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@PoohandYuzu Thanks for sharing your story! So wonderful that you could visit the shrine. I have one more: if it wasn't for Yuzu, I wouldn't have been able to keep my mother entertained today while she recovers from having a lumpectomy. Because I've shown her some of Yuzu's videos, she's now interested enough in figure skating that we could watch the IdF Men's SP livestream together. However, none of the skaters competing today impress her the way Yuzu does.

That should be on a T-shirt.

Happy Thanksgiving, @ruruzest! And to all the other satellites celebrating today. I'm thankful for Yuzuru's existence, without which, none of us would have known how much of the things we think are impossible, are actually achievable.

This is why satellites joke that Brian keeps losing his hair.

No. I'm dropping this topic right here, because it's getting out of hand and wrecking this thread. I still can't see anything offensive about that video. Although you're all saying it was a mockery of Yuzu fans, to my eyes it was not. It was a simple fluff piece, maybe not so well researched. Those facial expressions that you're all complaining about are a normal part of communication here, and nothing to be offended by. And that's it, I'm done. I will say no more.

That's so awesome! I hope the invigilator went out and watched a Yuzu video afterwards.

I never once implied that it was Asians. I simply said 'non-English-speaking'. It's patronising to assume that only the Asian ones deliver these criticisms.

Critique, yes. What I've seen goes far beyond critique though.

You seem to be implying that they should just pretend something that happened, didn't. That's not how news organizations work. Now, I don't want to derail the thread any further, so I'm stopping. Think what you will. But people are wrong to ascribe malice to any aspect of CBC coverage of Yuzu or his fans. That's not the kind of organization it is.

No, I 'm saying that it's a true fact that people cry over him. The 'not so good' is referring to other things. Like fans finding his family's house in Sendai and bothering the neighbors and such, as has happened in the past.

The tweet was one small part of an entire video which was positive up til then.

If that's true, then why is there such a negative reaction from Yuzu fans (I'm referring to the wider fandom here, not just the Planet)as soon as a news outlet says anything about them that isn't perfectly sunshine and roses, even though it's true? I perceive, although I may be mistaken, that there is a strong inclination amongst some fans to pretend that the negative stuff doesn't happen, or at least that it's not the 'real' fans that do it. You are, of course, perfectly free to think as you wish, but that is what I perceive.

I knew there was a reason I liked Yagudin....🤣

it's a simple fact that some Yuzu fans get emotional about him and cry. I don't see how you could write an honest news story about Yuzu fans and leave that part out. Why would covering it be considered 'in bad taste'? It's just being honest and truthful. The reality of the Yuzuru fandom is that, like any other human activity, there will be both good and and not so good. I see no point in hiding either one. What's in 'bad taste', to me, is trying to cover up or gloss over reality just because it's inconvenient. In any case, I don't see any mockery on CBC's part in this current video, and I haven't seen the other one. I have seen quite a bit of vitriol directed at the CBC by certain twitter accounts I follow, and it's really disturbing to witness.

There's that, plus his health insurance is most likely in Japan.

Definitely the right thing to do, I believe!

I disagree that the video was done in bad taste. But to each their own.

I love where this thread is going. One more: Without Yuzuru, I would never have realized how deep my own thirst for excellence is. There's a whole story that goes with that statement that I'm not ready to tell right now. I only want to say that I'm so happy to have found this part of my character back - it was lost for many years, buried under a whhholllllleeee lot of bad experiences and negativity. Now that I have it back, I'm going to use it well.

Hmm...I wonder what this means for his ankle....

Also, they love Brian, Tracy, &co, so they strive to give fair coverage to their athletes.

Well they're not perfect :), and thank you for understanding.

That photo of him is so beautiful, but it still makes me sad. I keep thinking about the crutches lying by his feet while he posed.

Apology accepted, and please understand I wasn't trying to single you out. I just thought that perhaps folks didn't realize, and wanted to let them know.

@ruruzest Didn't we see it at ACI, too? Yuzu was being so gracious at the practices to all the other competitors.

I was looking at his Ina Bauer the other day and wondered how many ballet dancers envy his turn out. It's amazing. Yuzu could easily be a dancer, for sure.