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According to rumors they were supposed to be revealed tomorrow, maybe they were added by accident? But everyone knows by now so what's the point of removing them lol.

Metro Areena, undoubtedly Edit: Also, I'm so nervous I don't know how my poor heart can take all this excitement

Possibly due to JSF? Not sure

I believe this person is just hoping Yuzuru won't be assigned to NHK (candles as in, a prayer circle or something).

@Xiupiaplease keep spamming us

Another Taisei quote from the podcast, if I understood it correctly, Taisei is reading a comment that says "foods given to you by your favourite person (lit. the person you like) are the most delicious ones", and responds to it by saying "ehh, I wonder if I would like marshmallows if Yuzuru were to give me some then" Edit: I guess Taisei must have gained quite a few (fanyu) fans after FaOI!

I can't believe he actually said that (but yes, Yuzuru is very cute, and Taisei is very cute as well )

Did this already happen once? I was looking forward to seeing him then

How cute, just like my own cat

An emoji? But I'm sure your message was lovely either way

Taisei's so happy being able to call him "Yuzu-kun" (That's Hanyu Yuzuru -kun for you!)

Thank you @Anni! I did have the impression that he's not going to participate in the GP this year, which is a shame since I like his skating, but I hope he can have a nice rest.

I believe Nathan and Vincent are also on that list. @PerelandraI believe some other federations as well would be very keen to invite Yuzuru (even over their own skaters): the host can invite up to three skaters (per discipline). For example, I don't know that Finland would have three male skaters they would like to invite

If "season" refers to the whole season, isn't it strange that (in theory) come-back skaters are prioritised over current top skaters (who did not skip a season)

I believe he received the second invitation without needing to use it

Yuzuru will absolutely get (at least) two invitations. I believe he could pull the "come-back" card if needed as well: (https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2021-22/grand-prix-2/series-files-40/25995-isu-grand-prix-general-announcement-2021-22/file)

Jason has confirmed that he's taking a break from competitive skating, but I'm not sure if he's specified how much time he's taking off. I guess in theory his "break" could end before the Grand Prix, but I doubt it. Here's a link to his IG post (second picture): I think he talked about it in another interview as well, but I can't remember which one.

Jason is taking a break, Keegan will probably participate.

What?? Edit: ok, apparently what they mean by "appearing" is that a short clip of him skating at a competition was shown. This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Thank you so much @birnasan! That was a very interesting interview.

Metro Areena (Espoo) is likelier than Hartwall Areena (Helsinki) due to political reasons that I won't get into. There is a smaller rink in Helsinki that in theory could be used, but I've seen people claim they've already seen the logo for Espoo GP

I would love to see Yuzuru as an ice dancer! Edit: Thanks @Xiupia, I guess it's official official now!

I'm usually a very sceptical person, but the fact that they they updated the page today including the season and he's listed as a "strengthened skater" (or whatever that is in English), imo absolutely means he's going to compete next season. I said it before as well, while we fans may not know the GP assignments at this point, JSF most certainly does. Why on earth would they update the page without getting confirmation from Yuzuru? (Sorry if I keep repeating myself, I'm just so excited ) Edit: Also, I think this is why they updated the page today, lmao: https://nhk-trophy2022.jp/ I guess everyone thought (JFS included) that the GP assignments would have been revealed yesterday.

Yes, I think this is the official confirmation, I don't know why they would update the page at this point without getting confirmation from Yuzuru.