I think this is my favourite basho of the year so far. The storylines here aren’t as compelling, to me, as what has happened earlier this year (Terunofuji’s 10th yusho, Takerufuji making history, Onosato’s first yusho). But the matches… man, the matches. They have been great. Every day there’s a slew of high octane, back-and-forth battles that remind us…
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