Quick note: not Yuri as listed in so many million places I found this quite entertaining. It was intense and it stayed right on par and high with drama and competitiveness and balanced characters. The story moves along nicely and there were no jumps from one place to another, however I think a couple of the backstories were misplaced a little bit. One of them was too late in the show. All in all, this really did a nice job keeping me entertained. One small note, if it will benefit you to know some French. There's not a lot of it, but there's enough that it wouldbe helpful to understand what some of the characters are saying to each other.