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May 2025 Sumo Contest - Natsu Basho

Boooooo....what are we paying taxes for if not to make your internet day go smoother?
I feel like that's a plot line from a movie where our military bases didn't know an attack was coming because a 27 year-old hacker who had be wronged by the government refusing to pay for his aunt's life saving surgery, was hired by a generic middle easten country to break into what he was told was Russian defense systems later to find out it was really the US and quickly, admist empty cans of "Diet Kola" (this is low budget we can't get sponorships) turns his hacking abilities against said generic middle eastern county and a bunch of missles blow up over the ocean and pilots with blackout facemaks lose control of what is clearly just a cockpit moc-up on a sound stange and die presumed deaths with CGI fireballs overlayed onto stock ocean footage withut nary a splash.
 
I feel like that's a plot line from a movie where our military bases didn't know an attack was coming because a 27 year-old hacker who had be wronged by the government refusing to pay for his aunt's life saving surgery, was hired by a generic middle easten country to break into what he was told was Russian defense systems later to find out it was really the US and quickly, admist empty cans of "Diet Kola" (this is low budget we can't get sponorships) turns his hacking abilities against said generic middle eastern county and a bunch of missles blow up over the ocean and pilots with blackout facemaks lose control of what is clearly just a cockpit moc-up on a sound stange and die presumed deaths with CGI fireballs overlayed onto stock ocean footage withut nary a splash.
Potential movie title:

Anony-miss.
 
Seeing the battle hamster so tiny is wild! Good for him for loosing all that weight! Imagine what he'll look like in another year!
 
Tomorrow the tournament may be decided, what a decisive victory it will have been!
 
I'm really enjoying Kayo, now that his sumo has woken up! It's clear that Onosato is charging toward that victory, but will he become Yokozuna? I think its possible, but if he gets the zenshō-yūshō it'll be a near certainty. Very exciting!
 
He’s positioned for a zensho-yusho, but he will surely make Yokozuna with a 14-1, possibly even 13-2. So long as he gets the trophy, he will have the required two in a row.
 
Got caught up today. Man there have been a couple of great days with lots of close matches, Day 8 in particular was a banger.
Go Onosato!

In the meanwhile looks like I’m getting demoted to Juryo in the contest.
 
Where are you seeing the matches? I'm still doing most of this without seeing a single grain of salt.
I don’t watch every day. But if I do it’s usually on NHK’s official website. Their matches are a day behind, but it has English commentary.
 
What a great Basho! Hoshoryu has definitely grown on me. Wasn't a big fan of him at Ozeki but I think he portrays a decent Yokozuna. Going to be a great time going forward with two Yokozunas though! I really feel like for the first time since I've started watching sumo we finally have a group of great wrestlers. Kirishima looked great, Wakatakakage seems like he'll be Ozeki again by end of year, and some of the younger wrestlers really seem intriguing.
 
What a great Basho! Hoshoryu has definitely grown on me. Wasn't a big fan of him at Ozeki but I think he portrays a decent Yokozuna. Going to be a great time going forward with two Yokozunas though! I really feel like for the first time since I've started watching sumo we finally have a group of great wrestlers. Kirishima looked great, Wakatakakage seems like he'll be Ozeki again by end of year, and some of the younger wrestlers really seem intriguing.
Exactly! Awesome stuff here except Wakatakakage was never an Ozeki 😜
 
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