A gay ice skating anime made me believe in love again
'Yuri!!! on Ice' turned queerbaiting on its head and gave me hope when I needed it the most.

Seven young ladies who grew up in the housing projectget along well together, although they have different personalities. The seven always hang out around the Lan Kwai Fong area and named the group "Lan Kwai Fong Seven Princesses". Later after a dispute with the "West Kowloon Center Pair of Queens", the seven princesses suddenly are swept into the midst of a crime wave, as the seven even begin to fight among themselves...
'Yuri!!! on Ice' turned queerbaiting on its head and gave me hope when I needed it the most.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
Anna May Wong was a talented actress and a fashion icon and still had to fight for everything she had due to hatred and racism.
This powerful story shines with poetic animation, an exploration of deeper truths, and the protagonist's complex search for identity.