Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 73

The third match of the Paaren Seiha is upon us...but with a twist: Date has replaced Gekkou as Toramaru's partner! But can the former Kantou Gougakuren leader really handle the Third-Years...and Toramaru's continued outrage!?

Chp. 73: The Flapping Wings of the Death Bird

119.
Toramaru: Heh, our opponents are Dino with Rasetsu.
Toramaru: The first batter will be me. Date, you’re getting off. Lo—ok closely with your eyes to see how dissatisfactory I am.
Date: Are you still saying that?
Toramaru: Hey!!

120.-121.
(Cover page…yeah, like Toramaru will fight first)

122.
Toramaru: D…Date, you’re d…dirty---!! Wa…wait up, co…come back here—he…hey---!!
Toramaru: Date you a**hole---!!
Voice: Fuffufu, former president of Kantou Gougakuren and Hakyoku-ryuu kenpou master, Date Omito…
(TN: A reminder: “Hakyoku-ryuu” = “Ultimate Leader” or “Supreme Pole” )

123.
Baron Dino: You will be presented an appropriate death by Baron Dino.
First-Year 1: Ooh, the first fight is a match of Date and Dino!!
First-Year 2: Date---!! Defeat that strange Chikurin-guy in one blow--!!
(TN: “Chikurin” is presumably in reference to the cactus-mascot of “Saboten Mura” (Cactus Town), a famous cactus garden in Mihuho, Gifu Prefecture)
Wan Taaren: Within the bank of the star surrounding the island, the surface of the heavy oil is inside of it. When it is hit by this fire arrow, it will turn into a sea of fire.
Hidemaro: Huh…!!

124.
Wan Taaren: The 3rd battle of the Daiishin Paaren Seiha, the Sanshou Rokkyokusei Fight, shall begin---!!
Baron Dino: Fu, even coming to this, you won’t even move one of your eyebrows……………

125.
Baron Dino: What’s wrong: how can you use your style without having your weapon?
Baron Dino: I’ll have you taste the terror of this Kyokusatsu Doruben.
(TN: “Kyokusatsu Doruben” = “Thorny Splitting Angry Flowing Whip”)
Date: I don’t need a weapon for someone like you. My enemy is the man Rasetsu held back behind you.

126.
Baron Dino: Fuffufu, so you say………you’ve got great confidence.
Baron Dino: Take this!!

127.
Baron Dino: So how’s the power of my Doruben…!? Once it’s wrapped around you, your body will be like that too.
Toramaru: Hey, he’s great. Isn’t that oldie really doing it! He’ll beat the nature of my arrogant companion to shape--!!

128.
Toramaru: Da…Date---!!
Baron Dino: Fu, I’ve got you!!

129.
Baron Dino: !!
Date: It would be better that I borrow that bad mustache you prefer.

130.
Date: Uo!!
Baron Dino: Nuu---!!
Baron Dino: Gufuha!!

131.
Date: Don’t worry: you’re not weak, I’m just too strong.
Toramaru: Gr…great, Date---!! Take him at once………!!
Toramaru: N…no, I’m wrong!! Face him on! That oldie Dino has much more fighting spirit---!!
Baron Dino: Fu………our skill isn’t the same as rumored.
Baron Dino: However, making fun of me will lead to repentance in death. Let me show you my special technique………!!

132.
Date: What’s with this behavior……!?
Date: !!
Toramaru: Wh…what’s that!? Something of terrifying power has flowing out from within his silk hat---!!

133.
Date: ………………
Baron Dino: Shisenchouken!! It’s best you take my angry punishment!!
(TN: “Shisenchouken” = “Death Piercing Bird Fist”)

134.
Baron Dino: Go! Take out his windpipe---!!
Baron Dino: Have you noticed? The beak of the Shisenchou is covered with a deadly poison. Even if you get a tiny scratch, you’ll suddenly go to that world.

135.
Baron Dino: Are you preoccupied with the Shisenchou? The true meaning of Shisenchouken is the two-tier attack of the whip and the bird!!
Toramaru: Shi…Shisenchouken………!?
Commentary:
Shisenchou…a bird-of-prey of the Accipitridae family with the habitat of China’s Yunnan Province. Its nature is enriched as a master attacker, aiming to devise for the vitals of the prey with a characteristic pointed beak, occasionally defeating even horses and cattle. In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that the kenpoist Sou Daigen perfected his prided Shisenchouken by domesticating them, covering their beaks with a deadly fast-acting poison and training them to be assassin birds so they could attack simultaneously with his own kenpou.
-From “Strange and Mysterious Fists of the World”, Minmei Publishing.
(TN: “Accipitridae” = the family of all birds-of-prey, including hawks and eagles; Yunnan Province is the southern province of China notable for bordering Southeast Asia such as Thailand and Vietnam)

136.
First-Year: This is dangerous; he’s dodging it with all his might. It’s as if he alone is fighting both enemies alone----!!
Momotarou: Fu, Date isn’t merely dodging him.
First-Year: Huh…!?
Gekkou: Of course: Date-dono is waiting.
Momotarou: Right…the match will be over real soon……

137.
Baron Dino: Fuffu, you’re cornered. Behind you is a hell of flames. What’s wrong…do you understand my true power?
Date: Yes, I understand: You really aren’t my enemy………
Baron Dino: WHAT ARE YOU MUMBLING--!!
Toramaru: Da…Date---!!

138.
Date: I’ve waited for this: the moment where the bird is directly above the whip…………!!
Shichou: Kua---!!
Baron Dino: Huh…!!
Baron Dino: !!

139.
Baron Dino: Gugyaa---¡!
Date: Next is your turn, Rasetsu……!!

TN: Well the good news is Baron Dino's whip ability worked like a charm...it's just too bad it was done to him thanks to Date! It's as if he said: Dino isn't weak, Date is just freakishly strong...and of course we knew that from the 2-15 incident but I guess the Third-Years forgot about that First-Year who killed the teacher by now. As impressive as Date was (and as hilarious as Toramaru's screams were), you still have to give it up to Dino for putting up such a fight and giving his all both with his whip and that weird Shisenchou...who knows if he even had that bird back in the Chinju Corridor but of course they all knew they were going to go all out in the Paaren Seiha so he probably just didn't need it when in control of that conveyor belt. But somehow I felt sorry when Date ripped off his mustache...that's part of who Baron Dino is, so never mess with the 'stache!