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>The Corona disaster was the catalyst for Unagi Sayaka's awakening. It was right around that time that Sayaka Unagi was sidelined for an extended period of time with an elbow injury.
>I thought this was my chance," she said. Until now, I was the only one who had been absent due to injury, but the Corona disaster meant that everyone was out. I couldn't play matches or even practice. Since everyone was unable to do anything, everyone was caught off guard. I thought, "I'm going to change myself here and surprise them.
>There was another reason for this thought.
>When she recovered from his injury and resumed training at the dojo, she was shocked to find that he could no longer do the things he had been able to do before. She was also shocked to find that she was completely outpaced by her juniors, which made her feel quite depressed.
>Until then, I had been living a lazy life," she said. I had only about four matches a month, so I would drink highballs until morning and then line up at the pachislot parlor from first thing in the morning (laughs). But after I decided to change myself, I stopped drinking. I lost about 12 kg in one month. It was a complete switch for me.
