Bugman Re-Hatched

I thought it was very good Yamanashi, it made me chuckle:)

Little bird singing, Above the city's sirens, I can still hear you.

I would say that was pretty weird, but then I have no idea how many people go missing in western countries. From personal experience I only know of one person that disappeared for some years as a young man, and we randomly bumped into each other a decade later in a pub. He told me he didn't want to be around his family anymore, and that was that. One of the people in the video you linked gave the excuse that a company he took over went bust, but I don't know, can shame alone cause him to abandon those close to him? I'd bet there was more to the situation than that.

Happy birthday! Sorry I'm late :)

A very happy birthday to you!

My first basho watching Hoshoryu has left me feeling a little confused about him. Sometimes he looks solid and powerful, and other times he reminds me of a shaky Takamisakari, I like him though so I hope his next tournament goes better for him.

Happy Birthday!

Does a kachi-koshi guarantee a wrestler will at least retain his ranking, or is it possible to get your eight wins and still drop downwards at the next basho?

As I watched this basho, I began (unfairly i guess), by comparing contemporary rikishi, to my memories of Harumafuji, Hakuho, Kakuryu, Kotoshogiku, Goeido, even Kisenosato, tbh in an unfavourable light. My early conclusion was that on average the wrestlers weren't as impressive as 10 years ago, but i also found that these wrestlers are actually very interesting and I began to change opinion when i started reading a little into their backgrounds, like Hoshoryu being related to Asashoryu, and Oho being related to the legendary Taiho, and so on. There seems to be many good wrestlers that can match each other, and there's no Hakuho to ruin everyone's day, as a result the outcome is more exciting. Even Onosato who has had a dominant basho was spectacularly defeated today. It's not over yet but I can safely say I've had a lot of fun, I just had to adjust the way I was viewing Sumo.

That was a bit uncharitable of Kinbozan wasn't it? Henka and an earslap, blimey.

I ran out of likes, but this will get one tomorrow, that was a good one

For the life of me I cannot understand how time can be slowed down by gravity, yet apparently that's what happens the closer you get to a black hole. They are such mind-bogglingly mysterious things, terrifying too, but then I find space itself as frightening as it is beautiful. William shatner said when he went up into orbit, that instead of seeing the stars he was expecting, he saw the sinister void above him, lifeless, freezing, and it made him appreciate our wonderful home Earth more than ever.

Thank you Morty that's very kind, it's wonderful to feel the basho excitement once again :)

Happy Birthday! :)

This is the first basho I've kept daily tabs on in a while so of course, I'm being hasty if I say I haven't found Hoshoryu to be impressive, but so far he seems kind of mediocre.