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Thank you for your concern. I am in Jakarta and we felt nothing, but those in Surabaya and Bali can felt the shock. Thankfully the early warning for tsunami has been removed. Hope everyone is okay.

I think I will go with 2nd option and be more a casual fan, but I will not drop my google alert for "Yuzuru Hanyu" either. Hopefully he will not retire so soon, though. I still need to see him live at least once.

I do not expect him to suddenly unleash 4A either, better focusing on his health first. He has set his priorities and acted upon them so well though, so I am not too worried about that. Also if there are other skaters who want to do it first they have my full blessing. I am certain their cleanly landed 4A video (if they landed it first) will be studied intently by Yuzu though...

Cannot blame them tho. Just see how many likes and retweet they got from Yuzu contents.

LOL. I love his/her works. I am using one of those (Yuzu and hydrangea) for my phone wallpaper.

Reigning Olympic Champion, Ice Prince, Superstar Skater, The Quiet Genius, The Virtuoso Skater, Hyper-Famous Olympic Star. Yuzu and his many aliases. https://articles.olympicchannel.com/yuzuru-hanyu-back-in-competition-earlier-than-expected/

My initial reaction from seeing the pic is that Yuzu needs to start using gold marker to make signature.

Well, I think there is also the thing that some people will set a higher goal everytime they reach their current one. Happens with earphone; you think that your new one is perfect until you get used to it and want something better.

Isn't Worlds 2017 H&L is a perfect FS *only*? Do you mean there is a shift in his opinion about a perfect skate? Like, previously, it is about winning in a landslide even when all his competitors skating their best--and now it is about a skate that leaves lasting impression to the viewers? Those kind of skate IMHO is easier to reach with EX programs, but Yuzu might have a different idea.

Hasn't he got the mythical beast once, during GPF '15? I think he keeps going because he said winning Olympic Gold twice will be legendary. (But some are still reluctant to acknowledge your GOAT status Yuzu, you might need to go for a thrice.)

Yuzuru on media day: "For this Season I decided to repeat my Let's Go Crazy for SP and my Notredame de Paris for FP. I feel like I can pull it off now." #JustTrolling #ButHeyItIsPossible

That might happen in a very distant future since the Smaug will not let all his headphones go that easily. Gloves? No big deal. Costumes? There you go. Headphones? NO WAY. Unless they find an exact replica. He'll return to take it or have an express courier service to send it to him. He has several custom-made right? That ones will be hard to replaced in an instant. I am thinking to get a custom as an upgrade for my current one and it took about 3 days for production only (benchmark from a local brand).

I bet he think he can live without it. Umm... IDK, but since he is a sentimental guy I guess he will still have it. He can keep all that together with the iPod he received from Abe-sensei.

I think he has a USD 130-ish range one? Cannot remember the brand but it is a wireless sport one. Also, at this rate I'll bet the guy has... More than 60 pair? And no, he will not forgetting his earphones. He travels with loads of them! Writing this makes me wonder if he still keep that SONY headphone he received from Kenji's room...

THIS. In my mind I always made a timeline of Etude - Requiem - Notte Stellata - Hope & Legacy - Haru Yo Koi. With Etude being the element (tsunami) and the others for how it impact Yuzu afterward.

I will be out of town the whole next week and my Ice Jewel PB and Cat-Yuzu-in-Hakama will arrive during that time.. Another two weeks before I can enjoy it and you're killing me with that preview @Iknirg

The judges back then are more modest because there are not many things they can tamper with. Like, 1 Quad in a program. Quad Toe and (sometimes) Salchow. Normal GOE and score because why taking risks when you're gonna win anyway? And then this skinny boy from Sendai came and annihilated the score system with all his GOE and harder tech content and backloading. Judges don't really have any choice other than being immodest.

I think he did receive help sometimes *cough*when Yuzu himself said that he scored too high*cough* but not as often (and as much) as some others since he does not need it. He even still can win when they hold his scores to create a more balanced competition. And now you made me curious. Who the JSF really wants to have on top?

(This is what my conspiracy-loving mind thinking for a while, might be too ludicrous for some though) I've been thinking that Yuzu might have not been given 3+ to keep the competition alive, since it will be rather meh if one person truly dominates the field. As far as politicking go, just like what @micaelismentioned, ISU (and JSF) should well aware who is their biggest cash maker nowadays. So... My take is that they are juggling things a bit to keep all people happy. With that in mind, I am also curious how will Shoma fare when Yuzu is not around. I might not be following the last year's GPF and this year's World so much, but the point difference between the gold and the silver (During GPF and I think several other competitions? Not World, though) are just too small for my liking.

I am curious with how Yuzu will approach this season. Although we can say the new rules seems to favor him, I don't think he will finally rest on his laurel either. I'm also almost certain the BV war from Nathan and Vincent will cease since it is no longer Olympic season, but I am not really sure how will they both benefit from the +5 GOE scheme.

I developed rash when drinking alcohol. A friend have it differently, he has difficulty to breathe.

Hope he read this forum and let us see him doing tango then.

You yourself can be Yuzu in disguise.

Because the boy also have the sweetest smile in the world and it is more effective to use honey instead of vinegar to cajole judges to give him extra points--comes to mind.

His Vertigo program at Nebelhorn Trophy. PS: I might be fuzzy about what he actually did back then though, am not able to confirm it (rewatch the video) right now. PPS: Some people do have complaint with his underage status back then and his 'sexy' programs such as Vertigo and Hello, I love you, but hope this post will not spark another controversy. PPPS: The boy himself has claimed that he does not think he is sexy (which for me is necessary if he want to pull off tango), that is why I remembered those programs when we discussed about his potential tango program.