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.

Comments

[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...