An anime rec? What is this, 1998 all over again?

[daemonluna]

 Anime-watching friends, who else is watching Yuri On Ice? Because it looks an awful lot like they're headed to a canonical gay romance, a well-developed, well-rounded, incredibly sweet gay romance between two adults. With figure skating that is sparkly and fandom says is quite technically accurate. On a mainstream anime series.

As I just emailed zulu  and bell , who suggested it to us, I have progressed from oh, cute and slashy, to THIS IS SO GAAYYYYY! THEY ARE SO IN LUUUUUV! to just a string of incoherent high-pitched squeaking noises.

I was cautiously optimistic that it wouldn't be too queerbait-y, but oh! They are in LOVE. And I am full of glee.

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[zoi_no_miko]

omg. I know nothing but what I've seen randomly on tumblr and the 6 minutes that got shoved in my face last night at the Otafest Christmas Potluck but OMG THE CANADIAN IS AMAZING <3

[daemonluna]

THERE IS A CANADIAN AND HIS DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC IS NOT HIS POLITENESS. There are sparkly costumes. And a running joke about katsudon. And it is not predominately about high school students. And there are things that fandom wants to see in the finale that you would think yeah, that's nice but not going to happen. AND NOW IT IS LOOKING DECIDEDLY POSSIBLE. Watch iiiiiit...

[zulu]

Hee! I like it because of all the sports movie tropes. There are TRAINING MONTAGES. Yuuri is the UNDERDOG WITH A HEART OF GOLD.

Also, how hot is it when Yuuri is like VICTOR WATCH ME AND ONLY ME AS I SEDUCE YOU WITH SPORTS.

[daemonluna]

THAT LINE WAS HOT LIKE BURNING AND SWEET LIKE CANDY. And the thing with the tiiiiiiie. How far are you guys? Are you up to ep nine? Because there is THAT SCENE AT THE END. And ep ten? Because there is THAT SCENE THAT YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHEN YOU SEE IT. Followed by THAT OTHER SCENE.

I am loving that they are reasonably self-aware mostly-adults. (That scene! In the parking garage!) And the figure skating is swoopy and sparkly. But it is the romance that slays me. <3

[dine]

ok, the more I hear about this, the more obvious it becomes I'll have to cave and watch it myself soon. /who knew?

[daemonluna]

Dooo iiiit! Right now, the series is up for free on Crunchyroll, one of the main legit sources of new anime in translation. New episodes are free to watch without an account for twelve weeks after they first air, so you've got until Jan 18 to watch the first episode in the most straightforward way. That's subtitled in English with the original Japanese dialogue, BTW

The dub is... not bad. If you don't have the patience for subtitles, you can watch the first two eps dubbed into English here from the North American distributor. AFAIK, there's no expiry on those.

[dine]

thanks for the links!!! I think this shall be my New Year's long weekend plan - snack foods and anime. sounds like a great way to start a new year