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"oh this guys on a Yokozuna run? I'm going to do what's called a Hakuho move."
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This has been a great couple final matches
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Log082 posted:Holy poo poo. Terunofuji just yeeted kirishima into the back stands. He wants this yusho bad. Now that was some Yokozuna sumo.
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Jan 28, 2024 09:26
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 "This is not a match, this is a formality before my playoff"
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Jan 28, 2024 09:28
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Top notch basho.
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God that drained me, great sumo.
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Well that was awesome. Amazing basho
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What a beautiful final bout. I'm not even that mad that Kotonowaka didn't get it. Gorgeous sumo.
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Let no one say that was not a hard fought finish. Great basho.
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Hell of a drat basho, A+, five stars
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Yokozuna sumo is winning sumo. But at least Koto gets a consolation prize of ozeki promotion, presumably.
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Jan 28, 2024 09:39
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The drama has been top notch this basho.
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anakha posted:Have the old men committed if they don't promote Kotonowaka after that performance. 13 wins got him 33 wins in 3, and he had excellent sumo, and a hard-fought playoff. It would be crazy for him not to be promoted.
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Never doubt Murray
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Kenning posted:13 wins got him 33 wins in 3, and he had excellent sumo, and a hard-fought playoff. It would be crazy for him not to be promoted. i'm happy enough with this, though i would have been over the moon if he had got the yusho too
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That was really close even to the last step if kotonowaka's balance was better, terunofuji would have absolutely stepped out first
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anakha posted:Have the old men committed if they don't promote Kotonowaka after that performance. No Kotozakura we riot. Really tho, guy had a Basho worthy of a promotion, the kaiju got his rope off a JY too.
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Jan 28, 2024 09:43
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Shout out to the rock cosplayer in the background of the interview.
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anakha posted:Have the old men committed if they don't promote Kotonowaka after that performance. Supposedly the NHK broadcast said they were already in a meeting to confirm his promotion. 33 in 3, strong fights, solid playoff sumo. I'd be shocked if they say no. Is it mid-March yet?
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There's no way that Kotonowaka doesn't get it imo. 33 wins over three bashos, ending in a 13-2 playoff loss to a yokozuna? And he'd be a Japanese ozeki without Takakeisho's chronic injury issues? No way they pass that up
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gripebomb posted:Shout out to the rock cosplayer in the background of the interview. No fanny pack = 4/10
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Lmao fuckin met ya boy Hiro Morita on the way out, if they use a goony looking couple in the next few weeks on a promo ya know who it is. Also got a pic with Akiseyama on the way and my gf met her idol, Tochinoshin. If you're thinking about making a live Basho, do it.
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What a loving insane day to see live, congrats my goon.
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:Lmao fuckin met ya boy Hiro Morita on the way out, if they use a goony looking couple in the next few weeks on a promo ya know who it is. Also got a pic with Akiseyama on the way and my gf met her idol, Tochinoshin. If you're thinking about making a live Basho, do it. That rules. So glad you got to see that all live!
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Looking at the final standings: Good Lord, S/K and M1-5 have been an absolute bloodbath. S/K is gonna look like this next basho: S: Daieisho / Wakamotoharu K: Abi / Nishikigi or Asanoyama And both Onosato and Onosho are likely to be in the meatgrinder in March just by virtue of there being only 7 KKs in M1-10.
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Awesome basho, despite all the kyujo chaos, and a rad ending. So proud of my boy Koto Kinda glad Teru won in the end though. I worry about all the pressure a yokozuna must be under 
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What an amazing finish. I'm so glad that I was able to watch a basho again. I could sorta see _____Ura_____ setting something up but I didn't expect it to be that rare. I'm also glad that Wakatakakage seems to be on his way back finally.
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Teru-Kiri: Holy crap, Teru loving ragdolled Kiri. Not even close. Not much else to say other than Teru showing Kiri the difference between the Yokozuna and Ozeki. Koto-Tobi: Tobi gave it his all, but not much of a threat to a motivated Koto. Nice takedown by Kotonowaka. Ura-Ryuden: Perfect match. Ryuden gets hosed in a match that he should have had. Ura pulls off more Ura magical bullshit with the sweet suplex. Looks like Ura's just one and done in sanyaku, but dude can still take anyone except the top class that's good enough to counter his style. Tamawashi-Onosato: Guys making a run before they get a topknot is cool. Kid looks like a real deal. Hope he gets high enough and Teru is healthy to see a no-top knot Kinoshita because that's just funny. Yoko/Ozeki runs (Kiri/Koto lumped together to avoid match spoilers): Teru yeeted Kiri so hard that would have DQed him from the rope even if they were considering giving it to him. Kotonowaka is dead, long live Kotozakura. Even if the 33 didn't clinch it, a strong performance against the Kaiju in the playoff should give some bonus points. And Ozeki promotions are recommended by the judging committee rather than the YDC. Then judging committee is chaired by one Sadogatake, so I'm guessing the kid isn't getting screwed over
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Ura: The last tsutaezori (underarm forward drop) to be used in makuuchi was by Ura himself back in the 2022 aki basho. Before that it hadn't been used in makuuchi in 20 years (by Asashoryu). When I saw him twisting and positioning that left arm I was shouting "Do the backward thing! Do the backward thing!" Goddamn, what an exciting match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cGJyK7BLiU More thoughts later, but this cursed basho had a blessed last day.
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Officialish promotion news https://twitter.com/asahi_osumo/status/1751617103994736856?s=20 In an upset, we may not have seen the last of Kotonowaka.
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Okay so I've updated everything per Kenning's last post ruling on the un-auto-trades on Day 13 which means taking back Asanoyama comes with a trade deduction since it's considered another trade. Still a net positive overall for both goonzeki who took this option. I also added in the revised Juryo tiebreaker bonus but I'm a bit unclear as to whether it actually counts for points. The original post on Juryo made it seem like it was supposed to only be a tie-breaker "bonus" and my read of it was that these points don't count to the overall points but I might be mistaken here given Kenning's musings and rule change. If so, then the table will need to be updated to add 0.5 or 1 point more for some folks. As of now, the table only treats it as the 7th tie-breaker. Because of the various changes and rulings in the last week, it would be very time consuming for me to revise the day-by-day tracker to reflect past days scores accurately so I'll just post the final day results along with the detailed tracker. All scores and results in this post are unofficial. Kenning's post shall be the official final results. Day 15 - Final:   code:Banana Canada fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Jan 28, 2024 |
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i am proud to have somehow managed to possibly barely pull off a KK with my style of sumo. thank you for running and spreadsheeting, Kenning and Banana Canada!
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