honestly speaking back when i watched yoi for the first time while it was airing, i disliked that they chose not to let yuuri take the gold at the GPF. i thought it was a decision purely made to set up a second season, and as such, pandering.
now that i’m not 13 though, i’m having different thoughts. yoi isn’t really a story about an underachieving skater redeeming himself in front of his idol at the competition where he faced one of the lowest moments of his life. yuuri wasn’t really underachieving to begin with, and he didn’t need to redeem himself by clinching first.
it’s a story about finding reasons to come back to, and continue doing, what you love. a story about accepting and improving yourself — putting into words how to help those you love adjust to your needs, realising there are people who love and support you all around you. about realising how to be there for them the way they have been there for you. it’s about finding someone who loves you in new and exciting ways, and is willing to put in the work to be with you because you too show your love to them in new and exciting ways. it’s about making the world realise what was in front of their eyes. it’s about realising the person you’ve been all along. yuuri’s theme for the season was an exploration of love. they really could not have put into clearer terms what the show’s about.
it’s such a good show that rings so deep about coming to terms with yourself and growing into a healthier outlook as someone who’s spent much of their life embroiled in internal conflict over their own mental health issues and queerness. and even so, it’s lighthearted and ridiculous and fun to watch. it was a cultural phenomenon and a story i still love viscerally.
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