Y: I'm Katsuki Yuri, a figure skater representing Japan
Y: who's in the middle of the Grand Prix Series' Cup of China!
Y: I ended the short program in first place after scoring a personal high score!
Y: I'm now within reach of my first victory in a Grand Prix Series event!
YDad: Congratulations, Yuri.
YDad: We got really fired up!
Yuko: That was the hottest performance ever!
Nishi: Keep it up in your free program!
Kids: Yuri, that was awesome!
Kids: Awesome, awesome!
Kids: Good luck!
Y: China's On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!!
Sign: Seventh Skate China's On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Free Skate
Y: The Cup of China Free Skate.
V: Yuri, you haven't slept, have you?
Y: I-I-I did! A little bit, anyway.
V: Nap until this evening's event starts.
V: It'll be fine.
V: I always slept in until the last minute before competitions, too.
Y: Victor! Did you set an alarm?!
Moro: We're at the third event of the Grand Prix Series, the Cup of China.
Moro: The men's singles free skate is about to start!
Y: Huh? It won't open.
V: Yuri, were you unable to take a nap?
Y: Huh?
Y: I did nap! I did!
V: I forbid you from doing jumps in the six-minute warm-up.
Y: Huh?!
V: That's an order from your coach, Yuri.
Moro: Now, in the second half of the event,
Moro: Group is taking the ice.
V: If he flubs a jump during the warm-up,
V: he may lose even more confidence, and it'd negatively impact his free skate.
V: Yuri gets nervous easily.
Moro: Let's hope skater Katsuki is all right.
Moro: He looks rather glum after the warm-up.
YMom: Oh, my.
Nishi: That face...
Yuko: We've seen that face often.
V: Well, it's common for skaters to nail something they flubbed during practice!
Y: I'm sorry...
V: Well, just continue warming up, nice and easy.
GHCoach: Guang-Hong, keep it together.
GHCoach: You have the perfect program that we prepared just for today!
Audience: Guang-Hong!
GHCoach: Become China's hero!
Moro: First up is Guang-Hong Ji, China's young ace, age .
Moro: He's in sixth place after the short program.
Moro: His music is "The Inferno" from the movie Shanghai Blade.
: His theme this year is "bonds and v*olence."
GHJ: I went with this music because my coach pushed it so hard,
GHJ: but how does skating as an underworld assassin help me become a hero?
Moro: Oh! It looks like he over-rotated,
Moro: but that's another quadruple toe loop, following the one in his short program!
GHJ: I've been living in Shanghai's seamy underbelly,
GHJ: but this is my last job.
GHJ: With my trusty sword, I can handle it just fine on my own!
Taka: A triple axel, single loop, and a triple Salchow.
GHJ: All right. It's going even better than it did during the warm-up.
Moro: He's nailed all his jumps in the first half!
Moro: Will he grab a ticket to the Grand Prix Final in his very first Grand Prix series?
Moro: There will be more jumps in the second half.
Taka: A triple flip, followed by a triple toe loop...
Taka: He fell!
GHJ: Guess I won't be catching up with a flawless performance to place first.
Taka: A triple loop, followed by a double loop.
Moro: He's back on track!
GHJ: How did the story go from here?
GHJ: The protagonist infiltrates the enemy lair and fights his way to the top,
GHJ: where the boss awaits.
GHJ: He is reunited with longtime allies.
GHJ: Now that the pressure's off, there's opportunity!
Moro: Here comes the step sequence.
Moro: What speed! It's like watching a car chase!
Moro: He's taking us right to the climax.
GHJ: The protagonist has a duel with the enemy organization's boss.
GHJ: His allies are hunted by the organization.
Moro: The last jump is a double axel.
Moro: Success!
GHJ: My Grand Prix Series will end here,
GHJ: but the Four Continents and the Worlds are still waiting for me.
GHJ: I'll raise the technical difficulty of my programs and claw my way to the podium!
GHJ: I'm not the kind of man who'd die in a ditch here!
Moro: Guang-Hong Ji, enveloped in loud applause!
Moro: Guang-Hong Ji's combined score
Ranking: ,RK: Guang-Hong Ji Total
Moro: is .. He's currently in first place.
GHJ: I'm going to quit all social media to practice!
GiaCoach: Chris, like I keep saying, just go at your own pace.
Gia: Right.
: Chris!
Moro: Next, in fifth after the short program,
Moro: Christophe Giacometti, representing Switzerland, age .
Moro: His music is "Rapsodie Espagnole."
Moro: An error in the short program caused his technical score
Moro: to fall below that of China's Guang-Hong Ji,
Moro: but his presentation score went well above to place him fifth.
Moro: In his free skate, he has prepared three quads in the first half.
Moro: The first jump is his signature move, the high-difficulty quadruple Lutz!
Moro: Success!
GiaCoach: He's far from where he was at the European Championships,
GiaCoach: but he's still in competitive mode after the short program.
GiaCoach: That's unusual.
Moro: Next up is a quadruple Salchow.
Gia: Next is his triple axel, single loop, triple Salchow combination.
Gia: Take off in front of that ad.
Gia: And...
Gia: There!
Moro: He nailed the jump combination!
V: Yuri, let's warm up in a different spot.
V: What's the place with the fewest people?
Gia: I'm the only one who can skate exactly the way I want.
Gia: I thought Victor was the same as me, living for life on the ice.
Taka: Quadruple Salchow, double toe loop.
Moro: That was a perfect landing!
Gia: It's not like you to leave the ice and find someone you want to protect, Victor.
Gia: We met ten years ago,
Gia: when you'd won the European Championships
Gia: and I'd just debuted in the senior division.
Gia: Victor! Congrats!
V: What's your name?
Gia: Christophe Giacometti!
V: Okay.
V: Chris,
V: see you at the Worlds.
Gia: Yeah!
Gia: Yuri can't surpass you.
Gia: I'll win this season!
Gia: And I'll bring Victor back to the ice!
Taka: A triple axel.
Moro: He landed his last jump!
Gia: The next time you come to stand by me,
Gia: I believe I'll be the one standing in the middle.
Gia: I think I'm gonna come again...
Minako: Th-That was perfect!
Ranking: ,RK: Christophe Giacometti Total
Moro: His total after the short program is ..
GiaCoach: Bravo!
Moro: He leads Guang-Hong Ji by a huge margin,
Gia: Merci!
Moro: taking first place!
Y: Victor, what are the current standings?
V: O-Okay, Yuri.
V: First, let's take deep breaths.
Moro: Thailand's Phichit Chulanont, age .
Moro: His music is "Terra Incognita" from The King and the Skater II.
Taka: A triple axel!
Phi: Yeah!
Phi: I'm going to become Thailand's future!
Ciao: The audience has been in love with Phichit since his short program yesterday.
Ciao: Unlike Yuri, he has tremendous innate flair.
Moro: The loud cheers speak to the high expectations we have for Phichit Chulanont.
Moro: Coming up next is a triple Lutz.
Phi: Chris and Yuri are always ahead of me,
Phi: with their two quads and higher ratings on their five components.
Phi: With only one quad under my belt,
Phi: the only way I can stay ahead is to put all my quads in the second half for more points!
Phi: I'm the one who'll advance to the Grand Prix Final!
Moro: This expressive footwork is also one of his unique qualities as a Thai skater.
Moro: Here come the jumps in the second half, the first quad...
Taka: A quadruple toe loop!
Moro: Success!
Phi: Until very recently, I bet no one thought a Thai skater
Phi: would land a quad at a Grand Prix series event.
Phi: I've always believed in myself, though!
Taka: Quadruple toe loop, followed by a double toe loop!
Moro: He landed the second quad, too!
Ciao: Bravo!
Phi: It's something only I can do, not copying anyone else.
Moro: The only remaining jumps are a triple flip, single loop, double flip combination.
Moro: He nailed it!
Moro: All his jumps were flawless!
Moro: Figure skating history in Thailand...
Moro: no, in Asia...
Moro: is being rewritten before our eyes
Moro: by -year-old Phichit Chulanont!
Phi: Okay.
V: Don't listen!
Moro: In his first event, Skate America, Chulanont finished fourth.
Moro: In his second event, the Cup of China, will he score his first victory?
Moro: If so, he'll be on the cusp of becoming the first Thai skater
Moro: to advance to the Grand Prix Final!
Moro: Oh! His total score is .!
Moro: He took the lead over Giacometti!
Phi: Yeah!
Ciao: Well done, student.
Moro: This is his season's top score, of course!
Phi: Please root for me in the Grand Prix Final!
Ciao: Hey, you don't know if you'll make it yet.
Phi: Oh, right.
Leo: I won Skate America.
LeoCoach: That's right!
Leo: I ended yesterday's short program in third.
LeoCoach: Well done!
Leo: Of everyone here, I'm the closest to the Grand Prix Final!
LeoCoach: That's right!
Moro: Representing the United States, Leo de la Iglesia, age .
V: I understand how you might be affected by other skaters' standings
V: if you were younger.
V: But why is Yuri so nervous?
V: How can I motivate Yuri?
V: I have no idea.
Y: V-Victor?
Y: It's almost time.
Y: We need to get back.
V: Skaters' hearts are as fragile as glass.
V: If their hearts are so fragile...
V: Yuri.
Y: Huh?
V: Let's try shattering his into pieces.
V: If you mess up this free skate and miss the podium,
V: I'll take responsibility by resigning as your coach.
Y: Why would you say something like that, like you're trying to test me?
V: It shattered!
V: Uh, sorry, Yuri.
V: I wasn't being serious—
Y: I'm used to being blamed for my own failures!
Y: But this time, I'm anxious because my mistakes would reflect on you, too!
Y: I've been wondering if you secretly want to quit!
V: Of course I don't.
Y: I know!
V: I'm not good with people crying in front of me.
V: I don't know what I should do.
V: Should I just kiss you or something?
Y: No!
Y: Just have more faith than I do that I'll win!
Y: You don't have to say anything. Just stand by me!
Ranking: ,RK: Leo de la Iglesia Total
Moro: Leo de la Iglesia from the United States
LeoCoach: Leo, you're an artist.
Moro: is currently in sixth after his free skate.
LeoCoach: Your prayer reached the world.
Leo: Yeah.
Leo: I'll work hard in the US Nationals.
Moro: Next on the ice is Georgi Popovich, age , representing Russia.
Moro: His music is "A Tale of the Sleeping Prince."
Popo: Anya, where are you?
Popo: Why are you leaving me behind?
Popo: I love you so much!
Taka: Here's a quadruple Salchow, triple toe loop combination.
Moro: His theme for this season is "heartbreak."
Moro: He said he hopes people will notice
Moro: his new range of artistic expression in his performance.
Popo: Sorry I cast an eternal curse on you, my princess.
Popo: I'm sure you've been waiting for your prince's kiss all this time.
Moro: Here comes a triple loop.
Anya: Let's go.
BF: Anya?
Popo: Anya, don't run away!
Popo: I'm the one who'll protect you!
Popo: No!
Popo: Anya, it can't be true!
Popo: I refuse to believe it!
Moro: Next up is a quadruple Salchow.
Moro: He fell!
Yakov: Wake up!
Yakov: Of all my students, you've been the most receptive to my instructions.
Yakov: That was one of your weaknesses, as well.
Yakov: But this program realizes all the things Victor lacks as a skater.
Yakov: Skate with more confidence!
Moro: Next is a triple flip.
Moro: Great!
Moro: He carries himself with such dignity!
Popo: "Please wake me up."
Popo: I can hear your voice, Anya.
Popo: No matter what happens, I will kiss you.
Popo: I promise to save you.
Popo: I'll always be your ally.
Popo: That's why I promise to save you.
Popo: I'll save you right now.
Popo: You're not alone.
Popo: Victor, how does it feel to watch me from where you're standing now?
Popo: From now on, it's my time to shine!
Yuri: Oops, I forgot to watch the free skate.
Yuko: I wonder if Yuri-kun's okay.
Yuko: Don't his eyes look red?
Kids: You're right!
Nishi: I wonder if something happened between him and Victor.
V: "You don't have to say anything."
Y: Just have more faith than I do that I'll win!
V: I should have asked Yakov what to do as a coach in situations like this.
Moro: Georgi Popovich's total score is ..
Ranking: ,RK: Georgi Popovich Total
Moro: He's currently in third place.
Popo: I must take this program
Popo: to the next level before the Russian Nationals.
Yakov: There's a lot to work on.
Moro: We now have our last skater on the ice,
Moro: Katsuki Yuri from Japan, in first place after the short program.
Yakov: If your student's trying to console you,
Yakov: you still have a long way to go as a coach, Vitya.
Moro: His music is "Yuri on Ice."
Y: I feel a lot better after crying.
Y: Victor's expression when I started to cry was priceless.
V: Why is he smiling?
Y: I've cried after a match before,
Y: but that's the first time before a match.
Y: Um, so the first jump...
Y: A quadruple toe loop, double toe loop combination.
: Quadruple... Double.
Y: Better than I expected.
Moro: His first quad was a success.
Moro: In this free skate, Katsuki Yuri plans to do three quads of two different types.
Ciao: He's unusually relaxed today.
Y: Victor's too inexperienced as a coach.
Y: It's not like my mental weakness started just now.
Y: He should be prepared for this much.
Y: Stupid Victor!
Moro: A quadruple Salchow.
Y: Oh, I made it.
V: Perfect, Yuri!
Moro: His theme for this season is "love."
SignD,Sign : Love Katsuki Yuri
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!
Moro: Katsuki Yuri made an emphatic declaration at the press conference.
Taka: A triple loop.
Moro: Beautiful.
Moro: Next is one of his favorites, the triple axel.
Moro: Oops, he touched down!
Y: I might have messed up on controlling the jump's speed.
Y: It went pretty well, despite not doing it during warm-up.
Y: Next up is a triple flip.
Y: Oh, I wonder how Victor would react
Y: if I made the last quad a flip instead of a toe loop.
Moro: Coming next is a triple axel, single loop, triple Salchow combination.
Moro: He over-rotated that one.
Y: I over-rotated, but I'm not as tired as I should be, given I haven't slept.
Moro: A triple Lutz, triple toe loop combination.
Moro: Even in the second half, he's not showing any sign of fatigue.
Moro: Moving on to the step sequence.
Y: I want to become stronger...
Y: I can become stronger.
Y: I can surpass Victor's wildest imagination!
Moro: He's planned a quadruple toe loop for his final jump.
Moro: I-It's a quadruple flip!
Moro: He fell, but there appeared to be enough rotations!
Moro: The quadruple flip was a signature move of Victor Nikiforov, his coach.
Moro: Not even Nikiforov ever did a jump this difficult
Moro: at the end of a program, when fatigue would be at its peak!
Moro: Here's a man who'll go above and beyond our expectations,
Moro: Katsuki Yuri!
Minako: Huh? Huh?
Minako: Was that a flip?
Y: Is he crying?
Y: Is he mad?
Y: Which is it?
Y: Victor!
Y: I did great, right?
V: This was the only thing I could think of
V: to surprise you more than you've surprised me.
Y: Really?
Y: In the Cup of China, Phichit-kun won his first gold,
Y: and I kept Chris in check to win silver.
V: Now that Yuri can do a quadruple flip,
V: he'll definitely win at the Rostelecom Cup
V: and advance to the Grand Prix Final.
V: I'm looking forward to going to Russia as his coach.
Mila: Did you hear that?
Yuri: I'll make you into borscht in Moscow,
Yuri: you pig bastard!
Sign: To Be Continued!!!
V: Say the name of the Moscow airport we're heading to ten times, Yuri.
Y: Sheremetyevo, Sheremetyevo, Sheremetyevo, Sheremetyevo, Shere...
V: Next time, Eighth Skate: Yuri vs. Yuri.
V: The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Short Program.
Sign: Eighth Skate Yuri vs. Yuri The Horror!! Rostelecom Cup, Short Program
Y: One step from the Grand Prix Final!
V: From Russia with love.
01x07 - China's On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Free Skate
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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.