Kinnikuman 278

With the set-up complete and the combatants in position, the first round of the survival tournament can begin! However...how the heck can Suguru and Meat win a tournament (let alone the first round) with just the two of them!?

Chapter 278: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (5): Playoff!! 5 vs. 2!

87.
Profiles (left-to-right, top to bottom):

KING THE 100 TON
Birthplace: America (Detroit)
Height: 270 cm
Weight: 1 ton – 100 ton (can fluctuate at will)
Choujin Strength: Unknown

MIXER TAITEI
Birthplace: Japan
Height: 245 cm
Weight: 700kg
Choujin Strength: Unknown

KINNIKUMAN MARIPOSA
Birthplace: Mexico City
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 100kg
Choujin Strength: 100 Million Power

MISTER VTR
Birthplace: America (Silicon Valley)
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 790kg
Choujin Strength: Unknown

THE HAWKMAN
Birthplace: France
Height: 206 cm
Weight: 110kg
Choujin Strength: Unknown

88.
Announcer: The Scramble for the Kinniku Throne Survival Match: the six participating Throne Candidates have scattered to various famous castles throughout Japan, leading each of their teams; and are eagerly waiting for their gongs for the start of their matches!!
Map Captions: (left-to-right)
KUMAMOTO CASTLE -> HIMEJI CASTLE -> OSAKA CASTLE <- NAGOYA CASTLE <- AIDZUWAKAMATSU CASTLE
Announcer: Well, as expected, the finals ring at Osaka Castle is where the King and Queen are waiting.
Caption; OSAKA CASTLE
Announcer: Which teams will win their ways to here!?

89.
Mayumi: Hey, Suguru! Hurry and defeat those fake princes and come back to me and mama----!!
Guard: Great King-sama, we’re worried for you!!
Mayumi: Hee!!
Guard: You’re in a neutral position…until this Survival Match is over. We want you to stop personally cheering for Kinnikuman.
Mayumi: Got—it, I got—it, I’ll do that.
Mayumi: Yeesh, I’m being treated like this by the soldiers who obeyed me until yesterday.
Announcer: Well, we figure the gongs will soon ring at Aidzuwakamatsu Castle and Kumamoto Castle, which will be holding the first round of this Scramble for the Throne Survival Match.

90.
Announcer: Yes, here at Aidzuwakamatsu’s specially installed ring, the advance guard match is starting for the Super Phoenix Team vs. the Big Body Team!!
Announcer: The Advance Guard for the Kinnikuman Super Phoenix Team is
Mammoth: Mammothman!!
Phoenix: Mammothman, intelligence is the source of Choujin wrestlers! Make those guys who are only about power realize that.

91.
Announcer: The Advance Guard for the Kinnikuman Big Body Team is
Pinch: Pinchman!!
Big Body: How is that clever wit intelligence? Pinchman, destroy him with superhuman strength—
Audience: Do it—

92.
Announcer: And quickly the competition of intelligence and strength has begun!!
Caption: KUMAMOTO CASTLE—
Announcer: Well, switching over, here we’re at Kumamoto Castle, where we’ll be holding the match of the Kinniku Suguru Team vs. the Kinnikuman Mariposa team!! Already within the ring, the Advance Guard of the Mariposa Team, The Hawkman, has entered the ring!!

93.
Hawk: Kinnikuman, are you seriously intending to fight the five of us with the two of you, including with that glasses-wearing shrimp?
Suguru: I’m serious.
Mariposa: They’re mocking us too, Hawkman. However, even if our opponent is those two, don’t go easy on them.
Hawk: I know of them. I’ll try to deal alone with those two puny Choujin.
(TN: That second line in the panel I don’t know if it’s Mariposa or Hawkman saying it, but from the arrow and the next line, I think it’s Hawkman)
Hawk: Mariposa-sama, please prepare the champagne for our celebration!
Meat: Prince, somehow please defeat three of them. If you do that, I’ll somehow take over for the remaining two.

94.
Suguru: Meat, its best if you just send me encouragement by my side.
Meat: Prince…
Suguru: With your supporting by encouragement, I’ll surely will be able to defeat those five Choujin.
Suguru: Meat.
Meat: Right, I got it. I’ll prepare the champagne too.
Suguru: No, prepare my spare underwear.
Announcer: SECONDS AWAY—
Captions: AIDZUWAKAMATSU CASTLE / KUDAMOTO CASTLE

95.
Hawk: Kurororo—
Announcer: Hawkman sends a drop kick from a high angle—
Suguru: My body has withstood the drop kicks of Buffaloman and other heavyweights…I repel kicks from lightweights like you.
Suguru: Ge
Hawk: Nail Crash!!
Suguru: Guwa

96.
Announcer: Hawk claws have sprung, breaking through the ring shoes on both of Hawkman’s legs---!!
Meat: Prince, behind you—
Suguru: The…sound of wings…
Suguru: I won’t take the same
Suguru: Technique again!!

97.
Hawk: You—how dare you hurt my beautiful body---!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman is breaking Hawkman’s leg with a Spinning Toe Hold as prepared by Terry---!!
Suguru: Th…that’s the sound of a living body being struck by metal!!
Suguru: !
Meat: Right: a huge screen has been equipped into each arena so we can see the status of the other contest grounds!!
Meat: However, Pinchman is pushing Mammothman one-sidedly!!

98.
Caption: AIDZUWAKAMATSU CASTLE
Pinch: Hey hey, what happened to that big talk earlier that the most important factor for wrestlers being intelligence?
Announcer: Taking Pinchman’s steel slaps, the rapidly retreating Mammothman really shows that even intelligence is no match in front of power---!!
Pinch: Al—right, shall we quickly end this?
Pinch: Ge…ge—
Pinch: Take this: Pinch Claw!!
Announcer: Pinchman is using a fusion of his left-and-right steel arms, inserting a huge pincher at the true face that’s beneath the fur of Mammothman---!!

99.
Big Body: Da—hahaha: Super Phoenix, if you were to renounce your cute Mammothman, now’s your time!!
Phoenix: Hmph…the better one to be renounced is your Pinchman.
Big Body: !
Mammoth: My…true face doesn’t get hurt. Even my parents don’t raise their hand to my true face……
Pinch: Geee, what’s this!!
Mammoth: Playtime is over!!

100.
Mammoth: Powerful Nose Breaker!!
Referee: Ma…Mammothman has solely overtaken him!
Announcer: Mammothman has defeated Pinchman with a lightning-speed reversal technique---!!

101.
Big Body: N…next, I’ll send out my Second Guard!! Second Guard Leopardon, go!!
Leopardon: Guogogogo
Leopardon: Gyaa—
Mammoth: Nose Fencing--!!
Big Body: …………

102.
Announcer: He’s…strong, somehow strong! This Mammothman, who is called a Choujin of intelligence, is overwhelming the power Choujin with power, overtaking two in the blink of an eye--!!
Phoenix: Hey, Mammothman, you’ve got prey remaining.
Caption: KUMAMOTO CASTLE—
Suguru: Wh…what a terrible guy……………

103.
Suguru: I’ve had opponents of Devil Choujin and Perfect Choujin until now, but that Choujin called Mammothman is a type I haven’t encountered until now!!
Hawk: Ke
Hawk: Ho—hohoho, being unprepared is forbidden, Kinnikuman. Don’t forget that your opponent now is Hawkman.
Suguru: S**t~~
Meat: Though I thought the hawk on Hawkman’s head was decorative, it’s part of his body!!
Suguru: Owa

104.
Suguru: Uwa—what are you doing---!!
Announcer: Somehow, the hawk that had stopped on Kinnikuman’s head, is quickly raising up his body---!!
Hawk: Th—ere, that height is fine.
Hawk: Too—

105.
Hawk: Spiral Bullet—
Suguru: Aah.

106.
(SCRAMBLE FOR THE KINNIKU THRONE ARC)
SPECIAL VTR V
KINNIKUMAN VS. THE HAWKMAN

TN: Now normally I'd do this part on my own...but for this script I have a special guest assisting me in the assessment of this chapter...here's my special guest commentator: Second Guard of Team Big Body, Leopardon!

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: And a pleasure to see you here too. Let's just get right to the point: how do you feel that you were just owned and killed by Mammothman in just two panels of existence?

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: So you're saying that by being in the manga proper and fighting, even with just one utter owning, you are happy and that you aren't some weird throwaway Choujin like, say, recent cover page teammates like "The Hunter" or "Heavy Metal"?

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: Isn't he a good sport folks? At least he's got humility under all that power. So, I think I'll leave this up to you: is there any particular comment you like to make about this chapter...other than you of course?

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: Ah, so you want to talk about how clean and normal the actual fight between Suguru and the effeminate Hawkman is. Well for once we're in agreement: while the next chapter will show more or less that Yude can still be on the ball amidst all the stupid nonsense they throw out (and yes, it does get stupid), they can still show a captivating fight with the true basis of Kinnikuman: Suguru fighting weird opponents in weird scenarios for the fate of the world...or for this case, his inheritance.

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: Well...no, I don't get either why the heck we suddenly have Mayumi no longer the King of the planet considering in a way he still is. The whole bit about him passing it down to the winner makes some sense but shouldn't he still be king until the winner of this tournament is decided?

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: And no, I don't either know why the heck Mammothman is considered an "intelligent" Choujin aside from him being given to the one who ultimately will probably end up the main bad guy of the arc! I mean, they even make Super Phoenix's head giant just like Suguru on the map of Japan...if that isn't proof that he's going to be big, I don't know what is! Then again, considering that this is supposed to be the "intelligence" team, you'd expect someone who would point that out...heck, even your teammate Pinchman stated the obvious!

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: You know that if Pinchman just aimed for Mammothman's trunk, he would have been eliminated too easily! Sure what he did was cool but that would just make too much sense! And besides, considering those other three cloaked nuts, do you really want to face them?

Leopardon: Gyaa—

S_Ataru: He must have read ahead. Well anyway...the one thing that makes the least bit of sense to me of the entire chapter was the front page, in particular the caption that Kinnikuman Mariposa's birthplace is...Mexico City!? Wait...what about the whole storyline about the babies!? What about the fire!? Let alone what about that "a certain planet" he was supposed to be from!? Are you meaning to say that one of the main villains of the arc WASN'T born in the same hospital as Suguru!?

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: Yeah, it gets stupider but I just have to comment on it now before we go any further.

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: You're right, I do have to comment on it before I forget: what's the point of showing the video of the other match in the other castle as they fight in that castle!? I get Mayumi and Sayuri watching it in Kyoto, but do they really need to see or be distracted by those other fights?

Leopardon: Guogogogo

S_Ataru: Yeah I know you were embarrased that your owning was seen in Kumamoto but it could have just been you and Mammothman...or something. Well, at least that pretty much covers it all...any final words, Leopardon?

Leopardon: (clears throat) Ja, ich möchte ein kurzes Wort zu haben, warum ich glaube, mein Charakter wurde getötet so schnell statt um viel mehr als ich verdiene.

S_Ataru: Um...yeah...well, that's it for this script and this set of notes...

Leopardon:
Für den Anfang glaube ich, dass die beiden, die dieses Comic wollte nicht an einer anderen deutschen Vorbild, vor allem wenn sie gehabt haben geschrieben, dass so genannte Vertreter bekannt als Brocken Jr. als Vertreter der Deutschen. Er ist nicht repräsentativ für Deutschland, er ist lediglich ein Vertreter der NS-Zeit, die ich nicht mit irgendeiner Art verbunden bin.

S_Ataru: Well I don't want to be here forever so I think I'll...

Leopardon: Weder Brocken Jr. noch seine alte Mann Brockenman waren die Vertreter des wahren Deutschland. Was ist mit mir? Ich bin ein Vertreter der ein ehrenvoller, wahrheitsgemäße-Ära! Sicher, dass ich aus der Zeit Wilhelms II. bin im Gegensatz zu ihren geliebten Hitler, aber zumindest meine Zeit wurde mehr über die deutsche Ehre und Stolz als ihre faschistischen Überzeugungen! Außerdem hatte ich das Rote Baron, ein Zeichen von Charles Schultz verewigt ... was haben sie!?

S_Ataru: We now return you to your regularly scheduled...something.

Leopardon: Hail Wilhelm! (drinks a roggenbier as the camera fades out)

BTW: For those of you who want to know what Leopardon was saying at the end that don't speak German...just plug them into Google's translation.