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Tbvh, the moment the new rules came out, I was really NOT looking forward to seeing more heartbreaks for Yuzu - keeping his ideal fs while going against the scoring that is so blatantly setup against him (and skaters like him, the number of which is understandably rapidly dwindling). I mean, during the quad leading to Beijing, I was still clinging into the outrageous hope that if there's anyone who could still defy the fudging it would be Yuzu. But that's me dehumanising Yuzu, I think. In someways, he defies it anyway by capturing so wholesomely the collective hearts of Beijing Oly's viewers, despite not landing on the podium. But the injuries and bad luck made him often unable to bludgeon the fudging, and I get tired of watching that happen. If I get tired by just watching it, I can only imagine how much more tiring it must be for Yuzu. (And by 'tired/tiring', I totally mean something else that's not for any polite company). So, yeah, while I was sad when he announced he is stepping away from competition, the overwhelming emotion was more of a relief. For me personally, the competitive landscape as it is now no longer has anything left to offer Yuzu, and the direction into which the governing body of the sport is determined to take figure skating is no longer a path Yuzu and his ideal fs can follow. So for him to choose to step away from that, finally, yeah, it's something promising. And, whatever Yuzu's new path will be I can now hope again that this will lead to a healing that we kinda desperately need, lol

Nice try, oniceperspectives. I thank you for the videos, but even if I hear the words from Yuzu himself, I am not going to ‘continue to follow the next generation of skaters’. What happened to Yuzu will happen to future skaters I would care about. I saw it happened to Yuna and Mao, and then saw it at its worst with Yuzu. Enough. You’re all delusional if you think ‘being an athlete and artist on your own terms’ will end in anything but heartbreak if nothing is being done to the backwardness of i*u and fs old guards. So long. eta: woops that’s probably more fitting for salt mines. I’ll try to move it there once I have access to PC, if admins don’t come through first. Pardon, mina-san.

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Zuzu, looking forward to your skating sans competitions!

If you’re still looking for it, I’m pretty sure it’s Chloe Agnew. Young Chloe Agnew, to be precise.

Showing Oda’s Kinky Boots again? I approve.

Zu is trying to do Mai’s 5-jump combo, lol!

Soo cheesy,,, but still so musical

There really are people who are born to be skaters. Shiii-chaaaan!!!

You guys might want to look up yoitv, for stream. It’s what I’m using. I think about, erm 5s delay, but it’s stable.

He is really something, love it!

Oda-kun!

Shiii-chaaan! How?!!!!!

Under spoiler, cz off topic:

Just… use the ignore button, honestly. I, too, sometimes get tired at seeing all the negativity, despite being one of the people here who is the saltiest about fudging. In the similar way I am tired of all the positivity, which really, at this level of fudgery? I used to admire people who can still be positive in awful situation, but eh, not anymore. Some of the people I ignore are either too positive or too negative, and some of them post a LOT. Sometimes I will get an entire page empty bcz it’s the people I ignore, lol. I figured, if it’s something important about Yuzu, I’ll see the post eventually. But, well, I am a fandom,,, hmm, middle-age? Cz I am not sure I am a fandom elder, but definitely not a newbie either. FS is dying to me. Yuzuru is quite literally the only reason I am still tethered reluctantly atm. I don’t even want to love the sport as he urges his fans to do. Or, perhaps as he used to urge? Cz his subtle comments post-Beijing had taken a different tone, if I am reading the translations correctly. I’ve seen enough, attended some comps in the past enough, have enjoyed it enough, and have been fed up enough. And so, I now use the ignore button liberally

Technically, not necessarily. As I understand it, the -5 is for the fall itself, but the other bullet points for positive GOE still apply. I.e., if it hits some bullet point to, say, get +3 GOE, then if the skater falls in a particular jump, the final GOE would be +3-5 = -2. The rules do not say: "When the skater fall, the jump automatically gets a final -5 GOE". The only "final GOE must be -5" in the rule book is for a jump in SP that is not according to the requirement. Someone do correct me if my knowledge is now outdated. lord knows I can't keep up with ISU ever changing, vague rules.

I’m seconding Tsuki,,,, Zuzuuuuu, drop your full thesis!!! And kind translators, please translate, even though I know it would be a major, and I mean, major undertaking. ETA:

Cheesecake with yuzu flavouring, someone get a slice for me please! Sincerely, a lactose intolerant who nevertheless loves cheesecake, yuzu, and Yuzu [NEWS] news, right?

It’s from People’s Daily official weibo account. People’s Daily is the official CCP newspaper and the largest newspaper group in China. They made a wuxia type video of Chinese athletes…. plus Yuzuru, the adopted athlete.

They said Yuzuru Hanyu from China once, and then This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

The song Li Yugang wrote for/about Zu is on spotify [NEWS] (is this news? I tagged it anyway, hopefully correctly)

Definitely old clips. This is the Lz that Chen has lost. Not that the score reflect it or anything.

Bringing this for a bit of lightheartedness https://hanyusan.tumblr.com/post/677559267649306625/the-reason-why-hes-harrassing-all-the-mascots-he

It's so cute, but also, when I opened the tweet, twitter told me it's sensitive content