#viktor nikiforov

[animatorroseoak]

Doodle of the ice guys

[bullsfish]

In memory of what could have been.

[thegirlwhorideslikeasamurai]

There's a post going around with screenshots from a tweet showing costumes worn by Yuuri and Viktor in the cover art for the Yuri!!! On Ice Select Book. However, the tweet falsely claims they were made for the movie.

So, let's do some debunking!

Here are the reference images from my copy (note the description in the 2nd and 3rd image):

Here's a translation of the costume descriptions in the book. Yes, that's right. They made the costumes exclusively for the book.

This page shows the title of Yuuri and Viktor's programme (Phantom of the Opera).

The costumes have been designed for two adult characters and all the sketches show Yuuri and Viktor as their adult selves as well, not as teenagers.

That's all the debunking I can offer you because there's really no big secret behind it.

If you don't own a copy of the YOI Select Book, it takes only 5 seconds to find all the necessary information about these costumes on google. For example, the YOI Wiki has a page about it as well.

I'm asking you in all kindness to please be careful what information you spread!

Edit: Added two pictures for clarity. Also thanks to @blonndiec for providing additional information in the comments 🩷

I'm not going to reblog the post because I'm loathe to give misinformation a platform, but I guess that most people have already seen it anyway.

[airjemsonyoi]

[though-prevent-face-should]

https://rebecca-628.szhdyy.com.cn/ap/xPKvNjl

[c-orion-o]

"And then there suddenly appeared before me The only one my arms will hold I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me" And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold

Blue moon Now, I'm no longer alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own"

[airjemsfandump]

Please. 😩

[touchlikethesun]

there's not a point in this scene in ep 8 where you can see all of viktor and all of yuuri at the same time and that has been bothering me so voilà <3

[piyo13sdoodles]

papercut victor i made instead of doing chores

[blended-ice]

we never got to hear his story.

[jercythesiscrying]

via suwabe junichi (victor's jpn VA)

[animatorroseoak]

I hate you mappa genuinely. I adore him with all my heart, I wanted to hear and see his story

[airjemsonyoi]

"Skaters' hearts are as fragile as glass", eh?

[mappawhereisyoi]

I will NEVER get over this arrow placement 🥹

[thefawnfallacy]

Yuri on Ice was such a life changing anime, especially to have experienced in real time waiting for those episodes to drop every week. It was an open acknowledgment and love letter to queerness, to valuing and creating art, to loving yourself and loving those around you and it’s no surprise that it had such a large impact on those who watched it. Not to mention how stunning it was to be presented with an open letter to queer love during a time where same sex marriage and gender equality was still a very hot and controversial topic. It’s, in its own way, nestled itself into history.

It may not be in the way we all expected or hoped, but see you next level.