Benevolance

Not to derail the argument, but I genuinely did not expect Kusano to beat Aonishiki. Edit: Oh, I guess I should add that clearly Aonishiki has now been solved, and he'll never win a match again. Also, all his goats will get fleas and, uh, the toilet in the heya won't flush properly. Heh. Yeah, that's a good curse.

Don't be modest. We can take full credit for Onosato's turnaround. We're just that good.

Hell, I bought the last kyokai album, and it didn't have anyone except tone-deaf oyakata singing.

Well, I heard that the entire reason hoshoryu was out was because Akua was too happy-go-lucky with his bow twirling.

When a person orders tickets for a box seat online for a sumo tournaments, do all of the guests have to arrive at the same time to the venue? Does it come as one ticket for the box, or do you get 4 admission tickets/vouchers?

I am beginning to suspect that Onosato might be good at sumo.

GEEZ MAN! You cannot say that part out loud. I'm honestly surprised the forum hasn't added that phrase to the banned list. Anyway, I think I'll cheer on Wakatakakage this time around!

Who are folks cheering for this basho?

Can I be Tigerboy's tachimochi? I really like mochi, so I think I would be good at it.

I checked the standings on day 4 and saw Takayasu was doing well but then he promptly lost his match that day so I immediately stopped watching the rest of the tournament and checking the forums because, per the rules of quantum sumo, as long as I am not aware of him, Takayasu can win. I gave him the best odds I could, but I wasn't going to miss senshuraku.

Yeah, but Shodai only shows up for matches against good opponents, so that's actually a point in Hoshoryu's favour. Shodai's long term goal is to become a yokozuna-killer, lollygag in the upper rank and file, and earn sweet, sweet kinboshi.

I think Hoshoryu did well to stay in the yusho competition after his mid tournament blip. But I don't see them giving him a promotion even if he wins the yusho. At best, he extends his yusho run, and they might look favorably upon the results of next tournament.

Kirishima just needs five more wins this tournament to get back to ozeki.

Pffft. Leading on the leaderboard is for losers. Ozeki are too cool for that.

Forget about his being ozeki material, I couldn't even identify Kotozakura as Kotozakura until some time in September. Stupid name changes.