Phone,Sign : : PM May (Sunday)
Y: Sorry! I overslept!
Y: U-Um...
V: Good morning, Yuri!
V: Only Aeroflot has kept me waiting as long as you have.
V: Oh, Japanese dogeza!
Y: Victor will be staying in Hasetsu to be my coach.
Y: But to me, it's surreal, more like having a god around than a coach.
V: Resting is a part of work, too.
Y: To think that a coach of my very own is going to be here every day...
Y: And that coach is Victor Nikiforov himself.
Y: He said I could pay his coaching fees later,
Y: but I wonder how expensive it will be.
V: Yuri, you tend to flub your jumps when something is on your mind.
Title,Sign : Fourth Skate Like Yourself... And Complete the Free Program!!
Y: Like Yourself... And Complete the Free Program!!
Yutopia: ,Hasetsu Hot Springs Yu-topia Katsuki
V: Yuri, maybe we should nix having three quads in your free program.
Y: But...
Y: I-If I want to win the Grand Prix Final, I need those.
V: Why?
V: Even if there's only one quad,
V: just get a perfect score on the program components!
Sign : Figure Skating Scoring System
Y: Let me pause here to explain the scoring system in figure skating!
Sign : Technical Elements Score (TES)
Y: Jumps and spins count toward a technical score.
Components,Sign : Program Components Score (PCS)
Y: Choreography and interpretation count toward a presentation score.
Sign : TES + PCS
Deductions,Sign : Deductions
Y: The total score is a sum of those two, minus any deductions!
Total,Sign : Total Score
Y: When I skate, I tend to lose technical points by missing jumps,
Y: but close the gap through the presentation score.
Y: At any rate, this isn't good enough.
Y: I have to change.
V: Yuri, do you know why I decided to become your coach?
Y: Huh?
V: I was drawn to you because of the music...
V: The way you skate like your body is creating music.
V: I want to create a high-difficulty program to maximize that.
V: Only I can do that.
V: That's the gut feeling I had...
V: And the short program validated it!
V: Perhaps you should produce your next free program.
Y: Huh?
Y: But my coach has always chosen my music—
V: Isn't it more fun to do it yourself?
Y: Ow, ow, ow!
: That hurts!
Y: But my previous coach...
V: Who was your coach again?
Mob: Th-Thank you, God...
Ce: Yuri?
Ce: Ciao, ciao!
Ce: I haven't seen you since the Grand Prix Final!
Y: Oh, it's been a while.
Ce: I hear Victor's your coach now?
Y: Uh, sorry.
Ce: Why are you apologizing?
V: Ciao, ciao, Celestino!
V: I'm his coach, Victor!
Ce: You're playing at being a coach in Japan?
Ce: Cut it out already.
V: Hey, hey...
V: Why didn't you let Yuri choose his program music?
Ce: Huh?
Ce: I usually select music for my skaters,
Ce: but I also let them choose if they want.
Ce: Yuri only brought me a piece once.
Ce: I believe it was composed by an acquaintance.
Ce: It wasn't bad, but...
Ce: You think you can win with this music?
Y: Uh...
Y: Please choose the music for me after all, Coach.
Ce: Yuri never had confidence in himself.
Ce: I told him time and again to trust himself more, but...
V: Okay, thanks.
Y: U-Um, Celestino...
Y: I'm going to redeem myself at the next Grand Prix Final!
Ce: That's what I wanted to hear you say at last year's Grand Prix Final.
Y: I'm so glad.
Y: I couldn't bring myself to contact him for so long...
V: Yuri.
V: Could I hear this music he mentioned?
Y: Uh...
V: Why didn't you tell me?
V: I'm your coach, aren't I?
Y: Right. Sorry.
Yuri: Huh?
Yuri: That little piggy's producing his own free program?
Yuko: How are you, Yuri-kun in Russia?
Yuko: Did you choose your free program?
Yuko: I look forward to seeing it.
Yuri: Is Yuko trying to scout the enemy?
Yuri: Damn it.
Yuri: But producing his own program, huh?
Mila: Oh?
Mila: Yuri, did you go to Japan to find a girlfriend?
Yuri: No. Get off me, Mila.
Yuri: Are you horny because you dumped that hockey player?
Yuri: I wouldn't put myself in that situation.
Yuri: I won't get myself almost k*lled just for going on a date with another girl.
Mila: I've been practicing lifts lately, too.
Yuri: Let me down, hag!
Mila: I'm only three years older than you.
Yakov: Yuri. Mila.
Mila: Coach Yakov...
: Put me down already! Come on!
Yakov: Are you two switching to pairs skating?
Mila: S-Sorry.
Mila: I wonder what happened to Yuri in Japan.
Mila: He used to hate practice.
Yakov: He was arrogant about his abilities
Yakov: because no one in his age group rivaled him.
Yakov: But I think his face-off with Yuri Katsuki in Japan was his wake-up call.
Yakov: This may make things interesting.
Moms: Hey!
Moms: Huh?
Moms: It's Lilia Baranovskaya!
Moms: The former prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet!
Yakov: Thank you for coming, Lilia.
Lilia: So which one is he?
Lilia: If I don't like what I see, I'll go home.
Yuri: Who's this hag?
Lilia: No cavities.
Yuri: Ow, ow, ow!
Lilia: Physically, he's abysmal.
Lilia: We start from square one with ballet lessons.
Yakov: Do what you want.
Yuri: What the hell?!
Lilia: I will choreograph your free program.
Lilia: First, I've decided on your next goal.
Lilia: Become this season's principal—
Lilia: no, prima ballerina.
Lilia: If you are willing to sell your soul to win.
Mila: P-Prima ballerina?
Yuri: If selling my soul is all it takes to win,
Yuri: I'll give you my whole body, no holds barred.
Lilia: I am Lilia Baranovskaya.
Lilia: Go home and pack up your things.
Lilia: You'll be living with me from now on to practice.
Lilia: With Yakov, too.
Yakov: Lilia!
Lilia: Don't get me wrong, Yakov.
Lilia: I don't intend to get back together with you.
Yuri: Huh? What?
Yakov: I... I wasn't hoping for that at all!
Yuko: I don't really get it,
Yuko: but Yurio-kun's coach brought in his ex-wife.
Yuko: Now he's getting scolded by her day and night.
Y: Huh, I see.
Yuko: Have you chosen the music for your free program, Yuri-kun?
Y: Oh, well, I had Victor listen to one...
V: Oh, I see. So this is how it sounds.
Y: But his reaction was lukewarm.
SFX,Sign: The Smackdown
V: You should think of other possibilities.
Y: My usual way was to have my coach pick something from what was available,
Y: and to let him choreograph it, too.
Y: But Victor wasn't like that.
Y: He choreographed his own programs and had new music written to create stories.
Y: I did dream about doing that myself someday, but...
Y: Oh, Phichit-kun...
Y: He's practicing back home in Thailand.
Y: Hey, Phichit-kun?
Y: Sawasdee krab.
Phichit: Yuri!
Phichit: It's been a while. How have you been?
Yuri: You're practicing back in Thailand, huh?
Phichit: Yeah, Detroit's boring now that you're gone.
Phichit: Oh, you should come visit Bangkok.
Phichit: I'll show you around.
Y: Khob khun, kup.
Y: Hey, Phichit-kun, do you remember how I had a music demo made?
Pichi: Oh, yeah!
Pichi: By the conservatory student?
Pichi: You asked her to compose it, right?
Y: Yeah. It got shelved in the end...
Y: Sorry, and after you spent time composing it...
Lady: Oh, it's fine. Just keep it.
Y: Sorry.
Y: Things got awkward with her after that.
Pichi: Oh, I see...
Pichi: I'll put out feelers to see where she is.
Pichi: I'm sure she's not mad or anything.
Y: This piece has been bothering me for a while.
Y: It really is a bit weak...
Y: But I guess that makes sense.
Y: I asked her to compose a piece that'd express my whole career as a skater.
Y: She did capture it pretty well...
Y: My underwhelming life in competitive figure skating.
Y: What should I have done differently?
Lilia: No! No!
Lilia: Not like that at all!
Lilia: Throw yourself away!
Lilia: Your past self is dead!
Lilia: People who can be reborn as many times as necessary are the strong ones.
SignB: ,Welcome, Victor! Welcome Back, Katsuki Yuri
V: What? You still haven't chosen the music?
V: Why can't you trust your own decisions?
V: Just try to remember something, like when a girlfriend loved you.
Y: Huh?!
Y: S-S-Sorry! Right now, it's just that I—
V: Oh, right. You've never had a girlfriend.
V: Yuri, let's go somewhere today.
Y: No, it's okay.
V: Yuri, let's go take a bath.
Y: I'm going to sleep.
V: Yuri, let's go to sleep together.
Y: I can't stand this guilt!
V: Good morning, Yuri.
V: Let's go to the ocean.
Y: Okay...
V: Oh, seagulls.
Y: Black-tailed gulls.
V: Ever since I came here,
V: I'm reminded of St. Petersburg when I hear seagulls in the early morning.
V: I never thought I'd leave that city,
V: so I never used to notice the seagulls' cries.
V: Do you ever have times like that?
Yuri: There was a girl in Detroit who was really pushy and kept talking to me.
Yuri: One time, a rink mate got into an accident.
Yuri: I was pretty torn up with worry...
Yuri: I was in the hospital waiting room with that girl.
Yuri: When she hugged me to comfort me,
Yuri: I shoved her away without thinking about it.
V: Wow, why?
Y: I didn't want her to think I was feeling unsettled.
Y: I felt like she was intruding on my feelings or something, and I hated it.
Y: But then I realized that Minako-sensei, Nishigori, Yuko-chan, and my family
Y: never treated me like a weakling.
Y: They all had faith that I'd keep growing as a person,
Y: and they never stepped over the line.
V: Yuri, you're not weak.
V: No one else thinks that, either.
V: What do you want me to be to you?
V: A father figure?
Y: No.
V: A brother, then? A friend?
V: Then, your boyfriend, I guess.
V: I can try my best.
Y: No, no, no, no, no!
Y: I want you to stay who you are, Victor!
Y: I've always looked up to you.
Y: I ignored you because I didn't want you to see my shortcomings.
Y: I'll make it up to you with my skating!
V: Okay, I won't let you off easy, then.
V: That's my way of showing my love.
Y: When I open up, he meets me where I am.
Y: I shouldn't be afraid to open up more!
Y: She's going to redo the music.
V: Okay, I look forward to it.
Y: Until she's done, um...
Y: Please teach me all the jumps that you can do!
Lilia: It's no good at all.
Lilia: Even the king crab we ate yesterday had a better free leg than you.
Lilia: Do it again, starting from the same place.
Lilia: Your response?
Yuri: Yes, ma'am!
Yakov: It might have been good that he left Victor's side early.
Yakov: He's trying to rebuild his strengths.
SignB: ,Welcome, Victor! Welcome Back, Katsuki Yuri
Y: Victor, please let me do that one more time!
V: Wow... Hasn't it been tens of thousands of times?
Y: Just thirteen.
V: I've thought this for a while, but you have pretty good stamina.
Y: Well, I have that, at least.
V: You said you get hungry when you're nervous in competition, too.
V: You haven't suffered any major injuries, and you're younger than I am.
Y: S-Sorry!
Y: I couldn't help it!
V: Is it getting that thin?
Y: No, no, no! Everything's okay!
V: I'm hurt... I can't recover from this.
Y: Sorry!
Y: Please get up!
Nishi: Well, those two seem to get along fine.
Y: It's here!
Y: Victor, listen!
Y: Oops, sorry!
Y: The music for the free program's done.
V: If you want more impact,
V: maybe the last jump can be a quadruple toe loop?
Y: Huh? For the last one?
V: With your stamina, I think you can pull it off.
V: You'd rather not?
Y: I'll do it!
V: Okay.
V: Oh, right.
V: Yuri, did you change the musical theme?
Y: Oh, um...
V: What is it?
Y: The theme is "on my love."
V: That's the best theme.
V: Perfect.
V: Okay, let's finish this!
Y: Yeah!
Minako: Kachu Snack Bar
Minako: What?
Minako: The Grand Prix assignments were announced?!
Kids: Crap, crap, crap!
Yuko: Do you three realize what time it is?!
Kids: Mom! The assignments!
Yuko: Crap, crap!
Yakov: Yuri!
Yakov: The assignments are in.
Yuri: Where?
Yuri: Where'd the little Japanese piggy get assigned?
All: Congrats!
Congrats: ,Congrats on Your Assignment in the GP Series, Yuri!
Y: Thanks.
V: Okay, I'll explain which events you'll be competing in.
Kids: But first!
Kids: Since the Katsuki family still doesn't know much about figure skating,
Kids: we'll give a simple explanation!
YMom: Oh, that'd be very helpful.
Sign : Figure Skating Grand Prix Series
Kids: What is the Figure Skating Grand Prix series?
Kids: Skaters with high scores in the previous year
Sign : Czech Republic Russia China South Korea
Sign : Czech Republic Russia China South Korea Switzerland Italy Russia Thailand USA
Sign : Czech Republic Russia China South Korea Switzerland Italy Russia Thailand USA Kazakhstan Canada
Sign : First Event: Skate America
Kids: participate in a maximum of two competitions out of six worldwide.
Sign: Second Event: Skate Canada
Sign: Third Event: Cup of China
Sign: Fourth Event: NHK Trophy (Japan)
Kids: Only the top six skaters advance to the Grand Prix Final,
Sign: Fifth Event: Trophée de France
Sign: Sixth Event: Rostelecom Cup (Russia)
Kids: which decides who's number one!
Sign : Top Male Figure Skaters
Kids: And this season, Yuri's been assigned to
Sign : Third Event: Cup of China!!
Kids: the third event, the Cup of China!
Phichit: ,Phichit Chulanont
Kids: Yuri's former rink mate, Phichit from Thailand, will be there, too!
Y: Oh, Phichit-kun!
Kids: And his second event will be...
Sign : Sixth Event: Rostelecom Cup (Russia)
Kids: The sixth event, Russia's Rostelecom Cup!
Kids: He'll be up against his fated rival, Yuri Plisetsky!
Sign : I'll k*ll you! Yuri Plisetsky
Yurio: ,Yurio
Mari: Wow, Yurio! Davai, davai!
Y: So I'm already facing Yurio in the Rostelecom Cup...
V: You'll be minding the house during the season, Maccachin.
Y: That's right...
Y: It'll be my first time in a Grand Prix series without Victor in the lineup.
Nishi: I bet if you show up
Nishi: with Victor as your coach, they'll think you stole him from the sport.
Yuko: Maybe skating fans worldwide hate you now!
Yuko: Sorry! We're on your side, Yuri-kun!
Minako: Yeah, we are.
Minako: I'll come cheer you on this season, too!
Sign : Yuri!!!
Minako: First up is the Cup of China!
Kids: Huh?
Kids: Yuri, last year...
Kids: In the Nationals...
Y: I think I finished eleventh because I messed up my prep.
Nishi: I see... So you have to compete in the block championships.
V: What?
Y: Oh, we're talking about domestic competitions.
Yuko: To explain, Yuri-kun had a big-time loss in last year's Nationals.
Board,Sign : Japanese National Championships!! Utter Defeat
Board,Sign : Qualification Loss
Yuko: So this year, he has to work his way up from qualifying competitions.
Board,Sign : Must Compete in Qualifying Competitions
Yuko: So his first event this season is the
Board,Sign : Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship
Yuko: Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship in September.
Yuko: It'll be his comeback competition!
Nishi: Ow.
Nishi: Well, you'll breeze through that.
Kids: Oh, but Minami-kun from Fukuoka will be competing in it!
Kids: Yeah, he b*at Yuri in the Nationals.
Kids: Minami Kenjiro from Kyushu, said to be the # star among younger skaters!
Y: Right...
Y: It's already been more than six months since December, when I thought I was done for.
YDad: Good, good.
YDad: We can cheer you on this year, too!
YDad: Good luck.
Y: Dad...
YDad: We need to use this chance to make money!
Y: Dad.
YMom: You'll autograph a sign, won't you?
Y: Until now, I thought I was fighting all by myself.
Y: But now that Victor's here, that's totally changed.
Y: Some things are still the same.
Y: Some have changed.
Y: Now everything feels so new.
Y: I may never be able to regain what I've lost,
Y: but I can clearly see what's in front of me now.
Lilia: Okay, from the very beginning.
Lilia: That's right, Yuri...
Lilia: That's beautiful.
Mila: He was so reluctant at first,
Mila: but he's becoming more and more like a prima ballerina.
Yuri: I only have a short window before my body changes.
Yuri: I'm going to take advantage of everything I can right now to win.
Y: Figure skaters are only competitive for a short time.
Y: This will probably be my last competitive figure skating season.
Y: I don't know how long Victor will stick around
Y: or how long my body will hold up.
Y: So please, God...
Y: Give me Victor's time, if only just for now.
V: Yuri, you haven't named the piece. What will it be?
V: Yeah, perfect.
Y: September...
Y: Victor's and my season will finally begin.
Sign : Let's Send the Power of Sports Throughout Japan! Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Figure Skating Championship
Sign: To Be Continued!!!
Y: It's my first official competition in a while.
Y: I'm so nervous...
V: This is my coaching debut.
V: Yuri, what would you like me to wear?
Y: Oh, just your usual clothes, please.
Y: Fifth Skate: Face Beet-Red!! It's the First Competition!
Title,Sign : Fifth Skate Face Beet-Red!! It's the First Competition! The Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship
Y: The Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship.
Y: Stay tuned!
01x04 - Like Yourself... And Complete The Free Program!!
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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.