An anxious skater finds renewed competitive fire through heartwarming connections and earnest, uplifting rivalries.
Romantic, with wholesome humor. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Hulu and Crunchyroll.
Some innuendo or implied sex and mild language, about what a TV-14 should carry.
Rated TV-14, but by what is on screen our estimate is fine from about 10.
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While on the verge of retirement, skater Yuri Katsuki meets Yuri Plisetsky and Victor Nikiforov, two skaters who rekindle his competitive fire.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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