V: In life, you need vacations where you can be yourself,
V: away from your hectic everyday life.
V: When I get away from skating, two "L words" come to mind:
V: life and love.
V: I've been neglecting both for over twenty years.
Sign: Tenth Skate Gotta Supercharge It!! Pre-Grand Prix Final Special!
Y: Gotta Supercharge It!!
Y: Pre-Grand Prix Final Special!
V: Even Barcelona's cold in December.
Chris: I thought, other than me, only a Russian
Chris: would be stupid enough to get in the pool this time of year.
Chris: I guess I was right.
V: Chris!
Chris: Hi, Coach Victor!
Chris: And here I was hoping to go skinny dipping.
V: Don't let me stop you.
V: I'll even take photos for you.
V: My name is Victor Nikiforov.
V: I was kidding about being on vacation.
V: I just arrived in Barcelona, Spain, for the Grand Prix Figure Skating Final.
V: He's Christophe Giacometti from Switzerland.
Chris: Since you left, I'm one of the oldest...
Chris: And I'm only .
V: Nowadays, Chris is sexy both on and off the ice,
V: but when I first met him at the European Championships,
V: he was like a little boy running through the Swiss meadows.
V: I've shared the podium with Chris at many a Grand Prix Final,
V: European Championship, and World Championship.
V: I can't imagine a skating season without him,
V: and he has said that
V: he wouldn't be motivated in a season without me, either.
V: Despite all that, he was savvy enough
V: to make it to the Grand Prix Final.
Yakov: Yuri!
Yakov: At least check yourself in.
Yuri: You do it, Yakov.
Yuri: I'm tired.
Fans: Yuratchka!
Fans: Autograph, please!
Fans: Can I get a photo with you?
Yuri: You ug—
Lilia: Yuri Plisetsky, don't use unattractive words.
V: From Russia, we have Yuri Plisetsky.
V: At just , he's qualified for the GP Final first thing in his senior debut.
V: He's a tomboy cat under my former coach, Yakov.
V: After visiting Japan,
Sign : Yurio
V: he's been called by his nickname, "Yurio."
V: It's well-known that he has rabid fans called "Yuri's Angels,"
SFX,Sign : Meow
V: who appear at every competition.
JJGF: Wow, he's so popular.
JJ: Yuri's Angels are famous.
JJGF: Huh...
JJGF: But JJ Girls are better about following the rules,
JJGF: and we're cuter.
Yuri: Don't diss my fans and call them ugly, you ugly-ass bitch!
JJGF: So scary.
JJGF: Help, JJ.
JJ: Oh, he's just jealous because my fiancée is so beautiful.
V: I think he's the one named Jean-Jacques Leroy, from Canada.
V: He's a strong gold medal candidate,
V: but he has a certain unapproachable quality the other competitors don't.
Yuri: Any guy who wears sunglasses on his head is scum.
Yuri: Find someone better, ugly-ass bitch!
JJ: Hey, don't be so uppity.
JJGF: Scary!
JJ: Otabek!
JJ: Where are you going?
O: Out to eat.
V: Otabek Altin from Kazakhstan, age .
V: He rushed into the GP Final at full speed.
V: Ever since he shared the podium with me
V: at Worlds last season, I've sensed a certain presence about him.
V: But people don't know much about his personal life.
JJ: Eating alone?
JJ: You're still an odd one, huh?
JJ: Want to join us for dinner?
Ota: Thanks, but I'll pass.
V: It appears he's not interested in socializing with other skaters.
Yuri: Huh?
Yuri: What's with you, assh*le?
Phi: Yuri's not answering.
Phi: Ugh, I can't wait any longer!
Phi: I'm going to Sagrada Família!
Ciao: Just go.
Phi: Okay!
V: Phichit Chulanont from Thailand.
V: He won the Cup of China,
V: becoming the first Southeast Asian figure skater to qualify for the Grand Prix Final,
V: but I feel he's also peerless when it comes to skillful selfies.
V: He was Yuri's rink mate in Detroit,
V: and Yuri says he's the only foreign skater he considers a friend.
V: And among the six qualifiers for the Final,
SignC,Sign : Top Men's Singles Figure Skaters
V: the last one, who made it by a hair's width,
V: is this jet-lagged sleeping beauty, Katsuki Yuri from Japan.
V: I've come here with him as his coach.
V: After the Rostelecom Cup,
V: Yuri spent his few remaining days
OkayamaRink,Sign : Congratulations on Qualifying for the GPF Years in a Row! Thank You, Katsuki Yuri and Coach Victor Nikiforov!
V: until the Final maximizing his practice time.
V: When I think about it,
V: it's already been eight months since I first came to Hasetsu.
V: I can't remember when I last spent this much time with Maccachin.
V: Every day, I've been able to bathe in a bath bigger than any tub,
V: and I can eat all the delicious pork cutlet bowls I want.
V: This is heaven on Earth.
V: Yuri's life and love have taught me
V: about a brand new world that I'd never known before.
Y: Huh?
Y: Where's Victor?
Y: Oh, he's at the pool with Chris.
Y: Oh! Phichit-kun's...
Y: JJ...
Y: Yurio...
Y: Wow.
Y: "Now that I know what love is and am stronger for it,
Y: I'll prove it to myself with a Grand Prix Final gold medal," huh?
Y: Help me, Victor.
V: Yuri!
V: I'm freezing!
V: Please draw a hot bath!
Gia: Yuri, can you make coffee, too?
V: You were still asleep?
Y: Whoa!
Y: Y-You're freezing!
Y: Quit clinging to me! Both of you!
V: The aggressive jump composition Yuri's planned in order to win
V: includes a quadruple flip, which he's yet to land, as his final free skate jump.
V: If he sticks with his old jumps,
V: even if he skates a flawless program, JJ has a higher base score.
Y: Okay.
JJ: I'm done with practice!
JJ: Off I go!
Yakov: Yuri, let's go over it one last time.
V: Yuri, what do you want to do now?
V: I recommend a good night's rest to prepare for tomorrow's short program.
Y: Don't be such a model coach now.
Y: This is my first time in Barcelona, so take me sightseeing.
V: Leave it to me!
YV: Yeah!
YV: Salud!
YV: Perfecto!
V: Yeah!
V: I haven't shopped in ages. This is fun!
Y: Hey, let me take a breather.
V: I would've liked to shop when the Euro was weaker, though.
V: You don't want anything, Yuri?
Y: Oh... Nah.
V: Every competitor has a different way of winding down.
V: It's unusual for Yuri to suggest sightseeing.
V: It might mean he's just that nervous this time around.
V: Okay, then...
V: Yuri!
V: I'll buy you a suit for your birthday!
V: I think you should burn the suit and tie you wore at that press conference.
Y: Huh?
Y: Wait, you don't have to!
Y: I kind of like that suit!
Y: Hey, Victor!
Fans: Where's Yuratchka?
Fans: We're about to have a fan meeting.
Fans: I can smell Yuratchka! It's coming from over here!
Fans: Oh, this hair is Yuratchka's!
Yuri: Crap...
Yuri: How do I get myself out of this?
Ota: Yuri, get on.
Yuri: Huh? You're...
Fans: There's Yuratchka!
Fans: Huh? No way!
Fans: It's Otabek Altin from Kazakhstan!
Yuri: Huh? What?
Ota: Are you coming or not?
V: I'm sure athletes aren't the only ones who are sensitive
V: to tailwinds that can take one to worlds unknown.
V: News that the hero of Kazakhstan kidnapped the fairy of Russia
SignC,V: The fairy of Russia, Yuri Plisetsky, rides off on a motorbike with Otabek, the hero of Kazakhstan
V: spread across the world like wildfire.
V: However, the hero didn't lure the fairy out on a mere whim.
V: Yurio thought they had nothing in common,
V: but five years prior, they had actually trained together
V: at Yakov's summer camp.
Yuri: Really?
Yuri: I don't remember that!
Ota: At the time, I was in my first year in the junior division.
Ota: But I couldn't keep up with the Russian junior skaters,
Ota: so I was put in the novice class.
Ota: That's where I met you.
Ota: Yuri Plisetsky had the unforgettable eyes of a soldier.
Yuri: A soldier?
Yuri: Me?
Yuri: I had just moved my home rink from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Yuri: I was desperate.
Yuri: I'd decided that I wouldn't complain until I was good enough.
Ota: After that camp,
Ota: I moved around to train, from Russia to the US and then to Canada.
Ota: I only managed to return to my home rink in Almaty last year.
Ota: Now, more than ever, I want to win the championship for Kazakhstan.
Yuri: Otabek, why did you talk to me?
Yuri: I'm a rival, aren't I?
Ota: I've always thought we were alike.
Ota: That's all.
Ota: Are you going to become friends with me or not?
V: Yurio had never been asked to become friends before!
V: Now, back to the main story where I'm shopping with Yuri.
V: Here, the mood had turned sour!
Y: It's not here, either.
V: Yuri, calm down and remember.
V: It's the bag of nuts we just bought.
V: It's a brown bag with green print.
Y: Sorry.
Y: I have no idea where I dropped it.
Y: I'll go back to the shop and get another bag!
V: It's okay, Yuri.
V: The nuts shop would be closed by now.
V: Let's head back. You're tired, right?
Y: You don't have to say it like that!
V: Well, I'm tired.
V: We ended up walking in silence, looking around at the nearby Christmas market.
Y: Victor, your birthday is Christmas Day, right?
V: Yeah.
Y: What would you like for your gift?
V: In Russia, we don't celebrate before the actual birthday.
V: We don't really celebrate Christmas, either.
Y: I see.
V: Do you want some hot wine, too?
Y: Ah, I try not to drink before a competition.
V: Oh, right.
V: When Yuri's searching for an answer,
V: his eyes sparkle, even if he doesn't say anything.
V: He's looking for something right now, like a dowsing rod.
V: I'll just watch over him without making conversation.
Y: Victor!
Y: Let's go in this store!
Y: Can you show me these two in front?
Y: I've always wanted a lucky charm.
Y: I-It's a lucky charm so that I can do my best in the Final!
Y: It's also a thank you gift to Victor for all of his help.
Y: This one, please. I'll pay in installments.
V: Sometimes, when backed into a corner,
V: athletes can act completely unexpectedly.
Y: Thank you for everything up to now.
Y: I... I couldn't think of something better.
Y: But, um...
Y: I'll try my best from tomorrow on, so...
Y: Tell me something for good luck.
V: Sure.
V: I'll say something you won't even have to think about.
V: Tomorrow, show me the skating that you can honestly say you liked best.
Y: Okay!
V: That's the only shortcut to a gold medal that I know.
Y: I'm hungry.
V: Let's go grab a bite.
V: I have absolute faith in what you decide, Yuri.
SFX,Sign: AGHHHHH
Minako: What's wrong, Mari-chan?
YSis: Yurio looks like he's enjoying having tea with someone!
Yuri: Whoa, really?
Minako: It's Otabek from Kazakhstan!
Y: Oh, Minako-sensei, Mari-neechan. You're already here.
YSis: Crap, crap, crap.
Ladies: Yuri, we need a huge favor!
Y: You're way too happy about this.
Minako: I could just die right now!
Yuri: Why did we all have to get together?
Minako: How much should I pay you?
Phi: Hello, ladies.
Y: Still, it's kind of weird for us all to be here like this
YSis: Yurio, have some shrimp!
YSis: Picture, picture!
Yuri: Oh, sure.
Y: before the Final starts.
Y: At last year's Final,
Y: I was always by myself, even at the banquet.
Y: I couldn't even talk to Victor.
V: Yuri, you don't remember?
Y: What?
Chris: Yuri, you got drunk on champagne and started dancing.
Chris: Everyone saw it.
Y: Huh?!
Yuri: That was disgusting as hell.
Yuri: I was dragged into a dance-off and got humiliated, too!
Y: A dance-off?
Y: With Yurio?
Chris: I did mine with a pole dance, half-naked.
Y: I start going off the rails when I drink, just like my
Y: Kyushu born-and-bred dad, so I was trying to lay off, but...
V: The banquet refers to the party held after the competition.
V: Learning proper social skills and etiquette is also important for skaters.
Ciao: What's wrong, Yuri?
V: Last year, Yuri suffered a crushing defeat in the Final.
Ciao: You look so glum.
Ciao: Have you had anything to drink?
V: He looked like his coach had dragged him to the banquet.
Ciao: To eat?
Ciao: There's pizza...
V: At least, at first.
V: Since he couldn't mingle well with other skaters,
V: he kept drinking champagne, and...
V: I still have videos of what happened.
Chris: I do, too.
Phi: Wait, what?
Phi: Yuri, that's so dirty.
Ladies: I want to see!
Y: Don't look!
Y: W-Wait... Cut it out already!
V: Isn't this amazing?
Chris: What's with the rings, you two?
YSis: Huh? Rings?
Minako: I don't remember you wearing that.
Y: U-Um, this is...
V: They're a pair!
Phi: Congrats on your marriage!
Phi: Wait, no...
Y: Um...
Phi: Everyone!
Phi: My good friend here got married!
Y: N-No, this is, um...
Y: It's to thank him for all his help...
Y: And lots of other things... Yes, other things!
V: Yeah, don't get the wrong idea.
V: This is an engagement ring.
V: We'll get married once he wins a gold medal.
Y: What?
V: Right, Yuri?
Y: V-Victor!
Ota: A gold...
Phi: ...medal...
Chris: ...huh?
Y: Uh, well, um...
JJ: Wait a second!
JJ: I'll be the one who wins gold and gets married, of course!
JJGF: That's right, it'll definitely be JJ.
JJ: Sorry we can't congratulate you on that future marriage.
V: Well, tomorrow's an early start. Better call it a night.
JJ: Huh, what?
JJ: Hey, wait a second.
JJ: I was just joking!
SFX,Sign : Kick Kick
Yuri: Victor Nikiforov is dead!
Yuri: Why do you look so happy to be looking after that damn pig?
V: Did you want to compete against me?
Yuri: Don't be so full of yourself.
Yuri: Not all skaters look up to you.
Yuri: Just go away already, geezer.
Yuri: The ring you got from that pig is garbage.
Yuri: I'll win just to prove how incompetent his owner is.
Yuri: Let me go!
V: If I'd stayed in Russia as a competitor,
V: Yurio wouldn't be this motivated to fight.
V: And neither would I...
Yuri: This place reminds me of Hasetsu's ocean.
V: I thought that, too.
V: Yuri, you may not realize this,
V: but many others besides me got their "L words" from you.
YSis: Wow!
YSis: It feels like it's really happening.
Minako: Mari-chan, take my picture!
Miche: Sala!
Sala: Why are you here, Mickey?
Sala: I'm the one who made it to the Final!
Miche: I'm standing guard to make sure the hyenas don't touch you!
Emil: Let's go to a club after this!
SGL: Not her again.
Leo: Guang-hong, can you watch it on your end?
JGH: Nope, the live stream isn't working for me.
banner: ,Grand Prix Final in Barcelona Katsuki Yuri Cheering Party!
Minami: I'll be the head cheerleader at tonight's public viewing!
Moro: The Grand Prix Final is here in Barcelona, Spain!
Moro: Tonight, it's the Men's Singles Short Program.
Y: Victor...
Y: After this season ends,
Y: my family runs a hot spring resort, so please come.
Y: If I win this dance-off...
Y: You'll become my coach, right?
Y: Be my coach, Victor!
Sign: To Be Continued!!!
: Hola! I'm the figure skater Oda Nobunari!
: Oda-kun!
: Nobu-kun, over here!
: Vic-chan! Yuri-kun!
: Huh? What's with those rings?
: Next time, Eleventh Skate:
: Gotta Super-Supercharge It!!
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: Grand Prix Final Short Program.
: Oda-kun! Let me take a picture!
: Okay!
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After a crushing defeat in the Grand Prix Final and other competition losses, 23-year-old Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki develops mixed feelings about skating and puts his career on hold; he returns to his hometown of Hasetsu in Kyushu after 5 years abroad.
After a crushing defeat in the Grand Prix Final and other competition losses, 23-year-old Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki develops mixed feelings about skating and puts his career on hold; he returns to his hometown of Hasetsu in Kyushu after 5 years abroad.