Sasuke 29 Spoilerific Review

Sasuke spoilerific review ;) Warning.. incoming blog of Sasuke 29.. if you don’t want to know.. you have been warned :D (Just remember.. the USA Broadcast of this.. will be.. well probably never honestly. Yes.. you read that right.. Now with the death of G4 official and NBC not giving a damn about Sasuke Japan (especially after boycotting Sasuke 28 AND Sasuke 29..).. we may never see Sasuke Rising on US television (or any overseas country for that matter unless everyone buys the original 3 hour broadcast from TBS). For a preview of this event.. Please see SASUKE Rising (29) NAVI a half hour review of Sasuke Rising 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!

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UBE'S Sorta-LIVE-BLOG FOR SASUKE 29 IS HERE !

(Massive thanks to TBS for posting the names of all 100 competitors! Thanks to Ube for his help on the names in English!!)

And we are back! Just a reminder that 55 have gone and 2 have cleared! (Shingo and Kouji)

Yay! THANK YOU TBS FOR BRINGING HIM BACK!
Ooooooooooh.. they introduced him as the Taiwanese Representative for (Sasuke Asean Open Cup) in Malaysia later this year!!!!!! That's awesome! Congratulations!

Lee En Chiリー・エンチ

and because there are so many versions of his name and this one is the one I kept for this long.. then it's going to stay! Taiwan's Lee En Chiリー・エンチ

He's also a returning Sasuke Finalist. This was him in Sasuke 24

He's also a celebrity in his country of Taiwan!

Where he regularly appears in local television shows.

He also suffered the disappointment of a flukey end in Sasuke 27

and was eated by the ~~Cannonball Run~~ Spin Bridge in Sasuke 28

And we are back in Sasuke 29 to show he easily cleared the Long Jump!

cleared the Log Grip

Taking his time....

really taking his time...

Phew! Easy clear on the Hedgehog

Taking his time again eying up Jump Hang Kai

WOW that's high..

No kidding that's high he wasn't playin!

Just quietly going along clearing obstacle after obstacle.

Easy clear on the first wall

Also pole dancing..

Easy clear on the 2nd wall

A little short on time.. depends on how high he catches it..

Holy moses THAT is how you catch the wall..

Utter relief on his face. Hopefully the asshats back in Taiwan can stop sending him death threats..

Quietly touching the red button stopping the timer.

Almost no celebration. He's extremely subdued this tournament.

Oh cool he brought a fanclub!

Kongo getting into the cheering action as well

interesting response LOL

Nagano noticed something

which is causing a great deal of discussion

LOL they yelling at Shingo for something?

Yuuji feeling left out

Kouji not giving a damn now that TBS is actually showing him.. omg Okuyama is shown as well.. Hot Damn this is Sasuke 29.. the TBS apology tour!

Kanno getting jiggy with Hioki as Mr. Sasuke is pissed beyond recognition that someone else cleared and his assassins didn't.

Wow he's more relieved than celebrating

Taiwan's Lee En Chiリー・エンチ back in the 2nd stage baby! We got 3 folks!

See now I'm curious wtf they are saying. usually I say some glib comment or make up some bromance or something. or noticing that Takeda is playing with his tongue...

Nagano eagerly discussing something

while some old lady eavesdrops.. LOL

Gets a "meh" from Takeda LOL while Nagano gives me the stink-eye

Taiwan's Lee En Chiリー・エンチ - FIRST STAGE CLEAR!

Prepare to fast forward.. yes again.. wait wtf. MORE FAST FORWARD CLEARS?

Pro MTB Rider プロMTBライダー
Daisuke Morikami守上大輔

(that's 4 clears)

Next clear is Vocational school student 専門学生
Taiga Hoshikawa 星川大我

(that's 5 clears)

Maritime Self-Defense Force Member 海上自衛隊
Hidekazu Inoue 井上英和

(that's 6 clears)

Sorry sweetie.. the commercial spoiled your 2nd stage run.. LOL

Wow.. another clear.. Stuntman スタントマン
Hiromasa Katakabe 片伯部浩正

(that makes 7)

Hauling up the rope to make 8 clears

Medical student 医大生
Toshiharu Takami 高見俊治

Oh I know him too! Izakaya manager 居酒屋店店長
Terukazu Ishikawa石川輝一.

And that my friends makes it a massacre.. 67 people down.. 9 clears with all the favorites to go!

Hey it's Shingo's Golfing buddy! (and no I'm not kidding)

awwww Ryo helping Hioki's wife show their daughter Daddy staring in a game show

She's only 2 years old awwwwww
wife Mayumi 真弓 and daughter Miyuna心結菜

Masashi Hioki日置将士 (for those who have followed my blog he's an STQ'er)

Here is a huge bunch of fellow STQ'ers.. (Sasuke Trial Qualifiers)

Just a few are Kouji, Kanno, Kawaguchi, Hioki, Yuuji, Nomura, Keita, Ryo, Kobayashi, Keitaro, Okada, Yahagi, Ryoma to name a few

and even more, Yuuji, Ryo, Yahagi, Kanno, Shinya, Tajima, Okada, Ryoma to name a few. A very close bunch of trials competitors that have gone through hell just to get on this show over a period of YEARS.

Masashi Hioki日置将士 - Electronics Shop Employee

Seeing him inside the store selling to some ladies

He actually has a garage.. oh yeah he doesn't live in Tokyo that's why LOL (he lives in neighboring Chiba千葉県 Prefecture)

Wow this is taking me back.. For those with good memories .. we saw him briefly in Sasuke Trials during one of my very early blogs - Summer, 2008 for Sasuke 21 - He was in the group that represented the All-Stars - his was Bunpei

he unfortunately did not get out of that group. He missed the ring (middle)

HA! I spotted an error.. this was from 2009.. Poor guy was also in the Sasuke 22 Trials where he got to the final only to miss the final jump!

And for those who have followed my blog long enough.. you know Hioki more for THIS picture more than anything.. GOD that's a gorgeous dress..

A moment for All-Star Bunpei Shiratori白鳥文平 please.. BRING HIM BACK!!!!

Now do you know who Hioki is? "Lucky bastard who got Bunpei to give a toast at his wedding".

and his poor GERONIMOOOOOOOOO fall in Sasuke 25

and the kids had NO idea what was the apparatus that his wife was holding. (It's a television antennae for your roof..)

Meanwile back at the bromance going on

While leader Yuuji is not amused by..

Masashi Hioki日置将士

WOW that was a huge jump!

easy clear on the Log Grip

SAFE across the Hedgehog

hit the brakes before the Jump Hang..

HE CAUGHT IT!.. wait.. on the left?

Holy crap he's clearing it on the left.. usually people that go this way fail..

Of course without seeing most of the clears we don't know if anyone else has done this.

.. equipment failure as he has to tie back on his kneepad...

phew.. clear on the first wall

Pole dancing..

I HATE WHEN THEY DO THIS....

Fine.. he cleared..

look at your time dork!

WOW that's low..

most of his body on the wall as the time firmly in red...

His heartbeat must be over 200 right now..

HAAULING across..

Did I make it? Did I make it??

YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

Kanno screaming his head off.. Yuuji looking in horror as his golf buddy is about to time out.. Hioki's wife Mayumi is about to break her daughter's back..

Then elation!! Much hopping up and down..

Wife using daughter to shield her crying face

what is her name?? (Quoting a Ube line - child strangely unaffected)

Meanwhile Hioki is in disbelief seeing how close he was to blowing his best chance at clearing stage one. We got 10 clears folks and we are still in the 70's!!

Someone hands over a towel

That was Yuuji who apparently must have used it as well with the rest of the STQ'ers..

Yuuji in the verge of tears and Kanno is already crying.. Shinya is wiping tears as well

Ryo is the sick bastard (must be related to Takeda) for making fun of Kanno for openly weeping on camera

Kanno blaming Yuuji so Ryo is now laughing at him too

But.. that was epic man.. epic! (meanwhile Yuuji tweeted that he was embarrassed they used this shot on all the commercials) and that marks me and utterly wrong in thinking this was when he was named to the ASEAN Open Cup.