General Yuzuru Chat

[Anya]

11 minutes ago, Murieleirum said:

 

So, based on the use of 'we', I suspect the Olympic channel is not only milking it, but the twitter responsable manager is actually risking becoming a fanyu themselves xDDD

 

 

Then we should warn that manager of the existence of the phenomenon called the IHYS aka the Yuzu drought... 

[Sombreuil]

He's saying that the success of the parade is evidence of momentum presumably of support for the idea of the summer Olympics, which the JOC should be capitalising on which is simply not the case- he's misreading the situation, because he hasn't really checked what the event was about.  Typical.

[cinemacoconut]

Is a winter olympian allowed to be final torch bearer for summer olympics? 

[Sombreuil]

I think it would be tactless - there are a lot of respected summer Olympic veterans that one would expect to be chosen before a current winter Olympian, the great Sawao Kato to name one off the top of my head.

[yuzuonice]

3 hours ago, Anya said:

Olympic channel is reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy milking it 

 

 

I'm only weak, so I click, but they've been posting about him every other day, and now with that IOC guy telling to capitalize on him it's starting to bother me that they're using him for clicks like that

Well, as long as the articles remain respectful it's not a big deal, but...

26 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

Remember that one time Mr Hanyu took his jacket off and it was so important that it was covered on every morning TV program? 

I remember watching this but I lost the video!! i even checked for fancams and can't find it! It was LGC costume right? Was it NHK? Or maybe 4CC?

[Salior]

On 23/04/2018 at 3:22 PM, cirelle said:

 Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, guys, guys, GUYS, my CiONTU clear files arrived and they are GLORIOUS! I’m so squishy.   

 

Now if only customs could hurry up and processes my parade t-shirt... 

How did you order? My white rabbit express has confirmed the order but haven't completed processing yet... 

[cinemacoconut]

40 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

>_> Did he forget that apart from Men’s FS they couldn’t even give tickets away in SK? Mr Hanyu saved it, from what I read, and unless they give the public what it wants and have FS in the summer games... >_> 

 

 

It might be different in Beijing. I think ladies and mens figure skating will be sold out. Becauss of the rise in figure skating in russia for ladies and because of Boyang Jins popularity in China..

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, ralucutzagy said:

It has feathers on the display! 

 

 

Hope this is not a limited edition and comes out for sale for everyone someday

 

 

 

7 hours ago, micaelis said:

I'm using this 'pause' in the action, with one season behind us, capped by Yuzu's essay in putting together an ice show, showing the world yet another facet of his genius, and another very unknown season facing us to start addressing the question of what comes next.  I think now many of us are going to start looking at what is coming up.  Most immediately, is Yuzu going to do any ice shows this summer?  I doubt it.  He's made his ice show statement for the year.  As much as he likes ice shows I think his focus is on the upcoming season, getting a 4A into place and constructing two wholly new programs.  Since the season coming up is in many respects the beginning of a new chapter in Yuzu's life, I doubt he's going to resurrect any programs from the past.  The ice show was, in my opinion, Yuzu's assessment of where he's been.  His new programs will tell us where he wants to go and I think the major speculation we at the Planet are going to be doing over the summer is largely going to be about what those programs will be. 

 

The thing is with Yuzu one can't pigeonhole him as far as his programs, since he is so versatile as far as the style of music he uses and the nature of his choreography.  Short programs, for instance, we have PW and LGC on one side and Chopin on the other.  The same with FS, with the highly dramatic POTO at one extreme and the understated serenity of HL at the other.  I would not be surprised if Yuzu has not already decided his music and even done a general layout of the programs to go with the music.  All that time off the ice must have been frustrating to him and I have a suspicion he might have turned to mapping out this coming season as a break from the concentrated imaging he was using to preserve this last season's content until he could once again attack them in actuality.

 

Yuzu's made it plain that he intends to skate as much as he can this next season and I have posted in the past how I think his objective will be to finish unfinished business from last season - starting a new string of GPF victories, reclaiming the Japanese crown, finally getting a gold at 4CC and making it one more world championship to add to his two (and maybe that elusive gold at Skate Canada).  I really don't think he's made a decision about Beijing, unlike his declaration of going after PC's gold barely after he'd dismounted the podium at Sochi.  The injury has necessitated that Yuzu do some hard thinking about where he is and where he wants to go.  It reminded him that he is still vulnerable to the vicissitudes of fortune.  This last weekend, with the parade and the show the weekend before were his concluding of what has occurred since Sochi.

 

I think we are seeing a pattern in Yuzu's biography starting to show itself, one in which he is faced with some crisis in his life and uses that crisis to power him to new triumphs.  The earthquake resulted in his bronze at Worlds the next season and his move to Toronto and ultimately his first GPF, OG and WC wins.  The next crisis, the crash in Shanghai, resulted in his brilliant skate at the 2014 GPF and those two legendary competitions (NHK and GPF) the following season, where thoughts of him as the GOAT began to become credible, and then his miraculous comeback at Helsinki.  The latest crisis, the injury, resulted initially in his 2nd OG, his unique experiment with the structure of ice shows and his declaration as to what seems to be his two new preoccupations concerning his future competing - acquisition of a 4A and his decision to design his programs to achieve perfection rather than points.  He hasn't said so but I have a suspicion that Yuzu's goal now is not an elevated TES but rather a PCS that comes as close as possible to a perfect 100.  He is the only skater around now who has an even remotely realistic chance of achieving that mythical mark.

 

The thing is that the new rules really make Yuzu's new strategy one that can result in consistent wins for him.  The era of quads, at least their numerical expansion, is now over.  Four quads in a FS is now the maximum unless someone comes up with a quad/quad combination.  If anybody does that, it will be Yuzu, who has the speed and height to accomplish that.  One should not dismiss the possibility of a quint, also.  Again, Yuzu would seem to me to be the best candidate for being the first to achieve it, although base values haven't been assigned yet to quint jumps.  I have a feeling that there is pressure to hold back on doing so until there is feedback on how the new rules have changed the competitive dynamics.  Why open up a whole new can of worms when things still haven't settled down on the quad issue.

 

The new landscape at TCC now is an issue which we at the Planet will be wanting to address.  Cha is now becoming an integral part of the TCC scene, a new member of the elite squad replacing Javi.  Stephen Gogolev now moves up into the elites there also, beginning to compete on the junior level, though we should not forget that in Canadian only competitions he is now skating at senior level.  His scores last season were sufficient to have qualified him for senior Worlds.  The possible entry of Boyang makes things really interesting and we have already done a lot of speculating about that, although most of us are waiting for a formal announcement and detailing of the nature of that move, if it occurs.  All in all, because of the very large number of unknowns I think this coming off-season will definitely end up making this the summer of our discontent.

 

 

May I ask is it official and where is the source for maximum of 4 quads in one program?

 

If so won't there be a limit for same type of quad so that skaters with more varitety of quads will win?

 

 

★ I think yuzu will do one or two Faoi in summer.

 

★ I agree with you. I think Yuzu is not planning on Beijing anytime soon because his body may not hold out for another 4 years. Thus he won't say he will go until the season before 2022 in my opinion.

 

★ As for shortening of music time in the free I hope this benefits Yuzus stamina.

 

 

★ If boyang arrives in TCC there will be positives. Maybe Yuzu may be more motivated than he already is to land 4A. But I am a bit skepticle with having Boyang long term in TCC for reasons Ive said previously. 

 

Whether or not he retires after 1 or 2 seasons I will cry but ... i will cope lol

[xeyra]

So according to @yude at GS, there was a bit of post-parade fluff and she translated this very poignant bit Yuzu said, which I'm bringing here.

 

Quote

 

"I've learned my way to be strong, so I will keep testing it and hope it (my skating?) will be more refined."

(A reporter: Do you mean you can still go up?)

"Of course I can still go up, I won't do it if I can't."

 

Edit: this seems to have been from the day he did the press con for foreign press (post Olympics?)

[yuzuonice]

has it been posted here yet?

 

[SparkleSalad]

15 minutes ago, yuzuonice said:

Well, as long as the articles remain respectful it's not a big deal, but...

I remember watching this but I lost the video!! i even checked for fancams and can't find it! It was LGC costume right? Was it NHK? Or maybe 4CC?

 

CoR UA >_> Not that I was paying attention or anything.

[SparkleSalad]

5 minutes ago, yuzuonice said:

has it been posted here yet?

 

 

Come and join us in prematurely freaking out in the Team China thread.

 

[yuzuonice]

Just now, SparkleSalad said:

 

CoR UA >_> Not that I was paying attention or anything.

eh? no no i think we must think of a different one, it was definitely LGC costume, actually I think it was an interview with Yuzu, they show him taking the jacket off + crowd screaming, and when asked on his reaction, he says he thought "ah yes, I took it off" or something lol

[Echuka]

4 часа назад, moonkat сказал:

print his name on it  

Do you remember when Boyang was showing flag of China at wrong side, and Yuzu noticed this and helped him to take it in correct way? What competition  was that ?

[BWOZWaltz]

5 hours ago, SparkleSalad said:

 

...or is it?

 

 

 

It maybe this lip balm has flavour and Yuzu is trying to taste it without getting too obvious...

Maybe it's a strawberry shortcake flavour...

[cinemacoconut]

5 minutes ago, yuzuonice said:

has it been posted here yet?

 

 

 

There is no mention of short term or long term. Is jin training Long term at TCC?