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More pictures from the recent magazines! ETA: you can scroll to the next picture in each individual post! There's 3 pictures in each, just in case anyone doesn't know

It's how-old.net! Here's one for Boyang. The age is pretty close, at least

Aaaaah, thank you!! Zuzuru makes it pretty easy for me to pick a pretty profile picture. (No seriously, how does he look like he came out of a painting in every picture? Also, it's in hopes that he does his 3.0 costume in the same style as the 1.0 one. BRING BACK THE SHEER SLEEVES, ZUZU.) Then pardon my choice of words but here's to hoping you get triple/quadruple/quintuple (uhhhh, triple crown again, anyone?) killed this season!

#relatable. How many times is too many times to rewatch Seimei before the season starts? Asking for...,. a friend.,., I sort of was a casual watcher back then, as in I didn't change channels if FS was on lmao. But then Yazunori happened x_x Specifically the moment when I saw his perfectly timed Ina Bauer in GPF H&L (a damn shame that was the only time he did it that way, as it probably made him lose speed going into the lutz ). And my life's been a constant spiral into hell ever since. I can't do anything without thinking about Yazura

Source: watermarked (can't find the exact link) He's holding Pooh's paw

I think this is a fanvideo? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong!) Either way, it's beautiful and I may or may not be crying actual tears over it rn

I'm google image searching "avant garde fashion" and I dunno about you but I'd totally be into Yazura rocking some of these (Some of these pictures get pretty, uh, wild though. Search at your own risk)

That's more eloquently put than what I could ever come up with! Because oh jeez. Oh,,, jeez. that position. Although oddly enough, I think it fits really well into his Chopin sp?? Something about the dissonance of the ending octaves of the Ballade matches the butt spin... somehow.....

the little baby hydroblade I'm weeping

Maybe he's going to have them crash through actual walls for his axel technique??

He's an actual menace to society. Someone stop him before he does something like squish a kid's cheeks and single handedly cause the implosion of this planet.

More smiley Zuzu to finish off the rest of us who weren't already dead ??? ETA whoops repeat, @MrPudding beat me to it!!

The stuff of dreams, honestly. That edge

This is GPF 2015 but I think he's noticing some fan banners / fans here (near the end of the video!) Re the approach situation, there was a story someone told (probably a couple ... hundred pages back) where someone recognized him in public in Japan and he noticed them looking at him and waved them over himself to take a picture with. He probably really appreciates any kind of support as long as it's not intrusive! (I personally would be too much of a coward to approach him so if I ever see him out in public then I'd do my best to really strongly think positive vibes and support in his direction and hope that his space antenna hair can pick up the signal)

My phone wallpaper Because his Chopin costume, especially the 1.0 version, makes for the best pictures!! Source: http://hanyusan.tumblr.com/post/154931345367/chopinhope-legacy-phone-wallpapers-1440x2560

Woke up to a new Seimei thread!!!!! Here's probably my favorite Seimei picture Source: kaku69 on weibo, I think, looking at the watermark. Not sure though, I've had this picture on my phone for forever, so anyone feel free to correct me

from the FaOI photobook I think

Just yesterday I was still completely convinced he wouldn't bring back Seimei x_x But I'm definitely not against it now... He made a risk back in the 2015-16 season deciding to skate to something relatively obscure with traditional Japanese roots that might not have appealed to the general audience, but managed to make it completely his own and turn it into the stuff of legends it is today. And he's making an even bigger risk now, vowing that he's aiming to go beyond what, I thought, was practically perfection. Like that tweet a couple posts above said, he really poured himself and his love for his country into Seimei and I'm really happy that he's now able to bring it to the world stage, because it really does deserve to be at the Olympics. (It's 3 am here which means it's emo hours, I guess I just love Seimei a lot, it encapsulates him through and through ) (I'm also clinging onto the idea that he won't r**** with repeated programs. right??? ) As for the layout...,.,., I'm not well versed enough on technical aspects but judging from what we see from Evgenia, being clean + consistent certainly pays off and still no one's broken his 219 score with 3 quads. He's aiming to win with two clean programs. And if Seimei, with this "easier" layout (for now?), is skated clean + a clean Ballade, then I'd still believe he'd win, no matter what the other competitors are doing. Even considering the inevitable inflation of PCS and whatnot for oly. season, to attain the kind of scores that Yuzuru gets would mean that they'd have to come close to what he's able to do and his kind of quality, which is, imo, not in the cards for any of them right now? Of course I'd hate for him to not go completely clean and be overtaken by a higher BV, but winning with a riskier layout + a few mistakes a la Sochi wouldn't be a victory he'd want anyway, right? sooooo tldr I'm pretty chill with no 4lz :~)

So he's literally just been sitting on this since GPF 2015?? Anyone remember when he was all like "hahaha I don't know what music I'm using yet, I'm up for suggestions! ^_^ ^_^" after Worlds?? He played us all........

I know how everyone thought he was probably going to do Seimei again but up until now I always believed that he wouldn't repeat it. Like, I was 88% sure??? Now I guess I'll be the one eating my hat He's really taking the "beyond the ideal" thing super literally???? (I'M STILL IN DISBELIEF BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE I'LL GET TO WITNESS THESE BOTH,,, WITH MY OWN TWO EYES,, IN SEPTEMBER AAAAH)

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