Japanese → English transcript

That’s what I think, anyway. Yeah.

In my case, it was after I turned thirty.

But really, at first there were times when I thought, like, eating,

just having meals, is this hard… and last season, honestly, I also— My upper body

hurt every day, and there was this pain that felt more like in the bones than

muscle soreness, so it was really tough, but— This season at last, you know,

I can finally practice without that pain, and I’m really savoring the joy of that.

But really… No, no, but hey, sorry for kind of oversimplifying it.

It’s tough for the girls too. It’s tough for the girls too.

Riku, is there anything you want Ryuichi to fix about himself? Well, you know,

with a program you have to perform in a way that matches the music, right?

He’s smiling the whole time. There’s actually a bit of a reason for this…

it’s a little, well, different.

Our free program isn’t a piece you’re supposed to be smiling to. I’d like him to act

a bit more. Well, you see,

it has all the feelings from those seven, eight years packed into it…

I get that, but…

Right, the coach told me that too, you know,

that with that music— your smile is really wonderful,

but— They told me to stop smiling quite so much like an elementary school kid,

and at the end I carefully watched back the video of the last choreo sequence,

and— Riku was really acting and using her facial expressions,

but when I looked closely, I was giving a full- power smile. And I thought,

yeah, I did it again. My tongue too— my tongue was sticking out.

I kind of had some extra time there. But you know, I always think it’s really lovely

how you skate with a smile.