Kinnikuman - Vol. 94 Ch. 922 - Act 535: Tears Behind the Mask!?

[MangaDex]

 

[Count_Terranova]

This! Right here! One of the best fights in this series.

 

[Katatonia]

Yeah, I know. I had a lot of fun with the wording for both guys in this fight. I made Pessimiman sound way more emotionally driven. He wanted to win so badly and get it over with, but Robin kept getting in his way. I also emphasized that he was broken and felt completely worthless. I made Pessimiman seem extremely human for a robot because it felt like he knew who he was and what he wanted, but deep down, he knew he would never have that. He's an emotionally unstable character, sort of like a powder keg ready to explode at any moment, but he still has a lot of flaws, like compassion, when he's not supposed to, and tried to mask all of them with his bravado. His humanization is what separated him from the other Five Great Times, and I loved that a lot.

Robin was almost identical, he knew how badly he damaged Warsman and how much trauma he gave him. But he acknowledged all of his faults and manned up to it, but became even more ruthless because of it, showing his dominance as the leader of the Justice Chojin. It's not so much pride, then it is respect, and what they love to do as wrestlers. And it showcases that completely here. Of all the fights so far in my return run of this series, I think this is one of the best, though, all the stuff with Pessimiman was pretty great. He's a great heel. And who knows, maybe he'll be a very big asset to the Justice Chojin down the road.

Also, I'm happy you're enjoying the series as well, we put a lot of love into these releases so everyone can enjoy them.

 

[spectralSpices]

I'm loving this fight-
I'd also love if Pessimiman wins, but realizes "oh shit, I like fighting these guys! I like things! YOU ASSHOLES TRICKED ME INTO BEING OPTIMISTIC!!"
And Warsman and the beaten half-to-death Robin are like "ahaha got your asssssss"

 

[Krouz]

I don't think i can express into words how happy i am every single time i see a new chapter of Kinnukuman being posted.
Thank you SO much for keeping this series translated in such a high quality dude, y'all do an amazing work here!

 

[SilentStorm]

Thanks for translating this!

Such a great match so far, i love when Kinnikuman has antagonists using the Power Of Friendship too, Pessimiman and Warsman make a great duo...makes me wish they would become a tag team themselves honestly.

Robin is great here, embracing his dark past but moving on anyways and daring his student and his new friend to kick his ass if they can.

Also, just love Pessimiman's rocket fist kinda things, having ropes to them makes for a cool twist to be used in moves.

 

[Katatonia]

I don't think i can express into words how happy i am every single time i see a new chapter of Kinnukuman being posted.
Thank you SO much for keeping this series translated in such a high quality dude, y'all do an amazing work here!

Thanks that means a lot to us, we put a lot of time to make sure these releases are really special.

 

[Katatonia]

Thanks for translating this!

No problem, we're happy you're enjoying it!

 

[SuguruB]

Please, I beg you to fill the 883-902 chapter gap. Having a couple of volumes and not being able to read them is killing me.
Amazing work by the way, keep it up!!!

 

[pdonk]

This fight is fucking awesome. Robin heeling it up on Pessimiman in order to awaken him to Friendship Power, but also working through his own baggage with Warsman, it's great stuff.

The translation reads very well, too, I loved the part where he's giving him knees to the face saying "Bang! Bang! Here's another!"

 

[Katatonia]

Please, I beg you to fill the 883-902 chapter gap. Having a couple of volumes and not being able to read them is killing me.
Amazing work by the way, keep it up!!!

Yeah, those translations been done for a very long time, but I been focusing on the recent stuff so it's all literally up to date, and no worries, the next volume I bring out will be the next volume from the older bunch.

 

[Katatonia]

This fight is fucking awesome. Robin heeling it up on Pessimiman in order to awaken him to Friendship Power, but also working through his own baggage with Warsman, it's great stuff.

The translation reads very well, too, I loved the part where he's giving him knees to the face saying "Bang! Bang! Here's another!"

Honestly, I had a lot of fun with the translation and made it way more emotional than usual. I also loved doing all of Pessimiman's lines, he's one of the best of the Five Great Times so far. Plus, you can totally see the Cactus Jack'isms in him lol.

 

[Flashnunes0]

first of all guys, thanks for the translations, i was waiting for this fight since the raws.

My favorite so far in the whole arc, i like how Shimada finally adresses the odd moments of Robin and Warsman's relationship that had never been addressed to this day, also great character work on Robin and Pessimiman here. Pessimiman means well, he was changed by warsman as much as he denies it, and he wants to repay the debt, but IMO he seems to be projecting his own struggles and distrust on the gods on Robin and Warsman, by constantly calling Robin a manipulator, a POS, hell he might even find him a massive narcisist and he believes in that so hard he awakens Burning Inner Strenght, but the thing is... he is only half right, because he also doesn't know how Robin feels nor his resolve and because of that this has become personal for Robin.

I also love how Robin begins the match by fully accepting his place in this narrative, but as soon as he sees Pessimiman reversing one of his signature moves with the help of Warsman's coaching he breaks down, in a mix of regret, excitement and even pride, pride for how much Warsman has grown despite everything, and then he finds the resolve to somehow re-do all of his own "failures" as a teacher by helping Pessimiman find a new answer, the whole thing wraps all of Robin's, Warsman's and even Pessimiman's on-going character development together in a very interesting way.

 

[Katatonia]

first of all guys, thanks for the translations, i was waiting for this fight since the raws.

My favorite so far in the whole arc, i like how Shimada finally adresses the odd moments of Robin and Warsman's relationship that had never been addressed to this day, also great character work on Robin and Pessimiman here. Pessimiman means well, he was changed by warsman as much as he denies it, and he wants to repay the debt, but IMO he seems to be projecting his own struggles and distrust on the gods on Robin and Warsman, by constantly calling Robin a manipulator, a POS, hell he might even find him a massive narcisist and he believes in that so hard he awakens Burning Inner Strenght, but the thing is... he is only half right, because he also doesn't know how Robin feels nor his resolve and because of that this has become personal for Robin.

I also love how Robin begins the match by fully accepting his place in this narrative, but as soon as he sees Pessimiman reversing one of his signature moves with the help of Warsman's coaching he breaks down, in a mix of regret, excitement and even pride, pride for how much Warsman has grown despite everything, and then he finds the resolve to somehow re-do all of his own "failures" as a teacher by helping Pessimiman find a new answer, the whole thing wraps all of Robin's, Warsman's and even Pessimiman's on-going character development together in a very interesting way.

Yeah, people keep telling me they love the way I did their interaction, I put a lot into it, to show both sides, I'm not translating this like a manga, I tell people this all the time, I'm translating it as you'd see an actual wrestling show, so there's way more emotion and feelings poured out, then just mindless text, and I love working on Pessimiman's lines, I feel him, so it's fun for me to work his dialogue a lot, Robin's like the complete opposite like 2 magnets, and I explored both of them completely on a different level, I made slight changes and I did it differently this time around so it made more sense, but also came across as like do or die, and I think it came out a million times better, every volume I try to outdo the last translation, so yeah, I had a lot of fun with this, and my editor nailed it very nicely, also, I'm really happy everyone's enjoying the volume we put out, that means a lot.

Regarding the story:

Also, I think that's a great assessment, Pessimiman blames every single person except for himself, and while he is brutally strong and can kill just about anyone, he's held back by his mistrust in people and his closed-mindedness, he thinks living in despair and torment is completely normal, when it isn't, that's completely self-destructive behavior, but once he fought Warsman, he opened up a little bit, but he became overly emotional when he did, calling Robin a piece of shit, saying he's a fucking manipulator, like he's not cursing him to curse him, he's cursing him cause he's trying to put the blame on Robin, when all that happened to Warsman, I believe since Pessimiman's also a Robot Chojin, he's acting like he was victimized as well, when that had absolutely nothing to do with him.

In a way, you can say, as angry and pissed off Pessimiman shows himself, after his fight with Warsman, he felt compassion for him on the premise that they're both actually the same, when they aren't, they're completely opposite, but Warsman's Friendship Power touched Pessimiman's heart and made him see things differently, which the Five Great Times are supposed to be ultra heels, he chose to be completely neutral. There's also the fact they both have masters, Warsman has Robin and Pessimiman has the God of Time, and both masters were also harsh, hence why Warsman was a literal killer earlier on in the series, and Pessimiman is basically a killer, Robin's role is to show Pessimiman that he's the student going against the master, and the master always comes out on top, it has nothing to do with ego's, it has everything to do with respect, which Robin ultimately shows him why respect matters most.