A Morimoto third Kanzen: Yes or no?

[Cosmic Castaway]

I would have to say no especially if somebody else say in the same tournament gets his or her time to shine in their moment of glory and steal their thunder. That was kind of why I preferred Ryo to Kanzen in 27 instead of Yuuji.

[zoran]

Is this in terms of likelihood or whether you want it or not?

[dakohosu]

Do I want it? Not really. Will it happen? Almost definitely.

The issue is that 1) Yusuke doesn't have any noticeable weaknesses, and 2) Inui isn't doing anything to target Yusuke, like he did with, say, Ryo and Yuuji in 31. Stage 1 is probably the best bet, but for marketing purposes and to drive continued interest in the YouTube channel showing full runs from competitors, he won't want Stage 1 to be a bloodbath. Which it will be given that to take out Yusuke, at least another 70-80% of the field will go down with him. Stage 2 - Yusuke is one of the faster competitors, and Stages 3 and 4 he's too far ahead of the pack to do anything that will take him out and not literally every single other competitor. They could reduce the Final's time limit to 40 seconds, but that will put everyone else back to Square 1. Keep it at 45? He's going to win likely next tournament, given that he almost beat it in the rain.

In terms of wanting it, it's funny because I've always believed that Higuchi actively targeted Nagano to avoid him winning time and time again to avoid a Michael Schumacher effect of monotonous results, which is funny because this is the exact same situation we're in with Yusuke. Him constantly winning or reaching the Final is becoming incredibly stale at this point, and unlike Nagano, Yusuke is still pretty young so unfortunately we seem to be in this rut for another 10+ years now. I don't know what Inui's endgame is with him, because his lack of course changes almost suggests he wants Yusuke and no one else to dominate. It may also be a wake up call if Yusuke wins in 41, only 3 tournaments into a 'renewal', to get him to actually move his a** and make some changes, but I'm not holding my breath. That's why I said "not really" as opposed to a blunt "no", because there may be a small chance that Inui will let Yusuke achieve a "hat trick" for marketing purposes, and then actually try and stop him. But again, he has no weaknesses, and he's waaaaaay ahead of the rest of the field.

In terms of who else I'd want to win instead, Yoshiyuki is my pick. He's arguably one of the most, if not the most, deserving competitor right now, and it would be very endearing to see Yamada achieve the dream that he could never realise himself, through training his protege for the last 5 years.

[Ninja Relaxer]

I want it to happen just so we don't have a "tie" between Morimoto and Yuuji with 2 kanzens each.

[dakohosu]

Oct 2, 2023 11:10:00 GMT -5 Ninja Relaxer said:

I want it to happen just so we don't have a "tie" between Morimoto and Yuuji with 2 kanzens each.

I feel like the novelty of that will wear off when Yusuke wins a fourth, fifth, sixth etc. time which at this rate is going to happen, unfortunately

[Cosmic Castaway]

Analyzing it a little more, I would say both likelihood as well as if I want it apply.  I know it is going to happen either way but I don't want it to happen too early so that contenders who got close but didn't make it such as Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya, and pretty much those other competitors who improve clearing the Ultimate Cliffhanger by an inch or a mile.

[LusitaniaAngel313]

Honestly Yusuke is just that good so unless time becomes a factor (time limit), then I feel Yusuke has another major chance to kanzen lest rain happens. Honestly it's what it is as Yusuke is just so GOOD at adapting to things like this. I don't mind.

[shunsukenumber98]

Honestly, while yusuke's dominance is impressive, i think at this rate, it has gotten boring. I really just hope someone else dominates instead of him as him dominating over and over has gotten very stale.