Kinnikuman 328

To the amazement of Suguru and the rest of Team Kinnikuman, Soldier and Buffaloman may be teaching them about another, more mature style of "Friendship Power"! But how will this affect their fight with Team Phoenix!?

Chapter 328: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (55): True – Friendship Power!!

27.
Announcer: Su…surely a corner of the cube ring has been unreasonably destroyed by a blow of Mammothman’s Big Tusk, like it’s the clear weather after a passing typhoon---!!
Announcer: But this indeed is strong bad luck for Buffaloman!! If he hadn’t stooped down with the pain of the wound on his right leg, he would have directly taken Mammothman’s Big Tusks and would have been destroyed along with the ring!!
Buffalo: My…right leg has this wound due to an iron pole throne by my ally Soldier…
Buffalo: Right, I understand: your true intention, Soldier---!!

28.
Buffalo: Y…you anticipated the destructive power of Mammothman’s Big Tusks from the start and injured my right leg on purpose so I wouldn’t collide with Mammothman from the front---!!

29.
“Soldier”: People called “men” don’t talk that much!! It’s better if they watch just the results silently with both eyes!!
Suguru: R…right.
Suguru: This is the result that was spoken of by Soldier!!
Buffalo: Captain Soldier, I’m terribly grateful for your act of friendship towards me.
“Soldier”: …………
Buffalo: …However, why didn’t you tell me your true motives from the start? If I understood this, then I wouldn’t have cursed you no matter how wounded my right leg became…
“Soldier”: I say it is not an act of friendship to communicate recklessly my true intention to a partner.

30.
“Soldier”: This is the True – Friendship Power that I advocate…
Robin: True – Friendship Power…A genuine Friendship Power!!
(TN: The truth is that the “true” and “genuine” being spoken here are the same exact kanji and have the same meaning. However, both have different readings: the first has a reading of “shin”, and the second of “makoto”, which both have a similar definition of “true”, “genuine” and “definite”)
Suguru: U~~h, I say that I don’t understand that Soldier guy: it’s fine, but why must he be quiet on it?
Ramen: On top of thinking of Buffaloman’s personality, this is Soldier as such.
Ramen: If Buffaloman had heard from Soldier that the destructive power of Mammothman’s Big Tusks was greater than his own Long Horns…
Ramen: Then Buffaloman, with his strong competitive spirit, wouldn’t have been hospitable to that; there’s no mistaking he’s stubborn about his Long Horns
Ramen: And then…he would have been a victim of Mammothman’s Big Tusks…

31.
Suguru: He doesn’t have pride while rescuing the life of one Choujin; he doesn’t have to even be proud about it. Soldier: you’re such a sublime Choujin…
Caption: OSAKA CASTLE
Mayumi: Look, mama: Aren’t Suguru’s eyes looking at Solider as if they’re the eyes of reverence like he’s watching a real big brother!
Announcer: Well in the ring, Mammothman, who had the superiority until earlier, has had his Big Tusks avoided and, in reverse, there’s a change of circumstances with the advantage to Buffaloman---!!
Mammoth: That was a fluke, but whatever happened, I admire that you’ve avoided my Big Tusks, Buffaloman!

32.
Mammoth: You avoided the technique, but…in it’s place, a large amount of damage has been presented to your heart…
Mammoth: The damage called fear.
Buffalo: T…tag me. Let’s switch, Soldier
Announcer: A suspicious action by Soldier once again! He’s rejecting tagging with Buffaloman!!
Audience: AAH…

33.
“Soldier”: Buffaloman, this tag clearly is a thing you’re seeking for my assistance so you can escape from the fear of Mammothman’s Big Tusks; I can’t take that weak tag!
Buffalo: Wh….why---!? I’ve had my right leg wounded. I can’t go against Mammothman’s Big Tusks, which boasts that awful destructive power…
Buffalo: Isn’t it Friendship Power to suitably rescue an ally whenever they’re in trouble---!!
“Soldier”: ………
“Soldier”: Buffaloman, it seems you’ve lost your dazzling heart of conflict from your Devil Choujin days due to having inside the sticky Friendship Power that’s the conspiracy of Kinnikuman’s group over a long time!!
Suguru: What—our Friendship Power is a conspiracy---!!

34.
“Soldier”: True – Friendship Power that I advocate is to have individual Choujin each do the best with their own abilities; I’m not going to take a tag as long as I haven’t judged that you’re fighting with all your might.
“Soldier”: Buffaloman, from where I see it, you still have reserve power. That reserve power is enough to throw Mammothman alone!!
Suguru: Hey! I can’t be patient anymore: at this rate, Buffaloman will be killed by Mammothman!!
Suguru: I’m going to save him!!
Robin: Ki…Kinnikuman!!
Mammoth: Doaaa----!!
Announcer: Well, Mammothman is resuming his attack---!!
Buffalo: Hi…the Big Tusks!!

35.
Mammoth: Gyahaha! Don’t be relieved: that’s merely a Shoulder Tackle!!
Buffalo: ………
“Soldier”: Buffaloman, didn’t the you of the Devil Choujin days cut your way through without depending on anyone with techniques you developed yourself no matter what difficulty you encountered----!?
(TN: And…didn’t you look evil…and have a beard?)

36.
Mammoth: Ha—haha----!!
“Soldier”: Return to it, Buffaloman, to the hungry you of your Devil Choujin days---!!
Buffalo: De…Devil Choujin…days…hungry…
Mammoth: Big Flip!!
Announcer: Buffaloman is waging, in a manner of speaking, techniques that don’t really have anything else in them due to his vigalence of Mammothman’s Big Tusks!!

37.
Suguru: Buffaloman, you shouldn’t listen to anything that Soldier says---!!
Buffalo: Ki…Kinnikuman…
Suguru: I’m saving you now!!
Suguru: Now, escape by going along this rope! You were simply hesistant for joining Team Soldier, Buffaloman; we don’t mind that if you return to the Justice Choujin Corp.!!
Buffalo: Bu…but…
Phoenix: Fufu…this is interesting: a crisis of a mid-air breakdown for Team Soldier.
(TN: Phoenix makes a comment of “Kuuchuu Bunkai”, which is a “mid-air breakdown” akin to a plane…but of course it sort of works here due to the floating nature of the cube ring)

38.
“Soldier”: Buffaloman, whatever you do, it’s best to do what you like…however, this is just what I said: if you return to that “group of friendship” conspiracy once again
“Soldier”: Then from here on, you won’t be able to oppose difficulties without the assistance of your allies: you’ll become a weak Choujin!
Buffalo: …A WEAK CHOUJIN…
Suguru: Don’t be concerned of that, Buffaloman, quickly go to the rope and come here---!!
“Soldier”: Listen, Suguru! Without each and every Choujin having firm belief and feeling of independence, True Friendship Power won’t be born!!

39.
Suguru: A…again: I can’t say anything gazing at those eyes…
Buffalo: F…firm belief and…fe…feeling of independence…right…I may have left those behind somewhere…
Announcer: Buffaloman is grabbing onto the rescue rope of Kinnikuman’s group!!
Suguru: Aah! Buffaloman!!
Buffalo: I…I now……

40.
Buffalo: Will regain…what I’ve lost!!
Announcer: Buffaloman is in a pose to fight Mammothman to the end---!!
Mammoth: Kuku…so you want to fight me and die with the breakdown of your restoration talks with Team Kinnikuman…
Mammoth: If that’s it, then I will grant your wish!!
Announcer: Mammothman is waging his Big Tusks a second time aiming for Buffaloman---!!
Announcer: Ho…however, Buffaloman isn’t running away! He’s closing both his eyes while in the Niou-stance in the center of the ring while he’s not running!!
(TN: The “Niou-stance” or “Nioudachi”, is in reference to a stance akin to the “Niou” (also known as the “Kongourikishi”), two “guardians” of Buddha who stand usually in a stance with one hand clutched in a fist and the other hand opened palmed)
Suguru: Wh…what is Buffaloman planning!?

41.
Buffalo: Long ago, I too was a lonely Choujin in training…one day, while in the middle of a journey, I was attacked by an unbelievably large hurricane…
Buffalo: The wind created by the hurricane easily blew off the city’s gigantic cross.
Buffalo: And then, that gigantic cross flew towards my heart, as if it was it was taking careful aim to me.
Buffalo: Around me, there were no people, no walls, not even a growing tree that could stop that gigantic cross. What I relied on was only my own power…
Buffalo: I have nothing that I can rely on: Fu…surely, my mental state back then and my feelings now are exactly the same…
Announcer: Is Buffaloman at his wit’s end and will be honorable defeated facing Mammothman’s Big Tusks---!?

42.
Buffalo: I will win!!
Mammoth: Die---!!
Announcer: Somehow Buffaloman is holding back Mammothman’s Big Tusks with his own body---!!

43.
Buffalo: Take this, Buffaloman’s new technique! Choujin Cross Drop---!!
Announcer: Mammothman is getting stuck into the canvas as if he’s a cross that’s become upside-down!!

44.
Mayumi: Here I’ve considerably solved the meaning of “When the skull falls, the vortex man will appear possessing an idea that should help the fighter of superior friendship” in the Prophecy.
Mayumi: The “fighter of superior friendship” points to the Idol Choujin, who originated with Suguru; and “The vortex man who possesses an idea”” is about Soldier.
Sayuri: So then, it’s for reviving the Friendship Power of the Idol Choujin that has come to have conspiracy all over it recently?
Mayumi & Sayuri: “The Vortex Man”: in short, this is the reason Soldier has appeared possessing True – Friendship Power. So Soldier’s true identity really is Ataru…

45.
Buffalo: N…now will you take my…my tag…
“Soldier”: Of course.
Suguru: It seems we’ve been taught by those two: we’ve lost: our Friendship Power just now to Soldier’s True – Friendship Power……

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(SCRAMBLE FOR THE KINNIKU THRONE ARC)
SPECIAL VTR XLVI (XXXXVI)
BUFFALOMAN VS. MAMMOTHMAN

TN: Alright, I know it probably sounds stupid to ask but...when the heck did Buffaloman suddenly turn into that dumb "baby" who had to be snapped out of things by Soldier!? Did Buffaloman spend so much time by this point with Suguru's group that it had affected him as such leading to that break-down and his near abandonment of the match? It does feel rather weird considering he never showed any of these traits at all before this match in particular: he was essentially a Devil Choujin or a turncoat Devil in his first two arcs, then teamed up with a fellow "Devil Choujin exterminator/former Brutal Choujin" Mongolman/Ramenman the arc before this. There was no sign or no information that would say suddenly "Buffaloman became so tied to Suguru's "sappy Friendship Power that he would be in a crisis before Soldier forced him to man up to use his new technique"; it just happened for no real apparant reason except to give Buffaloman a problem for Soldier to fix for the team! (just like the others on his side) And it's not really like Mammothman is helping things, considering he just keeps going on and on goading about his strength and making a big deal about the "Big Tusks" that no one even cared about until the chapter before this! (for some reason Mammothman reminds me of Kenpachi from Bleach...but while Kenpachi is cool no matter what, Mammothman is sort of getting annoying and dull by this point) Oh and one more stupid thought: I get how sappy Suguru's style of Friendship Power is, but why the heck is it suddenly some "conspiracy"? I get it's dumb but it's not anything evil...just sappy as heck.

And another thing: considering how "Jesus-like" Buffaloman has been, doesn't it feel appropriate that he now has a Cross attack? Yeah...just saying.