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* WordOfGod confirmed on Twitter that no matter what people in real life think, there will be absolutely ''no'' homophobia or homophobic characters introduced in the series whatsoever. In a world where homosexual relationships (though perhaps more accepted now than ever) are still a rather touchy subject, this is a nice change of pace.
* Doubles as funny: some fans have dubbed professional figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva (who is ''very'' [[JustForFun/OneOfUs vocal about her love for the anime]]) the fandom's queen. One fan even gave her figurines of a chibi Yuri and Victor right after her short program at the 2016 Russian Nationals, which she happily showed off.
* Likewise, figure skating legend Johnny Weir has been dubbed by the fandom as the fandom's ''king''.
* Around the first week of December, ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' did a subtle reference to the anime by [[Recap/SouthparkS20E10TheEndOfSerializationAsWeKnowIt having its title appear in the browsing history of Ike's computer]]. The entire anime staff seemed to have noticed, and decided to return the favor by featuring a younger J.J. wearing Cartman's IconicOutfit in the final episode. It's funny as it is sweet.
* According to post-Episode 12 interviews, ''Yuri!!! on Ice'' was intended to explore the coach-skater relationship...and then the two lead characters went and fell in love, [[IJustWriteTheThing so their creator had to rethink the whole plot, especially the ending]]. It's nice to think that Yuri and Victor rewrote their own story in this universe as well as their own.
* Mitsurou Kubo has gone on record in the March 2017 issue of CREA to say exactly what we already knew -- the rings Yuri and Victor exchange are [[https://twitter.com/soukatsu_/status/828883215477784576 proof that they're soulmates]].
* Finally, six months after ''Yuri!!! on Ice'' aired its last episode, Sayo Yamamato herself confirmed that [[https://68.media.tumblr.com/2cb1d50c7797f241d502ebf3c488c609/tumblr_inline_or1yrrZZ9K1s5458l_540.png Yuri and Victor fell in love]].
* In October 2017, Kubo finally got to meet John Cameron Mitchell, the actor who was the basis for Victor's design, at a performance of ''Theatre/HedwigAndTheAngryInch'' (which was the show where Kubo got the inspiration for Victor's design in the first place) in Japan. [[https://twitter.com/kubo_3260/status/918847678129192960 They even got to hug!]]
