Mao Asada - Masquerade (09 Worlds FS)

[@gelennika7650]

Смотрю в 2024 году и не перестаю восхищаться пластикой, грацией, чистыми линиями этой замечательной фигуристки! Никто не затмит яркий образ этой фигуристки в истории фигурного катания! Мао Асада - уникальная!

[@homesky1103]

Anyone tells me why Koreans insist on dropping defamatory comments at almost every single one of Mao Asada’s skating program video’s comment section, babbling about how she is inferior to Yuna? Koreans’ hatred towards Mao Asada last even longer than their love to Yuna Kim. I’d suggest you guys take such nitpicking attitude on your own life, thank you.

[@_MAOTA95]

They are so concerned about Mao Asada. When Asada and Arakawa talked about their memories of the difficult times in the year before the Vancouver Olympics in an interview, the official Korean news put out Kim and expanded the story to say that Asada suffered because Kim was the top (Asada wanted to say that she had been suffering from the lack of rankings due to jump errors and missing rotations taken since then). This video has been viewed 900,000 times in Korean. If Kim talks about Mao's Olympics, the official Japanese news will probably ignore it. Her marriage report also made news in Japan, but it did not get 10,000 views even after a month (now it gets about 20,000 views with more Korean comments for some reason).

[@wsfggf]

I just love everything about mao, she just blows me away everytime I watch her without adoubt the BEST SKATER IN THE WORLD, she just has the hole package her spirals are so beautifully extended, her stepsequences are so hard and fast, her jumping ability is just incredible, her jumps are always solid and smooth and feels so light. She just has everything pro need, and knows how to deliever remarkable performance.

[@kiodoiii8794]

You think she was the best as a whole when technically she couldn’t perform a lutz for half of her career? She is indeed my favorite skater artistically, but is not the best fully.

[@psychstudentrip]

@@kiodoiii8794 yea no that’s not how Lutz jumps work technically. A skater being strong at a Lutz edge or a flip edge is usually a natural thing. Skaters don’t decide they want to jump on the wrong edge when they’re learning the jump, it’s like that because that’s just how their bodies are wired. And yes, you can train to counteract your foot naturally leaning on the wrong edge, but it takes a really long time, requires a lot of hard work, and it still can be hard to land consistently. It doesn’t mean they’ve never landed a Lutz jump if they’re on the wrong edge :|

[@tinatina0122]

@@psychstudentrip yeah no. A lutz must be performed on an outside edge or it’s not a lutz. The point of a lutz is the counter rotation in the jump, and if the take off is from an inside edge, there is no counter rotation, as the skater takes off from the same direction they rotate in. It’s true that for most skaters, there is a natural inclination towards the flip or lutz, but that doesn’t change anything in regards to the rules.

[@nadaa1111]

​@@kiodoiii8794it's literally an opinion? nobody can even have an opinion without being judged nowadays how sad

[@slaventiy91]

Обожаю!)

[@sakisan5735]

ステップ入るところ今観てもぞくっとする

[@sophiev.7158]

She has soooo much charisma and elegance! 😍

[@ispaht]

Her jumps feel heavy.

[@sapphiresolar5569]

And that's how you do a perfect jump with your hand over your head. Is it a tano? Unlike Medvedeva's jumps that are so celebrated today. 😐

[@risa7084]

Before second 3A I hear something from audience.

[@yadi9158]

yes i hear something too

[@antoniomoreno3392]

i think that her face is so out of interpretation because she is so worry about the axels jumps and the other technical elements, altrought she is elegant and has beautiful lines.

[@ДальшеБольше-р7ж]

Amazing!!!!!!!

[@zcboxvnscbmh4438]

6:55 3F< 2Lo

[@brettshair3151]

Some of y'all pitting the Queens against each other? And I see it on Mao Monday????? Anyway I've been looking at a lot of skaters' programs from junior to senior (focused on the JPN and KOR ladies tho). It's really nice to see how they improve over the years especially in terms of performance

[@_MAOTA95]

I am really fed up. I like Mao and whenever I go to watch Mao's videos, Kim's fans are always making noise. I thought it would be the same with Kim's videos, but strangely enough, there are almost none. At least in Kim's videos, there are no worse comments than here. Mao is still skating now that she has retired and is incorporating elements of pairs and ice dance in her ice shows. She is still improving!

[@sammywright07]

nice. she should have just gone for the double axel first time though

[@myopicpic]

She doesn't have as much expression as Kim Yu-Na but she still is brilliant technically.

[@넬슨-o9w]

6:20 prerotation

[@NachiN9400]

Tenía que ser un coreano, qué odiosos son con MAO.

[@랄랄랄-f3l]

응 싹 다 회전수 부족

[@AndreaSapunganPagdanganan-t9y]

Why did she use this song again in Olympics for her short program. Is it even allowed?

[@psychstudentrip]

Yes, it’s allowed. A lot of skaters (and yes other skaters exist if you didn’t realize) will sometimes use the same music/program in back to back seasons. Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov reused their Clair De Lune free skate I believe 4 seasons in a row, and they were one of the main medal contenders at international competitions about 5-6 years back. There is nothing in the rule book that says you can’t reuse music.

[@see-in-detail]

mao is better than yonakim

[@youngerolder]

Nope idiot~

[@하루살이-e9x]

01:57

[@michellem895]

Everybody knows

[@joyis9638]

Lucas ... Mao has far more expression than Kim .. Kim is simply more beautiful face-wise .. and watch Kim simply pose several times during her routines .. so effin what .. that is not showing expression .. unless it is done with the entire body as Mao does so wonderfully

[@elizabethmclean9522]

joyis9638 lol Mao has far more expression than Kim..... I wonder if you are blind. Everyone including Japanse commentators agrees that Kim has more confidence and expressiveness. Have you ever watched James Bond Medley or Danse Macabre?

[@kiodoiii8794]

Have you even seen her sp kiss of the vampire?

[@allier1867]

@@elizabethmclean9522 yeah. i don't get why people say yuna has no expression. yes she mostly has none during warmups but she emotes pretty well in her programs.

[@jerichogamara9339]

Delusional

[@_MAOTA95]

I agree. Mao can tell if a spiral is a "Masquerade" or a "Bell" even if he doesn't hear the music and is in practice clothes. Kim cannot.

[@지니-k9k]

She lacks face expressions and her performance doesn't match the music perfectly. Also I think her skating speed is rather slow. That's why Kim is called the Queen

[@timepickle8443]

지니 why do stupid kimbots even bother coming on Mao's videos.

[@smarrisa9173]

Yuna is queen for sure but if u really believe face expression is important elements for figure skating rather than her absolute stunning 3A, hardest step sequence, beautiful spins. I think u should watch figure skating more. I hope u can truly enjoy beautiful skaters beside Yuna

[@kiodoiii8794]

timepickle Well, it’s true. It’s about development though. In my opinion, Mao’s later programs are ten times better than Yunas later programs. Mao is my favorite skater artistically, but honestly, in terms of artistry and technical consistency, Yuna was truly the best figure skater of the time.

[@qiqisongs]

지니 Yuna had much more crossovers, thats why she was much faster.

[@user-ii1ev3py6m]

느리고, 음악이랑 맞지도 않고, 지루하다

[@치크타]

거기다 스텝도 잘보면 턴들이 뭉개짐 특히 룹턴