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It would be nice if they linked to the original statement, though. Some of these translations are a little rough around the edges.

Well unless he's Benjamin Button...

Link please!

Group hug thread, please!

Yes and illness and injury are always very scary and can make you fear the worst. It can be hard to be completely objective about your own condition in times like these, especially if you feel you've got everything to lose. But he's the kind of person who will always do everything in his power to rise up again. Even if he can't get back to the condition he was before the injury, he's going to max out as much as he can and make the most of it. And one less jumping pass may be a blessing after all. Let's not forget the Kategaiho interview where he talked about being more open to continuing up to his 30s with a different outlook. If things really aren't going well, all it will take is a change of focus away from golden things. I think he still has so much to offer, even if quads fade. How beautiful to see him just gliding.

Did everyone miss that he says he wants to recover? And how happy he was to be back on the ice? And that what he wants to do right away most of all is more rehab? I know he'll keep fighting. I wish there was somewhere to go to share feelings without feeling sick to my stomach.

(I'll even take a thread for people who want to remain hopeful.)

Can we make another thread for unbridled panicking? I'd like to stick around for updates but I don't want to get sucked into a black hole.

Yes, I watched it last night. Let's not panic until we hear more after his check-up. I'm just going to pray for another miracle for him.

That was a simplistic translation. He said he wants such a machine because this injury is one where he really doesn't know if he can keep skating or not and he really wants to recover from it.

Heal heal heal! Worlds doesn't need you but the world does! Heeaaaaaaal. Take your tiiiiime. Kikuchi-san, voodoo plz. To stop the panic from creeping in again today, look how happy he was to be back on the ice. This boy's time isn't up. Lalalalalalalaaaaa nope can't hear you.

"Puppies"

I thought I'd let myself sleep for a week after all this but I can't sleep at all and I'm already crying again at 9am.

I think I'll need at least a week to realise this isn't a dream.

(This is the thread I should have stayed in.) Please pic of happiest smile of the day to erase my secondhand worry!

Omg Shoma is going to look so SMOLL in that big puffy jacket! Sorry, Yuzu, this is what I’ve most been looking forward to.

Men’s FS medals are last

I feel guilty for thinking about Worlds already when he’s just done something so miraculous. Cant wait for medal ceremony smiles.

He’ll heal if he rests. Can Shoma get enough places for Japan if Yuzu doesn’t go?

Same. After all the struggle to try to see him, I don’t feel I need it now. I want him to rest and heal properly for next season. But please tell us soon if he’s going or not.

Is he real? Is he really real?

Have we seen Nobu cry yet?

I don’t know if anyone saw but they showed a different angle of the choreo sequence on NHK News and he was smiling with his mouth wide open. He looked so happy even after that shaky lutz. I go and cry again now.

Too late!

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