Adorable Mao vids!

I found this one today!

A compilation of Mao speaking English:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S787P2AQik

So cute! She might not be that fluent, but I was rather impressed by her pronunciation! She can differentiate between 'l' and 'r' ! I guess it might be because she went to American school until she was 6 years old (and lived in Hawaii over the summer).

yes! This is sooo cute

'' Mao-Goroku''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRZl5RcQeM

so cute!

OMG! So cute!



I just love how she said "I like shopping mall"! And does Mai know English? It seems she translated Peter's question.

kirakira wrote:

'' Mao-Goroku''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRZl5RcQeM

so cute!

Thanks kirakira!! Maybe later I'll have a chance to translate...but this totally made me

One example: when Mao was asked if she does anything special before she goes to sleep, like doing stretching exercises, Mao said, "Before I realize it, I'm already asleep, so I don't know."

@MikiAndoFan#1 - Mai also speaks some English--I think for awhile she was much better at English than Mao, so she would help translate.

Aw, so cute! I'd forgotten about that clip of Jeff Buttle congratulating her (adorable!), and I literally LOLed when Mai and Mao were ordering and they each go "one!" and "two!" at the same time

I just found this video, I didn't know where to post it, but since I think it's "adorable" (even if I don't understand japanese...), maybe that's ok to put the link here. It's Mao and Taka-chan after 2008 worlds. Sorry, for my poor english...
Here it is :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwXr53J50vM&feature=related

Yunamao, thanks for posting!! Could someone translate that?

SHIPPER MOMENT- look at 0:48 where Taka-chan shiftily looks at Mao out of the corner of his eye while pretending he's not paying attention to her

Yunamao--thank you so much for that link! I've been looking for it, ever since someone posted the link of Team Japan at some dinner in the Olympics thread!

They ask Mao what she remembers the most about Worlds 2008, and Taka-chan is like "The axel, the axel!" And Mao agrees that it's the triple axel, because she's never ever messed up like that before, not even in practice. So to do it in the competition was shocking.

I didn't quite get Taka-chan's comment at the end (someone else please translate), but Mao said, "it was even worse than that!"

Yes, whenever I start my shipper thread, this is definitely going on it...

Batsuchan wrote:

I didn't quite get Taka-chan's comment at the end (someone else please translate), but Mao said, "it was even worse than that!"

I don't know for certain, but I heard he said "中京で見てたから、人のアクセルがすっぽ抜けるの。" ="Because I saw another person failed (triple)Axcel in Chukyo(Uni)." He used 倒置法(inversion?).
He didn't say anything after this, but I guess he wanted to say "So I was not so surprised about yours." or "I don't care it." I think Taka-chan tried to cheer Mao up! Mao said "Mine was even worse than that!"

kirakira wrote:

'' Mao-Goroku''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRZl5RcQeM

so cute!

Lol! A journalist asked Mao what she is afraid of (meaning rivals, messing up jumps etc), and she answered "Ghosts.".

dangerous_angel_face wrote:

kirakira wrote:

'' Mao-Goroku''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRZl5RcQeM

so cute!

Lol! A journalist asked Mao what she is afraid of (meaning rivals, messing up jumps etc), and she answered "Ghosts.".

LOL! Oh Mao...hahaha

dangerous_angel_face wrote:

kirakira wrote:

'' Mao-Goroku''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osRZl5RcQeM

so cute!

Lol! A journalist asked Mao what she is afraid of (meaning rivals, messing up jumps etc), and she answered "Ghosts.".

I only recently realized how funny she is!

There was also a quote from the shooting of one of her commercials for Itoham ham. They asked her what she ate for breakfast, and she said "hotcakes!" Pause. And then..."Oh, and ham too!"

Batsuchan wrote:

There was also a quote from the shooting of one of her commercials for Itoham ham. They asked her what she ate for breakfast, and she said "hotcakes!" Pause. And then..."Oh, and ham too!"

LOL! Mao is just so genuine. Love her for it!

Mao asada with skaters & team mao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8C6bd7WTpc&feature=player_embedded#

Mao is really cute.

I saw that video too, sky!! So cute!

I've been really busy so I haven't been able to reply to all the threads I wanted to... ...but I couldn't resist posting this:

Mao and Kanako!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl4o60yNwBQ

In the interviews, Kanako is asked "What kind of person is Mao?" And she says, "She's really nice."

Around 0:54, Kana-chan says, "She's like God--Mao-chan is. Shuuzou is like, but she's still 'Mao-chan' (implies familiarity/closeness), and Kana-chan replies that 'she's like an older sister.'

At 1:30, Mao taking the pic of Kana-chan is priceless!

The dialogue at 1:49 with Machiko-sensei is just

Yamada: She says that when she studies, she can't do jumps.
Kanako: Yes, I can't jump!
Yamada: She says that her head becomes heavy. Because she's put a lot of stuff in it, from studying. [laughs]
Kanako: But, Mao-chan agreed with me! [She said this kind of like, 'Mao-chan humored me/did me a favor by agreeing with me.']
Yamada: What? How?
Kanako: She said, 'Ah, I know what you mean! I know what you mean!'

Yes, I see what Machiko-sensei means about skaters needing to be clever, but not book-smart...I am still waiting to see the comedy trio of Machiko-sensei + Mao + Kanako, because surely that would be hilarious!

Backstage at Japan Nats:
Mao: You popped the lutz! But it was good even so, wasn't it? Were you nervous?
Aww, the hug is too cute! This whole scene is too cute!
Mao: You tried your best?

Awww, Mao is always the baby around most of the other Japanese skaters, but around Kana-chan she's the sweet older sister. Awww...

New fan video. I don't know about you guys, but there's a whole bunch of footage in this one I've never seen before!

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjcwNzc2MjIw.html

Also, here's a nice little video of Mao skating, and ballerinas dancing to swan lake. I know we have some ballet fans here, so this one's for you guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl3b79dXPMo