Aki 2023 discussion (results)

[hakutorizakura 590]

Hello again, bridesmaid. 

One saturday we will see him gets the yusho on day 14, but not this basho.

[Fashiritētā 169]

HENKA

[Eskbibs 72]

Takakeisho, not like this...

[Asashosakari 18,813]

11 minutes ago, Bunbukuchagama said:

Atamifuji should do a henka. Imagine the shitstorm!

Right idea, wrong rikishi...

[Benihana 1,901]

Wow, what a cheap shot by Takakeisho. I'm aggravated.

[Fashiritētā 169]

Could have called the hair pull

[Kaninoyama 1,694]

Ooof, an anticlimactic end to what promised to be an exciting finish. 

[hakutorizakura 590]

LMAO henka before you get henka'd.

I can already see the YDC now wants 3 consecutive hamster yusho to get him to Y.

[Bunbukuchagama 690]

Just now, Asashosakari said:

Right idea, wrong rikishi...

This was deflating. I guess 'Keisho has no more Yokozuna aspirations.

 

[Akinomaki 39,856]

3 hours ago, Akinomaki said:

Indeed a response to last basho, as few as possible after a record sansho shower - we only have Takakeisho to win it now for a drought

And we have a sansho minimum indeed.

I expected a henka after the tachi-ai play, but from Atamifuji

[Tigerboy1966 1,379]

Booooooo!  Shame on you Takakeisho!

[ouflak 5]

That felt anticlimactic somehow.

[Bunbukuchagama 690]

Just now, ouflak said:

That felt anticlimactic somehow.

Because it was.

 

[Kaninoyama 1,694]

Don't know if the henka was pre-planned as much as Atamifuji just handed it to him on a silver platter. And Takakeisho merely obliged. 

The gap in experience was too large for Atamifuji to overcome. 

Edited September 24, 2023 by Kaninoyama

[Bunbukuchagama 690]

1 minute ago, Kaninoyama said:

Atamifuji just gave it to him on a silver platter

I don't know what it means.

[Tigerboy1966 1,379]

You could see Takakeisho messing with the kid's mind in the preliminaries. Nothing wrong with that, but I don't want to see an ozeki dodging a M15, regardless of the stakes.

[Thorbjarn 214]

That was a hell of a heel turn. It's also Takakeisho's fourth Yusho, his third as an Ozeki. Perspective matters and injuries sometimes skewer our perception towards him, but that's a damn good Ozeki overall. 

[RaeucherLax 287]

Glad to see that I'm not the only one who does not like Takakeisho one bit  but unlike Atamufuji I did expect him to henka from the moment there was going to be a playoff.

[Eskbibs 72]

6 minutes ago, Kaninoyama said:

The gap in experience was too large for Atamifuji to overcome. 

My Japanese isn't the best but I think they said the same on NHK - Atamifuji is still young, he'll remember this experience.

I'm not a fan of his, but you have to feel for him a little. Is it his fault for not expecting it? Maybe. But that's a lot to expect from someone who's in their first ever yusho contention, much less playoff. Here's to hoping he stays good for a while to come.

Edited September 24, 2023 by Eskbibs
missed word

[Bunbukuchagama 690]

1 minute ago, Tigerboy1966 said:

You could see Takakeisho messing with the kid's mind in the preliminaries. Nothing wrong with that, but I don't want to see an ozeki dodging a M15, regardless of the stakes.

I have a hard time believing Yokozuna council would count a 11-4 playoff henka yusho for the sake of promotion to Yokozuna. 

[Leoben 121]

So if Takakeisho gets a 14-1 or a zensho (lol) in November do they promote him?

[Benihana 1,901]

I was already annoyed by that randomly played "Thank you for coming to sumo today", but playing it during the Kimigayo...

[Akinomaki 39,856]

3 minutes ago, Leoben said:

So if Takakeisho gets a 14-1 or a zensho (lol) in November do they promote him?

I'm sure they would - the (YDC) rule is yusho in a row and you get promoted, but I'm also sure he'll never get 14 wins

Edited September 24, 2023 by Akinomaki

[#1HENKAFAN 40]

This result pleases me greatly 

[TheGunbaiHolder 25]

Why so many henkas on Atamifuji? Is this some kind of "the new guy must not win" mentality? So disappointing ...