June 20, 20224 yr 47 minutes ago, SuzyQ said: Yes, it's him Haha, this is the best. And yet, it does capture the insane heights he achieves somehow.
June 20, 20224 yr 7 minutes ago, Anabel said: Sharing with you all my first gif, just for fun I didn't notice until now that he's counting with his fingers!!! Thank you for this 🙈
June 20, 20224 yr Yes, he is! I noticed it while doing the gif... Yuzu cares so much about the details
June 21, 20224 yr Hey, Fanyus, are you worried ice skating is turning into ice jumping? Do you feel artistry is being lost? Do you feel ice skaters are unfairly judged? Do you feel the current system allows skaters to be “placed” by judges? Do you feel judges can’t always see quick moves to determine their validity? Do you have other concerns about ice skating that you would like to voice? Then, please help us DO something about it! Check out the Letter to the ISU campaign thread under Yuzuru Hanyu, and help make our voices heard! Tell us your concerns and help us send them as a single letter sent by thousands of fans all at the same time, similar to the letter sent to Yuzu in China. We have some additional ideas how this might work, and we would love your input and help! Anabel has generously offered to organize this campaign. I hope you will join in the action!
June 21, 20224 yr Keiji must have done something good in his last life to be good personal friend with Yuzu in this life 😄😄😄
June 21, 20224 yr This is so cool! A dancer demonstrates how to do that dance move. This post has been tagged by yuzuangel as [NEWS].
June 21, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, lajoitko said: Keiji! I like this photo. Does Yuzu have a other bracelet? Yesterday's report on Kansai TV with English subtitles [NEWS] Moderators: Quote "Really handsome - Yes" "Just look at his happy appearance, can feel very handsome." At the end of the video will also talk about 4A.
June 21, 20224 yr 7 hours ago, Muffinator said: Hey, Fanyus, are you worried ice skating is turning into ice jumping? Do you feel artistry is being lost? Do you feel ice skaters are unfairly judged? Do you feel the current system allows skaters to be “placed” by judges? Do you feel judges can’t always see quick moves to determine their validity? Do you have other concerns about ice skating that you would like to voice? Then, please help us DO something about it! Check out the Letter to the ISU campaign thread under Yuzuru Hanyu, and help make our voices heard! Tell us your concerns and help us send them as a single letter sent by thousands of fans all at the same time, similar to the letter sent to Yuzu in China. We have some additional ideas how this might work, and we would love your input and help! Anabel has generously offered to organize this campaign. I hope you will join in the action! I have edited the first post of the action thread to try to make it more explanatory
June 22, 20224 yr On 6/20/2022 at 3:48 AM, Yuzurella said: Yuzu has always been so brave to show his emotions and be vulnerable on the ice. This is one of the main reasons why his performances touch people's hearts and souls deeply and are memorable. I'm happy that he keeps exploring new and different ways to express himself. FaOI Shizuoka can't arrive soon enough. The mystery of Raison is more than I can take, I see so many clues and meanings in the few seconds that have been shared so far. In an unusual act of bravery, I have decided to pour some of my inarticulate thoughts here. Please be patient with me. Here I go: 'Raison d'être' -reason for existing (Yuzu's conviction, his 'core')- and other words & sentences in the lyrics resonate with things that Yuzu has mentioned in recent interviews: 'mud' can be seen and imperfection. He mentioned during the interview for Spark: "I won the Sochi Olympics and the Pyeonchang Olympics consecutively, so I wonder if I had a strong image of being a perfect person. If such image of Seimei at the PC Oly was strong, then I feel like Yuzuru Hanyu at the Beijing Oly must have been a completely different person (for those viewed him as strong). Like, even Yuzuru Hanyu has this kind of things happen, or, that working super hard to achieve own dreams, and you can see traces of it, but in the end... couldn'e fulfill his dreams. Like, there are people that because they felt that kind of unsophisticatedness [the kanji can also be read as muddy like smell, uncoolness], that they say are supporting me now" (this also reminds me of Yuzu making a funny -ugly?- face at the beginning of Real Face in Makuhari day 2, he turns and look to the audience, revealing his face after being completely covered by the hood). "The relationship between goodbye and pinky swear" could be about chasing his dream of landing the 4A: a promise to himself and to others, once fulfilled he might be able to let go and move into a new chapter? Or is it the struggle between wanting to give up or push forward and follow his dream? Or is he letting go of his old self/the image of perfection that he spoke about in the interview with Spark? The gesture with his arms, hands and little finger matching the lyrics: "relationship between farewell and pinky promise". And there is a discussion that Yuzu is using sign language there (at least in Kobe Day 1 and 2?). This is what a Japanese fan wrote: "Two fingers with your right hand up and away from your forehead in front of you (It's a memory of you two, goodbye). Left hand to chest as if wrapping with left hand. Right hand on chest, pinky and thumb up in ASL (North American Sign Language), loosely expressing "you". Eyes looking beyond as if tracing a memory." (this again reminds me of Rondo). The costume: the black sleeve that changes into a purple similar to Origin 2.0 purple, which is the program where the underscoring went out of proportion. I see that sleeve as a bruise to Yuzu's efforts and even the role of the media to question his dream and not being supportive when he has struggled, for even spreading rumours that have hurt him (for this I also think about the lyrics: "collective unconsciousness ridicules", "crude words are sometimes sharper than a knife"). The difference in colour in the costume and the vein like pattern of the black/purple sleeve: Yuzu fighting not to be stained, to protect his conviction, his 'core' as he had called it in past interviews. The struggle when he drops onto the ice is the pain, being beaten over and over again, the gesture as if someone is trying to take his heart/soul, but he is still trying to fight back and stand. The lyrics say: "earth shattering, great turn of events, the catharsis is just around the corner." Then he tries to stand up and makes a gesture as if trying to catch something just when the lyrics say "those memories that will never fade". This reminded me of what Shae-Lynne Bourne said about Rondo during and interview with the Quadruple Axel magazine: "he also finds something there. Like light, but not just light, like a memory, like a moment... like a moment in his life so far. It could be fans, people close to him, himself with his coach. Those memories come back to him on the ice. And that joy fills him up. Until the next jump, these memories come back one after the other, and then they disappear." The loose right sleeve that shows his arm and he keeps rolled up, a rolled up sleeve of someone ready to fight. I think it was Marika who mentioned that Yuzu starts and finishes the program with his left hand on the left shoulder. It looks as if he were protecting his wounds from the fight. Interestingly, Yuzu greeted the audience after Real Face in Makuhari Day 2 with an arm gesture that is the same one he uses to start Raison. Real Face costume reminds me of a boxer/fighter. He shows his strength in Real Face, a more physical fight (some elements of the choreography look as if he is punching, kicking, as well as receiving hits). In Raison, he is showing his struggle and vulnerability, he is showing us his wounds. Sorry for this long self-indulgent post. I needed to take this out of my system
June 22, 20224 yr 4 hours ago, Wintek said: FaOI Shizuoka can't arrive soon enough. The mystery of Raison is more than I can take, I see so many clues and meanings in the few seconds that have been shared so far. In an unusual act of bravery, I have decided to pour some of my inarticulate thoughts here. Please be patient with me. Here I go: 'Raison d'être' -reason for existing (Yuzu's conviction, his 'core')- and other words & sentences in the lyrics resonate with things that Yuzu has mentioned in recent interviews: 'mud' can be seen and imperfection. He mentioned during the interview for Spark: "I won the Sochi Olympics and the Pyeonchang Olympics consecutively, so I wonder if I had a strong image of being a perfect person. If such image of Seimei at the PC Oly was strong, then I feel like Yuzuru Hanyu at the Beijing Oly must have been a completely different person (for those viewed him as strong). Like, even Yuzuru Hanyu has this kind of things happen, or, that working super hard to achieve own dreams, and you can see traces of it, but in the end... couldn'e fulfill his dreams. Like, there are people that because they felt that kind of unsophisticatedness [the kanji can also be read as muddy like smell, uncoolness], that they say are supporting me now" (this also reminds me of Yuzu making a funny -ugly?- face at the beginning of Real Face in Makuhari day 2, he turns and look to the audience, revealing his face after being completely covered by the hood). "The relationship between goodbye and pinky swear" could be about chasing his dream of landing the 4A: a promise to himself and to others, once fulfilled he might be able to let go and move into a new chapter? Or is it the struggle between wanting to give up or push forward and follow his dream? Or is he letting go of his old self/the image of perfection that he spoke about in the interview with Spark? The gesture with his arms, hands and little finger matching the lyrics: "relationship between farewell and pinky promise". And there is a discussion that Yuzu is using sign language there (at least in Kobe Day 1 and 2?). This is what a Japanese fan wrote: "Two fingers with your right hand up and away from your forehead in front of you (It's a memory of you two, goodbye). Left hand to chest as if wrapping with left hand. Right hand on chest, pinky and thumb up in ASL (North American Sign Language), loosely expressing "you". Eyes looking beyond as if tracing a memory." (this again reminds me of Rondo). The costume: the black sleeve that changes into a purple similar to Origin 2.0 purple, which is the program where the underscoring went out of proportion. I see that sleeve as a bruise to Yuzu's efforts and even the role of the media to question his dream and not being supportive when he has struggled, for even spreading rumours that have hurt him (for this I also think about the lyrics: "collective unconsciousness ridicules", "crude words are sometimes sharper than a knife"). The difference in colour in the costume and the vein like pattern of the black/purple sleeve: Yuzu fighting not to be stained, to protect his conviction, his 'core' as he had called it in past interviews. The struggle when he drops onto the ice is the pain, being beaten over and over again, the gesture as if someone is trying to take his heart/soul, but he is still trying to fight back and stand. The lyrics say: "earth shattering, great turn of events, the catharsis is just around the corner." Then he tries to stand up and makes a gesture as if trying to catch something just when the lyrics say "those memories that will never fade". This reminded me of what Shae-Lynne Bourne said about Rondo during and interview with the Quadruple Axel magazine: "he also finds something there. Like light, but not just light, like a memory, like a moment... like a moment in his life so far. It could be fans, people close to him, himself with his coach. Those memories come back to him on the ice. And that joy fills him up. Until the next jump, these memories come back one after the other, and then they disappear." The loose right sleeve that shows his arm and he keeps rolled up, a rolled up sleeve of someone ready to fight. I think it was Marika who mentioned that Yuzu makes starts and finished the program with his left hand on the left shoulder. It looks as if he were protecting his wounds from the fight. Interestingly, Yuzu greeted the audience after Real Face in Makuhari Day 2 with an arm gesture that is the same one he uses to start Raison. Real Face costume reminds me of a boxer/fighter. He shows his strength in Real Face, a more physical fight (some elements of the choreography look as if he is punching, kicking, as well as receiving hits). In Raison, he is showing his struggle and vulnerability, he is showing us his wounds. Sorry for this long self-indulgent post. I needed to take this out of my system Great and very insightful analysis
June 22, 20224 yr @Wintek I love your analysis! This song was really tough for me to figure out, and I'm an English Literature major who is supposed to be able to understand really tough poetry. Yuzu is really getting deep this summer. I think you did an excellent job in this analysis. I can't wait for you to see the whole program and tell us what you think of that. Thanks for sharing! Now I can rest a little better, because you have relieved some of that gnawing I have felt these past few days.
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