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I bet, Team Cricket gives 100% even in a casual pillow fight {...waiting for Joseph's TCC pajama party InstaStory...} I'd like to say THANK YOU to everyone who pleased us with so many great translations, subs and videolinks over the last few days. I know how much time and sweat it takes to watch, write and rewatch all the raw content. You really sweetened my week. ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA!!

To be honest, I'm okay with every spin, transition and sequence of his COR performance minus that infamous 'butt'-spin (the official name is A-spin, if I remember correctly). Beat me, but this position looks so unaesthetic and sinful to me...

Same thought. When Laureus announced the nominees some weeks ago, the global attention was pretty low at the beginning. So I decided to support Yuzu with a tweet. But when I see the current "invasion", I really feel sorry for the other contenders, who went through incredible pain and hard times as well... I'm okay with the support for Yuzu, but it's disrespectful to send "Yuzu!!"-messages to other nominees imo. I agree with all your thoughts that figure skating as a smaller sport lives through discussions on the internet, not that much in everyday life. That leads to such clickbait phenomenons as we can witness here with Laureus. However, even within the skating universe Yuzu and his fanbase strike out in many ways. The Pooh rain ritual, the recurring ticket bloodbaths before competitions, the mass of Yuzu related posts on SM everyday, the photo exhibitions, advertisement and merchandising, the Olympic parades with 100,000 of visitors... I think, Dick Button got mighty close, why Yuzu is so special and popular: It's true that an error-filled program leaves a bittersweet taste, no matter how difficult the technical content and overall quality of your skating is. Mistakes are not champion-like. Figure skating is currently in a tricky situation: It would be disappointing to lower the difficulty, but the current level is sky-high for 99% of the active skaters and clean free skates are very rare miracles. Not to mention programs with a total package and perfect balance of athletism and artistry. At the moment Yuzu comes closest to this ideal, especially in his short programs (last jump error in a SP: 20.10.2017). An ideal skater unites five types of artists in one person: 1. athlete 2. dancer/musician 3. model 4. painter/illustrator 5. author/storyteller Yuzu hits most of these aspects. He's technically very strong, has a sublime musicality and 'movement culture', looks great on the ice with striking costumes, creates memorable images and tells stories with his skating. Most skaters have their technical arsenal and try to build a program around it. With Yuzu it's other way round. The global concept, motive and message have top priority and the technical elements are implemented into the choreography as artistic highlights and touches. They are not isolated, there's no break in his programs. It's one big story. That's why he can reach so many people's heart.

@Interspectator from GS has posted a trantranslation of the NHK documentary. Thank you very much for this huge effort. Part I: Part II: Part III:

After quite a long break Fanyus have not forgotten about Laureus. Obviously: https://mobile.twitter.com/LaureusSport/status/1090555037519171584 This tweet is just 4 hours old and it's flooded with comments already. Crazy stuff

Wouldn't be too worried about that, Javi. I'm sure you got an XXL street sign with extra flourish on Yuzu's skating road...

I've looked it up to make sure: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-regulations-rules [page 16] "Jump sequences are evaluated as one unit by adding the Base Values of the two jumps, multiplying the result by 0.8 and applying the GOE of the jump with the higher numerical value. The factored Base Value of the jump sequence will be rounded to two decimal places." So a sequence receives 80% of the base value of both jumps. BV 4T+3A+SEQ with 10% bonus: (9.5 + 8) × 0.8 × 1.1 = 15.4 #Sidenote: Even the 80% factoring is nonsense imo. It's hard to believe that the difficulty of a solo 4T and 3A with gliding and crossovers and breakfast inbetween is 8 points higher (GOE included) than a 4T+3A sequence. Credits to Yuzu that he does it anyway.

I do believe that he sticks with the 4T+3A sequence... At the moment it's his hardest jump element and most impressive weapon that nobody else can offer. It could leave a key impact on the judges, if he landed it clean for the first time and right in front of their eyes. It's Nessie's little sister. In a way. If the 4Lo is not ready until Worlds, Yuzu can still include the sequence in his layout and he wouldn't really lose anything in his BV: 4S, 4T, 3Lo, 3Lz // 4T+3A+SEQ, 3F+3T, 3A+1Eu+3S BV: 86.83 Max. TSS: 222.68 (with +5 and 10.00) With his full jump arsenal (4Lo, 3Lz included) there are countless layout options. Don't want to list them up here, but the BV would be around 92 and max. TSS 231.

UPGRADE: I think, I have finally found a picture I'm happy with. What do you think about this profile?

It might sound strange, but I feel that this stellar score from Nathan and the hype around him is the absolute best thing that could happen to Yuzu at this point. Whenever someone put his GOAT status into question, Yuzu fired back with a new WR or Olympic Gold. We all remember his reaction to Boyang's TES records at NHK '15... We all remember Barcelona 2015, where Yuzu got angry about the 'Javi! Javi!' screams from the crowd before his free... We all remember his resurrection in Helsinki, where everyone has written him off after his 5th place in the short... We all remember is comeback after injury in PyeongChang... There is no more dangerous Yuzu than a really furious and provoked Yuzu (I can see his murder face in Origin already...)

Gillis won three Olympic titles, but the first one was at the Olympics in Antwerpen 1920. At that point in history there have been no seperate Winter Games yet and figure skating was exceptionally part of the Summer Games. So... Yuzu would be the first skater to win three back-to-back titles at Olympic Winter Games

I think so, too. At Worlds Nathan might get sth around 107 or 108 points for today's short. That's my guess at least... Yuzu's average SP score this season is +105. All nine jump elements received positive GOE, that's so impressive. He seems to feel very comfortable and confident with Otonal. It's a program he can rely on

Yuzu, beware: Nathan topped your SP score from ACI 2017 a few minutes ago: 113.42 W.T.F.

Oh, that's easy actually Yuzu has ---> Algorithm cracks up

Hello everyone! I'm working on a new preview video for Worlds 2019 and I need a proper image of Yuzu's Origin program (with 'proper' I mean the most amazing Origin pic ever of course ) I've found some good ones, but they do not fully satisfy my expectations... (which is really strange, since it's been super easy to find perfect pics of Otonal).  1. Really good quality/resolution (around 700 x 1000 px or higher), super sharp and upright format 2. Yuzu should be of full size or at least from torso upwards (arms, fingers, hair etc. not cut away) 3. Serious face (not friendly, but not too psycho either ) 4. Costume details should be visible/bright 5. Characteristic/exciting pose 6. (Very important!) I need the permission to use it! Don't want to have any copyright issues...  I'm sure: if anyone in the world can help me, it's the fandom itself ;) Thank you very much!!

I was totally not expecting this... Olympic Channel never fails to turn a really bad day into a great one! I can see how Yuzu's sitting at his desk brooding how to put his thoughts into worlds... Discard them a couple of times and think of something new... Then filming himself full of excitement ^^ Hope, Javi's absence from TCC won't get him down too much

Okay, things getting interesting now: Exclamation mark vs Fanyu power https://mobile.twitter.com/LaureusSport/status/1087296676728131585 Seriously: Independent from the comeback-award Yuzu is THE winner of Laureus. Already. I bet my account that every single nominee, committee member, SM maintainer and occasional viewer has already googled, who this mysterious Hanyu guy with tons of fans is. There's no better advertisement for figure skating, Japanese sport and Olympics 2020. Wouldn't be surprised, if the committee had a serious quarrel at the round table right now...

Aye!! Just looked it up: he could be the first figure skater ever in any discipline to win a Laureus!!

I'm not sure, if this has been shared somewhere already, but Yuzu has now been officially nominated for the international Laureus Sports Award 2019 in the category 'best comeback of the year'!! https://mobile.twitter.com/LaureusSp...90049697345536 The five contenders for this award besides Yuzu are: CAN Mark McMorris (snowboarding) NED Bibian Mentel-Spee (snowboarding) IND Vinesh Phogat (wrestling) USA Lyndsey Vonn (skiing) USA Tiger Woods (golf) All my fingers crossed for Yuzu. He could become the first figure skater ever to win a Laureus!! The award ceremony is scheduled for the 18th February. Since it's a really big thing, I'm sure that Yuzu will be there despite his preparations for Worlds, no? So we could see him again earlier than expected!

Thank you very much everyone! Aye, it was his second senior season and we remember, how hard he was gasping after his performances back then... Compared with his other jaw drapping YOLO jumps a 2T doesn't seem to be a big deal, but for him it was for sure

Hello everyone! I've finally found my way to this forum and I'd like to celebrate my first post with this brand new video: A collection of Yuzuru Hanyu's best YOLO jumps and layout changes!!