Tada’s Stage 1 run

[dakohosu]

Yes I’m a saddo because it was only posted 15 mins ago but here’s Tada’s Stage 1 run in 39 that was digested in the broadcast.



It seems like he was going quite fast up until the Tackle when he really slowed down which was the same with Yuuji. I’m assuming the reduced traction from the rain really affected their ability to dig their feet into the ground to push the weights.

[subtleagent]

They also posted Keitaro's.



His didn't have much to say, though both of them did slip a bit on the Silk Slider. I kind of wonder if they let Shingo pass because of the rain on the mat.

And I agree. Tada, Yuuji, and Morimoto all seemed to have that issue (Morimoto even came to almost a full stop). You could tell it really messed them up. Even getting up the first wall was a problem due to the rain.

[m4tt3r0x]

I'm still surprised Ryo through Tada cleared the wall. Granted it wasn't raining that hard when they tried it, but I've tried wet warped walls before. You might as well be running up ice.

[dakohosu]

Feb 17, 2022 18:04:11 GMT -5 m4tt3r0x said:

I'm still surprised Ryo through Tada cleared the wall. Granted it wasn't raining that hard when they tried it, but I've tried wet warped walls before. You might as well be running up ice.

To be honest I actually felt like they had it worse than Tomo and Yuuji (not Yusuke because it started raining again before his run); like it was full on pissing it down when Ryo and Keitaro started their runs as you could see that their t-shirts were wet even when they were on the start line. 

That was honestly probably the biggest surprise for me, seeing Ryo, who's arguably had more trouble than anyone else on the Tackle+Wall combo, clear the same combo except with two walls and both walls being wet. Mind you, he's developed a good strategy of getting through the first five obstacles as fast as possible to give himself enough time for said combo (though this obviously backfired massively in 37), which he definitely needed as he failed his first attempt.

And yeah Morimoto's run was riddled with mistakes because I felt like he knew he had basically no chance (his look on the start line gave a sort of 'seriously?' vibe cos of the rain).... he was going way more slowly than usual as well and didn't even look that upset when he failed because he'd already accepted defeat several minutes ago. It's unfair as hell but I suppose it's just part of the game in many ways.

[sasukewarrior333]

Glad to see they uploaded this, I had a feeling they would. It's the first clear on Stage One with less than a second left since 31 though we obviously had Stage 2 instances with Tomo in 35 and Isa in 38. (and kinda Mori in 36 but I wouldn't count it due to the DQ.) Actually got a post planned for the general section listing all of them.

This is also the least amount of time someone has been the final clear with.

[m4tt3r0x]

Akiyama cleared with almost exactly 0 seconds.

[sasukewarrior333]

Feb 21, 2022 20:13:20 GMT -5 m4tt3r0x said:

Akiyama cleared with almost exactly 0 seconds.

And Jordan Jovtchev literally did so.

[subtleagent]

Except neither one of them cleared last (Yamada ran after Akiyama in 11 whereas Jovtchev had 4 more clears after him) whereas Tada did clear last.

[sasukewarrior333]

Feb 22, 2022 3:34:48 GMT -5 subtleagent said:

Except neither one of them cleared last (Yamada ran after Akiyama in 11 whereas Jovtchev had 4 more clears after him) whereas Tada did clear last.

Yeah, I know. I was just responding to what he said.

[dakohosu]

Which makes it all the more dumb that his clear got digested. He wss the last person to clear Stage 1, and the last to both attempt and clear Stage 2, yet both of those runs got digested. Especially the fact that his Stage 1 clear was probably the most nail-biting of the entire conversation, and we've never seen the final runner of Stage 2 get digested except for Nagano in 14.

There definitely has to be a reason as to why Tada gets treated the way he does. The weirdest thing is how the digesting started AFTER he reached the Final Stage (which is the exact opposite of what usually happens) whereas beforehand he got a decent amount of screen time in 36 and 37. Compare this to Kawaguchi who ended up getting massively brown-nosed with hoards upon hoards of screen-time after his breakout. The digesting isn't only an odd choice generally but in both the last tournaments it's spoiled the results given that no one with an edit like that makes the Final Stage (though the teased VL fail in 39 also gave away Tada's result as no one had made it that far before him). It's also not like there's nothing to spotlight him for; he's recently bought a house and has had a kid etc. Whereas with Kawaguchi it's just the same stuff about Per-Adra.

My only hunch is maybe he wants to be digested. He's obviously not one to want a lot of pressure hence why he prefers low numbers so maybe he wants to be a bit more lowkey or something. And also all the competitors are mates with Inui so they could probably put in special 'requests' per se. Even here though I don't understand; the edit obviously happens after the tournament (f***ing revelation I know) so I don't see why he'd still want to be digested even after he's done well....

[subtleagent]

I feel like 39's edit in general probably ended up having to be cut back or redone considering Stage 1 was already past 3 hours even with a considerable amount of digests to the point where not even celebrities were safe (I was especially surprised they digested Wasabi given they mentioned him training with Snow Man and Darvish, you'd think being a celebrity AND training with them would get you a full run).

My guess is Tada's runs were among those cut out because of that and I guess they also figured Tada's Stage 2 run would be considered anti-climactic after Keitaro broke his fail streak in said stage. As for Stage 1 they probably wanted to focus more on the drama of the trifecta of Warped Wall time outs that came from the last three.

And they probably also thought it would be weird to only digest Keitaro's run so they digested Tada's too. I personally would've just shown both since it's not like there were that many clears to where they needed to be digested, if they had to not give them fluff pieces in order to save time so be it. Plus #93 and #95 were randos who the former ended up getting digested and the latter ended up getting cut so I see no reason why they couldn't have been shown other than the aforementioned possible re-edit they had to go through.

[dakohosu]

Feb 22, 2022 13:04:08 GMT -5 subtleagent said:

I feel like 39's edit in general probably ended up having to be cut back or redone considering Stage 1 was already past 3 hours even with a considerable amount of digests to the point where not even celebrities were safe (I was especially surprised they digested Wasabi given they mentioned him training with Snow Man and Darvish, you'd think being a celebrity AND training with them would get you a full run).

My guess is Tada's runs were among those cut out because of that and I guess they also figured Tada's Stage 2 run would be considered anti-climactic after Keitaro broke his fail streak in said stage. As for Stage 1 they probably wanted to focus more on the drama of the trifecta of Warped Wall time outs that came from the last three.

And they probably also thought it would be weird to only digest Keitaro's run so they digested Tada's too. I personally would've just shown both since it's not like there were that many clears to where they needed to be digested, if they had to not give them fluff pieces in order to save time so be it. Plus #93 and #95 were randos who the former ended up getting digested and the latter ended up getting cut so I see no reason why they couldn't have been shown other than the aforementioned possible re-edit they had to go through.

Yeah I mean they seemed to go seriously overkill on screen time allocated to joke competitors this time round. Like Darvish and ABC-Z getting hoards of screen time I’m used to but in 39 we got some rookie comedians etc who were getting absolute masses of focus.... I actually found it pretty irritating at times and was just hoping their runs would end as soon as possible. I know they’re popular in Japan and help the ratings before I get blasted by the moderators but I just found it a huge immersion breaker and felt as though it alone padded out Stage 1 unnecessarily.

I always think would it really affect the ratings that much if they cut 30 seconds of a 5 minute long fluff pieces to show another competitor’s run that’s 100% worth seeing due to it being a really close call of a clear? I’d go with no, but what do I know about video production....

[subtleagent]

It really was, especially when your LMS is barely shown. I'm here to watch people dominate, not have to hear about celebs for 20 minutes per run. You wanna give celebs the necessary screen time for ratings? Fair enough, but I really don't need to see them THIS much. I care more about watching veterans dominate than watching HIKAKIN fail the Silk Slider and rambling on about his YouTube career. I'm still a bit bitter about Wasabi getting digested since he at least trains for the show.

At least Kyan Yutaka beat the Dragon Glider (which IMO means he's no longer a joke competitor) which actually legit shocked me. I didn't even think he was going to make it that far, though when he biffed the little Warped Wall I knew he was gassing out.

[dakohosu]

Feb 23, 2022 2:40:07 GMT -5 subtleagent said:

It really was, especially when your LMS is barely shown. I'm here to watch people dominate, not have to hear about celebs for 20 minutes per run. You wanna give celebs the necessary screen time for ratings? Fair enough, but I really don't need to see them THIS much. I care more about watching veterans dominate than watching HIKAKIN fail the Silk Slider and rambling on about his YouTube career. I'm still a bit bitter about Wasabi getting digested since he at least trains for the show.

At least Kyan Yutaka beat the Dragon Glider (which IMO means he's no longer a joke competitor) which actually legit shocked me. I didn't even think he was going to make it that far, though when he biffed the little Warped Wall I knew he was gassing out.

Yeah I think that's the issue though. WE want to see our favorite competitors dominate but the vast majority of viewers.... let's not forget a quarter of Japan watched Sasuke and it's definitely not THAT popular, so we know probs 90% of them were first time viewers just watching to see the celebrities compete.

But yeah I'm fine with seeing the athletic celebrities get screen time, because you at least know that it's partially related to their presence and contribution to the show, like how Snow Man has become the new Darvish but that's only because he's been doing well recently etc. It's the joke competitors that drive me insane. I already think there are far too many joke competitors on Sasuke, like having the first 10 or so being comedians fair enough but beyond that there are only so many Rolling Hill fails I can take before it gets really annoying. It also can't be that good for the ratings given that surely people are going to turn off when we have several competitors in a row failing in exact the same way as well....

But again I'm used to that. What I wasn't expecting was for how much focus these joke competitors got in 39. The most egregious examples were HIKAKIN, Fuwa-Chan, and especially numbers 60-61 (don't even know who they were). I remember watching Fuwa-Chan's run where she was going so f***ing slow and then cheered everytime she cleared an obstacle, I was just waiting for her to fail as soon as possible so we could get on with the rest of the broadcast.

But again though, I accept I'm in the huge minority here and at least after 39 we know what we're in for with Sasuke 40, which will probably have even more joke celebrities given that it's a 40th Anniversary tournament.