Kinnikuman 169

The showdown with Planetman has taken an unexpected turn he fuses his celestial parts...with Suguru's family and friends! Is there a way for Kinnikuman to save them without hurting any one of them!?

Volume 14: The Miraculous Ring!!
Chapter 169: Gold Mask Arc (10): Face Boil Battle-Ratio!!

7.
Planet: Kakaka—do you see? This is my Demon Art of Demon Arts: Face Planets---!!

8.
Announcer: What has happened? The faces of Kinnikuman’s allied Choujin have emerged on each planet--!!
Suguru: Ev…everyone’s faces are…
Meat: Th…this is!!
Robin: Kinnikuma—n.
Terry: Kinnikuman…!!
Suguru: Are…are all of you alive!?
Terry: Somehow only our souls were sucked into Planetman…

9.
Mayumi: In any case, we’re being borrowed as Planetman’s body parts so he can live.
Suguru: Th…that’s!!
Planet: Now attack, Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: I…I can’t. Let them go---!!
Suguru: …Though.
Suguru: I would seem like I’m panicking but this is the end of your Demon Art of “Face Boils”.
Planet: Wh…what will you do about this…?
Suguru: Meat, this is the end!
Meat: I’m relaxed, Prince!
Suguru: How’s this, Planetman? Your technique must be 100% perfect to be effective. But, your face boils is a 90% technique. In other words, it’s a technique where you must not have fear!

10.
Planet: Kakaka—you can’t destroy this technique with that nonsense--!!
Announcer: Planetman charges in---!!
Suguru: I’ll show you the imperfect part!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman ju—mps!!
Suguru: It’s~~!!

11.
Suguru: That you haven’t placed a face boil on your head--!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman is putting Planetman in a Pile Driver--!!
Geronimo: Ooh!!
Planet: Hahaha—how foolish. Did you think I would miss that!?
Suguru: What…!!
Planet: Now listen: where do you think is my Gold Mask hidden!?
Suguru: It…can’t be!!

12.
Announcer: Planetman’s head has the Gold Mask emerges just before he crashes into the mat.
Suguru: Ge…
Meat: Prince--! Stop that pile driver. You’ll smash the Gold Mask--!!
Suguru: Hie---!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman is confused and his pile driver was stopped—
Suguru: It’s…a perfect technique……
Planet: Understand? We Devil Knights surpass all of you!

13.
Planet: Now—this time is my attack--!!
Announcer: It’s Planetman’s Jumping Knee Pat---!!
Suguru: S**t!
Planet: There--!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman has caught Planetman’s Knee Pat and goes to a Knee Crusher--!!
Planet: Kinnikuman, are you going to smash Bibimba’s face!?
Suguru: Of…course, Bibimba…

14.
Suguru: Owa—
Announcer: Kinnikuman’s been kicked out of the ring---!!
Meat: Prince—
Announcer: N…no, he was saved by the rope~~!!
Bibimba: Suguru-sama, I’m sorry…it was for me!!
Planet: But that’s all--!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman, who can’t attack, takes a Stomping Storm--!!
Suguru: Owa—
Meat: You…you coward!

15.
Suguru: Ku!!
Announcer: Kinnikuman has Planetman’s foot. Now’s his chance to drag him out 50m below the ring--!!
Planet: Kakaka—can you do it? If I fall, my 8 Hostage Choujin will die too!!
Suguru: Eh
Sayuri: Do it Suguru!
Suguru: Huh…!?
Sayuri: You shouldn’t be restrained for us. With this, you can drag out Planetman…
Mayumi: And if you do this, the Choujin stretched through Kourakuen will be revived!
Terry: Kinnikuman! We take no exception in our lives by doing this to us!!

16.
Robin: Of course, Kinnikuman. It’s best to go ahead and just take back the Gold Mask!!
Planet: Wh…what are all of you!!
Meat: Prince…!!
Terry: Ki…Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: I’m thankful for all your feelings…but I want to defeat Planetman with not one sacrifice!! Thus, I just want to test one thing…and if this operation fails……
Suguru: Then I’ll be thankful for everyone’s lives.
Suguru: Sending off!!

17.
Announcer: Kinnikuman has placed Planetman’s body in a Kinniku Buster---!!
Suguru: There--!!
Planet: Are…are you planning to hurt the 8 Choujin?
Suguru: Ke…My move is the Kinniku Buster which is a technique for hurting the joints! Thus, it won’t affect Terry and the others!!
Meat: Nice, Prince!!
Geronimo: Kinnikuman!!
Suguru: Thus you too will…

18.
Suguru: Ge, I have no surface to hit with.
Planet: Kakaka—
Suguru: If that’s how it is, Neo-Kinniku Buster!!
Suguru: Uh…!!
Suguru: Uh! N…no. There isn’t a roof to hit the Neo-Kinniku Buster!!

19.
Planet: Kakaka—We’re in a space of space. There is no above or below. Therefore, there isn’t a floor or roof!! Thus, you can’t use Kinniku Buster in Space Hell!!
Announcer: With the failure of Kinniku Buster, both have returned to the ring!!
Wars: Gue
Planet: Kakaka—Kinnikuman, I’ve finally hurt a close friend!!
Suguru: Warsman…!!
Planet: Uuh…
Suguru: ………!?
Announcer: What’s wrong with Planetman? He’s in pain too with the wound on the face boil--!!

20.
Wars: I’ve got it. These face boils affect Planetman at the same time it affects us. Thus, if you hurt the face boil, Planetman gets hurt too…!!
Wars: Now’s your chance, Kinnikuman!! My face is placed above Planetman’s heart. So, if you smash out my face, Planetman will die instantly---!!
Suguru: But if I do that……
Wars: It’s better if you save everyone with one sacrifice…This life is one that was given to me by Buffaloman…If it’s from him, I should use my life for this!!
Planet: Kakaka—Kinnikuman can’t do that!! Now you’ll be included as a face boil!!
Wars: Do it, Kinnikuman!!
Planet: Take this—Face Boil Cra—sh!!
Wars: DO IT—!!

21.
Wars: Was our friendship pretend!?
Suguru: It’s…It’s not pretend……!!

22.
(GOLD MASK ARC)
SPECIAL VTR I
KINNIKUMAN VS. PLANETMAN

TN: It's strange: I still can't stand the Planetman fight, but this is probably the chapter that a bit more emotional resonance is made to make it matter much more than some of what was coming before. For starters, we have the whole matter of "if Suguru hurts Planetman, his friends and family die"...I really think the whole tactic is stupid but somehow it forced Suguru to fight with his brain and figure out how to win with 0 sacrifices...even if Planetman is extremely cheap. And this, of course, leads to Warsman's sacrifice at the end: while the whole "pretend friendship" bit is just probably more of the usual "the friendship of Choujin" bit which sort of gets grating, it gets resonance in how it's used in allowing Suguru to sacrifice Warsman to save everyone else. On the other hand...somehow the robot Choujin's excuse of "Buffaloman revived me and I have no right" feels repetitive after Wolfman (and trust me: Robin Mask doesn't care and he's the only one left of those three) but it works regardless. (besides, it makes the next few chapters really cool due to this.