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Post by dakohosu on Aug 11, 2024 8:57:20 GMT -5
And now I wonder the story behind Kanno being number 1 in SASUKE 27. Yeah, 27 had a psuedo-lottery where anyone who didn't make Stage 3 in 26 got randomly dispersed from #1-95, then 96-100 were the three best performers from 26 and the two competing champions. Hashimoto failed late into Stage 2 and got #20 for reference. Even Brent who came in fourth place got #79 for some reason. Why they picked Kanno specifically as #1 as opposed to someone else, I don't know. My hunch was that he was a prominent competitor but was also pretty inconsistent at the time (his track record was 1st-3rd-Final-1st-2nd-1st up until that point) so they would start each stage with a "will he, won't he" competitor for some suspense, rather than putting someone at #1 who was almost guaranteed to make it to Stage 3. I personally liked this split of the numbers in concept rather than backloading all the serious competitors to the 80s-90s, I say in concept because they clearly just didn't know how to edit the tournament with so many intermittent clears and fails to similarly to 26 they just showed streaks of clears and fails completely out of order. |
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Post by dakohosu on Aug 11, 2024 9:02:32 GMT -5
On the topic of #1s... Akiyama in 20. Like, why? Few reasons I can think of: - To start the 20th anniversary tournament with a bang, especially after 19 where the lack of anyone significant until the 70s could've potentially been seen as a bit of a drag. - Realistically he had no shot of clearing so putting him early on made more sense as it wouldn't have compromised the pacing of what they wanted to convey as a brutally hard Stage 1. - Because of Akiyama's eye condition he had been given lower numbers for quite a while to avoid running in the dark, ever since his fail in 13 I believe. - As vaderlim mentioned, probably done on purpose to bookend the entire stage with both champions. |
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Post by azn on Aug 12, 2024 17:15:30 GMT -5
So I understand the premise behind why they would place this person so high, I mean he was a returning all star with an incredible track record, but Bunpei being 2997/97 in SK30 for me at least might've been a bit too high?
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Post by subtleagent on Aug 13, 2024 0:16:56 GMT -5
It was his final tournament, it kinda makes sense given he was after all an All-Star.
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Post by dakohosu on Aug 13, 2024 12:53:38 GMT -5
So I understand the premise behind why they would place this person so high, I mean he was a returning all star with an incredible track record, but Bunpei being 2997/97 in SK30 for me at least might've been a bit too high? Speaking of Sasuke 30….. Yusuke at #3000 as well. Especially considering the connotations of wearing #3000 as opposed to just #100, I think it was a stretch after what was just an admittedly very strong breakout run, and representing the ASEAN Open Cup, but that’s still a number reserved for champions and real faces of the show like Yamada in the early days. My only hunch is that Nagano might not have wanted the number as his interest was declining, he possibly only wore #100 in 28 and 32 as those were supposed to be his retirement tournaments. Yuuji didn’t want the number due to pressure. Which is also possibly why they gave Ryo #100 in 31, but at least in his case he had 2 near-Kanzens in the last four tournaments. Otherwise I would’ve just given the number to Nagano out of respect for his impact on the show and legacy. |
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Post by subtleagent on Aug 20, 2024 10:10:47 GMT -5
With Nagano losing interest and Yuuji's aversion to the number I think they were just going by whoever did the best at that point. Yusuke in 29 and Ryo in 30 respectively doing the best they got the number. Then Yusuke won while Ryo fell off so there you go.
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