Mura changed in a super good way. He is clearly under Dai influence, which is hard not to be when you had such a leader in your team. I saw this influence in Tatsuki, in Murakami in DOI. Now Mura absorbed what he needed and with his natural masculinity the result became any girl's dream. The skating was with music, good work of upper body, beautiful hands, relaxed, with soft but iron muscle. He remains special, i.e. himself, in spite of all influences, and that's the reason why he stands out. In the morning he landed 3L, 3T, his hugest 3A, 2S, nice combo spin. In a finale he singled a trixel. In the afternoon he skated his new SP Pasadoble and it's different than all that reddish-false-passions stuff that many of us would expect from a hispanic thing in FS. Here he comes as a more reserved dancer, more elegant and proud.
Sotnikova was introduced as a condidate for a medal in Sochi. The girl has grown up! She is stunning and glowing. Her new EX in the morning didn't have any empty place, plus all parts of body were involved in music. It was almost provokating, especially in that gorgeous outfit. What a great EX for almost always boring galas. Her jumps are huge, they are high and powerful, not the way like girls usually jump. In the morning she landed 3L, 3F and 2A as a matter of fact, amazing spirals, spins and beauty on the ice. In the afternoon the set was 3L, 3Loop, 2A. She skated her last season SP Bolero that they adjusted for ice shows. I think they should keep it as an EX because it suits her terribly well.
And in what frustration was he at DOI in his EX when he got half-naked every time? He didn't have any tendecies like that when he was training in Sendai. Also, Meryl wasn't a better "Kawaii girl" as the reason of her win. Maybe the audience simply wasn't that dumb as you are trying to portrait here. They simply didn't like what Hanyu did and gave the win to his opponent.Yuzuru dressed like a Kawaii girl – a pink bow, pink shirt and white frilly skirt.
... When the audience gave win to Meryl, he became desperate and took his shirt off for frustration.
Shibs Call Me Maybe video featuring some members of THE ICE cast