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i never watched sailor moon everything i know about it is just through the internet but every time i see usagi i just feel so happy she is the sweetest looking girl

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wheeeeeeeeeee weeeeeeee i'm freeeeeeeeeee

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SAILOR MOON | 1.03

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Your carefree spirit and optimism are your true strengths!

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This man learned so much from Izumi

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A thing that was supposed to be a sketch but oh well

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go beyond inheritance

@tododeku-week day 4

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#just give the poor guy his glasses 

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SOMETHING I really love about Yuri on Ice is that it’s not a story about getting “good” enough to succeed. Stories about sports or competitions are always about the protag overcoming some skill-related setback to succeed. Which is, y’know, always fun to watch!!

But here’s Yuri, a guy who’s already an accomplished and celebrated figure skater. He already has fans, is already famous, already inspires young skaters. He already has the skills necessary to be the best.

The only thing he has to overcome is his own self-doubt.

It’s a very real barrier for an artist/performer/athlete to face, and it’s written with the utmost care. He doesn’t have a singular “oh, I believe in myself now” moment. He goes back and forth.

He lets Yurio yell at him when he’s crying in the bathroom, and later he smiles and thinks to himself, “this kid is seriously underestimating me haha.”

He wins one round of a competition and then has a massive panic attack about the one immediately following. He believes in himself, and then he worries, and then he gets fired up, and then he doubts. But every time he falls back, he gets a little closer to really truly being confident. And that’s what it’s really like for artists and athletes and really anybody with a dream.

It’s not a flat, straight road to self-confidence. You fall and stop and have to force yourself to keep moving.

And I think that’s done beautifully in this show!!

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i thought he was going to hug him… i’m not the only one who thought

so, right?

(also have another lineless drawing)

SPEEDPAINT: https://youtu.be/0g8s9gM60iI

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when u win ur first gold and watch victor kiss ur best friend #bestdayever 

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This is one of my favorite details about YOI.

The reason Victor gives Yuuri for why he left Russia to become his coach is “because of the music.” He says Yuuri creates this with his body.

Poetic, right? Maybe more than you think.

Let’s rewind to the scene where Yuuri skates Victor’s “Stay Close to Me” routine. The one that inspired Victor to come to Japan.

What’s interesting to me is that Yuuri is skating without music. We hear it in the episode because it’s playing in the arena where Victor is, and the scenes are overlaid.

But where Yuuri is, it’s silent.

Yuko recognizes the routine because she’s seen it before. Not because Yuuri put on music. She recognizes the first pose.

Which means…

Yuuri’s viral video is silent. He literally makes Victor hear the music with his body.

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Makkachin, Victor, and Yuri in Yuri!!! on Ice (Episode 04)