I'm honestly not sure who was happier, Shoma or Fluffy! I only wish Coach Yamada could be there to share in the joy. I think it was after Nationals that Yamada said "My Shoma can do even more." 
In performance-wise, I pretty much loved Shoma, Boyang, Patrick and Jason. They all sold their programs in their own way. Kudos to them :thumbsup: : to my eyes, Shoma was passion. Boyang was wizard. Patrick was philosopher. Jason was breeze.
My honest feeling? if anyone ever interested in mine. "Give Shoma the best PCS of the night!"
He sold the program the best tonight I thought. He was so into the program, while others were in a competition-mode more or less. I don't have a say at all that Yuzuru to have won overall due to much stronger TES because he was just so perfect with every single elements. I would have been a little happier if Shoma's TES 3 points lower but PCS higher the same amount, thus it doesn't affect overall standings. Don't get me wrong. Scoring PCS is not my profession, of course.hwell: I am only writing my personal preference.
). Every time I see pictures or gifs of him smiling afterwards I'm filled with such happiness. I'm sad I didn't get to see Loco performed live and in person (huge Piazzolla fan), but maybe next season I'll make it out to a competition 
. For now I hope he gets to sleep for at least 2 days and then gets to play lots of video games 
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I've been lurking throughout the competition and wanted to finally come out and echo everyone's happiness about Shoma's performance. I've only been watching his skating since this GPF, but he's grown so much! I felt that I finally emotionally understood his SP at this competition, and this is the sharpest Loco has looked (the opening gestures were
Mmmm to be fair, the ending sequence was best for me at GPF, but I really did like the opening here. And by sharpest I meant the tango moves and gestures specifically, because GPF is actually my favorite overall performance of this. My bad for not clarifying that
: I saw that Shoma's been landing 4Lz in practice! :reye: I never thought he would need it, but that's awesome. He now knows all the quads (except the axel, which I don't think anyone would try in competition)!
id anyone watch the Gala? How was Shoma?
This worlds short and free skate programs are now my favorite of all time now:luv17: I personally like to enjoy watching how he ends each program, with a smile, fist pumps, sometimes tears; they're always different each time and I love that. You could see how much he's grown this season
By the way, I wonder when Shoma's next competition is?
He said he was just trying it for fun during the exhibition practice (though he did (almost?)get the rotations). [you were practicing the 4Lz?]"um...yes..I tried it for the first time today,, really just for fun...please don't expect it from me" Honestly, his interviews are so cute to watch:Thank you for the information @demarinis5!
And about the 4Lz, that wasn't true
Sorry about the misleading information.
