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A couple of other video-related thoughts:
The conclusion that the deeply flawed figure skating system was what made Shoma lose interest in skating is too simplistic. (I think "deeply flawed" is more appropriate to describe it than "corrupt," but that's another opinion for another time.) Surely there were also other types of issues at work here, but I really don't want to speculate about that sort of thing. It just seemed like an abrupt conclusion.
And about the Moonlight Shomata: his ankle wasn't broken at the time he skated it, it was merely a very bad sprain. Although he had sprained it three times in the days leading up to that performance. Her comments about the Moonlight Shomata are worth considering though. For it to represent the moon itself, always being outshone by the sun...it may not be the way I interpret it personally, but it does seem to resonate with how he was at that time.
And yet I sense another missed opportunity here. For if the Moonlight Shomata represents the moon shrouded in night, shouldn't the Worlds Sholero represent the sun in a brilliant sapphire sky? It's radiant, it's filled with energy, it gives joy to all around it...yes, that is certainly a good way to interpret it.
And now I remember when Shoma said that there isn't a night without a dawn... An old saying, but always worth repeating.
The conclusion that the deeply flawed figure skating system was what made Shoma lose interest in skating is too simplistic. (I think "deeply flawed" is more appropriate to describe it than "corrupt," but that's another opinion for another time.) Surely there were also other types of issues at work here, but I really don't want to speculate about that sort of thing. It just seemed like an abrupt conclusion.
And about the Moonlight Shomata: his ankle wasn't broken at the time he skated it, it was merely a very bad sprain. Although he had sprained it three times in the days leading up to that performance. Her comments about the Moonlight Shomata are worth considering though. For it to represent the moon itself, always being outshone by the sun...it may not be the way I interpret it personally, but it does seem to resonate with how he was at that time.
And yet I sense another missed opportunity here. For if the Moonlight Shomata represents the moon shrouded in night, shouldn't the Worlds Sholero represent the sun in a brilliant sapphire sky? It's radiant, it's filled with energy, it gives joy to all around it...yes, that is certainly a good way to interpret it.
And now I remember when Shoma said that there isn't a night without a dawn... An old saying, but always worth repeating.
Stéphane visiting Shoma's home, petting his puppies, training with him at Chukyo, going to the yakiniku restaurant together... I'm so happy they let us see all this!! I'm gonna watch it sooooo many times 
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