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When the Ice Answers
Yuri on Ice Fanfic by MythboundCal

The music begins.
But Yuri doesn’t hear it.

He hears breath.
His own—ragged, sharp, then steady.
Like wind through glass.

He steps onto the ice like it’s a love letter.
As if saying it without words might make it true.
That he’s strong.
That he’s worthy.
That he wants this.

The first glide is everything.
It’s not movement.
It’s memory.

And just like that—
The letter becomes a vow.

He thinks of late nights and early mornings.
Of Victor’s hand on his back.
Of the sound his blades make when he finally lets go.

The rink becomes a galaxy.
The spotlight, his moonlight.
And overhead, the flashing of cameras
Spirals into stars.

He gives himself to the moment.
Every stumble, every sweat-stained failure,
Every heartbreak etched into his spine—
He offers it all to the ice.

And the ice?
The ice answers.

By the final spin, he’s not skating anymore.
He’s flying.
Not to escape.
But to arrive.

When he stops, there’s silence.

And then—
Applause.

But none of that matters.
Because now he knows:

He was never performing.
He was becoming.

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Video reference used of Jason Brown in @oniceperspectives

Today’s translation #948

Animestyle 2017.05, Otsuka Manabu’s interview

Part 21.

Oguro: Why did you pick Karatsu as a model for the town, where the story of Yuri!!! takes place?

Otsuka: If I remember correctly, Kubo-san has some special memories connected to that town.

Oguro: You went there to gather reference materials for the show, right? Does the onsen, that is Yuuri's childhood home, really exist?

Otsuka: I think that there was a place that was used as a reference. There was also Karatsu Castle. I went to visit that castle, too.

Oguro: Did all staff members participate in the trips inside Japan?

Otsuka: A part of the staff, like the Art Director, for example, went on those trips with us.

Oguro: What about the trips abroad? Did Kubo-san go on those trips alone?

Otsuka: She and the Director went together to see the figure skating competitions (laugh). Because they go to see those competitions every year, anyway…

Oguro: So that wasn't just a one time thing?

Otsuka: Yes, it wasn't (laugh). That's why I think that they already had all that knowledge, like where is what.

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Today’s translation #945

Animestyle 2017.05, Otsuka Manabu’s interview

Part 19.

Oguro: From around which episode, you started to introduce CGI?

Otsuka: I think that Minami-kun in episode 5. was first? If you watch the show, having this in mind, that this is when we started to use CGI, I think you may notice it (laugh). At first, the CGI, too, wasn't all that good. Having learnt from what we did wrong in episodes 5. and 6., when working on episode 7., we have already decided for which cuts and in what way we should use CGI. Until episode 6. I was ready to just try to do everything as I was told, to challenge the limits of what seemed to be possible to do in animation, but as expected, it turned out we didn't have enough time. We were doing a lot of adjustments along the way - as the story progressed, we started to use those cuts, to fill in the gaps in animation, change the way we use CGI etc. We were changing the methods of how we were working.

Oguro: I think that just 10 years ago, production of an anime like Yuri!!! on ICE would have been impossible. In the figure skating scenes, the characters are non-stop moving, aren't they? A show with such animation couldn't have been created as a TV anime. But that a show like Yuri!!! became a possibility, isn't just because now we can use CGI, isn't it?

Otsuka: Yes, that's right. I don't think that CGI is the reason. There isn't really a lot of technical novelty in what we are doing. As MAPPA, starting with 'Kids on the Slope', then the dance scenes in 'Shingeki no Bahamut' - we had the experience in making high-difficulty animation for TV series, that's why technically, we are able to make something like Yuri!!!. And there is the emotional aspect, too...

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