Yuri!!! on Ice

Reeling from his crushing defeat at the Grand Prix Finale, Yuuri Katsuki, once Japan's most promising figure skater, returns to his family home to assess his options for the future. At age 23, Yuuri's window for success in skating is closing rapidly, and his love of pork cutlets and aptitude for gaining weight are not helping either.

However, Yuuri finds himself in the spotlight when a video of him performing a routine previously executed by five-time world champion, Victor Nikiforov, suddenly goes viral. In fact, Victor himself abruptly appears at Yuuri's house and offers to be his mentor. As one of his biggest fans, Yuuri eagerly accepts, kicking off his journey to make it back onto the world stage. But the competition is fierce, as the rising star from Russia, Yuri Plisetsky, is relentlessly determined to defeat Yuuri and win back Victor's tutelage.

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Nikiforov, Victor Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Plisetsky, Yuri Main

Uchiyama, Kouki Japanese

Katsuki, Yuuri Main

Toyonaga, Toshiyuki Japanese

Chulanont, Phichit Supporting

Ono, Kensho Japanese

Altin, Otabek Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Minami, Kenjirou Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Leroy, Jean-Jacques Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Giacometti, Christophe Supporting

Yasumoto, Hiroki Japanese

Lee, Seung-gil Supporting

Nojima, Kenji Japanese

Ji, Guang-Hong Supporting

Honjou, Yuutaro Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Katsumata, Hideo Producer

Ogawa, Takahiro Producer

Noda, Fuko Producer

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Nov 14, 2024

Sachoza

Recommended

Its a wholesome yaoi, which is more focused on the sport of ice skating than love/relationship.

The intro is so catchy it get stuck to your brain before you even get the chance to start watching the anime, hehe.

The art of how its been made and drawn is so inspirational and beautiful, its like you feel and connect to the characters and their emotions while skating. Like it is in real life and you watches it for yourself.

i love how they made such a huge focus on the sports part, it really drags you in and you really get carried away like youre watching ... sports in real life. youre really cheering and want him to win!

The story is wholesome and cute. Sadly due to the big focus on the the ice skating and competitions of the sport, i feel the lines or connections between the main characters gets very blurry. I understand in the end of what they are aiming at, but throughout the series its very difficult to understand how the emotions have been developed between the main characters. Now even after finishing it, im starting to wonder if maybe some of the other characters had some love feelings involved as well, but this make it all unsure/unclear aswell. I wish there was a little bit more focus to get a better or a sharper view of their emotions. i mean at least let us see them kiss if they want to !! nothing wrong with a little kiss....

but maybe thats just my opinion tho. I still recommand watching this tho. and specially if you love or are into ice skating and competition. they dont do kissing or anthiing naughty. the closes thing you will see is them hugging.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 29, 2024

langleypilot

Mixed Feelings

I watched Yuri on Ice for the first time in the winter of fifth grade. Absolutely loved it, obsessed, forced my friends to watch it with me, it rekindled my love for figure skating and inspired me to practicing again. This anime had a lasting impact on my life.

That being said, when I attempted to rewatch it this year, it was so ass I had to drop it within 5 episodes (with love). The pace is SO FAST and barely gave the characters space to develop. You won’t know if it’s been 2 weeks or 2 months since the last episode. Especially Viktor’s actions are ... inconcievable. He doesn’t act like a real person would at all.

HOWEVER, my love for figure skating can and will not allow me to give YoI a completely negative review. The art is pretty and the figure skating sequences were animated with love.

TLDR; watch if you like figure skating and pretty boys.

still mourning ice adolescence btw EIGHT YEARS UOOOOORGH

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Dec 25, 2023

samyugoburg

Not Recommended

Well-written

Yuri on Ice has brought a lot of people into ice skating, and that's wonderful. It also starts out being pretty compelling by establishing an interesting narrative of this out-of-shape, anxious, in-the-closet skater trying to drag himself back up to the peak. Unfortunately, it languishes in this mire of protagonist self-confidence issues for which Victor is the only solution, is extremely repetitive (we get to see the same routine again? I wonder what he'll mess up because of nerves this time!), and is absolutely not gay enough. I do not have lived experience as a homosexual person, but other reviewers have spoken about their frustrations ... with this. Yet, the core theme of the show, which is using love to lift you to greater heights, is undermined CONSTANTLY after the first few episodes.

One thing that Yuri on Ice seems to forget is that it is working towards a climax which is... exactly where it started: Yuri at the Grand Prix. This isn't a spoiler, because there is no other conclusion for this show. No matter how aggressively it pushes the angle of Yuri flourishing under Victor, he literally starts the show at the Grand Prix! He is already a top skater worldwide by the metric of success he pursues doggedly throughout the entire show! It would have been wonderful to see him actually grow, rather than only grow more sexually confident. And it would have been wonderful to see him grow more sexually confident, rather than only grow more confident in his sensual dancing. The metrics put in front of us clearly denote one thing: it is everyone's game to lose based on their nerves, and we get mixed signals about where Yuri's and others' confidence stems, and how they handle it.

This show seems to consistently pull back from where it is ready to be in the first few episodes. It is covered in BL tropey scenes and presentations, but the main character is so not worthy of him, and so worried about losing him! I mean, Victor being literally the most important person in the world to most of the cast can certainly feed into anxiety about him going away, but Yuri is the source of the bulk of the drama in this show and his obstinate relationship anxiety gets really old really quickly. The anime tropes at play otherwise are fine, like the mascot trio of little girls, but it is often pretty cringe. Also, the dude who's concerningly into his own sister is absolutely a JP cultural projection and I wish it did not take up as much space as it did.

I only finished this show out of commitment, because I have a partner who is an ice skater. Otherwise, it is not worth watching past the first 6 episodes.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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