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[thegayfigureskatingagenda]

Hilarious censoring in YOI

Inspired by this post, I researched the censoring in the onsen scenes and, boy, did I discover some inventive censoring of Viktor's Vicchan with hilarious implications, because, let's be frank, Viktor has not a spark of decency and constantly breaches onsen rules!

Onsen rules 101:

The towels you often see in onsen scenes are to cover the guests' private parts. Once they're seated in the water, the towel is to be folded and draped on the head. It also is to never touch the ground. But the most important takeaway is: always cover your private parts outside of the water!

Viktor, savage as this boy is, doesn't cover his private parts when he walks around in the Yu-topia bath not even once. Hence, the decoration must help out, and the way the creators accomplished this leads to some juicy interpretations.

Episode 1

Viktor rises to greet Yuuri, not bothering about covering himself, so the fountain takes over the towel's job. But not only does it block the view, it's splashing. Note also how Viktor and the fountain are positioned in that image. Covering a man's private parts with a splashing fountain? Well, if this doesn't lead to interesting conclusions... This boy must be very happy to see Yuuri again.

Also, note the frog on top of the statue. It will become important soon.

Episode 2

Same as in episode 1

Episode 3

More savage Viktor, this time covered by the frog on top of the fountain.

This is for reference. Yep, it's the frog.

In the context of innuendos, one might be tempted to speculate whether the frog was chosen to convey the following to the audience:

One property of Viktor's Vicchan.

How Vicchan is perceived by people who find Viktor attractive.

Interestingly, whenever the frog does the censoring, it faces Viktor and there's a spatial distance between both. Knowing that frogs are well-known for their long tongues with which they can catch insects across a distance, this makes you wonder why the creators chose a frog.

Maybe it happened like that:

Chief animator: "Okay, we must censor Viktor's Vicchan again. Any suggestions?"

Animator employee 1: "The fountain worked well in episode 1."

Chief animator: "Not the fountain again. We're more creative than that."

Animator employee 2: "We should take care that the censoring still conveys Vicchan's properties to the audience.. But it should be subtle."

Chief animator: "Please elaborate."

Animator employee: "First, it's supposed to look delicious..."

Aside from the juicy interpretations, you might like to learn that in Japan, frogs symbolise fertility, good fortune and business wealth. Their ability to metamorphose also became a symbol of change. In the context of YOI, this has some interesting implications beyond sexual innuendos.

Episode 4

Again, the poor (or rather lucky?) frog takes over the censoring. But while this works for the audience, Yuuri just had a good view on Vicchan...

The positioning is perfect, don't you think? Also not that the spatial distance between Yuuri and Viktor in that scene is about the same as the distance between Viktor and the frog. Could the frog be a metaphor for what's going on in Yuuri's head right now? Who knows. I believe Yuuri's reaction speaks for itself.

(Side note: The red mask in the background is likely a tengu mask, due to its prominent, slightly elongated nose. In Japanese mythology, they have various meanings, one is the duality of good and evil as tengu demons are dangerous and mischievous but also known to help humans. These masks thus can protect against evil and promise prosperity. In Kabuki, tengu demons often cause chaos and disruption. It's interesting that the shot has Viktor between the tengu mask and the frog. Is the proverb about the correlation between the nose and a d*ck known in Japan? Is this a hint at another property of Vicchan? I can't help contextualising it that way, I'm sincerely sorry.)

Next, we have a pile of stones covering Yuuri when Viktor pulls him out of the water... thinking about the properties of stones and what Yuuri just spotted it's not that hard to guess what they could mean (wait, did I just made a pun?)

And then there's this

Note that these boxes only exist in the Bluray version. In the version on Crunchyroll, Yuuri and Viktor are covered in billowing steam. Although this perfectly conveys the scene's steaminess, it makes it also look more innocuous (and seem as if the creators forgot to draw something.)

A frog, a tanuki with an oversized scrotum (read my post about this here), a tengu mask, a pile of stones… the Katsuki family has really chosen an intriguing decoration for the men's bath. Makes you really wonder what's in the women's bath.

For this post, I researched Japanese folklore to provide some actual context besides my unhinged, dirty interpretation. If anything I've written is offensive to Japanese people, I will correct it and if that's not possible, I will delete the post. It is not my intention to offend people with my ignorance.

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[marune2]

Gabriel silver crack only

Neva Belmonte is @lyranova oc

Summary

Neva yuno and all other think this Gabriel and Lagrins fight again but it’s not not whit fist at least or magic

Warning mention of :of sleeping whit each other

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Neva and yuno were eating as they hear Gabriel and Langris fight again at least they think so

Gabriel:go faster you wimp this call you smashing?!

Langris: say the right chicken leg!!! Curse you!!!

Gabriel: say it again Gnom AAAAA!!

Never and yuno looking at each other

Neva:should we stop them? I mean last time they destroyed the half of the Blaise

Yuno:hm

Some golden dawn in the background:I believe I sleep in the garden again you in?““yes I bring the blankets and popcorn for the show““year sounds nice““hey I’m the only one or sound it like angry se€?““jo no stop Dave!!!!“

Langris:now we talking brad now show what you can do-Arck!!!!!

Gabriel:AAAAAA FUCK!!!!NOW SPEAK WE WIMP

Neva just stare it’s sound really like they have something on then hear they William

William:GABRIEL LANGRIS STO-OH OH „then run he in the eating room red

William red face’s:don’t be scared they don’t fighting……they just……..training……in a interesting way……

Yuno:I need ear bleach……….

Neva:my too my too yuno…..how can you be so loudly whit this?! The Wohle HQ hear them……..

William:we should go out training it’s good air I believe „laughing nervously but you can hear how he say how he should talk to them……..

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[yeagrave]

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[dragonpyre]

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Real life pregnancy? No. Horrifying. Never. Hard pass. Worst thing imaginable.

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[tomurakii]

High-ish quality scans of the Silco & Vander pages from the artbook

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