Why JP&CH yoi fans are hating Kubo? Does Kubo love yuuri/victuuri?
Read an article on a Chinese apps about yoi production team and Kubo sensei discriminate and hate yuuri katsuki and victuuri. In order to praise her beloved yurio and his ships(otabek x yurio, Victor x yurio), Kubo sensei has mocked and criticized on yuuri katsuki not only once since early 2017. People from Japan and Chinese community are guessing the official yoi is trying to change the protagonist to yurio.
Disclaimer: I am just trying my best to translate this article into English. I didn't write or own this article. I did asked for permission to translate. I am sorry if this sounds strange to you. Apologize on my shitty English. But Japanese and Chinese yoi fans are not quite happy with Kubo and official yoi lately. For a better insight of this issue you can go to some Japanese/Chinese/Taiwanese yoi community.
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Why am i writing this, i have says it on my weibo (chinese facebook)
the relationship between production team and fans is not simply giving and receiving. it is materialistic. we are communicating through money. However, not every production team is smart enough to take response from fans. if you only receiving from what they give you, the result may not be pretty.
i am not bragging about yoi fans and i am not trying to play smart. in this case, we are all victims.
luckily japanese yoi fans are trying their very best since april 2017. in my opinion, yoi production team is listening to fans’ opinions. however i cant promise you all that the production team will listen to your comments and thoughts and give you the ideal yoi film or season 2. if the production team is listening to our opinions, why cant we bargain with them?
10th feb
during allnight boardcasting, kubo sensei mentions about dvd and bluray bonus, “do you want to see yurio skate?” “this comic will make yuri’s angel very happy.”
3rd april
animate releases the designed of yoi storage box which drawn by kubo sensei
the picture of victor and yuuri’s figure skating practice is in the draft. however it has disappeared from the finalized design.
10th april
pash magazine may vol. is released. yoi content is about Sayo Yamamoto interview, she mentions, “(vol.6 first press and all vol. bonus) this will make yurio and otabek fans really happy and delighted. the quality of yurio’s figure skating performance is the 2nd best! (the best will be stammi vincino)”
Sayo Yamamoto promises “all victor in vol. 6 will be perfect and flawless” (which is “true”)
at the same time Sayo Yamamoto says in vol 6 there will be some slight changes which make the relationship between each character change. Sayo Yamamoto’s interview had brought some discussions and fights among yoi fandom. his speech implies in vol.6 there will be no full version of victuuri’s stammi vicino. this makes many yoi fans hesitate to order vol.6
moreover, in this promotion interview, yuuri katsuki’s name is NEVER MENTIONED
on the same day
yoi official twitter announces vol.6 first press bonus
it is obvious that the last first press bonus is yurio’s welcome to the madness and complete vol. bonus comic, it hints kubo sensei will be the author of the bonus comic and the comic will be about yurio and his figure skating performance.
10th-16th april
yoi official twitter deletes yurio’s figure skating performance twitter as top post
16th april
da vinci news reports yoi vol.6, the title is “yoi first press bonus makes fan excited, must order” this report is not quite reporting the real situation, because of this yahoo news, some fans are questioning on the official yoi
24th april
yoi official twitter posts the cover of vol.6, and says the bonus will include stammi vicino with no subtitle version.
29th april
announce there will be yoi film
16t may
postpone the release date of the setting art book for the third time, and post a picture titled “prize giving ceremony”. in this picture
-the height difference between victuuri is strange
-victuuri are not wearing their rings and victor is wearing his gloves which contradict with GPF ceremony in the last episode of yoi
-yurio’s facial expression is so different from the anime
-yurio’s shoes have some miskates
-JJ is missing (he is the second runner up)
-there are shades on victuuri’ faces
people are pointing out these strange elements and mistakes from this picture. the illustrator of this picture says on his own twitter he had drawn victuuri’s rings but the publisher take them off with “some reasons”
17th may
the illustrator of GPF ceremony closes his twitter (says he closed it on 16th may)
the fusosha (a japanese publisher) changes the title of this picture to “off shot after GPF prize giving ceremony” however this cannot explain to victuuri’ fans why the hell yurio is standing in the middle. fans are criticizing yoi again.
at the same time, in the description of animate’s setting art book bonus, it was still GPF prize giving ceremony
18th may
illustrator of GPF ceremony says this picture is all about yurio’s smile. he drew this because of his smile. his attitude makes yoi fans angry because he wants to push the responsibility to victuuri’s fans.
21st may
an otayuri fan suggests fans go to a japanese book shop to get otayuri “magazine” on twitter. yoi fans says this magazine might be complete vol bonus comic and she immediately deletes her twitter account.
22nd may
in late night, this fan changes her profile picture to victuuri’s beach scene in episode 4, and she apologized about her bonus comic tweet.
at around 1 am, yoi fans question her motivation in changing her profile picture to victuuri. then she deletes her profile picture.
8pm, official yoi and animega apologize on their official twitter, due to some misunderstanding, staffs mistakenly send out 11 copies of complete vol bonus comic.
after 23rd may
suddenly there are many posts which criticize on victuuri’s fans hate content of first press bonus, also there are many posts criticize on the scandals of official yoi.
25th may
because of that otayuri fan, people realize there are not many victuuri in the bonus comic. fans are spreading this news all over the internet. also, yurio’s personality is so different in the comic compare to the anime, it is wired that victor as the coach allow yuuri lifts himup and victuuri are not wearing their rings, etc. these strange content make fans so confused and puzzled.
some fans points out that kubo sensei in the appendix commentary says yuuri doesnt have any friend in front of yuuri’s cv(voice actor), this make yuuri’s cv and yurio’s cv so embarrassed and dead air for a long time. at last yuuri’s cv tries his best to end this awkward situation. also kubo sensei is not looking happy throughout the whole commentary. the only time she is excited is when victor is holding yurio in his arms. her attitude makes fans question about her interest on yoi. gradually, kubo sensei shows her hatred to yuuri(and yuuri’s cv and victor). her hatred(or i will say anti-yuuri and anti-victuuri) makes yoi fans discomfortable and angry. many fans are hoping and telling kubo sensei to quit yoi production team. at the same time fans are questioning if kubo sensei truly creates yoi.
at last in the appendix art book, the age of all characters are not available. otabek and yurio as teenage are performing slightly inappropriate are making some fans feel disgust and disapproval.
26th may
release date of vol6, official yoi twitter is not excited
in the evening, the news of Hiramatsu Tadashi’s illustration for ost makes the official yoi twitter excited. according to yoi fans, like and share of Hiramatsu Tadashi’s illustration tweet is 2 times of release vol6 tweet
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this girl and her friends had analyze why the official yoi is sort of hating yuuri and victuuri because of changing sponsorship. she did not include any screencapture of the above incidents.
I love yoi since october 2016, i love yuuri at the very first episode when he is crying in the bathroom. I have bought tons of magazines about yoi and whole set of yoi bluray. in my opinion, i can sense kubo sensei is not that into yuuri at the very beginning but i never question about it because hey, i dont wanna argue with anyone. it is obvious that kubo sensei likes victor and yurio. just look at her twitter.
i am not saying that this is the truth. but i translate this girl’s article just want to raise your awareness on victuuri and yoi. to be honest, both japanese and chinese yoi fans are not quite happy recently because of the official yoi’s attitude. many great fanart artists and fanfic writers abandon yoi because of kubo sensei’s attitude and ofiicial yoi’s attitude.
if yurio is going to be the protagonist and have all the attention and be the central uke.i will not watch season 2/film. i will not support this yuri on ice and please kubo go away. if you dont even like yuuri katsuki. let hiramatsu sensei do the work. at least he respects all the fans and the characters. besides the official yoi disgusts many of us that they are trying to make yoi yaoi but then they deny this anime is yaoi or what so ever. its like telling you 1+1 is 2, when you learn that then slap you in the face saying this is wrong. i dont mind the production team wants more money from yoi but like listen to what fans want please.
we want victuuri. victuuri is the reason for us to watch yoi and love yoi(or figure skating if you like). if you think yurio can make you gain such a profit/success? go ahead because we only need one tsundere protagonist in anime which is ritsu onodera.
