Sasuke 23 - Spoilerific Review - Part 7

SASUKE 23!!

PART SEVEN

(PART ONE) (PART TWO) (PART THREE) (PART FOUR) (PART FIVE) (PART SIX)

Sasuke spoilerific review ;) Warning.. incoming blog of Sasuke 23.. if you don’t want to know.. you have been warned :D Please sign the Sasuke DVD Petition! I'd love for EVERYONE to be able to have their own copy of Sasuke to watch at their leisure. For a preview of this event.. Please see SASUKE NAVI FALL 2009 (1 hour review of Sasuke 23 with fluff pieces of all the major players in the upcoming Sasuke!) Oh.. and as Ube says: If you are from the G4 Forums, DON'T POST THIS THERE. They expect everyone to stick their head in the sand and pretend it doesn't exist..

UBE'S Sorta-LIVE-BLOG FOR SASUKE 23 IS HERE!

(Massive thanks to Ube for his help on the names in English and Japanese of all the competitors!!)

LOL Glad I stopped here because I seriously thought he was picking at his armpit..

OH YEAH sorry.. back to blog.. Kanno is the one that was the first Non-All-Star to successfully clear the Shin Cliffhanger in Sasuke 22! He got aaaaaaaaall the way to the Spider Flip before he was disqualified for coming off the course.

A less made up Kanno at home I guess.

Hitoshi Kanno 菅野仁志 - Body by Japan good grief.. ehem.. sorry.. the chin fur kills it.. (expects many comments of dissent after this but hey whatever :D ).

See? It totally kills the face... Besides.. his eyebrows are prettier than Takeda's..

This is where the pressure kicks him in the arse...

Taaaaaaake a deep breath..

Aaaaaand right from the start.. he did the same mistake.. didn't run the slider but swung.. and gets stuck!

I swear he better not fall off this thing... Okay he doesn't but I'm sure his heartrate is now even faster!

Okay.. survived Log grip.. now onto the Jumping Spider..

Okay.. not awesome but completed!

Half Pipe Attack doing good...

Wait.. wtf.. is he channeling Daisuke Miyazaki 宮﨑大輔??? wtf.. he's going back to the wall...

Okay dismounting..

WTF!!?!?!? AGAIN? The role of Daisuke Miyazaki will be played by Hitoshi Kanno today...

Okay he stopped.. geez.. he better hurry or not make any more mistakes!

Okay.. Doing a Takeda up the wall cuts down on time :)

And he's flying through the Slider Jump so he's trying to make up the time.

Takes it low as he goes under the netting

Geez this always freaks me out..

Not a bad time considering I'm now used to the 30+ seconds of the faster guys but still well in time to make it!

Lots of "ugh" as he comes up the wall.. but he's safely to the 2nd Stage! NEW STAR CLEARED!

Yuuji Urushihara 漆原裕治 approves of this message! (LOL I see Matsuda - UNCLI #1 to the right of the picture)

It's Sato Hiromichi 佐藤弘道 and his grin approving as well!

Takeda getting ready as he goops himself up with Sasuke Spray. As usual Takeda is wearing different shoes for his run while it seems carrying duty for his other shoes falls on Shingo. Lucky him... ahahhaha

Shingo knows he's on camera so he's clapping for Kanno while Takeda makes love to the spray.. he's making sure every square inch of his body is completely covered.. oh yeah.. just noticed Nagano behind him.. wait that didn't sound right..

Hitoshi Kanno 菅野仁志 CLEARLY happy he didn't screw up and miss clearing stage 1!

Kanno (not Kaaaahnnnnnno..) is yelling encouragement back to Yuuji.

Then doubles over in utter relief!

TBS stating the obvious..

LOL I missed this.. it must have happened reaaaally fast..

Yuuji is really tense from what everyone as telling me. Matsuda is lost in thought.

Hitoshi Kanno 菅野仁志 = happy camper :)

Takeda: But.. I like my bottle of spray..
Shingo: Dude.. mine is way better.. it made me finaly pass stage 1
Nagano: I don't care so long as I get a hit from one of those bottles before my run.
Yamada: I hate you guys... you didn't use my bottle..

Takeda: See? I win :D Nice happy bottle all for me!

Nagano: Shut up and turn over.. I want to slap something..

Shingo: My condolences in advance to your spleen..

Toshihiro Takeda 竹田敏浩 - Firefighter / Emergency Rescue and LOL why do they always show this as if he doesn't do anything but watch others? ROFL!!!!

TBS loves making sure you know he sucked in Sasuke 22!

Sorry.. having a moment..

.... yep.. still having a moment..

There.. this is the highest resolution I got of this shot.. May the YouTube video this came from rest in peace.. /cough.. (More Sasuke Porn in my Navi blog)

Nagano: Now.. this won't hurt a bit..
Takeda: (lol check out his fist pumps!) HIT ME.. HIT ME!!

Nagano: I lied.. this is going to hurt..
Shingo: Oh crap this doesn't sound good..

Here it goes...

(hears bionic sounds effect)

Nagano: THERE! Just as hard as you hit me all the time... see.. are you relaxed now??

.. lol he got up fast...

Shingo sees it...
LMFAO check out Nagano checking out his hand.. and noticing how THIN the towel he used..

Don't read lips..

registering..

OWWWWWWW.....

Okay that hurt.. (LOL notice his fingers touching his back.. I had to rewind this like 10 times to see it)

That HURT.. (lol still you see his fingers)

That bastard.. now he knows how Brett Sims felt..

..when he left this little beauty on Brett's back.. From Sasuke 19.. ©Brett Sims
Karma sucks Takeda..

Now TBS starts a loooooooooooong introduction.. next All-Star.. Fire Fighter.. he sucked in 22 will he be disowned by his family, yada yada.. same nonsense.

Cue up his theme song - Ao no senshi 青の戦士 ("Blue" or "Pale" Warrior) from the Star Ocean EX (anime) soundtrack

The burn from Nagano's handslap is now burrowing through his back.. as he can't stand still while listening to the announcer read War and Peace.. very slowly..

It must be awkward to just stand there and listen to this announcer talk through the whole themesong.. maybe it would have been better if they played it while he was there.. so he can hum to it..

I love the .. are we done yet.. stance he just did.. LOL
Btw.. what's that dot on his arm.. Yamada has a bunch of those..

Toshihiro Takeda 竹田敏浩 will he finally fall asleep while waiting for his intro to finish?

Takeda: Geez.. shut up already I'm going without you!

............ LMFAO A NEWS BREAK!!!!!!!!!! wow TBS time these so perfectly..

yeah yeah.. big sumo match and the guy is a legend.. BRING ME SASUKE DAMN YOU...

We now return to Sasuke Porn already in progress.. Hmm I see he has a new shirt that's not in the Signal website.. as usual.. since Takeda has to have custom shirts for every tournament.. show off... They don't ship overseas anyway so why am I bitching?

LOL Takeda taking noooooo chances.. he's taking his time on this.

Getting set to go...

PSYCHE.. wait.. he's getting ready again.. LOL

GERONIMO!!!!!!!!!!

And his reputation has been restored! The past 6 months must have been agony for him with his friends.. LOL

HPA cleared!

Aahahahahahah and now he's staring at the Shingo memorial.. and he can't help cheesin'

Will he or won't be disappoint me since he's seen a few guys copy his previous runs..

He's gonna do it...

Yep.. safely Takeda'ed up :p

Okay he gets ready for Nagano's memorial...

LOL He really did say he was going to POWER through it..


Looks easy.. eh? Just PUSH hard to keep the same momentum and keep the bars from movin'.. piece of cake.. (From Sasuke 22)

Okay he doesn't eat humble pie.. LOL

LMFAO the Slider Jump made him pay too for his cockiness! ahahahhahaha he goes unceremoniously head first into the netting!

LOL he's embarrassed..

.. and he's still stuck... his leg is through the netting..

Takeda: Okay I reaaaaally have to stop trash talking the course...

Still plenty of time as he gets to the Tarzan Rope

Caught it really low..

LOL He's laughing and grunting at the same time..

Stop laughing you idiot.. touch the red button THEN you can celebrate!

.. he's testing my patience...

He gingerly walks over to the button...

.. finally .. LOL

Toshihiro Takeda 竹田敏浩 clears the first stage again!

That's right folks.. FOURTEEN!!

Salutes!

Hmm he may be using this as his new celebration pose (from Sasuke 21)

Toshihiro Takeda 竹田敏浩 with a really relieved face!

Sato getting ready to go does a celebration pose for Takeda

LOL Yuuji needs prunes.. seriously.. Oh there's Tomino Keita 富野恵太 (#4 Cliffer) on the left of the screen

Wow.. So this is what it looks like outwardly when someone is growing an ulcer..

Stopping for greatness.. hang on..

LOL this is funny.. he does this huge yell of relief

And of course cheeses since at this point he's used to be the last All-Star Standing..

And the cool part is you hear Shingo chanting in the background

I tried to get a translation of it but it's actually not really all that spectacular.. but still cute :)

The closest would be what we say in the West is "HIP HIP"

HURRAY!!

Still cool though :) Though we are sure what words they used were totally an inside thing

LOL and now comes the nervousness.. he now HAS to clear is Takeda did :p

Dangit I can't tell if the announcer's head is tilted :p

.. is this a guy or a girl?

Whoops.. it's a guy.. sorry about that.. LOL

Matsuda giving words of wisdom while Yuuji's head is tilting in a wtf stance..

Sato and his grin are next...

(hits fast forward).. sorry.. LOL he trains with his family

Rie Komiya 小宮理英 sighting to the left of the screen.. spreading rumors.. she's holding her belly.. LOL j/k.. this is the Sato family with Muscle Park shirts.

Hiromichi Sato 佐藤弘道 and his grin get ready for greatness.. he's.. /sigh 98.. FOUR OTHER PEOPLE WERE IN THE THIRD STAGE TBS.. FOUR!!!!!!!

TBS giving me the finger and puts another Commercial..

Only in Japan..

wtf is this commercial about??? wow.. just.. wow...

Hiromichi Sato 佐藤弘道 . again..

wow he almost didn't make this.. LOL he's slipping all over that landing but he makes it!

Wow just like Bunpei's demise in Sasuke 18!!! I can almost hear the fanboys yelling DUDE IF YOU WERE WEARING VIBRAM FIVEFINGERS....

LOL his son is laughing? LMFAO he's eville.. I like him!

Poor Sato wife!

Shingo: HA! HA! HE FELL!
LMFAO Look at Nagano cheesing!!!!!!!!
Takeda whipping his head.. he wants a look too!

(Shingo off camera) Guys.. the camera is on us.. look natural!!

(Shingo) No emotion guys.. no emotion..

Nagano's PC face.. LOL

Sato's view from hell... wow that water is nasty...

TBS pointing out the obvious...

Yep.. he slipped.. either his shoes or brief slip of concentration

I wonder if he's going to train in Yamada's house now.. he's got a spider jump... LOL

Hiromichi Sato 佐藤弘道 still smiling.. yay.. ehem.. NEXT!

PART EIGHT