Geisha Sumo

Watching Hatsumomo do everything she could to destroy Sayuri from becoming a geisha is interesting. It's amazing how competitive and ruthless this world is. Mameha had the right connection when she realized their competition is much like that of a sumo match.

I pity Pumpkin because, while she won the apprenticeship award, she's just a huge pawn. At the same time, I have to wonder of Sayuri is one as well. Part of me believes that Mameha truly wants to help her because of all the monetary benefits that will come her way if Sayuri succeeds. At the same time, I have to wonder if Mameha is also trying to stick it to Hatsumomo too. I think Mother is going to be choking on her tongue before long truthfully. She's underestimating Sayuri's appeal and because Hatsumomo is vicious in her attempts to keep Sayuri down she's only seeing triumph in her bet with Mameha.

In part, this kind of reminds me of high school. Maybe not our high school, but if you watch the teen soaps they have out these days, you'll understand what I mean. The girls in there are so petty when it comes to boys and such, they'll go out of their ways to spread rumors and destroy the girl's rep. Granted, we could have had this going on at our school, but since I was never part of the popular crowd, I can't say. The world of a Geisha reminds me of this, just with a more business-like atmosphere given all the money that goes into a girl becoming a geisha.

Hatsumomo really delivered a bad rumor by insinuating Sayuri isn't a virgin. It's really upped the stakes for Mameha to see her succeed, which looks like may happen since they've agreed for Sayuri to have her mizuage. I think Mameha is planning to see a bidding war for Sayuri, the way she had when it was time for hers.

But it's time for a dance, which will undoubtedly help them, and hopefully bring Hatsumomo down.

And FYI, their explanation of sex was just...interesting. I'm a little speechless in how it was explained because I never would have considered explaining things with eels and caves...that's just me.