If all the results for a given number were a competitor.....

[dakohosu]

Let's assume that all the results of a given number represented the results of a single competitor.

So, taking #97 as an example, that competitor's results would be....
1: Tsuna Nobori
2: Tsuna Nobori
3: Rope Climb
....
38: Dragon Glider
39: Rolling Hill
40: Dragon Glider

If you could choose to be any competitor but said competitor had to have every single result for a given number for every tournament, which number would you pick? Let's assume that results include any external circumstances or injuries that the competitor who wore that number sustained. So if you pick #97, your competitor would injure their shoulder in Sasuke 7 on the Spider Climb, or dislocate their shoulder in 32 like Kanno did if you pick #96.

For the sake of difficulty, you can't choose #99 or #100, as the former is the only number with two Kanzens while the latter has a Kanzen and 7 Final Stage attempts, otherwise it would be too easy lol.

[ItalianNinja08]

#98 fits really well with Takeda

[dakohosu]

Feb 20, 2024 12:37:49 GMT -5 ItalianNinja08 said:

#98 fits really well with Takeda

Yea if I'm not mistaken #98 has the most Stage 2 and Stage 3 attempts (24 and 19 respectively), but is the highest number with no Final attempts, and one of only two in the last 15 (the other being #90). It's also the only number with no 1.1 fails, now that the book revealed that #99 failed the Rope Glider in 18.

Other than the obvious, #49 is a bit of a dark horse, with three Final attempts (1, 3, and 37). Imagine the redemption arc that said competitor would have. Pretty much nothing of note between Sasuke 3 and 22, a deep Third Stage run in 22, then a relative dry spell until 37 (bar 34 with an early Stage 3 fail), where they make the Final Stage for the first time in over 20 years. Then almost making the Final for a fourth time in 38, but obviously getting wronged by the disinfectant issue.

#77 as well, with a Final in 12 and 22, though not had much success since then, except for Suzuki's runs in 39 and 40, though those were both generic Sidewinder fails.

[ItalianNinja08]

Feb 20, 2024 12:42:57 GMT -5 dakohosu said:

Feb 20, 2024 12:37:49 GMT -5 ItalianNinja08 said:

Other than the obvious, #49 is a bit of a dark horse, with three Final attempts (1, 3, and 37). Imagine the redemption arc that said competitor would have. Pretty much nothing of note between Sasuke 3 and 22, a deep Third Stage run in 22, then a relative dry spell until 37 (bar 34 with an early Stage 3 fail), where they make the Final Stage for the first time in over 20 years. Then almost making the Final for a fourth time in 38, but obviously getting wronged by the disinfectant issue.

Looks like a 10 year younger Yamada whose perseverance is rewarded

[dakohosu]

Feb 20, 2024 12:47:45 GMT -5 ItalianNinja08 said:

Feb 20, 2024 12:42:57 GMT -5 dakohosu said:

Other than the obvious, #49 is a bit of a dark horse, with three Final attempts (1, 3, and 37). Imagine the redemption arc that said competitor would have. Pretty much nothing of note between Sasuke 3 and 22, a deep Third Stage run in 22, then a relative dry spell until 37 (bar 34 with an early Stage 3 fail), where they make the Final Stage for the first time in over 20 years. Then almost making the Final for a fourth time in 38, but obviously getting wronged by the disinfectant issue.

Looks like a 10 year younger Yamada whose perseverance is rewarded

More like a slightly younger Nagano who just happened to rekindle his passion for the show and train his butt off to reverse age.

Nagano said in 32 that his upper body was still as strong as ever, more his stamina had just declined, and when it came to Stage 3 he was almost unstoppable when he trained regularly for the show. 

I couldn't see Yamada in any capacity, even during his prime, being able to beat 37's Stage 3. Imo he never had the agility required by obstacles like the Flying Bar, Sidewinder, and Cliffhanger Dimension.