Yuki Yukiko

So I’ve seen people saying that it was for Victor and people saying that it was for the judges and I was really confused. But today I watched episode 8 again and I think it’s clear for me now?

Tbh when I first watched the episode I assumed it was for the judges (in fact I was quite disappointed that it wasn’t for Victor lol). I mean every time Yuuri made gestures like this in previous episodes we got Victor’s reaction, so that was pretty clear. But this time, Yuuri blows a kiss…

… and we get to see the reaction from the judges, not from Victor.

Personally I thought that blowing the kiss to Victor would be quite more defiant, given that he’s trying to show his love to the whole of Russia, but I could also accept him blowing the kiss to the judges as a rebellious gesture or something.

But then again if you pay attention to his location, you can see he’s not facing the judges…

 … who are behind him right before he blows the kiss:

To face them he would have had to turn his face backwards/to his right… but he turns his face to his left:

So yeah guys definitely not looking at the judges. We get to see their faces because they are surprised, not because it was meant for them.

Still, Victor’s location is not very clear. In fact, I wasn’t able to locate nor Victor, nor any of the other coaches/companions during Yuuri’s, Yurio’s or JJ’s performances (I think they just didn’t bother to draw them in the background lol? idk). Anyway, we get to see where they are right before and after the performances, and I think we do get some clues to know where they are supposed to be.

If you pay attention to the background (although it’s blurry most of times) you get to see that all the gates of the ice rink have a letter (A, B, C or D) and a number (1, 2, 3, and so on). So the gates behind the judges are all A-something, and the progression of numbers and letters goes from left to right:

If I’m not mistaken, skaters get into the rink from Wall B, which is also from where coaches and companions watch their performances. Therefore, this is also where Victor is:

Considering the location of Gate C1, Gate B2 should be right behind Victor.

Also, when Yuuri finishes his performance, we can clearly see Wall D behind him. Considering the arrangement of the rink, we know that what’s opposite to Wall D, and therefore right behind Victor (and Yurio), is Wall B.

So, getting back to Yuuri’s position when blowing the kiss, if his back is turned to the judges (Wall A) and therefore his body is turned to Wall C…

… when he turns his face to his left, to the direction of his left shoulder, he’s facing Wall B. He’s facing Victor.

So yeah, guys. No kiss for the Russian judges. The kiss was for the Russian boyfriend Victor.

inktober 29-30