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A banner is displayed at the entrance of Takashimaya, first day of the exhibition is already tomorrow! This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Another day, another set of beautiful merch I will not be able to get I think they now released everything! My word, look at these kewpies!

oh wow, this trailer video actually made me a little emotional hahaha wonder how did they put the "documentary" together, will check it out for sure when it drops - I like this channel, good source for jump knowledge. Of course is because of his age, but seeing video compilations like these shared here does reminds me that Yuzu "grew up" as well... his face is almost the same (teeth and cheeks are the only give away), but is nice realising that we had the opportunity to watch him mature. ANYWAY. Feeling like a older sister here lol

Guys guys guys, look at this Origin clear file:

Oh my, ALL shows! He must be sure he can handle the schedule, hope this mean his ankle rehab is going well! Now praying for a decent broadcast / streaming system, who knows maybe they finally realize they have a gigantic audience who is willing to pay for it lol Now I’m just curious about the musician lineup, hope we have rock music again

More from the interview with our dear photographers, Tanaka-san and Noto-san Also, more from China: This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

An article with photographers Mr Tanaka and Mr Nao Noto, who have been shooting Yuzu for quite a while! They talk about their work, about Yuzu and share their work stories. From the exhibition website. There might be a translation soon, but wanted to share for those who wanted to check already ~ This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Fluff Yuzu merch in the exhibition

CFanyus delivering amazing content once again ~ We know that Kikuchi is older and might not feel as inclined to travel and work odd schedules as before, but I still miss seeing him by Yuzu’s side. Hope they are reunited right now, he was always such a rock for him. full video in this link: http://xhslink.com/NyowAg … I really missed Yuzu today

I will assume good faith of all information there, and... oh my. Does Geoff has videos of Yuzu... practising quints??? I mean, we know he has been attempting them because of the 4A right? I'm just... I don't know what to say. In the middle of the drought and all. Welcome~ The new influx of people is so wholesome.

The art exhibition event will also have memo pads! Oh how I wish we could purchase it from overseas~ To continue on twitter, Yuzu has been trending on the sports section for the whole day on the worldwide tag and now in the US: from: @elitejean on twitter (I couldn’t post my own screenshot here lol) Earlier his kanji name was trending as well. On the subject of what I would suggest Yuzu to do to get some inspiration: journaling. At least for me it helps me organize my ideas and feelings, put names to some things that get to my heart and swirl my head. I wonder if it can help a performer make sense of their own feelings and organize it in a choreography. It sounds counterintuitive to start writing to get inspiration, but is the “organizing” and “naming” that sheds light in some things for me Happy belated Hope and Legacy anniversary~ Just one more tweet for the night, remember when we saw Yuzu asking the volunteers what program did they wanted to see? Well:

Oh, I have never heard about this podcast, will look into it! These polls are getting more unfair by the day... I'm abstaining on a few, too hard lol Life of a fanyu in drought is a masterclass of self-restraining, because I've been those proxy shipping on cdjapan are looking damn tempting lately (do I need more photobooks tho...) Edit: Adms / staff, the new look of the forum looks really good, I love the color!

hey! You might want to bring some of these questions to the rant thread, since this is a subject that can turn very negative very fast, especially because it requires mentioning overscoring of other athletes. I’m not sure if you’re familiar on how ISU judges are trained or selected, but for the sake of neutrality there’s this interview from 2019 that can give you a quick glimpse in how interconnected the system (feds -> sports management -> international stage) is: For a more critical commentary on the state of things, you can always check Martina’s blog: If you dm me or post something on the rant thread I’m sure more people can offer more resources!

I will admit that I'm probably one of the saltiest here, and that's why some of us came up with the suggestion for a rant thread (that is properly moderated and archived quickly). I think the saltiest complaints should stay there, they will be deleted anyway and having a community to vent and communicate is quite cathartic in a way, especially in sports. I hope I managed to keep most of my rants there and not let most spill over here. Fanyus are bigger than FStwitter at this point, on the internet. If you stay long enough on social media you'll notice that there are literally factions, groups that don't communicate with each other because of some beef / drama, is big enough you can navigate the fandom space without encountering drama or the opposite. The problem is the energy that it takes to curate, mute, and find your own space. However, FS is still a small world. The consistent complaints do get to the people involved, get to the media, changes the mood on how the sport is perceived. So just for that I wouldn't say the complains are useless, at least outside of this forum. Since we are not using spoilers for this, I will just explain a point that might be missing. Some of us see that the system that has hurt and bullied good and great athletes is the exact same one that has benefitted others. Some argue that this is not a zero sum game, but I think is close to one. Is very hard to not perceive the injustice as permeating everything, especially when we had access to Yuzu's own feelings abt his experiences this past quad. ISU benefits from selective outrage, as any sport governing body does btw - ISU is not particularly more corrupt - so some people elect to democratise their outrage across the board, and that doesn't mesh well with fans of the sport who still want to enjoy portions of it. I think it would be a good idea to make the Team Japan, Team Korea, etc., threads more alive, so fans could focus on the athletes without ranting tangents. I saw a lot of fanyus upset on behalf of Jun today, and some coming around on Illia and Yuma (and I literally only follow fanyus), so I know the audience exists. For the sake of someone's question, I'm not new to FS although I'm very new to the forum. I think the sport is in a downward spiral, but I've been feeling like this since Sochi Women's event. This Worlds had done nothing to change my mind, unfortunately, even Kaori's win. The sense of in-sport community that people like Yuzu made an effort in fostering years ago is seemingly lacking. This will probably be my last overtly negative take in this chat. All in all, mute mute, mention your favorites when related to Yuzu without fear, and etc. And vote on Amy's thread on twitter!

This might be the fan in question? supper sweet on her part! He still is in our hearts, hope it reaches him.

Yeah. Even avoiding the event you hear abt it if you're on twitter. Very, VERY inflated scores. There's no rulebook to follow I guess. If I was Yuzu I would weight very thoughtfully if competing after the last quad would be worth it at all. However, I'm not him, he is an elite athlete with a drive and ambition that a fan could never share, and I know he is capable of setting his mind on things and achieving it. As a fan, I just wish he announces his retirement happily and without regrets. That he doesn't feel defeated in any way. We shall see.

I’m avoiding Worlds the best I can, but I know user @ 3asupremacy on twitter is there and was posting videos of practice on her tl.

There will be a popular vote poll for the japanese public putting Yuzu against Shohei: Yuzu has always been in the Top 3 of these polls since 2015, which is… unprecedent. Holding figure skating’s popularity against Japan’s darling, baseball. Congrats to both, by all accounts Shohei is a dear, hope he has a good season (I saw that they implemented a newer regulation in the games now, that will benefit players like him a lot. Imagine if ISU worked like this, making sure the sport is benefited from athletes’ well roundness LMAO). Do you have twitter or reddit? I saw people posting there. This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Aaaaah, sorry I voted for the Shuzo medal moment instead of the cats I just love being reminded that yuzu has allies and people in his corner lol

This is absolutely amazing, but I’m going to be 100% honest, it concerns me LOL Online spaces can be so volatile, I’m glad the cfanyus are loyal and dedicated so they’re probably aware of all discourse and whatnot going on. What this could show also is how “mainstream” Yuzu is in China. Cfanyus don’t seem to have a big space for themselves, most traffic appears to be coming very topically, average users flocking to the subject without much fandom behavior. Am I reading this right chinese speakers? I was checking weibo and that’s the impression I got reading a few posts! Could be wrong. For my concerns, I know the topic will die down with time. So I will wait it out. FaOI management must ITCHING to re-schedule those shows in Shangai, if I was on PR-Finances I’d be cursing covid like crazy lol This also means JSF cannot ignore him like they intended to do this next quad. The whole thing backfired behe

Since we were talking about PR today; Having pop idols singing you praise for free on variety shows, Yuzu is indeed a household name. I know Shoko-tan is comedic, but the whole thing is very relatable lol I understand that many of us want to have the focus of PR to be on his skills and whatnot, but athletes are always being talked abt in terms like these on the media, I think. I also agree abt the age thing @Geo1 very nicely put. It will all depend on his ankle state, but this retirement push for him reeks of desperate politics. This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

This thread is great lol I’m going to confess, I started listening to bands like One Ok Rock and Back Number because of Yuzu; I liked j pop rock before, but he helped me update my playlist some years ago lol I’ve been doing very poorly, how abt you? Haha For some silly fluff: A brazilian fanpage did a voting for Yuzu’s top costumes, it gathered something like 6k votes (I found it quite a lot), and now the comments are full of salt and slapfights - all in good humor tho, is very funny. “That’s why we brazilians shouldn’t vote”, “Yuzu, you should drop your fans”, “haha best costume, greater than many careers”, “origin 1.0 stans you will pay for this”. Some mad that haru yo koi got second. Best fanyu slapfights are always abt costumes and hair, low stakes and is all abt how great they usually are. Much better than whatever drama was happening today in fs twitter, fanyus are so big now that there factions. Drought is on everyone!

Does TCC do PR for their athletes in general? Yuna was much earlier, before the reputation of the club skyrocketed, but I don’t remember Brian hyping her skills much. My memory is faulty, I don’t remember they saying much abt their other skaters programs before comps, trying to think what their mode was before Pyeongchang. I’m guessing is their style. And Yuzu is particularly private (in Toronto especially), there’s a whole tension with japanese media abt him boasting himself so he would probably prefer to keep expectations under his control. A good PR department would work wonders for his image in the West, that’s true, but then there would be media competition lol The grip he has in China is crazy (and is getting me slightly worried, will admit), so I wonder if part of his charm is being perceived as an underdog fighting a system, lone warrior, this kind of stuff. Off topic, apart from FaOI news Nobu hasn’t posted anything right. Gets me just a tad worried.