Kinnikuman 353

Finally finding fault in his pipe-constructed arena, Ramenman has finally delivered a tough blow to the massive Prisman! But though he is losing his advantage on the arena, Prisman does have one secret weapon left...if he could remember it!

Chapter 353: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (80): Rainbow Shower Offense-and-Defense Battle!!

169.
Announcer: Ramenman is kicking upwards from the ground inside the jungle gym, doing a U-turn and driving a kick aimed for the falling Prisman---!!

170.
Announcer: And with that is rapidly ascending----!!
Phoenix: Uuh~~~Prisman, you're quite careless for not applying any measures for the inside while closely laying out just that many nail boards on the outside of the big jungle gym!
Announcre: And they've finally broken through to the top of the big jungle gym---!!
Ramen: Well, you won't get away anymore.

171.
Announcer: Ramenman continues to criticize Prisman, who has been stubborn until now, with his killer kung-fu techniques.
Prism: Guwa!!
Announcer: Now he's hardening Prisman in a wrestling technique: a Reverse Romero Special---!!
Robin: Su...surely it can come to this with reason for Ramenman, who is an expert to all grappling techniques in the world starting with kung-fu wrestling...
Prism: Ugyaa--I'll get broken into pieces!!
Prism: Please, Phoenix-sama, if you can, please give me directions for escaping from this technique---!!

172.
Phoenix: Hey, what are you complaining about? You have the Seven Capillaria Rays, the ultimate weapons that Choujin hate the most!!
Prism: Th..that's right: I have the Seven Capillaria Rays, the harmful rays that are hated by all Choujin who exist in this world......
Prism: Kyokyokyo: Ramenman, that's as far as your fierce attack goes!
Ramen: ......!!
Prism: Great sun, present your beams of light to me.
Suguru: Ooh, the light of the sun are coming inside and being exposed to Prisman's back!!
Geronimo: No: he plans to pour on the Capillaria Rays: run Ramenman!!

173.
Prism: Too late! Rainbow Shower!!
Announcer: Prisman is firing his killer Choujin technique: the Seven Capillaria Rays, aiming for the body of Ramenman who had become defenseless due to waging his reverse Romero Special----!!
Prism: Ha--hahahaha: fall to hell!!
Announcer: Ramenman is rapidly falling into the jungle gym by the impact of Prisman's Rainbow Shower----!!
Audience: Aah!!
Ramen: Guhe!!

174.
Geronimo: Ramenman, is he dead---!?

175.
Prisman: Kyo--kyokyo: he's a lifeless ball like this--this Ramenman!!
Announcer: Prisman is aiming and firing his Rainbow Shower once again---!!
Announcer: But what Prisman was aiming for wasn't Ramenman; it was the pipe Ramenman was caught on---!!
Suguru: Watch out---!!

176.
Suguru: Ooh! Ramenman is alive---!!
Prism: So you really are alive, Ramenman? Now I'll be piercing your heart!!
Ramen: It's...dangerous...
Ramen: If I don't run
Ramen: I...was barely saved!!

177.
Ramen: But this is still within Prisman's firing range! If I don't get much further from him!!
Announcer: Ramenman is moving along like a ninja to the pipes of the big jungle gym to widen the range of Prisman so he can avoid his Rainbow Shower----!!
Prism: Can you run from my Rainbow Shower---!!
Announcer: Prisman is eagerly firing his Rainbow Shower, but can't reach Ramenman, who has widened the range---!!

178.
Prism: Kyo--kyokyo: Ramenman, you intend to run away from my Rainbow Shower with this, but I still have a skill such as this left.
Announcer: What's wrong with Prisman: he's firing his Rainbow Shower towards a completely different location than the place Ramenman is!!
Suguru: Kyahahaha: that guy has finally lost his mind!!
Prism: I haven't lost my mind or anything.
Robin: Gee: Prisman's Rainbow Shower is curving the instant it hits the pipe---!!

179.
Robin: Different from the other pipes, that pipe bends light, becoming a prism!!
Announcer: The light sash of Prisman's curved Rainbow Shower is rushing down once again, aiming for the relieved Ramenman----!!
Ramen: Uwa---!!

180.
Robin: ...Right: Prisman had reckoned that Ramenman would run to a range unreachable to his own Rainbow Shower during the match and prepared several pipes that could be prism that could come to bend light within the pipes of the jungle gym!!
Geronimo: Of course...by distributing several prism pipes within the wide jungle gym ring, then bending the Rainbow Shower sash using those prisms, Ramenman could be exposed to the Rainbow Shower, regardless of how far he ran!!
Prism: Yell "it's hot", "it's painful", "I'm shedding tears"!!
Ramen: Uoo...if...I don't run, I'll get killed...

181.
Announcer: Squeezing out power from within his body, Ramenman has escaped from Prisman's Rainbow Shower---!!
Prism: Kyo--kyokyo: I said you can never run awy!!
Announcer: Prisman's Rainbow Shower now is bending not lengthwise but sideways----!!
Ramen: Uwa---!!
Ramen: Not...yet: in this way...if I compare it to the pain taken by Brocken, Buffaloman and Ashuraman...

182.
Prism: Hey, you haven't accepted it yet---!!
Ramen: Guwa!!
Ramen: No...not yet
Announcer: Ramenman is tenacious! He's crossing the pipes tenaciously! But how can Ramenman continue to cross the pipes while getting hurt to this extent---!?
Prism: Accept it---!!
Ramen: Not yet!!

183.
Geronimo: That Ramenman...he feels the responsibility of letting his allies Brocken and Ashuraman die without helping and plans on dying chasing after them.
Suguru: You're incorrect.
Robin: Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: I've seen a large number of Ramenman's matches and can say that I've actually fought him, but
Suguru: He...Ramenman is a man who never does a match that he himself will lose!!
Suguru: I'm sure he's thinking of something even as he's repeatingly taking Prisman's Rainbow Shower while getting hurt like so.

184.
Announcer: Like how it's indicated in the terribleness of the offense-and defense of Ramenman and Prisman, which has passed a quite-long 20 minutes, the pipes of the jungle gym that have been hit by the stray bullets of the Rainbow Shower have melted like candy!!
Prism: Ramenman, you have been just earnestly running from my Rainbow Shower without thinking of anything for 20 minutes until now, but I've been exactly calculating and firing my Rainbow Shower to you...
Ramen: ......?
Prism: You've returned to within firing range of my Rainbow Shower!

185.
Geronimo: Kinnikuman...
Prism: Ramenman, I can defeat you even if I don't bend my Rainbow Shower with prisms anymore!!
Prism: Rainbow Shower!!
Ramen: Prisman, this may be just as you expected, but this modified jungle gym which had gotten hit by your stray Rainbow Showers and melting like candy really is just as I expected!
Ramen: Jungle Mid-Air Swing---!!
(TN: "Jungle Kuuchuu Buranko" = "Jungle Mid-Air Swing")

186.
Announcer: Ramenman is choosing to swing in mid-air on the pipes of the jungle gym that melted and stretched out and is riding them one after another, avoiding the Rainbow Shower---!!
Robin: Of course--Ramenman called out Prisman's Rainbow Shower as a challenge so he could transform the jungle gym!!
Prisman: Ukiki--I can't fix my aim of the Rainbow Shower!
Ramen: That Rainbow Shower that has driven to death many Choujin until now now can't be fired at me ever again!!

187.
Ramen: Heart-Stabbing Tailspin Leg---!!
(TN: "Shintotsu Kirimomikyaku" = "Heart-Stabbing Tailspin Leg")
Announcer: Ramenman has kicked and smashed Prisman's body, the Rainbow Shower manufactuer----!!
(End of Vol. 32)

TN: Let's go over for a moment the whole scenario that exists right now in this jungle gym death match, just to make sure we're on the same page:

-The jungle gym was set up pretty much as Prisman's personal stomping ground, considering his expertise and skill with it. The rules that were set were simple: fall on the needles below, your opponent wins. Of course, Ramenman is used to natural surroundings so it worked for him as well.

-The rules that were set up involve the match ending only when they hit the needles around the arena. Ramenman discovers that there is no needles beneath the actual gym zone, which seems somewhat appropriate considering that it's part of the actual zone of the structure. But then Phoenix admits that the entire floor was supposed to be the zone...which would have made the match much tougher for Ramenman considering he wouldn't have been able to get away with the landing and kicking Prisman into this chapter.

-The structure of the gym appeared to for the most part to be iron bars when we originally see through the entire early part. But then, out of nowhere, prisms were added to the structure just so Prisman could use his Rainbow Shower anywhere! While I do find it rather clever that they would use actual properties of refraction as a means to attack Ramenman with his Capillaria Rays, the fact that we never even knew about the prisms even being hinted at prior or being built in as strange protrusions to the structure when it was initially built just felt sloppy. I know it probably would have taken away from their revelation here...but considering that the floor was known from the start (well that and essentially it's the ring, probably explaining why it was safe), it could have at least been hinted.

-And of course the bizarrest moment in this fight so far...and probably the most appropriate: Prisman forgetting he can use the Rainbow Shower. Look, I get it was just more fuel to prove Prisman is a complete moron, but this is the guy who literally zapped all of Ashuraman's clothing at the start of this fight! Let alone the stupidest part: not only did Prisman forget...but he had to ask Phoenix to remind him that he has it! The only excuse I can come up with: Prisman has the attention span of a gnat and was having so much fun he forgot he could zap the entire arena and kill all the Choujin in it (well, including Phoenix himself and Suguru himself)...compared to someone like Mister VTR who knows he has a Pause button of death...and just doesn't like using it.

But as much as I gripe, I still like this fight so I'll just let it slide until next time. (well not the whole "I must avenge Ashuraman" bit Ramenman keeps doing, which just borders on creepy at times)