#off ice

Shoma in the Pokémon Center’s 20th Anniversary e-mook:

During summer vacations, I always went to go see the Pokémon movies with my little brother and bought the movies when they came out in VHS/DVD. [T/N: In Japan, Pokémon movies are always released in July around the start of summer break for schoolchildren.] I had different impressions of each film, but the one that stuck out the most for me was “Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie: Mew and the Wave Hero, Lucario” (“Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew”). I remember reading the books based on the anime and getting yelled at by my mother for playing the games too much (lol). Since I lived near a Pokémon Center, I would go there on game release days. I have a lot of personal, joyful memories associated with Pokémon.

Pokémon Experience | Played the Pocket Monsters games from Generation I (Red, Green, Blue, Pikachu) to Generation VI (X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)

Favorite Pokémon: Hitokage/Charmander | I watched the anime when I was little, and I particularly liked its wild personality when it evolved into Lizardon/Charizard. Think it’s interesting that there is a personality change with the evolution.

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Hello, this is Shoma.

Thank you for all your support during NHK Trophy.
I’m really happy to have qualified for the Grand Prix Final again this season.
But, with my current competitive content, I’m still very far away from the kind of performance I want to reach and the performance to meet everyone’s expectations. 
With the time remaining until the Grand Prix Final, I will improve on the areas where I can improve and do my best to deliver a great performance for everyone.

p.s.
To ensure I’m in my best possible condition, I will go get vaccinated despite my dislike of it. 

“What on earth are those weird choreos. that Sambo-70 does in its dance classes??? Now I understand why Shoma didn’t want to stay with Eteri when he went there for a camp (during the time he was coachless, before the start of the 2019-2020 season). Sure, he was like: Nope after going to those dance classes, lol they look ridiculous.”

“I was really rooting for Young You being one of the only non-big fed skaters at the GP series. I wonder if her training got messed up switching her training between two countries that have really strict quarantine procedures or if it was purely just a bad jumps day for her? It makes me wonder about international competitions going forward though. The mental and physical component of quarantining after travel makes me concerned for everyone.”

“Evgenia and Anna S. seem to be good friends, I wonder how their relationship at Sambo is right now?”

“If Yagudin and Plushenko admire and appreciate Yuzu so much, they should start learning some of his manners, kindness, sportsmanship behavior, being wholesome, inclusive and accepting. (I don’t know Yuzuru personally, but I 100% guarantee that he will NEVER start social media wars or drag/shade anybody.)”