Maharetina

I‘ll never forgive them

Well, it was to be expected that Kusano would lose the day after his yusho. Still, a brilliant start into his sekitori career!

15 days in a row is just so effing exhausting, especially when it's your first time. The change from 7 fights in 2 weeks to 15 fights on 15 days is harsh

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Winning again with pulling ...

Now I'm annoyed. I don't want a pulling yokozuna. Onosato needs to get his act together ...

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OMG! Already juryo yusho! On day 12!
Kusano is writing history! Again!

And what a brilliant fight that was!

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Why does Hiradoumi always get away with matta? I don't understand ...

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He mainly just needs to heal. People are so hung up on the January basho - in the basho before, he lost to only one maegashira - Abi - and that was a matta the gyoji failed to call.
He looked great this basho in the first few fights until his arm got too bad.

Everybody's talking about how the last time a yokozuna went kyujo in his shin-yokozuna basho was Futahaguro.

But you know who else did? Chiyonofuji.

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a teddy bear is sitting on the ground with tears running down its face . ALT: a teddy bear is sitting on the ground with tears running down its face .

yeah, poor Takayasu

In Hoshoryu's case: he's had cellulitis in his arm since before the basho that has gotten worse. They found loose cartilage floating in his elbow. After the fight with Takayasu, the elbow was locked, Hoshoryu couldn't bend it at all.
No one can fight in that state ...

They can't just drop out because they're just not feeling like it. This is their job. They need a doctor's note about what prevents them from participating (and estimates about how long recovery time may be).

I wonder how Takayasu's son feels.
On the one hand, his dad one a great, important bout.
On the other hand, his favorite rikishi just lost a great, important bout.

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I agree, his defaulting to pull-sumo is a huge weakness that he needs to overcome.
Not sure if he could have saved this bout, but it sure didn't help ...

OMG that tachi-ai!
And bravo Takayasu, that was excellent!
What a bout!

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Look at Asakoryu trying to nodowa someone who doesn't even have a neck 😂

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Hakuyozan and his effing dame-oshi.
I despise that man ...

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I'm sad for Hoshoryu but happy he has a reasonable shisho who was able to talk some sense into him ...

The yokozuna will heal and come back strong, and I'm looking forward to that!

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sure, you always have to be prepared for Chiyoshoma to henka. I just didn't think he'd do it against the yokozuna. Neither did the yokozuna 😂

Yes! Tenrosei's uncle! I knew you would have heard about him!

The audacity to henka a yokozuna 😂

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WTF Kotozakura, you had several opportunities to win this!

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I read up on him a bit, he's actually from the same stable as Yokozuna Asashoryu!

Anyway: he looks like he's lost quite a bit of weight. I hope he's ok ...

Shishi is turning more and more into a freak. I hope he'll stop his weird pre-tachi-ai behavior, because I can't support whatever that is ...

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Wow, Tohakuryu with the big ego. I'm happy Hokutofuji dealt with it appropriately ...

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The thing about Hiradoumi's speedy tachi-ai is that he is often too speedy, but the matta doesn't get called, and while I love Hiradoumi, that is something that annoys me ...

Excellent pun! Bravo!

Interesting match between the yokozuna and Wakamotoharu. They call it a kubinage. I didn't know "kubi" meant bottocks ...

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It's utterly bizarre to see Hokutofuji fight at this time of the day ...

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OMG look at my baby Mudoho, he can actually make sekitori this basho! That was a good fight against Mita!

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Now there is the yokozuna!

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Many do. Some even change mid-basho if the basho isn't going well.
But then again, we're talking about men who throw salt for good luck. They even have some salt handy in the low divisions, so that the yobidashi can throw salt on the dohyo after a rikishi got injured during a bout.