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Post by dakohosu on Nov 28, 2021 12:22:06 GMT -5
I do think it would be cool to see Yamada run in line with his Black Tigers, just because I feel like it brings about a greater sense of camaraderie with the proteges' performances being followed by that of their teacher.
While I understand Yamada getting a high number, it just seems a bit disjointed having him run in a completely separate hour of the broadcast compared to his proteges, as well as the fact that in Sasuke 38 it did represent a bit of an immersion breaker having Yamada, who's obviously going to fail Stage 1, run bang in the middle of some of the most nail-biting runs. Hence I put Yoshiyuki and Yamada together in my line-up just because I feel that's a good trade-off. That said, the new guy is also competing for the first time and he doesn't deserve such a high number as he's a rookie so idk really.
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Post by subtleagent on Nov 28, 2021 14:44:32 GMT -5
I think the main reason is that they can't think of many others to put in the 90s. Tada doesn't like high numbers hence why he's only #91, Black Tigers and Hioki they love to run early, Sato's absent this time, Keitaro and Araki still have meh results, and so on. Hence they stick to the old stars since they know they're rating draws. And Kawaguchi is the only one willing to wear higher numbers (though honestly I think he chokes with them his fair share of times too). Adding to that Ryo, Nagasaki, and Kanno have all declined exponentially and while Kawaguchi arguably has too his came later than their's and the only real breakout we've had since then is Morimoto.
But mind you they've jumbled the numbers in the past. 13, 17, and 22 had bizarre lineups that consisted of randos who were cut. Like in 13 Koji Yamada got #88 despite making it further than Maasaki Kobayashi who got #97. Mika Izumi got #96 which I feel was a tad too high, but then again she did beat the wall in the trials (which even getting there was unheard of for women at the time) so I suppose that gave a lot of expectations (which I think also caused her to choke on the Prism See-Saw). In 17, Nakata gets #96 despite not reaching Stage 3 since '03, Bunpei only gets #81 despite doing the best the tournament prior, and Yamada gets #100 cause he threatens to retire again. And then 22 had Shingo down to #31 (even lower than the trio of death), Kawashima and Iketani get #93 and #97 despite failing Stage 1 in Shin-SASUKE, and Takeda gets #92 despite being the first Shin-Cliffhanger clear while Terek and Miyazaki get #98 and #99. It was all over the place. Honestly 39's line-up is pretty standard fare considering they usually do this when they have no idea who to put where. Many big stars have either declined or retired and some are absent.
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Post by dakohosu on Nov 28, 2021 15:00:48 GMT -5
I think the issue (and hence why ive always felt that numbers are important) is that when the lineup is a bit odd then we end up with awful, disjointed editing and underwhelming results where the climax of Stage 1 is supposed to be.
27 dispersed loads of strong competitors over the entirety of the field and ended up having to cut and paste together clears and fails completely out of order. 22 did the same and instead decided to litter the last 10 competitors with loads of pro athletes who never trained for Sasuke so I’m not really surprised no one in the last ten cleared. Even 17 cut half of the last ten competitors and digested the rest.
Imo the best tournaments are where you look forward to the last 10-20 competitors running as they should be the most nail-biting runs. I obvs get having a few strong competitors running early as otherwise the first 2 hours of the show would just be monotonous early fails, but still.....
But yeah I was pretty shocked at the running order but now coming to think of it there’s no one who really deserves such high numbers. Nagano, Sato and Takeda probs would’ve taken the top spots if they were competing but they’re not alas..... to be honest I am looking forward to 93 and 94 running as the former is a speed climber and the latter almost made Stage 3 in Sasuke 34. 95 i couldn’t really care less about but we’ll see.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Nov 29, 2021 4:05:03 GMT -5
I would jokingly put Tomo at #1 but still, 98 is WAY too high for him. I'd say at least mid 80's make more sense. The rest can bounce up 1. I'm actually VERY happy Shingo is back in the 90's. It's where he truly feels at his best to me.
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Post by yomerengues on Dec 28, 2021 3:56:16 GMT -5
My idea:
#91: Iwamoto Hikaru (28)
#92: Darvish Kenji (40)
#93: Yamamoto Keitaro (28)
#94: Araki Naoyuki (28)
#95: Takeru (30)
#96: Tada Tatsuya (29)
#97: Kawaguchi Tomohiro (40)
#98: Yamada Katsumi (56)
#99: Ururshijara Yuuji (43)
#100: Morimoto Yusuke (29)
I didn't expect Shingo to high so If I put him is with #88 and Black Tiger Yoshiuki most of you want to be in 90's but Kutoroa will not be to high positions than 70's if he was independent or in Sasuke-kun sedain he would get a 80's or a 90's easily, I think is better that option in my opinion, I was expecting to comepte Nagano and Sato but this time they skipped so here is my list
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