I will never be over how Yuri on Ice is a fucking master class in story telling
Like take the fact that Yuuri is an unreliable narrator. They start the first episode with the commentators saying “he didn’t perform to the level that we expect from him” they pretty much say his “failure” was abnormal for Yuuri
Then we have Yuuri’s take and even when he is pulling himself a part the visuals prove he’s an unreliable narrator. We actually see that he is the face of figure skating for the JSF as he calls himself a “dime a dozen” skater
So the show had barely begun and we know 1. Yuuri has low self esteem and 2. His view of himself does not match how other people view him
That’s reinforced a lot as well without being hamfisted. The posters at the train station, Minako saying how excited everyone is to see him, how viral the video of him goes (if he was really was a nobody I doubt anyone would have really cared)
The first episode establishes that Yuuri is an unreliable narrator so well that you just understand it without thinking about why you understand that until later
Then you have the twist reveal in episode 10 which like any good twist makes you go “omg everything makes sense now” instead of “wtf?”
Victor coming on so strong. Why everyone including Celestino were so cold about Victor coaching Yuuri, why Chris grabbed Yuuri’s ass and so much more suddenly made perfect fucking sense
And how Yuuri’s anxiety is written
How he appears cold or rude when he’s scared and nervous. How he knows when his anxiety is lying to him but can’t stop it affecting him.
And really I could go on. The biggest issue they had was that they probably had more story then they had time for but since the focus was on Yuuri’s career I think they made good choices and the time skips that showed Victor and Yuuri getting closer over time worked
Also their relationship is still just one of the most sensitively written real relationships I have ever seen in any media
This is why I’m excited to see what they bring to the movie because let’s be honest they could have crapped something out a lot faster and we all would have bought it but this is a team that takes a shit ton of pride and care in their work and they clearly want to do it right. And I can’t see what master class they come out with for Ice Adolescence
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