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Yuzuru Hanyu ICE STORY 2023 'GIFT' at Tokyo Dome

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Только что, YuDai сказал:

Guess I'll need to watch it later with a VPN then :dontknow:

I think they will upload it later. Maybe with translation

1 minute ago, river said:

Too true!

:LOL:

 

A bit sad that we don't get the interview.....well, time to rechargf. I'm getting something to eat.

Sorry, guys, I can’t comment while the show is on - it IS one show where you can’t afford to lose one second. 
Thank you for subtitles, Yuzu! 

8 minutes ago, Faithyu said:

Gosh Yuzu......that was enough adrenalin, please let me breath.

 

But his eyes, his smile.......it felt like healing 

 

Isn't ice resurfacing normally like 20min🤔

 

I thought he was giving those 45+ K audience time to queue up for the restrooms. :67638860:

 

3 minutes ago, Luminous said:

D+ shows interview!!!

Aww, how come we can't see it. 

10 minutes ago, river said:


Sorry! I saw your text from earlier and forgot you were watching on your phone! :headdesk:

That's ok! Immediately after that, I got a notification that J-Hope of BTS went live to explain his decision on the military draft...like, Hobi dear, I'm paid-up ARMY and I love you, but NOT WHILE YUZU SKATES!!!

Guys, I just got reminded again WHY I love this crazy (amazing) kid... by order of appearance/chronology:

 

1) He's just too gorgeous (Firebird opening, I'm looking at you, and you as well, new angelic white costume)

2) He's such a sensitive soul (his narration, his emotions, his artistry, the way he sees things and how he makes us understand these)

3) He's such a lion-heart (imagine skating to Rondo when the last one was sooo heart-breaking, and skating to 55k+++ watching, imagine putting such pressure on yourself)

 

Yuzuru Hanyu, you are one of a kind - you're in a league of your own. Never ever change. I will love and support you as long as I live.

 

God, there was so much going on that I didn't want to miss it to post lol Now I can breathe.

 

First of all--king of storytelling? I didn't expect to be this emotional watching him tell his story through all the different metaphors of nature and the sun and moon. And just knowing how much he's gone through, it hits extra hard whenever he says he's lonely and how he tries so hard yet things still go wrong.

 

Edit: How could I have forgotten Firebird?!?!?! It was epic and dramatic and soo Yuzu. He was just like a phoenix rising from the ashes and I loved it so much.

 

Opening with Hope and Legacy and how Shae-Lynn has described that final pose as him sharing his gratitude(?) for everyone feels so incredibly appropriate for an ice show named Gift. Of course, with Yuzu everything is intentional.

 

And skating to Inochi no Namae is just the biggest flex. Skating to anything by Joe Hisaishi is a flex because he's very, very strict with whom he allows to use his music. The costume and the entire atmosphere with the fog and the dancers was completely magical and especially combined with Yuzu's skating.

 

I love Chopin and missed it so much. That's all. But when he didn't do a back counter 3A I was slightly worried he might have been protecting his ankle but don't mind me these are just intrusive thoughts that come with the trauma of being a fanyu.

 

askdjfa;sdfklasdj I somehow keep forgetting Yuzu's promise to make everyone feel the nerves of competition and oh my gosh, he had to choose Rondo. During the six minute warm up, whenever he kept practicing the quad sal entry, I was getting increasingly nervous and prayed so hard for him to make it! And he did!!! He did it! The rest of the performance was wonderful (who cares about the combo tbh; it's nice not having a tech box in the upper corner, so I can just celebrate his skating fully). His reaction at the end made me freaking emotional, how he grabbed with his hand and kept his fist over his chest the entire time he bowed and all the way till he exited. I'm so happy to see him happy with his skate; I'm sure he was feeling very nervous as well.

 

And thank goodness for the audience! Seeing Yuzu's programs the past few years without cheering felt sad, but now he gets to have the cheers and screams he deserves and everything feels all right with the world in the end.

16 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said:

Idk if you noticed, but it felt like he was holding himself back a bit in the earlier skating. he does have to go a whole two hours

Maybe he was. But doing Roncapu in the middle of the show without changing the layout may be more challenging than what he did in the Prologue in which he skated the most taxing program first and then skated other programs, although SEIMEI is a FP.

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