Ruroni Kenshin Chapter #186 "New Invincible Armor"
Author: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Publisher: Shueisha


Pg 1.

(Banjin flips down from his balloon)

Banjin: Hahha-!!
Muteki Ryu - Raijin Guruma!!!


Pg 2.

(Banjin crushes the Kamiya entrance with his new armor)


Pg 3.

Banjin: Hahha-!!

Megumi: ... they took things down with one blow again this time...

Kaoru: Which means they're pretty confident in their abilities. 
Seriously, we can't underestimate their destructive capabilities now.

Yahiko: But you gotta admit


Pg 4.

Yahiko: (looks at Banjin) They sure look stupid.

Kaoru: They must be... that technique just now was totally pointless...

Banjin: (pissed) What did you say!!

Megumi: (looks at Sano) ... the same goes with this guy, right? [I see]

Sano: (pissed) WHAT!!

Hyoko: Oh my... I see brave little women and child on this battleground.
(aims his dart gun) Which one shall I go for?

Kenshin: (jumps overhead) Don't get your enemies mixed up!!


Pg 5.

(He lands in front of Hyoko)

Yahiko: Kenshin!

Kenshin: You'll fight me.

Hyoko/Banjin: (thinks)  Battosai!


Pg 6.

Sano: Kenshin, what about that Kujiraguchi-

Kenshin: It's alright. The armpitts are one of the vital spots on a human
body. The attack he took thrusted his ribs right up into his lungs. Though
he's still conscience, his breathing is inadequate and he isn't barely able 
to move a finger...

Kujiranami: (thinks in rage)  BATTOSAIII!!


Pg 7.

Banjin: (to Hyoko) You're taking on Battosai? Just great!! Hahha-!!
(to Sano) I'll kill you!! Not one disgrace will be done to me again 
like before.

Sano: In your dreams... !


Pg 8.

(Sano picks up his half broken zanbato)

Banjin: So you carry a weapon today. Hah! I don't care. 
No matter what you do, I'll show you the wrath of my armor again!

Sano: (remembers) I had trouble getting my hits past his armor... !
But therefore on the other hand, I suppose that he himself hasn't trained to 
hit hard. First, I'll shatter that armor then move in for the attack!!
Now that I can't use my futae no kiwami, I'll rely on you once more, zanbato!


Pg 9.

(They charge at each other. Sano hits Banjin's armor with his zanbato)

     Sanosuke!


Pg 10.

(the two weapons crush into each other. the whole blade of the zanbato
crumbles away)

Sano: (thinks) ... thank you zanbato
and this time farewell my friend...

Banjin: Hah!

Sano: (in disbelief) WHAT!?

(Without a scratch, Banjin's armor remains unshattered)


Pg 11.

Banjin: (beats on Sano) It's not "what"! Hahha-!!
I told you I'd do it again!
(thinks) My invincible armor is renewed!! 
Look at it! Now it has refined shape and performance!!
(calls up to Enishi) Thanks for letting me use this!

Enishi: (smiles) It's my pleasure. Have fun...


Pg 12.

Banjin: (to Sano) Hahha, how do you feel now!  Hopeless?  Regretful!?

Sano: ... disgusted. I'm being cheated on by an idiot.

(Banjin looks in dissappointment. Furious, Sano charges at him.)

Sano: YOU WANTED TO SEE MY PAL ZANBATO DIE IN VAIN DIDN'T YOU!!

Banjin: (whacks Sano) Shut the hell up!!


Pg 13.

Kaoru: Oh no! If this continues, Sanosuke's gonna!!

Yahiko: (thinks) Kenshin!!

Hyoko: (to Kenshin) What's the matter? Aren't you going to move? 
You want to watch your friend be killed right in front of you?

Kenshin: If I move, you're going to attack the three people in the dojo.

Hyoko: Why? What makes you think that?


Pg 14.

Kenshin: You're just that kind of man who would do such.

Hyoko: (grins) I get what you're saying. So you're just going to let your 
friend die right in front of you?


Pg 15.

(Sano continues to get beat up seriously)

Kenshin: ... if he died here then Sanosuke Sagara would be forever regarded
as to have been a real man from the beginning to the bitter end.

(his words capture Yahiko's attention)


Pg 16.

Hyoko: (in wild laughter) Hah! Don't you have any good words to say Battosai!
I'm so happy! You finally look like you're confessing!
I see! You're going to leave him without help! You're going to let him die
right in front of your face!!

Yahiko: (thinks) No! It's the other way around!!
If we or any one else were fighting, Kenshin would never say those words. 
Those words only apply to Sanosuke!


Pg 17.

Yahiko: (thinks) Not once did Kenshin protect him.
He's the only man who fights alongside with Kenshin!!

Sano: UOOO!!!

Yahiko: (clenches his bokken) ... now's still not the time. But one day-


Pg 18.

Yahiko: One day for sure, I'll be at Kenshin's side too-!!

Gein: ... ain't it aweful? The undisguisedly stupid Banjin's immersed in
"combat" and Hyoko cunningly "awaits" for his enemy to move.
Since those two are too extremely opposite from each other, the situation
isn't getting anywhere. If this goes on any longer, it won't be recognized
as "jinchu"


Pg 19.

(Gein hops down from the air balloon onto the giant box attached beneath it)

Gein: There's no other choice. I'm going out.
My third Iwanbo in fierce battle mode!

Narrator: Gein... what does that thing really look like!?


-End of Ruroni Kenshin Chapter #186-


translation: Jenny H