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The English commentators incorrectly said a monoii was happening, but it was actually just the shimpan changing for the second half.

Azumaryu yusho, capped with him peeling off his knee brace while laughing maniacally "It was a bluff, you fools! A five year bluff!"

So, Chiyonokuni's back for the first time since Hatsu. Well get the first look at him on Day 1.

Would Sokokurai's messy dismissal, court case, and reinstatement still pose a problem with the Sumo association? At least, if he ever plans to move upwards.

I guess it's new shikona time, again. Seriously though, I hope he's gone now.

This lesser-seen stuff is great. Makes me really wish I could go to a jungyo event.

It took me a second to realise he's holding a ball and not his stomach.

Good to know he's got basketball to fall back on if this sumo thing doesn't pan out.

Takayasu's chance hasn't yet passed. He was on the yusho path in Nagoya before that kotenage, I could feel it in my bones. Asasnoyama and Tomokaze seem like good well-rounded candidates, but I always hesitate to hype university rikishi that highly.

Well nudity is part of ancient Olympic history, is it not?

He looks like a Dad on vacation.

I don't mind Konosuke's or any gyoji's "te wo tsuite". The "Oi hakkeyoi! Oi!" when rikishi are locked up bugs me sometimes though. That's when they're trying to listen to each other's breathing to pick their moment, meanwhile some guy's yelling at them. I guess that's something you feel as much as you hear though.

"Thank God we got the camera out for that one!"

His awkward sumo lately looks like he's in the process of making changes to his style, but it's not quite clicking yet. It'll be easier to judge his prospects later this year. Hopefully what he and Araiso are working on will pay some dividends by that point.

Sounds like he's determined not to be a repeat of Terunofuji, at least.

Touma sure stands out

Holy hell those cakes. How do you cut that? I'd be scared to even breath on it.

This was my understanding of torinaoshi as well - it's for when two rikishi go "out" at the same time, not for when the technology is inconclusive*. Therefore in this case, they must decide in or out based on the evidence. I don't know if I picked that up from somewhere, or it's just my assumption though. *If indeed you call that inconclusive.

Kotoyuki's day 15 opponent lands a strike into the POTUS box, and is declared the new president in accordance with natural law.

Mitakeumi missing Beatlemania by a few decades.