#hakuho

[sumodump]

Hakuhō is extorting money from Hōsh! 😆

[seishiroses]

This scene with the fancy Hakuho girls discussing how Nagi is handsome and good at studies but way too weird, all while he's blissfully unaware and asleep, lives rent free in my head.

Some thoughts on the drawing:

I like how the perspective is from outside the window. It makes you feel as if you were walking by the classroom and just happened to catch this scene. In general any image where someone (whether character or audience) is outside looking in or inside looking out, immediately becomes more immersive (for me at least).

I also like how the bars dividing the window panes are faded out to allow us to see everyone's faces clearly while also acting as leading lines drawing our eyes to the characters depicted. Nagi's face especially is positioned right at the lower intersection, thereby using the in-world architecture to track our eyes to him even though he's completely passive in the frame and not even awake.

All in all very cool. ✨

(I wish I was normal about manga art that way I'd just be able to fangirl and move on instead of also thinking about every line and stroke of the pen that went into creating a certain panel. But oh well, they found me weird in school too.)

[michairinnnn]

don't you just love it when REO-

[sycamoretrees]

enho is really just out here looking like that all the time (source)

[theanticool]

Fun video of Steph Curry and Klay Thompson being unable to budge Sumo legend Hakuhō

[artschoolglasses]

I usually avoid crowds, what with the whole not wanting to catch covid while also dealing with chronic pain. However, when is the next time I'm going to get to see 69th Yokozuna and GOAT of sumo, Hakuho?

[yoshikiofficial]

I'm glad I was able to participate during a crazy tour schedule. I attended my friend's retirement ceremony who is the greatest Sumo wrestler of all time . and I cut his hair. ツアーで凄いスケジュールの中、参加できてよかった。元横綱白鵬 宮城野親方 の断髪式 Yoshiki #yoshiki #hakuho #sumowertler #champion #横綱 #白鵬 #宮城野　 (at Tokyo Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cob57eQuJpO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[falseandrealultravival]

Sumo matches are based on match-fixing (Essay)

Hakuho

Sumo is Japan's national sport and is also popular among some foreigners. However, this competition is not a sport. Simply put, it's a ``sacred ritual,'' but in reality, it's an unfair competition that often involves match-fixing.

About two years ago, Hakuho, a ``great yokozuna,'' competed after resting in several tournaments and won all of them. (15 wins, 0 losses). I saw it too, and thought it was very suspicious. If he rests for that long, it will be difficult to maintain his physical condition, and even more so, his competitive instincts will dull, and even though he is a great yokozuna, he will barely be able to win (8 wins, 7 losses). That was an all-win victory...I had a hunch that this victory was the result of a lot of match-fixing. After that, I haven't watched any sumo broadcasts.

Unfortunately for the sumo world, Master Takanohana was trying to reform the match-fixing system in sumo...He called himself a ``gachinko wrestler'' and never did match-fixing, but his disciple caused a scandal and he left the sumo world. There is a tacit understanding within the sumo world that any wrestler who does not call himself a ``gachinko wrestler'' is expected to engage in match-fixing.

Chiyonofuji, a ``famous yokozuna'' who is a sibling of the current Sumo Association president, Master Hakkaku, was a match-fixer, and when a fan yelled at him, ``You match-fixing bastard!'', he couldn't say anything back. The same goes for Hakkaku. It's hard to say this to foreigners who enjoy sumo, where match-fixing is commonplace, but ``If you watch a competition like this seriously, you're going to lose money.''

PS: Recently, Master Miyagino (Hakuho) was demoted to two ranks after hiding the fact that his disciple had committed many violent incidents and many match-fixings. It's so possible.

Rei Morishita

相撲の試合は、八百長で成り立っている（エッセイ）

日本の国技として、一部の外国人にも人気のある相撲。だが、この競技はスポーツではない。良い言いかたをすると「神事」だが、実は八百長がしばしば行われる、アンフェアな競技である。

２年ほど前、「大横綱」の白鵬は、数場所全て休んだあとで出場し、全勝優勝した。（１５勝０敗）。私も見ていたが、たいへん疑わしいと思った。それほど長く休めば、体調の維持も大変で、ましてや勝負勘も鈍り、大横綱とは言え、勝ち越す（８勝７敗）のがやっとであろう。それが全勝優勝・・・私は、この優勝は八百長を積み上げて得たものだと直感した。以後、私は相撲放送を一切見ていない。

相撲界にとって不幸なことに、相撲の八百長体質を改革しようとしていた貴乃花親方・・・この人は「ガチンコ力士」と言って、決して八百長をしなかったのだが、弟子が不祥事を起こし、相撲界から去っていた。相撲界の暗黙の了解として、「ガチンコ力士」を名乗らない力士は、八百長をすることが前提となる。

現在の相撲協会理事長の八角親方の兄弟子の「名横綱」千代の富士は、八百長をやっていて、ファンに「八百長野郎！」と罵倒されても言いかえせなかった。八角も同様だろう。八百長が当たり前の相撲、楽しんでいる外国人には言いにくいが「こんな競技、まじめに見ると、損するよ。」

PS最近、弟子が暴力事件を起こしたことを隠し、宮城野親方（白鵬）が２階級降格された。あり得ることだ。