Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 140

They are notable as one of the most dangerous assassin guilds in East Asia...but are already down 15-Love after blowing the first match to Otokojuku's Akashi! But terror from the Pooron Kokurenju is always flying in the skies!

Chp. 140: Hichou Shuurensou!!

149.
Toramaru: I…don’t believe this…………………he…he hit and slashed the battleground as if he was cutting cheese…………………!!
(TN: Yeah…Toramaru never saw Akashi fight before…and Togashi…yeah, bad memories)
Momotarou: Fu, indeed, an exciting win is like him.

150.
(Title page…yeah, I doubt they can fix this platform)

151.
Assassin 1: That guy did that………he easily defeated Chan Hoo just like that……!!
Assassin 2: But Chan Hoo was the youngest of our Pooron Kokurenju…it’s not surprising in particular.
“Assassin”: Fu…that’s the strong-sword of Ichimonji-ryuu Zanganken……!!
“Assassin”: It seems now it’s my turn.

152.
Toramaru: Aah~~~!! Th…that Akashi guy…n…no…Akashi-senpai, are you continuing to fight in the next match too~~~!
Togashi: Is that how it is---!! N…now it’s our turn---!
Momotarou: Fu, he’s appearing after a long time. That level of battle hasn’t satisfied him yet. Let’s leave it to him here.
Togashi: Aa—h, wh…what’s that!?
Toramaru: An extremely large bird is flapping and flying to here from the Kokurenju encampment.

153.
Toramaru: WH…WHAT~~~!!
Toramaru: L…look, that’s~~~!!
Togashi: A…human!! Someone is riding on that giant eagle---!

154.
Koushuushi: My name is Koushuushi!! The true terror of Pooron Kokurenju’s assassin techniques: realize them in your flesh and bones.
Toramaru: I…don’t believe it: th...that’s there’s an eagle that huge………………
Togashi: N…no: in truth, the bird is huge but the guy who’s riding on him is also extremely tiny.

155.
Koushuushi: Well then: if I look closely, I can see it: your strangely large long sword. But with that largeness and heaviness, its speed has a limit no matter how much force it has.
Koushuushi: That is your weakness.

156.
Koushuushi: POORON KOKURENJU OUGI: HICHOU SHUURENSOU!!
(TN: “Hichou Shuurenzou” = “Hanging-Flight Advancing Sickle-Spear”; The “sickle-spear” part, which here is read as “Rensou”, also has a reading in Japanese of “kamayari”, which is a type of spear which has two sickles protruding out from the sides alongside the already pointed tip, increasing the damage potential for the tip used for attacking…though here it is more like a sickle that is the spear tip, thus it probably should be taken with the “sickle-spear” translation)

157.
Toramaru: Wh…what is th…that---!!
Togashi: He…he’s hanging in midair upside-down from the eagle’s claws and attacking with tremendous force---!!
Koushuushi: How is it!! The agility of the giant eagle, which possesses the fastest speeds among all birds! This is the first possible assassin technique that suites my light physique!!
Koushuushi: You won’t be able to even take out your prided long sword!!

158.
Toramaru: A…Akashi---!!
Date: That’s tremendous speed. It’s as he said: even if Akashi took out his sword, that tiny difference in taking that lag would make it inevitable…!!

159.
Koushuushi: Fuffuffu, you’re a great man. Your complexion hasn’t changed one bit while you’re in this dilemma of a desperate situation. Do you understand the situation you’ve been put into?
Akashi: Fu……
Koushuushi: !!
Akashi: ……………Desperate situation? Isn’t that funny, shrimpo! Though you see I have many of these scratches, I won’t be defeated by you.
(TN: Akashi refers to Koushuushi as “dochibi”, which further emphasizes the “chibi” or “shrimp” that he was called prior. I emphasized it further with the “shrimpo” epithet)
Koushuushi: Sh…shrimpo……… y…you call me a shrimp?
Koushuushi: Nuaa---!!
Koushuushi: Fufufu: I’ve changed my mind…………I…I’ve prepared a much crueler death for you.

160.
Koushuushi: It’s best for an idiot to realize this.
Toramaru: Wh…what is he doing, th…that guy---!!
Togashi: He’s spreading some water-like thing across the surface of the battleground from the sky~~~!!
Akashi: …………………

161.
Koushuushi: Alright, that much is fine.
Koushuushi: Uwahhahaha. You seem to have realized already: right, you’re right in the middle of a sea of gasoline!! Your body will be engulfed in crimson flames; you’ll die while in agonizing pain---!!
Toramaru: Wh…what---!! Gasoline---!
Koushuushi: Well then, I’ll give a last chance to you: if you rub your face on the ground, kneel and beg for your life, then I’ll ease up just the way I kill you.
Koushuushi: Well, will you stop with your false courage and kneel~~~?

162.
Akashi: Fu: that’s what a twisted shrimp seems to think. Just because I kneel down, it won’t make your stature grow taller.
Koushuushi: Die~~~!!
Togahsi & Toramaru: A…AKASHI~~~!!

163.
Koushuushi: Uwahhahaha: your surrounding battleground is entirely a precipitous cliff!! There’s nowhere to run! Suffer, suffer---!! You fool----!
Toramaru: A…AKASHI---!!

164.
Koushuushi: It seems even the fire is calming. We—ll, shall I go confirmed the corpse of the burned-to-black fool?
Koushuushi: Even so, this is such tremendous smoke. Where exactly is his corpse…
Koushuushi: !!

165.
Akashi: It’s too bad, shrimp.
Koushuushi: WH…WHAT---!! IT’S…YOU---!
Togashi & Toramaru: A…AKASHI~~~!!

166.
Koushuushi: !!
Koushuushi: Th…that’s………!! Y…you dug up th…the ground with your sword, protecting your body from the fire…………!!
Akashi: Earlier, you were going to grant to me a last wish before I died. However, I will grant a wish as well.
Koushuushi: Hi!!

167.
Koushuushi: GUGYA!!
Akashi: This is your wish. Isn’t it great: hasn’t your height increased, shrimp……!!
Koushuushi: ……………..!!

TN: Akashi's smirk at the end...scared me. I guess there are some characters you just don't want to see happy, regardless of how many size-related problems he cures. But then again, this match definitely showed off more of Akashi's swordsmanship and smarts...heck, I wouldn't have thought of excavating the arena ground and then burying yourself underneath while fire starts burning over all of the surface! But then again that's the first rule of this series: use anything to your advantage...and I mean everything! Some would probably complain Koushuushi's ability is similar to Baron Dino, but it really isn't: one uses a bird as a mount, the other uses it alongside a battle-style on the ground, so it is different, trust me. Oh and one more little small comment: am I the only one sort of tired of when the first fighter loses, the team states "he was our weakest fighter" or "our youngest fighter"...yeah it's supposed to be a parody of those types of the series but at the same time, it's just one of those little things that gets to me.