Sasuke 19 rewritten

[shunsukenumber98]

Let's imagine in a alternate universe where sasuke 19 went like this: 

The producers might have been smoking something good because instead of Nagano getting 100, it goes to a rando athlete!!!!! 

Rando gets 100, and not only that, the 99 competitors before him fails, leaving him as the only hope to clear the first stage. 

He stands as the last man standing at the starting course of the first stage, the only hope for the tournament. 

He gives the first stage a good shot, and clears the 1st stage! He also clears the second stage, and makes it all the way to the shin cliffhanger before failing in a similar way that Levi failed. 

Now, what would be your reaction to this alternate tournament? And how would this rando be treated in future tournaments, and what would the ratings be like? How would the fans react to this tournament? 

[dakohosu]

May 15, 2024 8:11:10 GMT -5 shunsukenumber98 said:

Let's imagine in a alternate universe where sasuke 19 went like this: 

The producers might have been smoking something good because instead of Nagano getting 100, it goes to a rando athlete!!!!! 

Rando gets 100, and not only that, the 99 competitors before him fails, leaving him as the only hope to clear the first stage. 

He stands as the last man standing at the starting course of the first stage, the only hope for the tournament. 

He gives the first stage a good shot, and clears the 1st stage! He also clears the second stage, and makes it all the way to the shin cliffhanger before failing in a similar way that Levi failed. 

Now, what would be your reaction to this alternate tournament? And how would this rando be treated in future tournaments, and what would the ratings be like? How would the fans react to this tournament? 

Not terrible, but maybe bottom 10-15; far worse than what we actually got in 19.

I think the main reason for me is that we did at least get two clears by the time we got to the mid-late #80s in 19, reducing the monotony somewhat and making the fact that Shunsuke, Nagano etc. failed more shocking. If we had no clears up until #100, then by this point I'd just get bored of the constant fail after fail and would probably expect Nagano etc. to fail given that no one had cleared prior. If the course was deemed doable prior, which it was with the two clears in 19 in actuality, Nagano failing the course is far less predictable.

Seeing someone out of nowhere do well would obviously be cool, but the sentiment is somewhat compromised when they're the only breakout run, and none of your favorites made it to the later stages. 

If this "rando athlete" got #100 (which I'd struggle to believe he would but I'll play along here) and did well in his debut, he'll likely get #99 again consistently, assuming that he only got #100 to mark his debut. I can't realistically see him getting #100 perennially instead of Nagano. 

Re ratings, it would really depend on how famous this person is. If it was someone like Miyazaki, Wakky etc. then that would have a positive impact, but if it's like Kenji Fujimitsu who isn't that well known in the grand scheme of Japanese TV then less so. Though I'd assume the former if this person got #100. That said, I think the ratings generally would be kinda bad, as people would probably turn off after a while seeing constant fails with no clears by the time we get to the 70s-80s. 

[zoran]

I think both viewers and some fellow competitors would view this competitor and the nature of his results with great suspicion. If he is just a random athlete, I think people would suspect he is a relative/has connections with the producers, perhaps even the director too, and used that connection to "steal" that number from Nagano. I think people would be suspicious of his runs, anything from the use of performance enhancing drugs, nerfed obstacles, timer manipulation, crafty editing etc would be suspected. I think Yamada would probably be one of the first to publicly question given how he called out Yuuji's Tabi shoes. Even if it was found that nothing was wrong, this competitor would still be viewed with suspicion.

Him being the only person to clear stage 1 also wouldn't necessarily be a positive thing as a lot of people do want to see a tournament where everyone fails stage 1 as a novelty and this competitor snatching that away at the last second would be lame af. Him beating stage 2 would drag the tournament out and make it a lamer version of 5.
I'd say for future runs this competitor could either choke under pressure or deliver some consistency based on their background.