MrGrumpyGills

Congratz to Takakeisho! What a relief :)

I didn't get to see much of Takanoyama since I only started watching Sumo in 2013 but I was and still am one of Ura's fans. The Ura bandwagon, while it admittedly could be a bit too much, didn't irritate me the way Enho's does. What annoys me the most is the comparison of Enho with Hinomaru (from Hinomaru Sumo, which, let's just say, is not my cup of tea), which I think especially some new fans of Sumo like to do. At least I keep reading about it in comments on Youtube and in livestream chatrooms. On the other hand of course it's great that popular rikishi like Enho are drawing more attention to Sumo. I'm just going to wait for the hype/craze to die down a bit ;)

Wow, how on earth did Asanoyama survive that?? :O

Enho didn't put both hands down either :O (just wanted to mention that for the sake of completeness, not in order to start a flame war or something)

I don't have the required inside knowledge but your reasoning seems plausible to me. At the very least the added weight increases the risk of knee injuries (and of course other long-term ailments). Maybe if/when Hakuho becomes an oyakata and continues to raise slimmer, more muscular and agile rikishi he could gradually affect some change?

That was beautiful. It's great to see that such a wonderful and sincere friendship between men is still possible. Heartfelt congratulations to Tomokaze for his second kinboshi!

Yeah, that would s*ck really bad

I didn't notice that while I watched the livestream and feared Takakeisho's knee was giving him trouble again...

I'm fearing that as well :/

If I remember correctly, he used to say "neither good, nor bad" about his training results when he was in top form... I'm trying to not lose hope, but "extremely good" doesn't sound good at all.

7-8 at most.

Pretty sure I wouldn't. I'd be a guest in a foreign country and to me it'd seem disrespectful if I threw the Zabuton. If that makes any sense :O

The association of "religion" with "enlightenment" caused my "confused" reaction. That's all there is to it :) Yes, peace out.

I'm not a fan of his per se, but Abi is one of the young rikishi I'm following. He's likable, at least to me, and I think there's still potential to grow. While he can be overeager and has some balance issues, he also has a lot of energy and speed, and I usually enjoy watching his frantic bouts. As for the henka he used against Kotoshōgiku, I don't mind it one bit, even though I usually can't stand henka'ing. However, this isn't the first time Kotoshōgiku lost an important match in this way (Haru 2017, vs. Terunofuji comes to mind) and yet he seemingly refuses to address this weakness and keeps rushing in blindly. So it was a perfectly fine way to win in my book. Having said that, at first I was quite disappointed with the way this basho evolved, but that changed in the last few days, which were very entertaining. The yusho race was open until the last day and decided in an absolutely satisfying showdown between Hakuhō and Kakuryū. As for many, THE match of the basho for me was Endō vs. Hokutofuji. I don't even like Endō that much, but his balance and footwork are out of this world.

Something about the little boy Takakeishō is holding reminds me of a Monchhichi XD (sorry for OT)