01x01 - Easy as Pirozhki!! The Grand Prix Final of Tears
Posted: 04/12/24 18:42
Y: He never fails to surprise me.
Y: Ever since I first saw his skating,
Y: it's been an unending chain of surprises.
Grand Prix,Sign : Sochi Grand Prix Final
Moro: He's also crushed the free skating event!
Moro: It will be the fifth consecutive Grand Prix Final victory for Russia's legend,
Moro: Victor Nikiforov.
Moro: Nikiforov is now years old.
Moro: Some speculated that he might retire this season,
Moro: but his masterful performance seems to lay such rumors to rest.
Moro: As for Katsuki Yuri, who earned a spot in the Grand Prix for the first time,
Moro: what do you think, Honda-san?
Honda: Well, he didn't perform like his usual self today.
Phone,Sign : Men's Figure Skating: Katsuki Suffers Utter Defeat
Phone,Sign : Katsuki Defeated: Still Needs to Work on Nerves
Coach: Yuri, don't look at the news.
Coach: Let's go back.
Y: "Katsuki Fell to Last Place. Is This Season His Last?"
Coach: Yuri...
Y: My name is Katsuki Yuri!
Phone,Sign : Top Certified Athletes
Y: I'm one of the dime-a-dozen top figure skaters certified by the JSF.
Y: I'm .
Y: My name makes me sound strong,
Y: but I finished last at my first Grand Prix Final.
Y: I still can't accept what happened!
Last,Y: Last Place
Y: I even moved to a training facility in Detroit
Y: and worked hard to make it to the final.
Y: But the pressure had me binge-eating before the match, and our family dog died...
Y: Mentally and physically, I was at my worst!
Y: It was supposed to be my big day, too...
Y: Well, it's all my fault, anyway.
Y: Hello?
Y: Mom, were you sleeping?
Y: Sorry.
Y: Oh, you were watching on TV?
Y: Huh? A public viewing?
Y: Please! I'm so embarrassed!
Y: I'm sorry.
Y: I messed up.
Y: Sorry.
Y: The Junior Grand Prix Final gold medalist...
Y: Yuri Plisetsky.
Y: The "Russian Punk"
Y: is looking at me like I'm a piece of trash...
Y: What the hell?!
YP: Hey.
YP: I'm competing in the senior division next year.
YP: We don't need two Yuris in the same bracket.
YP: Incompetents like you should just retire already.
YP: Moron!
Y: Even if I left the sport,
Y: there'd be tons of talented young skaters rising through the ranks.
Moro: Katsuki-kun!
Yuri: Newscaster Morooka...
Moro: Don't give up!
Moro: It's too early for you to retire!
Y: It's not like I've made a decision. Please don't make assumptions.
Moro: What will you do after you graduate from college?
Y: Uh...
Moro: Will you still train in Detroit?
Y: I'll be talking that over with Coach Celestino.
Moro: Katsuki-kun!
Moro: I'm asking how you feel about this!
Y: I don't want to think right now.
Moro: Will you keep going?
Y: I'm sorry, Vicchan.
Moro: Maybe just part-time?
Moro: You'll still have a chance back in Japan.
Y: Sorry I can't go home.
V: Yuri.
V: About your free performance,
V: the step sequence could use more—
YP: I won, so who cares?
YP: Quit nagging, Victor.
Y: Oh, the Yuri on the Russian team...
Jakov: Hey, Yuri!
Y: If I do have a chance, someday I'd like to...
Jakov: You can't talk that way forever!
V: A commemorative photo?
V: Sure.
Moro: Katsuki-kun?
Moro: You don't want a photo with Victor?
Coach: Yuri!
Y: This is humiliating.
Y: I was an idiot for thinking I could finally meet my idol
Y: on the same playing field...
Title,Sign : First Skate Easy as Pirozhki!! The Grand Prix Final of Tears
Y: Easy as Pirozhki!
Y: The Grand Prix Final of Tears!
Phone,Sign : Hasetsu Station
Sign : March, One Year Later — Kyushu
Y: It's been five years since my last visit to Hasetsu.
Y: This old station even has elevated tracks now.
Phone,Sign : We're Rooting for You!!! Hasetsu Native Figure Skater Katsuki Yuri
Y: Th-This is...
Minako: Yuri!
Minako: Why are you skulking around?
Y: M-Minako-sensei?!
Minako: Welcome back, after five long years!
Y: Wh-Why are you here?
Minako: Stand up straight, will you?
Y: Oh, right...
Y: Minako-sensei wouldn't miss any info on me coming back here.
Locals: Hey!
Locals: Isn't that Yuri?
Locals: Yeah, it's him.
Locals: I haven't heard any news about him lately. What's he been up to?
Locals: Remember he lost a big competition last year?
Locals: Was it the Nationals?
Y: Hi, everyone who cheered me on just because I'm from Hasetsu!
Y: I can't explain this to each of you,
Y: but I'll go ahead and explain it in my head, okay?
Sign: October: Southern Regional Championships
Y: The figure skating competition season generally starts in the fall,
Sign: October: Southern Regional Championships Grand Prix: United States of America Grand Prix: Canada
TV: ,November: Western Japan Championships Grand Prix: China Grand Prix: France
TV: ,Grand Prix: China Grand Prix: France Grand Prix: Japan Grand Prix: Russia
Y: but I lost big in the comprehensive Grand Prix Finals early on.
TV: ,Grand Prix: Russia December: Grand Prix Finals
Sign: Grand Prix: Russia December: Grand Prix Finals FAIL
Y: I couldn't shake off the failure, and lost again in the Nationals.
Sign: Japan National Figure Skating Championships!!
Sign: Japan National Figure Skating Championships!! FAIL AGAIN!
Y: I didn't make it to the Four Continents or the World Championships,
Sign: Competing Athletes Immediately Selected: Four Continents Championships World Championships
Sign: Competing Athletes Immediately Selected: Four Continents Championships World Championships Not Selected...
Sign: Not Selected... Not Even Entered into the Universiade......
Y: and now the season's over!
Sign: Season Ended!! Going Home!
Y: I managed to graduate from college,
Y: but I ended things with my coach, and my future is unclear.
Y: I decided to come home in the meantime.
Y: That's about it.
Local: Let me shake your hand.
Y: Sorry, I'm in a hurry.
Minako: You don't lose anything by shaking hands! Be polite!
Minako: Victor Nikiforov is always nice to his fans!
Y: Thank you for your support.
Minkao: Go on, smile.
Local: Who are you again?
Minako: All right!
Minako: You're going to greet everyone in town.
Y: Minako-sensei, what about your ballet class?
Minako: We're closed today.
Minako: I barely have any students these days, anyway.
Minako: Hasetsu's losing more and more people.
Minako: Hardly any kids are skating these days.
Minako: You should cheer things up around here, Yuri!
Y: I-I'm sorry.
Y: I'm tired right now...
Minako: Oh, really?
Minako: Everyone's been dying to see you.
WorldChampion,Sign : World Figure Skating Championships Yoyogi, Tokyo
Moro: After the men's short program of the World Figure Skating Championships,
WorldChampion: ,World Figure Skating Championship Yoyogi, Tokyo
WorldChampion: ,Victor Nikiforov in st After Short Program Will He Score a th Consecutive Win?!
Moro: Russia's Victor Nikiforov is in first place.
Phone,Sign : BAM!
Moro: After the Grand Prix Finals, he won the Nationals in Russia,
Moro: as well as the European Championships.
Moro: He's still on a roll.
Moro: The men's free program will start later today, at :.
Customer: Yuri-kun isn't in the World Championships?
YMom: He didn't make the cut.
YMom: Thanks to that, he can finally come home!
Customer: I'm glad to hear that.
Yutopia,Sign : Hasetsu Hot Springs Yu-topia Katsuki
Y: I'm back.
Minako: Hiroko! I brought Yuri home!
Y: Why are we coming in the front?
YMom: Minako-senpai!
YMom: Thank you for going to get him.
YMom: Yuri, welcome home!
Y: Thanks.
Y: I'm sorry it's been five years...
YMom: It's all good!
YMom: I'm sorry I couldn't make it to your graduation, too.
YMom: Want a pork cutlet bowl?
Minako: Huh? Did you lose weight, Hiroko?
YMom: Nope!
YMom: Minako-senpai, you always look the same, even though you drink!
Minako: Yuri, I've been wondering ever since I saw you at the station...
Minako: What's with that gut?
: Uh...
Minako: Take your clothes off!
Y: No, no! Minako-sensei!
Phone: ,Nooooo!!
YDad: Wow, you look just like your mom.
Y: Dad...
Minako: Toshio-san! It's no laughing matter!
Minako: This is not the weight a figure skater should have!
YDad: You always did gain weight easily.
YDad: But what can you do?
Rice Bowl,Sign : Yu-topia Katsuki Specialty Dish Yuri's Pork Cutlet Bowl
Sign : Eat lots of pork cutlet bowls tonight!
Y: Uh, before that...
YMom: Oh, right.
YMom: Go say hi to Vicchan.
Y: Sorry I couldn't see you one last time, Vicchan.
YSis: Yuri, welcome back.
Y: Mari-neechan...
Y: It's been a while.
Y: Sorry to visit when things are busy.
YSis: Hey, how long are you staying in Hasetsu?
YSis: Will you help out with the hot spring?
Y: Huh? Where's this coming from?
YSis: You went to college, even though you had to study an extra year.
YSis: What will you do now?
YSis: If you're going to keep skating, I'll support you, but...
Y: I think... I need more time to think it over.
YSis: Hmm, okay.
YSis: Well, go soak in the hot spring and relax.
Y: I was born and raised in Hasetsu, Kyushu,
Y: a castle town by the sea.
Y: The "castle" has no historical basis and is a facade with a ninja house inside.
Y: Its sole source of tourism income was its hot spring inns, but most went under.
Y: My family's Yu-topia Akatsuki is the last one standing.
Y: Man, our hot spring sure hits the spot...
Channel,Sign: Do Not Change Channel
TV: Group has now finished skating,
Minako: Man, I really wanted to go.
TV: and Emil Nekola from the Czech Republic is in first.
Minako: If only you'd been in it, Yuri.
TV: His free program performance, befitting the season finale,
Minako: You could've told me the skaters' hotel room numbers.
TV: was free of mistakes, earning him a personal best.
Y: I wouldn't tell you!
TV: The last group has just entered the arena.
Y: You expect me to be your one-man ticket agency to score you tickets, don't you?
TV: All eyes are on Victor Nikiforov,
Minako: That's not true! I've been supporting you!
TV: who's going for his fifth consecutive World Championship gold.
Sign : Victor Nikiforov, Age Winner of Four Consecutive World Figure Skating Championships
TV: He will be skating last.
TV: Well, Honda-san, this is certainly unexplored territory!
Honda: It'll really be interesting to see how far he can go.
Customers: What about soccer?
Customers: Sagan Tosu's having a match right now.
Honda: When you watch Victor...
Minako: Hey! I was watching skating first!
YDad: Sagan Tosu?
Customers: Aren't you supposed to be working?
YMom: Oh, where are you going, Yuri?
Y: Sorry. I'm going to practice for a bit.
YMom: Take care!
Y: Excuse me.
Yuko: Our regular hours are over.
Y: It's been a while, Yuko-san.
Yuko: Yuri-kun?
Yuko: Oh, come on!
Yuko: Call me "Yu-chan"!
Y: S-Sorry.
Yuko: Oh, you came to skate, right?
Yuko: Go ahead.
Y: Huh? I can?
Yuko: You just want to skate alone for now, right?
Yuko: I'll protect you.
Y: Thanks.
Y: Yu-chan was my rink mate and two years my senior.
Y: When we were little, she was really good at skating.
Y: She was my idol,
Y: the Madonna of Ice Castle Hasetsu.
Y: She's still cute, too.
BoyY: Ta-da!
GirlY: Wow, Yuri-kun!
Nishi: Stay out of my way, fatso!
GirlY: Takeshi-kun, don't be mean to the new kid!
Nishi: Fatso! Fatso!
GirlY: Hey!
Sign : Junior World Championships, Gold Victor Nikiforov Sofia, Bulgaria
GirlY: Russia's Victor Nikiforov...
GirlY: He won the gold in the Junior Worlds with the highest score in history!
GirlY: He's so cool!
GirlY: Victor would go like this!
GirlY: This says Victor has a poodle.
GirlY: His poodle's super cute!
Y: Wow, so cute!
Yuko: Huh? You have a poodle now, too?
Y: Yeah. I named him "Victor."
Yuko: You really like Victor, huh?
Yuko: I hope I can see you compete against Victor soon.
Y: Um, I wanted you to see this,
Y: so I've been practicing it since the competitions ended.
Y: Please watch.
Moro: Last up is Victor Nikiforov from Russia.
Sign : Victor Nikiforov (Age ) Coach: Yakov Feltsman
Minako: All right, Victor!
Minako: Get 'em!
Moro: It's clear he's Russia's hero! The cheers are deafening!
Minako: Yuri, your favorite, Victor, is about to start!
Moro: After the short program, he leads Giacometti, in second, by a huge margin.
YMom: He's not back yet.
Yuko: Huh? This is...
Moro: In this program, he has four quads planned.
Moro: Here comes the first quad.
Moro: A quadruple Lutz!
Moro: Very clean!
Moro: The next quad is his signature move.
Moro: How will it go?
Moro: A quadruple flip! He lands this one, too!
Moro: Flying sit spin.
Moro: The music is "Stay Close to Me."
Minako: Given that he has a million female fans worldwide,
Moro: This program brings out a new dimension in Victor Nikiforov's performance.
Moro: he's sure free with his charms.
YMom: You're drinking too much, Minako-senpai.
A quadruple Salchow!
Minako: This would tug at the heartstrings more if it were
Minako: a younger, more naïve man.
Minako: Not a hottie like Victor, but...
Minako: Let me think...
Moro: A triple Lutz.
Moro: A triple flip!
Moro: Now, the last quad...
Moro: A quadruple toe loop, followed by a triple toe loop!
Moro: He's landed all his quads!
Moro: Now, a combination spin!
Yuko: That was super cool!
Yuko: A perfect copy of Victor! Awesome!
Yuko: I thought you'd be depressed or something!
Y: I was.
Y: But I got bored of feeling depressed,
Y: so I got to thinking...
Y: I wanted to get my love for skating back.
Y: I thought I could remember how it was when I copied Victor with you.
Y: Yu-chan, I've...
Moro: We now have a men's singles consecutive five-time winner
Moro: in the World Figure Skating Championships!
Moro: The victor is Russia's Victor Nikiforov!
TV: What do you have in mind for next season?
Yuri: I've always...
Sisters: Stare...
Yuri: Axel, Lutz, and Loop!
Yuri: Haven't they grown since you last saw them?
Y: Y-Yeah.
Axel: Yuri, you really did get fat!
Loop: Are you really retiring?
Lutz: You've never had a girlfriend?
Yuko: Hey!
Sis: Really, really, really?
Yuko: Sorry, my girls are such groupies!
Nishigori: They're all your fans, Yuri.
Nishigori: Welcome back!
Y: Nishigori!
Sis: Dad!
Nishigori: Now you're fatter than me.
Y: H-Hey, stop that!
SignB,Sign : Congratulations on Advancing to the Grand Prix, Skater Katsuki Yuri
Nishigori: You can come any time to practice.
Nishigori: The Nishigori family's always got your back.
Sis: Yuri, go, go!
Sis: Lose weight!
Y: During the five years I was away,
Y: I tried to ignore a lot of things by focusing on skating.
Y: I wonder what I need
Y: so I can keep skating on my own...
WorldChampion,Sign : Victor Nikiforov in st After Short Program Will He Score a th Consecutive Win?!
Moro: Here in St. Petersburg, Russia,
Feature,Sign : Special Feature: Rising Star in Russia Yuri Plisetsky (Age )
Moro: rising star Yuri Plisetsky
Moro: is finally gearing up in earnest to join the senior competition.
Moro: Under coach Yakov,
Y: What's with that jump?
Moro: the -year-old is about to join Victor Nikiforov in
Y: Whoa, another one?
Moro: ushering Russia into an era with two champions.
Yuri: Just retire already.
Y: The pressure's on now...
Y: I've got to skate on the same ice as Victor again someday.
PhoneTimes,Sign : Monday, April Message from Nishigori Takeshi Slide to View
Sign : Huh? Nishigori?
Sign : What?!
Phone,Sign : [Katsuki Yuri] Tried to Skate Victor's FS Program [Stay Close to Me]
Nishi: I-I'm sorry, Yuri.
Nishi: My kids uploaded the video, and it went viral.
Yuko: How could you use my account without permission again?!
Lutz: But all the skater otaku will love it.
Yuko: Just delete it, okay?!
Y: Goodnight...
Minako: What's with that video?! It's being retweeted everywhere!
Moro: Katsuki-kun, do you really have the time to do things like this?!
Phichit: Yuri!
Yuri: That Japanese Yuri is an idiot.
Yakov: Hey, Yuri! Don't slack off!
Sign : Hasetsu TV
Weather: Kyushu faces a sudden cold wave.
Weather: It was to be a good day for viewing cherry blossoms,
Weather: but there was a massive snowfall.
YMom: Yuri, don't hole up in your room!
YMom: Help shovel snow!
Y: Snow?
Y: Wow, what the...
Y: It's already April, too.
Y: What's on the news?
Y: Oh, yeah...
Y: I turned it off so I wouldn't get calls.
Y: Vicchan?
Y: Nope!
Y: He's much bigger than Vicchan...
Y: Huh? Could he be...
Y: No, it can't be.
YDad: Yuri, isn't he just like Vicchan?
YDad: He came with a really good-looking foreign guest!
YDad: He's in the hot spring right now.
YDad: Yuri!
YDad: What's wrong?
Y: Vi—
Y: Victor...
Y: Why are you here?
V: Yuri, starting today, I'm your coach.
V: I'll make you win the Grand Prix Final.
Y: Huh?
Y: What?!
Y: He was a genius who never failed to surprise me.
Sign : To Be Continued!!!
YP: Hey, Victor!
YP: We're going back to Russia!
Hasetsu's great... Come on and visit,
Sis: You can see a boob flash, too!
just once...
Y: Uh, no, no, no, no, no!
Second Skate Two Yuris?! Drama at Yu-topia
Narr: Next time, Second Skate:
Narr: Two Yuris?! Drama at Yu-topia!
Y: Ever since I first saw his skating,
Y: it's been an unending chain of surprises.
Grand Prix,Sign : Sochi Grand Prix Final
Moro: He's also crushed the free skating event!
Moro: It will be the fifth consecutive Grand Prix Final victory for Russia's legend,
Moro: Victor Nikiforov.
Moro: Nikiforov is now years old.
Moro: Some speculated that he might retire this season,
Moro: but his masterful performance seems to lay such rumors to rest.
Moro: As for Katsuki Yuri, who earned a spot in the Grand Prix for the first time,
Moro: what do you think, Honda-san?
Honda: Well, he didn't perform like his usual self today.
Phone,Sign : Men's Figure Skating: Katsuki Suffers Utter Defeat
Phone,Sign : Katsuki Defeated: Still Needs to Work on Nerves
Coach: Yuri, don't look at the news.
Coach: Let's go back.
Y: "Katsuki Fell to Last Place. Is This Season His Last?"
Coach: Yuri...
Y: My name is Katsuki Yuri!
Phone,Sign : Top Certified Athletes
Y: I'm one of the dime-a-dozen top figure skaters certified by the JSF.
Y: I'm .
Y: My name makes me sound strong,
Y: but I finished last at my first Grand Prix Final.
Y: I still can't accept what happened!
Last,Y: Last Place
Y: I even moved to a training facility in Detroit
Y: and worked hard to make it to the final.
Y: But the pressure had me binge-eating before the match, and our family dog died...
Y: Mentally and physically, I was at my worst!
Y: It was supposed to be my big day, too...
Y: Well, it's all my fault, anyway.
Y: Hello?
Y: Mom, were you sleeping?
Y: Sorry.
Y: Oh, you were watching on TV?
Y: Huh? A public viewing?
Y: Please! I'm so embarrassed!
Y: I'm sorry.
Y: I messed up.
Y: Sorry.
Y: The Junior Grand Prix Final gold medalist...
Y: Yuri Plisetsky.
Y: The "Russian Punk"
Y: is looking at me like I'm a piece of trash...
Y: What the hell?!
YP: Hey.
YP: I'm competing in the senior division next year.
YP: We don't need two Yuris in the same bracket.
YP: Incompetents like you should just retire already.
YP: Moron!
Y: Even if I left the sport,
Y: there'd be tons of talented young skaters rising through the ranks.
Moro: Katsuki-kun!
Yuri: Newscaster Morooka...
Moro: Don't give up!
Moro: It's too early for you to retire!
Y: It's not like I've made a decision. Please don't make assumptions.
Moro: What will you do after you graduate from college?
Y: Uh...
Moro: Will you still train in Detroit?
Y: I'll be talking that over with Coach Celestino.
Moro: Katsuki-kun!
Moro: I'm asking how you feel about this!
Y: I don't want to think right now.
Moro: Will you keep going?
Y: I'm sorry, Vicchan.
Moro: Maybe just part-time?
Moro: You'll still have a chance back in Japan.
Y: Sorry I can't go home.
V: Yuri.
V: About your free performance,
V: the step sequence could use more—
YP: I won, so who cares?
YP: Quit nagging, Victor.
Y: Oh, the Yuri on the Russian team...
Jakov: Hey, Yuri!
Y: If I do have a chance, someday I'd like to...
Jakov: You can't talk that way forever!
V: A commemorative photo?
V: Sure.
Moro: Katsuki-kun?
Moro: You don't want a photo with Victor?
Coach: Yuri!
Y: This is humiliating.
Y: I was an idiot for thinking I could finally meet my idol
Y: on the same playing field...
Title,Sign : First Skate Easy as Pirozhki!! The Grand Prix Final of Tears
Y: Easy as Pirozhki!
Y: The Grand Prix Final of Tears!
Phone,Sign : Hasetsu Station
Sign : March, One Year Later — Kyushu
Y: It's been five years since my last visit to Hasetsu.
Y: This old station even has elevated tracks now.
Phone,Sign : We're Rooting for You!!! Hasetsu Native Figure Skater Katsuki Yuri
Y: Th-This is...
Minako: Yuri!
Minako: Why are you skulking around?
Y: M-Minako-sensei?!
Minako: Welcome back, after five long years!
Y: Wh-Why are you here?
Minako: Stand up straight, will you?
Y: Oh, right...
Y: Minako-sensei wouldn't miss any info on me coming back here.
Locals: Hey!
Locals: Isn't that Yuri?
Locals: Yeah, it's him.
Locals: I haven't heard any news about him lately. What's he been up to?
Locals: Remember he lost a big competition last year?
Locals: Was it the Nationals?
Y: Hi, everyone who cheered me on just because I'm from Hasetsu!
Y: I can't explain this to each of you,
Y: but I'll go ahead and explain it in my head, okay?
Sign: October: Southern Regional Championships
Y: The figure skating competition season generally starts in the fall,
Sign: October: Southern Regional Championships Grand Prix: United States of America Grand Prix: Canada
TV: ,November: Western Japan Championships Grand Prix: China Grand Prix: France
TV: ,Grand Prix: China Grand Prix: France Grand Prix: Japan Grand Prix: Russia
Y: but I lost big in the comprehensive Grand Prix Finals early on.
TV: ,Grand Prix: Russia December: Grand Prix Finals
Sign: Grand Prix: Russia December: Grand Prix Finals FAIL
Y: I couldn't shake off the failure, and lost again in the Nationals.
Sign: Japan National Figure Skating Championships!!
Sign: Japan National Figure Skating Championships!! FAIL AGAIN!
Y: I didn't make it to the Four Continents or the World Championships,
Sign: Competing Athletes Immediately Selected: Four Continents Championships World Championships
Sign: Competing Athletes Immediately Selected: Four Continents Championships World Championships Not Selected...
Sign: Not Selected... Not Even Entered into the Universiade......
Y: and now the season's over!
Sign: Season Ended!! Going Home!
Y: I managed to graduate from college,
Y: but I ended things with my coach, and my future is unclear.
Y: I decided to come home in the meantime.
Y: That's about it.
Local: Let me shake your hand.
Y: Sorry, I'm in a hurry.
Minako: You don't lose anything by shaking hands! Be polite!
Minako: Victor Nikiforov is always nice to his fans!
Y: Thank you for your support.
Minkao: Go on, smile.
Local: Who are you again?
Minako: All right!
Minako: You're going to greet everyone in town.
Y: Minako-sensei, what about your ballet class?
Minako: We're closed today.
Minako: I barely have any students these days, anyway.
Minako: Hasetsu's losing more and more people.
Minako: Hardly any kids are skating these days.
Minako: You should cheer things up around here, Yuri!
Y: I-I'm sorry.
Y: I'm tired right now...
Minako: Oh, really?
Minako: Everyone's been dying to see you.
WorldChampion,Sign : World Figure Skating Championships Yoyogi, Tokyo
Moro: After the men's short program of the World Figure Skating Championships,
WorldChampion: ,World Figure Skating Championship Yoyogi, Tokyo
WorldChampion: ,Victor Nikiforov in st After Short Program Will He Score a th Consecutive Win?!
Moro: Russia's Victor Nikiforov is in first place.
Phone,Sign : BAM!
Moro: After the Grand Prix Finals, he won the Nationals in Russia,
Moro: as well as the European Championships.
Moro: He's still on a roll.
Moro: The men's free program will start later today, at :.
Customer: Yuri-kun isn't in the World Championships?
YMom: He didn't make the cut.
YMom: Thanks to that, he can finally come home!
Customer: I'm glad to hear that.
Yutopia,Sign : Hasetsu Hot Springs Yu-topia Katsuki
Y: I'm back.
Minako: Hiroko! I brought Yuri home!
Y: Why are we coming in the front?
YMom: Minako-senpai!
YMom: Thank you for going to get him.
YMom: Yuri, welcome home!
Y: Thanks.
Y: I'm sorry it's been five years...
YMom: It's all good!
YMom: I'm sorry I couldn't make it to your graduation, too.
YMom: Want a pork cutlet bowl?
Minako: Huh? Did you lose weight, Hiroko?
YMom: Nope!
YMom: Minako-senpai, you always look the same, even though you drink!
Minako: Yuri, I've been wondering ever since I saw you at the station...
Minako: What's with that gut?
: Uh...
Minako: Take your clothes off!
Y: No, no! Minako-sensei!
Phone: ,Nooooo!!
YDad: Wow, you look just like your mom.
Y: Dad...
Minako: Toshio-san! It's no laughing matter!
Minako: This is not the weight a figure skater should have!
YDad: You always did gain weight easily.
YDad: But what can you do?
Rice Bowl,Sign : Yu-topia Katsuki Specialty Dish Yuri's Pork Cutlet Bowl
Sign : Eat lots of pork cutlet bowls tonight!
Y: Uh, before that...
YMom: Oh, right.
YMom: Go say hi to Vicchan.
Y: Sorry I couldn't see you one last time, Vicchan.
YSis: Yuri, welcome back.
Y: Mari-neechan...
Y: It's been a while.
Y: Sorry to visit when things are busy.
YSis: Hey, how long are you staying in Hasetsu?
YSis: Will you help out with the hot spring?
Y: Huh? Where's this coming from?
YSis: You went to college, even though you had to study an extra year.
YSis: What will you do now?
YSis: If you're going to keep skating, I'll support you, but...
Y: I think... I need more time to think it over.
YSis: Hmm, okay.
YSis: Well, go soak in the hot spring and relax.
Y: I was born and raised in Hasetsu, Kyushu,
Y: a castle town by the sea.
Y: The "castle" has no historical basis and is a facade with a ninja house inside.
Y: Its sole source of tourism income was its hot spring inns, but most went under.
Y: My family's Yu-topia Akatsuki is the last one standing.
Y: Man, our hot spring sure hits the spot...
Channel,Sign: Do Not Change Channel
TV: Group has now finished skating,
Minako: Man, I really wanted to go.
TV: and Emil Nekola from the Czech Republic is in first.
Minako: If only you'd been in it, Yuri.
TV: His free program performance, befitting the season finale,
Minako: You could've told me the skaters' hotel room numbers.
TV: was free of mistakes, earning him a personal best.
Y: I wouldn't tell you!
TV: The last group has just entered the arena.
Y: You expect me to be your one-man ticket agency to score you tickets, don't you?
TV: All eyes are on Victor Nikiforov,
Minako: That's not true! I've been supporting you!
TV: who's going for his fifth consecutive World Championship gold.
Sign : Victor Nikiforov, Age Winner of Four Consecutive World Figure Skating Championships
TV: He will be skating last.
TV: Well, Honda-san, this is certainly unexplored territory!
Honda: It'll really be interesting to see how far he can go.
Customers: What about soccer?
Customers: Sagan Tosu's having a match right now.
Honda: When you watch Victor...
Minako: Hey! I was watching skating first!
YDad: Sagan Tosu?
Customers: Aren't you supposed to be working?
YMom: Oh, where are you going, Yuri?
Y: Sorry. I'm going to practice for a bit.
YMom: Take care!
Y: Excuse me.
Yuko: Our regular hours are over.
Y: It's been a while, Yuko-san.
Yuko: Yuri-kun?
Yuko: Oh, come on!
Yuko: Call me "Yu-chan"!
Y: S-Sorry.
Yuko: Oh, you came to skate, right?
Yuko: Go ahead.
Y: Huh? I can?
Yuko: You just want to skate alone for now, right?
Yuko: I'll protect you.
Y: Thanks.
Y: Yu-chan was my rink mate and two years my senior.
Y: When we were little, she was really good at skating.
Y: She was my idol,
Y: the Madonna of Ice Castle Hasetsu.
Y: She's still cute, too.
BoyY: Ta-da!
GirlY: Wow, Yuri-kun!
Nishi: Stay out of my way, fatso!
GirlY: Takeshi-kun, don't be mean to the new kid!
Nishi: Fatso! Fatso!
GirlY: Hey!
Sign : Junior World Championships, Gold Victor Nikiforov Sofia, Bulgaria
GirlY: Russia's Victor Nikiforov...
GirlY: He won the gold in the Junior Worlds with the highest score in history!
GirlY: He's so cool!
GirlY: Victor would go like this!
GirlY: This says Victor has a poodle.
GirlY: His poodle's super cute!
Y: Wow, so cute!
Yuko: Huh? You have a poodle now, too?
Y: Yeah. I named him "Victor."
Yuko: You really like Victor, huh?
Yuko: I hope I can see you compete against Victor soon.
Y: Um, I wanted you to see this,
Y: so I've been practicing it since the competitions ended.
Y: Please watch.
Moro: Last up is Victor Nikiforov from Russia.
Sign : Victor Nikiforov (Age ) Coach: Yakov Feltsman
Minako: All right, Victor!
Minako: Get 'em!
Moro: It's clear he's Russia's hero! The cheers are deafening!
Minako: Yuri, your favorite, Victor, is about to start!
Moro: After the short program, he leads Giacometti, in second, by a huge margin.
YMom: He's not back yet.
Yuko: Huh? This is...
Moro: In this program, he has four quads planned.
Moro: Here comes the first quad.
Moro: A quadruple Lutz!
Moro: Very clean!
Moro: The next quad is his signature move.
Moro: How will it go?
Moro: A quadruple flip! He lands this one, too!
Moro: Flying sit spin.
Moro: The music is "Stay Close to Me."
Minako: Given that he has a million female fans worldwide,
Moro: This program brings out a new dimension in Victor Nikiforov's performance.
Moro: he's sure free with his charms.
YMom: You're drinking too much, Minako-senpai.
A quadruple Salchow!
Minako: This would tug at the heartstrings more if it were
Minako: a younger, more naïve man.
Minako: Not a hottie like Victor, but...
Minako: Let me think...
Moro: A triple Lutz.
Moro: A triple flip!
Moro: Now, the last quad...
Moro: A quadruple toe loop, followed by a triple toe loop!
Moro: He's landed all his quads!
Moro: Now, a combination spin!
Yuko: That was super cool!
Yuko: A perfect copy of Victor! Awesome!
Yuko: I thought you'd be depressed or something!
Y: I was.
Y: But I got bored of feeling depressed,
Y: so I got to thinking...
Y: I wanted to get my love for skating back.
Y: I thought I could remember how it was when I copied Victor with you.
Y: Yu-chan, I've...
Moro: We now have a men's singles consecutive five-time winner
Moro: in the World Figure Skating Championships!
Moro: The victor is Russia's Victor Nikiforov!
TV: What do you have in mind for next season?
Yuri: I've always...
Sisters: Stare...
Yuri: Axel, Lutz, and Loop!
Yuri: Haven't they grown since you last saw them?
Y: Y-Yeah.
Axel: Yuri, you really did get fat!
Loop: Are you really retiring?
Lutz: You've never had a girlfriend?
Yuko: Hey!
Sis: Really, really, really?
Yuko: Sorry, my girls are such groupies!
Nishigori: They're all your fans, Yuri.
Nishigori: Welcome back!
Y: Nishigori!
Sis: Dad!
Nishigori: Now you're fatter than me.
Y: H-Hey, stop that!
SignB,Sign : Congratulations on Advancing to the Grand Prix, Skater Katsuki Yuri
Nishigori: You can come any time to practice.
Nishigori: The Nishigori family's always got your back.
Sis: Yuri, go, go!
Sis: Lose weight!
Y: During the five years I was away,
Y: I tried to ignore a lot of things by focusing on skating.
Y: I wonder what I need
Y: so I can keep skating on my own...
WorldChampion,Sign : Victor Nikiforov in st After Short Program Will He Score a th Consecutive Win?!
Moro: Here in St. Petersburg, Russia,
Feature,Sign : Special Feature: Rising Star in Russia Yuri Plisetsky (Age )
Moro: rising star Yuri Plisetsky
Moro: is finally gearing up in earnest to join the senior competition.
Moro: Under coach Yakov,
Y: What's with that jump?
Moro: the -year-old is about to join Victor Nikiforov in
Y: Whoa, another one?
Moro: ushering Russia into an era with two champions.
Yuri: Just retire already.
Y: The pressure's on now...
Y: I've got to skate on the same ice as Victor again someday.
PhoneTimes,Sign : Monday, April Message from Nishigori Takeshi Slide to View
Sign : Huh? Nishigori?
Sign : What?!
Phone,Sign : [Katsuki Yuri] Tried to Skate Victor's FS Program [Stay Close to Me]
Nishi: I-I'm sorry, Yuri.
Nishi: My kids uploaded the video, and it went viral.
Yuko: How could you use my account without permission again?!
Lutz: But all the skater otaku will love it.
Yuko: Just delete it, okay?!
Y: Goodnight...
Minako: What's with that video?! It's being retweeted everywhere!
Moro: Katsuki-kun, do you really have the time to do things like this?!
Phichit: Yuri!
Yuri: That Japanese Yuri is an idiot.
Yakov: Hey, Yuri! Don't slack off!
Sign : Hasetsu TV
Weather: Kyushu faces a sudden cold wave.
Weather: It was to be a good day for viewing cherry blossoms,
Weather: but there was a massive snowfall.
YMom: Yuri, don't hole up in your room!
YMom: Help shovel snow!
Y: Snow?
Y: Wow, what the...
Y: It's already April, too.
Y: What's on the news?
Y: Oh, yeah...
Y: I turned it off so I wouldn't get calls.
Y: Vicchan?
Y: Nope!
Y: He's much bigger than Vicchan...
Y: Huh? Could he be...
Y: No, it can't be.
YDad: Yuri, isn't he just like Vicchan?
YDad: He came with a really good-looking foreign guest!
YDad: He's in the hot spring right now.
YDad: Yuri!
YDad: What's wrong?
Y: Vi—
Y: Victor...
Y: Why are you here?
V: Yuri, starting today, I'm your coach.
V: I'll make you win the Grand Prix Final.
Y: Huh?
Y: What?!
Y: He was a genius who never failed to surprise me.
Sign : To Be Continued!!!
YP: Hey, Victor!
YP: We're going back to Russia!
Hasetsu's great... Come on and visit,
Sis: You can see a boob flash, too!
just once...
Y: Uh, no, no, no, no, no!
Second Skate Two Yuris?! Drama at Yu-topia
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Narr: Two Yuris?! Drama at Yu-topia!