"Yuri!!! On Ice" Episode 5 Recap - [SPOILERS] Episode 6 Yuri Competes at Grand Prix Opening Event In China [WATCH HERE]

By Jayde Winston - 07 Nov '16 11:44AM

Yuri Katsuki is set to compete against familiar opponents in China in "Yuri!!! On Ice" Episode 6. Despite not perfecting his routines, Yuri is in the Kyushu Championships, also recently announced that he is going to compete in the Grand Prix with the theme "Love." Yuri's back is against the wall, with a strong opponent, his friend Phichit Chulanont in the China Preliminaries. With Chulanont coached by Yuri's previous coach Celestino, do Yuri has what it takes to win.

"Yuri!!! On Ice" Episode 5 was an intense competition. Yuri had to face different skaters around Japan which are much younger than him. "Yuri!!! On Ice" Episode 5 entitled "Face Beet-Red!! It's the First Competition! The Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship." Yuri doesn't want to go first in every competition, but to his surprise, he picked number one to perform his short program "Eros" first!

Yuri was tensed, his focus was out of place after seeing the young skater who defeated him in the Nationals after Kenjiro Minami. After warm up, Yuri's coach Viktor gave him a tight hug to loosen him up, as a result, Yuri was able to beat his personal's best score.

But, Viktor noticed that Yuri is focusing so much on his jumps and forgetting the technicalities of artistic expressions and technical mastery on the free program. With disobedience, Yuri changed the elements of his jumps. Also, on this episode, we got the chance to hear the new soundtrack Yuri's friends composed "Yuri On Ice" track. Yuri missed some jumps and even made mistakes. He bumps his head on the rink that caused his nose to bleed but, overall he got the highest scores!

Kenjiro Minami challenged Yuri, and will not quit ice skating until he defeated him on the Grand Prix. Yuri announced that his theme would be "Love," a non-romantic form of love for his friends, family, and coach.

[SPOILERS] "Yuri!!! On Ice" Episode 6

Episode 6 will be the event in China. It will be a tough competition for Yuri since his competing against his friend and his former coach. The twist of the story would be against his former coach; we were able to see Yuri and Phichit talking well, but looking at Celestino's actions, he seems to be having some serious bad plans.

"Yuri!!! On Ice" Episode 6 is all set, entitled "China's On! The Grand Prix Series Opening Event!! The Cup of China Short Program" scheduled on Wednesday, November 9.