Yatagarasu

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Seriously. If anyone can say finally, a black costume it is us Yuzuru. We the thirsty sods finally had our wishes come true

Tbh, I just laugh. It is just total nonsense so it makes me giggle.

Yup there is at least one, if not two, where it's a UR but not a DG as it was in that one competition (am so sorry but am totally done in to go looking for it now). He did get better over time and yes, he has been working on it for years, 3 at least if not 4. Still, if you cannot rotate it in practice then forget about competitions. I am actually slightly puzzled as to why they're pushing so much but I suppose he wants to take every opportunity he has to try it, knowing Zu's also gunning for it.

Crossposting here too just for the heck of it Tally so far: Names in red have qualified for the GPF, blue are substitutes Men Ladies Ice Dance Pairs Michal BREZINA (CZE) 26 Junhwan CHA (KOR) 22 Yuzuru HANYU (JPN) 15 Nathan CHEN (USA) 15 Shoma UNO (JPN) 15 Keegan MESSING (CAN) 13 Nam NGUYEN (CAN) 12 Sergei VORONOV (RUS) 11 Alexander SAMARIN (RUS) 9 Mikhail KOLYADA (RUS) 9 Matteo RIZZO (ITA) 9 Kaori SAKAMOTO (JPN) 24 Satoko MIYAHARA (JPN) 15 Alina ZAGITOVA (RUS) 15 Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA (RUS) 15 Mako YAMASHITA (JPN) 13 Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA (RUS) 13 Sofia SAMODUROVA (RUS) 11 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA (RUS) 11 Bradie TENNELL (USA) 9 Yuna SHIRAIWA (JPN) 9 Mariah BELL (USA) 9 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE (USA) 30 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI (ITA) 26 Lorraine MCNAMARA / Quinn CARPENTER (USA) 20 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN (RUS) 15 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV (RUS) 13 Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER (CAN) 11 Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO (RUS) 11 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC (FRA) 9 Sara HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN (ESP) 9 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES (FRA) 15 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV (RUS) 15 Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT (RUS) 15 Cheng PENG / Yang JIN (CHN) 13 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE (ITA) 13 Alisa EFIMOVA / Alexander KOROVIN (RUS) 13 Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO (CAN) 11 Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN (RUS) 11 Ashley CAIN / Timothy LEDUC (USA) 11 Aleksandra BOIKOVA / Dmitrii KOZLOVSKII (RUS) 9 Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER (AUT) 9 Alexa SCIMECA KNIERIM / Chris KNIERIM (USA) 9

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Yup. Trying for the first time at Worlds is a no-go which means 4CC or WTT. We don't even know if he'll go to 4CC though tbh, I expect so. He might try there but then WTT is really without any stress so that might be the best. But who knows with him.

Uhh, those photos. Not what I expected when I checked the thread

As long as he keeps that program as his EX I will take 10 chest hair costumes. Guh it is so amazing and should be seen on the big stage.

He'll go hmmm now, and wear both at the same time just for our complete enjoyment

I am doing god's work here I see, praise (I'm sorry! And yes it is, which is why it is that much worse somehow? Guh) @sweetwater Ahh thank you, thank you, I will try. I don't have much hope as my brain is wired that way but it won't hurt to try!

See the black, at the bottom of the V, in the front there? So it's not actual chest hair, but one of my friends said it reminded her of it, and now all I see is chest hair. Sigh.

I'm sorry but at least it's shared pain now?

A friend of mine called it 'chest hair' and that was it. Costume ruined for all time. I just cannot get past it since then Uh, yes, well. Best not to talk about that one

The "chest hair" bugs me. I just cannot unsee. So I hope that brown-ish bit goes away. The rest can stay

Unless something has drastically changed, he's not really close to a fully rotated jump but even like that, major props for going for it. We'll see if it gets Zu to go hmmm. Don't think so really, I think he'll stick to whatever plan he has right now.

*pats* Just deep breaths. ____________ Tbh, the more time passes the less sure I am he'll try it at Helsinki. Somehow I think it'll be CoR, if indeed he wants to do it during the GP season.

Ladies and gentleman, I believe this one requires no introduction. Dun dun dun. Ommmmm

Another WD? Goodness. I need to re-do my Warm up then though I am tempted to just leave it as it is. (will this be a GPF of peeps who simply show up to skate? )

Final Tally: Names in red have qualified for the JGPF, blue are substitutes Men Ladies Ice Dance Pairs Petr GUMENNIK (RUS) 30 Camden PULKINEN (USA) 28 Adam SIAO HIM FA (FRA) 26 Tomoki HIWATASHI (USA) 26 Andrew TORGASHEV (USA) 24 Koshiro SHIMADA (JPN) 24 Stephen GOGOLEV (CAN) 22 Kirill IAKOVLEV (RUS) 22 Yuma KAGIYAMA (JPN) 22 Alexandra TRUSOVA (RUS) 30 Alena KOSTORNAIA (RUS) 30 Anna SHCHERBAKOVA (RUS) 30 Anastasia TARAKANOVA (RUS) 28 Yelim KIM (KOR) 26 Alena KANYSHEVA (RUS) 26 Anna TARUSINA (RUS) 26 Young YOU (KOR) 20 Rion SUMIYOSHI (JPN) 20 Arina USHAKOVA / Maxim NEKRASOV (RUS) 30 Elizaveta KHUDAIBERDIEVA / Nikita NAZAROV (RUS) 30 Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK (USA) 28 Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO (RUS) 28 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA (CAN) 28 Maria KAZAKOVA / Georgy REVIYA (GEO) 26 Polina IVANENKO / Daniil KARPOV (RUS) 24 Elizaveta SHANAEVA / Devid NARYZHNYY (RUS) 22 Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV (UKR) 20 Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV (RUS) 30 Polina KOSTIUKOVICH / Dmitrii IALIN (RUS) 28 Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV (RUS) 26 Apollinariia PANFILOVA / Dmitry RYLOV (RUS) 26 Anastasia POLUIANOVA / Dmitry SOPOT (RUS) 22 Sarah FENG / TJ NYMAN (USA) 16 Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW (USA) 14 Riku MIURA / Shoya ICHIHASHI (JPN) 13 Patricia ANDREW / Paxton FLETCHER (CAN) 13

Also don't forget the - I shall not jinx so ... picks and the, cough, reverse jinx picks

Yay, rolling the dice is fun

Yes, same here but I somehow always end up being surprised, as you'd think it is such a fab opportunity for a kid. Anyway, I went and poked around now and it really does not appear she grew up bi-lingual. She uses an interpreter for interviews and not a single record of her talking in English, even to fans. That won't make things easy with the new coach.

Huh, that is ... odd. Am not sure that'll help unfortunately but best of luck to her. Her father is British so I'd say the answer to that question is yes.

I was going to make a coherent post but then I saw the new pics and that costume ... well, uh. Uh. The pants are not black either. And I like it. Uh.