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There's a reason why it's called "Guess the Banzuke," not "Construct the Banzuke."

Takakeisho now ties for 6th, as of next basho, having returned from S1W.

Wow, what a weak and tentative tachiai in that Enho-Kotoeko match. It was as if they were both surprised that it wasn't a matta.

When he puts his mind to it, Goeido can look strong enough to make you wonder why he doesn't always put his mind to it.

But hey, he's recovered enough to defeat a powerhouse like Hattorizakura.

Hakuho bows graciously. The YDC praises Hakuho for upholding sumo tradition.

Hattorizakura wins the Jonokuchi yusho. Takayasu wins the Makuuchi yusho, with a record of 14-0-1. Both Hakuho and Kakuryu stay in for all 15 days.

Hattorizakura.

Someone who hasn't lost has to offer the incoming rikishi the chikara-mizu.

You don't have to be ill to have poor communications skills. Work in the tech industry for a few months if you don't believe me.

The biggest name in sumo.

Honestly, they're my very favourite thing.

Asanoyama is now the only rikishi (so far) to win the "We're Totally Shoving This In The Back Of A Closet And Forgetting About It After Next Year" Trophy.

The obvious fix: schedule Tochinoshin to face the Juryo visitor on Senshuraku. Heck, book him to face Hattorizakura.

The most dangerous opponent in sumo is the guy who has a 7 in his record, and Asanoyama, Kakuryu, and Tochinoshin all face such opponents tomorrow. Of course, for Tochinoshin, 9 is the new 7....

Pair it with 'T', and maybe.

He also doesn't look like he's hurting quite as much this time. More drama than he should have needed today, though.

Tomorrow looks fantastic -- five real quality matchups at the end, among all the other action.

Hattorizakura gets his first yusho.

The fact that GTB exists makes this an interesting case for trying reinforcement learning. Is there an easy way to get a full dump of sumodb, or is one limited to just doing queries against it?

That's not true at all. Many baseball pitchers develop additional out pitches in midcareer, and it's very common for NFL players to move to a different position between university and the pros. MMA fighters who don't have a ground game develop one, and so forth. It's far, far more than "some exceptions."

I thought Tochinoshin was the shortest ever Ozeki. (Sorry, too soon?)

I suppose if I were a Yokozuna, I'd rather have the YDC grumbling about something irrelevant than grumbling about my sumo. Especially if I had just put down a performance with relatively little for them to grumble about. Did they grumble about Kakuryu at all, or was Hakuho their only topic? (Also, why do I get the feeling that they would have grumbled about "lack of leadership" if he hadn't attempted to do something to mark the end of the era?)

The Google Translate version of the Yomiuri article is a work of art. If the age is no good, it will be good if it is hand-clamped! Three pegs in white birch, side trial "I feel uncomfortable" and complain On the 25th, the Yokozuna deliberation committee after the Grand Sumo Spring area was held at the Gokugikan of the two countries, and the Yokozaku Shirakiseki confessed to the audience from the committee that they urged the audience to tighten the triple in the winning interview received in Chichu It was one after another. 　Hironori Yano, the chairman of the press conference, said, "There were a lot of committee members who felt discomfort. I told them to everyone (in the Sumo Association) that they were a little strange." At the end of the award ceremony, the Sumo Association performs a "God-raising ceremony" to return the god who got down to the earth to the heavens, and performs a triple closure. The members of the committee said, "What is the purpose of closing the award ceremony in the middle of the ceremony?" 　Hakuto Seki sway urges spectators to sing in the interview at the Kyushu location in 2017, and has received great attention from the association as "involved in the dignity of Yokozuna". Shibatayama public relations manager (former Yokozuna Ono country) said, "If the age is no good, it will be good if it is hand-clamped." It is said to consider correspondence.

Shodai? *ducking and running*