The final "free" Crunchyroll sponsored episode. I'm seriously debating putting up episode's 6 and 7 that are on here as well, though they are on personal accounts. That always makes me feel weird and awkward and bad, but here's the thing...if there episodes considered most important and most ground-breaking in this anime, it would be episodes 6 and 7, especially episode 7. But episode 6 leads to the groundbreakingness of episode 7, so let me wrestle with my conscience a bit more before deciding... Episode 5 is on YT also, under a user's account, and it is a cute episode showing that Yuri K. already has somebody on the Japanese skating circuit, a younger talented skater named Minami, who is also has the hots for him. I will at least make a post of clips of 6 and 7 and other eps that show the continuation of this dramatic and powerful change in anime direction in anime in Japan (and the dramatic and powerful evolution of "eros" in the character Yuri Katsuki as he awakens to the sexuality within him and the love he has for Victor). This Eros Evolution is only shown on the ice and in one censored moment on the ice in that groundbreaking episode 7...a moment that caused fujoshi and fudanshi yaoi fans (women and men fans of male gay anime and manga, respectively) to scream everywhere when it happened. I refer to this as the "Fan-Squeeing Heard 'Round theWorld." Just search for any review of this episode. You'll see). So we have the face-off at Yu-Topia. Yuri Katsuki versus Yuri Plisetsky. On the line, Victor's unwavering attention for training (perhaps love as well...I always thought that Yuri P. was a bit smitten with Victor too, who the hell isn't in this series? But Yuri P. meets someone later who is more his type of partner...no spoiler, but...it's just perfect all around and leaves open a chance for the Yuri's to become better friends than rivals). Here in this episode, we see something I HAVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN in anime or real life. In real life and in anime, we often we male and female characters in sports trying to become stronger, more masculine, to complete with rivals in their sports. Here in this episode (and in later episodes with Yuri P. when his coach's ex-wife gets involved in his training) we see male characters aiming to become more graceful and feminine with their approaches to their ice skating. That was something altogether new and different for Japanese sports anime and it was a breath of fresh air to see male characters (especially later on a hothead like Yuri P.) embracing the feminine side of their natures. If you know and believe in the philosophy of yin and yang, we all apparently have the masculine and feminine natures within us. This episode shows it well. Yuri K's getting in touch with his divine feminine performing the beginning of the Eros skate causes the Japanese announcer to stutter in a future episode. Same, dude. Same.
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anime n' mangaI blog about a lot of regular, harmless sci-fi and fantasy anime n' manga, but I'll throw the occasional yaoi n' yuri (gay) posts in here. 'Cus I like that shit too. archives
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