http://chubu.yomiuri.co.jp/tokushu/supotomo/supotomo091108_1.htm
in Japanese.
(Mai): Did the GP series outcomes make you feel down?
Mao: Yeah, but I am fine. I don't have anything that I haven't decided.
Even Mao can fail. You have had both good times and bad times. There is nothing you can do about your failures but to forget them.
Mao; No, there's not. It's only the mental issue. I can pull myself together at the next time. Nothing other than that.
When you and I performed for the first time at a comp, you were placed 5th.
Mao; Yes, I was. I remember.
The same as then. You can think that you returned to the starting point.
Mao: Yeah. I could think that I have gone back to the starting point and do it all over again. I'll do my best with such a frame of mind.
How did you like France?
Mao: Croissant was very tasty.
Good. Are you talking about breakfast at the hotel?
Mao: Yeah. After I had three pieces and became full, they brought ones that were just baked. So disappointing. I wish if I could have had them.
It would have been better if you had waited until they came.
Mao: Yeah. I wanted to see Aero, Tiara, and Komachi (their dogs). I missed them.
Did the media ask you many questions after CoR?
Mao: yeah, but it was right after the comp and I didn't quite understand.
When they ask you next time why you failed, why dont you ask them back what they thought themselves?
Mao: (Yeah,) because it is important to hear opinions from various ppl.
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The last answer of Mao is not only cute for being a little off, but also impressive for the innocence and defenselessness. How can she remain like that?
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Mai notes that Mao is satisfied with the music and programs so that she would not be anxious.
ETA: She also notes that usually they barely talk about skating, but would talk about shopping and favorite sweets. Mao spend a lot of time abroad so that she takes her time tasting Japanese sweets, according to Mai.
in Japanese.
(Mai): Did the GP series outcomes make you feel down?
Mao: Yeah, but I am fine. I don't have anything that I haven't decided.
Even Mao can fail. You have had both good times and bad times. There is nothing you can do about your failures but to forget them.
Mao; No, there's not. It's only the mental issue. I can pull myself together at the next time. Nothing other than that.
When you and I performed for the first time at a comp, you were placed 5th.
Mao; Yes, I was. I remember.
The same as then. You can think that you returned to the starting point.
Mao: Yeah. I could think that I have gone back to the starting point and do it all over again. I'll do my best with such a frame of mind.
How did you like France?
Mao: Croissant was very tasty.
Good. Are you talking about breakfast at the hotel?
Mao: Yeah. After I had three pieces and became full, they brought ones that were just baked. So disappointing. I wish if I could have had them.
It would have been better if you had waited until they came.
Mao: Yeah. I wanted to see Aero, Tiara, and Komachi (their dogs). I missed them.
Did the media ask you many questions after CoR?
Mao: yeah, but it was right after the comp and I didn't quite understand.
When they ask you next time why you failed, why dont you ask them back what they thought themselves?
Mao: (Yeah,) because it is important to hear opinions from various ppl.
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The last answer of Mao is not only cute for being a little off, but also impressive for the innocence and defenselessness. How can she remain like that?
-----
Mai notes that Mao is satisfied with the music and programs so that she would not be anxious.
ETA: She also notes that usually they barely talk about skating, but would talk about shopping and favorite sweets. Mao spend a lot of time abroad so that she takes her time tasting Japanese sweets, according to Mai.
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