Kinnikuman 35

Two quarterfinals down, two to go! On one side: the American Choujin Terryman takes on the Mexican luchadore Skyman! On the other side: the brutal Indian Curry Cook takes on the weirdo Japanese representative (and currently missing) Kinnikuman!

Chapter 35: Enthusiasm! Kourakuen Hall vs. Kourakuen Stadium

100.
Narrator: Kourakuen Stadium.
Announcer: And~~now, with his theme of the Spinning Toe Hold, the American Southern Group representative Terryman has enter—ed!!
Announcer: And with his sky-high theme, the Mexican representative Skyman has enter—ed!!
Robin: They’re showy ones……

101.
SFX: WA—WA—WA--/BAM
SFX: RIP
Officer: THROW YOUR OVERMASK OVER HERE~~~
SFX: DODODO
Sky: Here’s a shot for you.
SFX: FLING / CATCH / WHAM
Kazuo: Wa~~his overmask. This is what I get for pawning my wife—
Kazuo: Hey, can I join too?
Note: It doesn’t quite fit him cause his head is big.
Skyman Fan: Alright, you can join by having a mask.
Sign: SKYMAN F * C: EL AHOME CORP
(TN: With “Aho” being “idiot” in Japanese”, the combination of Spanish and Japanese makes them the “Idiot Corp”)
Kids: S**t~~~
Officer: HI~~~I REGRET THIS~~~
Officer 2: It’s just you who’s crying.

102.
SFX: BONG
Announcer: Now, that’s the bell. The one who’s still standing will be taking on Robin Mask in the semifinal.
Robin: Such as it is…
SFX: SLAM
Announcer: And---now, Skyman’s using a Drop Kick~~~~
SFX: WHAM
Announcer: And Skyman is setting up for a Flying Body Attack.
SFX: WA—WA—
Announcer: And Terryman saw into that well~~
Terry: Deadly Drive!!
SFX: SLAM

103.
Announcer: And here’s a Back Drop!!
Announcer: Oh~~no, Skyman broke loose of it~~
SFX: BOING
Announcer: And here’s his Somersault Kick!!
SFX: WHOOSH
Announcer: Amazi~~~ng, this has become a back and forth offense and defense!!
Robin: You…spit on me.
Announcer: Here at Kourakuen Hall, the second match of B-Block of Kinnikuman vs. Curry Cook but…it’s only Curry Cook, who’s practicing Indian yoga while waiting with a dance of bad feeling, while we still can’t find Kinnikuman.

104.
SFX: UWAAN
Mayumi: G…GET OUT THERE QUIETLY
Suguru: WA—AH
Sign: Passageway
Meat: With all the trouble we had to get you off the merry-go-round.
Mayumi: HE~~Y, GET QUIET! AND YOU’VE BEEN CRYING TOO MUCH.
SFX: SLAM SLAM
Meat: Here, gyudon.
Suguru: N? Hoo…it was finally delivered?
Suguru: ……
SFX: Clomp clomp
Suguru: WA~~~I DON’T WANT TO DIE~~
SFX: DODODO
Mayumi: OOH
Meat: PRINCE~~!!

105.
Suguru: I DON’T WANT TO DIE~~
Mayumi: OWA—
SFX: PULL / FLUSH
Mayumi: WA~~~~I’m floating away~~
Mayumi: To here, to here.
Suguru: WA—
Mayumi: Al~~~right, in that case, I’ll throw you away into the ring~~~!!
SFX: DODODODO
Suguru: The match hasn’t started yet?
Bag: Popcorn
Mayumi: AH—
Meat: Please don’t disguise yourself as the audience.
Suguru: Then I’ll hide myself!
Object: Tub
Meat: You’re completely visible!!

106.
Mayumi: Hey~~are you afraid of that kappa-looking guy in there?
Suguru: What?
Meat: Of course. That guy looks like a good kappa, where is he scary?
Suguru: If you say it like that…
Meat: What will happen if the prince of Planet Kinniku is afraid of kappa?
Suguru: Wahahaha, of course, of course.
Suguru: O~~K, let’s go. I’ll do this even if it’s practice!! WAHAHAHA
Meat: Really, it’s because we gave him a hint.
Mayumi: Though he’s my son, I’m embarrassed…
Announcer: Before the match begins, we will give a prayer for Brockenman in the next world. It will be done by the ten-count gong.
SFX: BO—NG BO—NG BO—NG BO—
Suguru: WA~~CAN WE STOP THIS~~~

107.
Sky: Terryman, will you give up!?
SFX: WA—WA—GU GU
Announcer: The groggy-feeling Terryman has seemed to have lost his energy.
SFX: WHIRRRRRL
Announcer: And yet, Skyman throws a Flying Cross Chop with no delay!!
SFX: WHAM
SFX: BOOM

108.
Announcer: And as Terryman goes down….
Announcer: THERE IT IS~~SKYMAN’S SECRET WEAPON: FLYING TORPEDO~~!!
SFX: WHOOSH

109.
SFX: BOOM
Natsuko: KIAAAA
Announcer: Terryman isn’t standing!

110.
Announcer: And the referee is beginning his count.
Referee: 1 2
Sign: KOURAKUEN-MAE HOSPITAL
Special: What will you do…what…what will you do Terry…
Voices: TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY
Announcer: Oh, it’s an amazing Terry Call!
SFX: GACHA
Nurse: Specialman-san.
Nurse: Do…doctor! Specialman isn’t here~~!!

111.
Voices: TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY TERRY
Special: Terry…
Special: Get up, Terry…
Narrator: Kourakuen Hall
SFX: KACHING
Announcer: Oh---now, the second B-Block match will be done as a caged death-match!!
Suguru: DADDY~~~SAVE ME~~~
Mayumi: Give up, Suguru…

TN: You can sort of feel the weird, bipolar nature of this series currently with the two seperate matches going on at the same time. On one side, we have a brutal, semi-realistic match of wrestling going on between Terryman and Skyman with more strategy and brutal physicality. On the other side, though...well we have a bit more of the weird comedy we saw in the kaijuu section as Suguru tries to avoid his destiny of fighting Curry Cook. He is bound to do it anyway being a quarterfinalist but you do wonder how easily and yet strange we get both a serious and comedic story at the same time with this match. But of course, after Ramenman/Brockenman and what Meat had previously said, you can sort of sympathize with Suguru as why he doesn't want to go in the ring...yet with one thing leading to another and him now trapped with Curry Cook in a cagematch, there's nothing more Meat and Mayumi can do to stop it. Hopefully it will be resolved next time...

BTW: is it just me or would this series really have been cooler with a luchadore character in it? I didn't say Skyman: he does seem to have no personality and all, but the whole idea of a masked wrestler akin to the luchadores working as a powerful and fun Choujin would have been an interesting turn of events...of course, several of the Choujins already wear masks so maybe going with tradition wouldn't have helped things at all.