Kinnikuman 356

Even with a tie in the second match of the finals, the advantage is still on Suguru's side. But two massive obstacles now stand in the way: a deadly prediction of the Muscle Prophecy and the arrival of Phoenix's last partner...

Chapter 356: Scramble for the Kinniku Throne (83): The Enigmatic Choujin Hunter!!

47.
Chart:
SCRAMBLE FOR THE KINNIKU THRONE ARC FINALS
WIN-LOSS RECORD CHART
Left Caption: TEAM KINNIKUMAN
Right Caption: TEAM PHOENIX
Chart (bottom to top, clockwise from left)
(ADVANCE GUARD) KINNIKUMAN – OSAKA HALL: O (MUSCLE SPARK) X – (ADVANCE GUARD) SATAN CROSS – MAGIC-SQUARE RING EQUIPPING DEATH MATCH
(SECOND GUARD) RAMENMAN – 1ST F: /\ (DOUBLE-FIGHTER KNOCK OUT) /\ - (SECOND GUARD) PRISMAN – BIG JUNGLE GYM SKYSCRAPER DEATH MATCH
(MAIN BODY) ALEXANDRIA MEAT – 2ND F – (MAIN BODY) OMEGAMAN – STONE WALL DEATH MATCH
(SECOND-IN-COMMAND) GERONIMO – 3RD F – (SECOND IN COMMAND) MAMMOTHMAN - ?
(GENERAL) ROBIN MASK – 4TH F – (GENERAL) KINNIKUMAN SUPER PHOENIX - ?

48.
Geronimo: H…he’s the Main Body of Team Phoenix…Omegaman…
Announcer: Now Omegaman, the final Mysterious Partner on Team Phoenix, has thrown off his cloak and revealed his form that had been hidden this long time!!
Omega: Fuo—fuofuo! I am Omegaman from the Omega Centauri cluster, which is a far 16,000 Light Years away out in space, taking the orders of Phoenix-sama so we can massacre all of you on Team Kinnikuman---!!
(TN: With all the weird phenomenon that have been proven as just fiction in this series regarding space, the universe and everything, Omegaman actually is from a place that exists: Omega Centauri, also known as NGC 5139, is a globular cluster of stars in the Centaurus constellation known since the era of Ptolemy and originally identified by Edmond Halley...but it really isn’t as distant as Omegaman claims: 16,000 light years (well actually 15,800 light years so he’s rounding) is rather close considering it is the second-brightest local cluster in the local neighborhood of galaxies, only eclipsed by Mayall II in the Andromeda Galaxy)

49.
Geronimo: …So he’s a Space Choujin…
Omega: And the omega of Omegaman has the meaning of “the end”, being the last character in the Greek alphabet……surely, as the final warrior on Team Phoenix, Team Kinnikuman, I’m standing in all of your ways---!!
Omega: And aside from my duty of defeating all of you on Team Phoenix and directly Phoenix-sama to the position of king of Planet Kinniku…I have one other important aim…well hey, I’ll explain about that while victimizing one of you, fuofuofuo.
Audience 1: Well another amazing one has appeared………
Audience 2: Team Kinnikuman has come to a winning percentage over 50% with a win and a tie until now but…he’s come to not understand that…
Neptune: It…can’t be: why…is he…

50.
Neptune: Why is Perfect Choujin Omegaman, the Choujin Hunter who takes bounties and executes criminal Choujin scattered through the universe, on Team Phoenix…
Phoenix: Fufufu…with immortal body Mammothman and adding Choujin Omegaman, we of Team Phoenix are increasingly invincible---!

51.
Robin: N…!? Blood on Phoenix’s chest…that was vomited from his mouth!
Robin: Our team leader Kinnikuman is vomiting blood too.
Suguru: Cough cough, its red water from eating too much watermelon yesterday, hehehehe…
Robin: What exactly is wrong with them: this anomaly for the two Throne Successor Candidates of Planet Kinniku…is!?
Mayumi: Robin, the anomaly in Suguru and Phoenix’s bodies is “The Fake Prince has a dangerous seed within the viscera of his heart since he was born; this seed is a seed that cannot be removed utilizing any medical means.” according to the Muscle Prophecy.
(TN: Yeah, that’s how Mayumi does it: he explains the problem by…reciting the prophecy word for word…yeah)

52.
Mayumi: …Thus, this anomaly for either Suguru or Phoenix is merely the fatigue of the battles, but the anomaly for the other Choujin is a thing that was notified as the deterioration of their heart illness.
Mayumi: If the Fated Prince who has the illness in their heart continues the match like this, they’ll suffer the burden to their heart and will certainly die!
Sayuri: We can confirm the Fake Prince for the first time due to this……what an ironic destiny.
Mayumi: As it is written in the Prophecy, the Choujin who will die is certainly the Fake Prince. However, we don’t have a reason to kill the Choujin, whether Suguru or Phoenix, that has fought with all their might until now so we can distinguish the Real Prince and the Fake Prince.
Sayuri: You’re right: this fact has to be notified immediately to both Suguru and Phoenix; that will end the blood-stench battle and we can distinguish the real and fake princes by an X-ray exam!

53.
Mayumi: Right: With this, we can end this without killing the Choujin that has the illness. Alright, if we’ve decided this, then let’s go to notify this fact to Suguru and Phoenix fighting down below.
Sayuri: Yes!
Soldier: Please hold on!
Mayumi: Ge!!
Soldier: We’ve have a notification from the Choujin Wrestling Association chairman that you two cannot descend from the top-floor of Osaka Castle until the Scramble for the Throne is complete.
Mayumi: Th…that Harabote!
Mayumi: But we must notify to Suguru and Phoenix a fact that we’ve grasped that’s a major key to this Scramble for the Throne----!!
Soldier: Uumu, if that’s how you’ve come, then we must quiet both of you even by force!!

54.
“Armor”: Well, Daiou-sama, Queen-sama, quickly get out the door!!
Sayuri: Wh…who are you…?
(TN: ABOUT TIME THEY REMEMBER HER!!!)

55.
Mayumi: You…you’re Bibimba-chan of the Horumon Clan, Suguru’s candidate for Queen; why are you here!?
Bibimba: I’ve always only watched hidden in the audience with Suguru-sama appearing to bet his life and insisting that he was the true Throne Successor of Planet Kinniku; it was here, with a thought that that my beloved Suguru-sama didn’t have some power with that I had to act.
Bibimba: At least I wanted to go by the side of Suguru-sama saving Daiou-sam and Queen-sama who had become captured on the top-floor of Osaka Castle…
Mayumi: Bibimba-san, we may end this without Suguru and Phoenix fighting thanks to your action.
Bibimba: Eh!?
Mayumi: I’ll explain later: at any rate, let’s hurry down to Suguru!
Bibimba: R…right!!

56.
Announcer: With the Advance-Guard fight in Osaka Hall and the Second-Guard fight in the first floor of the castle tower over, we finally can hold the Main Body fight of Team Kinnikuman and Team Phoenix in the ring of the 2nd floor of Osaka Castle tower!!
Announcer: Well, each member of Team Phoenix has already lined up on this 2nd floor and is eagerly waiting for the start of this final!!
Announcer: Now Team Kinnikuman is arriving in the 2nd floor ring---!!

57.
Suguru: I…I’m sorry, Geronimo and Robin. I must give you my full potential as the Throne Successor Candidate originally and yet, cough…cough…
Geronimo: Well, slowly rest.
Nurse: Kinnikuman-san, time to take your temperature.
Harabote: Will each team step forwards!!
Omega: Right!
Announcer: Well, Choujin Hunter Omegaman, the Main Body of Team Phoenix, is taking his step forwards---!!

58.
Omega: Wh…what are you doing? Shouldn’t the Choujin who is fighting me come forth quickly---!!
Announcer: Team Kinnikuman’s Main Body was to be Alexandria Meat originally but…
Sign:
TEAM KINNIKUMAN VS. TEAM PHOENIX
ADVANCE GUARD – KINNIKUMAN O – X SATAN CROSS – ADVANCE GUARD
SECOND-GUARD – RAMENMAN /\ - /\ PRISMAN – SECOND-GUARD
MAIN BODY – ALEXANDRIA MEAT – OMEGAMAN – MAIN BODY
SECOND-IN-COMMAND – GERONIMO – MAMMOTHMAN – SECOND-IN-COMMAND
GENERAL – ROBIN MASK (Rest is cut off but obvious what it is)

Announcer: However, when Alexandria Meat himself entered into the ring to save Kinnikuman, who had come to a crisis with the cowardly attacks of Satan Cross in the Advance-Guard match of Kinnikuman vs. Satan Cross…
Announcer: …His path was hindered by Satan Cross’ Demon World Swamp sheet and drowned in the bottomless swamp; at that time, he came to be withdrawn from Team Kinnikuman due to drinking a large-quantity of muddy-water at the time and bearing the fair damage!!

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Announcer: …At present, with the Main Body seat of Team Kinnikuman has become vacant…therefore, either between Second-in-Command Geronimo and General Robin Mask will replace Main Body Meat and must fight Omegaman!!
Geronimo: Geronimo will stand in the Main Body ring in place of Meat-kun!!
Announcer: Team Kinnikuman Second-in-Command Geronimo is confronting Team Phoenix’s Omegaman in place of Meat!!
Omega: …Geronimo, the new champion of Hawaiian Choujin? That will require a bit more effort than that youngster Meat.

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Announcer: However, if in case Team Kinnikuman’s Geronimo ties with Omegaman…
Announcer: The remaining General Robin Mask must fight the duo of Mammothman and Phoenix…
Announcer: Further, in case Geronimo loses…
Announcer: He’ll come to must defeat the trio of Omegaman, Mammothman and Phoenix!!
Announcer: At any rate, Geronimo must come to win at any rate against this Omegaman even if for reducing the burden of General Robin Mask!!
Suguru: However, it’s eerie there is a sheet that is covering that ring.
Harabote: Well, this has become the match method for the Main Body match for Team Kinnikuman vs. Team Phoenix, so I’ll explain it!!

61.
Announcer: Somehow a stone wall ring which is a model of the stone walls of a castle has appeared in the center of the arena---!!
Harabote: Surrounding the stone wall is a moat like a real castle; there’s even water in it!!
Omega: Right: though we’re correctly holding the conclusion within Osaka Castle, this is an appropriate ring!!

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Geronimo: Omegaman, I’ll defeat you at the insistence of Meat-kun who’s in the hospital!!
Announcer: Well, though Omegaman has descended down on the stone wall ring, next Team Kinnikuman’s Geronimo has descended onto the stone wall ring as well---!!
Geronimo: U—RA—RA---!!
Announcer: Geronimo has done a kamikaze attack before the ring, stealing Team Phoenix’s forte!!

63.
Caption: Team Kinnikuman Second-in-Command GERONIMO VS. Team Phoenix Main Body THE OMEGAMAN
Announcer: Now the gong signaling the start of the match has rung--!!
Announcer: And Geronimo has thrown a Body Slam and is into a Jumping Elbow---!!
Omega: Fuo fuo fuo: Geronimo, I can finally take apart my body thanks to you.

64.
Omega: Clearly realize, Geronimo: the difference in true power between I, the Choujin Hunter, and you!!
Announcer: The giant fingers clinging to Omegaman’s back are spreading apart---!!
Geronimo: Uwa!!
Announcer: Geronimo’s entire body is being wrapped by Omegaman’s giant fingers and is now falling into the ring---!!

65.
Announcer: Omegaman’s giant fingers are slowly spreading apart!
Omega: OMEGA CATASTROPHE DROP!!

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(SCRAMBLE FOR THE KINNIKU THRONE ARC)
SPECIAL VTR LXXI (XXXXXXXI)
ENTER THE OMEGAMAN!!

TN: Am I the only person who suddenly finds Omegaman more interesting now that he revealed that he's an actual Choujin from space? Do you realize how long I've waited for another Choujin from another part of the universe after all this time!? Considering how nearly every Choujin in this series seems to be based on Earth (or Planet Kinniku and it's allied planets with members of the Kinniku Clan), you'd expect that other parts of the universe would actually be represented in a series that actually involves aliens from day one. Heck, in the early part of the series, the beings Suguru fought (yeah, Kaijuu but stick with it) weren't from some other part of the world or some demonic nether realm (even if they say Ashuraman is from Sri Lanka)...but from the far reaches of space!! So I'll take this mad Perfect Choujin from Omega Centauri as the final major opponent appearing...considering that Suguru found space kaijuu in chp. 1, this will definitely bring the series full circle.

Aside from more Omegaman hype, this chapter actually has the appearance...well, reappearance...well, well long awaited reappearance (which really shouldn't have been needed except those two idiot authors forgot and threw her away for the likes of Dr. Bombe) of Bibimba! Yeah...the new look just feels strange (anyone getting "Grease" vibes from her...heck I swear if you look at Bibimba now and Bibimba when she last appeared, it's like she's auditioning for Sandy...then again I'm holding off on the biggest Olivia Newton-John joke for a few chapters from now) and I still don't get how she could "be there but not" considering how not one of these annoying reaction shots of the audience even hinted at Bibimba...but hey, it's a female character that they finally remember for the first time in forever! (now have them remember Alisha, Mari or Natsuko before Nisei and all will finally be right with the world)

As for the match...well I still don't quite get the explanation that they gave for why Meat couldn't fight. (it had nothing to do with the Demon World Swamp: the moment Meat entered the ring to stop Satan Cross during the match, he was forced to forfeit his seat in the tournament, simple as that...except the announcer just always wants to give as much latitude to Team Kinnikuman as it can) But at least we get one more fight for Geronimo...even if it's against another Choujin he has no chance winning against...yeah, Geronimo always gets stuck with those, doesn't he.