3 hours ago, LAY said:

hope there will be DVD/Blu-ray

Amen!

@Anni

 

This part:

 

"That is why, by making the story, and to have program viewed as a piece within that story, wondered what kind of things you all would receive. That was what I was thinking while configuring the show."

 

from that interview stoood out to me. I really feel like Yuzu wove all those disparate progams into a complete and seamless whole  that told a story of its own. 

On 2/27/2023 at 10:13 PM, nekodearu said:

1:53:14-15, right behind him.

Can't find it.. Is it the timestamp from D+ or GC? Which program is he skating?

For now, I would settle for a DVD / Blue-Ray containing only GIFT, but long-term, I would love to have an album of Yuzu ice shows since he turned professional, including Prologue, GIFT, Notte Stellata and who knows what comes next... I could not attend the shows as an oversea fanyu, but I am willing to pay for a legal way to stream them many times afterwards.

 

10 minutes ago, JennyYang said:

Can't find it.. Is it the timestamp from D+ or GC? Which program is he skating?

GC, Ashura-chan. He appears with his back to the viewers on the background of the text in white letters that contains a beginning of his bio in English Wikipedia, starting from the word "born..." iirc.

Still haven't processed all my impressions from the show, it was so overwhelmingly beautiful - I'm 'a bit' (read: quite a lot) sleep-deprived like many of us, I suppose, all for the same wonderful reason: watching GIFT over and over again  

 

For now, just another thought on the HUGE HANDS:

Those HH look almost exactly like the position of Yuzu's hands in the final pose of Firebird (when he spread his wings and his arms are horizontal) and also in the first seconds of Rondo.

There are probably many more possible interpretations of those HH - unless Yuzu reveals what his thoughts were on this, we might never know which one is 'correct' - maybe all of them; perhaps it's intended that everyone should interpret it according to their own thoughts and impressions.

16 minutes ago, Beatrice said:

Still haven't processed all my impressions from the show, it was so overwhelmingly beautiful - I'm 'a bit' (read: quite a lot) sleep-deprived like many of us, I suppose, all for the same wonderful reason: watching GIFT over and over again  

 

For now, just another thought on the HUGE HANDS:

Those HH look almost exactly like the position of Yuzu's hands in the final pose of Firebird (when he spread his wings and his arms are horizontal) and also in the first seconds of Rondo.

There are probably many more possible interpretations of those HH - unless Yuzu reveals what his thoughts were on this, we might never know which one is 'correct' - maybe all of them; perhaps it's intended that everyone should interpret it according to their own thoughts and impressions.

While we're on that topic: the way the hands are lit with green and then red as the SEIMEI music starts, makes them look like they're casting a spell, so at that point maybe they represent SEIMEI's hands, because he's an onmyouji. 

 

Really,  they're very hardworking hands and I think they represent quite a lot of different things throughout the show. 

 

Also, if you look at the proportions of them - they're not random hands. I wonder if they were designed based on Yuzu's hands. 

Watching the show one last time and I have to say: It's a masterpiece. I personally love the ending freestyle skate the most, where he put all his might into it, full of expression and passion. Seeing him skate like this, I am really glad he left the competition circle so he can express himself in the best way he knows: no rules, no limitations - only the sky is the limit, and even then, Yuzu - FLY.

 

Just music, the ice and him. That's enough to move the hearts of millions.

1 hour ago, rockstaryuzu said:

Also, if you look at the proportions of them - they're not random hands. I wonder if they were designed based on Yuzu's hands. 

I think they are a part of his pose from Masquerade? It appears on the screen during POTO, around 2:02:30 GC (and that's a brilliant, dramatic sequence of animation and music imo): the animated drawing on the screen connects both baloon hands with his masked head and the rest of his body visible on the ice. I suppose then, that the hands were either scanned in the studio where he made this pose (most probably) or recreated from some old recordings.

1 hour ago, rockstaryuzu said:

Amen!

 

 

YES I would say MORE : here in the video section? in YT?  by weibo? because this gem must not be forgotten and viewed off-stream now that it is finished by global coding and of course, an intense wish for a DVD  

 

8 minutes ago, Lilly88 said:

Watch the show one last time and I have to say: it's a masterpiece. Personally, I like the final freestyle skate the most, where he put all his strength, full of expression and passion. Seeing him skate like this, I'm really glad he left the competition circle to express himself in the best way he knows how: no rules, no limits - only the sky is the limit, and even then, Yuzu - FLY.

 

Just the music, the ice cream and him. That's enough to stir the hearts of millions.

 

 

I just re-watched for the 4th time and it's over   and   with your writing : he put ALL his heart into it without judges / without pressure  and let his joy burst at the end YES FLY YUZU     and I'm waiting (like you ALL HERE ) its NS    and also be able to view it as GIFT     

 

NEWS I just came across this and you can go through the translate to understand, I think? from Russian? and I read a HENNI 147 and it's OUR dear HENNI? 

 

 

Bye, Phoenix. See you later. Hear that? See you later!

Idk about all you but since Disney+ has GIFT until March 12, that's where I'm headed... 

On 2/27/2023 at 5:11 PM, nekodearu said:

I still can't recover from his Ashura-chan  I've watched the coda x number of times, and I can't marvel at how, at this crazy pace, he managed to take all those steps on the tips of his skates PERFECTLY to the (syncopated!) beat of the music, while making energetic but entirely controlled arm movements, completely independent of the movement of his legs, and all without losing his balance. I mean, he's on the ICE!!! And in general, throughout this program he managed to achieve the impression of being wild and the effect of a completely loose body, while maintaining perfect balance and full control of his gestures and steps. Love this guy! 

 

I love the energy of Ashura-chan! It's such a fun performance.

 

Yuzuru, please release a behind-the-scenes dance cut. Or a dance tutorial  I can dream, right? 

On 2/28/2023 at 11:11 PM, SomewhereYuzu said:

For Spotify users: I compiled a GIFT-inspired playlist which you can find below 

 

 

 

It would be great if we could one day get an official live album release, like what happens with some concerts.

 

 

 

 

Swell! Thanks for setting this up

9 hours ago, Anni said:

Translation of Yuzu's interview 🙏

 

 

 

 

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I'm so thankful for Yuzu's wonderful Gift.

Yesterday evening I watched the show again, before this unfortunately deleted from the archive today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OP has now compiled this interview 

 

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Many thanks also to all translators.