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Oh good, I got the right idea - I guessed おくびょう meant fearful but it translates as 'cowardly' on Google. He says おくびょう and then reconsiders his phrasing into something ending in い so I got confused. But essentially, he's saying that there was a bit of fearfulness in him (in absolutely not wanting to repeat the injury from 5yrs ago) which likely caused the result in ACI? (I have no idea if it was his accent but it sounded like yabui LOL but やばい makes so much more sense). Thanks so much for your input, it's really helpful!

You're welcome! I will...join you..... I'm feeling both overwhelmed from seeing 'new' footage of him after so many months, sad and tentatively hopeful I've finished the speed translations on my twitter thread FYI for anyone interested but very much looking forward to proper translations from the usual suspects. Please take the tweets with a grain of salt esp certain ones I earmarked since there were some words I couldn't hear clearly and, as a non-native JP speaker, don't have the ability/vocab to guess purely on context. my long rambly thoughts before I go off and actually start my day lol I will never lose my awe for how yuzu's attitude towards challengers to his 'crown' is to be welcoming, delighted and thankful to be joined by people who are his level and who can push him further. it's truly such a rare thing and you could argue he might be mediating his words and I don't doubt there are times he feels like he can't keep up or is frustrated, but he is always respectful and positive about his competitor's strengths and always looking at how he can rise to meet the challenge. it's never about being defensive or protective over his laurels coupled with that is a sense of responsibility not only for his own development but for the sport -- I was struck by his words of making a 'positive spiral' of progress which can only happen if the champion pushes himself and the fact he sees it as both a responsibility and something he wants to do is credit to how broad his vision is, that it goes beyond himself also, the fact you can sort of see glimpses of yuzu taking a step back to reflect on how far he's come and how he's able to 'challenge' with his BV... I think we underappreciate how difficult it is to master new quads and skills. yuzu isn't an uncle but he's 'middle-aged' in the context of skating and I got a keen feeling for the fact that mastering new quads is no longer as easy as it used to be, but that he's still pushing himself to do so that post-ACI interview about his knee broke my heart because he recognised it as a warning and was being so careful but......

Is anyone around to quickly check some Japanese for me? specifically Specifically he says 臆病　(cowardly?) おくぶいなった部分(?) - at 33:35 And then 結構やぶいじょうきゅ　(状況?)になるのはもう絶対だめだな Based on context, I'm assuming it's all along the lines of his ACI results were a result of him feeling a degree of fear re: exacerbating the injury and that he definitely didn't want to be in the same bad (??) condition as before (is やぶい actually やばい)?

Ohh I haven't heard of Sota but can't fault Yuzu's taste (I maybe sorta see how he could pull it off in this pic)

it's ironic because I was actually planning to cut my hair drastically shorter this coming friday before I go off on exchange alskssaflkj

lmaooo, if you listen closely, you'll hear the sound of girls cutting their hair. sasuga 1994 kid, he prob spent his formative teenage years like me watching them in j-dramas (though I'd say his crush on gakki is a little more relevant )

some juiiiicy water for our cacti thanks to the ever-reliable-and-benevolent-best-hypeman nobu, according to this article: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2018/01/14/kiji/20180113s00041000226000c.html TL;DR yuzu's ideal type is aragaki yui, which explains why he was so obsessed with the koi dance, I'm dying Also, speed translation of nobu's yuzu comment in another interview with kanjani8

3. ‪’I always open my heart. If you don’t open your heart, you cannot absorb anything and it’s not interesting. The driving force for growth is to have an open heart‬.’ ‪Feb 2013 - When humans have a lot of information or choice, they will inevitably become lost. When they are lost, they will seek advice from many different people but may not be able to find a way out. Simply opening up may not be the solution. Hanyu always keeps an open mind and seeks many different opinions but also says what he wants to say. By doing so, he seeks an even better method. The secret to him being able to go from a junior to standing on the top of the world in only a few years lies in this. (3/?) (also guys, feel free to discuss the quotes here if you want, this doesn't need to be a super 'clean' thread. I, for one, am surprised by how much editorial comment is in this book -- I mean, they're insightful for sure but I'm also like 'is this...just the compiler's opinion? Is it an observation? WHO KNOWS)

2. ‘My strong point is that even if I don’t do well in a competition, I don’t really get depressed. On the contrary, my motivation goes up 100% after a competition where I’ve failed. The more kuyashii emotions* I feel, the more I throw myself into the next practice and feel that ‘I must practice properly so, at the next competition, I can recover the parts where I failed’. Date Unknown - A person’s personality is varied and changes with the situation. When one’s results and condition are good, one will become positive, if one is standing in an inferior position, it is normal, as a human, to feel weak. However, according Hanyu’s self-analysis, ‘normal’ is the complete opposite [for him]. When harsh conditions occur, his fighting spirit springs forth and all his power comes out. It is because he says ‘I throw myself more into practices after I’ve failed’ that there is no reason to expect he might stagnate. (2/?) *I’ve heard ‘gutted’ as the closest one-word English translation

Not at all! Now that I've started, the tough thing to do is pacing myself and not translate everything in one go

the eyebrows are singlehandedly keeping him in the 'male' category of @Anony's age identifier lbr

1. ‘It doesn’t matter if I’m an Olympic Champion or World Champion, my motivation does not lessen and I want to become stronger. My new opponent is myself.’ April 2014 - After becoming Olympic Champion at Sochi, Hanyu was asked ‘what kind of pressure do you feel as an Olympic champion and what’s your next goal’? by the media. Hanyu was not thinking about the fact he had become the champion or that he had reached a state of perfection. There were many things to accomplish in front of him so he continued to always say, ‘I want to become stronger’. (1/?)

So a few months ago, @kaeryth very generously sent me her copy of the Yuzuru Hanyu quote book bc she was moving house (thank you!) Ideally I would love for people to support by buying the book but I’m aware that Japanese language books are inaccessible (in terms of understanding content) for many people so I hope to pay her kindness forward and share a little of the content - not all of it and not the photos but the quotes. So in the lead-up to the Olympics, I’ll be translating some select quotes from the book every few days on my Twitter and posting the extended versions here and on Tumblr, in the hopes that these might provide some inspiration and insight. Disclaimer: I do not claim to be a professional translator - the intention is to give a hopefully accurate interpretation of the sentiments. If you spot any problems/inaccuracies, please send me a DM and I will correct it (unfortunately I can’t edit tweets but I can correct it on Tumblr) Please support the book by buying it if you can!

Are the Every clips being tweeted rn (with/without Shizuka?) the full documentary or just previews? I hope Pino-san is going to come out with the full recording so I'll wait to do a speed translation... but yeah it's mostly old footage from August 2017 which I believe they haven't released fully so it's incredibly painful to watch him discussing his plans and what he hopes for the Olys season, just a pre-warning

OOHHH Disney main account tweeted too!

lowkey though, Pooh's absence is probably my second anxiety behind using OG as his comeback I think we just need to convey how much he loves Pooh and how much he's brought Pooh to the skating world (and how much juicy, juicy publicity Disney might get from authorising the Pooh rain >_>). The people who would mock him because of his Pooh would have found some other reason to mock him, best to just leave them to their narrowminded bitterness

Making the tweet viral will certain grab attention (even if a couple hundred more engagements than their other tweets). Come on PH, let's do this

I've tweeted a reply to them and to Disney. wonder if we should start a hashtag movement... #BringPoohtoOlympics? #HanyusPooh?? #PoohtoPyeongchang? (can't think of something catchy) (this is why a New York Times article was a good thing, dodgy headline and title notwithstanding)

some cuteness while we wait and wait and wait

Found my fave tribute outfit

Some vintage programs being referenced in there, so cute~ And yep, original polaroids hand signed by Yuzu. Sadly seems only possible for JP fans with a Yahoo JP account and who are up for buying P&G fukubukuro (well...at least household products are actually useful)

Not recent - the serial record breaker one at the start of the season (also I realised Olympic Channel could be misleading bc isn't there an American broadcaster or something? I meant the IOC/official Olympics organisation).

If he does what he did in the Sochi team event at PC, the media will be fever pitch because you're 100% right - the story writes itself and, well, movie writers couldn't have dreamt up a more movie-like Olympic scenario going into the Mens event if it happens. I actually don't know if it'll be a good or bad thing but it'd be comparable to post NHK 2015 pressure except concentrated in a handful of days. So uh...make of that what you will (which is why I'm kind of nervous about him going into the team event but I'll be anxious either way so I'm just accepting this). But we just need to temper our expectations and accept whatever happens. This season has proved we can't predict anything lmao

@micaelis lol I...don’t have that much faith that his narrative will be represented that accurately or exclusively, going into PC. The media has an obligation to sell articles and report the most current news and news on the reigning GPF/Euros/4CC champion is definitely more ‘newsworthy’ than the ‘Yuzu is missing’ narrative. I think he’d be more of a mention. The Oly channel already did a ‘career retrospective + defending title’ fluff piece on Yuzu - there would have been more like that if he had been competing this season but the media buzz has died down because of his absence. JP media is still going with the ‘defending title’ thing, it may be picked up a bit but it won’t be a dominant narrative. I would be worried a bit abt the lack of momentum/buzz but Yuzu’s secured enough of a reputation over the years that hopefully it won’t matter too much... Might be interesting to compare with the coverage Yuna got prior to Sochi. If he pulls out a good result at the Team event (assuming he competes) however, expect a deluge of speculative articles that will pick up the buzz where he left off after WC (with the added bonus of a ‘injury road recovery’ narrative that media looove to eat up). If best case scenario happens, GOAT narrative may read its head. At the very least, we’ll probably get coverage on the Pooh thunderstorm no matter the result

Lol let’s not don our tinfoil hats too hastily