Kinnikuman 67

In a shocking (but slightly cruel) turn of events, an airplane has crashed into the aerial ring where Kinnikuman and Robin Mask were fighting! Has either of them survived!? And who will be the Choujin world champion?

Chapter 67: Robin’s Secret

178.
Announcer: Th…this is an unthinkable accident!! Suddenly, a plane has crashed into the ring from the sky---!!
Tazahana: The weather forecast this morning hadn’t said that it was going to rain airplanes but…
Announcer: Per…perhaps it’s not foolish to think the two were instantly killed in the ring!!
Meat: PRINCE--!!
Audience: Hey, those two were killed instantly—
Bozu: How’s that, chairman……
Sheik: Fufufu…

179.
Audience: Well then, what will happen to the results of the match? What will happen to the money we bet---!!
Audience: UWA~~GIVE OUR MONEY BACK~~~!!
Bozu: Everyone, please be quiet!!
Bozu: At this moment, we will tell you the results of the Choujin world title match!!
Bozu: This crashing plane was from an ordinary citizen. We confirm that it was a sudden accident.
Iwao: I’m terribly sorry.
Meat: I……Iwao!!
Bozu: Since the accident was midway through, who was the superior one? Our three judges will announce it.

180.
Announcer: OHOHOHO~~~HO, IT’S…A TITLE REMOVAL. THE NEW CHAMPION IS THE FORMER CHAMPION ROBIN MASK!!
Meat: Th……that’s~~~
Tazahana: No, wait. Robin can’t be the champion here…
Announcer: EH!?
Tazahana: Because there’s an item in Olympic rules where those who have died cannot become champion.
Announcer: So…so in that case, as is, since Robin was attached to the Choujin Federation, the belt naturally goes to……

181.
Announcer: SKULL BOZU!!
Announcer: How…how fortunate!! Thanks to a propeller malfunction crash, the new champion has been chosen as Skull Bozu--!!
Meat: It’s…it’s a trap……it’s a trap arranged by someone…
Bozu: Don’t worry everyone, your betted money will be returned to you!!
Meat: S**t~~~if Prince were alive……
Meat: PRINCE---!!

182.
Suguru: WHAT!
Meat: Pr…Prince!!
Suguru: He~~really, that Robin~~we were dealt with a surprise attack…
Suguru: Thanks to that, I can’t be a ladykiller…
Meat: Prince! I was certain you were dead…
Suguru: You idiot, I’m full of vigor from that!!
Meat: N?

183.
Suguru: Wh…what is that airplane---!! Wh…where’s Robin—Meat!!
Sugur: Wh…what…
Suguru: …………

184.
Robin: Uuh…
Suguru: Me…Meat…
Meat: Yes?
Suguru: He…help me! Robin’s alive.
Meat: Is…is it true!?
Bozu: Wh…what!?
Audience: Eeh…!?

185.
Announcer: Ooh! Well then, Robin Mask seems alive!!
Robin: Ki…Kinnikuman, it’s impossible…I’m fine if this is how it is…
Suguru: What are you saying, Robin? You’re giving up……
Robin: In truth, you were the reason I split with Alisa…
Suguru: Enough, Robin!
Robin: This is a good time to tell you…

186.
Robin: After you took my title, Alisa and I chose to live a peaceful life in Africa...There I found a new job as an animal manager and settled down…
Robin: How…however…I hadn’t thrown away my path as a Choujin fighter…on that day, I heard the news of Kinnikuman’s great activity in Hawaii, and randomly I yearned for the ring and I couldn’t stand what I had done.
Robin: Finally, I shaked free of Alisa’s stopping hand and went on a wandering journey, hoping to rebloom as Choujin World Champion…
Robin: And thus, that’s why I was taken in by the Sheik Alien when I had collapsed in front of the gate of the Choujin Federation…
Robin: However…I can’t go and surpass my past glories after all…in reality, I’ve been used as a tool of their organization for a destiny of killing……
Suguru: Hey, stop your story!!

187.
Bozu: We have no choice. If that’s how it is, we can only completely attack the whole ring…………
Suguru: Robin, live. Live and survive--!!
Suguru: I did it!! I’ve saved you, Robin!!

188.
Suguru: Uwa
Robin: Farewell—Kinnikuman~~~!!
Suguru: ROBI~~~N!!

189.
Bozu: HAHAHAHA…
Suguru: TH……THEM~~~
Bozu & Sheik: HAHAHA…HAHAHA…
Suguru: WAIT---!! I’LL KILL ALL OF YOU---!!
(End of Volume 5)

TN: And thus...down goes Robin Mask. While I really don't want to spoil what happens later...the way that Yudetamago seemed (at this time) to kill off one of their crucial characters and Suguru's rival from the Choujin Olympics so easily is a turning point in the story. Sure later it sort of goes rather screwy but as is...just live with the tragedy. But in a way, it's not really a tragedy considering it was all a double plot by Skull Bozu and Kinkotsuman/Iwao. The means by which they end up screwing everyone really shows that they really don't care about the rules or about fair play in anything that they do. Oh, and one more thing: somehow I liked the return of that silly general from chp. 1...compared to a lot of recurring characters Yudetamago uses, he always gets good appearances.