Yuuri had never expected something like this to show up in in his large pile of unread emails. It felt like he stared at the subject title for hours: Yuri! on Ice: Seiyuus. Sure, he knew what a seiyuu was thanks to his young addiction to anime and voice acting. But, what was Yuri! on Ice?

Yuuri clicks it open after a long debate with himself inside head, and he's instantly greeted with a professionally designed email, from the address of .

'Good morning, Katsuki Yuuri!' It read, and the young man imagined the cheerful woman that had written this just an hour ago.

'It must be a shock to see such an email on a Friday morning, huh? My name is Mitsurō Kubo, but most people refer to me as Kubo-sensei, and I am a manga artist in Sasebo, the Nagasaki Prefecture. A director, Director Yamamoto, has always been facinated with figure skating, and she said she would nearly die if she didn't make an ice skating anime. So, the both of us together created the plot outline of what I'd like to call Yuri! on ICE, and through a lot of research in developing the plot, I've stumbled across you!'

Yuuri blinks his eyes in confusion. An ice-skating sports anime? And why, of all the professional skaters out there, did Kubo-sensei choose him?

'I watched all of your past performances, and I can see my main character in you! Here, we get to the fun part of this email. Ready?'

"No." Yuuri voices out loud, but scrolls down and continues reading anyways.

'I've named my main character after you: Katsuki Yuuri! Me and Director Yamamoto want you to voice this wonderful katsudon. Please, get back to me whenever you can, I'm really excited to start developing Yuri! on ICE! Oh, and before I forget, there will be other skaters who will have a large role in the anime, so this will also give you a chance to become popular as a skater, and you might even make a friend or two!

Truth is, I can see potential in you, a wild side of you that you've buried deep into your soul. I want to help express that, in the voice of my Katsuki Yuuri, my little katsudon.

Please contact me via replying to this email, or feel free to email Director Yamamoto: yamamoto_sensei . Have a splendid weekend, and please think about it!

Kubo-sensei'

Yuuri stares at the closing signature at the end, still processing the entire email in a whole.

This Kubo-sensei wants him to voice act... as the main character of a figure skating anime. She sees 'something' in him.

This cannot be real.

Yuuri, keeping his hopes up, hits the reply button, and lets his fingers tab on the white keyboard in front of him.

'Re: Yuri! on Ice: Seiyuus

Hello, Kubo-sensei,

Thank you so much for your email! I, however, don't see what you're seeing in me that you find suitable for your main character. I suppose I could try it, since I stopped skating last year and need something to do. If you could reach back to me with an address, time, etc information that I may need to make this happen. Thank you for giving me to opportunity!

Katsuki Yuuri.'

Before Yuuri could second guess himself and delete the entire email, he presses enter out of habit and the email is sent. Mortified, Yuuri rises from his desk and plops face first onto his bed, smothering his face into the dark blue pillows that smells of his cologne and body odor.

It wasn't until he heard the chime that he had gotten another email nearly five minutes later, that Yuuri's head popped up, and the man was once again seated in his computer chair, eyes glued on the screen as he clicks to open the email.

'Re: Yuri! on ICE: Seiyuus

Yuuri,

I can't tell you how happy this makes me, and how happy Director Yamamoto will be! I still have to get in contact with one other skater we are interested in, then we'll finalize the exact time. But, as of now, just think of coming to the recording studio at the address attached to this email at about noon tomorrow. From the other 5 skaters I've gotten approval from, that seems to be a time and day when they're all free.

Oh gosh, I'm literally jumping in my seat, I'm so excited! I can't wait to meet you in person, Yuuri! We'll be recording in the recording studio for about two weeks, that should be more than enough time to get the lines down, and re-do any that are needed. If we need to extend the time there, either I or Yamamoto-sensei will let you and the other skaters know.

Oh, and I just contacted Phichit! He says hello~!

Kubo-sensei.'

Yuuri slumps in his seat, and lays his head onto the desk in front of him. Realization dawns on him after a few moments of silence.

"I may have just made the worst decision in the world."