4Nessie

Well, it will take time 'till I get through all those great resources on Planet Hanyu, so for some time I will be throwing random posts... ... but right now I'm reading FaOI Kanazawa Interview translation... Our King of Ice has some serious issues: "But because of the improvement in physical condition, now I need to control my jumps more, otherwise, I will miss it because of over-rotation or something. " How many skaters can say that? God... yes, I get it... OVER-ROTATION... How could I possibly fix that? Hmmmm... I know! Maybe adding another rotation would do the trick!

Nice! These are quite large. Three or four of them on ice and Yuzu would be totally confused. That's for trolling your fans Yuzuru! (By the way, I just finished rewatching 3 hours of CiONTU and confirmed he has been trolling us all along - and yes, I know that many realized before me. All those comments about Plushenko and Nijinski... smiles... more smiles... gigles... Next season we will pay attention Yuzu!!!)

It has a pleasant feel, like watching a happy family spending time together. I once saw a footage of Evgenia and Alina training with Tutberidze and there were mostly tears. Not happy at all. So, recalling this, I am glad that Yuzuru could train in such an environment.

Guess he should join Planet Hanyu as well. It would be an honour to have such a passionate fanyu among us.

Yep! That's another thing. My family giving me strange looks while I am watching Yuzu (videos of Yuzu doing practically anything, ranging from 2 seconds to several hours...). I never understood, why are they looking at me like I was retarded. Then, once, I looked in a mirror. Yep yep, that "scrunchied smile" above pretty much covers it. At least I am not watching anything at work.

Okay, I am really happy I joined PlanetHanyu community. But I suspect, there is something REALLY wrong with me since joining. Eagerly reading new posts while at work... thinking about giant Loch Ness Plushies... And now, going home from work, by bus, I was kind of exhausted and as I was falling asleep, I CLEARLY saw the guy standing next to me dressed in SEIMEI outfit... Diagnosis - too much Yuzu? Could there even be such a thing?

It would be great. But I think someone could surely make a better one. This was just a quick fix. And of course, if @ZuCritter will agree, as first author.

Dancing with you! (and I couldn't resist --- thanks to @ZuCritter who created model for this cutie)

Well, either someone wanted to troll all fanuys, or the ISU realized that restrictions might not be wise...

Soooo, I kind of did a second research guys..... Sorry about that... I didn't have much time before, but now I compared Yuzu's music to the original Edvin Marton's. This: and this: And my results: Origins 00:23 - 00:35 = Art on Ice 00:56 - 01:08 00:35 - 00:42 = Stradivarius 00:21 - 00:28 00:42 - 00-52 = Str 00:35 - 00:45 00:52 - 01:08 = Str 01:11 - 01:26 01:08 - 02:35 = AoI 01:10 - 02:37 02:35 - 02:50 = Str 02:26 - 02:45 (with about 6 secs in the middle cut out) 02:50 - 03:00 = AoI 01:59 - 02:09 03:00 - 03:44 = AoI 02:36 - 03:20 Enjoy!

NOOOOOOO! I didn't get to see it! She will have quite an intense time in TCC for a few days. And how great is their "Yuzu-guard" that they found it so soon...

WHAAAAAT?! Ok, now I want to buy a lot of those ugly Godzillas and throw them all on ISU members...

I would just dress up Nessie in that red-yellow costume, that Javi had for his exhibition. That should work. Oh, and add some horns to that... tadaaaaa

Sounds fun! Nothing could go wrong with an innocent banner... Well, if I could go, I would gladly provide all my socks to fanyu community there to make many mini Nessies. Can you imagine those commentaries? "And now there are raining Pooooohoooooo........ "

Ok, I can't stop thinking about it. The idea of Yuzuru standing in the middle of Nessie storm at ACI, totally , is actually pretty epic. Pleeeease, do that!

This is too cute! I think a need to bring this home one day, wherever it came from... Sorry Pooh, this is Nessie!

This made my day. That Nathan Chen comment was hilarious.

When Johnny Weir was skating and winning competitions, I wasn't much interested in figure skating. We did not have anyone "strikingly special" in our country, so i was watching just small bits and pieces. One thing I remember though is Johnny. Or rather my impression of him from the very little I heard. I was convinced, he is not much talented and just a pretty "flower" lost on ice, where it has nothing to do. Now I've actually watched some of his competitions and I was shocked by the lack of understanding I had before. From this experience I can tell that many people don't even care and just listen to all those commentaries instead of doing some research first. I will try not to judge blindly next time.

I loved the article. It is very informative. Personally, I never saw Yuzuru as feminine. I don't know how he does that, but I think he can make all his sparkly and fluffy costumes perfectly manly. I understand that some skaters see simplicity as "I am manly as hell" statement, but it is not necessarily true. It actually requires more spirit than just costume looks.

Thank you. :-) The comparison was meant solely for the music. I would never dare to compare their movements, because yuzuru is simply incomparable. We all know that, don't we... I just admire Yuzu's dedication when creating his own programs and I am curious what exactly is he doing to his music, that it sounds so good. Especially when compared to some pieces that where "created/destroyed" for the new season... Also, totally agree with the sideway lunge. It seems a bit misplaced there, but Seimei changed a lot from the first practices too. I believe that he will pull it off.

I LOVE this! The red one would be insta-death for many fanyus including myself... Oh, this place is great! I am so happy I joined! (Now I need to reed everything to catch up. But "you know... I must work hard...")

Hello, my fellow fanyu friends! I am new here, following Yuzu only since Worlds 2017, but now I am completely hooked and I have to post my thoughts. Because I am crazy curious and know Yuzu's music cuts are always beautiful, I just have to share my humble "research". Don't know if anyone did this already, but hey... repetition is key! So, this is, what I did - I took Yuzu's Origins, kindly provided here and compared it with Plushenko's Nijinsky here and the results - I know, it is not very accurate - are like this (starting from Yuzu's 00:43) : Yuzu 00:43 - 00:53 = Plu 2:41 - 2:51 00:53 - 01:19 is newly added 01:19 - 02:09 = Plu 1:27 - 2:17 02:09 - 02:50 added again? 02:50 - 03:02 = Plu - maybe repeated 2:06 - 2:16 03:02 - 03:22 = Plu 4:18 - 4:38 03:22 - 03:38 I guess it's an extension to the following part 03:38 - 03:44 = Plu 04:38 - 04:44 Yeah, it's not much, but I was REALLY curious about the amount of cutting, Yuzuru did. And I think it turned out quite beautifully.