Kinnikuman 275

Suguru has finally been chosen for his birthright to be the king of Planet Kinniku! But while he still has to get approval from the Choujin Gods, five of them have set into motion a plan that will prevent him from achieving that!

Chapter 275: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (2): Coronation Disaster!!

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Caption: (clockwise from front)
KINNIKUMAN SUPER PHOENIX: INTELLIGENCE
KINNIKUMAN ZEBRA: TECHNIQUES
KINNIKUMAN BIG BODY: STRENGTH
(TN: The god is actually “Gouriki”, which isn’t merely “strength” but is actually a colossal, Herculean level of strength)
KINNIKUMAN MARIPOSA: FLIGHT
KINNIKUMAN SOLDIER: BRUTALITY

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Caption: DEN’EN CHOUFU—
Voices: BANZA—I!!
Terry: This is the birth of Kinniku Suguru, the new Great King of Planet Kinniku---!!
Suguru: Uhyahya—
Banner: SUGURU, THE 58TH GREAT KING OF PLANET KINNIKU’S CONGRATULATIONS PARTY
“Right God”: Kukuku…he hasn’t been debuted to the Choujin Gods yet, and that idiot already plans on being the Great King of Planet Kinniku.

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“God”: Regardless of being approved by the Choujin Association, we five evil gods won’t approve of you being the Great King so easily.
“Right”: At any rate, you should suspect that you’re a fake prince who isn’t descended from Kinniku Mayumi.
“God”: Already there are stories that several of us have discovered Throne Succession Candidates to replace Kinniku Suguru, transferred power to them and had them come to Japan: the God of Intelligence’s Kinnikuman Super Phoenix, the God of Technique’s Kinnikuman Zebra and the God of Brutality’s Kinnikuman Soldier.
“Right”: We too must go to find the remaining Throne Succession Candidates quickly.
“Left”: Among our five, we’ll have a match to discover which the true Throne Successor is!!
Strength: As you wish, God of Flight!
(TN: Yeah, with the other three already found and Flight the one on the left, it’s obvious who he is for once)

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Caption: A CERTAIN PLANET—
Children: Heave-ho, heave-ho.
“Muscular”: Hey, leave this to me.
Kids: You’re Strongman!!
Kids: Amazing!!
Strength: Strongman the pioneer, you will be loaned the power of the God of Strength.
Strong: ?

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Strength: From today, your name will be Kinnikuman Big Body!
Caption: A CERTAIN PLANET—
Men: Hold on—thief—
Man: Ge…amazing jump power!!

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Flight: George the Thief! You will be loaned the power of the God of Flight!!
George: …………
Flight: You are the final member of the Throne Successor Candidates: Kinnikuman Mariposa!!
Mariposa: I’m a throne candidate for Planet Kinniku? This will be interesting!!
Caption: THUS, THE DESTINED FIVE WHO WOULD PREVENT KINNIKUMAN’S THRONE SUCCESSION WERE GATHERED!!

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Caption: KOKURITSU STADIUM—
Announcer: Everyone, right now at Kokuritsu Stadium, we shall be starting this historical moment!! Right, we shall be holding the enthronement coronation ceremony for the new King of Planet Kinniku!!
Announcer: Furthermore, the new king of Planet Kinniku has been chosen as our Kinnikuman!!
Announcer: Myself as well as the people gathered in this stadium are surely witnesses to history!!

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Announcer: Well, before this enthronement ceremony, we shall hold a Rank Promotion ceremony for the Justice Choujin who has been particularly remarkable in recent activities!!
Harabote: American Choujin The Terryman, you’ve been appointed Staff Officer in the Justice Choujin Corp!
Terry: I shall respectfully undertake this!!
Harabote: English Choujin Robin Mask, you’ve been appointed Chief of Staff of the Justice Choujin Corp!!
Robin: I happily accept this.
Announcer: And now what we’ve been waiting for: now we will hold the enthronement ceremony for Kinniku Suguru, the new King of Planet Kinniku!!

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Announcer: Well, the cheers in the arena have become louder as they’ve gathered their attention towards the path on the other side!!
Announcer: The new Great King of Planet Kinniku, Kinnikuman, is entering as guided by Meat-kun---!!

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Announcer: The congested audience is giving great encouragement for the entrance of the new king!!
Meat: Prince, that no-good Choujin, is getting this much great encouragement from everyone……I knew that this day would come someday……
Brocken: Congratulations, Kinnikuman.
Terry: You’ve done it, Kinnikuman.
Suguru: You should refer to me as King Candidate, how could you call me just “Kinnikuman”—
(TN: Suguru uses the expression “Yobisute”, which is the phenomenon of calling someone by their name without using a formal title such as “san”. Suguru is complaining here that he isn’t being referred to as “King Candidate Kinnikuman”)
Suguru: Well, for your former kindness, I think you’ll accept being particularly used as my butlers.
Meat: Hey, hey, calm down, calm down!

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Meat: Are you alright, prince—one who is called “Great King” must be loved by all people. You’re just being selfish…
Suguru: Call me Great King.
Meat: Doo—cough.
Harabote: Cough cough, and now, we will hold the inheritance of the King’s Scepter from the previous Great King of Planet Kinniku, Kinniku Mayumi, to the new Great King of Planet Kinniku, Kinniku Suguru!!
Mayumi: You have to be even more diligent with this opportunity, do your best with this!
Suguru: Haha—
Mayumi: Uh.
Mayumi: Owa—
Mayumi: Wh…what are you doing, Suguru!!
Suguru: But I feel more like a Great King with your sideburns than with some scepter.

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Mayumi: Well, since I’m fine already, quickly and finish your debut to the 105 Choujin Gods.
Announcer: If all of Kinnikuman’s features like his character and popularity isn’t seen as suitable by all 105 Choujn Gods, then he won’t be approved as the Great King!!
Sayuri: Ara, the sky is clouding up. The Choujin Gods are coming down to see Suguru’s moment of triumph.

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Suguru: Ooh, the Choujin Gods have come!!
“Droopy God”: Kinniku Suguru, today you are splendidly dignified.
Suguru: Haha—
“God”: We, the Choujin Gods, have truly watched attentively your activities for many years. Your fight with the Seven Devil Choujin, your fight with the Six Devil Knights—and your fight with the Perfect Choujin have frequently had you collide without fear, bravely with the crises of humanity. And in all of these fights, you’ve altogether awakened brutal Choujin to Justice!

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God: Your achievements have indeed been many!
Suguru: No—really, ehehehe.
God: It is really easy to flatter you as such, but we were a bit worried…………
God: Anticipating a maturity in your character by becoming the new king, we hundred are unanimous in approving Kinnikuman as Great King!
Suguru: I did it.
God: We grant this crown to Kinnikuman from us hundred!!

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Mayumi: Suguru, it’s too early to be glad. You haven’t finished being debuted yet to the five evil gods!!
Suguru: Don’t worry, papa. I’ve been approved by a hundred gods. The last five gods will be fine too!
Intelligence: Fufufu…Kinnikuman, we, the Evil Gods, grant the crimson cape to you from us five.
Suguru: The…crimson cape is the symbol of the throne. So then, have you given your approval to be the king!!
Suguru: Ya—y.
Suguru: I’ve done it—

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Robin: Ki…Kinnikuman, look closer! That isn’t the crimson cape, it’s just a white cape!!
Suguru: Huh!?
Suguru: Ge—
Suguru: Wh…when are you Choujin Gods are going to stop these jokes for the austere seat like this!!
Intelligence: We’re not joking. We’re giving you this white cape.
Intelligence: That’s a symbol that we don’t approve of you as Throne Successor!
Suguru: What!?
Mayumi & Sayuri: Eeh?
Intelligence: We originally were standing behind Throne Successor Candidates other than Kinnikuman!

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Brocken: L…lightning is falling!!
Brocken: N…!?
Intelligence: These five are Throne Successor Candidates recommended by us!!

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Mayumi: You…dummies! The information of the Throne of Planet Kinniku is only for a child who possesses the blood of me and Mama; in short, it can only be Suguru!
Intelligence: Kinniku Suguru, who you call your son, truly may be a complete stranger who isn’t descendant from you!
Sayuri: Wh…what’s the basis of that terrible thing!!
Intelligence: Queen of Planet Kinniku, you should remember. About that great fire that happened in the hospital where Kinniku Suguru was born 24 years ago…
Sayuri: Huh!!
Intelligence: At that time, there were five babies other than Kinniku Suguru sleeping in the same hospital…however, in the chaos of the fire, the six fell from the beds they were sleeping in; the mothers weren’t able to guess which child was their baby—however, with the situation as it was, the parents held up who they generally guessed was the baby they thought was their child.

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Sayuri: Ooh.
Mayumi: Mama~~
Intelligence: If you had taken a child by mistake at that time, then Kinniku Suguru is the one who truly holds the blood of Kinniku Mayumi within these other five complete strangers!
Intelligence: The destined children from then are these five Choujin--!!

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(SCRAMBLE FOR THE KINNIKU THRONE ARC)
SPECIAL VTR II
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BIRTH OF A NEW GREAT KING BUT…….

TN: There really isn't too much to complain about aside from a conceptual factor regarding this chapter, considering otherwise it was a rather interesting chapter otherwise. (yeah, I've been complaining a lot haven't I) I've really liked how Sayuri Kinniku of all character (yes, Suguru's mom) has been of focus as of late, actually doing more these last couple chapters and being of more importance than she had been for the last three arcs combined. (heck, maybe even the entire series combined the rate she's going!) There were some really good comedic moments, primarily the part where Suguru steals Mayumi's sideburns seeing them as crucial for being a king as opposed to a throne...and the whole comment by the "100 Gods" about how Suguru isn't mature enough to be king...but may gain such with experience. (though it's weird they're never around during moments Suguru is mature...or just moping about Friendship crap like last arc) And compared to the first three of the Kinniku candidates (moping whiny poor Phoenixman, zebra lover Powerfulman and...Soldierman who for some reason was fighting on an actual battleground instead of fighting in a ring...what sort of Choujin is he anyway!?), we actually get hints of personality from the last two, both in Big Body (who as Strongman...yeah, what a generic name, reminds me of Strongbad...actually seemed like a kind man living a simple life) and Mariposa (yeah, a thief...he's going to be interesting) Sure things will change but they're better first impressions than we had.

Now for the conceptual part which some of you probably have gotten sick of hearing but sort of needs repeating: why the heck do we have to have "Evil Gods" for Suguru to appease anyway? In fact, doesn't it just sound wrong that Suguru has to gain approval from "evil gods", as if it sounds so much like, say, Malifecent giving her approval of the birth of Aurora in the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty alongside the three good fairies? (yeah, that just came to mind) While I made a comment on the numbers game last time (it could have been 95 + 5), the weirdness this time is that Suguru has to get any sort of approval from "evil"...or the fact that there has to be "evil gods" at all! All in all it's just a ploy to keep with the theme of the "American comic book" that Kinnikuman has...and as you all know, for any battle to occur for a good guy in an American book, there not only has to be an antagonist...but they have to be "evil" or a "bad guy". In fact, the whole concept that there has to be an "evil being" at all instead of just a generic "antagonist" or a "rival" who has some difference of opinion instead of being "evil" just drives that further through the entire series. Think about all the villains in Kinnikuman, from the Kaijuu just running amuck early on to the Devil Choujin, Devil Knights, Perfect Choujin and now these "Evil Gods" and their King candidates...when they show up, they not just are rivals or villains but are defined by Yudetamago as "evil" or "villains" from the getgo. And for the most part, until their defeat, they remain evil...and don't usually have any sort of turnaround like some manga end up doing until the arc after their relevance (see Buffaloman, Ashuraman, Warsman...and a couple we'll be hitting soon enough)...sure there are exceptions but they usually can be explained (Nachiguron being an unconventional Kaijuu, Ramenman being merely a "Brutal Choujin" and crying tears of blood before Suguru's fight with Robin Mask, Neptuneman sort of going from the boss to some stupid underling when Neptune King is revealed). It always has to be so black and white in the world of Kinnikuman sadly...just like American comics for the most part. (and even then there are memorable turn-arounds...heck, one of the most famous Avengers teams is Captain America with "still sort of regarded as villains" Hawkeye, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch...and look how they turned out)