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Won't ISU have to broadcast this abomination of an event to a world wide audience if they think it's going to attract heretofor uninterested people to FS? And the ISU feed is geoblocked in plenty of countries so who is going to watch it? It's all just so weird. I can see it as possibly increasing ticket sales to Stars on Ice or other ice shows but the ISU doesn't have skin in that game. I think having 4CC in Australia next year is as close as they've gotten to trying to truly expand their fan base - and Oz has only one skater that we ever even see.

I've heard of these "antis" before but I've never actually read any of the negative press. Perhaps the one plus of not being able to read or understand Japanese.

And it's so good to see Shoma smiling and actually happy.

He was clearly exhausted at JPF. He'd only been there a couple of days and it takes time to overcome jet lag. And he is hard on himself. He is never willing to put responsibility for less than perfect scores on anything or anyone other than himself. Nothing new there. But exhaustion makes it a lot easier to sound more depressed than you actually are,

Agreed. Is there a cultural objection to asking for psychological help? In addition to clinical depression (that I -self reliant, strong and bright - have) there is situational depression. Who wouldn't be distressed and depressed when seeing how powerless they are over the shaking of the earth and subsequent loss of life?

Beautiful. I'll come looking for you on day 1! Did you know there are over 200 different flavors of kit kat bars in Japan? Wow.

Yuzurious pretty much describes how I feel when I watch Yuzu skate. Or stand still.

It's kind of sad to see so few people in the stands....

It's actually nice to know the precise way to pronounce his name. Even with years of French in high school and college, I'd never seen the name at all. And there really isn't an English equivalent (unlike Guillaume, for instance). It really has a soft quality to it.

And now we all know how to pronounce it correctly. I don't know why he wouldn't know how to say any of his coaches names... He's heard them for years.

Roman is a sweetie, all around...

I'd have saved that Instagram screenshot, too. I've gotten more than a couple of responses from Roman and Conrad and Grayson Long (who is just a little guy, but cute as can be, and very good...). But Tracy is a coup!

Love it.

I asked the same question. When and where will this be broadcast?

Anything on my face makes it feel like it's suffocating.

Is this going to be on CBC? And when? I have a VPN just so I can watch Yuzu-related stuff and would LOVE to watch this!!!

Yes - however you'd like to take it. Follow-up info on it's way... And I have the Japanese Blu-ray multi-disc Time of Evolution that would great on an 80" tv....

A big TV is a must - but your sound system has me convinced- all Yuzu videos will be more enjoyable in front of your 80" with the Bose sound system. June. I'll be there.

Thank you for the translation. I think he is "back". This is the first season in years that he hasn't had an injury. He is stronger. And, I believe, he has had some time since Nationals to remember what it means to him to skate truly for himself. He is best when he internalizes the music and then translates it into movement. That was never going to happen with "tribute" music. I think that a month of training the "new" programs is going to produce something amazing.

What's his general feel? I need my own resident translator. Maybe it will show up on YouTube with Eng subtitles.

Get me one, too. Thanks.

Does he ever feel that he's done perfectly? There will always be a feeling of kuyashii for him because he is a perfectionist and perfect does not exist (though he's as close as it comes in figure skating.) He is so hard on himself. Didn't he say that, before flying to Korea, he'd only skated to Chopin for two weeks? Maybe Seimei was for a bit longer, but it couldn't have been very much longer and he did have to make a lot of adjustments. And then jet lag. I wish, for him, that he hadn't put his hand down, that his 4Lz was perfect, that he hadn't fallen - but considering what he was contending with, he really di skate nearly perfectly...

You can hear him say to Jason, before they head out to the ice for the medal ceremony (Jason says he likes the collar) "I feel like shining". Who knew he'd also glow in the dark?

That's good to know.....I just really like to see all the TCC guys skating...

I think Yuzuru is, hands down, MUCH better looking - but when they are looking things scientifically, which this is, they look at symmetry and Yuzu's face is not symmetric. But who wants symmetric? Not me!