SANCTUARY
RYUKOKU STABLE
RYUKI
We offer you our sincerest congratulations
on this great occasion.
I humbly accept this honor.
With great regard for the title of Ozeki and unwavering gratitude,
I will devote myself, with earnest simplicity, to the sumo way.
2005 MAY TOURNAMENT UNDEFEATED YOKOZUNA RYUKO EIKI-ZEKI
Over here, please!
Ozeki! Could you give us a fiercer look?
Ryuki-zeki, congratulations on your promotion to Ozeki.
How do you feel today?
Of course, I'm happy.
At the same time, the title of Ozeki is only a stepping stone for me.
Ooh.
- Here! - Give us a smile!
So you don't feel any pressure?
Do you think I should feel pressure?
-Give us your best smile! -Smile for us.
So, in other words, your goal is to become a Yokozuna?
That's not quite it, either.
My ultimate goal is to surpass
my father and mentor, Yokozuna Ryubu.
That is the path of the sumo I follow.
As an Ozeki, who do you want to face next?
Perhaps Jao, when he returns?
So... Well, of course,
I'd like to face off against a Yokozuna, but I'm focused on Shizuuchi.
Shizuuchi who's champion of the Jonidan division?
Yes.
It's true Shizuuchi has won 14 straight matches since his debut,
but is he a worthy opponent for someone like yourself?
Yes.
Very soon, I believe he will be a pillar of the sumo world.
I look forward to facing him.
- He knows talent when he sees it. - Um, if I may... Sorry.
- Coming through. Excuse me! Excuse me! - Huh?
So then, Ryuki-zeki...
Well, do you personally approve of what's going on in the sumo world?
Stop!
What do you mean?
The way women are forbidden from setting foot in the dohyo...
The silent acceptance of violent hazing as a form of training.
Do you think these old customs will ever change?
- Get her out! - Idiot!
- Who's she work for? - If I may...
As an Ozeki, I will refrain from answering the last question.
However, as a citizen,
I see the world undergoing significant changes.
I truly think the time has come for sumo to change.
As for what the changes should be, I'll have to keep thinking about it.
For the sake of sumo's ongoing legacy.
Fantastic.
Don't worry about what the world thinks. Write what you think is best.
Ozeki! Ozeki! You've come out looking confident.
How would you grade your performance today?
If I'm being modest, I'd give myself an A.
Hey, Kunishima!
Didn't you hear me?
Listen!
Don't you ever try to do that again!
I'm sorry!
God, you're annoying.
If you're so sorry, then apologize to Enga about before.
Huh?
What does any of that have to do with--
I understand, sir.
How's she so annoying?!
ENSHO STABLE
Yes...
Um...
I...
I, uh...
I apologize for my behavior.
Before going on and on about women's rights,
maybe try growing up first.
In our way of life,
you know, newcomers don't even have the right to speak to us.
Oh...
Are you crying?
No.
Well, as long as you can admit what you did was wrong.
- So! - Do better starting now!
Let's all do our best!
- Come on! Lift those legs! - Three hundred nine...
Shiko! Come on!
Three hundred ten...
- Takahashi, higher! - Sir.
We haven't even gotten started!
Come on, more! It's just shiko!
Can't you even do that right, huh?
Three hundred thirteen...
- That's enough. -Shiko! Shiko!
You can look up now, all right?
What are you waiting for?
-Shiko, damn it! Shiko! Shiko! - Three hundred fourteen...
-Shiko! Keep going! - Okay.
- Ishihara, lower those hips! Lower! - I'm sorry, sir!
Shiko, goddamn it! Shiko!
Come on, keep going! More!
Shiko, damn it! Shiko! Shiko!
"Shiko, shiko, shiko, shiko, shiko, shiko"!
Huh?
What the hell is the point, huh?
I don't need this crap to win!
Oh yeah?
Let's see you win.
Enya!
Yes, sir.
- A nekodamashi? - Come on. Again.
Hey.
What are you crawling around for? Get up! Get off the ground!
Come on! Come on!
On your feet now!
Stand up, dumbass!
Damn it!
Is that all you've got?
Dumb son of a bitch!
He never had a chance.
All he knows are cheap tricks.
He'll never win like that.
Wake up!
What happened to your big mouth?
How you gonna win now?
- Back to shiko. - Yes, sir.
- You. - Yes, sir.
- What was the count? - Three hundred twenty, sir.
Start again from one.
Yes, sir.
Here's your towel.
Hey, ugly gorilla. I bet you're hungry.
Hey, eat up!
Come on! I said, "Eat it!"
You punk!
Shiko! Right leg first. One...
Two...
Three...
Okay! Push, push, push!
Good!
- Again! That's it. Come on! Again! - Okay!
There! Okay!
Push, push, push! Now! Come on!
Push! Push! push!
Lower! Lower! There! There!
Good!
Okay!
Okay, come at me!
Good! Start over!
What was that nonsense yesterday?
"The sumo world needs to change"?
A lowly Ozeki has no right to run his mouth like that.
- I'm sorry, sir - Learn your place!
Sir.
Continue now.
Okay!
That shiko thing...
Why do they do those over and over?
I mean, they should really spend time on fighting.
- Why are they spending so much time-- -Keiko, okay? It's not called "fighting."
It'd be more logical for them to do keiko with a partner
and work that way nowadays.
It's so inefficient.
Oh, come on now.
Shiko is the essence of sumo.
Whether it's pushes, throws, or standing firm...
the one thing they all require is a strong lower body.
It's about building a foundation.
It's a keiko that has continued, without change, for 1,500 years.
How long are you gonna do that crap?
You can't measure that legacy
with a simple word like "efficiency," moron.
Moron?
Did you just call me a moron?
If this were America, I could sue you.
GOAL 8 MILLION YEN
Damn it!
Hey.
Your face is so gross.
Let me touch it.
I'm only joking.
Hey.
ENSHO STABLE NEWSLETTER
Hey! You help too.
FROM KOUJI OZE MOJI, KITA-KYUSHU, FUKUOKA
Hey!
Will that help me get stronger?
- Huh? Listen, you-- - Let it go.
SUNNY PAN BREAD
191 CONGRATULATIONS ON BECOMING CHAMPION OF JONOKUCHI.
I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. LOVE, DAD
Let's go, asshole.
You've been summoned by Mr. Ogawa.
JAPAN SUMO ASSOCIATION
We ask that every member continues to strictly monitor
all social media activities of our wrestlers.
Furthermore, Oyakata must do what they can
to preserve the dignity of the Japan Sumo Association.
Be thorough and treat every problem as a problem for the stable as a whole.
That's all.
That concludes the meeting. Meeting's adjourned.
Ensho!
Yes?
So what's up?
Uh, that wrestler of yours... You know, the... the old one.
Ah, you mean Enya?
Yeah, him!
If he does well at the next basho, he could make it back to Juryo soon.
So I've heard.
It must be tough
trusting your stable's reputation to an elder about to retire.
Well, good luck to you.
Thank you very much.
Oh!
And good luck to you too, Inushima Oyakata.
You're running for chairman next year, right?
Ah!
Since your pro career ended at Ozeki,
I'd love to see you reach the top for once in your little life.
Is that supposed to be an insult?
Hooray! Hooray! Inushima!
See you.
Would you believe that these two just don't get along?
- I can't believe they don't. - It's too bad. It spoils all the fun.
He's the older brother in stable terms, though.
Oh well, be nice to your little brother now.
That's right, big brother.
Right? You too.
Well, I don't expect either of them to become best friends, huh?
But you'd better at least bring some success to the Ensho Stable!
- Sure. - Huh? You know I am.
A toast to us!
- Right. - Right. Let's toast!
You too. Take this.
It's time to toast, okay?
Ensho Stable. Yeah! Success!
- Cheers! - Success! Yay!
- Thank you very much. - That's the spirit! Now Drink up!
- Wow, look at that. - Oh. Ah.
- You make that drink look so good! - This is good!
That's the spirit!
My name's Nanami.
It's lovely to meet you.
- Pour him a drink. - Of course!
NANAMI
So, what's your name?
Oze...
Mr. Oze?
Kiyoshi Oze.
Kiyoshi Oze?
That's a unique name, isn't it?
Not really.
Wait... Are you from Kita-Kyushu?
Moji.
No way! I'm from Nogata!
Really? Are you guys from the same town?
Yeah!
Well, then sing her a song as a token of your new friendship!
- Yeah! I'd love to hear that! - Do it!
- Yes! - Please sing!
- Do it! Do it! - Sing!
Okay! Here we go!
- Whoo! - Come on!
- You can do it! - Come on!
Oh! He's good!
You're so cool!
Ooh!
Enough!
Now it's my turn.
Ooh!
I heard you had a winning lottery ticket!
I did! Worth 30,000 yen!
- Wow! - Oh!
Want to share socials?
Yeah.
Okay. With this, you just press here...
- That's all I had! - Whoo!
I'm spending some of my winnings!
So like this...
It's Hideaki Tokunaga, you asshole!
- I'll kill you! Come on! - You're all talk, moron! Huh?
You goddamn punk!
Why don't you shut your mouth?
Let me at him!
- Stop! - What's happening?
Looks like they're having fun.
Right?
- You want a piece of me? - I'll teach you a lesson, you dumb prick.
- Just try that again! - Just try it!
- Huh? - Huh?
Shut up! Move, dammit! Let me through!
Keep talking!
Let me through!
Fuck.
Don't tell me...
You're looking for that dirty box?
Where is it?
I thought it was garbage and threw it in the trash.
Thank you for your service!
No problem!
He's going to go through the trash! It'll stink like hell!
Okay, begin.
- Me next. - Enough!
Okay!
Choose me! Choose me!
- Choose me! Choose me! - Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!
Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me!
Hey!
Are you scared?
- Huh? - Enga!
Give him a shot.
Yes, sir.
Hey!
Let's go.
Who said you could hit me?
Quit running, you wimp!
Fuck you, pig!
Yes!
- Damn it! - No! Fuck!
- Choose me! - Choose me!
It's because you skip your shiko.
What?
Nothing.
It's just that you were...
...really close there.
Next time, win one, will ya'?
Please beat that idiot!
You're a moron.
What?
I'm not doing sumo for your sake.
That's not what I meant.
What does a crybaby like you know, anyway?
What did you say?
And what about you, huh?
For all your talk, your sumo sucks!
Huh?
Stick to what you know, moron!
Morons shouldn't call people morons!
What's wrong with calling a moron, "moron,"
huh, moron?
It's even more annoying when a moron calls me a moron, moron!
What?
Well, you...
You're funny.
You're a funny...
...moron.
Shut up! Moron!
You've got a text.
NANAMI WANT TO GO OUT?
KAMINARIMON
- Oh! A sumo wrestler! - A sumo wrestler!
- Let's take a picture! - Let's take a picture, everybody.
- Let’s take a picture! - Wow, our first day with the selfie.
Yes!
- Yes, let's take a picture. - We are so lucky!
- Oh! - Ah!
Yes, yes. You take a picture. You take a picture.
Very nice. Smile!
- What? - What's he doing?
What? Oh my God.
- Oh, crazy guy! Let’s get out of here! - Unbelievable!
- Let’s get out of here! - You broke it.
Oh! I'm so sorry!
I'm really sorry I'm so late.
Let's get some souvenirs.
- Looks nice. - Right?
More pens...
Oh, but I also like these.
Cute!
- All right! - Yeah!
Okay, first you put the cork in.
- Here goes! Aim for the black thing? - Aim for the one on top.
Higher. That one. Right.
- Here goes! I'm doing it! Ready? - You've gotta aim better than that.
- Get closer. Closer. - Ready?
- Here goes! - Aim better. Like that. Yeah, like that.
- Yes, I did it! - Congratulations!
Wow, I really hit it!
- I can't believe it! I did it! - Nice.
- This one? - That's it.
Can you get it?
Whoa!
Hey, you suck!
- Let me try. - Oh.
Nanami will...
Which should I go for?
Oh, I think I've got it! I can get something here.
- Man, I can't get a thing! - You're doing just fine.
- Here's your ice cream. - Thank you so much! It looks so good!
It's so scary!
Ahh!
One, two, three...
Ah...
Oh!
Want some?
Ah...
Like it?
It's good, right? Huh?
It's sweet.
Hey, could I call you Kiyopoyo?
Why "Kiyopoyo?"
Your name's Kiyoshi, right?
So... Kiyopoyo!
Hey, we're here.
So...
Are you strong, Kiyopoyo?
Huh?
I'm unbeatable, of course.
That's good.
I really like strong men.
Oh yeah?
Hey, give you me your hand print.
Handprint?
Sumo wrestlers give handprints as autographs, right?
I want to be the very first one who got yours.
Yeah, but I don't have any paper.
So give it right here.
Thanks.
I'll treasure it always.
Huh?
Yes? Hello?
Oh.
Thank you for calling us.
What?
Oze!
Huh?
Okami san?
What is it?
I need you to stay calm.
Hey...
Hey, Dad!
Well, well. You came!
Wow, look at what you've done to your hair.
How exactly did this happen?
Hit-and-run.
He was out directing traffic, and a car ran right into him.
I tell you, this guy's got no luck.
Hear that? You've got no luck!
The doctors said there's a small chance he moves again.
He snapped his spine.
Hear that? You hear me, huh?
It's called karma.
He's being punished for the evil that he did to us.
He's better off dead at this point.
This shit is too expensive, you know!
What kind of way is this to live?
Why didn't you just die, huh?
I ain't payin' a thing anymore. He's all yours!
Keep doing your sumo so you can afford this.
OZE SUSHI
Huh.
I'm removing your thermometer.
Your temperature is 36.2 degrees Celsius.
Better wake up soon, or you'll miss the cherry blossoms.
Keep doing your sumo so you can afford this.
It's because you skip your shiko.
Shiko, dammit! Shiko! Shiko!
Doing shiko would help you push.
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