Yuzuru Hanyu always tries hard to overcomes what he was yesterday. (3ページ目)

"The most difficult jump I can perform now is a quadruple Salchow. In order to raise its success ratio, I should try harder ones (the likes of the quadruple Lutz and loop). I think that helps to raise my psychological limit."

His mindset was the same towards exhibitions and ice shows, and Hanyu's efforts to attempt to jump the quadruple loops at the end of the ice show demonstrated how high his objectives were for the coming season.

That was likely because Hanyu anticipated the 2015-16 season being harder than ever before.

First of all, Patrick Chan, whom Hanyu had been pursuing, was coming back from a year's rest. Javier Fernández of Spain, who, like Hanyu, was also coached by Brian Orser, had improved greatly as well to become the new world champion. Furthermore, Denis Ten of Kazakhstan had raised his performance level, earning the top score for the free skate at the World Championships in March 2015. Younger skaters such as Shoma Uno were also developing greatly at the time.

Therefore, it was expected that many skaters would aim to outdo Hanyu in the 2015-16 season, as the Pyeongchang Olympics of 2018 drew ever closer in range. One of the focal points of the campaign was to be Hanyu's challenge to perfect his quadruple jumps as well as his expressive performance.