Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 78

With his partner trapped in steel shackles at the whim of a mad opponent, Toramaru has crossed a sea of fire in order to finally enter the fray! But are his abilities enough to face an enemy even Date is troubled by!?

Chp. 78: The Fierce Tiger’s Determined Purpose

27.
First-Year 1: To…Toramaru……!!
First-Year 2: He…he swam through the sea of hellfire…………

28.
Toramaru: Let’s go, Rasetsu! Now I’m your opponent.

29.
Hidemaro: Th…that Toramaru, does he plan to fight with an injured body that’s burned like its charcoal---!!
First-Year: That’s…impossible: his breathing has become wild. He’s going to die before our eyes----!!
Date: Stop it, Toramaru…this isn’t an opponent you can win against.
Toramaru: Are those words of who I’ve come to save? You’re really a guy with a cocky mouth.

30.
Toramaru: I’ll show you the soul of Mouko-ryuu Kenpou!!
(TN: Reminder: “Mouko-ryuu” = “Fierce-Tiger Style”)
Date: !!
Toramaru: He…disappeared………!!

31.
Rasetsu: Mouko-ryuu…I haven’t heard of that style.
Toramaru: Huh!!
Toramaru: That’s typical---! It’s because I made it up----!!
Rasetsu: How funny.
Toramaru: Uh!!

32.
Rasetsu: Ha!!
Rasetsu: It’s useless: is this how you plan to defend yourself?
Toramaru: Ge!!

33.
First-Year 1: No…no good—that Toramaru can’t compete with him at all with that body!!
First-Year 2: Further, Rasetsu’s specialty is high-altitude fights!! He’ll be deceived by what he sees with his eyes---!!
Toramaru: Guha!!
Rasetsu: Fu, it is said that a lion uses all of its power to defeat even a rabbit. Taste this: the essence of Kyouke Toushi Kiha!!
Toramaru: Wh…what—so I’m a rabbit---!!

34.
Rasetsu: TOUSHI KANSETSUSAI!!
(TN: “Toushi Kansetsusai” = “Helmet Finger Indirect-Joint Crusher”; “Kansetsu” is a combination here of two different “kansetsu”, one for “indirect” and one for “joints” as in elbows and knees, so the attack I ended up fusing both together for the attack name)
Toramaru: What---!! Are you going to use that on me---!!
Toramaru: Gu!!

35.
Toramaru: Th…this is………!?
Toramaru: Ugugu………!!
First-Years: Wh…what: Toramaru’s arm is bending in a strange condition----!!
Rasetsu: Fu, already your right arm can’t even hold chopsticks. I’ve destroyed the pivot of your elbow joints in your arms indirectly, unfastening it.
(TN: Continuing the weirdness of the previous page, Rasetsu makes a comment of “Suichuu Kansetsu”, including the “kansetsu” of the previous comment of the “indirect-joint”, but first starts with “suichuu”, which is “elbow pivot”. Since it’s not really an actual attack concept, I translated it)
Toramaru: Y…you---!!

36.
Rasetsu: Even with your endeavor of swimming through the sea of fire, your fruitless effort is over!! I’ll be taking your other arm.
Toramaru: !!
Toramaru: Uo!!
Toramaru: S…s**t---!!

37.
First-Year 1: To…Toramaru---!!
First-Year 2: N…no, he’s falling---!!
Toramaru: Heh, don’t mock me…you can’t kill Toramaru-sama that easily.
First-Year: To…Toramaru………!!

38.
Rasetsu: Fu, your partner is a great person for just his tenacity. But like that, my next blow will split him.
Date: That idiot’s done too much; it would have been better if he was watching this obediently…………
Toramaru: You’ve got to understand me; Why are you fighting alone without letting me fight…………
Date: ……………………
Toramaru: He truly isn’t an opponent that I can match……you’re seeing me lose, but not get killed. Therefore, why don’t you want me to fight, even in place of you?

39.
Toramaru: That’s the type you are. You may talk bad, but you’re truly a nice guy.
Date: …………Don’t talk foolishly. You see me as a nice guy?
Toramaru: But that’s not the reason why I crossed the sea of fire while you get killed helplessly.
Toramaru: I’ve come to save you.
First-Year 1: To…Toramaru………!?
First-Year 2: Wh…what? He’s starting to climb on top of the pillar.

40.
Rasetsu: I understand: you weren’t merely running around, you were aiming for those pillars. If you can truly cut the ropes entwined around the pillars then Date’s body will fully be freed. However, how can you do that when you can’t use your arms…those steel wires can never be cut.
Toramaru: Shut up. Raise your eyes and lo—ok closely.
Toramaru: NUUU!!

41.
Toramaru: ORYAA---!!
First-Year 1: He…he’s planning to unfasten the ropes by breaking the stone pillars with a headbutt---!!
First-Year 2: St…stop, Toramaru--!! You’ll split your head before the pillar---!!

42.
Toramaru: Ooh---!!
Rasetsu: Fu…what an idiot. He’s headbutting a stone pillar…………

43.
Hidemaro: Lo…look, the pillar is cracking---!!
Date: ………………!!
Toramaru: Oooh, one more time----!!
Rasetsu: Chi, you won’t do it!!
Date: Watch out, Toramaru---!!

44.
Toramaru: Gua!!
Toramaru: Guku……!!
Date: Toramaru---!!
Toramaru: Do…don’t mock…don’t mock Toramaru-sama……………!!

45.
Toramaru: DA…DATE, I ASK YOU TO TAKE THE REST!!

TN: I sort of wish that Toramaru was given more respect to at least face Rasetsu in a respectable bout instead of being forced to show up just to free Date from the shackles...but in a way, this really is all Toramaru can do. He realized he's no match (even though even Togashi was able to take down a Shitennou so it is more about Date still being around and more powerful and his own hatred of seeing people die) so by sacrificing himself and smashing down Date's only resistance preventing him from fighting, it allows for one partner to sacrifice himself for the other. Ultimately this will lead to probably one of my biggest complaints about this fight...but I'll get to that when it's over...mostly since it's not quite done yet.