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That Iron Klaus tweet.. Here you go.. one of the "elusive" male Yuzu fans. Honestly though, he's got so many JPN uncle/dad and grandpa fans Also thank you for that mysterious message and big smile Brian!

/speechless/

CM for Nagoya Skate Festival(?) broadcast

Tessa/Scott with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

Whole thread of the stationary he uses in the NN Docu (woah!)

For everyone who speaks/reads Mandarin(?). There's a Chinese sub of the NNN documentary out. (Eagerly waits for english sub....)

I seem to be good at predicting Ice Dance podiums...

Just unloading thoughts... and offering a silver lining to the injury and subsequent zuzu media blackout. (warning: wall of text) One of the things I feared with the Olympic season is the amount of negative press Yuzu would get now that USFS has a legit OGM contender. I know most don't care for their opinion but for a lot of people (including the every 4 years fans), US media is probably going to be the first piece of information they'll come across. I still remember Vancouver 2010 and how they propped up Lysacek against Plushenko (Russian jumping robot, no artistry, no transitions) and even against their very own skater (Evan is the face of Men's skating.. is manly as opposed to Weir). With Yuzu's injury I've noticed that the media has actually been not that terrible as I feared (some even kind? Philly for example). But then again, it would only reflect badly on them if they talked down someone who was injured. The worst they could say now is that Yuzu is trying to keep up with Nathan with the quads... which if you break it down is not so far from the truth. He did increase his BV because he wanted to be competitive with the younger guys which includes but is not limited to Nathan. In Canada's case, they've given him the jumper moniker versus the artists (Chiddy)... which is funny to me because it feels like they're still salty about Sochi. This is how they've described him in 2014 and I see they still haven't moved on. They could talk inconsistency but who has been consistent? They say that about Nathan this season (he's won Gold in all his competitions so far) but none of his wins are really overwhelmingly decisive wins. And they cannot compare it to Yuzu because Yuzu's been MIA this season. If they talk about Nathan defeating Yuzu at 4CC last year, they cannot escape saying that Yuzu is still the current World Champion and Nathan was off podium (boot issues you know). They can nitpick the only competitions Yuzu had of course. ACI - yes, he finished second and had one of the worst FS in his senior career but he also (re)set the SP world record with a watered down program all the while having leg pain (releasing that info to the press was absolutely a good move). How about COR? Yes, Nathan won but only by a small margin and not exactly a decisive win because Yuzu wasn't clean (but delivered and landed his first 4Lz in competition). So where does that leave media outlets (particularly US media)? Nothing... because there is barely news on Yuzu and talking badly about someone who was injured is never a good look.

... I'm surprisingly chill about everything and that's weird for me because I'm a naturally pessimistic person. But I've noticed that with Yuzu, no matter what happens I feel like if anyone can overcome anything then it's him.

S/H in the new Beats CM

/cries in etude/

Life Hack by Yuzuru Hanyu. Teach me your ways Yuzu.... (nah, I'm too lazy..... )

Misha playing Claire de Lune.

In other news, Yuzu is featured(?) by DIME [google translate: DIME is a web magazine that introduces everyone's "want to know" to life hack, new product information, trends, work techniques, data in an easy-to-understand way.]

Fluff piece on Deniss Vasiljevs by the Youth Olympics.