Post by Miko on Jan 2, 2023 1:40:13 GMT -5
If his fail in SK37 wasn't definitive enough, this one proves he can fail literally anywhere on the course.
I'd say Akiyama was probably more inconsistent, as it's pretty hard to beat a Kanzen and a first obstacle fail within 3 years of one another.
Shinya Kishimoto as well. Decimates the Crazy Cliffhanger and almost makes the Final, but then fails the Quad Steps twice.
Lets compare them just for fun:
Akiyama failed 1st Stage 15 times, 2nd Stage 3 times, 3rd Stage 2 times and beat Final Stage once.
Ryo failed 1st Stage 10 times, 2nd Stage 2 times, 3rd Stage 2 times and Final Stage 2 times.
Akiyama consistently failed either Soritatsu Kabe or Jump Hang from SASUKE 6 to SASUKE 10 and had freak accident on SASUKE 9 where he failed Godantobi. After his two 3rd Stage runs he has failed obstacles where you need to jump and grab on to something (Half-Pipe Attack, Circle Slider, Metal Spin, Nejireta Kabe and Dragon Glider) or Soritatsu Kabe with only one exception that was Spin Bridge in SASUKE 28, although I'm just gonna point out that it was pretty dark already during that tournament.
Akiyama fell from Kanzenseisha to failing 1st Stage's 1st obstacle in only few years but his kanzenseisha run didn't have Jump Hang nor Soritatsu Kabe. I think it's pretty clear that he would never achieve kanzenseisha if those obstacles were there in SASUKE since very beginning. He can always blame his poor eyesight which no doubt played big part in runs that happened when it was dark.
Ryo's downfall isn't as bad, but there isn't one single obstacle that Ryo actually fails from tournament to another. He didn't go from his two Final Stage runs to failing Rolling Hill for 3 tournaments straight or just struggle a lot with Dragon Glider like Kanno. He obviously struggles with obstacles like Tackle and Wall Lifting due to his size, but it's also his advantage on 3rd Stage, which he has proven many times. As I stated previously, this guy can clear any obstacle but also fail any obstacle. He is that inconsistent. Can you say the same about Akiyama? I honestly don't know could Akiyama even in his prime beat Swing Edge.
One more thing. Ryo actively trains for SASUKE and pretty much knows how to do evey single obstacle. If he fails, it's not because of his eyesight, size or him not knowing what to do (except if it's a brand new obstacle, of course). As far as I know, Akiyama only trained for Soritatsu Kabe and Jump Hang and never failed Jump Hang again because of it.
TL;DR Ryo is way more inconsistent than Akiyama.
Shinya Kishimoto doesn't belong to this discussion, he is clearly one of those competitors who struggle the most with the 1st Stage. He failed 1st Stage 6 times, made it to 3rd Stage once and withdrew from another tournament due to injury and that's it. Although he only had one good run, he is by no means the only competitor ever to do so.