Hinomaru Ushio dreams of becoming a professional sumo wrestler have been hindered by his height, but that’s not about to stop him from fighting for it! What did you watch? I started watching Hinomaru Sumo on a whim. At that stage, I had already settled on the shows I was going to watch, but then I had a little extra time and I thought I’d give it a shot. What’s the worst that can happen? Well, in this instance, I had nothing to worry about and even when I discovered that it was going to be a twenty-four episode season,…
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