Kinnikuman 168

He has the power of the entire Solar System...except for Earth itself! Now with Suguru becoming a "real" defender of his adopted home, can he face the destructive onslaught of Planetman and (literally) save the Earth!?

Chapter 168: Gold Mask Arc (9): Justice Choujin Annihilated…!?

183.
Suguru: Uh!!
Suguru: M…my body has become Earth………!!
Planet: Ka~~~~kakaka, if you get hurt, the Earth gets hurt too. In short, ending your life will let me usurp the Earth!
Announcer: Kinnikuman has come to must protect the Earth from Planetman, the controller of 11 planets—
Planet: The planet Vulcan, which is my head section, is always erased in the shadow of Earth. However, now it’s become Earth’s equal.

184.
Planet: How’s this: this is the true form of Planet Vulcan--!
Suguru: Ooh!! I thought it was a black planet…
Meat: Wh…what a splended planet!!

185.
Planet: Now I’ll show you an interesting trick!
Suguru: Ge!
Suguru: Gyaa~~!!
Planet: Choujin Ball!!
Meat: Prince--!!
Announcer: What an amazing technique--!!

186.
Announcer: Ooh…somehow with every kick by Planetman, Kinnikuman’s body is turning into a ball.
Meat: Th…that’s not a ball…!!
Meat: It’s Earth. Planetman is making him into Earth!
Planet: Kakaka—beautiful Earth! Now I’ll dye you in an ugly color!!
Planet: There—

187.
Announcer: And now he’s kicked him much, much higher---!!
Everyone: Aah!
Planet: Demon Skill!!
Planet: PLANET ALIGNMENT!!
Announcer: Planetman’s 9 planets have formed a straight line--!!

188.
Meat: Wh…what’s that supposed to be!?
Meat: Kaka—first off is Canada—
Announcer: Planetman is rushing towards Earth!!
Canadian: My country!
Announcer: Canada’s been hit directly--!!
Canadian: Aah.
Terry: Canadianman!
Canadian: Uwa—the pain!!

189.
Brocken: Aah!! Canadianman’s body is…
Geronimo: Hold on!!
Canadian: I’ll be right by Wolfman’s side……
Everyone: Ca…Canadianman!!
Planet: Next is India!!
Curry: Uwa--!!
Planet: Africa—
Kinta: Uwa--!!
Terry: Uuh…Planetman is destroying the Choujin representing the countries that he targets for attack, one after another!!
Wars: The map on Kinnikuman’s body is connected directly to our life-support systems---!!

190.
Suguru: St…stop attacking the Earth anymore. At this rate, you’ll annihilate the Justice Choujin…
Planet: The annihilation of the Justice Choujin is my dream. Your proposal is rejected.
Planet: Demon Skill: Grand Cross!!
Announcer: Planetman this time has his body shifted into a cross---!!
Planet: Kakaka—
Announcer: And now he’s fallen---!!
Announcer: N…no, he’s hiding under the ring---!!

191.
Planet: Kakaka--!!
Announcer: Planetman has broken through the into plate below the ring, holding and raising Kinnikuman---!!
Announcer: And he’s in the pose for a Body Slam~~~!!
Planet: This will almost destroy the main powers of America, England and the USSR—
Announcer: And he’s thrown into the standing plates in the canvas—

192.
Everyone: Uwa!! Aah!!
Sayuri & Bibimba: Kyaa
Mayumi: Aah!!
Mayumi: Mama--!!
Mayumi: Bibimba---!!
Ferry: Old man, don’t go out there--!!
Mayumi: Haa
Mayumi: Haa haa

193.
Terry: Old ma—n!
Geronimo: Terry--!!
Geronimo: Te…Terry----!!
Geronimo: Ki…Kinnikuma~~n, E…everyone’s dying~~~!!

194.
Suguru: Pl…Planetman, y…you………………You’re destroying my…most important people…
Suguru: That’s why I can’t………….Forgive you!!
Planet: Kakaka—Calm down, you’ll be going to your mama and papa too!!
Planet: Just to know, my body can use the Sun and Moon as weapons aside from the 9 planets.

195.
Planet: This sun will go through Japan, which remains on your body.
Planet: Take this—Apollon Dynamite!!
Announcer: Planetman has thrown the Sun---!!
Announcer: A…A~~nd, Kinnikuman can’t avoid i----t!!

196.
Announcer: So…somehow he caught the sun bare-handed---!!
Suguru: I, who possess my specialty Burning Inner Strength…
Suguru: See it’s nice that you hit me with a mass of fire, Planetman!!
Suguru: And one more thing…you forgot that Japan is a nation of volcanos!!
Suguru: Take this—Burning Bazooka Cannon!!
Planet: That’s a Sun stocked with Burning Inner Strength!! He returns it many times stronger to Planetman--!!

197.
Suguru: Don’t run away.
Planet: Wait, Kinnikuman!!
Planet: If I’m hit with your weak attack……
Planet: YOU’LL BE HURTING THEM!!
Suguru: Th…that’s……!?
(End of Vol. 13)

TN: And...this is the part of the fight where things get annoying. While Planetman was sort of bad enough screwing around with Greek myths and the planets of our Solar System, this whole part of the fight where he "attacks" the Choujin via Suguru (let alone the cliffhanger) was just dumb! While I don't mind fights with some gimmicks, this one was just a bit stupider than usual in how they were done. (well that and there are other weird things like Geronimo not getting affected by this attack...but that will be explained near the end of the arc) And considering that a lot of nations have volcanos, why the heck did Suguru had to use that attack so easily for "Japan" aside from just "I need an excuse to use Burning Inner Strength"? I'm sure if there were and Icelandic Choujin right there, the same thing would have happened...only with scalding steam!