Y: After the Final, let's end this.
V: Huh?
Y: You've done more than enough for me, Victor.
Y: Thanks to you, I was able to give everything I had to my last season.
Y: Thank you for everything, Victor.
Y: Thank you for being my coach.
Y: Victor?
V: Damn...
V: I didn't expect Katsuki Yuri to be such a selfish human being.
Y: Right.
Y: I made this selfish decision on my own.
Y: I'm retiring.
V: What are you doing, Yuri?
Y: Oh, I'm just surprised to see you cry.
V: I'm mad, okay?
Y: You're the one who said it was only until the Grand Prix Final!
V: I thought you needed my help more.
Y: Aren't you going to make a comeback?
Y: You don't have to worry about me—
V: How can you tell me to return to the ice while saying you're retiring?!
Y: We decided to each make our own decisions after the free skate.
SignD: ,Narration: Fujino Naohiko
Fuji: This is the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
topright: ,Katsuki Yuri Strives for His First Time on the Podium Battle of the World's Top Skaters
SignB: ,Barcelona Spain
Fuji: Tonight, we'll know our world champion.
Fuji: We have Russia's Yuri Plisetsky in first, with the highest ever short program score.
GPplace: ,Short Program: st Place Yuri Plisetsky
Fuji: Otabek Altin, the hero of Kazakhstan, is in second at his very first Grand Prix Final.
GPplace: ,Short Program: nd Place Otabek Altin
Fuji: Christophe Giacometti of Switzerland is in third
GPplace: ,Short Program: rd Place Christophe Giacometti
Fuji: after a very distinct performance.
Fuji: Katsuki Yuri, Japan's ace, hopes to turn his fourth place into a spot on the podium.
GPplace: ,Short Program: th Place Katsuki Yuri
GPplace: ,Short Program: th Place Phichit Chulanont
Fuji: Phichit Chulanont, the first Thai skater to qualify for the Final, is in fifth.
Fuji: And Jean-Jacques Leroy of Canada enters the free skate, shockingly, in sixth.
GPplace: ,Short Program: th Place Jean-Jacques Leroy
Fuji: Will he make a comeback?
Fuji: The final chapter of the Grand Prix Final is about to begin.
Sign: Final Chapter
stephane: ,Turin Olympics Silver Medalist World Championship Gold Medalist Stéphane Lambiel
topright: ,Grand Prix Final Men's Singles Free Skate
Taka: This is Stéphane Lambiel reporting from Spain.
Taka: Now to you, Mr. Morooka at the rink.
Moro: Yes, Morooka here.
Moro: Skater Katsuki has not practiced publicly
Moro: since the day after the short program.
Moro: He's worried his supporters by remaining out of sight,
Moro: but he returned to the ice for the morning's public practice.
V: Hi, Victor!
V: Hi, Stéphane. It's been a while.
V: People of Japan, please continue to cheer for Yuri today.
stephane: ,Turin Olympics Silver Medalist World Championship Gold Medalist Stéphane Lambiel
topright: ,Grand Prix Final Men's Singles Free Skate
Matsu: Thank you, Victor. Best of luck to him.
Taka: Hmm... It seems neither Yuri Katsuki
Taka: nor Victor Nikiforov have the energy we've come to expect.
Sign: Final Skate Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge It!!! Grand Prix Final Free Skate
Y: Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge It!!!
Y: Grand Prix Final Free Skate.
Moro: The Men's Singles Free Skate is about to start.
Moro: First on the ice is Jean-Jacques Leroy of Canada.
Moro: A string of short program mishaps has cost him points, and he's far behind.
JJMom: JJ!
JJMom: You can do this!
JJMom: JJ, the music's started!
JJ: I can't believe I just did that.
JJ: It's been sixteen years since I started skating.
KidJJ: Mom! Dad! Look!
JJ: I feel like I've been tossed onto the ice naked for the very first time.
Oda: Looks like he didn't go into the jump with enough speed.
Moro: That jump is Jean-Jacques Leroy's specialty,
Moro: but his practice was mired in mistakes, too.
Moro: Still, he's the sole skater among the final six with four quads in his programs.
Moro: Quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop.
JJDad: Yeah!
Moro: He did it!
JJ: Leave me alone!
JJMom: JJ?
JJ: Sorry... Mom, I'm sorry.
JJ: I don't know what to do!
JJ: I'd never been that angry before.
JJ: I'm truly a bird with a broken wing.
JJ: Stop it.
JJ: I don't deserve applause right now!
JJ: Given the current totals,
JJ: I might be able to claw my way onto the podium if the others mess up.
JJ: But still...
JJ: Me? Win out of sheer luck?
JJ: That's not like me at all!
Moro: A triple axel.
Moro: Another success!
JJDad: We'll greet him with a smile, no matter what score he gets.
YoungJJ: The "JJ Style" I have in mind is...
YoungJJ: Coach, I—
Ciao: First of all, say, "Yes."
JJ: This is so that JJ can stay JJ.
JJ: Watch me!
Moro: For his final jump, he's planned a quadruple toe loop.
JJ: A plan is just a plan!
Oda: A quadruple loop.
Moro: Jean-Jacques Leroy!
JJ: Yes!
Moro: He rose to the challenge!
Oda: There was a step-out, but overall, a great jump.
Miche: Huh?
Emil: I guess he did do that jump during practice.
SGL: JJ landed a quadruple loop?
SGL: The Four Continents will be fun.
Y: Their battles will continue for years after this Grand Prix Final.
Y: No tale is more compelling than one that never ends.
Moro: Jean-Jacques Leroy of Canada's score is .! A high score right off the bat!
JJ: It's JJ Style!
Ciao: JJ hasn't changed at all.
Ciao: A pupil's accomplishment is headier than any wine.
Ciao: Phichit, use your performance to intoxicate the world.
Moro: In his short program,
Moro: Phichit Chulanont of Thailand, age , bewitched the audience here in Spain.
Moro: His supporters back home have high expectations, as well.
Phi: I've never had such a big crowd cheering for me before.
Phi: I really want to turn in a flawless performance!
Oda: A triple axel...
Moro: He stumbled, but got up right away.
Phi: I have to entertain the audience!
GHJ: Jiayou!
Phi: Right now, the toe loop is my only quad.
Phi: I can't easily add more to my quad repertoire just yet, but...
Oda: A quadruple toe loop.
Ciao: Bravo!
Moro: His nerves settled, and he nailed it!
Mura: Okay!
Phi: Here at the Grand Prix Final,
Phi: I'm confident that I stand out as a skater unlike any other!
Oda: Triple flip, single loop, double flip.
Moro: He landed his last jump combination!
Phi: I have a dream.
Phi: I haven't told Yuri about it yet...
Phi: But I want to have an ice show in Thailand someday.
Phi: I want everyone in Thailand to know how fun figure skating is!
Y: Please be my coach until I retire!
V: I wish you'd never retire.
Y: Let's win gold together at the Grand Prix Final.
V: Don't worry. You can win gold, Yuri.
V: Believe in yourself.
Y: Hey, Victor...
Y: You said before that you want to stay true to yourself, right?
Y: Don't suddenly start trying to sound like a coach now.
Y: I want to smile for my last time on the ice.
V: Yuri, listen to me.
V: I debated whether I should tell you this now, but...
V: I took a break after becoming the five-time world champion to coach you,
V: so how is it possible that you still haven't won a single gold medal?
V: How much longer are you going to stay in warm-up mode?
V: I really want to kiss the gold medal.
Moro: What's going on?
Moro: Skater Katsuki looks like he might be crying.
Y: I've already made up my mind about my goal.
Minami: Go!
Kids: Go, Yuri!
Nishi: Hey, he's running out of time.
Y: My name is Katsuki Yuri.
Y: I'm a dime-a-dozen Japanese figure skater.
Y: I'm .
Moro: He said he'd like to use this program to express the different forms of love he feels.
Moro: His music for the free skate is "Yuri on Ice."
Moro: There will be two consecutive quads.
Moro: The first is part of a combination...
Oda: Quadruple toe loop, double toe loop.
Y: For more than half of my life, I've been trying to catch up to Victor.
Y: Thank you for bringing me all the way here, Victor.
Y: And it's not just Victor I have to thank.
Oda: A quadruple Salchow.
Minako: He's changed since Yurio taught him how to do the Salchow.
Oda: A triple flip.
V: He changed it from the triple loop...
V: Yuri, you can't be serious.
Y: My performance needs to be better than flawless for a chance at the gold.
Y: I've been thinking ever since the short program that
Y: I'd like the final free skate of my career
Y: to have the same difficulty as Victor's.
Oda: A triple axel.
Moro: A triple flip is planned next.
Oda: A quadruple toe loop?
V: A quad?
V: You added another for a total of four quads, Yuri?
Y: Do you realize it now, Victor?
Oda: Triple axel, single loop, triple Salchow.
Y: I don't want it to end here, Victor.
Y: I want to be in figure skating with you forever.
Oda: Triple Lutz, triple toe loop.
Y: But your staying on as my coach
Y: means slowly k*lling you as a competitive skater.
Y: Look at the Victor who lives on inside me.
Y: Your becoming my coach wasn't a waste of time.
Y: I'm the only one in the whole world who can prove that.
Moro: The last jump is a quad, the signature move of his coach, Victor Nikiforov!
Oda: A quadruple flip.
Moro: He did it!
Moro: Katsuki Yuri has succeeded in creating a masterful culmination of his career!
V: Yuri!
Y: I don't want to go to the kiss and cry.
Y: Because going back there means it's over.
V: Don't worry.
V: Your performance was so perfect, I'm sure you'll get a great score.
Moro: We have Katsuki Yuri's scores...
Moro: His free skate score is .!
Moro: He's broken Victor Nikiforov's long-time world record
Moro: for the Men's Singles Free Skate!
Moro: His total score is .!
Moro: He's jumped all the way to first place!
V: Congratulations, Yuri.
V: Having both Yuris b*at my records
V: is the ultimate bliss as your choreographer and coach,
V: but it's the ultimate diss as a competitor.
Y: Huh?
Y: Does that mean you'll come back?
Chris: That guy rumored to be retiring banged out a world record.
Chris: Talk about a dreamer.
Moro: Christophe Giacometti is skating to "Spanish Rhapsody."
Chris: I thought this Grand Prix Final would be my last chance to win,
Chris: but Yuri easily b*at my personal best.
Chris: Looks like it won't be that easy to get my hands on a medal,
Chris: but I think I'll be able to enjoy this year's Final until the very end.
Oda: A quadruple Lutz.
Moro: He landed it again in the free skate!
Chris: I can do this.
V: Yeah!
V: Oh, please take our picture with this phone!
Oda: What was meant to be a quadruple Salchow became a single.
Phi: Hang in there, Chris!
YV: Allez!
V: Chris!
Chris: Victor...
Chris: I got too used to having you in front of me.
Chris: I pretended not to notice the discomfort of being surpassed by another.
Chris: But I can always fan the flames of regret within me!
Chris: There!
Oda: A triple axel!
Minako: A lone triple axel?
Phi: He changed his program to make a jump into a combination in the second half.
Oda: Triple axel, single loop, triple Salchow.
Moro: His final jumps were successful!
Oda: Yes, he brought a combination he usually does in the first half
Oda: into the second instead.
Moro: We have a standing ovation from the audience!
Moro: Just look at their enthusiasm!
Minako: Chris!
Chris: Merci.
SFX,Sign: OMG!
Moro: His free skate score is ..
Moro: His total score is ..
Moro: After four skaters, he is currently in third.
Moro: At this time, Katsuki Yuri, currently in first,
Moro: is guaranteed a spot on the podium!
Woman: Congratulations!
Y: Oh, thank you.
Moro: After the short program, he's . points behind the leader, Yuri Plisetsky.
MM: Otabek! Davai!
Moro: He's now on the ice, gunning for a spot on the podium at his first Grand Prix Final.
JJ: Keep an eye out for the quadruple Salchow straight out of JJ's book!
Leo: Go, Otabek!
Moro: He is skating to the second movement from Beethoven's "Symphony No. ."
Ota: Now is the time for you to take center stage.
Ota: The whole world is waiting for you.
Oda: A quadruple toe loop.
Moro: He did it!
V: Yakov...
V: I want to talk to you about something.
Yakov: Right now?
Yakov: Tell me later.
Yakov: It's almost Yuri's turn!
Oda: Quadruple Salchow, triple toe loop.
Yakov: What?!
Yakov: You're coming back?!
V: Yeah.
V: For now, I'll time my return to the Russian Nationals.
Yuri: Hey, does that mean the pork cutlet bowl's retiring?
V: That's his decision.
V: He said he'd decide after the Grand Prix Final was over.
Ota: Don't forget what it is you want.
Ota: Now is the time to take off.
Oda: A triple axel.
Ota: Fulfill your dream.
Ota: Only you can make it a reality.
Ota: Live your life.
Y: Victor?
Ota: Dance your dream.
Ota: Sing, sing... Sing your own song.
Oda: A quadruple Salchow.
Moro: He's landed all his quads!
Oda: Triple flip, single loop, triple Salchow.
Phi: Wow.
Ciao: Originality isn't only about what you're born with.
Ciao: At age , Otabek is about to prove that.
Ota: Do to the fullest, play to the fullest, and discover.
Ota: Find your path, and go above and beyond it!
Ota: Now is your beginning.
Ota: Live your own life.
Moro: Here comes the final jump...
Oda: A triple loop.
Moro: All of his jumps were successful!
Now is your beginning. This is your time.
Moro: Otabek Altin missed Jean-Jacques Leroy by a sliver and is currently in third!
Moro: Katsuki Yuri remains in first place.
Moro: The final skater to take the ice is the Russian fifteen-year-old,
Moro: Yuri Plisetsky.
Y: Yuri, davai!
Ota: Yuri, davai!
Yuri: Yakov, Lilia.
Yuri: Grandpa.
uchiwa: ,YU RI O
Yuko: Yurio-kun, davai!
Yuri: Yuko and the rest.
Kids: Davai, davai!
Yuri: And Katsuki Yuri... Watch this closely.
Moro: He is skating to "Allegro Appassionato in B Minor."
Moro: Yuri Plisetsky hammered out a new world record with his short program.
Moro: If he wins the Grand Prix Final in his senior debut,
Moro: that will make men's singles history.
Moro: First up is a quad!
Oda: A quadruple Salchow.
Moro: Success!
Oda: A spiral... into a triple axel.
Moro: Another success!
Oda: That was a difficult entry, and he used a raised arm with the jump,
Oda: earning higher marks for greater difficulty.
Y: Yuri Katsuki...
Y: He screws up his jumps, but his step sequence grabs your attention.
Y: I want to see him skate with no mistakes.
Default - flashback: ,What kind of guy is he?
Y: What a loser! He's crying!
Y: We don't need two Yuris in the same bracket.
Y: Just retire already.
Y: Moron!
Y: What, you're gonna retire once you win gold?
Y: You don't care anymore now that you got a higher score than Victor's?
Y: That's bull!
Y: Don't disappoint me!
Y: There are no gold medals for pigs to feed on!
Moro: A triple flip.
Y: Hang in there, Yurio.
Y: Here come the second-half jumps.
Yuri: I'm going to win!
Oda: A quadruple toe loop.
Moro: A big fall there!
Oda: He got up right away.
Oda: Beautiful spiral position.
Gramps: Yuratchka, look how strong you've become.
Lilia: You've distanced yourself from being a prima ballerina,
Lilia: but you've evolved into your own new beauty, Yuri Plisetsky.
Oda: Quadruple Salchow, triple toe loop.
Moro: Brilliant execution!
Moro: What determination, raising both arms again!
Yuri: Are you watching, Katsuki Yuri?
Yuri: I'm gonna b*at your record someday.
Oda: Quadruple toe loop, double toe loop.
Moro: He's added a quad at this point in the program!
Yuri: If you retire now, I'll make you regret it for the rest of your life.
Yuri: Moron!
Oda: Triple axel, single loop, triple Salchow.
Moro: He did it!
Moro: Yuri Plisetsky's free skate score is .!
Moro: His total score narrowly beats Katsuki's
Moro: by . points to win the gold!
Moro: Well, Katsuki Yuri's on the podium for the first time!
topright: ,Plisetsky: Gold, Katsuki: Silver, Leroy: Bronze Astounding! New World Record Score
guest: ,Guest: Stéphane Lambiel Commentator: Morooka Hisashi
: Yes, and what a magnificent result!
: He showed us a performance that no one would have imagined after last year's Final.
Y: It's not a gold medal, but...
V: I don't feel like kissing it unless it's gold.
V: Man, I really wanted to kiss Yuri's gold medal.
V: I'm such a failure as a coach.
V: Yuri, do you have any suggestions?
V: Something that would excite me?
V: What did you think just now?
Y: Oh, um... Well...
Y: Victor!
Y: Please stay with me in competitive figure skating for one more year!
Y: This time, I'll win gold for sure!
V: Great!
V: But keep going!
Y: What?
V: Even I'm worried about making a full comeback
V: if I'm also staying on as your coach.
V: In exchange, I'll need you to become a five-time world champion, at least.
Y: Okay.
Moro: The men's singles silver medalist, Japan's Katsuki Yuri.
Moro: His exhibition is the free program of his coach, who's just announced his comeback,
Moro: last year's "Stay by Me."
Y: There's a place you just can't reach
Y: unless you have a dream too large to bear alone.
Y: We call everything on the ice "love."
V: Yuri!
01x12 - Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge it! Grand Prix Final 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.