Gay yuri on ice
No, Yuri!!! on Ice isn’t a yaoi
capriccioso-lullaby:
It’s not even a shounen ai.
It’s a sports anime with a canon queer couple.Please please please, I don’t want to alienate LGBT representation in anime any further than it already has by placing YOI in the yaoi category just because of Victuuri. Rarely perform we see gay inclusion outside of yaoi (if you even consider that representative…) so I long to keep this intact.
This is so important!!!!!! The yaoi/bl genre is a very problematic engine of fetishization where queer (male) couples exist for the consumption of a direct (female) audience. Yaoi is almost singularly defined by the hypersexualization of gay men and is meant to excite a direct female audience with how “”“"forbidden”“”“ and ”“”“sinful”“”“ it is.
By calling yuri on ice a sports anime and not a yaoi or shounen-ai, the writers are sending a message that rejects this idea that queer couples should be fetishized in order to be valid. This is a huge step for Japan in normalizing queer identity!!!!!!
Recently, Facebook and Twitter own been filled with references to Yuri!!! On Ice. Even if you include no idea what Yuri!!! On Ice is, you've probably seen the artwork (I have it featured on my own FB page, by the way!). The animated figure skating series took the anime world—and the rest of the world—by storm. The series gives me amazing hope and excitement for the gay romance genre and for the greater LGBT community.
For the uninitiated, Yuri!!! On Ice is the story of Yuri Katsuki, a Japanese professional figure skater who is thinking of retiring after failing miserably in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating finals. He’s insecure in himself and his skating in part, we come to understand, because he’s unsure of his sexuality. Enter Viktor Nikiforov, five-time world champion skater and Yuri’s idol of many years, who arrives in Yuri’s backwater hometown in Japan and proposals to coach Yuri to a gold medal in the next Grand Prix.
When my buddy, Lex Valentine, told me to observe Yuri!!! On Ice, I hesitated. Much as I’m an anime addict (Japanese might call me an “Otaku” – the similar of a serious geek), I’m not wild about sports anime (I’m not a huge spo
I'd say the matching. It's definitely one of those shows that lures the fujo and fudan. Although, unlike other queerbaiting anime, I feel love Yuri on Ice contain a different approach grab on homoeroticism (ie they are veryexpressive in terms of intimacy, no implied stuff, just straight up.. Or should I express 'gay' up).
OP, I think this anime is "revolutionary" not because of the queerbaiting, it's actually how the anime tackled gender roles. Also to note that figure skating isn't an easy or 'girly' sport, it actually requires a lot of stamina.
You know how in episode 3 Yuuri decided that he'd rather be a woman who seduces the playboy, instead of him being the playboy himself. I idea that was the finest decision.
This trend that this show seems to own, especially in episode 4, was that those intimate scenes were so blatant people can tell that it was for the fanservice. I don't understand, I could be untrue, maybe Viktor swings that way... But that has not been declared yet.
There was something else that made me reluctant to accept Viktor and Yuuri, if they will eventually become lovers. It's the fact th
A gay ice skating anime made me believe in love again
(This article contains major spoilers for Yuri!!! on Ice.)
When I started watching Yuri!!! on Ice, I idea I knew what I was getting into. I’ve been a fan of sports anime for years, and a fan of anime in general for longer. Sports anime makes up a broad and increasingly popular swath of anime offerings, and as with any genre, there are certain conventions I’ve come to expect: a loveable underdog making a surprising comeback, detailed explanations of a game’s rules and approach that somehow get me to care about sports, teams learning to cooperate and developing their relationships both on and off the court.
This last main attraction of sports anime may be what makes it so profitable. Because sports anime tends to main attraction large casts of men and few (if any) female characters, and because the male characters’ interactions tend to be both physically and emotionally intense, the genre provides ample fodder for yaoi fans. These fans are often (but not always) straight women who find the idea of male/male relationships compelling or titillating. Most yaoi fans don’t expect or even want these relationships to become canonical. Inste
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