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In G-Senjou no Maou, Kanon is a world-class figure skater. However, at
different points in the story, when asked if she enjoys figure skating, she
speaks ambiguously or dodges the question. It's implied at times that she is
only doing it because her mother wants her to, but at other times she seems to
like it.

What are Kanon's real feelings about figure skating? Is she continuing to
pursue it for herself or for the interests of others?

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DK0nml.jpg)


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Does Kanon enjoy figure skating?


From an early age, Kanon disliked skating and found it boring. She was only
doing it because her mother wanted her to and/or forced her to do it.

[![Kanon: Skating is so boring. ... Winning isn't
fun.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WEwE2l.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WEwE2.png)

However, her mother encourages her to stick with figure skating until she can
truly understand the joy that it brings.

[![Ikuko: Then why not stick with it until you discover what it
means?](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IqtT3l.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IqtT3.png)

As you progress through Kanon's route, she slowly realizes that since skating
has been her whole life, it has also greatly shaped her life. Thanks to her
ability in skating, she was able to finally meet her father.

[![... She was relieved to know that she, too, had a father. For the first
time, she felt glad she started
skating.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/urBUYl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/urBUY.png)

There was another scene where she spends Christmas Eve at a home for the
elderly. Most of the people living there were lonely since they hadn't seen
their children for so long, and Kanon was genuinely glad that she, a well-
known figure skater, could brighten their Christmas Eve just a little bit.

Eventually, in her Good End, Kanon admits that she loves skating due to all of
the life occurrences and experiences that it has brought her.

[![Kanon: I love
it.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/leUShl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/leUSh.png)

In her next performance after this scene, she dazzles the crowd with her
ability and emotion to the point that everyone is cheering for her, even
despite the fact her poor attitude in a previous performance made everyone
dislike her. The genuine reaction from the audience, as well as the support
she receives from her friends and mother, allow her to finally understand her
mother's advice from many years ago.

[![She finally
understood.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jla1Jl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jla1J.png)

[![Kanon was happy that she kept
skating.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7JEiXl.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7JEiX.png)


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