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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!

Ok, I feel a little better...

Ahhhhh. Thanks for clearing that up...

No - the core five does not include a Canadian-based ACI - just a possible Canadian competition (in the core 5 or the additional 5). Read the ISU communication. It's not that Canada can't have one; they simply seem to be stating that if more US ISU members lobby for the fifth official competition, they might get it.

I haven't seen a lot of comments on any of the forums about the latest from the ISU regarding next year's Challenger series (ACI!!!!) - It's "ISU Communication 2307". And states - "One event in Canada or the United States to be agreed upon among the ISU Figure Skating Members in Canada and the United States........ Up to a maximum of five (5) additional International Figure Skating Competitions may be added by the ISU Council at its full discretion based on the applications from organizing ISU Members from all Continents to be submitted to the ISU." Two competitions in No America????? I see this a a major snub to Canada and Canadians (and I am only a Canadian wannabe). Why are they even thinking of changing the country location? This has always been held in Canada. Not that the ISU pays any attention to fans at all (and I still don't have my single event tickets for Worlds, which is an ISU deal but this isn't about that), but perhaps if every Canadian on the Planet writes the ISU Figure Skating Members in Canada stressing how important it is to keep ACI in Canada, that might help keep it in Canada. If ACI is not in Canada but in the states, there is little to no chance of Yuzuru being there. Or Jun or even Roman. The whole point of the Challenger series seems to be to give seniors competition experience. Yuzu will want to try out his new and, expected, spectacular new programs and would go if it's anywhere in Canada (somewhere in eastern Canada being preferred, I'm sure, by TCC people). As with all FS competitions, if Yuzuru isn't there, I won't be either and I really want to see him skate next season, on this continent. So, Canadians - start lobbying the Canadian ISU members....now.

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