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Umm For once I don't believe they will, it would only put light on him and not on you know who... But if the gala is separated from ISU (I mean organisers do the gala and not ISU) maybe it's true. But I won't believe it until I see it. And if they're making a pooh rain like you suggested (I know it's a joke) I hope they will force the other skaters to pick them up as flowers kid do in competition. It would be good to watch! Most probably if you know who doesn't go to Worlds this year I think they will be more than glad to postpone it if there is a chance for Yuzu to go... Edit: Too many mistakes Why I don't reread before posting but after??

Hi to the new ones Welcome here. Until yesterday I wanted to believe that as much as they hate Yuzu, JFS asked Shoma and Yuma to do TE only because they were the wild cards. I mean looking at National these past two years and Words last year they were the ones that could come in 4th (because they were sure that the gold medal was going to NC - how stupid, they could have an all Japanese podium if they pushed right but missed the chance, anyway I digress) that's why they didn't asked Yuzu. Of course this was my speculation since we don't have confirmation that they didn't asked Yuzu. Seeing that tweet about JFS in the audience, now I changed my mind. Whatever happened (Yuzu didn't want to do TE or they didn't ask) they just don't support him. When I became a fanyu and started to read about this behaviour, I couldn't believe it, I thought that they were just words by the fans but I started to see that they weren't just fans' words at JNat 2020. That's when I said "they are right, they don't support him". BTW, was this article shared and translated? https://www.oasport.it/2022/02/pattinaggio-artistico-pechino-2022-yuzuru-hanyu-la-non-caduta-di-un-pattinatore-immortale/ I could do it if you want and please tell me if this is the right topic to do so. I didn't read any other articles because I don't want to read about "the fall of the king" (even though I haven't read any titles like that, I could be lucky, I didn't want to click articles that had positive vibes from the title and then discover that they were click bait and say bad things about Yuzu) but this one is from a website that always supported Yuzu so I read it and it is what I wanted to read in an article about a champion like him.

Welcome! Oh the joy of discovering Yuzuru! I remember those moments... I'm kind of jealous... you have 10+ years of greatness to catch up to so you will get that feeling of seeing his performances for the first time! And then re-watch them and re-watch them again. And knowing his story! Please learn his story Sorry if I say this but they wanted to prop FS in the US with NC, but someone discovered Yuzu instead. Good job ISU, seriously... Anyway, welcome again

Oh all your words, but especially this sentence! people please stop making me cry! Actually don't! Keep going! This is what I want to see from other skaters. Respect, nothing else. Okay, maybe my hopeful thinks about that ankle isn't right after seeing this. BTW, today someone asked me the date... I said February 8th...Time just stopped for me... And welcome to everyone new and to everyone who got the courage to come out of the shadow like me a few days before... BTW, we, well you, were right. 4A is the new narrative going around. I'm not saying there aren't journals with articles about others, not that I know since i don't follow anything, but he changed the narrative. Even when he doesn't medal (because of a hole in the ice - and all the underscoring stuff - ) he's still the talk of the world. Even countries where the temperature doesn't go below 20°C...

Thank you! Yeah, thank you ISU BTW, Yuzu is trending again on twitter here, and it is almost midnight... Well Etna is trending, too, which I don't know if it's a good combination... Maybe the power of the 4A provoked an eruption...

And just when I thought I could stop crying and go to bed this appeared on my timeline. Please read all the thread. It's heart warming. And now I have another headache for crying too much today (of happiness, not sorrow) This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Me, too! People really... Gosh Yuzu, get the hell out of there as soon as you can! (Even though I appreciate hi words)

Thanks for the welcome and thanks for the answer, I totally forgot I read that last year.... Sometimes I'm really mesmerised by the love he receives, I hope he knows how much we support him. Gosh I need to stay away from twitter...

Hi Everyone. I'm not actually new here, but this is my first post. I've started reading this forum before JNats 2020 but decided to join in March 2021. But since I'm too shy I didn't have the courage to write (and well I think I choose the wrong username, not that I don't believe in it, but now I think it's cheesy, is there a way to change it? I know, I digress...). I'm sorry that it took this event to give me courage to write and come out of lurker status but I should learn from Yuzuru and go for it, right? I'm here and I'm crying (and feeling stupid about that but I am an empathic person and a lot of things make me cry). KendallKlaire's words made me cry, because they made me remember when I found Yuzuru. KendallKlaire said: And that's what happened to me. Unfortunately I need to thank the ISU for making me a fanyu (can you believe that?). I've never watched figure skating, I was never interested in jumps and that's what I thought FS was all about, at most I preferred ice dance because people don't fall (in theory) and the performance is all smooth (always, in theory). I was a fan of Virtue and Moir just because they were the Olympic champions in 2018 not because I knew of them (this just to tell you that I really didn't follow figure skating that much, I didn't even know that an Italian couple was world champion in 2014! I only knew of Carolina Kostner as a skater and nobody else, and the "like" of VM and ice dance didn't last much since I didn't follow anything after a few months of the Olymics), so when ISU posted all world 2017 championships I said why not? I mean it was march or april 2020 and we were in lockdown, I didn't have anything better to do than watch videos on youtube, or read books, or clean the house or cook, right? We all went through that fase. So I watched all the videos, all the performances and the gala. And that's when Yuzuru saved my sanity. I wasn't in a good place back then even if I didn't want to admit it. Covid was and is still hard on anyone right? But watching Yuzu's H&L in that video made me curious about this man, who in the video before was dressed in purple pants and rocking Prince (and boy did I enjoyed that performance even if it wasn't his best) and the next day skated that masterpiece so different from the SP. So day after day I watched every competition and every show and knew about him more and my mental state got better. First I was moved by his skating, then I was moved by his life story. How can a person be this good? So humble? I was touched by him. And it's true that his skating touches people like no other. After that I learnt everything about FS, I can recognise jumps even better than the judges, I learnt that FS is not all about jumps as I previously thought but I even learned about the sad part of FS. But I'm not here for that. By the way, I'm Laura, sorry for the lengthy post. Yuzuru may have saved my sanity during 2020, but I need to say a big thank you to all of you for saving my sanity during Yuzu's competitions. I didn't know it was so hard, since I wasn't here for all his competitions! Today I was really down, I didn't eat a lot, I didn't read, I didn't want to study Japanese (another thing I did again because of him after trying a few years ago and giving up) because I was too sad and couldn't concentrate. I know it may be stupid but that's what an emphatic person does. Coming here and reading all your support made me feel better. My greatest fear was about the backlash of journalists (I do think it was a smart move to address the hole soon) but at the end of the day, who cares? It's okay to not wanting them to slaughter him, we love him right? But real fans don't care. Common people will read the articles and move on and won't remember what was said. And seeing the love from people and other skaters made me realise that words are just words, they may hurt but the actions of other people matter the most. So sorry for the long read, I just really wanted to share my story of how I found Yuzu and thank you all for keeping me sane during his competitions. I may not post a lot, it did take me a lot to come out of the shadow but I will support him in whatever he decide to do. As for now, Yuzu, go for the quad axel! You don't need a third gold olypmic medal to show us your value. You already did your part, now follow your heart. (I don't know why I'm saying this to Yuzu since he's not here - and if you are, what are you doing! go back to sleep and rest! - but I'm sending positive thoughts to him...) By the way, I found consolation in the fact that he wasn't at the press conference so no stupid question for him.