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Lock
Aug 8, 2007

hardcore sound gets you hypah

Anime Reference posted:

It was pretty funny to see Goueido lift Baruto off his feet. For a second I thought Baruto was about to get Baruto-ed.

And today he beats Hakuho for the first time ever. Finally got a chance to see the seat cushions fly.

By the way, a bit late, but thank you for this thread. I'd catch it on TV on occasion and it was fascinating, but I didn't know much at all of what was happening until this.

e: shits, didn't even think about spoilers. Sorry about that!

Lock fucked around with this message at 12:55 on May 13, 2012

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Lock
Aug 8, 2007

hardcore sound gets you hypah

seorin posted:

I read somewhere that it's not unheard of for a yokozuna to withdraw from a tournament, especially in case of injury. I'm not sure this is an injury, though. The youtube folks think so, but they interviewed an expert on the news over here (yes, this is that unusual) and his opinion was that Hakuho just wants the win too much, and his impatience is costing him.

It looks like all match-ups after a withdrawal are an automatic loss, which is why Apraxin was mentioning earlier that Myogiryu dropped several ranks after his injury. It sounds like he lost rank even for tournaments he never took part in. Since anybody besides a yokozuna can be demoted, that would be the main worry for most rikishi. In Hakuho's case, though, it would just be pride, and unfortunately, he is a very proud person.

The NHK English broadcasters were saying something about a sprained finger, for what it's worth. No idea how accurate that is.

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