Sasuke 26 - Spoilerific Review - Part 4

SASUKE 26!!

PART FOUR

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Sasuke spoilerific review ;) Warning.. incoming blog of Sasuke 26.. if you don’t want to know.. you have been warned :D Thanks to everyone for being so patient. Got sick with cluster headaches again this year.. not during Sasuke 26 but just right after.. so this blog is late .. Anyway.. For a preview of this event.. Please see SASUKE 26 NAVI 1 hour review of Sasuke 26 with fluff pieces of all the major players in the upcoming Sasuke and even a couple of runs that were cut from the official broadcast!. 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.. P.S. I will NOT be covering ANW2 on this blog. Thanks!

UBE'S Sorta-LIVE-BLOG FOR SASUKE 26 IS HERE!

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

Ugh.. and I thought the tournament was doing well.. /facepalm.. anyway.. really friggin' annoying announcer is back.. Wataru Ogasawara 小笠原 亘

And we are back and he's already harping how USA is on the map and Japan has zero.. buckle up sparky.. this is going to turn nationalist..

Oh damn.. nevermind.. USA is going to pwn all.. Ogasawara should be having kittens by now.. it's time for David! (cough.. shameless plug.. cough)

David Campbell デイヴィッド・キャンベル

TBS giving him a nice generous fluff piece. They seem to have been moved by his strutting the course shirtless and wearing sunglasses.. just to piss them off .. LOL (it was damn sunny he said and G4 kept confiscating them.. LOL)

And because TBS loves diversity.. they like him being a musician!

And they reaaaaaaally love adoration.. David has created a full Sasuke course...

And.. wait.. he's got shorts? Mwahahahahah way to be different there David! Ehem.. zero problems on the Step Slider

Geronimo over the swing.. he don't need no stinkin' swing..

You hear this roar from the crowd..

Speaking of which.. Naoki Iketani has officially crapped a brick..

And apparently Yamada got a pulse during his retirement.. he's actually impressed!

He's even getting Shingo's attention..

Yamada: Daaaaaayum.. Iketani (and by extension Miyazaki) needs a defibrillator..

Anyway back in candyland.. David is pwning the course..

I expect his brain is doing the whistle.. (mine is harder.. mine is harder.. nyah nyah)..

The whistle in the mind is going as he hasn't even slowed down..

And he's showing his vegan powers!

This ought to be a piece of cake...

and it is!

LOL The All-Stars are psychoanalyzing him..

Yep.. Shingo tilting his head to make sure he gets to see him

And Nagano is reaaaaally intent in watching David.

What's interesting is hearing that people thought they were pissed.. I see something different.. they are seeing someone do this course with ease..

So everyone is watching with a sharp eye to see WHY he's doing this with ease and try to emulate it later. THAT is why they are last.. so they see the mistakes and triumphs and learn from it so they can advance. See the difference? This is Nagano hyper analyzing mode™

Meanwhile back in Candyland..

Whoah.. trouble in paradise..

But his quick thinking saved him!

Far better than the last time.. LOL (cough.. Sasuke 22)

This time he can pwn this stupid net without leaving a couple limbs.. Go Go Gadget Feet!

OMFG.. look at that time..

ANW guys having kittens.. wait no.. subdued.. still not right.. intent?.. dumbfounded? LOL

Finish line in site and he can stop and make coffee...

At this point you hear a chant "David" "David" coming from the crowd with various drums and whatnot!

David soooooo happy he avenged his Sasuke 22 demise!

And a rebel yell!
David Campbell デイヴィッド・キャンベル - First stage CLEAR!

Okay sorry.. the shirts look cool. Hat Tip to G4 on these.

Nephew and company finally showing some emotion

Meanwhile back in stunned-land..

LOL Yamada who got nothing from Shingo switches to a new person.. no wait.. nooooo get away from Sato..

Sato just shakes his head in disbelief as Yamada is still stunned

Meanwhile the gushing continues as they talk about reincarnated Ninjas crossing the oceans, and performance.. yada yada what's funny though about performance is that they usually use that word with Levi hopping around like a circus clown.. THIS was a performance.. simple, efficient.. breathtaking.

And the part that made them gasp.. he just.. hopped.. (.. kinda like Shiratori.. okay that's spooky..)

Again.. he don't need no stinkin' swing..

And the joys of grabbing the rope wall (as I call it) almost at the top! LOL Awesome job!
Btw David.. you are a American Sasuke Maniac (ehem.. said by the announcer.. LOL)

"Sugoi" (or "Cool" or "amazing")

.. stopping for greatness.. because I can..

Masumi Yagi 八木真澄 of the comedy duo Savanna サバンナ
wait.. weren't we in the 80's? he's.. oh nvm..

Of course we knew he was going to fail.. we saw it in the commercials...

Masumi Yagi 八木真澄 - Death by Step Slider

Aaaaaand we got fast forwards again..
Takurou Mori 森拓朗

and they make it a point that Japanese men CAN jump.. lol

Takurou Mori 森拓朗 - Death by Rolling Escargot

Basketball player Takaki Ishida 石田剛規

Takaki Ishida 石田剛規 - Death by.. you guessed it.. Rolling Escargot.. I mean.. not even a revolution out of it..

Eiichi Sekiguchi 関口栄一 - Death by.. wow he got far.. Half-Pipe Attack

And they are fast forwarding David Campbell's nephew - Travis Furlanic トラビス・フラニック

Though they show that White men CAN jump

and had no problems with the Giant Swing

Travis Furlanic トラビス・フラニック - First stage CLEAR

LOL mixed reviews

.. Shingo has a fascination with his tongue..

Would that be the equivalent of biting one's tongue?

He's been berated that the Japanese are getting slaughtered by the Americans.. I'd be miffed too.. Btw.. Chart for who's coming up next.

Meanwhile given the same information Miyazaki wants to cry..

Uhm.. scratch that.. he just had a heart attack..

Naoto is now officially crapping bricks.. as they put the International Suckitude Chart™ Bloody Americans with 4 guys and Japanese sucking

.. and they have hope in.. HIM? /facepalm...

.. Wow.. Yuuji is looking like Takeda in Sasuke 24.. that's.. not good..

wtf.. this is stock footage!!! (during David's run.. provided they used the correct video.. LOL)

Anyway we are back! Ogasawara basically saying Americans are kicking our a$$.. Japanese need to step it up..

We are magically back up in the 80's again.. and they actually have someone who has passed the first stage before!
Terukazu Ishikawa 石川 輝一 from Muscle Musical マッスルミュージカル

Doing well on the Step Slider

He swings for the Hazard Swing

Sorta.. he only swung it forward then jumped off immediately

Now for the Rolling Escargot...

Whoah... his foot came off..

Nice recovery..

Naoto all impressed

Jumping Spider no problems (trying to block out stupid Ogasawara talking about Japanese ninja's...)

Wow neither is the half pipe attack!

Easy Warped Wall!

Crowd is getting into it!

nice job on the Giant Swing!

Seems someone woke up Shingo

Took some time getting off this obstacle..

Still plenty of time though!

Sato checking out how much time he has left.. Shingo back to looking like he's sulking.. see? Concentrating!

Wow he took that wall low.. anyway he should have plenty of time..

slowly.. but surely...

.. get. up.. there...

FINALLY! Avenging the loss of his Muscle Musical teammates! We've finally got a Japanese clear!

Terukazu Ishikawa 石川 輝一 - First Stage CLEAR!

And pandemonium for the Muscle Musical members!

I think we got a Hellz yeah from Shingo.. LOL Both arms raised.. LOL! Now playing the part of Shingo today.. is LOL Yamada with his arms folded.. wtf.. they are both mental..

And Nagano is happy

Terukazu Ishikawa 石川 輝一 is one happy dude right now

Miyazaki the emotional basketcase is now happy a Japanese man can clear this stage.. LOL

stop pointing to yourself you diva.. you ain't passing the rolling escargot...

Anyway.. take a drink we got replays

They replaced the bored reporter chick with a younger one..

Naoto now getting mentally prepared as he's coming up soon

Meanwhile the less annoying Iketani brother is up

Voted Number #9 in the "scientific" Top 10 invented ZOMG they will totally Kanzenseiha list that random people picked from pictures they recognized on a board of pictures.. is Naoki Iketani 池谷直樹 - Muscle Musical マッスルミュージカル

TBS reminding us he sucks...

As they flash that chart for 2 full obstacles.. LOL!! He hasn't done jack since 2005.. LOL!!

Familycam™

he survives the Rolling Escargot

MUCH healthier looking in the Jumping Spider.. seems he ate before he got on this thing..

Whhhhooooooooooah Bessie..

LOL he pulls a Miyazaki and has to go back to push off the wall

And.. carefully dismounts the Half Pipe Attack

... I .. HATE when they "walk" the wall.. as if it magically changed distance.. Dude.. you practice this thing almost on a daily basis as your JOB!.. RUN THE DAMN THING...

Well now that his idiot brother is not here.. he can actually jump a wall..

Familycam™

Nice :) He jumps the pole and onto the cargo net

Lost a bit of time on the Giant Swing but still doing well

Took a while but he's cleared!

TAKE THAT YUKIO YOU IMBECIL!

YOU OWE ME 100 BUCKS!

And the crowd is happy more Japanese are in.. as we hear Ogasawara screaming about Japan's glory or some nonsense..

Yamada wasn't cool enough for the bunch so they got Kenji instead! Mwahahahha ehem.. why is Sato still there? Dammit.. there goes my theory

meanwhile the amazing hair... net is next

Awww I see he's getting more optimistic

Meanwhile back in Family land wife is ecstatic!

Naoki Iketani 池谷直樹 - First Stage.. CLEAR!!.. after 5.. long.. years..

Er.. wife and kid name?

Wow.. Naoki is reaaaally somber..

Yatta! やった!

Up soon.. sponsors of Sasuke 26.. EXILE..... not all of them.. one of them.. and not the big one.. one of the smaller lesser members.. oh wtf TBS is happy he has one!

PART FIVE