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No news from his side. I think he only skipped FaOI once right, bc on injury. This season (this whole quad really) has been so draining, emotionally. Don’t even know how I feel as a fan much anymore, wish he could have a smaller ice show just for himself. Or just rest. We will see, they might make notice of more skaters in the next weeks or so. edit: I reckon there will be no russians as well. Hm.

Not sure where to post this, or if it’s relevant to the forum at all, but since it’s related to something so dear and close to Yuzu I will link it here. Adms feel free to move or delete it, is just Japanese news Edit: @erenbeat me to it lol

I woke up to this today, what a wonderful sunday morning lmao Also, how on earth did Yuzu send the pic? Bluetooth after gala? Or does this man have wechat now? I bet it was through email… (does this mean he can share his selfies with Alysa and other skaters as well?). Yuzu really went, “why have sns if your friends post it for you?” Xinyu and Shiyue are great at social media, watering this fandom consistently and precisely hahahahah Great relief to end / start the week, suddenly fs twitter is good again. Guys, Yuzu’s arabesque form tho… better than most in the discipline at this point.

I will also comment here, because baby fanyus need to know. Make no mistake, this is not a simple “own” against a fandom, this is what they’ve been doing for the last 10 years in their attempt to diminish Yuzu himself. His accomplishments and popularity are categorized as fruits of a lunatic group of people, criticism against ISU and corruption in judging is dismissed as crazy fanyu behavior, his own standing in the sport is put into question bc “his fandom is crazy”. There’s no reasonable way to address this. Sorry adms, please feel free to delete this if it’s too negative for the thread, I wanted to insist on @Mary_kyo ‘s point. In positive news then. Anyone saw this: Nobu still has his jumps!! And it looks good! The lack of competition pressure seems to do wonders hehe Hope he is on the FOI cast this year (can’t imagine him not going, but you know, just hope).

what a timely comparison, I just finished watching cobra kai I liked this a lot. Art inspires art. His scores could be much more lowballed than it already is you can only play around with the loopholes if there’s some reward for it; and the reward has to have a minimum certainty that it will come. But I don’t think many of us would like him as much as we do, and he certainly would not be under TCC.

I think this is what has been bothering me the most about the narratives surrounding the “new trailblazers” in the sport. Is pure disinformation, and disrespectful to athletes who have been suffering the burden of judges bigot prejudices. I might bring some of my comments also to the salt mines so I don't spread more negativity here The joke is on me, went from "I won't be supporting coaches like a fan, that's silly as hell" to "no coach? maybe one coach?" (btw... we don't have Ghislain stickers...) Yuzu's defenders are usually like this, right? Even the Russian legends, although we can debate about the genuiness of it all. He does have public supporters, and that's what matters to him the most in the end. His message to Miyagi Prefecture feels very personal doesn't it? Like he was talking directly to his supporters there. I liked it. I think this last quad might have shifted something in him, signs of adulting in a rough environment. Not a bad thing.

I never know how much to trust these accs, but I love them regardless, thank you for sharing 🥰 Despite everything, I hope the memories from Beijing are held dear to Yuzu and his family, his reception there was amazing. I’ve seen fanyus saying this is our rock bottom (in terms of heartbreak and frustration), but really, that amount of love was unprecedented (for a jpn athlete I think). Lucky it happened there? Processing the end of this quad the best way I can here lol

I cannot argue for twitter excessive use of snarkiness, because it gets tiring if you don't share the humor, but there are many reasons why a full third of the fandom behaves this way on the platform. will put some theories hidden. I don't like twitter drama and how some accs insist in participating in it, so I mute people like OP sometimes. But there has been a lot, A LOT, of provocation recently against fanyus, so navigating it during this period has been hard and it might get worse on the aftermath of Worlds. Good luck on twitter, it can be fun, it's manageable, but there's caution to be exercised.

For the veterans who have been buying magazines and kept an eye on the quality, what publications are you prioritising now with Beijing pics? I'm tempted in pre-ordering the anan one on amazon, but maybe I should focus on Figure Skate (not the Life one) instead...

new interview with Ghislain being published, and apparently a newer insight into the 4A. So Yuzu has landed it at least once with video proof. Exciting! Now we wait to see what he decides to do. Exciting! This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Seeing this made me appreciate his press con a little bit more even, because before the questions started he asked to speak and put it clearly that: He was happy for NC and that his unluckiness with the ice was not the fault of the rink workers. He is very aware of how his fans (and the media) behaves, so I (and the Chinese workers, especially) appreciate his effort in redirecting frustration away from the people who made the event. Sounding very dramatic, but I try to emulate this, remembering that despite it all you still have the power to be gentler to those who will bear the brunt. Anyway, back to my Yuzu hole~

JSF really making Yuzu work for Sapporo’s bid nice to see him 🥰 ”I want to participate in the Olympics if it’s in Sapporo”, Yuzu please… This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].

Wait, there's a book about Tsuzuki sensei? Was it released 2 years ago? Why Mishin was being interviewed? LMAO

The “spotted” got me worried for a hot second, because I just came back from twitter and saw someone sharing a picture that it was clearly taken without his consent in Toronto 😬… there’s a portion of newer fanyus that refuse to respect him, and I’m not sure how to deal with it, and they are mostly very young. Report the tweets? Talk with the person? But speaking of his popularity in China, I wonder if ice shows will happen now (next year?) with him main guesting. I have no idea about ice skating’s standing with the chinese audience, if they happen regularly or at all, but I reckon this is a golden opportunity for their federation if they want to expand popular support.

Axelwithwings team, thank you so much for your work! Like, really thank you. Well. This was hard. Great, great interview. I will bookmark and show this to everyone to explain why I like this athlete so much. Very insightful, very melancholic, eloquent. His answers were much better than the questions (that were quite standard / canned); I really appreciate how he always remember the victims of the Great Earthquake of 2011, how the event shaped who he is and how he meditates on it to guide him thorough. I wish I loved anything as much as he loves skating haha You grew a lot Yuzu.

Yuzu's WD was good news for me, but now in the morning (where I am) I feel so sad lmao I don't want to watch Worlds but I'm curious about Kao's performance, so I will be checking fstwitter for videos and highlights this time. Meanwhile, time to dig through all archives in this site and manage self-control because these magazines look amazing, I might be getting at least 2 to cope. Thanks for this site everyone, so organised! Also, about axelwing full transcript and translation of the press con; I mean, we all know this, we love the man, but dear Lord, how thoughtful he is as an athlete.

Good to know I'm not only one who revisited PC18 and Sochi today (Although Seimei 2015 was skated better, 2018 is such a treat, he is soooooooo happy). Thank you for posting the interview @eren, and thank you so much for your guides @Henni147!! When I first came to know FS I used to watch a lot of Yuna and Mao's video guides because their technique were top notch, then V/M, but I only took an interest in Yuzu around 2014 and I remember how difficult and sloppy Men's looked (the new blood always pushing for jumps!), although we used to argue that mistakes were not called as often and GOEs were very generous... then Yuzu perfected everything and he became THE textbook. Beautiful to watch, I noticed while rewatching his stuff today that I'm always looking at his feet lol I talked with my friend from Japan this weekend and asked her about the coverage of the Olys, and she confirmed my suspicion that people didn't seem particularly engaged with the event this time. She said people at work were hyped for the women curling team and Yuzu is already a household name regardless, but she didn't see much coverage of anything else. Anyone else in Japan can confirm or deny this (since we are both pretty biased lol)? Both a shame (bc Olys are supposed to be a great time) but also, lmao, schadenfreude, if it's true.

I know this is a Yuzu space, but I just wanted to briefly gush over Boyang and the amount of happiness it gave that he seemed to enjoy himself in these Olympics. Programs aside, I always had a soft for him as a skater (first to land 4ltz on competition if I'm not mistaken, right?), and I'm very glad about the attention he received from fanyus around the globe. He was a great ambassador for the sport and a good host this Olys. Back to Yuzu, I'm loving people sharing his old dancing videos again, he is such a great performer. Like, a proper dancer? He is very well rounded, people refuse to see that's why his fans flock to him. This is the most difficult / emotionally charged post-olys pre-worlds period we have since 2014 right?

Seeing the 4A like this made me a little bit more heartbroken about the Olys I try to remember that lots of athletes don’t perform as well in Olys for one reason or another, and figure skating has a lot of stories like this. The rotations are there, is getting the height that seems to be the key issue now. Who said he tried to do quints on a harness some years ago? If this guy releases a video like this of a quint this whole fandom will have a meltdown (paraphrasing someone else lol).

Edit: removed the twitter link because @Yuzurella already posted! Pchiddy in infamous for having no filters, so this is really appreciated. He did say Yuzu was the one to land the 4A, back in 2018 right?

LMAO, I said I was not going to mention it anymore, but someone on his team pleeeeeease take his phone away! Just tell him to log off! Oh, we need that salty + rant chat for sure

For the positivity: Is everyone in agreement that he is skating better these days? His technique is much cleaner, very beautiful to watch. Also, bless this program and his muscle memories! for the (very) negativity:

This whole Javi situation is so embarrassing, my word lol he should HAVE NOT addressed the mob, it keeps the subject going and emboldens the trolls. That’s one thing I will give to our east asian athletes (because I feel like the chinese get this as well), they are all very aware of internet and media narratives and how it affects them. They thread carefully. Is a terrible world, shouldn’t be like this, but I appreciate their savvy, even if some slip once in a while. Yuzu not having socials is the best decision him and his family have made for themselves. incoming negative rant.

I’m struggling to articulate myself, but I will try: were many surprised about his standing and fame at the world stage? Because the flabbergasted tone I’ve been reading these past weeks seem to indicate so. Although I do understand that it seems weird that an athlete of a smaller sport would have this event without a retirement announcement after “losing”. Yuzu’s press conference reminded me of big sports; clubs and big names generally have to give statements after a game regardless. I know people say fanyus are delusional, but I’m convinced he is bigger than the sport / fs. Hiding some negativity: thank you for posting it!

Y’all convincing me to buy the diary / planner, noooooooo