Kinnikuman 43

With little time before the Kinnikuman/Robin Mask final, both sides have quite a bit of work to do...though who knows if Suguru is getting the right kind!

Chapter 43: Secret Extra-Training

32-33.
Reporter: Hello there, all you Chojin Olympic fans in this nation! Starting now, we’ll be reporting on the training scene of competitor Robin Mask.
Reporter: Even today at this country club, there are no golfers, yet it’s crowded with those of us with news experience.
Reporter: Fufufu…the first one who will interview him will be me.
Reporters: Mu! That’s!? N?

34.
Reporters: Ooh, it’s Robin Mask!! Robin Mask is coming back from his running
Robin: Haa haa haa
Robin: Haa haa haa
Reporters: HEY~~~AN INTERVIEW~~~!!
Small Reporter: WA……
Reporters: Robin-san, how’s your condition? Of course you’ll have a 1st Round KO.

35.
Gania: Everyone, Robin is tired. If you have questions, I’ll be taking them for him.
Reporters: Ooh, that’s his trainer, Gania Mask!
Reporter: Well then, tell us the reason you’re using a golf course for training?
Gania: Hmm…that’s simple…
Gania: This is the only place Robin can practice and heal within this crowded Japan.
Reporter: However, his opponent is the stupid Chojin Kinnikuman. He can’t do anything here…
Gania: Ha ha ha ha, well it’s said that a lion can exhaust his full power even when defeating a rabbit.

36.
Robin: All of you are too easy on Kinnikuman!!
Robin: Haa haa haa
Reporter: But you seem you’re only playing with Kinnikuman…
Robin: That’s going into my hand!! I’m doing extra-training so that I won’t be unprepared.
Robin: S**T, thus even with that time, he’ll…
Reporter: Hey, they’ve got a report on Kinnikuman.

37.
Report: The news is Kinnikuman has left this poster, we’re guessing for Robin Mask.
Poster: I’VE SET OFF FOR THE MOUNTAINS ON MY OWN TO TRAIN (SUGURU)
(TN: It’s said that anyone who writes a note in kana with no kanji doesn’t know the language well or is seen as a child)
Robin: WHAAT!?
Robin: So then, I’ll going running on my own!
Gania: Hey, just a moment, what about relaxing…
Reporters: Kinnikuman is mountain training. Even among mountains, it has to be Mt. Takami…

38.
Suguru: Uuh, it’s fine that luckily Oh of the Giants secluded himself in the mountains, but it’s getting cold.
Mayumi: However, Suguru, I did leave that poster…and none of the reporters have shown up…
Meat: We don’t have a reason to come here! We left the map behind!
Narrator: The mountain-training plan wasn’t for futility, the news reporters were unfavorable to Kinnikuman and were publishing soundly Robin Mask’s 2nd straight victory.
Papers: ROBIN’S 2ND / UNFAVORABLE
Narrator: And so, the day of the finals finally came.
Mayumi: Now we’ll demonstrate the results of your mountain training!
Suguru: Yes! Dad.
Meat: Really, what results? Wasn’t it just a disaster…

39.
Mayumi: Suguru, you’re going to wi~~n
Mayumi: …never mind!
Mayumi: There is something you rea~~lly should think of when you lose. Here, pamphlets for your next home…
Suguru: WHAT ARE THESE~~!?
Top Pamphlet: Treasure of the World’s Rarest Animals: GALAPAGOS ARCHAPELAGO
Bottom Pamphet: WHERE MOTHRA PLAYS: INFANT
Mayumi: No, you’ll be hated by any nation that takes you. All that’s left are monster islands…
Suguru: Shut up, I’m not living with iguanas!!
Mayumi: That’s what you say. What will you do when you lose?

40.
Suguru: When it happens, I’m committing seppuku in the ring--!!
Meat: Ooh…this is the first time he’s been burned up, since we first got serialized…
Mayumi: That’s great, go forth!!

41.
Mayumi: The final today will have many dignitaries from many planets, since they’ll be seeing this, don’t embarrass yourself in the match.
Suguru: Right, Meat. Let’s go on a marathon to National Stadium.
Meat: Eeh!?
Meat: It will take us an hour even by car.
Suguru: It’s warming up before my match.
Meat: Right!
Mayumi: It’s great he’s vigorous, but he won’t make it in time~~
Suguru: UOOOO!!

42.
Sign: Taxi
Iwao: Where do you want to go? Customer!
Suguru: N…no, I don’t need a taxi…
Iwao: It’s fine, it’s fine, ride, ride.
Iwao: RIDE IN TH—IS!!
Suguru: HI—
Iwao: YOU’RE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE!!

43.
Suguru: Aah~~~Kinkotsuman!
Kinkotsu: Muhyohyohyo, you’re going to sleep a bit.
Meat: PRINCE--!!
Iwao: DON’T BE NOISY, KID--!!
Meat: WA
Kinkotsu: We’re gonna keep you company until the Chojin Olympics end. Muhyohyohyo
Meat: What!? If……if we do that, won’t the prince lose it!!

TN: So who's idea was it to go to the mountains: Suguru's or Mayumi's? Freezing is probably not the best method of training...but at least it psyched Robin a bit for a moment so perhaps it could work to their advantage. It did seem strange that at least for once Suguru is actually willing to fight (so he won't get kicked out of the country or just to prove he can defeat Robin and prove he isn't as stupid as he claims), but to run to a stadium at least an hour away with time running out...well he has guts but he still needs a bit of work up top. Then again, he couldn't predict Kinkotsuman pulling the end stunt but he's been itching to do this for a while and it does give a good cliffhanger.