Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 176

Baron Dino's magical skills have eluded Suiketsu time and again, leading to him on the verge of defeat. But is this the end of the Ryouzanpaku emissary...or does Baron Dino have to worry that this may be his final performance!?

Chp. 176: The Will to the Kouhai

149.
Baron Dino: My name is Baron Dino. People call me Hell’s Magician.
Voice: Hey, Dino!!
Baron Dino: Huh!!
Voice: What’s with showing that style with that fundoshi-piece indefinitely----!!
Toramaru: But that was an amazing thing, as expected of an Otokojuku Third-Year~~~!!
Togashi: You’ve finished off that first member of Ryouzanpaku with those bizarre special techniques~~~!!

150.-151.
(Title page…a really impressive two-page pic with the Otokojuku force)

152.
(And the waterfall keeps flowing down…)

153.
Suiketsu: I’ve…lost…………
Suiketsu: It…it seems I had underrated your power……
Suiketsu: My…deathbed sake………………Pl…please, ca…can’t you give me that bottle of alcohol there?
Baron Dino: Hohhohho: a cheap order. But sake on your deathbed is grandiose…don’t worry, I’ll save you.
Baron Dino: Those wounds aren’t deep things. Now, here.
Suiketsu: So…sorry, I…thank you.

154.
Baron Dino: GU!!
Baron Dino: Uoo~~~!! Y…you, th…these are…………!!
Suiketsu: Fufu: a…person like you is soft-hearted man without a suitable face. You went easy with the power of the cards and couldn’t just kill me, as far as being presented hidden needles that I prepared in my alcohol bottle.

155.
Suiketsu: Al…already yo…your eyes can’t completely see. With this, it…seems the match has been reversed.
Baron Dino: Nuuu………!!
Toramaru: Wh…what---!! Di…Dino’s eyes can’t see---!
Momotarou: Scum……!!
Date: That…dirty behavior…………!!
Suiketsu: It’s stupid but you have to be dirty and abusive in a match!! If’I was bitter, then I would regret my own softness.
(TN: “abusive” actually uses an expression of “Hettakure”, which literally translates as “to abuse an insignificant thing which you can’t stand taking”)
Baron Dino: I…I can’t fo…forgive you…………I…I won’t forget those words…………
Suiketsu: Fu.

156.
Suiketsu: What can’t you forgive with that appearance!!
Baron Dino: Guwa!!
Toramaru: Di…Dino---!!

157.
Suiketsu: Fuffuffu: you’re in pain with that fatal wound. But soon you will be at ease.
Baron Dino: Gugu!!
Togashi: Uoo!! Di…Dino will get killed~~~!
Toramaru: I…I can’t take this anymore----!! I’m going to save Dino! Don’t complain, Momo~~~!!
Toramaru: Wa…wait there, Dino, we’re going now----!!
Momotarou: It’s useless: it seems you can’t do as such for Dino.
Togashi: Huh…!!

158.
Suiketsu: N--!?
Suiketsu: Hey, where are you going: it can’t be that you’re running away, are you?
Baron Dino: Kee!!
Toramaru: Wh…what---!! Dino has personally cut the rope-bridge---!
Togashi: Wh…what is he planning---!! Wi…with that, there isn’t a means to go to the battleground to save him---!

159.
Baron Dino: Fuffuffu: I’ve…I’ve accepted just your feelings. Bu…but, just him has to be killed by my hands, even in exchanged for my life………………!!
Baron Dino: Fro…from here, please don’t forget what happens. No…nothing can be done by any of you, but th…this is a fa…farewell present that can only be left behind by me as an Otokojuku Third-Year……!!
Toramaru: A…farewell present……………!?
Momotarou: Dino is already prepared to die.
Date: Yes.
Suiketsu: Fu, what are those grumbles you’re letting out? What can you do with that body that has escaped death?

160.
Suiketsu: !?
Baron Dino: OOOH~~~!!
Suiketsu: What are you planning with my spear?
Baron Dino: Tee!!
Suiketsu: Fu: well, is what you’re leaving to your kouhai is to recklessly take a spear and thrust it into something as such?
Baron Dino: Kuu!!

161.
Suiketsu: Shouldn’t we put an end to this?
Baron Dino: Uh!!
Suiketsu: GUGYA!!
Suiketsu: I don’t have the leisure to get mixed up with you any further!! This blow will draw the curtain!!

162.
Suiketsu: Wahahaha: already you don’t even have the willpower to avoid this spear!!
Suiketsu: Die---!!
Suiketsu: Otto, you still have that wicked mischief!!

163.
Toramaru: DI…DINO~~~!!

164.
Toramaru: Di…Dino’s be…been killed……………!!
Suiketsu: Nothing but a cruel way to die. Even I want to cover my eyes.
Suiketsu: Fu, this isn’t chicken blood. Now I’m certain it’s human blood.

165.
Suiketsu: He was a really stubborn man…………!! I don’t want to fight this guy ever again.
Baron Dino: Fuffuffu, you’ve been caught once again.
Baron Dino: TH…THIS IS HELL’S MAGIC OUGI: MIRACLE CANE!!
(TN: “Miracle Cane”, once again, is the direct English to the kanji, which is literally “Kiseki no Tsue” or “Miracle Cane” in both languages)
Suiketsu: !?
Toramaru: Wh…what~~~~!! Di…Dino is still alive~~~!

166.
Suiketsu: Guku, y…you………!!
Baron Dino: I…don’t need to reveal my secrets anymore.
Suiketsu: Ku!!
Baron Dino: Ri…right, th…that’s the reason I attacked the spear you were using……!! I…wasn’t merely showing off, I put a notch in your spear with the card; incidentally, this blood is from me biting off my tongue………………………!!
Suiketsu: Fufu, u…understood, but what are you planning!? Su…surely my capture by you now if for not having left the remaining strength to screw my neck.
Baron Dino: Fufu, I…I don’t need to screw you.

167.
Suiketsu: Huh!!
Suiketsu: Hi!! It…can’t be, yo…you’re…………!!
Suiketsu: St…stop---!! Le…let me go---!
Baron Dino: Fufu, you’re…a bad man at the point of death.
Toramaru: Uoo~~~Di…Dino~~~!
Togashi: He’s…planning on diving into the waterfall basin with Suiketsu as a fellow traveler---!!
Momotarou: Pu…put that aside and cease it----!! Di…Dino---!
Baron Dino: Ju…just now is…isn’t a trick. Th…this truly is farewell.

168.
Suiketsu: Ugaa~~~!!
Baron Dino: I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK FOR YOU GENTLEMEN! YOU’LL CERTAINLY BE CHAMPIONS---!!
Caption: AT THAT MOMENT, A GUST OF WIND SOARED UP THE SILK HAT WHICH LOST IT’S MASTER…………!! BARON DINO, THE LAST ONE OF THE THREE NINSHUU OF OTOKOJUKU’S CHINJU CORRIDOR………HAS DIED!

TN: It was bound to happen I guess...considering that Dokugantetsu and Henshouki have fallen before him in the earlier rounds. But still...compared to them (well OK, I do feel sad about how Dokugantetsu left), Dino went out on top, throwing himself over the falls and taking Suiketsu with him to prevent him from ever coming back. Even before his magic act this time, Baron Dino was always the coolest of the Chinju Corridor trio...heck, maybe even one of the coolest of all the Third-Years of Otokojuku. I mean he had such style compared to his skills...I still feel stupid that they gave him way too much respect back in the Rouroukan defeat but that probably is my only fault for him. But hey, at least he went out with a great match that, while still dying, at least showed how formidable he was. Heck, he even fooled me for a bit with his "impaling" and that the card to the staff was needed to fool Suiketsu. But somehow there's one thing you have to learn from this fight: if you have to go...at least go out on top.