Kinnikuman 280

With no one to rely on but himself, Suguru has thrown Hawkman into the darkness with great skill. But with his opponent fine feathered friend adapting into an owl form, can he make his way through the dark into the light of victory!?

Chapter 280: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (7): Hawkman’s Weakness!!

126.
Team Profile (clockwise, from left)

KINNIKUMAN SUPER PHOENIX
Birthplace: Australia
Height: 190 cm
Weight: 114kg
Choujin Strength: 100 Million Power

MAMMOTHMAN
Birthplace: Eurasian Continent
(TN: Don’t mistake this: the explanation will be shown later as to why Mammothman is from “Eurasia”)
Height: 279 cm
Weight: 400kg
Choujin Strength: Unknown

THE MYSTERIES #1, #2, #3
Birthplaces: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Choujin Strength: Unknown

127.
Suguru: Damn—I thought that all birds couldn’t see in the dark, but owls have nocturnal habits!!
Hawk: Thank you; I can clearly see the appearance of Kinnikuman.
Hawk: Ha
Announcer: Hawkman’s Flying Head Scissors has thrown Kinnikuman into the mat---!!

128.
Suguru: You s**t, I won’t lose if we move it to the ground---!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman is pushily grabbing his legs---!!
Announcer: But Hawkman escapes into the air using his wings---!!
Announcer: And into a Flying Cross Chop---!!
Suguru: Ge
Suguru: You s**t—

129.
Suguru: Owa
Announcer: From reversal to another reversal; Hawkman has conquered it in the air—
Suguru: Guwa
Announcer: And in no time it’s a Plancha con Hero from the top rope---!!

130.
Announcer: We—ll, we can’t see well the condition of Kinnikuman outside the ring due to the ceiling lights being destroyed!!
Meat: Prince—
Announcer: And now the lights have returned!!
Meat: Kya
Announcer: We…we—ll, Kinnikuman has fainted outside the ring----!!

131.
Caption: OSAKA CASTLE—
Mayumi: Suguru—
Caption: ENGLAND: CHOUJIN WARRIOR SCHOOL—
Robert: Teacher, Kinnikuman-san has!!
Caption: AMERICAN CHOUJIN SCHOOL: GRAPPLING DEPARTMENT—
Terry: You can do it, Kinnikuman!!
Caption: KUMAMOTO CASTLE—
Suguru: Uuh.
Meat: Prince, hold on.

132.
Suguru: Fufu…I can’t I can’t. Due to this, I’m always making Terry and Robin worry.
Suguru: I…I can’t hold on myself much longer…
Announcer: He’s…fine. We’ve raised Kinnikuman with our willpower---!!
(TN: It probably would be easier to say that Suguru got up with his own willpower, but the “we” was part of the script so it makes it sound like the people’s concern has brought him up)
Hawk: Ho—hohoho, no matter how much you get up, you can’t grab me down!!
Suguru: Fufu…really, what do I do?
Suguru: A…any bird should have a moment to relax their wings…If Hawkman’s wings can stop even for a moment, I can win this………

133.
Suguru: When an actual hawk aims for its prey, first its wings flap largely, intimidating its prey…………
Suguru: So the prey can see an opening, even for a bit…...
Hawk: Spiral Bullet----!!
Suguru: At that moment, the hawk stops to flap its wings, and descends in a straight line aiming for its prey!!
Announcer: Hawkman is aiming for a staggering Kinnikuman, plunging with a sharp Spiral Bullet as if a hawk capturing its prey!!

134.
Meat: Now, Prince!!
Suguru: I’ve waited for this moment.
Suguru: Ge—
Announcer: Ooh, Kinnikuman has jumped!!
Hawk: Le…let go---!!
Suguru: Can I let go even if I die---!!
Announcer: With Hawkman’s wings folded, he can’t escape from Kinnikuman’s attack!!

135.
Suguru: Hawk Hanging---!!
Hawk: Gyaa---!!
Announcert: Kinnikuman has pulled an incredible comeback—
Meat: What, that’s the sound of those relay cameras from earlier…
Announcer: But these cameras give me a bad feeling, operating only when Prince is dominating……

136.
Announcer: But Hawkman hasn’t lost either!
Hawk: Ho…how dare you do this to my cute Hell Bird…unforgivable!!
Mariposa: That Hawkman is finally doing it.
Mariposa: ……Kinnikuman, you’re not leaving this ring alive.
Hawk: W...watch from above as i show Kinnikuman a much worse time than you've experienced.

137.
Suguru: The technique he’s using now he’s intending to bet his life on……
Hawk: Ho—hoho—
Suguru: Ooh, Hawkman’s body is disappearing!!
Hawk: I have no reason to actually disappear at all. Similar to a chameleon changing the color of its body so it can assimilate into the surrounding scenery, I too can change the color of my feathers so I can assimilate into the surrounding scenery!
Suguru: Understood, you’re a guy with protective coloration!!

138.
Announcer: Hawkman’s body has completely disappeared---!!
Suguru: Wh…where is he? Show yourself, shouldn’t you be fighting—
Meat: Watch out, Prince, behind you--!!
Hawk: Wing Cutter--!!
Announcer: Just Hawkman’s wings have appeared, have changed into blades and are chopping up Kinnikuman’s back--!!

139.
Audience: Aah!!
Suguru: He—y, I’ll catch you even if with willpower!!
Suguru: Huh?
Hawk: Ho—hohoho—
Suguru: Gya
Suguru: Owa—

140.
Hawk: Ho—hohoho: Hell Bird, Kinnikuman is now taking his punishment for the crime of hurting you.
Announcer: He doesn’t know which direction he’s coming from: Kinnikuman is truly at wit’s end due to Hawkman’s Wing Cutter attack.
Mariposa: Hahaha, great Hawkman!!
Meat: This is terrible: Prince will get killed if he can’t think of an escape method from the Wing Cutter.
Meat: Right!!
Meat: Prince—I have a good idea. Please take Hawkman’s finishing Wing Cutter technique!!
Suguru: Wh…what sort of advice is that? Are you telling me to die?

141.
Meat: No, we’re going to use a bird’s homing instinct.
Suguru: Homing instinct…?
Suguru: Ah, understood.
Hawk: Ho—hoho—
Hawk: Looking away is forbidden—
Hawk: Ho—hohoho, Hell Bird, brilliantly attack your enemy---!!

142.
Suguru: Birds are creatures who have a “homing instinct” to inevitably return to their own nests……
Suguru: Hawkman, no matter how much you hide yourself, only the Hell Bird who nests on your head has an instinct of the wild from the moment it was born, thus it knows the location of where you are--!!
Hawk: Go…go away, don’t come here!!
Suguru: I’ve got it, you’re there!!
Suguru: Uwa
Suguru: I’ve got you, Hawkman!!
Hawk: Guwa, let go—

143.
Hawk: Guwa---!!
Suguru: Sorya
Announcer: With his form appearing, Hawkman’s treasured trump card has…

144.
Suguru: Kinniku Driver---!!

TN: I know this is going to sound really strange or shocking after all this time but...for the most part, I have nothing to complain about. This was a really, really good, fun, classic Kinnikuman chapter, one we hardly ever get anymore! The chapter got right into the action and through it all, allowing for Suguru to make it through against a despicable opponent (yeah, I already mentioned how I don't like Hawkman last chapter) using classic wrestling moves and a bit of smarts (like the "get the Hell Bird to fly back to Hawkman's head") without any story, plot or nonsense weighing it down! So...I guess that's all I really can say...

No wait...there is one weird complaint: similar to a few chapters ago where we saw Mariposa from Mexico City, we have Super Phoenix from...Australia!? Yeah...I don't get it either, other than a joke I'm going to probably make way, way later in this arc. Though one weird thought I did have: it seems that somehow they're trying to make this tournament the collection of "Kinnikumen collected from the 6 livable continents"...though it really doesn't work that way because:

1. They mention these other five as if they were born on Earth...but they were all born on Planet Kinniku the same day as Suguru.
2. You could see this as "their homes on Earth"...but then why have Suguru representing Planet Kinniku and not from "Tokyo, Japan"?

It just makes no sense whatsoever and I might as well leave it alone.

BTW: made an adjustment that someone suggested that sounded better.