Shun Sato just performed his new SP (Maksim's version of Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence) at Aqua Cup Figure Skating Competition scoring 66.34.
According to fans tweeting reports from the arena, he cleanly jumped 3A, 3Lz3T, 3F with both the combo and Flip in the 2nd half of his SP.
His expression and spins are also said to have improved from last season.
https://twitter.com/Matsu10_4/status/1013018348299272193
https://twitter.com/yugo0527/status/1013018352820805632
https://twitter.com/satosysk8/status/1013018056602210304
That's promising.