Suwihuto

In please. Hopefully back from injury stronger.

In please.

Any chance of a mono-ii on my score? 0-15 for finishing 56th out of 74 seems unduly harsh!

I realised that I had no real idea on how kettei-sen competitions actually work, and pulled out the following for a group of 7 (https://sumowrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Playoff): For 7: "Wrestlers will draw out of a lottery that says "East 1", "East 2", "East 3", "West 1", "West 2", "West 3" and "O". "O" is an automatic reserve for the next round. The first round matches will be: "East 1" vs "West 1", "East 2" vs "West 2", and "East 3" vs "West 3". After the first round, four wrestlers will remain, and the method used for four wrestlers will be implemented." For 4: "Wrestlers will draw out of a lottery that says "East 1", "East 2", "West 1" and "West 2". This is an elimination style tournament where the "East 1" goes against "West 1" and "East 2" goes against "West 2" in the first round. The winner of the first round matches will advance to the finals where they will face off against each other for the championship."

M9-M11 killed me. Some good areas too, 52 I think, pretty good for me.

Not entirely the same as me from what you've said here (I have Gonoyama at M5e for example), but we must be pretty close in general - I've got the same outcome for Endo. This is likely to be a bad sign for your guess, judging by my usual GTB results.

In please!

In please!

We were gifted with more oshi-washis this time, I always fear that the next one will be the last.

Feels like a proper tournament for the first time in a while. Maybe it's just the flying zabuton making me happy.

Horribly late as I am for this basho, I humbly request kosho status from all games where this may be relevant.

When did anyone last throw a zabuton? This is something I'm looking forward to when there are actually some high value kinboshi available.

I've been missing such pre-bout shenanigans in these after-times. Within a year, we're going to have a new complement of young angry rikishi at the top of the banzuke, and I want to see some proper rivalry!

In please.

I've not watched for long enough to remember, but are there phases of a lot of henkas before they go out of fashion again for a while? Maybe these soft tachiais might be explained by that too - everyone's expecting a henka, so nobody moves forward any more.