|| Ten to Chi to ChSq - Japanese Nationals 2021

- shel silverstein, every thing on it

I will never get over how long this hug is

I miss you 😭 ❤️

How are these the last two events they competed alongside each other 😭😭😭

It's not even a year ago but feels like ages since then.

so, i caved in and signed up to fuji on demand to watch jnats in peace for once. to try things out i went to check out 2021 jnats, and when i scrolled down on that page, there's "titles viewed together" section, and the first on that list is.. banana fish. i'm fucking laughing, but also feel attacked somehow

little rant on the crazy fanyus, as a fanyu.

You dont have to bring someone down to raise someone up. Im mainly talking about ilia here, but there are many, many skaters that some weird fanyus will bring down. If you dont know by now, Ilia malinin landed the 4a in practice. You’d think that people who love someone (yuzuru) thats so kind, so humble, and respectful to everyone, whether they beat him, whether they lost, whoever it is, would actually be happy for Ilia. But, no. Ive seen reposts of his 4a, and some people in the comments/replies decide to throw things at him. Like, “Its not perfect!” Or, “Under rotated!”. Keep in mind, some of these people dont know anything about figure skating. Some just like to throw terms around. Not all, but some. One comment even said, “Its just in practice. It means nothing.” And even though they were the only one who said this, im sure many people have said it on different videos of it. Werent the ones complaining that it was only in practice, the same ones obsessing over Yuzuru’s (not cleanly rotated) 4a in jnats practice (2021)? Saying things like, “G.O.A.T!”, or, “I knew he could do it!”. Im not trying to hate on Yuzuru, dont get me wrong, i think hes one of the best figure skaters out there, but, that doesnt change the fact that his 4a wasnt clean. What im trying to say here, is that fanyus are shooting down someone who landed it perfectly. They’re bringing down a kid. He’s 17, and their making him feel as if his 4a wasnt as good as it is. He said himself that reading what the crazy fanyus are saying about his 4a, makes him feel less excited that he actually landed the 4a perfectly. Fanyus like this, my friends, are the reason that many people in the figure skating community hate fanyus. Stop shooting down a kid, because you’re upset he did something amazing. Ilia is an amazing skater, and has a bright future ahead of him. What i find very funny is that some fanyus are even acting as if ilia landing it personally offended them. I will admit, I understand that they may be a little upset yuzuru wasnt the first to land it, and yes, perhaps i was a little sad when i saw that yuzuru wasnt the first, but, in the end, i was, and still am happy for ilia. So, instead of being a jerk, be happy for Ilia. Thats what Hanyu would want.  Sorry if i made spelling/grammar errors, and good day.

Also, forgot to mention now that im looking back at this post, i also noticed how fanyus like to mention how in 2012 jnats, yuzuru got booed, and was holding back tears, visibly shaking. Which, is true. So, yuzuru was like 18 there? Some fanyus say how they were making a kid feel bad about himself, and then some decide to make ilia, also a kid, feel bad about himself? The math isnt mathing. 

agent of chaos yuzuru hanyu: yesterday says he hasn’t landed the 4A in practice but is gonna give it a go in competition anyway. in today’s practice, spams jump that has never been landed by anyone in history, each one creeping dangerously closer to perfection...  and then after leaving the figure skating world in shambles tries to exit the rink but does it from the wrong side ;_____;

also, appropriate gifs for this moment:

This is a program that will make people think, Only Yuzuru Hanyu can skate this program.

– Yuzuru Hanyu, re: his 2021-2022 season SP, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Yuzuru Hanyu, Rondo Capriccioso Step Sequence || Japanese Nationals 2021

Yuzuru Hanyu Heaven & Earth, Japan Nationals 2021

I need Yuzu's thigh and waist circumference/measurement for comparison research purposes

6 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION YUZURU HANYU🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

after SP at 2021 Jnats

Let's talk about Shoma...NHK edition...

Two 2nd places and Shoma is in the GPF. He had a much better free skate than at CoC. So it should be something to be happy about. But clearly I am not.

If you have seen my post from CoC you know that I am not upset about Shoma getting 2nd, I am upset about the way he got 2nd. Fight me on this but in any other tech panel of the season he would have a 195+ score for his skate, if not even 200. (And if you looked at the tech box it was 106 TES and that would have given him a 198 score even with those PCS) I don't want to speculate about any political games or anything, for now I simply want to believe Shoma was simply disliked by the tech panel ppl.

(And btw I like Yuma a lot and I am happy he is back! Iif one is winning over Shoma, I am happy if it's Yuma just not like this and this isn't Yuma's fault ofc, so nothing against Yuma.)

What's most sad about Shoma's silver today is that it made him question competing and his abilties. 😭😭😭

He felt good about his performance and then tech panel completely deflated all positive feelings. His comments are so defeated. Ofc he is Shoma so his reaction is still polite and everything and he smiled at Yuma and interacted like normal. But still this is a new low. He perfomed good, he did all combos, landed the 4F and Axels that he was insecure about in the practice, even yoloed a 4T which alone shows his superiority bc who else can do that??? And yet it wasn't enough for the fcking judges to give him high scores.

We all knew Shoma wasn't gonna skate forever and I always knew that it could very well be his last season, but his comments didn't sound so final, so I thought there was maybe a tiny bit hope he'd still continue. But today I am not even sure he will not retire after Nats. I have my doubt he would neglect the opportunity if he's selected for Worlds but if you'd ask him today he probably won't go. Pulling a Tatsuki Machida never seemed more real...and part of me wouldn't even mind. I would lie if I say I won't be sad about Shoma's retirement, but all I really want is him happy and if competing isn't making him happy anymore...better retire on own terms than the Jfed and ISU waving you goodbye by lowballing you...

I hope though that while his comments now are negative, that he will rethink the attitude bc it's not him who has reached a limit or who isn't capable of better scores, it's a fcking judging mishap. Keiji said his 4Loop was brilliant and rotation clean, Shoma himself said he was surprised about the 4Lo and 4T being called (as he could see his landing), Stephane shook his head at the score, no it's not your fault Shoma. And I hope he gets the prep talks of his life by his surroundings!

There are two ways this could lead to, Shoma being on the verve of retiring and motivation for competition is completely lost or Shoma is fired up and rebounds stronger than ever from this disappointment with new fire. As Shoma fans we have seen many ups and downs of Shoma and usually Shoma always came back stronger. Ppl saying that's the end for him after IdF 2019 -he went on to win JNats, ppl saying he is done at WTT 2021 proceeds to win an Olympic medal and World Gold 2022, let's see what happens now...atm a positive way seems impossible but after a few days the world may not seem as dark...

I am truly furious for his 2nd place and petty me who thought I could stand seeing Shoma in 2nd is now completely on skating gods pls let Shoma win all Gold medals from now on as perfect revenge arc 🔥🔥🔥

Shoma and Yuzuru taking 2nd and 1st place after SP at Japanese Nationals 2021 (x) (x) (x) (x)