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EP. REVIEW: Yuri!!! on Ice

Yuri's not at all into dudes...



Come on, I scoff at most subtext for being so ambiguous. This, it's not ambiguous. It's not even subtext.

To be fair, even though I think Yuri might be sexually atracted to Viktor, the word he used in the scene above is "kakkoii", which can mean "cool" instead of "handsome/hot". Depending on how their relationship will develop, the translator might have made the wrong choice there.

Locker room talk. Or, talk about things that, hey, guys don't have to worry about. So we can joke about those kinds of things!

I don't know what you guys consider obvious but that line of "Who am I dancing for?" with a clearly seductive look towards Viktor, and Viktor answering with a slight whistle, and then saying "I know who" are enough to interpret a sexual intention from Yuuri's part. From Viktor? Not sure, perhaps that will be part of the drama eventually.

Zhou-BR wrote:

To be fair, even though I think Yuri might be sexually atracted to Viktor, the word he used in the scene above is "kakkoii", which can mean "cool" instead of "handsome/hot". Depending on how their relationship will develop, the translator might have made the wrong choice there.

Speaking of accurate translations, was that mpreg line really what Yuuri sad? I've never had the need to learn that vocabulary, so I can't tell. But seeing how Crunchyroll takes a lot of artistic license with its translations, I can't help but doubt this line.

Valhern wrote:

I don't know what you guys consider obvious but that line of "Who am I dancing for?" with a clearly seductive look towards Viktor, and Viktor answering with a slight whistle, and then saying "I know who" are enough to interpret a sexual intention from Yuuri's part. From Viktor? Not sure, perhaps that will be part of the drama eventually.

You underestimate how far anime studio are willing to go to play both the audience interested by homosexuality along with the audience that doesn't want to see it. Just look at sound euphonium S1 which had plenty of similar scene and in the end did nothing with it.

They can easily say that he was just following his interpretation of the routine, where he play as the girl trying to get the playboy to stay, but without any love or even sexual attraction in the mix. Honestly, even if the two were to kiss they would probably walk back on it "Victor like to kiss peoples when he's drunk" or something like that.

While kakkoii can indeed be translated as cool, it is also used to refer to hot/handsome men, and in the context of "eros" and sexual love, the nuance definitely goes for the latter

As for Yuuri's line: "男の僕でも妊娠してしまいそうなほどエロス" "It's so Eros it could get even me, a man, pregnant" is a very literal translation. 妊娠する= Get pregnant

You know, your average, run of the mill, heterosexual bro considering the possibility of being heterosexually impregnated by a heterosexual bro.

To be fair, even though I think Yuri might be sexually atracted to Viktor, the word he used in the scene above is "kakkoii", which can mean "cool" instead of "handsome/hot".

Speaking of accurate translations, was that mpreg line really what Yuuri sad? I've never had the need to learn that vocabulary, so I can't tell. But seeing how Crunchyroll takes a lot of artistic license with its translations, I can't help but doubt this line.

That's completely unrelated, I'm talking about interpretation as a character so far, not speculating on whether Yuuri will ask out Viktor or anything like that. If you want my speculation on it, I don't have any faith that this will end in both of them getting together, but I don't think it will go back on Yuuri's character; just like in Euphonium Reina and Kumiko aren't defined by whether they want to get together or not.

Wow, so basically this anime was made for people who like sports shows, but think the problem with Free! is that it was too straight. I appreciate the quality of production, but I don't think this is for me. Back to Hibike! Euphonium I go.

At least, it's now made the gay reading so prominent

Prominent, but still not the only one, or not obligatory or whatever. I mean, hey, whatever makes you happy. Still don't see anythi, though, to support saying that Yuuri is romantically attracted to Victor. Yeah, he admires his form and whatever, but, how behaves himself, who is he, who he sees himself as being, nah, he's not into dudes.