Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 234

He's smashed, yelled and all and all dominated his way through two opponents without breaking a sweat! But now facing the instructor of the entire Meiou Island forces, has Edajima finally faced a suitable match for his power!?

Chp. 234: Puppet Strings!!

47.
Edajima: With that, I can finally have a battle of the two of us with you.
Toramaru: Awawawa: he…ate him……!! His…his jaw was dislodged and th…that hammer-guy’s head’s was………!!
Momotarou: Th…that’s the strength of the Principal. That man’s battles far surpass our imagination……!!

48.
(Title page…I wonder if it’s reflecting off Edajima’s head)

49.
Hon: Fufu: the many misconducts of my pupils will have to be apologized by me, their master.
Hon: But if I were to speak for the prestige of those two that were defeated too quickly by you, those two weren’t powerless.
Hon: I say that your strength is too extraordinary……!!
Hon: Meiou Island 16-Warriors Instructor, Hon Rinmei, will serve as your opponent!!

50.
Edajima: Your eyes are……!!
Hon: Be relieved: even without seeing with these eyes, I have steadily opened the eyes of my heart!!
Edajima: …………!!

51.
Edajima: Nun!!

52.
Edajima: !!
Toramaru: Wh…what---!! The…the Principal’s spear was chopped by the open hand of Instructor Hon---!
Edajima: Fu: clever pretense: so then, how about this fist!?
Edajima: NUU!!

53.
Toramaru: Uoo!! N…now it was his armor~~~!

54.
Edajima: Fufu, you’ve done that. But then, there’s nothing I could do with this thing’s intrusion from the start.
Edajima: Hmm, you aren’t an ordinary person after all…………..!!
Edajima: Uwahhaha----! Otokojuku’s Third Helper is burning after a long time---!!
Hon: My stripping off that armor now was had a bit of reason. That was for this secret technique that you will see from here!!
Hon: Ha!!

55.
Edajima: Mu!!
Edajima: Kuo!!

56.
Hon: THIS IS MEIOUTOU CHOUOUGI: KUGUTSU CHOUHOUSHI!!
(TN: “Kugutsu Chouhoushi” = “Largely-Defeated Quiet-Swelling Strings”; in particular though, “Kugutsu”, both with words and translation, is Japanese for “puppet”, but somehow with all the literal translations and how it works well with Edajima…I sort of figured that worked too)
Togashi: Wh…what---!! Wh…what exactly is that---!
Toramaru: He…He suddenly flew from the ground to that iron pole and Master Hon is on top of it and nu…numberless strings have emerged from Principal’s body---!!

57.
Hon: Your destiny is already decided. The needles connected to the tip of these rope threads have entirely gone through your ganglia.
Edajima: Fufu: how about I take them out without having a reason? You can stab me with needles many times, but I don’t have pain or itching. These things will be torn off like so…………!!
Hon: You can’t do as so. Now you are a puppet faithful to me…………!! Your body, from the tip of your head to the tip of your toe, can move however I want with one finger.
Edajima: What’s that!?
Hon: Like this!!
Edajima: N!?

58.
Edajima: GUWA!!
Edajima: ………!!
Edajima: Wh…what is that…………!?
Hon: Have you come to understand with that? No matter how you cut those strings, it’s useless!! At this time, I will perceive the string’s delicate oscillation and stop you like now faster than however it is!!
Hon: There isn’t a way to escape from this Kugutsu Chouhoushi!!
Momotarou: Stu…stupid: a person can be manipulated at will with strings………!!

59.
Commentary:
Kugutsu Chouhoushi…we have a brain for commanding the human body’s muscle movement, but what becomes the relay point between the brain and each muscle is the ganglia. The important point of this technique is to drive super-fine needles attached to strings into there, stimulate by the subtle management of the string and manipulate the free will of the opponent. Its origin was in Mt. Karyuu, was known for gold mining and and used it for efficiently putting to work slaves who were carried in from foreign countries during China’s Qin Dynasty. Kenpoists in those days shouldn’t have not noticed it with this and, with the passage of long years and its perfection, became Kugutsu Chouhoushi.
-From “Oriental Medicine Seen in Chinese Kenpo”, Minmei Publishing

Hon: Well, savor this to your heart’s content. The taste of your own sturdy fists……!!
Edajima: Ku!!
Edajima: Gaha!!

60.
Edajima: Uh!!
Edajima: Guwa!!
Edajima: Y…you………!!
Hon: Fufu: coming to defeat a great man like you is an addition for you yourself.

61.
Edajima: GOWAAA~~~!!
Toramaru: Pr…Principal---!! Th…this is bad, th…the Principal is in a great crisis---! Wi…with that, he’ll truly be killed---!!
Togashi: Isn’t there some escape method---!!
Edajima: Gugu!!
Hon: This much playtime is fine.
Edajima: !!

62.
Hon: With this, it’s become impossible to move anything for you!!
Edajima: Ugugu!!
Hon: I’ve numbed all of the ganglia.
Hon: I’m wary of you!! Even if I finish you off, I’m paying careful attention! Because I don’t know what will happen getting close to a monster like you carelessly no matter how much rigor there is.
Edajima: Ho…how are you going to do that………!!
Edajima: !?
Hon: To defeat you from that place, that blade that is sticking to the ground will exactly go through your windpipe. There is nothing you can do, only die!!

63.
Edajima: It’s impossible to even use my prided mouth. That’s because he’s rigored even the muscles of my jaw.
Hon: So then!!
Togashi: Uooo---!! Th…the Principal’s getting killed--!

64.
Hon: Too quick an end even for a shining monster.
Edajima: Fufu, who’s end is this………!!
Edajima: You’ve forgotten that there’s just one part of my body that remains that can take my will……!!
Hon: IT…CAN’T BE, IT’S…………!!

65.
Edajima: MY BODY IS ALL A WEAPON!! If everything is decided by your common sense, then it brings calamity to yourself!!
Edajima: I AM OTOKOJUKU’S THIRD HELPER----!!

TN: So then...I'm a tad confused. What exactly happened to Edajima's jaw anyway? Was it still causing him trouble leading to him avoiding the spike...did he dislocate it preventing him from being harmed by Hon's strings with it...I know something happened, I'm just confused as to what? I think someone may need to check my work and the script to figure it out...other than the obvious: somehow the only opponent that seems to harm Edajima...is Edajima himself! Why else would Hon try to manipulate him with the string attack to make him hit himself over and over again? But hey...at least being blind came to be of use considering that it allowed for him to read the movements way easier and thus nearly allowed for him to defeat the undefeatable...but as Edajima himself said: your whole body is a weapon and you have to use it to the best of your whole ability! (that or "I am the Principal of Otokojuku, Edajima Heihachi"...you have to get back to me on that)