Kinnikuman 161

They were two masks, one of war, one of peace. Separated, the duo could bring calamity to the Choujin world! Now with the Gold Mask stolen by a diabolical group of evil Choujin, can Kinnikuman and the Justice Choujin discover what they are planning?

Chapter 161: Gold Mask Arc (2): The Devil Knights Appear!!

73.
Announcer: Wh…what are these 6 Mask Men----!?

74.
Terry: Each body is different but…with the same mask!
Suguru: And the Silver Mask started crying at the moment they appeared!
Mayumi: And within them is the guy who is wearing the real Gold Mask!
Wars: You—I don’t forgive those who swipe people’s things!
Wars: We’ll get it back with our power--!!
Meat: St…stop, all of you shouldn’t face them----!!

75.
Wars: Uh.
Wars: The…power in my body is quickly leaving.
Terry: That mask…That Gold Mask that’s one within them is sucking up our power--!!

76.
Suguru: Wh…what on earth is your purpose…
Gold Mask: Our purpose…
Gold Mask: It’s to kill all Justice Choujin!!
Suguru: What—kill all Justice Choujin---!!

77.
Gold Mask: There are many Choujin in this world who are just Devil Choujin!
Terry: What—so then all of you are the same Devil Choujin as Buffaloman and Black Hole?
Mayumi: How could they? I heard that the Devil Choujin were just the seven defeated by Suguru!
Gold Mask: Fufu…those seven that you all defeated were lower colleagues within the Devil Choujin. They were soldiers who only just obeyed higher orders.
Suguru: What—soldiers!?

78.
Gold Mask: The shadow who controls us fearingly calls us the Devil Knights. We are the six hell knights!! And now we want to challenge all you Justice Choujin to a fight!!
Meat: Th…there. The shadow I saw is there—
Suguru: What!?
Gold Mask: Kinnikuman, here’s a nice gift!

79.
Gold Masks: THIS!
Suguru: The…the heads of the seven Devil Choujin…
Suguru: Th…this is cruel…………
Gold Mask: Fufufu
Gold Mask: They failed to defeat Kinnikuman…Therefore they have been punished.

80.
Suguru: Buffaloman and the others fought us fair and square. And yet you all did this! How could you challenge us by selfishly taking people’s lives?
Gold Mask: I’ll tell you: The Gold Mask isn’t just of the Justice Choujin. The history of the Gold Mask is a history of stealing and stolen blood…This mask is always monopolized only by those who were struck down in death matches. Thus, since we too want this power, we’ve stolen this mask from you. If you want to take this mask back, you have to take it back from us with power.
Terry: Ta…take it back with power, we won’t be able to fight five minutes with your bodies!
Gold Mask: Fufu…don’t worry.
Gold Mask: We’ve already decided on how we fight. Just that person should find it difficult to escape the power that’s being sucked from the Gold Mask.

81.
Gold Mask: Kinnikuman, the first one holding the Silver Mask, it’s you!
Suguru: Eh—me--!?
Special: Of…of course. Only Kinnikuman has energy compared to all of us…
Terry: It’s…it’s true…
Suguru: Give…give back my power!
Gold Mask: You’re too late, it’s useless even by acting.
Suguru: Ehehe, you can’t?...
Gold Masks: Fine: you who possess the Silver Mask must fight we six from here! From now, we will scatter to the six key stadiums throughout Tokyo, and there you will go through hell. We’ll be waiting for you to come.

82.
Gold Mask:
-National Stadium is “Blood Sea Hell”
-Seibu Ballpark is “Tornado Hell”
-Japan Budoukan is “Gator Hell”
-Kuramae Sumo Hall is “Sand Hell”
-Denen Coliseum is “Scorching Hell”
-And Toshima Park (Toshimaen) is “Space Hell”
(TN: A bit of trivia: currently Eiichiro Oda’s “One Piece” has the same exact “Schorching Hell” in Impel Down, even the same name: “Shounetsu Jigoku”!)


83.
Gold Mask: Whichever hell you choose if your choice…Somewhere in those 6 stadiums waits the knight who is wearing the real Gold Mask.
Gold Mask: If you’re lucky, you’ll encounter the real one in one try, but if you have bad luck, you must defeat all six of us.
Gold Mask: Further, if Kinnikuman loses to even one of us, the Justice Choujin will be destroyed!
Gold Mask: And then the Earth will be controlled by we Devil Knights.
Gold Mask: Well, in the meantime, the power of the other Choujin will continue to fall making them weaker. If you don’t want us to kill your allies, just find the Gold Mask within a short time.
Suguru: Wa…wait, I haven’t accepted your challenge yet.
Suguru: Oh!

84.
Suguru: Aah, the Devil Knights have fused into a massive pistol……
Gold Mask: From here on, Kinnikuman, we permit you to have Meat lead you when you fight us. Therefore, Meat’s Choujin strength won’t decrease.
Gold Mask: So then, hell awaits, Kinnikuman!
Suguru: Ho…hold on—

85.
Mayumi: Ooh! The Gold Masks are scattering through Tokyo!
Bibimba: And within them is the real one…
Brocken: He…hey, Kinnikuman!
Suguru: Everyone…I’m sorry! I don’t have the confidence to fight those terrible guys!
Silver Mask: Will you dump and run from those you love, Kinnikuman?

86.
Silver Mask: Have you forgotten, Kinnikuman? The origin of Silver is the Mask of Peace! Fighting is not killing. By calibrating mutual power, you will gain mutual respect. You have achieved friendship through your fights with Warsman and Buffaloman. This fair soul will fight and defeat those guys.
Suguru: …………
Suguru: O—K, Meat, we don’t have time. Let’s hurry.
Meat: Right Prince!!

TN: It does seem a bit strange that it's always Kinnikuman who faces the bad guys head on...but of course, it is his series. He's the one with the Silver Mask, so he's the one forced to take on the strange sextet of Gold Mask-clad warriors. Aside from that, probably there were two memorable scenes that seemed to make a chill up my spine: the revelation of the dead Devil Choujin from the last arc (who really didn't deserve this fate...even if evil and all but of course it was hinted with Buffaloman) and the revelation of the "six hells" of the Devil Knights. (hinting at...well, you'll see soon enough) It is strange they're letting Meat come with but considering he was out of action the entire former arc, I guess it's to get him back into the swing of things. (that and him and Suguru are a great team) And my last comment for the chapter: thank goodness the US never got this chapter after seeing all of them turn into a gun! I mean, it's bad enough with all the other parental crap going on that...nah, not like a bunch of kids would try to do the same like that. So with the formalities done, the battles begin next time when Suguru and Meat go to...well, one of the hells, but won't reveal which.