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OMG BLESS thank you so much!!

I've been on the hunt since ever for a full video of this practice day with audio, but no luck so far ;_; It's bc the NBC stream muted the audio whenever you tried to record it for whatever copyright reasons or to prevent reuploading I guess?? But I've seen clips of this practice with audio, which means some ppl were able to find a way around it agjalgjka

Here's the full practice video! That moment happens towards the end at the 31:40 mark~

I was wondering the same thing the other day while rewatching his sp at the Olympics! He touches his skate to his forehead more frequently now, but actually iirc he did a lot of nice ones for LGC? He did a really great one at 4cc last year! I think it's just that he doesn't do it /all the time/. And at the beginning of this season, he had that knee pain, right? I forgot which leg tho... But he uses his left skate to do that, so I'm not sure about the ankle injury being the reason as to why he didn't do it at oly's, but who knows?? I'm still curious if it stems from discomfort on injuries as you mentioned or if it's flexibility. Or maybe just that he doesn't feel he needs to do the full stretch if he at least gets the idea across? Though yuzu doesn't seem the type to do the bare minimum or half-ass anything so...

Okay just to backtrack a little—reflecting on this whole experience, I almost want to laugh at it all cause man, we really thought yuzuru was okay and healthy again like "yES, he's BACK, he recovered in time and although short, his training has probably gone pretty well bc damn he looks great and secure in these practices!!" 💀💀💀I just remember feeling so stupidly excited and relieved especially after his third practice with him throwing that 4T-1Lo-3S-1Lo-3S in front of nathan lmAO a true it's over for you hoes moment. He really had us convinced that his injury had healed (enough to be skating just fine), but finding out he was skating on painkillers and that the pain had only reduced about 20-30% really crushed me in the worst way, and that feeling still lingers till now... I'm praying he's able to recover well without too much struggle! Not bc I want him to get back to competing, but for his own health and wellbeing. Like I honestly lowkey feel guilty for even thinking, "I hope next season we get new programs!" agkjalkjg bc truly truly, whatever we get from now on will be a bonus. I'm not even the one competing and training my my ass off everyday, but god I really felt idk anxiety?? for yuzu especially this past year knowing it was probably close to hell for him a lot of the time. I'm really just so thankful for this entire experience that he's shared with us, and I'm SO happy he's finally found his happiness and satisfaction with this second OGM win! On another note, it feels like this enormous weight has been lifted off my chest knowing yuzu is resting and prob just enjoying his days in total leisure at home in japan, super laxed out with family, and hopefully without any burden or stress or lingering regrets and thoughts or looming worries of next season, next practice, next whatever, tainting his downtime. And since he's finally reached this dream of his, I can imagine that this resting period is probably the first time in years where he could truly just sit back and relax without feeling that constant itch that something still hasn't been finished or done, that the season went by with unsatisfying overall results and things could've been done better... Yes, there's 4A, but I feel like he's okay with letting that wait, and especially with all the post-olympic coverage and media, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry but rather calm and patient for what's to come?? It just seems like he can actually wake up and simply breathe knowing he's done what he wanted to accomplish after all this time, and I'm sure that must feel GREAT, reaching the top of that mountain after a long and hard trek up and just breathing. And now with this ice show he's organizing!! I'm sure we'll be getting even more footage and moments of our bb having fun, which is my fave thing evER But! It did get me wondering—so we obviously know that yuzu not only enjoys skating competitively but just genuinely enjoys skating in general to the point that being on land feels "unusual" LOL, so I wonder if whenever he gets a lot of time off, does he eventually reach this point where he gets bored when skating isn't filling his time?? Does he miss the ice or is that time very much appreciated as a resting period that he enjoys as just a resting period bc he knows he'll be back on the ice eventually?? Is there a good balance there?? I know it's yuzu, but I kinda wonder just how far his love for skating extends in this regard, not limited to a competitive sense, especially now that he's reached his biggest dream? It might just be an obvious and simple answer, but I'm curious what you guys think! (Also I finally got a twitter to officially join the fandom apart from just lurking with my personal account asfsfjka feel free to follow!)

Ah yes! This is the video I mentioned seeing with no audio—the NBC broadcast for day 3 had audio, but they muted it when you tried screen recording, most likely to prevent reuploading or run-ins with copyright issues or something aghhh. But! I have seen day 3 snippets with audio, which means some people figured out how to get around it?? I just thought I'd give it a shot and ask anyway! Thank you though!!

Hey guys! Does anyone know where I can watch the NBC practice videos that they streamed live during the games? I know the Senior Competition Media Post had Day 2 only, and I saw one for Day 3, but no audio For some reason, the NBC website removed all of the replays for the live streams, ughhhh I should've tried downloading them all when I could. Thanks!

yes that's totally fine!! and uGH YES EXACTLY. it feels so refreshing to know that he's just finally letting himself go, and we really couldn't ask for more ;_;<3 and yeah like even when he was doing jumps, it still didn't have that tense weight of frustration it might've had before where you just know he's being hard on himself and analyzing every little thing as applied to competition, thinking about all the ways he can do better or be better. he's just having fun with it !!!! with this carefree, content vibe !!! no baggage LOL and that's seriously something special coming from tHE yuzuru hanyu. I'M SO HAPPY I COULD CRY.

RIGHT LOL. Even when the mistakes in his free were mentioned, he said he's truly satisfied with no regrets, like this whole thing is just so uplifting, and I'm so grateful that he can genuinely say he's happy after all that's happened, even better that we can evidently see that happiness with our own eyes! You know yuzu means it from the bottom of his heart when he says he's happy when he's actually not being hard on himself or pointing out his mistakes but rather accepting them, like that's huge?? And I know he's not 100% okay health-wise, and there's still the uncertainty of his ankle still lingering, but at least for now, in this moment, seeing yuzuru with that smile on his face means the world. He deserves to be smiling and laughing like this in the company of others, doing the thing he loves most for the sake of just enjoying it! I mean, he's lived all this time thinking about the future, aiming for the future, planning for the future, and it's no wonder that he wants to enjoy this experience in the now and keeps reminding us that he's happy<3

Okay I know we're all losing our shit bc yuzu is STILL practicing on a bad ankle (like someone stop him from doing all these jumps, why hasnt he gone to get that xrayed asap, I seriously don't get it LOL), but ever since his gold medal win and after all the interviews that followed of him saying he's truly happy and satisfied for the first time in his career after finally achieving his dream etc etc, seeing all the footage these past 2 days of him practicing for the gala just feels so incredibly freeing, like you can physically see the weight just lifted off his shoulders after all these years??? I've honestly never seen him practice or simply be in such an uninhibited way, no tension, no traffic jam in his mind, no pressure, just having fun and laughing at himself and his silly mistakes and joking around the entire time, start to finish !!! I've watched countless practice fancams of yuzuru throughout the years, and this is the first and only time I've ever seen him having fun and genuinely enjoying himself without any burdens?? Without those moments where you can see his mind switching back into work mode, like, "Okay, that's enough fooling around for now, x competition is coming up, gotta practice so and so bc it's still not good enough, etc." And I know a lot of things have been bittersweet lately what with this being the end of an era, but I truly love and appreciate that he doesn't have to feel the pressure or the need to sacrifice anything to achieve any enormous, long term goals anymore—whether that be something as simple as laughing with his coaches while training or with bigger things like calculating how he spends his pastime, he doesn't need to do that anymore! Like this boy has really, seriously sacrificed the most and prioritized the hell out of every aspect of his life for that one dream, so it makes me so stupidly emotional that now that he's achieved what he wanted, he can finally live and do things without the need to hold back or push anything/anyone away. It breaks me that javi won't be around for this new chapter of yuzu's life where he can finally just let go (or maybe he will be! I really hope so ;_; we'll just have to see with time I guess?), and it's also super bittersweet knowing that things are gonna change from here on out, but I'm just alkgjelkgj SO HAPPY !!! that yuzu is genuinely happy, that's all I could ask for! You can really see that he's enjoying skating and everything around him, whenever, wherever, and it's like we're finally seeing this whole new, more open and unrestrained side to yuzu that's just living in the most carefree way he's never allowed himself to. It feels like a breath of fresh air!