Yuri on Ice Episode 10 Review:
Normally, in a show like this when we have an episode almost entirely devoted to the characters taking a break from fighting (sport) what we end up with is a shallow filler episode filled with comedic moments that don’t really work and some very casual characterisation. Yuri on Ice shows us what an episode like this can really do in terms of furthering the plot and the character development.
Having Victor narrate and give his view of the events up to now and the skaters was a great choice given Victor has taken the back seat for the past four episodes. Bringing him back into the mix this way was fantastic and also gave us a bit more insight into his character and proved once again he isn’t just a narcissist.
We also spend time with each of the skaters who’ve made it through to the final and none of these encounters fill meaningless. Each one gives us insight into the skater and their relationship both with the other skaters and with skating itself. Probably my favourite moment in this episode came when all of the skaters (minus JJ) were eating together and Phichit announced that Yuri and Victor were married (then corrected by Victor to engaged) and everyone was celebrating until Victor said they’d get married after Yuri won gold.
The change in tone was palpable and very effective. Every person at that table wants to win. They’ve all got their own reasons but they want to win and while on a personal level they may be happy for Victor and Yuri they aren’t going to hand over gold without a fight. Of course JJ shows up and breaks the tension by being his usual self and they all return to their hotel.
This episode was exactly what we needed and hit all the right notes. The charcterisation was spot on and it felt like we grew closer to the entire cast. The upcoming competition was never far from anyone’s thoughts so it wasn’t like they just ditched the plot for a week. It underpinned everything the characters were doing. And the closing credits were hilarious.
Too many good moments to decide on an image this week.
Yuri on Ice is available on Crunchyroll.
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Karandi James
This episode was truly fun. Yuri and Victor, such a cute pair. <3
This episode was everything. From the rings to marry each other. Yurio making a friend aww and the ending was freaking hilarious with the pictures. Omg soooooo funny!!!
The ending kind of made you want a whole episode just devoted to what happened at the party.
I think they should have an episode 10.5 to show the party.
Or just add it as a special on the DVD’s. That would be kind of cool.
That would cause i really want to see that party so badly.
I was waiting for the video from the first mention of it