Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 102

After watching Baron Dino fall, Date has chosen to take on the cruel Chindou Taishi...but with a catch: if he leaves a similar circle to his enemy, he'll commit seppuku! Can he keep his promise and defeat the hair-raising enemy!?

Chp. 102: Outside the Circle is Death!!

143.
Date: This makes us even. If I take even a step from my circle either, I’ll acknowledge defeat and cut open my stomach.
Toramaru: Wh…what~~~!! Th…that Date is fighting in a circle too~~~!!
Momotarou: ……………………
Togashi: And making even a step outside it will have him cut open his stomach---!!

144.
(Title Page…and yep, Date is peeved)

145.
Chindou Taishi: Well then. You’ve reasoned that your pride won’t be forgiving if you don’t fight with the same terms.
Chindou Taishi: However, that’s foolish. You don’t know yet the terror of my Bentei.
Toramaru: Wh…what~~!! That narrow-eye guy is tying some weapon to the end of his hair~~~~!!

146.
Chindou Taishi: Though you can train your body, humans have several points which they can’t move by will power. Once of those points is head hair.
Chindou Taishi: However, at the end of my long training, I’ve come to freely move it by my spirit.
Chindou Taishi: Ooh---!!
Chindou Taishi: HA!!
Toramaru: Wh…what~~!! His hair seems like it’s a living thing!!

147.
Chindou Taishi: ROUROUKAN: BENTEI TAISOUSHI!!
(TN: “Bentei Taisoushi” = “Locking-Braid End-Dressed Thorn”)

148.
Chindou Taishi: Hmph!!
Date: Uh!!
Date: Gu!! Chii!!
Toramaru: Date---!!

149.
Date: Nu
Chindou Taishi: Let me show you a more interesting thing. I have this kind of technique too.
Date: !!

150.
Chindou Taishi: ROUROUKAN HIGI: BENTEI SENPUU GYAKU-DAISHARIN!!
(TN: It’s essentially the same as “Bentei Senpuu Daisharin” only with “Gyaku” at the start for “reverse”. Therefore it’s “Locking-Braid Whirlwind Reverse-Big Wheel”)
Toramaru: Wh…what~~~!! That guy has nailed the tip of his head hair into the ground and is starting to rotate in the air with that as an axis----!!

151.
Date: Muu!!
Chindou Taishi: I’ve got you---!!
Toramaru: He directly kicked him, pushing Date outside the circle---!!

152.
Chindou Taishi: That was a quick match too.
Toramaru: Da…Date…………
Chindou Taishi: I’ve won. You’ve left your circle. Now if you’re a man, cut open your stomach as you’ve promised.
Date: Fuffuffu, that’s match……look closer by opening your slender eyes.
Chindou Taishi: ……………………
Chindou Taishi: !!

153.
Date: Even in sumo, you can’t win as long as your opponent’s body hasn’t fallen to the ground outside the arena.
Toramaru: L…look, Date hasn’t fallen out yet!!
Togashi: He barely propped his body into a bridge---!!
Date: That circus performance won’t defeat Date Omito. Now it’s my turn.

154.
Toramaru: There…it is~~~!! Date’s Jatetsusou from long ago~~~!!
(TN: I really don’t see how Toramaru could have ever seen that, considering he never saw Momo/Date nor did he ever see the first usage while he was locked away. BTW: “Jatetsusou” = “Snake Track Spear”)
Date: Let’s go!!

155.
Chindou Taishi: Fu, spearmanship? Show me your spear judgment as you can; you can use that but it won’t reach me.
Chindou Taishi: Now, let’s do this…!!
Chindou Taishi: Oho!!

156.
Chindou Taishi: Fuffuffu, didn’t you see my earlier match with the man called Dino? My guard that’s called divine is perfect.
Chindou Taishi: With that…
Chindou Taishi: !!

157.
Chindou Taishi: Nuu!!
Date: HAKYOKU-RYUU: CHIHOUJIN!!
(TN: “Hakyoku-ryuu: Chihoujin” = “Ultimate Leader/Supreme-Pole Style = Thousand-Peak Dust”; yeah, I sort of don't know which to use so I use either for Date's style)
Chindou Taishi: !!
Toramaru: A…amazing, Date’s spear is quickly getting faster!! The spear tips are innumerable!!
Date: Fufufu, what’s wrong? You’re stepping to the rear bit by bit.
Chindou Taishi: Ku!!
Chindou Taishi: Uo!!

158.
Chindou Taishi: Chii!!
Date: You said your guard is divine. Let me show you a real divine technique.
Date: HA!!

159.
Chindou Taishi: Huh!?
Toramaru: D…Date’s spear has smashed the weapon at his hair tip---!!
Date: Ha----!!
Chindou Taishi: !!

160.
Chindou Taishi: Guku!!
Chindou Taishi: Guha!!

161.
Chindou Taishi: ……………………
Date: You promised when the match was over…!! Now, cut open your stomach.

TN: Well, one thing I learned about this chapter: if Date wasn't a martial artist, he could always go into the Olympics as a pole vaulter. I loved how that final attack using the Jatetsusou combined with "staying within the circle" defeated Chindou Taishi...but at the same time, one thing I noticed about this set of chapters: could this be the basis of the "Hair Styles" of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo? I mean, considering that we have a Rouroukan fighter who could control his hair...yeah, it was merely the braid on his head, but...he controlled his hair with his will! Now think about that compared to, say, Bibibi-bi Bi-bibi in the final arc of the original series (yeah, I know he barely used it and more used it in a representative fighter he possessed when he fought Bo-bobo and Be-bebe the first time but...it was still Bi-bibi) or the control of any hair like, say, nosehair. Could Chindou Taishi be the origin of Bo-bobo combined with the obvious "Hokuto no Ken" reference? Makes one think about it...well, aside from him about to open his stomach thanks to Date!