[conanbatt]

> Whether a joseki is even or not depends on the context

The whole point of joseki is its locality. Josekis do not depend on context to be joseki: it could be a bad joseki choice, but what they are, they are locally.

When you deviate from joseki you are; a) creating a new joseki b) recognizing that joseki is not applicable in the context, and its better to take a local loss to get a global gain.

Josekis are filled with non-even results, but that given a tactical goal, they are the best choice possible.