I knew I would love it. Ice skating and boys in love, what's not to adore? But, I didn't expect it to be so funny. It reminded me of Hikaru No Go, the thing I measure all anime/manga by since it was my first and also was amazing.
also unexpected?
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the incest vibes from Mickey
the stalkery Joker thing from Georgi
orgasms on Ice and J.J. kissing his own ice reflection. Seriously, Christophe and J.J. need to be in the same room together for 5 mins with mirrors. It would be like a Twilight Zone episode.
animal death and endangerment...what is up with that?
craving for a pork cutlet bowl! I have to find some place to get one of those. Or even better, pork cutlet pirogi ummm!
I'd actually be happy if season two focused on some of the other skaters and let Yuri and Victor be happy in the background. Not gonna lie, I'm shipping Yurio/Otabek. Let season 2 pick up a few years later and focus on the youngsters from this season, with the older guys having moved into other roles.