Yuuji Urushihara Sasuke 24 and 27

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What did you think of Yuuji achieving Total Victory in Sasuke 24 and then again in Sasuke 27?

[azn]

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Knowing that he got matched by Yusuke, I think the prestige of him being a double champ has been slightly reduced, though the fact he did it first would in my eyes slightly maintain that prestige. I think his total victories were definitely impressive, but the fact Yusuke did the same thing on a harder course bumps down Yuuji's two kanzens, but then again you can say the same thing about the previous total victories, with each new kanzen means a more difficult course, but a more amazing kanzen.

[Ninja Relaxer]

I thought it was incredible. I don't agree with those who say that 27 was an "easy" win. Yuuji is an amazing competitor, and one of the greatest of all time. Just from watching him in the early stages, you knew he had what it took, like Nagano in 10-16. Yuuji looked like a winner, and he proved it in 24.

[Ninja Relaxer]

Dec 29, 2020 18:44:39 GMT -5 azn said:

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Wow, thanks for the massive spoiler.

[azn]

oh... my bad, sry

[subtleagent]

One could argue Yuuji did it on a slightly easier course, but honestly 24 and 27's courses were by no means easy. They just happened to match his type of training and he was good at it.

[LusitaniaAngel313]

Yuuji didn't take long to win 2 tourneys that's for sure. I still like him for sure.

[mrbucket]

Dec 29, 2020 18:44:39 GMT -5 azn said:

Knowing that he got matched by Yusuke, I think the prestige of him being a double champ has been slightly reduced, though the fact he did it first would in my eyes slightly maintain that prestige. I think his total victories were definitely impressive, but the fact Yusuke did the same thing on a harder course bumps down Yuuji's two kanzens, but then again you can say the same thing about the previous total victories, with each new kanzen means a more difficult course, but a more amazing kanzen.

Sure but after Yuuji's 2nd Kanzen, stages didn't go through as much changes as often because budget issues so there's an advantage in being able to retry the same obstacles over and over, not to mention also practicing them at home on replicas.

[tns8597]

Not taking anything away from Yuuji, but:
- in the case of 24, a Kanzen was basically guaranteed at that point. They didn’t make any drastic changes to the course for 3 tournaments despite there being a couple of near misses on the Final Stage, so they clearly wanted the Kanzen. This was evident by the 5 Third Stage clears.
- 27’s Stage 3 was nerfed, but honestly I genuinely think Yuuji could’ve cleared the Sasuke 25 or 26 Stage 3 with some training, though obvs with the Flying Bar being the final obstacle it’s anyone’s game. The Final Stage is what stood out to me; it was almost as though they’d designed the first three stages then just given up so were like ‘we want a Kanzen, so let’s just make a slightly bigger version of the first Final Stage’. There was a real opportunity to create a new, unforeseen threat but they were just lazy.

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I think Yusuke’s victories were more impressive because both times (and on a further 2 failed attempts), he was the only person to even make the Final, meaning that everyone else had hit a maximum of 2 buzzers while Yusuke hit 4. This also goes to show how far ahead of the field Morimoto is; comparatively, Yuuji was one of five attempts in his first Kanzen and there were a couple of other close calls that tournament, while in 27 Matachi also came close to clearing. Also, Yuuji was arguably far more inconsistent than Morimoto even in his prime, save for Morimoto’s slip up in 37. Not to say he got lucky, but his victories were surrounded by a plethora of silly Stage 1 and 2 slip-ups, while Morimoto’s made the Final Stage in three out of the last four tournaments.