seen Kinnikuman and Terryman’s friendship now…I see King as unusually unclean…
Neptune: Bu…but, I…I’m a Perfect Choujin…I must obey King’s actions!
Robin: Here.
Neptune: Th…this is!!

166.
Robin: Correct: that is your all-results sheet for your matches when you were Kenkaman!!
Robin: 541 wins, 0 losses, 541 KO: it’s possible that you are presently symbolizing your perfect record as a Perfect Choujin. However, this record is in truth a big trap!!
Robin: Kenkaman fought without compromise, giving the impression that he was like a murder machine, but within his 541 KOs, actually in truth there was not one match where he killed an opponent in competition. In all of them, he suppressed himself a step before it was impossible to recover.

Record: KENKAMAN ALL-RESULTS SHEET
(TN: the following list is as best as I could for the opponents Kenkaman fought, he himself are all the “left side” ones)
-SUPERS
-BRAD W
-WINSTON
-KILLER KING
-JOGIRIMAN
-MASK DU 7
-*IGA-V

167.
Robin: Therefore, Neptuneman, you were soft as a perfect Choujin and kind as a normal Choujin!!
Neptune: Th…that shouldn’t be. No matter what the match, I should certainly send my competition opponents to hell without them escaping----!!
N. King: Guroro—
Announcer: Terryman is desperately in a great crisis---!!

168.
Brocken: Kinnikuman, haven’t you locked the Apollo Window yet---!!
Suguru: A key: until I have a key to lock an Apollo Window, this solution isn’t over yet.
N. King: We—ll, I’ll brutally shake your final right arm.
Announcer: Th…this is brutal! Neptune King is attacking the inside of Terryman’s right arm with an iron poll----!!
N. King: Hya—haha—
Terry: Uwa—

169.
N. King: Well, Neptuneman, won’t you do this too?
Neptune: …………
Neptune: Is…isn’t it
Neptune: Against the laws of Perfect Choujin that we don’t use dangerous weapons on inferior Choujin, regardless of situation----!!
N. King: Even Perfect Choujin use dangerous weapons based on the time and situation.
Terry: Uwa—
N. King: Ha—hahaha—
Neptune: He…betrayed me!!

170.
Announcer: Terryman will be entering the mouth of the devil in a bit longer--!!
Terry: Guwa
Terry: Ki…Kinnikuman.
Suguru: Te…Terry!
Suguru: Uoo—
Announcer: Is he stunned by the crisis of his partner? Kinnikuman is suddenly running up the steep slope of Tournament Mountain---!!
Suguru: My mind is extremely normal!!

171.
Suguru: Burning Inner Strength—
Announcer: Kinnikuman is falling aiming for the Apollo Window----!!
Ashura: That Kinnikuman, he’s intending to have his own body be the key for the Apollo Window----!!
Brocken: What—
Neptune: It’s…absurd…if you fail, you’ll die Kinnikuman.

172.
Suguru: Buffaloman!!
Buffalo: I’ll help in being the key too!
Brocken: Ooh, look at Kinnikuman’s left arm!!
Mayumi: It’s…a key!!

173.
Mayumi: Suguru’s left arm has become an enormous key!!
Suguru: Good: if we can finally thrust this into the Apollo Window keyhole
Suguru: We can suspend the Earth’s energy and the Missionaries’ Magnet Power will go away—
N. King: Guhahahaha, you had a good idea in using your body as the key, but you’re a bit late with that idea!!

174.
N. King: Hey, with one more shot, your close friend Terryman will be going to that world.
N. King: Farewell, Friendship Power---
Announcer: Kinnikuman won’t be in time--!!
Neptune: …………

175.
Audience: AAH…
Announcer: Gee—have the Missionaries split up? Neptuneman has saved Terryman’s life—this is a grand break-up--!!
N. King: Y…you’ve~~
N. King: Betrayed me!

176.
Neptune: Ho…how could I do such a thing……………!!
N. King: If…that’s how you are, then we can only rely on Magnet Power!!
Neptune: Me…me too!!
Suguru: Uoo—I’m on time—
Neptune & N. King: Magnet Power!!
Suguru: Apollo………

177.
Suguru: WINDOW LO—CK!!

178.
Audience: Aah!!
Audience: The…earthquake has ended!! The…magnetic storm has calmed too!!
N. King: Wh…what’s going on? Why can’t we fire our Magnet Power--!!
Neptune: …………
N. King: Uh.

179.
Suguru: The Earth Energy that was the source of your Magnet Power is briefly taking a rest.
N. King: Ki…Kinnikuman!!
Neptune: Uwa
Terry: Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: Terryman!!
Suguru & Terry: Let’s go--!!

180.
Announcer: Terryman has put Neptuneman’s body in the stance for the Kinniku Driver---!!
Suguru: Uoo~~~
Announcer: And Kinnikuman has put King’s body in the stance for the Kinniku Buster--!!

181.
Terry: MUSCLE DOCKING!!

182.
(DREAM CHOUJIN TAG ARC)
SPECIAL VTR XXXII
NEPTUNEMAN VS. NEPTUNE KING

TN: I really have a hard time figuring out where to start...so I'll start with this: Suguru running up Tournament Mountain was funny. With that said...you probably could say that this was a turning point for Neptuneman's character as he finally realizes how imperfect the Perfect Choujin were, preaching one thing and doing another leading to him finally turning on Neptune King...but with Neptuneman's actions being all wishy-washy as of late, his betrayl only seemed to be cool when he hit his master than when he actually was going over it. He is just so obsessed in being a Perfect Choujin but not one that is driven to throw poles and use them as weapons akin to Kendaman and Screw Kid when they cracked...maybe we should change Neptune King's name to Napoleon and get it over with. (hope someone gets my literary reference) As if Neptuneman was getting buggish, is it just me or am I just getting sick of Brocken Jr. thanks to this arc? His only fight was getting annihilated by Kendaman and Screw Kid and then spending the rest of the arc running around like a chicken with his head cut off going "what do I do, what do I do!?"...yeah, let's change his name to Courage. And let's make Buffaloman...um...Mr. Convenient, considering that with Suguru probably still magnetized a bit even if he used it in his "Burning Magnet Power" bit, it was just way too convenient he would just allow for Suguru to make a key-like extension to his left arm to finally seal away the Earth power. But at least one good thing about this chapter: next up is finally the conclusion...I hope.