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Celebrate GSNK’s 10th Anniversary…

…by enjoying these colorful survey results from GSNK’s 5th Anniversary!! (Be sure to click through each image for better resolution and readability!) ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

In Question 5, the characters in 1st and 10th place have since been named: Hisakawa Hina (Miyako’s friend), and Totsuka (Nozaki’s friend from Ch.89), respectively!

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 125, Part 1

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 124, Part 1

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 123, Part 2

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 123, Part 1

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Hello readers! After much anticipation, the 2nd pairing poll for GSNK has officially opened online \o/ and lucky for us international losers readers, we too can participate! (we just can’t get the prizes, so r.i.p anyone outside of Japan who wants the chance to score the goods below)

Prizes are categorised from A-F and are as follows: Wakamatsu plushie, Sakura plushie, Mikoshiba glasses stand, Hori glasses stand, GSNK badges, and a GSNK clear file.

There are a couple of questions to fill out, although you don’t need to fill out all of them (compulsory questions are marked with  (必須) in red). You can vote once per day, and voting closes on 20th May 23:59 Japan time. Results will be revealed in the August update. I’ll leave the instructions under the cut.

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Volume 11 omakes, Part 1

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 116, Part 1

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 114, Part 1

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 103, Part 2

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 103, Part 1

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A repayment that reached the heavens.

Asada Mao (23, Chukyo University) received a total of 198.22 points, resulting in 6th place. From her 16th place short program, she came back with her best ever performance. Landing her first successful triple axel of the season, she cleared her personal best with a score of 142.71 points and shone on the grand stage. It’s been four years since she shed those vexing tears over her silver medal finish at the Vancouver Olympics. She lost her mother, Kyoko-san, and the promise she fought for concluded with tears of happiness.

“Mama, how did I do?”

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 100, Part 2

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Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Chapter 100, Part 1

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In a highly unexpected move, Japanese figure skating superstar, Yuzuru Hanyu, revealed his programs for the 2018-2019 season in an announcement thumbtacked to the bulletin board at the Toronto Cricket Skating & Curling Club, where he trains.

The announcement stated simply:

Yuzuru Hanyu will perform the following programs in 2018-2019.

SP - Pigeons in Flight/Choreographer - Ghislain Briand

FS - Chopin Goes Crazy on a Parisienne Walkway: A Medley/Choreographer - Kenji Miyamoto

According to Hanyu, the announcement was originally posted a week ago, but was quickly stapled over and covered by tear-off ads for used boots and discounted guitar lessons. “The second time, I used a bold font and highlighted my name with a yellow marker and that seemed to work.” Within minutes, 10-year-old German novice figure skater and social media phenom, “Victoria-Luise” posted a picture of the announcement on her Instagram and immediately sent a firestorm through the figure skating world.

Hanyu agreed to sit down for an exclusive interview during his lunch break at the TCC cafeteria. “In the past, I’ve announced my programs on media day, where journalists travel to Toronto from all over the world, just to take hundreds of pictures of me in a white shirt and my UA practice gear but that wasn’t really me. From now on, I’m only doing me,” shrugged Hanyu, munching on a cherry tomato from a bento box of strawberries, beets, grilled salmon and rice packed for him by his mother.

Short Program: A Dove Is Just a White Pigeon

Asked to comment further on his programs, Hanyu explained that his short is a quiet piece where silence is layered with the sound of cooing pigeons. “I have a fondness for pigeons,” stated Hanyu, “They are just unappreciated doves. Put it another way, a dove is just a white pigeon. I wanted to show that there is beauty in the mundane, that every pigeon, if bleached humanely, could turn into a dove.” Hanyu recorded the coo of the pigeons in his own voice because, as he observed, “The pigeons in Toronto don’t really sound like pigeons.”

Hanyu’s short program is also noteworthy because he will be revealing a new combination of elements that he has been developing for the past two years with his jump coach Ghislain Briand. The move starts with his signature hydrobrade, where he will bend low to kiss the ice, and then propel himself into the air using only his arms and upper body to do a quadruple jump. Hanyu is unsure whether this move will get any points, as it has never before been performed in competition, but again, he emphasized, “I’m only skating for myself.”

Controversial Free Program

In a controversial move that has created a stir among fans and critics alike, Hanyu’s Free Skate will be a compilation of his previous short programs. Hanyu has received criticism in the past for recycling programs, particularly his Chopin Ballade No. 1 and Seimei programs, which brought him his second Olympic gold medal in Pyeongchang this year. Hanyu waved off the criticism, “I’ve recycled my shorts and I’ve recycled my frees, but I’ve never recycled my shorts as a free.” Although the short programs were originally choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle, a Canadian choreographer, the new medley was choreographed by Kenji Miyamoto who previously worked on some of Hanyu’s exhibition programs. Hanyu explained that he wanted to give his programs a Japanese interpretation, “It will be more subtle, less movement. For long stretches, it will just be me doing backward crossrolls around the rink.”