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I read that his dietitians make him eat hot soup first to stimulate his appetite, and since he not only needs more calories while he's competing (this is his competition diet) but he is actively trying to increase his muscle mass, this isn't really very much food at all.

Someone needs to photoshop him completely weighed down with jewels now. Crown jewels of course; he's the King.

HAHAHA! He even said in one costume, he was essentially naked with crystals covering his nipples. By the way, that was Money Magazine through Time Magazine, not the New York Times. The NYT is a newspaper, so they go with stories based on the info they have at the moment. Time Magazine isn't as "caught up in the moment," so they take the time to research everything they publish. You will rarely see a Time Magazine retraction, even though all the Newspapers have to apologize frequently for jumping the gun. Well, I certainly hope that's true... because...

That's Money Magazine, through Time. They're reputable, so I'm sure they got their numbers from somewhere... but maybe the higher amounts are for the highest end women's costumes instead of men's. Though I definitely remember Adam saying a costume of his cost more than $5,000.00... Hmmmm....

I got my figures from three sources. The first one is below. Also, Dick button talked about it somewhere, and there was a video of Adam Rippon discussing the costs of skating costumes somewhere too. https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/pyeongchang2018/becoming-an-olympic-figure-skater-costs-an-insane-amount-of-money/vi-BBIVBVv

Hmm, seems likely, Shoma's costumes have a similar flare to them.

I imagine so. Yep, you can buy a car for the price of a costume. Does anyone know where he has his costumes made? Is it in Japan or Toronto or...?

Yeah, he loves shiny things. He even had purple sequins sewn throughout the inside of the pleats -- the part you almost never see -- for the blue Parisian Walkways costume.

I read that the typical figure skating costume at this level of competition costs $5,000.00 to $10,000.00 dollars to have made for them. And some spend much more than that. Since Yuzu's mother is no longer making his costumes for him, I bet costumes like the Swan cost well over $10,000.00. He clearly shelled out for this one. What do you think? $20,000.00?

Thanks! This is my all-time favorite program in the history of figure skating!

I agree; but I think it's important for people not to read into what Yuzu said or speculate on the details -- and it's so weird that anyone thinks I want speculation when I repeatedly said we should only listen to what he actually said. It's a disconnect - like reality doesn't matter anymore. But I agree; I'm tired of this weirdness and I refuse to respond if anyone again tries to accuse me of saying what I plainly am not saying.

This isn't "a matter of opinion;" he said what he said. Nothing more. There is nothing to "interpret." It isn't me who's reading into this, and having "likes" doesn't change facts. I haven't tried to interpret his words in any way, yet you continue to claim I have. Listen to his words; they mean exactly what they mean. Yuzu said he'd been bullied by media and his fans were bullied on-line. He said it hurt so much he wanted to die at first, but he came through it with our help, and he's fine now. He didn't want to share the details, so he obviously doesn't want anyone to speculate or dig up the past. He only wanted to be heard as he thanked us for being there for him; and he hoped we would essentially be kind and continue to defend each-other. It was a simple message. How is it up for "interpretation?" Is this how "alternative facts" get started? Sometimes a banana is just a banana, no matter how many people "like" the idea that represents something else. Well said!

It's not presumptuous to see an apple and say, "hey look, an apple." I don't need to "presume" what Yuzu meant; he said precisely what he meant -- no more, and no less. You don't have to read into his words at all -- in fact you shouldn't. There should be zero embellishment or speculation. His words were as plain as the nose on your face. It doesn't take a crystal ball or a psychiatrist to understand, since all his words meant exactly what they said. It also doesn't take a crystal ball to figure out Yuzu deliberately brought this up with Plu-San because he was planning to talk about it later too. More to the point: Since he was brave enough to say those words, it's wrong to censor him. Everyone who's been bullied deserves to be heard -- whatever they want to say about it. Since that is my entire point, there really isn't that much else to talk about.

Yes, he said what he wanted to say, and only as much as he wanted to say. Yuzu didn't go into detail. His message was a broad and hopeful one and it should be heard. The reason he didn't dwell on the details is they aren't necessary to make the point he was trying to make, and we should absolutely NOT suppress his voice, or condone censorship of the limited message he wanted to relay to us so badly he made certain it was broadcast live to the whole world. It mattered very much to him to get that out, and we should honor his wishes to spread that message. This is not about freedom of speech; it's about the need of victims to be heard - whatever it is they are prepared to share. I have been one of those victims and I can tell you quite certainly, it is a need. I am older and have lived through multiple fandoms. Believe me, they are all alike. They become tribal, and within every tribe there are factions. It's really absurd to me -- people are crazy -- and I don't know if your ideas would work, but they sound good to me. Yuzu is right about this. The main thing is that we all exist out there as bastions of light, truth, and kindness. By the way, it makes me just as angry to see sleezeball attacks on Patrick Chan by Yuzu fans as it makes me to see sleezeball attacks against Yuzu. And that's not because I am an American; it's because every one of these skaters -- yes, that includes Dennis Ten and Han Yan -- deserves respect for all they have given up in their lives, torturing their bodies to bring us joy. There's a reason these competitors all hug each other, no matter who wins, and play games on the ice together to blow off steam. They are the only people in the world going through what they're gone through. They truly understand each other -- maybe we should all follow their example. I have to go off to recuperate now. I may be gone for some time. It was a pleasure to read your ideas. Have a great night.

Good for you!!! We need more like you. I suppose if we take a pure love approach, Yuzu could only be proud of having this done in his honor.

I'm not necessarily the best person to spearhead this...yet. I'm currently in a big full-time job AND I'm writing two new screenplays AND writing a children's book about Yuzu - all simultaneously. I'll seriously consider it after I finish the children's book. I mainly think that most of us should just do what we can instead of just shaking our heads and looking the other way.

My goodness! What an excellent idea! I like both your hashtags too. I think Yuzu would be so proud if we started a movement against cyber-bullying in his name. We can also vote with our remotes and our money. Don't watch programs that indulge vicious rumors and shame people publicly. Don't buy magazines and newspaper that do the same. Don't click links to any of their articles on-line. BOYCOTT the sob's. Hit them where it hurts and put all this hate back in the bottle. So long as it makes them money, they'll keep doing it. And people will keep suppressing and censoring the voices of victims if we don't speak out angrily in defense of those victims (By the way, I am a #MeToo)

Well... I suppose you have a point about immature fans becoming zealots (just different haters) instead of protectors of the innocent... I really hate that there's some truth in that... most haters don't even realize they're haters... I just pray that those of us who know the difference can take action and not remain silent.

Well that's not true. Plushy dodged the question, also, Japanese media and magazines weren't involved in bullying Plushy, Russian ones were, so they didn't care so much.

"Nothing easy is worth doing."

Yeah, except he also deliberately brought the bullying issue up with Johnny and Plushy in his interviews, making it absolutely clear that he wants people to talk about it. It was a theme he deliberately chose for the third day, when he knew it was being broadcast live around the world and he couldn't be censored then. I think he knew exactly what he was going to say about it and even rehearsed his speach. He's also mentioned it before CiONTU, so there is no way this was just a spur of the moment, private discussion (with thousands of people.) He wants us to actively try to stop people from bullying everyone -- even each other. That's absolutely clear. Just listen to him.

What can you do? I, for one, immediately sent messages to TV Asahi and FujiTV, complaining about the censorship. I hope you all did the same. One can yell loudly about censorship on-line. One can talk freely and stop being complicit. That's what one can do. There is strength in numbers.

I'm only talking about our lack of outrage about them censoring him. I also think the "let's not talk about it" (fill in your excuses) is complicity and suppression. He plainly wanted us to talk about it, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately raised the issue in such a public way. He's even thanked those who didn't find an excuse to "not talk about it," and instead defended him on-line. Those people had to "speculate" in order to defend him - and he thanked them for it.

I wonder why no-one is discussing the fact that they censored Yuzu's heartfelt plea and confession that he suffered from being bullied by haters on-line and in the media (so badly he wanted to freaking die.) We concentrate, instead, on some guy just trying to make a living by cosplaying in ways that probably made Yuzu himself laugh hysterically -- after-all, he's not an actual narcissist who can't laugh at himself; he's even the first to laugh at his own falls. We bicker about this minutia, all while we stay silent (complicit) in the censorship of this man we profess to love. If we really love Yuzu, we will defend his right to be heard, especially when we all know how painful it is to speak from the heart and have those we hope will care just shut us down and turn away. To let them get away with censoring him is to be complicit the next time bullies go after him and Yuzu remains silent because the censorship and our lack of outrage about it proves to him that no-one cares. This may lead to him suppressing those feelings; and any good therapist will tell you that suppressing feelings because no-one cares leads to dangerous depression.

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