Kinnikuman 25

Things finally seem to be turning around for Suguru as he's invited by beautiful girls to a party! But all the guests have on their mind...is revenge!

Chapter 25: Invitation to a Party

149.
Announcer: A~~ND HE DID IT. #1 MADE A HOME RUN IN THE JAPAN/US ALL-STAR GAME
(TN: #1 is the number for Yomiuri Giants great Sadaharu Oh)
Announcer: OH IS ROUNDING THE BASES WITH BOTH HANDS IN THE AIR
SFX: Clap clap
Suguru: Oh is rounding the bases with both hands in the air.
SFX: WA—WA—
Oh: Don’t copy me.
SFX: NUWA / WHAM
SFX: SA
Suguru: Wh…what was that now…
Meat: Prince! How does Oh hit home runs?
Suguru: It’s because he eats a~~~lot of gyudon!

150.
Oh & Ballplayer: We hate gyudon.
SFX: NUWA / WHAM
Suguru: HEY~~~
Suguru: S**t~~those fast-moving runners.
Meat: There’s nothing to be crying about.
Voice: Kinnikuman-sa—n
Meat: Ah…someone’s at the door.
Girls: Hello there~~!
Suguru: Wa…amazing beauties!
Girls: We’re here now since we think we’re going to hold a party for Kinnikuman. That’s why we’re visiting.
Suguru: Wh…what, for me!?
SFX: PEKO
Suguru: Uuh, in my determined six months since coming to Earth, this is finally a seal of my influence~~
Meat: What influence do you have in only six months…
(TN: Since a usual WSJ year has 48 issues, chp. 25 would have been 6 months since chp. 1, thus the comment about “6 months”)

151.
Girls: Well then, it’s tomorrow evening at 7 ‘o clock, don’t forget.
Suguru: U~~~n, I won’t for~~get.
Meat: He’s been caught in something…
Suguru: Sexual-I am Violate-the Number~~~O~~~ne
Suguru: I have a good voice even if I say so myself.
Suguru: However, I hope that Meat guy is doing well since I was the only one invited.
Meat: Don’t worry about me. Thanks to the prince not being here, I’m going to enjoy my youth with all my heart.
Books: Shonen Jump
Poster: It’s Kazuo / It’s Tamago
TV: Zano Pandaman

152.
Suguru: Well—then, it should be around here…
Suguru: Aah!? This western mansion is the party meeting place!!
Sign: The Fun Party to Surround Kinnikuman Meeting Place
Girl: Thanks for waiting.
Suguru: Wa…
Girl: How do you like it?
Suguru: Wh..what are you…
Suguru: However, seeing this Western house makes me wish for a sweet thing. Like youkan.
(TN: A bit of a pun: the way to say “Western-style house” or “western-style mansion” is “youkan”, but Suguru’s “sweet thing” is another “youkan”, which is a jelly dessert made of bean paste, agar and sugar and processed into cubes)
Suguru: What was that—nothing I could do with that funny comment…WAHAHAHAHA

153.
Girl: Now, go ahead inside. Everyone is waiting.
Suguru: Ya—y
SFX: TATATATA
SFX: SLAM
Suguru: Wh…what’s the meaning of this!?
Kinkotsu: We’ve caught you, Kinnikuman!
Suguru: Aah…Ki…Kinkotsuman…
SFX: SA SA SA

154.
Suguru: Aah…Elaginesu, Abudollah, Okamarous! Even the Bottomless Alien!
Suguru: Y..you’re all working together~~
Girl: Fufufu…And I’m…
Girl: Hi~~~It won’t come off. Won’t come~~off
SFX: SLAM
Kinkotsu: Here!
Iwao: Iwao!
Kinkotsu: Kinnikuman, this really is the end for you, Muhyohyo—
Iwao: It really is, Muhyohyo—
Kinkotsu: Don’t copy me.
SFX: JI~~N

155.
Suguru: S…s**t~~
Kinkotsu: O—K, let’s start the lynching! First will be Eraginesu!
SFX: Ptew
Suguru: U…
SFX: PTEW
Eraginesu: U…
SFX: PTEW PTEW PTEW PTEW
Eraginesu: HE—Y, WON’T YOU STOP--¡!
SFX: WHAM
Book: Phone Book
SFX: WHAM BAM WHAM BAM WHAM
Eraginesu: GUWAHAHA
Kinkotsu: #2, Iwao!

156.
SFX: GIRO…
Iwao: WA…
SFX: Boing
Kinkotsu: What are you doing? You’re blocking the rest of them. Hurry and do it, Baro.
Kaijuu: Right, right.
Iwao: Ye—s
Terry: Yo!
Meat: Ah! Terryman and Natsuko-chan.
Natsuko: Meat-kun, where’s Kin-chan?
Meat: He was invited by extremely cute girls to a party.
Terry: Well then—want to come along with us on a drive, Meat-kun!
Meat: OK!!
Natsuko: Let’s go to a disco too.
(TN: Yeah, 1979…you know how huge disco was then)

157.
Suguru: ………
Suguru: Uuh…
Voice: Kinnikuman Kinnikuman Kinnkikuman Kinnikuman
Okamarous: Kinnikuman
Suguru: Oh…Okamarous…
Okamarous: You remember me, how lovely. You’re interested after all!
Suguru: Wh…what?
Suguru: You’ve come to execute good old me?
Okamarous: No, I’ve come to run away with you.
(TN: What happened to his bra?)
Okamarous: I can’t go along with the methods of those guys. That’s because I…
Okamarous: am in love with you. KYA
Suguru: ………

158.
Okamasrous: We…well, at any rate, I’m in debt to you. Hold on, the patrol.
SFX: KACHU—NK KACHU—NK
Okamarous: Hey, aren’t you Iwao-chan.
Iwao: Ah~~~Okamarous-chan.
Suguru: OK, now!
SFX: DASH
Iwao: Ah…
Iwao: It’s Kinnikuman!! Kinnikuman is running away~~!!
Kinkotsu: Wh…what!?

159.
Kinkotsu: Oe~~reinforce us~~!!
Okamarous: Kya
Okamarous: Um, I’m sorry.
Box: Oil
Kinkotsu: HEY~~what are you doing? Oil is really valuable these days~~
(TN: Back in the 1970s during the first oil shortage, this line actually made sense…heck it makes sense today too)
SFX: Slip slip slip slip
Kaijuu: Wa—
Okamarous: Kinnikuman, the Kinniku Flash.
Suguru: Y…yeah!
Suguru: KINNIKU FLASH!!

160.
SFX: BOOOOOM
Kinkotsu: UWA—GOOOOO GYA
Okamarous: My love can endure this.
Terry: Kyaho—
Voices: WA—I
Terry: Yo, loverboy! Idol of the girls, the Japanese Alain Delon. You’re pitiful, pitiful.
(TN: Alain Delon is the “male French idol” notable in the 60s and 70s before his award-winning period in the ‘80s)
Suguru: Hey~~why didn’t you guys rescue me~~!!
Meat: Wa—what the heck happened to him?
Terry: Today’s Kinnikuman has a peculiar flavor--!

TN: Once again, another early Kinnikuman chapter seems to remind me a bit less of Kinnikuman and a bit more of early Urusei Yatsura. In particular is the actual usage of Okamarous in a chapter after his cameo back in chp. 1...somehow seeing a female-like dinosaur in lipstick (and no consistancy in it's look) reminds me of this episode where Ataru goes back to the dinosaur era and gets hit on by one of the prehistoric dinos...but that really wasn't one of my favorite episodes, at least from his perspective. Similar UY flashes went by with the oil comment...though the bit where Sadaharu Oh at the beginning was surreal and funny enough to work. Meanwhile, I do sort of think that this chapter is nearly the climax of the whole kaijuu segment of the series. While there are still two more chapters to go (which, not coincidentally, is a two-part story), you can see that Yudetamago want to have a bit more weird fun with the "superhero" concept before diving in to the Choujin Olympics arc coming in vol. 3. Sure a lot of the humor we see here is still in the series when that arc begins but with how things are going to start changing rather quickly, one last blast with Choujin vs. Kaijuu isn't going to hurt!