Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 293

Without any prior warning, temporary Otokojuku principal Wan Taaren has appeared before Shinken Temple! But why is he here...how can he be hungry for answers...and what does this mean for the current Seven Tusks showdown?

Chp. 293: Showdown of “Thought”!!

107.
Pharaoh: Wa…Wan Taaren---!!
Hakuhou: Wh…why is Wa…Wan Taaren, the acting Principal of Otokojuku at this Shinken Temple---!!

108.
(Title page…well we knew about the healing powers of Taaren but…all that other stuff…well, he had to control the Paaren Seiha with some powers)

109.
Hakuhou: Ri…right, he’s come as our supporter---!!
Pharaoh: Yahoo---!! We’ve got this---!! We have a tremendous strength with this---!!
Hakuhou: Won’t he be a powerful supporter speaking of his genjutsu and techniques now---!!
Wan Taaren: What’s with this misunderstanding, all of you? Who said that I’ve come to help all of oyu!?
Wan Taaren: I’ve come here because I have a question that is personal…!! As one who once was placed here at Shinken Temple, this must be ascertained by any means.
Momotarou: A personal question…!?

110.
Wan Taaren: Answer, Kennou!
Wan Taaren: Why has the supreme Shinken Temple sold their souls to the dark organization called the “Dark Tusks”!? Why are you carrying as their partner and assisting in this “Battle of Seven Tusks”!?
Wan Taaren: For money!?
Wan Taaren: I will take your head if you don’t reply!!
Kennou: FUFU, UNDERSTOOD. YOURE REASON IS THIS SERIOUS QUESTION THAT CAN NOT BE IGNORED BY YOU, WHO ONCE COMPETED FOR THE RANK OF KENNOU SUCCESSOR WITH ME……!!

111.
Kennou: BUT I CAN’T ANSWER THIS QUERY!! SURELY IF I WERE TO TELL YOU, THIS KENNOU WOULD BE YOUR OPPONENT AS YOU DESIRE!!
Kennou: LIKE THAT DAY 15 YEARS AGO!!
Wan Taaren: ……!!
Chishou: Hold on, Kennou. Here you will leave it to Chishou!!
Chishou: You said you were Wan Taaren……!! Your Genjutsu earlier was quite a thing.
Chishou: In that case, this battle will be a match in genjutsu!!
Wan Taaren: Hoo, you’re a user of genjutsu too?

112.
Pharaoh: Wh…what---!!
Hakuhou: A battle of Genjutsu and Genjutsu---!!
Momotarou: A battle of thought and thought. This size will determine winner and loser!!
Chishou: !?
Hakuhou: Ooh---!! Wa…Wan Taaren is muttering up something that’s like a spell in front of a fire---!!
Pharaoh: He…he’s starting some other amazing genjutsu---!!
Chishou: ……!!
Wan Taaren: Nun!!

113.
Wan Taaren: That wasn’t a spell. I had to count three minutes until it was boiled. Because I can’t fight on an empty stomach!!
Chishou: ……!!
Kennou: FUFFUFU, YOU SHOULD GO AT HIM TO YOUR HEART’S CONTENT, CHISHOU. DON’T FORGET THAT THIS MAN IS THE MAN WHO THIS KENNOU HAS FACED EVENLY WITH!!
Chishou: I respectfully obey your order!!

114.
(TN: Chishou is reciting another sutra spell but I had a hard time looking this up compared to Taaren’s, so I’m leaving it untranslated)
Chishou: TOU!!
(TN: The “Tou” here is the same kanji as “Freeze”)

115.
Pharaoh: Uoo, it’s…a furious snowstorm---!!
Hakuhou: It’s…cold, my…body is freezing---!! It…it’s like we’re at the North Pole---!! Th…though this should be an illusion that isn’t actually happening, what’s with this cold---!!
Chishou: An enormous thought isn’t just sense, it has an effect even to the physical body. Thus, reasonably this has an effect where you will freeze to death!!
Wan Taaren: Fu, that’s your degree!?
Chishou: What’s that!?

116.
Wan Taaren: YOU!!
(TN: “You” = “Sunshine”)
Chishou: HUH!!

117.
Chishou: Ku!!
Pharaoh: Ho…how has this come to this: the sunken evening sun has climbed to the summit again---!!
Hakuhou: It’s…hot---!! The…scorching sun---!! The snowstorm technique can’t be used anymore with this heat---!!
Wan Taaren: I can warm my cooled ramen again!!
Chishou: Nuu, y…you!!

118.
Chishou: RAI!!
(TN: “Rai” = “Lightning”)
Wan Taaren: N!?
Pharaoh: N…now its lightning---!!

119.
Wan Taaren: Are you going to take my bellybutton by causing lighting!? It’s useless: You can’t defeat me with those still raw thoughts!!
(TN: There is a weird folklore in Japanese culture that the gods who cause thunderstorms take bellybuttons away in a storm, thus why parents tell kids to hide their navels when a storm is coming)
Chishou: That babbling………!! I didn’t have a purpose of defeating you with lightning. There is another meaning to those thunderclouds!!
Chishou: METSU
(TN: “Metsu” = “Destroy”)

120.
Pharaoh: Uwa, n…now it’s heavy rain---!!
Hakuhou: It’s a severe rainfall like a waterfall where you can’t see an inch ahead----!!
Wan Taaren: ……………
121.
Chishou: FUFU, IS THIS A SITUATION TO WORRY ABOUT THE RAMEN!!
Wan Taaren: !!
Chishou: DO YOU KNOW WHERE I AM NOW!? YOU CAN’T EVEN SENSE AN INDICATION WITH THIS SOUND OF RAIN AND COMPLETELY WITHOUT HAVING A FIELD OF VISION WITH THE DOWNPOUR!! CAUSING THOSE THUNDERCLOUDS AND CONDUCTING THE DOWNPOUR WAS FOR THIS!!
Momotarou: This is bad!! As he said: he completely doesn’t know from where he’ll attack with this.
Wan Taaren: Nuu!!
Wan Taaren: !!

122.
Wan Taaren: Gaha!!
Chishou: I’ve got you, Wan Taaren---!!
Pharaoh: Wa…Wan Taaren---!!
Hakuhou: He…killed Wan Taaren---!!

123.
Chishou: Fu, this isn’t a world of illusion, it’s a reality where you’re not the favorite. You seemed to have made light of my power.
Kennou: SPLENDID, CHISHOU!! PLEASE HAND OVER THE HEAD YOU POSSESS!! I FURTHER WILL CONFIRM IT WITH MY EYES!!
Chishou: As you instruct.
Pharaoh: Wh…what has this come to………
Hakuhou: Th…that Wan Taaren has……
Chishou: Here you go, for your inspection!!

124.
Chishou: Wh…what---!!
Chishou: Th…that’s……!? ……………
Chishou: Th…the head I took off was!?

125.
Wan Taaren: This is actual reality, Chishou. I’ve just been eating my ramen without moving even a step from this place like this from the start. In other words: you have been fighting desperately with an illusion of me within a world of illusion I produced!!
Chishou: I…I…I…I’ve been fighting an illusion………!?
Chishou: I’ll do my training once more!!
Chishou: Gugya!!
Wan Taaren: This nonsense is over!! Now, come on down, Kennou!!

TN: And this is why I don't like genjutsu. Alright...let me back up: the chapter was awesome in seeing the showdown of Chishou and Taaren, mostly because of Taaren crushing him while not making a move from eating his bowl of ramen. Any hero character who kicks that much while eating ramen calmly has to be admired by the insane standards of...well, this series. But...once again, I have to comment on my displeasure on the whole "genjutsu" thing. I sort of get how it works here with the whole concept being "forcing your will on someone else and thus using that will to get a reaction that ends up forcing them to feel what you want them to feel through your thoughts". But the whole way where we have all the students feeling the same feelings Chishou and Taaren throw out leading to even them getting bamboozled by his "death" even while he was just sitting there...I should say it's cool but it's just confusing enough. I have to give the "genjutsu" stuff a pass because it is Otokojuku and so close to the end and Taaren...but as cool as they do it, it still just boggles the mind regardless. On the other hand, I can't wait to see how exactly Taaren is connected to Shinken Temple and the Kennou.