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The castle of the Final Stage stands 20 m. tall.
First to step to the platform is the 22-year-old who built a Sasuke course in his 4.5-tatami-mat room!
Here goes Ryo Matachi!
He first watched Sasuke 10 years ago as a 6th grade student.
Here we go!
Now.
Can Ryo Matachi, the house painter from Kawasaki, become the 4th Grand Champion?
Up he goes!
He's past the 5 m. point in no time!
He's moving up fast!
He has 40 seconds to climb to the top, and he's down to his last 25 seconds!
Now, he's halfway there. He's climbed 10 m.!
He's down to 20 seconds!
Can Ryo Matachi achieve Kanzenseiha?
He's down to less than 15 seconds!
He's pushing off strongly with his feet and then pulling hard with hir arms!
The warning buzzer is sounding.
He's down to 5 and soon 4 then 3 then 2 seconds to go!
The red button is in sight! It's right there!
But he can't touch it!
Nagano: Hang in there! Ah... he didn't make it...
Miki: Ah! How close did he come?
Ryo Matachi returns to Earth.
He did not make it through the Final Stage!
Kanzenseiha eludes him.
Reporter: Matachi-san, you were so close!
Matachi: I sure was. It was right in front of me.