Its notable that when he watched both of Yuris programs, he was mostly calm, if a bit pouty or annoyed, besides appearing dumbfounded when Yuri attempts to land Victor's Signature Move.
Yurio always watches Yuri's performances while he forgets to watch Georgi's free skate, he makes sure to watch Yuri's.Additionally, Mila even notifies him when Yuri is skating next.
When Yuri asks him to teach him how to land the quadruple Salchow, Yurio obliges even though he has no obligation to help Yuri he wouldn't have even agreed if he truly hated him.Yurio stated in the previous episode that he doesn't take a bath with other people, yet he joins Yuri in the hot springs, which is obviously a public bath.MAPPA producer for Yuri!!! on Ice, Manabu Ootsuka expressed thoughts in an interview that the reason why Yurio calls Yuri either "pig" or "pork cutlet bowl" is maybe because he's actually too shy to call him by his name.While there's nothing suggestive about the image per se, there's a quote in the scan that sounds borderline romantic: "Only in traces on ice rink, you and I cross each other. Another scan ◊ shows both Yuris in their respective costumes for their short programs.all in all, the image looks anything but innocent. An official scan ◊ shows Yuri and Yurio lying down on one bed in opposite directions, with Yuri's shirts slightly unbuttoned at the top and Yurio's shirt almost completely unbuttoned, and while his gaze is directed at the camera, his head is slightly tilted in Yuri's direction.And if we look at their relationship through that spectrum. Nevertheless, if you look closely enough, the anime throws a lot of hints that what Yurio feels towards Yuri may not be hatred, but actually admiration and possibly even more. For the most part, it seems to be one-sided.