Small, slightly obscure, but really cool thing that happens in episode 1 of Yuri!!! On Ice that I donât think a lot of people caught:
They probably werenât watching the weather forecast there in the first two shots, they were watching the news. This cold front came literally out of nowhere, as, like the announcer says, it was supposed to be a perfect day for hanami, ergo going for a picnic to watch the cherry blossoms. But instead, lots of snow.
Now, for those of you who live in colder areas, like myself, you probably just went âwell, unseasonal snow happens sometimes, I remember once we had snow in mid-May.â
For those of you who live in warmer areas, you probably went âidk how snow works, so I guess that sounds legit???â
Snow in April on fucking Kyushu is beyond ridiculous, okay. They barely even get snow in the actual winter months. This is happening on April 11th - or even later - and they should be having temperatures in the 15-20°C/60-68°F range - or maybe even higher. And they probably were, before this. Thatâs why Yuuriâs so surprised and confused.
So why would they even bother including this?
Victor. Itâs all about Victor.
In part, I suspect itâs a literary/poetry reference, even if I canât quite place it, because âhe came from the north, bringing ice and snowâ is something of a universal literary image.
But mostly, itâs because, in Japanese, when someone does something highly unexpected and uncharacteristic, like, say, me cleaning my room, you express your surprise by saying âwow, does this mean itâs gonna snow tomorrow?â
And it didnât just snow. It snowed a lot. Itâs a reference to how ridiculously unexpected it is for Victor to wanna coach instead of skating himself, for him to show up in Japan out of the blue.
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