Rice Bowl: ,Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport
Fans: Look!
Fans: Yakov's team is here!
SFX: ,Meow
Fans: Yuratchka!
Fans: Yuri!
Yuri: Mila, watch my luggage.
Mila: Huh?
Mila: Oh.
Mila: Coach Yakov, Yuri's disappeared.
Yakov: Oh, yeah.
Yakov: His family in Moscow's coming to pick him up.
Yuri: My name is Yuri Plisetsky.
Yuri: In my senior debut, I'm aiming for number one in the world.
Yuri: I'm the Ice Tiger of Russia.
Gramps: Oh, Yuri!
Yuri: Grandpa!
SFX,Sign: cr*ck
Yuri: S-Sorry, I forgot you had a bad back.
Gramps: Yuri, I made my usual pirozhkis for you.
Yuri: Grandpa, have you ever had a pork cutlet bowl?
Gramps: Pork cutlet bowl?
Yuri: I had them back in Japan.
Yuri: They're really tasty!
Gramps: Are the pirozhkis not very good?
Yuri: No, that's not what I meant.
News: Our national hero, Victor Nikiforov, has returned to Russia as a coach
News: in the Figure Skating Grand Prix Series.
Sign: Eighth Skate Yuri vs. Yuri The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Short Program
Y: Yuri vs. Yuri.
Y: The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Short Program.
News: How do you feel about returning to Russia?
News: When will you return to skating?
V: Until the Grand Prix Final is over,
V: I won't comment on any future plans.
V: Right now, I see a lot of potential in Katsuki Yuri's skating.
V: I'd like you all to focus on Yuri at the Rostelecom Cup.
Yuri: I'm in it, too!
News: If the skater Yuri has that much charisma,
News: don't you want to face him as a fellow competitor?
V: Hey, it's Yurio!
News: He's right.
News: It's Yuri Plisetsky!
V: Did you all see the short program I put together for Yurio?
Yuri: Quit acting like you're still the top Russian figure skater.
Yuri: I'm the star in this event!
Y: Oh, it's Seung Gil Lee from Korea.
Y: Unlike the Cup of China, there's no one here I'm friendly with...
Michele: If you want to date my little sister,
Michele: you'll have to b*at me first!
Emil: Sorry, sorry.
Sala: Mickey!
Sala: Stop, we're just going out for a bite.
Michele: Oh?
Michele: Sala's leagues above any other woman, idiot!
Sala: Hi, Yuri.
Sala: Hi, Seung Gil. Do you want to come with—
SGL: No.
Sala: Hey!
Sala: If you're turning a lady down, can't you be more considerate?
SGL: Do I get any benefit out of being friendly with you?
Michele: What?
Sala: Hey!
Michele: How dare you speak that way to Sala?!
Michele: Want a smackdown?!
SGL: Could you step aside?
Michele: Huh?!
Yuri: Why are you sneaking around?
Y: Yurio... Good to see you again.
Y: Um, good luck to both of us in the Rostelecom Cup.
Yuri: Huh?
Yuri: You'll suffer a miserable defeat here in Moscow.
Yuri: I'm going to have Victor stay in Russia.
Y: Right...
Y: If I can't rank higher than fourth in this event,
Y: I won't make it to the Grand Prix Final.
Y: And if I don't, what will Victor do?
Fuji: The Men's Singles Short Program event is about to start here in Moscow.
GrandPrix,Sign: Grand Prix Final
WorldChampion,Sign: Figure Skating Grand Prix Series World Championships
sixth,Sign: Sixth Event: Rostelecom Cup
topright: ,Katsuki Yuri & Victor Nikiforov The Battie to Advance to the Final Narration: Fujino Naohiko
Fuji: After the series' fifth event, the Trophée de France,
arena,Sign: Moscow Small Sports Arena Moscow, Russia
topright,Sign: Sixth Event in GP Series, Rostelecom Cup Men's Singles Short Program
Fuji: the current rankings are as follows.
pointranking,Sign : GP Series Men's Singles Point Ranking
names,Sign : Otabek Altin Christophe Giacometti Phichit Chulanont Jean-Jacques Leroy Yuri Plisetsky Katsuki Yuri Michele Crispino Emil Nekola Seung Gil Lee
confirmed,Sign : Qualifier for Final Qualifier for Final
Fuji: Only the top six skaters will compete in the Grand Prix Final.
topleft: ,First Event: Skate America
Grand Prix,Sign: Skate America nd Place, NHK Trophy st Place Otabek Altin (Age )
topright: ,Katsuki Yuri & Victor Nikiforov The Battie to Advance to the Final
Fuji: Currently, only two are confirmed qualifiers.
Fuji: One is Otabek Altin of Kazakhstan, who placed second in Skate America,
topleft: ,Fourth Event: NHK Trophy
Fuji: and then won the NHK Trophy as a dark horse.
topleft: ,Third Event: Cup of China
Grand Prix,Sign: Cup of China rd Place, Trophée de France st Place Christophe Giacometti (Age )
Fuji: The other is Christophe Giacometti, who placed third in the Cup of China
topleft: ,Fifth Event: Trophée de France
Fuji: and first at the Trophée de France.
sixth,Sign: Sixth Event
Moro: The last four spots in the Final will be fought over by the following skaters.
topleft: ,GP Series Rostelecom Cup Men's Singles Short Program
Moro: Canada's Jean-Jacques Leroy, who's on a roll after winning
Moro: on his home turf at Skate Canada.
Grand Prix,Sign AR: Skate Canada st Place Jean-Jacques Leroy (Age )
Moro: Korea's Seung Gil Lee, a newcomer to the Grand Prix Series who made
Moro: great strides by placing second in the NHK Trophy.
Grand Prix,Sign AR: NHK Trophy st Place Seung Gil Lee (Age )
Moro: Michele Crispino of Italy, here today with his sister, Sala,
Moro: after placing third in the NHK Trophy.
Grand Prix,Sign - - - -: NHK Trophy rd Place Michele Crispino (Age )
Moro: Emil Nekola, a rising star from the Czech Republic,
Moro: who took third at Skate Canada.
Grand Prix,Sign - - - -: Skate Canada rd Place Emil Nekola (Age )
Moro: Russia's own Yuri Plisetsky, who made a brilliant senior debut
Moro: with a second-place finish at Skate Canada.
Grand Prix,Sign - - - -: Skate Canada nd Place Yuri Plisetsky (Age )
Moro: And finally, Japan's Katsuki Yuri, who placed second in the Cup of China.
Grand Prix,Sign AR: Cup of China nd Place Katsuki Yuri (Age )
Moro: He'll be skating in the final group.
Moro: The Rostelecom Cup results will also determine
Moro: whether Thailand's Phichit Chulanont will advance to the Grand Prix Final.
Minako: Ugh, I'm getting disconnected from the livestream!
Minako: I should've gone to Russia.
Yuko: You three, go to sleep already!
Kids: No!
Kids: I want to see it!
Kids: I want to see it live!
Moro: Group One's six-minute warm-up has ended.
SGL: Seung Gil, are you listening to me?
SGL: Everything you do is for Pyeongchang.
SGL: What you should be focused on right now is...
SGL: Seung Gil!
Moro: Seung Gil Lee of Korea, age .
Moro: In his first event, the NHK Trophy,
Moro: he drove the crowd wild by skating to this music, "Almavivo."
Moro: The first jump will be a quad.
Moro: So far in the world,
Moro: only Seung Gil Lee has landed this jump in competition.
Moro: A quadruple loop! Success!
SGL: The base value is ..
Moro: Seung Gil Lee's theme this season is "greed."
Moro: He said he'd like to approach
Moro: this season with a different masculine sex appeal than before.
Minako: His theme's similar to Yuri's.
Minako: Talk about sex appeal inflation.
Kids: Overflowing...
Kids: ...masculine...
Kids: ...sex appeal!
Moro: Even with the quadruple loop under his belt,
Moro: with the arsenal necessary to compete on the world stage,
Moro: Seung Gil still wants to break new ground
Moro: and personally requested to skate a mambo.
Oda: A triple axel.
Moro: Oh, he fell!
SGL: I had enough rotation.
SGL: The jump was in the second half,
SGL: so I get a . multiplier,
SGL: which means a . with a deduction of .
Oda: A triple Lutz, triple toe loop.
Moro: No mistakes there!
SGL: With a . multiplier, that got me . points.
SGL: Now the final element, a step sequence...
Moro: What a passionate step sequence!
Moro: His polished execution should be well-received by the judges.
Minako: His face is expressionless, but his steps are out of this world.
Kids: He's evolved even further since the NHK Trophy!
Kids: Wow!
Emil: That's a hard act to follow...
Michele: Yeah, right.
Sala: That was hot!
Michele: I've never seen you nervous.
Emil: Mickey! Sala!
Emil: Let's all go to Barcelona!
Moro: Seung Gil Lee's score is ., a personal best.
Ranking: ,RK: Seung Gil Lee Total
Moro: He's currently in first place!
Moro: Next up is Emil Nekola of the Czech Republic, age .
SGL: Cheers from the crowd never affect my performance.
Michele: He sure can jump,
Michele: but if his performance is lackluster...
Sala: Is it?
Sala: Once Mickey's done,
Sala: it's almost time for Group Two.
JJ: Did you all hear that?
JJ: Emil landed a quadruple loop, too.
JJ: Applause!
Y: Huh?
Y: Oh, sorry. I didn't catch that.
JJ: Victor did the same jump at last year's exhibition.
JJ: I want to see that again!
V: I don't recall.
JJ: Aww!
Ranking: ,RK: Emil Nekola Total
Moro: Emil Nekola's score is ..
Moro: He's currently in second place.
Emil: Mickey, you'll one-up me now, right?
Emil: Mickey, hey!
Moro: Next up is Michele Crispino of Italy.
Emil: Sala!
Moro: His sister, Sala, is also here for support.
Moro: He will skate to "L'Homme Armé" from the movie Destiny of Knights.
Michele: See my chivalry, Sala!
Oda: A triple axel.
Sala: Mickey!
Michele: I've defeated every single man who's tried to approach Sala so far.
Michele: I want to skate with Sala forever!
Michele: My love will take a back seat to no man!
Oda: A quadruple Salchow.
Moro: Ah, he fell.
Michele: Sala...
Michele: I don't want you feeling down because of me
Michele: when your short program is coming up!
Michele: As your older brother,
Michele: and as a man...
Michele: Only my love, the kind that doesn't rely on physical love,
Michele: can protect Sala as a lady!
Moro: The next jump combination is a triple Lutz, triple toe loop.
Sala: Oh, no way...
Moro: The combination turned into a triple Lutz, triple loop!
Moro: That combination has a very high difficulty.
Moro: Among active skaters, only his sister,
Moro: Sala Crispino, attempts this combination.
Oda: Wow, what a surprise!
Michele: Sala...
Michele: I'm sure you'll be able to jump that combination like I just did!
Michele: Don't worry.
Michele: We'll always be together.
Sala: Mickey has to reach a place where he can win without my being around.
Michele: Sala!
Sala: Mickey!
Sala: If something doesn't change,
Sala: both of us will go down.
Ranking: ,RK: Michele Crispino Total
Moro: Michele Crispino's score is ..
Michele: All right! Sala!
Moro: He's currently in second place.
Yuri: Grandpa, you're not coming?
Minako: Oh, jeez! I still can't connect!
Minako: Why won't they show the event live on TV?
Minako: Oh, finally!
Minako: It's already Yuri's turn!
Kids: Good luck, Yuri!
Yuko: Enough already!
Audience: Victor! Victor! Victor!
Moro: Katsuki Yuri won second place in the Cup of China with the power of love.
Audience: Victor! Victor! Victor!
Moro: What kind of performance will he give us here?
Audience: Victor! Victor!
Y: The performance has already begun, Victor.
V: You're right.
Y: Don't worry.
Y: I'll show my love to the whole of Russia.
Y: That was so embarrassing.
Y: But before the crowd can intimidate me in enemy territory,
Y: I have to intimidate them!
Moro: Japan's Katsuki Yuri, age .
: He's skating to "On Love: Eros."
: He's been b*ating his short program personal bests since the first event in the series.
: He'll need to finish fourth or higher
: to advance to the Grand Prix Final.
Y: If I lose at the Rostelecom Cup,
Y: this may become the last time I can skate this program
Y: with Victor at my side as my coach.
Y: Maybe no one in Russia, or even the entire world, wants me to win.
Y: Thinking that runs chills up my spine.
Y: I'm the only one who can change that world!
V: I guess Yuri is more motivated
V: when he's competing away, where expectations are lower.
V: At any rate, he's in his best form so far.
Moro: His first planned jump is a triple axel from a spread eagle.
Oda: A triple axel.
Moro: Very clean!
Oda: A quadruple Salchow.
V: Yuri!
V: Amazing!
Oda: A quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.
Moro: He nailed the last combination, too!
Yuri: He's refined the program this much since the Hot Springs on Ice event, huh?
Moro: Another flawless performance, following his last short program in the Cup of China!
Moro: The crowd's giving him a standing ovation!
V: Yuri!
Y: My skating must've gotten my message across.
Yuri: Crap.
Yuri: And here I thought I'd be able to perfect "agape" by having Grandpa watch.
V: Yuri...
V: That was perfect!
Yuri: Out of my way, pig.
Y: Th-This is Yurio's real agape!
Y: Nice!
V: Good!
Fans: Yuratchka!
Fans: Yuri!
Yakov: Yuri, no need to get tense just because it's the Rostelecom Cup.
Lilia: All the work you did in practice won't betray you.
Lilia: Listen, have confidence in yourself.
Yurio: Huh?
Yurio: I can't hear very well.
Yurio: Calm down.
Yurio: Calm down!
Moro: .!
Moro: You did it, Yuri!
Moro: He's surpassed his personal best again!
Moro: He's now in first place!
Moro: Oh, my!
Moro: Overcome with happiness, Nikiforov kissed Katsuki's skate!
Y: Yurio!
Y: Davai!
Yuri: Huh?
V: Good luck, Yurio!
SFX,Sign: Grrr!!!
Yakov: Yuri?
Moro: The usurper skater of Russia,
Moro: Yuri Plisetsky, age .
Moro: His program was choreographed by Victor Nikiforov.
Yuri: Damn it, I'm not so down on my luck
Yuri: that I need you guys cheering me on.
Moro: He's skating to "On Love: Agape,"
Moro: a different arrangement of the music used in Katsuki's program,
Moro: with an opposing theme.
Yuri: Crap!
Yuri: I'm not feeling agape at all.
Yuri: I'm angry!
Moro: Here comes the first jump, a triple axel.
Moro: Ah, he fell!
Yuri: Crap!
Yuri: Since last year, I haven't missed that triple axel once until now!
Oda: A flying sit spin.
Oda: His position is quite beautiful.
Yuri: I've been pouring blood, sweat, and tears into this
Yuri: since that humiliation, too.
Yuri: I just lack overall experience, that's all.
Moro: The first quad comes in a combination.
Oda: A quadruple Salchow, triple toe loop.
Moro: A fantastic jump combination with great height and flow!
Moro: With such polish,
Moro: it's hard to believe he only started doing that this season.
Moro: And here comes the final jump.
Oda: A quadruple toe loop.
Moro: Beautiful!
Moro: Yuri Plisetsky of Russia has truly remarkable talent!
Yakov: Even when he wasn't at his best, he always analyzed his performance
Yakov: mid-program to make a strong comeback.
Lilia: That's right.
Lilia: Have pride in yourself as a work of art until the very end, Yuri.
Yuri: This is damn tough...
Moro: Yuri Plisetsky has delivered a beautiful short program in response
Moro: to the local supporters' high expectations here in Moscow!
Audience: So cute!
JJ: Oh, ladies first.
Yuri: I forgot there was someone even more annoying than those two.
Yuri: JJ!
Crowd: The score's up.
Ranking: ,RK: Yuri Plisetsky Total
Moro: Yuri Plisetsky's score is ., putting him in second.
Moro: Katsuki Yuri remains in first place.
Moro: The last competitor is the skater with the most momentum right now,
Moro: Jean-Jacques Leroy of Canada, age .
Moro: He's known as "JJ."
Moro: He will skate to an original song composed for him,
Moro: "Theme of King JJ."
JJ: I'm the only one in the whole wide world who can pull off
JJ: a dream collaboration with a world-famous rock band!
Oda: A quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.
Moro: He's doing mega-jumps right off the bat!
Moro: He placed third in last year's Grand Prix Final.
Moro: This season, he has won Skate Canada,
Moro: and currently has the greatest momentum.
JJ: Watch me do another big one!
Oda: A triple axel.
Moro: That was another mega-high jump that almost cleared the fence!
JJ: You might expect a top skater
JJ: to plan a lot of jumps for the second half of their program,
JJ: but I'm different.
JJ: Because I value the collaboration between my skating and the music!
JJ: It's JJ style!
JJ: Let's go! Everyone sing along!
Moro: The lyrics express how JJ is at the top of the world and invite everyone to follow him.
Moro: What an impressive step sequence.
Moro: Now, the last jump is a mega-jump that
Moro: not even Victor Nikiforov ever attempted in the second half,
Moro: a quadruple Lutz.
Moro: He did it!
JJ: No one else takes such risks, right?
JJ: I get them done because...
JJ: Right, because I'm the king!
JJ: I never stand still.
JJ: Or rather, I can't stand still!
Y: Huh?
Fans: JJ!
JJ: It's JJ Style!
YSis: Oh, Yuri?
Sign: Veterinary Hospital
YSis: Sorry to bother you during an event,
YSis: but Maccachin stole some buns, and they got stuck in his throat.
YSis: We're at the vet right now,
YSis: but we're not sure he'll make it.
Ranking: ,RK: Jean-Jacques Leroy Total
Moro: Jean-Jacques Leroy's score is .!
JJ: It's JJ style!
Moro: He's surpassed his personal best Skate Canada score!
YSis: Sorry, what do you want us to do?
Y: Victor!
Y: Go back to Japan right now.
Y: I'll face the free skate tomorrow on my own!
Yakov: Don't eat too many pirozhkis tomorrow, okay?
Yuri: Yeah, yeah.
Yuri: Huh?
Y: But you have to go back!
V: Like I said, I can't.
Yuri: What's going on with them?
V: Yakov!
V: Thank God!
V: You're the only coach for me.
Yakov: What?
Yakov: You want to come back?
V: Can you be Yuri's coach tomorrow, for just one day?
Yakov: Huh?
Y: Huh?
Yuri: Huh?
Y: Huh?!
Sign: To Be Continued!!!
whine: ,Whine...
Gramps: My dear Yuratchka, eat some pirozhkis.
Y: I'd like some, too.
Yuri: I have no pirozhkis for you!
Y: You don't seem to have changed.
Yuri: Next time, Ninth Skate:
Y: Yuri Versus...
Yuri: ...Yuri.
Sign: Ninth Skate Yuri vs. Yuri The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Free Skate
Gramps: The Horror!!
Y: Rostelecom Cup, Free Skate.
01x08 - Yuri vs Yuri! The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Short 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.