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| They just can't stop with those yaoi undertones ha. Nice episode. Really feel like the plot is advancing. Can't wait for the matches. |
Heddie said: Great episode. Still consistent and the skating scenes still good. The animation and ar quality went down noticeably and imo the pacing and scene transitions were worse this episode. Hopefully this was just an intermediary episode and MAPPA felt that their efforts were better directed towards the upcoming grand prix. |
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| I've never loved a competitor as much as I love Yuri Plisetsky, which makes me even more excited for competitions to start. The characters and humor are fantastic. ALSO IT KEEPS GETTING MORE GAY AND I LOVE IT |
| It's called a trashCAN, not a trashCANNOT. |
| Loved this episode as always, it was great ! Am I the only one who kind of ship Yurio and Mila ? I really wonder if this is going to be one or two courts since there is so much characters that we didn't see yet, I'm afraid the whole thing is going to be rushed if it's only one court... |
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| Victor: "Do you want me to be your boyfriend? I'll do my best." YAAASSS XD This anime just get better and better. and that last scene at the end... BEAUTIFUL. The moment he writes the song name i was like WOah! Died_in_Vain said: I can tell you from now that I wouldn't want to see a MAD Victor! This man had been smiling throughout the entirety of this series... you can tell in this episode one of them was forced, like his patience were running thin so NOPE! I wouldn't make him mad if I were Yuri. I thought so too XD I'm pretty sure he's scary when he's angry. Paul said: The ice skating animations are starting to bother me even more. His figure and shadow proportional are so off compared to the background and I'm not sure if it was the ledge but there was a huge black line on the bottom of the screen too when he started, made me think they went past the boundaries of the background image, which is just a still image. They're reminding me much of GoHands studio, the amount of recycled scenes is somewhat bothersome as well, as if they're just copy and pasting onto different backgrounds. I think they were saving for the matches eps. If you look at the next ep pv you would see the art is the same as ep 1. |
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| "Can we go again? "You have a lot of stamina." Are we still on ice skating anymore? Quality dipped this week, hope next week will be better. |
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| Victor: Should I be your father figure? Me: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Yuri: No Victor: A Brother? Friend? Yuri: No Me: ( ͡°_ʖ ͡°) Victor: Boyfriend? I'll do my best. Yuri: . . . . Me: ( ͡ʘ ͜ʖ ͡ʘ) ＹＥ━━━━d(≧∇≦)b━━━━Ｓ!!!! the fanservice is for real. ugh, but mostly i'm really excited to see Yuri's program. rooting for him and Victor! |
| too bad the "who would like to see yuuri naked on ice" scene was missing |
Screagle said: thirstyforlemon said: I was really hoping they'd actually give Viktor and Yuuri a romantic relationship but now that Yuuri refused that I'm wondering if it'll actually happen. I don't want this to be just queerbaiting because I've had enough of that over the years... Personally, I just think Yuri rejected Victor because he was surprised by the question. My interpretation is that Victor has had feelings for Yuri from the start, and Yuri has just realised that he also may be developing feelings. It's only episode 4, I'm just glad that we at least can infer that Victor is in love with Yuri. By doing that, I don't think it even counts as queerbaiting anymore, just gay I don't know why but i just like the sound of this comment. I mean it gives us hope :3  |
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| This shit just keeps getting gayer and gayer, I like how flustered Yuuri was when Victor wondered how he might see or want him as his lover, not as a father/brother figure |
that cat! R-Rollo!!!? |
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| This episode actually gave me hope that Yuuri/Viktor isn't just gonna be queerbaiting?? Praying it keeps up. I'm really excited to see Yurio's routine. He's definitely my favorite character thus far, and I'm weak for androgynous characters. I'm also excited to meet the kid with the funky hair. He seems like he'll be fun. |
soffan said: too bad the "who would like to see yuuri naked on ice" scene was missing I know right? I was waiting the whole episode for it haha. |
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MelodyElodie said: soffan said: too bad the "who would like to see yuuri naked on ice" scene was missing I know right? I was waiting the whole episode for it haha. That would make it even more gayer XD - have to say; I wouldn't mind at all |
| Yuri's character and his relationship with victor continues to grow, and had a good chuckle with that hot springs scene. |
| I swear to God if Viktor and Yuuri don't end up with each other by the end of this show I am going to flip my shit NO_MORE_QUEERBAITING_JAPAN.jpg |
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| I knew that skaters were placed into competitions worldwide and only the top are placed into the Grand Prix, but I didn't know it was only two out of six. This is why I say that anime is very informative and didactic. Loving this anime!!! |
| The last 3 minutes of the episode were so hype inducing, can't wait for the competition to start. |
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| This anime would be 10/10 if the cast was female. |
| Oh wow! I'm loving yuri plisetsky even more! Excited to see him perform that prima ballerina routine! |
DestyPuffari said: Ah, so someone else sees them too. Already in the first episode my mind kept going ''death flag, that's a death flag''. In this episode I just got more suspicious and worried about it. When Yuri poked Victor's head Victor sounded oddly serious and subdued when he joked about his hair thinning, and then guickly changed to his normal humorous self to change the moment into a joke. And the fact how out of breath he was also odd, even if Yuri has great stamina, Victor is a champion-class skater and only 27, I don't think it would've been normal for him to be so out of breath. As of now, I'm thinking cancer. I just hope I'm wrong and it's just my usual paranoia speaking. Enough of my favorite characters have died, so I keep seeing death flags everywhere :D I read somewhere that the studio have already said that none of the characters are going to die (and I'm glad since this genre is much to light-hearted for that)!! Also skating takes a huge toll on your body and most people can't compete beyond the age of 23, so Viktor has probably tired himself out haha |
Trance said: This anime would be 10/10 if the cast was female. If that was the case then probably 75% of the people who are loving it now wouldn't bother to watch it there are tons of anime out there that provide female fanservice, but when talking about male fanservice only 'Free' pops into my mind furthermore, I've never seen an anime that isn't classified as 'yaoi/shounen ai' with such heavy gay undertones |
KuroYume-96 said: Trance said: This anime would be 10/10 if the cast was female. If that was the case then probably 75% of the people who are loving it now wouldn't bother to watch it there are tons of anime out there that provide female fanservice, but when talking about male fanservice only 'Free' pops into my mind furthermore, I've never seen an anime that isn't classified as 'yaoi/shounen ai' with such heavy gay undertones Well, yep. This anime is great as it is. But bummer, I'm not gay. What I especially love about this anime is that it's managing to explore homo-romantic without devolving to homoerotic. If you read religious mythology, you'll find plenty tales of a man admiring another man to the extent of drinking his sweat or saliva (mostly in stories of Prophets and their followers). And I'm seeing something like this here. It doesn't have the yaoi tag so it's even better because we'll get to see pure homo romance -- non-yucky even for male viewers. |
Trance said: This anime would be 10/10 if the cast was female. Why would the gender of the characters matter? |
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Trance said: KuroYume-96 said: If that was the case then probably 75% of the people who are loving it now wouldn't bother to watch it there are tons of anime out there that provide female fanservice, but when talking about male fanservice only 'Free' pops into my mind furthermore, I've never seen an anime that isn't classified as 'yaoi/shounen ai' with such heavy gay undertones Well, yep. This anime is great as it is. But bummer, I'm not gay. think that a lot of people who're enjoying this anime aren't gay either - don't think it has to do that much with one's orientation |
Romedbaumann said: Trance said: This anime would be 10/10 if the cast was female. Why would the gender of the characters matter? Because it is supposed to give 'erotic' vibes. The anime depends much on the looks of the main cast (charm and all that -- important for ice skating). That's why gender matters. It's still enjoyable though. |
Romedbaumann said: Trance said: This anime would be 10/10 if the cast was female. Why would the gender of the characters matter? It matters. I wouldn't watch it if the cast was all biatches. |
| So many skinship on the bath scene with Yuri & Victor! The other Yuri is also being trained by an old hag, by a hag which is very strict and high class! LOL Yuri let's sleep together! OMG! bwaahhaah Yuri couldn't help touching the center scalp of Victor! So the title of this anime is the name of the piece that Yuri will be playing! 5/5. |
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| See?This show never ceases to amaze me. This episode we got Yuuri find back his confidence in music taste;while Yuri is growing up as the coach has changed.Great character build up. Want to see how the sparks formed between two yuris,must be very interesting indeed. 5/5 |
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| I don't think (well I don't want to think that!) Victor may have an illness. I think he may be worried about the future, and feel old. He has already retire at 27!!! It's hard for a 60+ worker so... As for the hair... he may already began to lose it! Depending of your father, around 30 or even earlier you can become bald! Plus, it looks like Yuuri really wanted to touch Victor's hair, and blushed! He couldn't help himself to touch Victor's hair. Victor is taller than Yuuri so it's probbly the first time Yuuri looked at the top of Victor's head! It was so cute! About the stamina, we know that Yuuri is training more than anyone else, so of course he has more stamina! Nishigori said his short program (ep3) is very hard because all the jumps are in the second half, and Victor Also sheduled the hardest jump (4T) at the end of the free program because of Yuuri's stamina! And he also said he became Yuuri's coach because of his body (^_-) In the onsen Yuuri also blushed and looked away when Victor did some stretching. Yuuri already often saw Victor naked, without blushing or looking away... I think (I want to think) he began to realise his feelings for Victor and not only think that Victor is his god or his idol! (I'm pretty sure Minako and Yu-chan already noticed Yuuri loves Victor in a romantic way) At the beginning he couldn't even speak with Victor and now he can enter his room without even knocking and jump in his bed like it was nothing, even waking up Victor in the middle of the night! For the "boyfriend" question, more than being surprised, I think there no way Yuuri say "yes"! He has no selfconfidence and Victor asked him if Yuuri want him to be his boyfriend, he didn't ask Yuuri to be his boyfriend, it's very different if you don't have selfconfidence. He just believe he's not good enough for Victor, but if he wins the Gran Prix... (^o^) If they bring the girl from Detroit, who don't even have a face or a name just to erase all the romantic relationship between Yuuri and Victor, I will return to Japan and set a fire to the studio! I had the feeling I knew Hasetsu but I was sure I never went to Hasetsu! I didn't know Karatsu is the real Hasetsu! I visited in Karatsu in October 2010 and I really liked that town. My photos are like the anime, so beautiful! |
amayihOct 28, 2016 10:14 AM
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| I'm very impressed by the sheer amount of actual ice skating segments, it's only been four episodes. |
| I'm curious about Yuri's past. If his routine is going to be based on love, we should know more about the girl who showed some interest in Yuri. I also wonder if the girl who made his music was the same girl who hugged him in the hospital. I don't think it was but I'm sure we will see the Music girl eventually, probably when he goes to Bangkok for the competition. Really magnificent episode overall though. |
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| I've seen so many people talking about The Girl (TM) but I don't think she's going to end up being important. She hasn't been named, and she was mainly mentioned in passing and, on top of that, Yuuri wasn't interested in her. If this anime brings her in as a love interest I'm going to be so mad- it's such a lazy thing to do tbh all just to erase gay subtext smh |
thirstyforlemonOct 28, 2016 11:59 PM
kakerunaruse95 said: Because that happened in Ep3, not 4I'm really surprised no one mentioned how Yuri said "As for who I'm dancing for, I already know," or something along those lines, and then gives that totally sultry look to Viktor! Considering the program and song were literally about "sexual love", that is like the hugest indication he likes Viktor. |
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MilkQueen said: Also I still feel like something is a little off with Victor.. idk if that's just how his character is but I feel like he's hiding something?? or his intentions are not so good?? I cant explain it but I'll just have to wait and see. Yeah I thought the same thing. This is just me shooting in the dark but I get the feeling that Victor might die by the end of the show or probably has some serious condition. He's a 27 years old world champion and yet he ran out of stamina quicker than Yuuri which doesn't feel right at all. Not to mention his hair's apparently thinning as well. |
uh... yep? it's gay, so what? didn't need you to comment... |
| I doubt Victor is going to die...or is even ill for that matter. They blatantly state that competitive figure skating takes an immense toll on the athletes body. Both Yuri and Victor are older than a lot of others competing at this point and both are close to retirement from the sport. In the same episode Yuri (23 years old) states it will probably be his last season and he 'doesn't know how long his body will hold up', Victor has been skating competitively several years longer than Yuri so imagine the toll it's taking on him. That doesn't mean they're not healthy though, it just means that the sport is difficult and physically demanding. |
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 mentally freaking out yes pls tbh I want there to be a plot twist where they actually make out and date |
RomanceZeroOct 28, 2016 7:55 PM
| The last few minutes of this episode were amazing, especially the track playing at the background. Can't wait for it to be released~ (I'm actually totally obsessed with it right now like I downloaded the episode just to listen to that piece over and over again. >///<) ... first time participating in a forum *u* ... |
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