2024 Riga Cup Women's Free Skate

[skim1001]

Moriguchi's original partner was Haruna Murakami, not Ikura.
Haruna also trains in Kinoshita Academy with Mie Hamada, so I guess that's where the confusion is

As far as I know, Ikura has never tried ice dance or pairs. It might change though, especially as Kinoshita likes to pair up their single skaters for dance and pairs. Though, if it were up to me I'd love to see Ikura do solo dance

Sumitada paired with Ikura first before Haruna. There's a video of them trying lifts but they never competed together. This was back in 2021.

 

[lileychristie]

Sumitada paired with Ikura first before Haruna. There's a video of them trying lifts but they never competed together. This was back in 2021.

Oh wow, I didn't know that! I guess that must be before I started following FS very closely. Thanks for your correction!

 

[LazyFuzai]

...I have a feeling you don't know the source material for this program. The music is not called "Little Princess" but the music comes from the soundtrack of the 2015 movie "The Little Prince", based on the 1943 novella "Le Petit Prince"/"The Little Prince". It's a beautiful piece of writing.
One of the central characters of the story is a rose, which Ikura depicts in her Free Skate.

This was indeed not a good performance of this program, and she's only ever performed it cleanly once in competition, at Jr Nats last season:

My bad.I miss heard commentator.Still stand with my points.It's note even close to Rose anyway

 

[Jumping_Bean]

My bad.I miss heard commentator.Still stand with my points.It's note even close to Rose anyway

A rose or the Rose from "The Little Prince"? Because some of the things you criticised (like her dress) are very much in line with the Rose's character (and her appearance).

The Rose is coquettish, selfish, vain and manipulative but she is also beautiful, naive, sensitive, insecure and desperate for love which she thinks she can only keep by manipulating those who show her love. She is not a sweet or innocent character, which seems to be what you were expecting, and is rightfully not depicted as one.

 

[TallyT]

My bad.I miss heard commentator.Still stand with my points.It's note even close to Rose anyway

Have you read the source material?

 

[WednesdayMarch]

so what do we say? yay or nay? @labgoat @norwegianfairytale @WednesdayMarch

Late to the party (not well at the moment). It's a no from me. Looks like she forgot to take her jacket off.

 

[LazyFuzai]

A rose or the Rose from "The Little Prince"? Because some of the things you criticised (like her dress) are very much in line with the Rose's character (and her appearance).

The Rose is coquettish, selfish, vain and manipulative but she is also beautiful, naive, sensitive, insecure and desperate for love which she thinks she can only keep by manipulating those who show her love. She is not a sweet or innocent character, which seems to be what you were expecting, and is rightfully not depicted as one.

Like you described the rose.She didn't show any of it.The dress color may suggest it,but it wasn't there.

 

[LazyFuzai]

Have you read the source material?

No.Should I? If she want to show something and described her story tru program i should see it.Even if I interpet it slightly different still we should fell the same type of feelings.But it wasn't there.