Conspirata

I love what he's doing aesthetically for his shoots and professional programs after retiring from the amateur comp circuit. His programs are unique and new, his styling is fantastic in some of these photoshoots and I love the dynamic shots, there's color, there's movement, there are clothes that are not boring suits made for boring men. His skating has always been unique but these photoshoots are a revelation. I'm so impressed. I hope he has some very cool new programs too for the new shows. I'd love more of his new style stuff like If, along with a new program that is also a bit more classical too, but in the ways he does best.

Both Kao-s making me happy I like Kaori's usual programs, despite not caring for either Sia's song or the lyrics for the woman song in past FS, but the style of programs were great because I love the powerful and deliberate way she skates. She still has that strength and power but she brought in some delicacy too for Baby good bless you and it was so nice to see her be so versatile. Early season/new program hiccups are to be expected, I look forward to her FS and her whole season. Kao is my favorite young skater in men's now. After Yuzu, I rarely find that much interesting about men's skating with a few exceptions like Deniss etc, but Kao has such a fun style and it's not just a jump drill even though his jumps are great to watch too. Both Mone and Kao did the same weekend competition and both are a little crazy, but Kao actually winning both after two sp performed in the same day is amazing. I hope he keeps getting better and better, I want to see him stay at the top.

Yes, I get what you mean. I do think it was something Yuzu had taken on for himself because he felt that responsiblity, not that other people made him feel that way and asked him to be responsible. But, I think passing it on to spectators also makes sense as you said that way because maybe Yuzu finally felt after this long that he didn't have to be the one forcing himself to bear all that burden, everyone was right there doing their own parts too and he could let go and put less pressure on himself from now on and feel more free to live his life his own way. I try not to put too much faith in the goodness of famous strangers because I just don't know them personally and it can be tricky, but it is very difficult not to have the highest opinion of Yuzu given everything he's said and done through his life. I hope he keeps being happy.

I wouldn't say passed on the emotional load to spectators, just because it sounds like he's trying to make it someone else's problem lol, but I do understand what you mean! Notte Stellata seemed very cathartic for him overall. I think maybe part of him was so focused on doing his best in a sport that was judged by others in order to win (and thus give back to everyone) for so long, and that he then had to figure out how he would still do his best to reward an eager audience as a pro skater afterwards, so just retiring from competition wasn't its own relief. But the run of successful solo shows and the group show he led for Notte Stellata finally got him to a place where he's relatively unburdened. Both because he's rid of the scoring cycle but also because he addressed his own worries of being able to manage a solo career in a way that was both artistically fulfilling and a sustainable career option. I can't imagine him being anything less than 150% focused on anything he does in the future still, but after a year of being solo, there must be some great relief that his love for skating is still something that is rewarding even after competitions. And that he has the experience now with a year of solo stuff under his belt to not have to be as concerned about whether people will still buy tickets or appreciate his efforts and feelings.

As someone else already said, I think the loneliness was about his choices within his love for skating and the things he felt he had to do to be the best in order to give something back to his hometown/his people and everyone who was affected by the huge tragedy when he was just starting off in seniors. That's a big burden to carry. It's not something someone else made him carry but he felt like he had to give back something because he was one of the lucky ones. He seems to have a supportive family from what he's always said so it's not like a romantic partner would be the only emotional support either, but people often have feelings that are harder for themselves based on their own thoughts, even if all the people around them are loving and supportive. A personal emotional journey can be different from the journey you have with the love people in your life bring to you. Either way, I hope he's learning not to feel so burdened because he's more than given back to his hometown and people around him with what he's achieved and donated.

Congratulations to him, he's the master of moving in secret! I'm really happy that he's able to be so open with his skating and stay so private with his personal life. I'm so glad he was able to announce it on his own time instead of anything leaking and getting preempted by tabloids.

Johnny was very openly flamboyant in both his outfit choices and his skating style despite knowing (and facing) homophobia and negative critique from judges, some peers and the public, so the unabashed confidence to be himself and openly be soft in ways that are seen as "unmanly" must have been an inspiration to someone like Yuzu whose skating was never meant to fit into some preset mold. I'm not a fan of him but I did think that was brave of him and I'm glad Yuzu found somone who he could identify with in some ways where his concept of some of his own skating is concerned. Even if that was Weir lol. I was wondering how Yuzu kept coming up with more tears, he must have been full dehydrated by the end lmao. I felt sad for him but then I had to laugh when he was trying so hard to smile for the group selfie in between bawling and then when the camera showed Satoko, Piper and Paul having a blast together exiting the rink and then suddenly cut to Yuzu crying again. He really is a block of tofu inside

There's a cute mention of Yuzuru by Corey Circelli in an interview in Tresa Magazine. I've pasted the relevant excerpt below: Did you have any favourite skaters to watch when growing up and have you been given any advice over your time as a skater so far that has stuck with you? I have only ever skated at the Cricket Club in Toronto, which is quite rare. That meaning I have seen and skated with the world’s best for as long as I can remember. I remember meeting Yuna Kim and watching her prepare for the 2010 Games, as well as first meeting the new Japanese skater in 2012 that would become THE Yuzuru Hanyu. If I had to pick my favourites both to train with and watch I would say Yuzuru Hanyu, Javier Fernández, Jason Brown, and Carolina Kostner. Being around such talent is amazing and just being in their presence teaches you so much I could write a book. Yuzuru and I have always had a nice friendship and he is always offering advice on little things. It amazes me how he remembers everything. This post has been tagged by Yuzu_legend as [NEWS].

The flying cover is so perfectly Yuzuru: light, airy, fluid and at the same time incredibly intense. Only the all black clothing is not quite Yuzu in performance mode lol, but in this case it's perfect to emphasize the pose even more and not distract from the angles and the framing.

I genuinely truly cannot get over how intensely cool and dynamic this pose it. I'm so impressed by both him and the art director. This is a real artistic athlete pose wow.

This isn't an official Disney account but it looks like it does pretty legitimate updates on D+ content so I assume the July 14th US DIsney+ date is accurate. Can't believe Yuzu is making me genuinely consider paying for a Disney plus subscription, I was so adamant I would not give them any money when they first announced the streaming service...

I would love it if Yuzu skated to Winter, it's one of the warhorses I've always enjoyed. But the Vivaldi piece I really, really want him to do is Storm. It's so frantic and full of crescendos and the way he's been developing his skating to do quick stop movements so well, he'd do such a good job of mixing more classic longer moves with his current shorter movements dance style.

I see the Share practice video again, looks like whatever block was put on it has been resolved now. I assume it got caught in some machine algorithm sweep but has now been resolved manually. Permanently resolved, hopefully.

Brian's message on the instagram post with him and Yuzuru is really sweet. All the TCC pics are so cute, all the kids taking pictures with him look absolutely thrilled, what an occasion it must be for them.

Lmao, so the JSF award ceremony already happened. I wonder if the Canada trip was just a coincidence or a well planned choice to be at the same time as the ceremony. The TCC pictures with all the kids were really cute so I'm happy for that either way.