Seiyashi

Could someone explain when the scalper problem surfaced? I'm assuming the scalper problem came up during COVID? Back when there were same day tickets they would have acted as a damper, no?

Is Ōnosato going to be the first person to make Y without a MK?

Tokushōryū was 2019 no?

Sanshō committee can't help but rub in the choking, eh. That's a rare condition.

Fuck's sake.

The wheels are really coming off this basho, aren't they.

Same way how Ura's fluffing down of Shōdai last time was a hatakikomi too.

The course (or the par) might have changed slightly, though...

My bad.... Head post edited.

The joke was not to jinx him again, but never mind....

No, the club that says the first rule is that you never talk about the Takayasu yushō. The second rule is that you never talk about the Takayasu yushō.

A meeting of the Takayasu yushō club should be called soon, I think. Ōnosato is going to be one of those winningnest rikishi people love to hate, because his brand of sumo is so oppressively dominant in combination with his physique. On the other hand, Hōshōryū did a great job taking on Takanoshō at his own game today and winning. A much more technically rounded performance.

Hear, hear!

Most authoritative yokozuna sumo from Hōshōryū so far.

Just as a reminder, Takayasu has made it to 10-0 before.... Separately, I hope Ōnosato has learnt an abject lesson not to pull. He had most of the bout in the bag until he didn't.

Takayasu - Ura from this basho is a modern classic. Loads of tsuppari and a great slow motion finish.

Apropos of that bout, Ōhō lost more than Chiyoshōma won. The latter was just smart enough to know when to step aside.

One of them will need a name change anyway. I believe NSK requires shikona to be unique.

I see the new keshō mawashi set is ready as well.

It's unprecedented so we can't extrapolate, but it's very likely the existing yokozuna will be quietly told to hang on till replacements show up.

On the one hand, this isn't the worst offence to be caught for, on the other, clearly he ain't never been one for rules, eh...

Murray, John and Hiro are spoofing the Unryū dohyōiri, with a Coke bottle in place of a tachi.

This is getting really difficult.

Right now, NHK and Abema are being so aggressive with takedowns that anything is better than nothing. The only hope is that the powers that be are amenable to feedback.

If that's really it, so basically the NSK thinks having sake bottles shoved up a rear end is kosher. All right then.