Kinnikuman 311

Trapped within a spherical wire-screen of death, Ramenman is at the mercy of the high-octane attacks of the rambunctious Bikeman! But is there a way to cool the engine of the motorcycle madman!?

Chapter 311: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (38): Running Amuck! Bikeman!!

28.
Ramen: Uwa----!!
Announcer: Somehow, Bikeman has transformed his own body into a motorbike and while climbing the Thunderdome, has rear-ended Ramenman who was dangling on the ceiling---!!
Suguru: Ramenman!!
Ramen: …………
Ramen: Uuh…

29.
Bike: Hehehe, you can’t escape---!!
Announcer: Bikeman is pursuing the falling Ramenman, descending the Thunderdome at raging speed---!!
Ramen: !!
Suguru: Ramenman, watch out---!!
Bike: Motor Cycling Kick---!!

30.
Announcer: Ramenman has taken a Motor Cycling Kick once again----!!
Bike: Hehehe…you’re the only Choujin who has taken two of my Cycling Kicks and gotten up, Ramenman.
Suguru: Now he’s planning to attack from behind---!!
Bike: Cycling Kangaroo Ki—ck!!

31.
Announcer: Ramenman, who was called the strongest man of the Justice Choujin, is really at his wits end facing Bikeman’s bike attacks.
Bike: Haha—so then, do you finally understand why I suggested this Thunderdome Deathmatch—
Suguru: …………

32.
Robin: The place for fighting of a typical Choujin is just in a flat ring, but for Bikeman, who has a motorbike body, since he’s inclined to go in all directions by way of his instantaneous engine power, he can utilize a fighting place with all of a 360-degree space. Therefore with him using a spherical wire-screen, he can create a 360-degree space……
Suguru: All of that Thunderdome is a ring for Bikeman…this surely seems like a motorbike show at the circus…
Suguru: However, Ramenman, though you can’t control Bikeman’s killer bike techniques…
Suguru: There are killer kung fu techniques that use this space.
Bike: Ramenman, you seem to have an alias of the “instant hit man” from the people in society!

33.
Bike: So then, that name will change today: I will be the new “instant hit man”!!
Announcer: Without a minute passing since the start of the match, Bikeman is already throwing his finishing blow towards Ramenman----!!
Robin: No: with that much speed from Bikeman, Ramenman can’t avoid getting crushed to death.
Suguru: Run away—Ramenma—n!!
Ramen: ………!!
Bike: Die---!!

34.
Ramen: Wild-Horse Seal Steal!!
(TN: I sort of wished I could have just used Japanese for this attack because the second part of the attack really has no meaning in English or Japanese. The closest I could come up with for the second word, “fuudatsu”, was the above-translated “seal steal”)
Announcer: Ramenman has prevented the Cycling Kick by jumping onto Bikeman’s own body----!!
Robin: Right: he had that!
Suguru: You’ve done it—Ramenman; with that, you can crash that bike guy into the wire-screen in front of you---!!
Ramen: I was intending that too----!!
Announcer: Ramenman and Bikeman are both crashing into the wire-screen---!!

35.
Announcer: Only Bikeman crashed into the wire-screen!!
Suguru: Ramenman sunk Bikeman’s head into the wire-screen with a Bull-Docking Headlock---!!
Bike: Uoo…

36.
Announcer: Well, with Bikeman’s body returning to human form, Ramenman has entered the stance for his prided Camel Clutch without delay----!!
Bike: Ooh…
Robin: Al—right, the way he entered the technique and strangling him, it’s perfect in every way. With that, it’s certain he’ll take this with a give-up—
Suguru: Gyahaha: I’m sorry Team Zebra but just like Motorman, Bikeman will be a victim of the Camel Clutch as well!!
Zebra: Fufufu…I’m sorry but we’ve placed our absolute trust in Bikeman, unlike Motorman.
Parthenon: Bikeman won’t make the same error as Motorman.
Suguru: Though Bikeman’s going to have his body broken now, what’s with the calm expressions of those two!?

37.
Ramen: If this was me in my Mongolman period, I would be suspending my attack, but I now am Ramenman, the extraordinary demon! I won’t suspend my attack until your body bursts!!
Bike: Hehehe…I was worried about you suspending your attacks for me…
Bike: Since it wouldn’t have been fun to counterattack.
Zebra: There it is: the Control Tire.

38.
Ramen: Uorya----!!
Suguru: He’s done it—a second-straight decision for Ramenman---!!
Robin: This is bad: look behind Ramenman!!
Announcer: Bikeman’s tire is attacking with raging acceleration from behind Ramenman---!!
Bike: Hehehe! Ramenman, aren’t you fighting while really forgotten that this Thunderdome is a 360-degree ring?

39.
Ramen: What!?
Bike: Control Loop Tire!!
Ramen: Uuh…
Announcer: Ramenman somehow appears to have been injured!!
Suguru: Ramenman!!
Robin: That old wound he bears from Warsman four years ago is gaping and is opening up. That should be more intense than any other wounds Ramenman can take.

40.
Ramen: Ooh~~~my head hurts like it’s splitting apart…
Bike: Fufufu! You’ve given me a lot of trouble, Ramenman. However, now it’s time for you too to pay back your taxes!
(TN: Yeah I know “pay back your taxes” is probably not a good expression in English but that’s literally what Bikeman is saying regarding Ramenman, my guess is it’s an expression regarding him “paying back everything he’s done”)
Bike: This will do.
Announcer: So…somehow Bikeman is stretching out the wire-screen, creating a motocross-style temporary jump stand---!!

41.
Bike: Here we go---!!
Announcer: Bikeman has changed his form into a bike again and is increasing his speed aiming for the jump stand----!!
Bike: Kill the…

42.
Bike: Skydive---!!
Ramen: Gyaa----!!

43.
Announcer: Ramenman has finally run out of power from taking Bikeman’s violent attacks again and again---!!
Robin: Perhaps that attack now stopped his breathing…
Suguru: It’s been 15 minutes since the start of his match with Bikeman…
Suguru: Even adding in the 37 seconds since the start of his match with Motorman, it’s only been 15 minutes 37 seconds. Ramenman, have you broken your silence and been revived just for only 15 minutes 37 seconds?

44.
Suguru: Isn’t that just so sad----!!
Audience: Ramenman has died---!!
Audience: UWAAA
Bike: This…can’t be: rain in the castle…?

45.
Ramen: Pe…people without sympathy like you don’t know this, but th…this is what’s called a rain of sadness…
(TN: While a “rain of tears” probably translates better here, there is a Japanese expression of “Namidaame”, which translates either to a “light rain” or a “rain that falls at a time of sadness”. Therefore I called it the “rain of sadness”)
Bike: Ra…Ramenman!!
Ramen: Guoo
Suguru: Ooh…those tears that fell from everyone has revived the dead Ramenman---!!

46.
(SCRAMBLE FOR THE KINNIKU THRONE ARC)
SPECIAL VTR XXXI
RAMENMAN VS. BIKEMAN

TN: I...don't know what to say about this chapter. Literally...I'm speechless. It's not that I don't have anything to say: the chapter started off so well with the fight between Ramenman and Bikeman (including a really neat situation that actually explained why Bikeman's tires were actually separate from himself...still could have been worked better in making him more like a Transformer but oh well, it works) And the back and forth between the two Choujin opponents was worthy to make this a nail-biter. But then...it all fell apart. It's really hard to explain just how it all died away (and it will just get even worse in the next chapter when they actually explain it even further) but...how in the world could they do...that...with Ramenman? I mean, I guess it somewhat is a bit of an homage to something like the original Peter Pan...not to mention the horrible way it was manipulated in that first Pokemon movie when...

Voice: HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, YOU!! DO YOU HAVE TO BRING THAT NIGHTMARE UP!?

Ataru: Wait...who is that?

(Out of nowhere and for no real reason whatsoever, a tall white creature that looks like a cat with purple tubes coming out of it sternly falls down right in front of the translator. It does not speak, it merely talks through telepathy)

Ataru: Y...yo...you're...Me...Mew...Tw...Two?

Mewtwo: Yeah, I get that a lot. Everyone always wants to be in on the action with me, don't they.

Ataru: Bu...but wh...wh...what are you...

Mewtwo: You were about to mention that stupid scene in my movie in reference to some silly manga written 13 years before. And frankly, I don't like my infamy being used in vain in connection to something similarly stupid.

Ataru: But you have to admit, that scene was probably the tip of the crummy iceberg of what was for the most part a rather heavy-handed movie. Sure they screwed you up in the dub version but the footage was the same regardless.

Mewtwo: (angrily) What were you saying about my movie, creature of God? (grips his hands together making Ataru start choking akin to Darth Vader strangling someone with the Force)

Ataru: (choaking) I...I wasn't talking about you (turns blue)...I was talking...about...the...whole...(passes out)

Mewtwo: (confused) Well...we'll continue this conversation in the next script, alright?

(to be continued in the script for Kinnikuman 312)