☆ Synopsis ☆
after a crushing defeat in the grand prix final, japanese figureskater yuuri katsuki goes back home, unsure of if he'll continue on. but after a leaked iceskating video catches the eyes of his idol, victor nikiforov, he offers yuuri exclusive coaching. eagerly accepting, hes suddenly pushed himself back into competition. but, prior to this, victor promised newly debuting yuri piletsky he'd choreograph a program for him, and hes enraged the opportunity is now yuuri's. now, yuri p is determined to win back victor and defeat katsuki.
AAAAA ok wow funny kind of changed my brain chemistry damnn. im not sure where to start.
very interesting and paced well. they did a good job of integrating the performances with the going plot. other characters performing gave things like the internal conflicts of yuuri time to simmer and it worked good alongside each other. there is a thought im trying to convey here and my 5th grade level vocabulary and nuerodivergent communication skills are not fucking working together but like basically it tastefully worked together these two components of character conflicts and showing the cool shots of the characters skating.
speaking of the characters, there was no real "villan" in this story; it was just the characters mental fortitude being put to the test many times which i found more realistic and relatable and more three-dimensional. there wasnt a character i didnt like cause the voiceover parts of them talking about their motivations or whatever while skating made me want to root for them.
the skating shorts were also beautiful btw, i thought they were very good at capturing the motions in animation. sometimes though the character just kind of looked to be fucking standing there tho and the commentary guy would be like "look at that diabolical step scequence" and i was like "huh" but its chill. i understand its hard to convery still but active movements like that in flat animation
especially yurios like holy shit every time he had a skating sequence the camera angles would get crazy. his style of skating was my favorite. i liked how elegant it looked. same with the chinese skater guy he kind of served (burger and fries) with his short program. BUT SPECIFICALLY YURIO (who might be my favorite character?) he was so pretty on the ice and it really lookd like he was giving it his all during his last performance so im so happy he won gold :3
idk what else to talk about the plot. to summarize its pretty sweet and it really feels like youre climbing up the ranks with yuuri. all the moments of tension you can relate to and feel his character because of the nature of competition. if youve ever been in a competition and climbed up the bracket, it makes you feel some light feeling of tension and stress for yuuri or all the other characters. all the characters being so likeable (EXCEPT THE FUCKING CANADIAN GUY GOD DAMN) made me feel connected and i really was rooting for them! like phichit being the first southeast asian skater to win gold at the china cup and stuff, and hearing his story of wanting to define history. also side note phichits really cute damn
oh i guess this isnt a good review if i dont talk about the gay aspect. so before watching all i knew about yoi was that everyone said it was gay and thats all iknew about it and uh yeah its gay and pretty sweet. its not incredibly obvious but its also pretty obvious. i dont really care that it isnt plainface bl even though i usually only watch romance (i am the worst) because i was invested in the story. they have an interesting dynamic. yuuri is a likeable character. THEYRE ALL LIKEABLE. WHAT U WANT ME 2 SAY>?????????? GOOD ANIME SHOULD WATCH PRETTY SHORT PRETTY GOOD TIME
