General Yuzuru Chat

[Smultron]

Should we expect more Yuzu content judging from how it's usually either zero content or a whole deluge of it?  

[CupidsBow]

1 hour ago, KatjaThera said:

I guess I might be the exception, but it sometimes annoys me how Japanese media always goes for a perfectly polished Yuzu image. His hair combed perfectly, not a hair out of place, glasses and now that sweater... he looks like a perfect nerd studious boy from the 70s and while I love him - and I love him in glasses - it makes me want to claw my eyes out sometimes lol. The Ghana hot chocolate shoot was probably the only time they didn't give him perfectly combed hair - although the intentional tousled look was a bit awkward in itself; good thing Yuzu made it cute by being Yuzu lol. By comparison, in that video with the pianist he looked awesome and he was somewhat polished there, too, just not so... this lol (That said, I did pre-order that magazine and will get it with the new book... ^_^; ) Also, to be fair, the TV GP CMs are usually much worse... (Actually, I hated the CoR podium look, too.) Just my tastes, though...

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He IS a nerd tho

 

but yeah he looks weird with perfectly neat hair. I guess because we're used to seeing it in its natural state? lol 

 

I would rather like to see him in one of these awkward photoshoots actually looking stylish for once. but I guess they know his biggest demographic is probably women his mom's age or older who like the perfect son image? though i image his 20-something following is pretty sizable too.

tbh i'd settle for a good photoshoot in his UA

[Sammie]

11 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

what did Nobu fanboy about 

I think I saw a translation of it on twt. How slim he is but his spine is all muscle? Of course I can be wrong.  

[xeyra]

Most of these pictures where he has super neat hair just make me want to mess it around. Let his hair's natural wildeness live! Antenna included. 

[Xen]

12 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

anan special 

I'm wondering what content they'll use? White T-shirt version 9999999? Or did they do a special super secret shoot before he crawled into the cave known as TCC ice rink? It's coming out before he's had an event at PC.

[VyVy99]

1 hour ago, KatjaThera said:

I guess I might be the exception, but it sometimes annoys me how Japanese media always goes for a perfectly polished Yuzu image. His hair combed perfectly, not a hair out of place, glasses and now that sweater... he looks like a perfect nerd studious boy from the 70s and while I love him - and I love him in glasses - it makes me want to claw my eyes out sometimes lol. The Ghana hot chocolate shoot was probably the only time they didn't give him perfectly combed hair - although the intentional tousled look was a bit awkward in itself; good thing Yuzu made it cute by being Yuzu lol. By comparison, in that video with the pianist he looked awesome and he was somewhat polished there, too, just not so... this lol (That said, I did pre-order that magazine and will get it with the new book... ^_^; ) Also, to be fair, the TV GP CMs are usually much worse... (Actually, I hated the CoR podium look, too.) Just my tastes, though...

 

I actually LOVED the anan photoshoot with his tousled hair aghhhh~ 

It's such a rare playful look. And even the clothes chosen for him was very stylish too, but still basic aka black and white. Slayed. And he was soooooo cute during the shoot tooo omfg ok I'm just missing him too much I'msodrySOS

[MrPudding]

17 minutes ago, Sammie said:

I think I saw a translation of it on twt. How slim he is but his spine is all muscle? Of course I can be wrong.  

he's not wrong tho 

[Moria Polonius]

Do we know already whether Yuzu will be participating in Team event? Practices in Pyeongchang for the Team Event start on Feb 1st. I'm thinking it'd be actually a great opportunity to get adjusted to time difference and familiarize oneself with the place. The downside would be that ice-time would be limited to under 2 hours a day.

[KatjaThera]

29 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

anan special 

Imagine if Yuzu one day did the type of photoshoot anan is most famous for...

 

21 minutes ago, CupidsBow said:

 

He IS a nerd tho

 

but yeah he looks weird with perfectly neat hair. I guess because we're used to seeing it in its natural state? lol 

 

I would rather like to see him in one of these awkward photoshoots actually looking stylish for once. but I guess they know his biggest demographic is probably women his mom's age or older who like the perfect son image? though i image his 20-something following is pretty sizable too.

tbh i'd settle for a good photoshoot in his UA

 

I know he is, but he doesn't have to look like one lol (Especially when he is really good looking)

 

I guess that could be... but then again, I think anyone that neat would look weird to me. It's not natural for anyone. (and when it's slick, too, I get flashbacks of Sakai Masato in Legal High, whom I liked as a character, but the look was meant to be weird lol)

 

And I'm sure the aunties would love hot Yuzu, too... like Seimei hair or LGC hair or just overall how he looked in that video with the young pianist. Those are hot. Why get him cow licked when you can get that? >.< (well, some would argue LGC and Seimei involve some cow licking as well, but at least it's licking by a stylish cow This is starting to sound weird lol)

 

I guess what actually bothers me is that by doing this it seems they're tucking him into this 'good boy' box and while he is possibly one of the nicest and kindest and simply good people around, he's still human and has his wilder sides and I'd rather he doesn't get tucked into any boxes.

[freeyafanfan]

41 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

what did Nobu fanboy about 

Nobu omg!!!  He says (Yuzu and Shoma maybe?) got amazing body! Yuzu's back muscle is amazing and he's very muscular despite looking slim  we know nobu, we know

[singcarcom]

 

2 hours ago, KatjaThera said:

This reminds me of that Russian analysis that got translate the other day... that was pretty brutal towards Nathan - and Shoma - too ^_^; Honestly, that's one of the big reasons why I'd feel bad if Nathan - in particular, but also Shoma - won. They're not really good enough to deserve the Olympic Champion title yet. At this point in time, Yuzu is still the best, and IMO, despite not following up on the increase of technical difficult, Javi is still the one closest to his level. Maybe he doesn't do loops, flips, lutzes, but when he nails them, his sals and toes are far better quality than anything the rest do. I do give Shoma credit for appearing artistic - though after that analysis, it seems that's more of an optical illusion ^_^; - and Nathan for taking risks and Boyang and Mikhail for obviously taking steps to improve on all fronts, but that shouldn't be enough at this point. However, as we've talked before, sadly, the Olympics isn't really about who is better overall, but who will manage to do a good job on those two days.

 

Err, sorry for the random rant ^_^;

 

So true. To be fair, some would argue that Yuzu didn't deserve his OGM in Sochi 2014. But I think a key difference between Yuzu and some of the younger ogm contenders is that the OGM left a lot of kuyashii. He spent the next 4 years proving to himself and everyone he's worthy of the title and intends to get his 2nd one. I doubt I'll see this kind of drive if any of the younger ogm contenders wins. Not criticizing them though cos that's what typical humans do. Yuzu is an alien . 

 

2 hours ago, PomeloPooh said:

 

We’ve seen Korean media loving Yuzu for a long time, but now they compare him to Yuna and that love’s carved in stone  She’s so revered in Korea that the other day a celebrity that thumbed up a picture of Sotnikova holding Sochi gold was scolded to the point she closed her account  

 

As a fan of both skaters I keep seeing parallels in their situations. Defending Olympic champions missing most of the season’s first half because of injury faces the challenge from younger technicians pushed by very powerful federations... I just hope Yuzu can do what Yuna did in Sochi, i.e. leave two performances for the ages, and get a different (and right) result this time. After all, he took his first gold only as a starting point and stayed at the top of technical development from the 3-quad era to the 7-quad era. That’s something nobody else’s done before, that gives him the power to force judges’s hands. 

 

I think Korea is still very  about Yuna's silver and the article could be a response to US hyping. I think they want to 'seek revenge' for Yuna by giving Yuzu his gold medal should he skate well.

 

2 hours ago, ralucutzagy said:

New magazine! 

 

 

I like how the cover states that they're the strongest two, rather than portraying them as rivals. 

 

29 minutes ago, Sammie said:

I think I saw a translation of it on twt. How slim he is but his spine is all muscle? Of course I can be wrong.  

I think it could be right because Nobu said something like Yuzu's "spine is amazing" 

[xeyra]

2 minutes ago, singcarcom said:

 

I like how the cover states that they're the strongest two, rather than portraying them as rivals. 

 

 

Oh, I didn't know that! Yay, finally a decent 'our boys are the best in the world and going to conquer PyeongChang' cover instead of the usual rivarly angle. 

[MrPudding]

yuzu: it's all according to my calculation 

[SparkleSalad]

1 minute ago, MrPudding said:

yuzu: it's all according to my calculation 

 

Sochi arena was PW colours, too. >_>

[Moria Polonius]

6 minutes ago, MrPudding said:

yuzu: it's all according to my calculation 

 

Hmmm. If he had calculated correctly, he'd have decided on the Prince SP.