| It's a color commonly present on the design of many characters, like Yuri's glasses, Victor's eyes, Yurio's jacket, etc | While there's a lot of light-hearted comedy, there are also some more emotional moments, such as Yuri and Victor's engagement and the reveal about their real first meeting |
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| Victor's skating style seems to be based of off , who was known for his elegant, yet manly skating style and his incredible spins in his active years | On Ice", instead, though it isn't strictly , either, despite its queer themes |
I am going to do my best to be entirely unbiased.
17| You see, Yuri on Ice tries its damnedest to shed light on its cast; a cast that is constantly reduced to doujinshi deviant art-bait clippings despite its honest efforts to mold them into believable personalities | However, it's deconstructed since over time his protectiveness of her has become very dependent and possessive; the two of them go everywhere together, Michele is hostile towards any man who tries to , and his monologue during his program is about how nobody can tear them apart |
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| Yuzuru's coach Brian Orser has stated that Yuzuru's idea of downtime between competitions is doing an ice show as opposed to taking a holiday ; Minako confirms to Victor that skating relaxes Yuri when he's anxious | Suddenly his vision was blocked and warm, strong lips were pressed against his |
They do not talk out loud while they're skating, though each skater has their own internal monologue that lasts as long as their programs and is usually the real-time analysis of their own performance so far and how to make up for mistakes they've made or keep up a good skate, so the show employs a more realistic example of this trope.
16| The soundtrack and OST during each performance also knows how to impress the audience with by the character movements that supplements with their style | Victor then shows up at Yuri's family hot spring, declaring that he will now be Yuri's coach for the upcoming Grand Prix |
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| NOTE: no massive spoilers but the nature of the relationship between Viktor and Yuuri does get touched on briefly | Every night for ten weeks now I have stayed up until 4 a |