Kinnikuman 72

It really should be The Machineguns vs. the Emperors...but somehow Kinnikuman keeps screwing up the Tag Team! What will it take to make him and Terryman connect during this crucial opening match?

Chapter 72: There It Is! Deadly Technique

66-67.
Audience: You idiot Kinnikuman. Die pig!! Are you the man who knocks down his own tag partner!?
Suguru: Hie~~~Dad, Meat, save me~~
Audience: You’re the Most Clumsy Choujin in the Universe---!!
Allies: ………
Suguru: Ah…
Suguru: I get it, I get it, I understand…it’s best if I’m responsible, it is. I haven’t fought to my best due to Terryman not doing his job!!
Meat: Pr…Prince doesn’t understand the thing called “team play”…
Announcer: We—ll, it’s Rhodes’ Strong Elbow--!!
Announcer: Into a Two Platonic…

68.
Suguru: Owaa~~~!!
Announcer: Atomic Drop!!
Tazahana: His butt was split in two!
Suguru: Guys, the two of you were dirty!!
Suguru: You were.
Rhodes: Here we go.
Announcer: Well, Kinnikuman is being played around!!

69.
Rhodes: Here!
Sayuri: D…dear, catch Suguru!!
Sayuri: Why are you sending him back--!!
Tazahana: Nice attack!
Mayumi: Yep!
Sayuri: Dear--!!
Announcer: And that’s the magnificent teamwork of the Emperors!!
Audience: RHODES--!!
Harrison: Finish it, Emperors

70.
Announcer: Ooh, and their finish is a quite dangerous technique: Deadly Drive!!
Terry: Uuh…
Rhodes & Steamboat: Die~~~!!
Terry: They……they can’t!!
Terry: Uwaa---!!
Suguru: WAAAA

71.
Steamboat: Wh……what!!
Announcer: We~~ll, Terryman has followed through saving him risking his body as he likes---!!
Group: Te…Terryman!!
Suguru: Te…Terry, you…
Harrison: Unu~~~impudent~~!!
Voice: Do you see, Kinnniukuman!!
Suguru: WA
Suguru: Ah…

72.
Suguru: Ah, it’s not E.H. Eric, it’s God Phon Eric!
Eric: Team play isn’t attacking two by oneself! Terryman saved you in a free act using his body as a sacrifice…
Eric: That there is what’s true team play!!
Terry: Kinnikuman, liven up!
Terryman: Whether yesterday or today, you’ve been puzzled by the teamwork of our instant combo that we’ve formed.
Terry: Haven’t we been a tag combo for a long time!
Suguru: Te……Terry…

73.
Eric: Yes! You seem to understand well…
Meat: Thanks…God…
Harrison: God, you’re supposed to be a neutral position. Should you abstain from whispering to them!!
Eric: No, sorry, sorry!
Harrison: You two…why are your hands in your pockets? Hurry and do it!!
Announcer: Ooh, the Machineguns…they Drop Kick the Emperors while they’re open---!!
Harrison: Ara…

74.
Narrator: From there, the Machineguns were quite different. They tormented the Emperors.
Narrator: However, the Emperors wouldn’t lose. The two teams see-sawed on defense and quickly they reached 50 minutes since the start of the match.

75.
Audience: WAA, Good job both teams!!
Announcer: Well, we’ve come down to ten minutes left in this match.
Tazahana: The amount left is down to nine minutes fifty-five seconds.
Announcer: Well, Terryman’s been changed in! Time left is 8 minutes!
Suguru: Right, now Terryman!!

76.
Suguru: Use Calf Branding--!!
Announcer: Time left 7 minutes!!
Suguru: Te…Terry, what are you doing!?
Terry: I…I possibly may disconnect my replacement left leg when I perform the technique……
Suguru: You’re afraid, Terry!!
Audience: TERRY--!! TERRY--!! TERRY--!! TERRY--!!
Announcer: Ooh, the calls of “Terry” has started!!

77.
Announcer: Well, we’ve been cut to one minute left--!!
Audience: Terry—Terry—
Announcer: 13 seconds remains! 12!!
Announcer: 11!
Suguru: Terry---!!
Terry: Right!!
Announcer: Well, Terryman jumps with 10 seconds left!!

TN: Somehow the sudden usage of God Phon Eric to try and fix the tag team in the middle of the fight was a bit strange and correctly chastised by the other opponents...but in a way, it had to be done. Suguru was not getting anywhere as it was and he was just being a liability with the way Rhodes and Steamboat were acting as the more superior team until near the end. It's just usually a means in a first match to sort of teach it to the readers but I think it worked well...even if it was a tad slanted. Other than that...somehow I liked Terry's internal struggle on using Calf Branding for the first time...yet somehow it felt like the attack came out of nowhere since we really never saw Terry cow-punching while Suguru was in Amarillo...unless I just forgot it's first usage.