Benevolance

To be fair, it's his first in 17 years...

A Wily Veteran to the End by Lance Increased scarcity only serves to make the price per hair much higher.

If there is only one Impostor among us, I like our odds. But personally, I think you're all kinda sus.

There is the series that araibira had linked to online briefly (Art of Sumo, I think?) that was just documentaries of various years of sumo. I think it was mostly from the 70s to 90s, but despite never having watched sumo in that era, I got a powerful feeling of nostaglia watching the videos. I think it helped that a lot of the players (Kaio, Kitanoumi, Chiyonofuji, Miyabiyama, Terao, etc) were still visible members of the kyokai. And it was fascinating to see the subtle ways in which the matches changed and evolved over the years. The videos also push something of a narrative, and the faster pace is more engaging for my kids, so the shows get regular viewing between basho. Anyway, suffice to say, I'd love to be able to buy and watch more. Personally, I think the Abema stream is excellent. I think if you subscribe to the premium Abema, you can watch archived Abema footage? But I've never been able to get a subscription as a dirty gaijin. Either that or Goeidou talked to his friends at Abema and I'm specifically blocked.

Probably something along the lines of: if I wanted to watch Mitakeumi's ozeki runs, but only the ones from 2018 to 2026...

Asashosakari said just what I would have said, except I'd have included a not-so-sly dig at Mitakeumi, too.

Oh! This is one of those 'trees falling in forests' questions. Well, if he stops doing his job and nobody notices, he gets fired for incompetence. If he stops doing his job and everyone notices, he gets fired for failure to do his job.

Akiseyama had a wonderful boxing match with Takanoyama in Juryo about 7 years ago. Guy can take a punch. And jujitsu has no effect upon him (results may vary).

It's the centripetal motion. He belly is prehensile and can be rotated at a different angle and velocity from his torso to kill his momentum, like a cheetah.

Maybe he just wants to see if it possible to get demoted lower than Takanohana?

I only have time to armchair quarterback for movers and shakers. And I'm a big fan of Daiesho now that he's a winner. And that dipthong? Wow!

Huh. I could have sworn Mitakeumi needed 10 wins to get back to ozeki and was going to make a joke at his expense, but I see he hasn't even made ozeki still. He's clearly adopted the Goeidou-style sumo very quickly.

Yeah, but the best Daieisho can reasonably expect is to be M1e next tournament. But maybe if he can get a couple of yusho in a row, I think they'll make him komusubi.

Okay, yeah. The lady is great. But I'm with @Jakusotsu here. My crew called that guy Charlie Brown, because, well, he looked like a grown up Charlie Brown at 240p livestream quality. And when my friends came over to watch sumo, we had an informal pool where we'd wear a sweater on senshuraku, and whoever had a sweater closest in colour and pattern to Charlie Brown won the cash.

Morgan Freeman voiceover: In actual fact, it was to be a very easy yusho.

I think it's a little ambitious to assume that the match itself won't take place in slow motion.

His arms are so short, it's difficult to maintain a proper 2m distance while striking. It's a conundrum.

To post in the polls? Or until the basho gets cancelled due to covid?

Stating a goal of 'one or two yusho' seems pretty ambitious for a recovering rikishi. I suppose he's counting on Hakuho sitting out a few tournaments? But he looked solid facing the rank and file in July and September, and he did well enough at M1 last tournament. Here's to hoping he can regain his ozeki status.

Eaten within 4 days? Ugh, I don't know if I...okay, I'll do it.

Cushion? Heavens no. It's a way of life.

I thought Kintamayama was being a smartass by including Asanoyama in this thread, so imagine my chagrin when I checked the DB to verify his rank...

Maybe she made a yusho a condition of their marriage contract?

Are they actually married now? I know they were engaged, but I thought the wedding didn't go ahead as planned? He's certainly married up. I think she's more successful in her career than he is in his and I wouldn't be surprised if someone interviewed him about her, rather than the other way around.

This is good news. And are we taking bets on whether Kakuryu mounts the dohyo one last time? My money is that he retires before January.