<P> Released to critical acclaim, Yuri on Ice has been well received in Japan . It won three awards at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival, a Japan Character Award and seven awards in Crunchyroll's inaugural Anime Awards . In Japan, the series was released in six parts on Blu - Ray and DVD, with all the releases coming No. 1 on the Oricon Animation Blu - Ray disc and Animation DVD disc rankings respectively . It was the second-most successful media franchise in Japan for the first half of 2017 . It was popular on social media outlets such as Tumblr, Sina Weibo and Twitter, where it received over a million more tweets that the next most - talked about anime series in the season it was broadcast . It also attracted praise from professional figure skaters . </P> <P> Yuri on Ice has raised discussion concerning its depiction of a same - sex relationship between its protagonists, with some critics praising it for covering homosexuality in a way that differs from most anime and manga such as yaoi, and for dealing with homosexuality in a country and sport that has present - day issues with homophobia; others criticised its depiction for being unrealistic and ambiguous . The series has also been praised for its depiction of anxiety, and also raised a brief controversy concerning a similar figure skating - based title to be released in the United States in 2017 . </P> <P> After a crushing defeat in the Grand Prix Final and other competition losses, 23 - year - old Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki develops mixed feelings about skating and puts his career on hold; returning to his hometown of Hasetsu in Kyushu . Yuri visits his childhood friend, Yuko, at an ice rink (Ice Castle Hasetsu) and perfectly mimics an advanced skating routine performed by his idol: Russian figure skating champion Victor Nikiforov . When secretly - recorded footage of Yuri's performance is uploaded to the internet, it catches Victor's attention, and he travels to Kyushu with an offer to coach Yuri and revive his figure - skating career . Later, it is revealed that Victor was already familiar with Yuri, having met him before at a banquet where Yuri got drunk and asked Victor to be his coach . </P> <P> After learning when about Victor's career decision, Yuri Plisetsky, a rising 15 - year - old Russian prodigy skater, travels to Hasetsu to make Victor keep a promise made prior to the beginning of the series . Victor had promised he would choreograph a routine specifically for Yuri P. if he won the Junior World Championships, which Yuri P. presumably did . Victor, having forgotten about his promise to Yuri P., makes the two Yuris compete against each other to decide who he will coach . Yuri K. ends up winning, and thus Victor becomes Yuri K.'s coach . Yuri P. returns to Russia, and both Yuris vow to win the Grand Prix championship . </P>

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