Best Performance of the Series!! | Yuri on Ice Welcome to the Madness REACTION!!

[@karmic_punishment]

some extra info about this: this is intended to be the exhibition skate of yurio, which he came up with the night before the performance (replacing one choreographed by lilia that he'd been skating the whole season) lol. you can see the story of how this happened in a short manga oneshot (which you can find online) under the same name of 'welcome to the madness'. he asked otabek to go on the ice with him after see victor skate with yuuri, cause he wanted to one up them, haha.

[@coltonbryant]

I would definitely say that he succeeded in upping them.😅

[@imjustapoorwayfaringgeek]

the wildest thing about the glove scene is that it was completely unplanned. SPOILERS FROM THE WELCOME TO THE MADNESS MANGA (which explains the beforehand of this whole situation) this wasn't even supposed to be yuri's exhibition, he decided he didn't want to skate to his original exhibition program which was made by lilia. he heard this song in a club otabek was djing at which he sneaked in, and went "this is it!!!1" and he choreographed it in one night with the help of otabek. when he watched yuuri's exhibition and saw victor there he got mad and wanted otabek to be in his, like, a few minutes before he skated his exhibition program. they're WILD.

[@coltonbryant]

Wow! Well, I'm glad they added that because it was crazyyy.🤣

[@imjustapoorwayfaringgeek]

@coltonbryant i don't know if anyone mentioned it but there's a teaser for the movie 🤔 even though, well, we don't get the movie. edit: btw, i might have watched all yuri on ice reactions on youtube and yours were definitely some of the ones i enjoyed the most, they were adorable. keep it up!!!

[@farrahelise7]

I think a romantic relationship between Yurio and Otabek was hinted judging by how they looked when they went out together (eating dinner at a restaurant like a date) and the motorbike scene haha I loved your reactions!! I wish we had a season 2

[@coltonbryant]

Ok, I'm glad I wasn't crazy in thinking that there was something between Yurio and Otabek.😂

[@freckleKaren]

@@coltonbryantdude this is one of the most popular ships in the whole fandom, we can’t all be crazy amirite

[@adrianneyvonnudottir1614]

Probably the biggest reason this wasn't featured in the actual show is that where mangas are dirt cheap in Japan, anime physical releases are prohibitively expensive even for Westerners (usually a one-cour season of 12 eps is gonna be split into 3 volumes of 4 episodes each and set you back at a minimum $100 per volume). So you gotta give your buyers nice perks like this! Second reason would be that this is set after Victor & Yuri's romantic pair skate at the very end of the last episode of the series, and it doesn't really fit in thematically or mood-wise where they're ending on an inspiring high with Yuri stating that they call everything on the ice love (have you noticed in that last scene where Yuri runs towards Victor, Yurio is there with them? they are in Russia together, training & preparing for Victor's professional return to the ice while he also remains Yuri's coach, probably in St Petersburg). The coolest fact about Otabek is that when he's not being a professional skater, he accepts the occasional DJing gig at a local venue XD And yes, we all ship them like mad, only Otabek with his no nonsense attitude can tame that Russian tiger cub ^^

[@NidiaFlores-u7e]

Thank for you reaction, mybe enjoy "your name"

[@skywatcher8893]

Yurio definitely felt in his element with this kind of performance. Also the animators popped off here fr

[@coltonbryant]

Absolutely!! They really put in the effort. To bad MAPPA, don't treat them like they should.