Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 94

It has been a long, nightmarish struggle, but Momotarou and the First-Years have finally secured triumph in the Daiishin Paaren Seiha over the Third-Years! But after all they've accomplished...what is the truth for what they were doing!?

Chp. 94: The Messenger From the Daibukai

169.
Wan Taaren: A RECAP OF OTOKOJUKU’S DAIISHIN PAAREN SEIHA:
FIRST-YEAR SIDE:
SANMENKEN:
GEKKOU: DEAD
HIEN: DEAD
RAIDEN: DEAD

Wan Taaren: THIRD-YEAR SIDE:
BARON DINO
DOKUGANTETSU
HENSHOUKI
THE SHITENNOU:
MANJIMARU
SENKUU
RASETSU
EIKEI
AND BOSS DAIGOUIN JAKI
ALL DEAD

Wan Taaren: Number of Survivors: First-Years: 5, Third-Years: 0!! Therefore this match is………!!

170.-171.
Wan Taaren: VICTORY FOR THE OTOKOJUKU FIRST-YEARS---!!

172.
Edajima: This is moral law.
Edajima: With this, the Daiishin Paaren Seiha is completely over. With that, we will all descend the tower.
Edajima: What’s with your faces? You First-Years have won. Shouldn’t you be happy?
First-Years: ………………!!

173.
Momotarou: Happy…………who could be happy with this?
Onihige: Y…you………!!
Momotarou: There are no 1sts or 3rds…………As students of the same Otokojuku, eleven people have died in this fight. Can’t you think of anything about that?
Voice: Right. We want to ask you that too.
Edajima: !!

174.
Momotarou: TO…TOGASHI, J, TORAMARU---!!
Toramaru: We have to ask you…The Daiishin Paaren Seiha: what was the meaning for this fight……………!!
First-Years: Th…they appeared without notice………!?
Togashi: Why did we need to spill blood of fellow Otokojuku students to this point………!? With this answer, don’t merely get it over with by saying “you’re the principal” as always.
J: This is for the dead ones as well!!

175.
Onihige: Y…you, what are you saying by graciously approaching the principal---!! Do you get the merit of this crime at Otokojuku!! When at Otokojuku, you must never intrude on the principal!! His existence is equivalent to god---!!
Togashi: Shut up, I’m going in---!! How could a god like you make fellow students kill each other----!!
Onihige: Guge!!
Edajima: …………………
Edajima: Alright. I’ll answer your question. Will all of you quietly gather in front of me.
Edajima: Now listen!

176.
Edajima: I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF OTOKOJUKU, EDAJIMA HEIHACHI!!
Edajima: That’s the answer. Let’s go.

177.
Togashi: You…can’t be joking: where in that is the answer----!! I…can’t take this anymore----!!
Togashi: Uh!!
Toramaru: Wh…what---!! Ja…Jaki is still alive---!!

178.
Jaki: P…put it aside…!! I…I n…now understand…the Tenchou Gorin…………!!
(TN: You’re going to hear a lot of this so basically I’ll translate this now: “Tenchou Gorin” = “The Heaven-Challenging Olympics”; though “Gorin” does directly stand for “Olympics”, I’ll be keeping it in Japanese for the sake of this)
Jaki: Be…believe him. Be…believe in the…principal……………
Togashi: He…he’s a mo…monster………!!
Momotarou: Tenchou Gorin………!?
J: Believe in the principal……!?
Edajima: I ask you for Jaki, Wan Taaren.
Wan Taaren: I’ll give him the very best. We have three-thousand years of secret arts in traditional Chinese healing…………!!
Edajima: You’ve fought well, valorous students of Otokojuku. I think I will praise all of you. However, the true battle begins from here!!

179.
Sign: OTOKOJUKU

180.
Toramaru: Well…that’s that. It’s already been a month since that Paaren Seiha.
Togashi: This is the first we’ve attended school since our bodies became movable.
Toramaru: It’s as if that event was like a bad dream.
Momotarou: It wasn’t a dream. If it were, Gekkou, Hien and Raiden would be here too.
Togashi: ……………………

181.
Toramaru: But there were those words said by Jaki, who we thought was dead………Tenchou Gorin…!? And “believe the principal”…………!? So then, what exactly do they mean?
Togashi: Heh, how can we believe in that bloodless, tearless f**king oldie?
Toramaru: Well, if Jaki hadn’t stopped you then, you really would have been killed……………
Togashi & Toramaru: !?
Toramaru: Oh, a Rolles Royce!!

182.
Toramaru: ……………………
Slip: TENCHOU GORIN
Toramaru: Wh…what are they………!?

183.
“Bearded Man”: Where is the principal’s office!
Toramaru: Ah…well, the…principal’s office is to the left as you enter the front entranceway of the school building……
“Bearded Man”: Right!!

184.
Toramaru: Spring really has come with that sort of danger…There was a terribly respectful notice paper or something on that tray.
Togashi: It had “Tenchou Gorin” written on it.
Toramaru: WH…WHAT---!! THOSE WERE THE WORDS JAKI SAID THEN……!!
Sign: PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE
“Bearded Man”: AN ANNOUNCEMENT!! TO COMMAND TO YOUR SUBORDINATES AT MY EXCELLENCY’S WILL!!

185.
“Bearded Man”: PRINCIPAL OF OTOKOJUKU EDAJIMA HEIHACHI-DONO!! SIXTEEN WARRIORS FROM YOUR SCHOOL WILL ENGAGE IN THE TENCHOU GORIN DAIBUKAI!!
(TN: “Daibukai” = “Great Warrior Meet”)
“Bearded Man”: THE OCCASION WILL BE THE GENIAL AND WARM APRIL 1ST!! WAIT ON STANDBY AT THE SCHOOL GATE AT MIDNIGHT WHERE WE WILL PICK THEM UP!!

186.
“Bearded Man”: THAT IS ALL!! Toudou Hyoue, manager of the Tenchou Gorin Daibukai
Script: TOUDOU HYOUE
Edajima: I ACCEPT THE DETAILS!
"Bearded Man": According to what we've heard, the desire of Otokojuku to participate in the Daibukai this time is because they have extraordinary people. My Excellency also anticiaptes the acitivities of your school in their first appearance.
"Bearded Man": So then, will you hand me the Participation Register of the 16 participating warriors.
Edajima: I've prepared it.

187.
Edajima: These are the names of the Tenchou Gorin Daibukai's "Otokojuku's 16-Warriors"!!
(TN: The Japanese name of the team for the arc is "Otokojuku 16-Senshi", but I think I'll be keeping their name in English to make it easier)

BOSS: TSURUGI MOMOTAROU
SECOND IN COMMAND: DAIGOUIN JAKI

FIRST-YEARS:
DATE OMITO
TOGASHI GENJI
J
TORAMARU RYUUJI
RAIDEN
HIEN
GEKKOU

THIRD-YEARS
MANJIMARU
SENKUU
RASETSU
EIKEI
HENSHOUKI
DOKUGANTETSU
BARON DINO
(End of Vol. 10)

TN: I think I'll leave you with Edajima's "decision" as a cliffhanger for the moment (though you could infer it rather easily), but let's say that life as an Otokojuku student, particularly a strong, skilled and gutsy warrior like these guys, their work is never over! With the mysterious Tenchou Gorin finally here (and trust me, we're going to be with this arc for a long time to come...), the battles, the opponents and the weird abilities and explanations won't be going away any time soon! Of course, while some of what was accomplished probably could have been explained better, the fact that Togashi would confront Edajima to give a clear answer as to why he would force everyone to go through this and die just for the sake of school spirit and sport...well, he's Togashi, he never really thinks, he just does. (and for those expecting an answer aside from "I'm the principal"...you've got to be kidding, that explains everything they do in this series!) But hey, at least it's great to see Togashi, Toramaru and J going about the school again after so long...and considering this cliffhanger, some more familiar friends may be returning real soon!