This seemingly innocent tale of ice and a lil love is littered with minute but obvious tell-tale signs of the brutal reality of competitive sports and the traumas left on it's contestants. As they each navigate their way to the Grand Prix Finale while finding various ways to cope with their mental health, we the audience are there to sit along for the unfiltered ride ready to laugh our butts off, cringe at the WTF moments, and be in absolute awe of their spectactular breath stopping performances all within the blink of an eye
A massive rollercoster of conflicting themes crunched into a studio apartment, on paper this should not work in the slightes, and yet it does, and to perfection
Although i would've liked to see more of these characters, i think the rushed nature of the series is actually what made it work so well in the storytelling format it chose, had certain things been dragged out in more detail it would've needed a much darker tone to not start feeling weird
