History YMMV / YuriOnIce

** Victor is the world's hottest bachelor and top male skater, but he's also a total goofball and a bit of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. His trademark heart-shaped smile cements this status further.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Yuri frequently struggles with PerformanceAnxiety and self-esteem issues, but it's to the point that many fans theorize that he suffers from a full-on anxiety disorder.

* UncannyValley: Due to the drop in animation quality midway through the series, some of the skating sequences can appear particularly jarring. Luckily, this is fixed in the Blu-ray.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: There's an AdultFear moment where Victor's poodle Makkachin becomes ill from stealing some pork buns, and ends up in the pet hospital. Yuri tells Victor to go to his dog and not worry about him. [[spoiler:Makkachin is fine by the end of the next episode, and happily greets Yuri when he and Victor reunite]].

*** Even with Otabek involved, it's difficult to ship Yurio. The fact that he's 15 and nearly every other major character in the cast is an adult really puts a damper on things.

* TheScrappy: Although she's a minor character, most people don't like Isabella Yang (J.J.'s girlfriend). Her words about Yurio's fans made her look like a bitch, besides the fact that her presence puts a damp on the J.J./Yurio ship. Although she was RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap for many when she showed that she really does love J.J., even [[spoiler: leading the cheer for him when he screws up terribly in the Grand Prix Final]] in Episode 11, to the point where she became an EnsembleDarkhorse.

** Just looking at Otabek, knowing he had been modeled after Kazakh figure skater Denis Ten, becomes this after Ten was murdered in a carjacking incident in July 2018.
** Victor's flirtatious actions towards Yuri (initially) can be hard to watch with multiple incidents of figure skating coaches harassing, abusing, and grooming skaters coming to light. Victor himself has no ill intention, as episode 10 reveals he's just bad at communicating [[spoiler:and was under the mistaken impression that Yuri remembered what happened at the banquet and felt too embarrassed to openly reciprocate]], but the UnfortunateImplications are still present.

** ''Manga/BananaFish'', as an iconic LGBT-themed manga with a (more subtextual in ''Banana Fish's'' case) gay male romance which also has an anime adaptation by Creator/{{MAPPA}}, has unsurprisingly attracted a lot of ''Yuri!!! on Ice'' fans its way.

** "Chicken Nugget" for Kenjiro Minami, likely due to his [[MulticoloredHair red and blonde hair]] reminding people of UsefulNotes/McDonalds.

* AssPull: [[spoiler: Yurio winning gold and J.J. placing higher than Otabek in the Grand Prix Final are analyzed as being grossly over-scored by the fandom, as real life skating would have placed them at different scores]]. See BrokenBase for the explanations.

* WhatAnIdiot:
** [[spoiler:Yurio]] -- while wanting Yuri to keep competing -- [[spoiler:belittles him almost every time they encounter, mocks his weight, and does all he can to kick the poor guy while he's down]]. Not to mention, the first time they met he violently told him that he should just quit... and yet he's surprised on hearing that [[spoiler:Yuri may retire after the Grand Prix Final]].
** On a lighter note, Yurio, while searching for Victor, flies out to Japan on a whim when he's supposed to be training, walks around the city, and thinks if he shouts Victor's name then he can find him. He finds him by pure luck rather than deducing that Victor would be at the local ice rink. For good reason, Yakov chews him out on the phone.
** Victor, thinking that Yuri is shy and embarrassed about [[spoiler:pole-dancing and begging him to be his coach]], ''never'' brings it up during their months together while training and only finds out [[spoiler:Yuri doesn't remember anything at an informal dinner held before the Grand Prix Final]]. To be fair, he may not have brought it up on the assumption that the event is a shameful memory to Yuri, given the difference in Yuri's personality when he's sober and when he's drunk.
** Yuri, having told Victor in Episode 11/12 that [[spoiler:he wants to end their (professional and personal) relationship,]] is surprised to see Victor cry.

** When the popularity of ''Yuri!!! on Ice'' meant it swept the 2016 Crunchyroll Awards, they had this with fans of other series who felt they'd suffered an AwardSnub. This was particularly true for fans of ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' (see the note about the animation award in "Hype Backlash" below) and ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'', which had the adaptation of ''Diamond is Unbreakable'' released in 2016.

*** The fact that the series won the "Best Animation" award above the uniquely animated ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' is a particular spot of contention for some fans. While ''Yuri!!! on Ice'' is by no means bad-looking, it has a rather standard art style and level of animation, and its quality significantly dropped mid-cour. ''Mob Psycho 100'' is extremely experimental and looks different from most other anime, leaving some feeling that ''Yuri!!! on Ice'' won on FanMyopia alone and not for its actual animation merit.

** In the first two episodes, several characters don't hesitate to point out that Yuri has gained weight (and Yurio continually [[YouAreFat calls Yuri a pig]] even after he's gotten back in shape) which many western viewers find to be in poor taste. However, in Japan people are far more blunt about telling larger people that they need to lose weight for various reasons (the overall pressure for societal conformity being just one of them). This could also be an issue of getting lost in translation, since the specific Japanese word used to call Yuri a "pig" is more of an affectionate one... but in English, calling someone a "pig" is a huge insult regardless of how you put it.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Episode 10 shows that [[spoiler:before Yuri, Victor was a workaholic who never did much living or loving, and strongly implies that he has been interested in Yuri ever since the Grand Prix Final of the prior year]]. By rewatching the anime with this light, it's clear that [[spoiler: all the times Victor was being TheTease to Yuri, he was actually hitting on him]]. In fact, the entirety of Yuri and Victor's relationship is this after Episode 10.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Many figure skating fans do not take kindly to ''Yuri!!! on Ice'' fans stating that real-life skaters ''are'' the ''YOI'' characters. Creator/YuzuruHanyu is most often subjected to this, thanks to his physical resemblance to Yuri and the occasional sensual program in his repertoire.

** Surprisingly, with fans of real-life figure skating. Skating fans have run into problems with ''YOI'' fans assuming certain skaters ''are'' the fictional characters, some even going so far as to vandalize Wikipedia pages, and as a result some accuse ''YOI'' fans of fetishizing real-life people. [[note]] Creator/YuzuruHanyu gets hit with this the hardest, given his physical resemblance to Yuri. Accordingly, many Hanyu fans are jaded towards ''YOI'' fans.[[/note]] On the flip side, ''YOI'' fans wanting to get into skating may encounter skating fans who are immediately and intensively hostile upon learning they started watching skating because of the anime, in addition to the ItsPopularNowItSucks attitude.

* GeniusBonus: The semi-canon ''Yuri on Festival'' script has a lot of {{Shout Out}}s to real life figure skating, but the mention of Creator/YuzuruHanyu's ''Seimei'' program is {{Foreshadowing}}. UsefulNotes/AbeNoSeimei was an ''onmyōji'', whose duties included exorcisms and warding against dark spirits. The ''Seimei'' program was Hanyu's artistic interpretation of Seimei's battle against the villains of the movies, through skating/dance and music. The climax of the plot involves Victor exorcising Yuri from DemonicPossession courtesy of the local squid entity, with the help of dance and music.

** While he is more of a BaseBreakingCharacter, Episode 11 placed J.J. in a more sympathetic light for fans. Despite having been portrayed as overconfident and narcissistic for the past three episodes, much like Yuri [[spoiler: [[NotSoDifferent he can also fall victim to pressure and stage fright]], which led to him flubbing almost all his jumps in his short program]]. Additionally, the fandom feels sorry for him when [[spoiler: he places dead last in the short program, and the fans who didn't like him grew to appreciate him from [[GracefulLoser how he accepted his defeat with a smile]]]].

** Victor's flirtatious actions towards Yuri (initially) can be hard to watch with multiple incidents of figure skating coaches harassing, abusing, and grooming skaters coming to light. Victor himself has no ill intention, as episode 10 reveals he's just bad at communicating his interest, but the UnfortunateImplications are still present.

** The other skaters leaving their party as soon as J.J. showed up was a funny moment in Episode 10. However, after Episode 11, when [[spoiler: J.J. has an anxiety attack on the ice from the pressure and has a mental image that portrays the other skaters as threatening and intimidating ]], one might see that scene from his perspective as being purposely isolated and ignored by the others.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: The show's status as a respectful and accurate QueerRomance is now as much, if not more, a part of its larger reputation than its focus on professional figure skating, to the point that it's commonly referred to as "that gay figure skating anime" or "the one about gay figure skaters." When it was airing, though, the fact that [[spoiler:Yuri and Victor]] eventually became an OfficialCouple rather than keeping to subtext was a pretty huge shock (mostly in a [[YaoiFangirl good]] [[LGBTFanbase way]]) to its weekly viewership.

** There has even been fandom drama over the relative lack of focus on Yamamoto among the fandom compared to Kubo, especially since Yamamoto already had a strong cult following among older female anime fans for her previous series ''Anime/MichikoToHatchin'' and ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine''. It was resolved by pointing out that Kubo is more active on social media, thereby making her more visible to fans who weren't familiar with Yamamoto's previous work.