@cantilover at Twitter is doing a live reactions to the show and it's hilarious. Apparently Shoma has only eaten vegetables once or twice this year. And he trips walking very often. But is apparently very good at darts.
Oh, I didn't know that cantilover did live reactions during the show! I was watching the live stream. The things I've learned:
1) Shoma is NOT small enough to pedal a baby trike (thank goodness!). Also, he IS, in fact, capable of getting dizzy.
2) He now knows how to do one card trick (I was seriously impressed when he managed to repeat the trick to the hosts after the magician taught him one-on-one). Maybe he can use it for his social interactions this season?
3) The guy is REALLY REALLY good at darts! He was even better than the dart "master" that they had on the show.
He got this really serious and contemplative look in his eyes when he started aiming with the darts. Competitive even at darts!
I don't understand Japanese, but since they did a lot of drawings (ah, I love it!) summarizing the answers, you can figure out some of the things they were talking about. The hosts had a good laugh, I think they asked him what he ate in a day, and there was a lot of steak in there.
Also, revelations from Keiji: 1) Shoma gets hangry, 2) He listens to the soundtrack of Kimi No Nawa over and over again (correct me if I'm wrong, that's what I got from it), ad nauseam, 3) Shoma plays games on his phone A LOT, such that Keiji has to push him out the door to go see the sights in the places they're visiting.
The others were just mostly stuff about Mao Asada and the Olympic season, also his jumps (I thought it was odd that they reviewed some of the different types of jumps, in relation to the quad flip he first did and the Guiness World Record he got as a result. He must have been so bored during that portion.). I didn't realize how they would make him watch himself as a kid or in previous competitions/practices while having a mini-doumentary ongoing. That must be really awkward.
He looked like he was used to it, though. There was also a part in the beginning where his costume designer spoke up in a video, but I didn't get much on it since the stream kept buffering for me at that time.
All in all, pretty fun.
I think Shoma really didn't know what to make of Kenji's teasing. Though I'm sure Kenji didn't mean to pick on him since he's like that with everyone. I suppose it's his way of showing affection.
2018 here we go!
