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Illustration Collection from volume 23 of Akatsuki no Yona.

Be free to use it anywhere you want. Just don’t forget to credit me :)

Even Aya Kanno did a Yuri on Ice fan art!! :D Viktor~  And let’s not forget, Richard and Yuri(russian) resemblance… :) This is actually what I thought when I first see Yuri. That he looks like Richard.

Before you ask, yes. This is a sequel to That Post, where I waste my time on a university thesis-worthy essay trying to convince you why the Danganronpa 2.5 OVA both brought a decent conclusion to Komaeda as a character, and showcased Komaeda and Hinata as perfect for each other. Am I looking too deep into everything? Possibly. Do I regret it? Nope.

… from the point of view of a fan of real figure skating and real figure skaters.

I never watch anime but I watched the first episode of Yuri!!! on Ice because real skating people are involved in it (Kenji Miyamoto; choreographer and Takeshi Honda; ex-competitor, currently commentator). First of all the jacket Yuuri is wearing, the federation website, EVERYTHING looks exactly like the real deal. It’s incredible. 

The main character is Yuuri Katsuki, he is 23 years old and he finally made it to the Grand Prix Final at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia - except, he finished last. Yuuri then goes to Nationals, messes up again and doesn’t get to go to the World Championships. He is depressed and ashamed of himself and he has to decide what to do with his life. He’s also going to college and he returns home for the time being. People around him are like “oh aren’t you gonna retire already” and stuff. I suppose the plot of this anime is going to follow the way Yuuri Katsuki will become a great skater and will win things. 

First of all there’s no doubt Yuuri Katsuki looks just like Yuzuru Hanyu and worships a Russian superstar, Victor Nikiforov (the animated version of Evgeni Plushenko). 

But the Yuzuru Hanyu similarities stop here because the character is totally based on a different (also real) Japanese skater. His name is Tatsuki Machida, who at the age of 23 made it to his first Grand Prix Final (which was really held at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi) where he finished last. Then he went to Nationals and also failed, therefore never made it to the World Championships. He had a low self-esteem, he always struggled with combining skating with college and he made a lot of sacrifices (his family was as simple as Yuuri’s family in the anime) to change his life. After many failures in his career, Tatsuki Machida managed to compete at the Olympic Games in Sochi and almost won the World Championships after that.

So to whoever may be reading this and doesn’t know a lot of things about figure skating, Yuuri Katsuki is no doubt a combination of Yuzuru Hanyu and Tatsuki Machida, two real skaters who were friends and competed at the Olympics and Worlds together. 

Band Profile translations for Aniplex and Sony Music’s upcoming mobile rhythm game, Band Yarouze! I’ll update these as they update the website.

BLAST ｜ OSIRIS ｜ Fairy April ｜ cure2tron

OSIRIS

Formed by childhood friends Ray(Gt.) and Shin(Dr.) while Kyo(Vo.) and Makoto(Ba.) joined afterwards. Actively working to be in the center of the indies scene. There was even a rumor of them heading towards major debut once. Cool with emotional lyrics is their style.

※ REFER TO THIS PAGE FOR THE VOICE SAMPLES

VOCALS　Kyo Takara

(CV. Masanori Kobayashi) Equipment: AUDIX OM5 Birthday: November 1　Age: 20 Height: 169cm　Weight: 48kg Blood-Type: A Three-Size: 79-59-78 Hobbies: Reading Talents: Nothing in particular Likes: Early Grey Weak Point: Talking Favorite Bands: BOOWY, SIAM SHADE, MOON CHILD Free Space: My feelings, my heart, all are in my singing. Voice 1: My feelings, my heart, all are in my songs. Voice 2: I find it difficult to convey my feelings to others.

GUITARIST　Ray Seyfert

(CV. Natsuki Hanae) Equipment: P.R.S. Custom24 Birthday: July 29　Age: 20 Weight: 175cm　Height: 64kg Blood-Type: A Three-Size: 90-73-89 Hobbies: Watching movies Talents: Making cocktails Likes: Dashi-chazuke Weak Point: English Favorite Bands: LUNA SEA, DIR EN GREY Linkin Park Free Space: We’ll get our Major Debut! Voice 1: I’m Ray, in charge of guitars for OSIRIS. Nice to meet you. My goal? Major Debut, of course! Voice 2: Major Debut’s my dream, yeah. As if I’d give up because of petty failures!

BASSIST　Makoto Kurusu

I scanned a few things from the 21th volume of Akatsuki no Yona (Kinda half-assed, but yes).

The volume came with a extra chapter too, which you probably saw it adapted on the first OVA. I haven’t see it scanned here and I’m not saying that I’m going to scan it too, but if someone wants to read it, I think I can take some pictures and post here later. So if you want it, just tell me, alright? And please, if anyone has posted it before tell me too because I don’t want to loose my time on it lolololol.

Moreover, I’m waiting for my Hana to Yume which comes with the Drama CD to arrive. I know that no one has upload it full yet so I will probably upload it later. Please anticipate that? Hahaha.

As always, be free to use my scans anywhere. Just don’t forget to credit me.