Fall 2016 anime battle: chat post

[emiels.livejournal.com]

SO THIS IS A THING. Talk about the battle or things that are not the battle or w/e. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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[emiels.livejournal.com]

I WAS TOTALLY STUNNED TOO!! When Yuri finished and Victor started running I thought 'awww they'gonna hu---whaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAT'
I still cannot believe they actually went for it, instead of doing the usual bait-y ambiguous will-they-won't-they-nah-they-won't stuff. I'M SO HAPPY. And I'm glad it happened in a very popular show from a popular genre that often gets the queerbait treatment, not some forgettable high school slice of life that would go largely unnoticed. SO HAPPY.

As soon as I saw his Disney princess dress outfit I was SOLD. I hope he'll be in the Russian competition too, b/c I'm pretty sure this isn't his final form.

[aeriiths.livejournal.com]

Yesssss!!! It amazes me that some people are still denying the kiss (and the romantic attraction in general) when it had all of the signifiers of a kiss that you would see in any other anime between a heterosexual couple. I really, really hope that the reaction to Yuri on Ice means that other works in the future will be more confident in exploring LGBT romance outside of the pandering, unrealistic fujo/yuribait stuff like Super Lovers and Sakura Trick. I am so gonna buy the most expensive boxset of this show I can once it gets licensed for home release so that they know this is the shit that I crave.

It was the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life, Georgi forever, I could watch him doing the ice-skating equivalent of a Taylor Swift song for the rest of my days. Like even though the animation has gotten a bit janky during the performances at times, I am so glad that they are still doing as many as they can because it injects so much life and personality into the side characters that otherwise wouldn't be there!

I'm feeling confident in saying that Yuri on Ice is now going to be my anime of the year, congrats on beating Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

[emiels.livejournal.com]

I don't buy physical releases of anything since I have nowhere to keep them in my tiny apartment, but I'm seriously considering buying YOI, because this is Important Stuff. Plus, I'm hoping they'll use the HQ version, so we can enjoy the gays in HD C:
Tbh, I've pretty much given up on anime as a medium that could deliver enjoyable stories with LGBT themes, since it's very hard to find something watchable among all the rapey yaoi trash (I judge myself from 10 years ago SO HARD for watching those), but... then this stupid show happened. Please don't disappoint us now Japan D:

I agree! They could have easily made the side characters into background for Victor & Yuri, but I love how each of them got enough screentime to develop a personality and a distinct skating style (I think? I know literally nothing about figure skating)

Unless they manage to completely ruin it in the second half, it's definitely my favorite of 2016... there were others I loved, but none of them gave me such FEELS. Feels are +10 points at least.