Yuri!!! on Ice, thoughts as of episode 11

YOU KNOW WHAT.
It would've been totally okay to just tell this story about this world-class figure skater with confidence issues and another world-class figure skater who wants to do something else with his life, decides to take him under his wing, and then the two fall in love while they're working towards the world championships or whatever.

It would stand the dire chance of being predictable as hell, sure. It would've been forever known as "the BL skating anime", yeah. It'd take some bona fide writing to make it stand out, but if "four men run a pastry shop" can be made into a profound little gem of slice-of-life, then I'm pretty sure it can be done with anything.

AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IT WOULD AT LEAST BE A STORY THAT MADE SENSE.

I'm not out to shame anyone for enjoying stuff they like - fuck, I know this would've been my favourite anime ever if Victor and Yuri had been Victoria and... probably still Yuri, but with boobs. I mean, I'd probably still be pointing out all this BS, but I'd forgive everything because they gave me non-moe lesbians.

Sadly, I don't have that patience with fujobait, and yes, this show has officially been fujobait since the moment Victor entered into that hot spring in episode 1.

( Click here to know all about my disappointment. It's not short. )