Hinomaru-Zumou 43

Reserved

Just a reminder of the sumo ranks, as we will talk a lot about it today. The first is the highest rank:
makuuchi
juuryou
makushita
sandan me
jonidan
jonokuchi
maezumo (unranked wrestlers)
the best makuuchi become title holders like the yokozuna or the oozeki.
Wikipedia for reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_sumo_divisions

Round 43: flame and water\\
Inserted: how does the training with an “high rank” goes to!?\\
Hi: a-another round…\\
Hi: please…!\\
Girl: … just a moment ago he could fight on par and he was even better than the makushita wrestlers, and yet…\\
Girl: to think that…\\
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girl: … to think that there is such a difference…\\ so this is…\\
girl: a “makuuchi wrestler”…!!\\
?: … even if I am a ranked wrestler as well to surpass the juuryou wall and become a makuuchi…\\
?: is not something ordinary\\
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?: even less than one tenth of the ranked wrestlers are able to become juuryou… in order to go forward than that you must be a “genius” or a “monster”\\
?: and sanoyama-zeki is one of the dwellers of such “monster house”…\\
TLN: the “zeki” part comes from the fact that he is a “sekitori”
hi: kuh…\\
hi: I’m not able to get a reaction…\\ no matter what I try…!!\\
hi: in the moment I think that\\ the lower part of is body goes soft…\\
hi: and he put less strength in his legs…\\
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hi: in that very moment…\\ I feel like his body becomes terribly hard\\
hi: so this is a pro…\\
kei: “be like water”\\ that’s what the master taught me\\
kei: if you are able to freely change in that form\\ you can hit hard in the right moment\\
kei: your sumo only burns brightly like flames\\ if I should praise it I would define it “heroic” but…\\
kei: if I had to criticize it, I would define it “messy”\\
kei: … thank you very much\\
hi: eh…\\
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kei: I have understood your real strength\\ it seems that I will not gain anything more if I continue to fight against you\\
hi: w-wait a moment, makuuchi!\\
kei: I thought that I could devise some kind of counter plan against small build opponents, but…\\
kei: you are too small\\
kei: you cannot become a pro will that height of yours\\ if I get accustomed to fight with a small built opponent such as you, I could develop some strange habits and it would become a problem for me\\
hi: …\\
kei: … I’m sorry that you were expecting something in particular, but\\ I don’t have time to spare in things that don’t hold any meaning for me\\
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kei: I will reach the dream that the master was not able to attain…\\ and become the yokozuna\\
kei: this is the duty that he entrusted to me\\
girl: yokozuna…!\\
hi: … just another match for today…!\\
hi: that’s all I ask…\\
kei: … the only thing I don’t understand\\ if the reason that makes you push on like that\\
kei: this should be enough. There is no need to become irritate only because you cannot win against me\\ you are not weak\\
kei: I’m sure that you should be able to get results in something of the level of high school sumo\\
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hi: …\\ that’s…\\
hi: that’s not enough…!\\ just like you, I want…\\
hi: to become the yokozuna!\\
hi: that’s should be plenty to not fall back!!\\
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kei: …\\ the same\\
kei: then tell me, why do you think\\
kei: that the “yokozuna” you aspire to is somewhat similar to the yokozuna I speak of, the yokozuna of someone\\
kei: with the right body and who knows the heights that title implies…?\\
girl: … is this is bad, ushio-kun…\\
girl: anyone who enters in this world embraces that dream, yet…\\ they hesitate to express with their words such a dream because they consider their own position…\\
girl: … furthermore, you have even a bigger problem than that…\\
kei: you asked\\ for another match…\\
kei: fine\\
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kei: … there are two possibilities. One is that you think that one day you will grow taller…\\ or…\\
kei: … the words you have so lightly just sprouted are nothing more than an insult to all the wrestlers in professional sumo\\
kei: it is better for you to stop seeing such an unrealizable dream\\
kei: I will cut off that…\\ lingering attachment you have toward professional sumo with the next match\\
?: uh… he…!\\
??: that is not the expression he has during training… he is serious about this…!\\ should we stop him…!?\\
hi: …!\\
hi: I must not waver…!\\ why did I come here!?\\ to get the chance to evolve\\ this is my last chance…!\\
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hi: … first I cannot charge against him like I did before…\\ he changed the trajectory of my charge with the smallest movement as possible\\ that’s an high level technique…\\
hi: I don’t have any technique to surpass an high ranked wrestler like him…\\ the only thing I can do is…\\
hi: nothing but\\ go lower and faster…!!\\
?: !!\\ the hiragumo…!?\\
boss: … I see\\
boss: he should try different techniques…\\
?: begin!!\\
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hi: an harite (slapping the opponent with the open hand)\\
?: it is forbidden in amateur sumo to hit in such a way from the side!\\
?: you have overdone it!!\\
kei: muh…?\\
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kei: this feedback…\\ did he use his knee as a cushion to absorb the impact…!?\\
hi: … I had just gone through several tens of rounds, so I couldn’t use my power well…\\
hi: but… thanks to that…\\
hi: the technique “to be like water” that saenoyama-zeki was talking about\\ … I see, this temporary relaxation of the strength in your muscles\\ is what gives birth to your own pace in sumo…\\
hi: “flames” cannot suddenly become like “water”, but…\\ flames don’t just burn brightly…\\
hi: they shake\\
hi: and burn!!\\
girl: what is this…? It’s different from how he was forceful until a moment ago…\\ it is like he understood something…\\
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girl: he grabbed\\ the loincloth…!!\\
boss: could it be that…\\ the thing you were waiting for until now was…\\
hi: … sanoyama-zeki is the opponent that kirito arranged for me…\\ he is a first rate sparring partner…\\
hi: I will make this day mine…!\\ this is not about defeating kusanagi, winning the inter high\\ entering the professional sumo or becoming the yokozuna…!!\\
hi: today I will…\\
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hi: eat you up\\ and proceed toward the summit…\\
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kei: something is coming! From below\\
kei: something terrible!!\\
kei: aaaaaah\\
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kei: haa…\\haa…\\
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girl: … ushio-kun was the first to touch the ground, but\\
kei: he was finally able\\ to make his opponent’s knee touch the ground as well…!!\\
hi: … my body moved by itself…\\ it was different from what kirito showed me, but it came natural to me…\\ this must be the “new move” only I can use…\\
hi: … however I am a step shorter…\\ in order to complete it…\\
hi: dammit…\\
hi: dammit…\\
?: this is not right…\\
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?: that guy… he is totally stronger than me, and yet…\\ the only things he lacks is his height…\\
?: to think that he cannot become a pro…!\\
??: … no\\ there is just one way for him to become a pro…\\
??: … that’s a really steep path but…\\ in his case…\\
kei: this was the last time, just I promised you\\ this is all…\\
girl: ah…\\
girl: that’s right… today was the only day of introductory training for ushio-kun…\\ so this is…\\
hi: …\\
hi: sorry… everyone…\\
hi: thank you very much…!\\
kei: … you are still young\\ it is too soon to say that you will be unable to realize your dream…\\
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kei: if you want to continue our sparring\\ come here tomorrow as well\\
kei: I realized that I want to observe you a little more\\ after looking at what you have done just now, my interest toward you is still full of vigour…\\
hi: I am in your hands!!\\
inserted: it is still too soon to complete it… but today it was a great and… happy step forward!!\\