Most Surprising Results (SPOILERS)
Mar 29, 2018 18:59:49 GMT -5
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Post by yamfriend on Mar 29, 2018 18:59:49 GMT -5
In your opinion, what was/were the most surprising result(s) in SASUKE 35?
For me, it was probably a tie between Kenji Darvish and Keitaro Yamamoto (the latter probably seems like a weird choice, but keep reading to see my rationale). For Kenji Darvish, the surprise stems from the fact that just a few years ago he just seemed like another joke/celeb participating on the show (i.e. back in 28). Now, he's real contender to make it all the way to the Third Stage IMO, which was all the more clear after he beat out everyone else in 35 (aside from the 5 guys who cleared Stage 2) by timing out on Wall Lifting. IMO the biggest surprise from him this time around was how he's improved his training and devotion so much to SASUKE to the extent that he can clear a First Stage which is capable of taking out a lot of big names. Sure, he only cleared with about a second left, but I bet a lot of us were expecting a Dragon Glider fail or a time out at best after seeing all but 3 people before him fail the stage. His speed in the First Stage is overall pretty good, considering the strict time limit of 85 seconds. If he can go a little faster in the Second Stage next time he makes it here, he seems to have a decent shot at attempting Stage 3.
As for Keitaro Yamamoto, it wasn't necessarily the Spider Drop failure which shocked me, but rather how he was presented up to that point during the broadcast in addition to what we already knew about him. He hasn't been shown in a non-digested run since his debut in SASUKE 20, so seeing hid run aired in full with a fluff piece seemed indicative of a good run. However, he's also known to have incredible grip strength (he is UNCLI #5 and was shown bouldering in his Stage 2 profile), and all of this in combination with me remembering the brief clip of someone in the Navi wearing a similar outfit on the Stage 3 finish platform gave me the false assumption that he was the one who was the finalist this tournament (which at the same time made me fear Morimoto would fail earlier than expected based upon the last piece of information). Hopefully if Keitaro is back for 36, he can finally clear Stage 2 and make it deep into Stage 3/4.
For me, it was probably a tie between Kenji Darvish and Keitaro Yamamoto (the latter probably seems like a weird choice, but keep reading to see my rationale). For Kenji Darvish, the surprise stems from the fact that just a few years ago he just seemed like another joke/celeb participating on the show (i.e. back in 28). Now, he's real contender to make it all the way to the Third Stage IMO, which was all the more clear after he beat out everyone else in 35 (aside from the 5 guys who cleared Stage 2) by timing out on Wall Lifting. IMO the biggest surprise from him this time around was how he's improved his training and devotion so much to SASUKE to the extent that he can clear a First Stage which is capable of taking out a lot of big names. Sure, he only cleared with about a second left, but I bet a lot of us were expecting a Dragon Glider fail or a time out at best after seeing all but 3 people before him fail the stage. His speed in the First Stage is overall pretty good, considering the strict time limit of 85 seconds. If he can go a little faster in the Second Stage next time he makes it here, he seems to have a decent shot at attempting Stage 3.
As for Keitaro Yamamoto, it wasn't necessarily the Spider Drop failure which shocked me, but rather how he was presented up to that point during the broadcast in addition to what we already knew about him. He hasn't been shown in a non-digested run since his debut in SASUKE 20, so seeing hid run aired in full with a fluff piece seemed indicative of a good run. However, he's also known to have incredible grip strength (he is UNCLI #5 and was shown bouldering in his Stage 2 profile), and all of this in combination with me remembering the brief clip of someone in the Navi wearing a similar outfit on the Stage 3 finish platform gave me the false assumption that he was the one who was the finalist this tournament (which at the same time made me fear Morimoto would fail earlier than expected based upon the last piece of information). Hopefully if Keitaro is back for 36, he can finally clear Stage 2 and make it deep into Stage 3/4.
