Kinnikuman 21

What starts off as a lunch order gone horribly wrong...turns into Kinnikuman's strangest opponent yet! Do you want rice with that kaijuu?

Chapter 21: Tendon Kaijuu’s Revenge
(TN: Tendon is a rice bowl with tempura-fried seafood)

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Caption: The Kaijuu this time, Tendon, is an idea that comes from Hideaki Hashimoto of Fukuoka-prefecture. Thanks.

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F.C: FRIENDS OF MUSCLE, LOOKING FOR MEMBERS
AICHI PREFECTURE, OKIZAKI CITY
ROKUSHO TOWN (?) 31-11
TO KIKYOU NAKAYAMA
Large Man: Do you want to come to my room?
Man: Eeh….I better think about it.
SFX: TA TA TA
SFX: TA TA TA
Kazuo: Thanks very much~~~here’s your large serving of gyudon.
Suguru: Ooh! I’ve waited impatiently for this.
Suguru: Here’s 400 yen.
Kazuo: Ehehe…thanks.
Kazuo: Ge…I only got 10 yens…
Suguru: Is that a complaint?
SFX: NUWA…
Kazuo: N…no, it isn’t.

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Suguru: Well then, I’ll eat half of it at a time.
Meat: Y…you shouldn’t do that. Didn’t you only give that guy 10 yen coins?
Suguru: YOU BEAST---!!
SFX: WHOP.
Suguru: Ten yen isn’t even enough to ride a bus!!
Meat: WA…
Suguru: In any case, I’ll eat this immediately!
SFX: POP
Suguru & Meat: WA! TE…TENDON!!
Top shrimp: Ebiko-san, I love you!
Ebiko: No…they’re watching!

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SFX: DOO
Suguru: Love companion tempura.
Meat: HAA HAA
Suguru: Th…that’s Aderans guy screwed up the order.
Meat: But isn’t it nice to eat tendon occasionally?
Suguru: Shut up, I don’t eat anything except gyudon!
Suguru: E~~~I, this thing
SFX: SLAM
Shrimp: Ah…Ebiko-san
Suguru: Nuooo……
SFX: DODODO
Shrimp: Wa…
Suguru: GO SHOOT!
(TN: “Go Shoot” is a reference to the WSJ series “Goushuujin Seishun Nikki Go Shoot”, an early football/soccer based manga from 1979-1980 by Takeshi Miya)
SFX: KAPO--N

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Boy: DE…
SFX: BONK
Girl:Shu…Shuuto-kun, hola on!
Suguru: Wa…they were hidden after all.
Shrimp: Ku…S**t~~that Kinnikuman~~~I…I won’t forgive you for this~~~
Iwao: Fu fu fu…You want to defeat Kinnikuman too…
Shrimp: Eh?
SFX: PI—PI—PI—PI—
Iwao: How will you use it, teacher!
Kinkotsu: You’ve done it, Iwao! It’s tempura that holds resentment towards Kinnikuman! Bring me my experimental Monster Gun!

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Kinkotsu: This experiment will be a success.
SFX: SA
Kinkotsu: Even Kinnikuman this time
SFX: SPIN
Kinkotsu: Will be in my hands.
SFX: SA
Iwao: Ooh…You look good today too, teacher!
SFX: Clap clap clap
Kinkotsu: Otto, I’ll sign later.
Kinkotsu: Alright! Let’s start the Monster Gun experiment.
Iwao: Understood!
SFX: GYU GYU
Kinkotsu & Iwao: Ooh…

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Shrimp: GYAAAAA
Iwao: THE…THE EXPERIMENT WAS A SUCCESS!
Kinkotsu: Al—right, your name will be Tendon. Now, take revenge on Kinnikuman.
Announcer: Special News. This afternoon, a kaijuu appeared in both countries. It appears to be marching through Tokyo presently only focusing on gyudon shops.
Caption: Torishima Ana
Suguru: A guy aiming for only gyudon shops has great self control…
Meat: Let’s go, prince!
Suguru: Mu! There it is
Kazuo: Wa~~don’t destroy it~~it’s not a gyudon shop~~~
Kazuo: Ho……I’m saved…

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Suguru: NOW COME, KAIJUU!
SFX: SQUASH
Kazuo: WAAA…
Kazuo: You~~what have you done crushing it~~
Suguru: Sorry, sorry, I was sure I thought it was a stable.
SFX: GATSU
Suguru: He…hey, that’s filthy, let me go!
Suguru: E~~I, won’t you let go~~
Suguru: Uoo~~
Sign: Underground
Suguru: I thought you would run away to your burrow!
People: WAHAHAHA

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Suguru: Hey!
People: DOO / NUWA…
Suguru: Everyone, go for a Morinaga Potato Long for snack, thank you!
(TN: Potato Longs are one of the many snacks creates by Morinaga)
SFX: SA
Meat: Is this the situation to do that, prince!
Suguru: Ooh…of course.
Suguru: YOU~~
SFX: DATSU
SFX: SA / BAM
Suguru: NGU…
Girls: KYA~~IT’S KINNIKUMAN~~~PERVERT~~!!
Suguru: OWA
Girls: KYA—

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Suguru: YOU GUY—
SFX: BATSU
SFX: SLAP SLAP SLAP
Suguru: WA~~~H, THAT’S TERRIBLE~~
SFX: DOTA DOTA DOTA BATA
Meat: Are you crying here, prince! Now, end this at once!
Kinkotsu: That’s the way, Tendon!
Suguru: Uwa…
Suguru: Uh…my eyes…my eyes……

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Tendon: Show me Ebiko!
Suguru: Ebiko…?
Suguru: So…does that mean that…you’re…!?
Tendon: Fu fu…you recognize me now!?
Suguru: Uh…wh…where?
Tendon: I’m gonna skewer you~~~
SFX: KIIIII
Meat: Prince! Above you.
Suguru: !

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SFX: CRA—SH
SFX: BOOAN
Meat: Ya~~~y, he did it~~
Kinkotsu: Wawa…he did it again…
Meat: Ah—Kinkotsuman!
Kinkotsu: Ge……too late…
Kinkotsu: Run away—

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Tendon: Ki…Kinnikuman, humans like us say “delish” at time of being eaten. That helps out humans.
Tendon: I showed a bad appearance and I’ll arrange myself to be tasty…
SFX: GYU—N
Suguru: Gulp
Suguru: De li~~~sh
Shop: Soba shop
Suguru: Deli—sh! Tendon and such is delicious. From now on, I’ll switch from being a gyudon lover to a tendon lover.
SFX: Munch Munch
Meat: Since there are many tasty things recently, this is being overly extreme.

TN: The moral of the story is multiple-fold. First, always be open to something new in cuisine, particularly if you can eat it. Second, never turn food into a giant monster, especially if it's tempura-fried shrimp. And finally...fried shrimp sex is just wrong, very very wrong.