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 Why Christmas is censored? Does the subber hates Christian related things lol. As usual the anime is very formulaic with 1 rival 1 main character, can they even make story with more than 1 rival lol. Already getting tired of the same story in Uma Musume, watched Cinderella Gray only because my favorite is Oguri. Rudolf, despite appearing in all the anime, is just aura farming without showing what she can do. Overall just okay, I like how the bgm fits the anime. |
| @LeonLanford what do you mean by 1 rival? S1 literally had at least 3 rivals, S2 has multiple characters of focus with no clear rivals, S3 has at least three rivals. RTTT has 1 MC and 2 rivals. SJNT has no rival at all despite trying to set up one. |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
Reply to deltahalo241
So we're getting more seasons then? The heavy focus on Inari seems to imply so, though I do wonder about that horse she raced against, the one that transferred from the national scene to the regional. I wonder what the reason was behind that, given these shows often reference real events I'm assuming that's based on something as well.
| @deltahalo241 good question, it is still unclear, but one of the cited reasons was the horse's preference for dirt tracks which were less found in central. |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| What an episode to end of this season. Introducing Inari one, similar story to oguri coming from a rural town of Oi. Supported by many people and especially by her trainer Ryuko yusuhara. (Shes gorgeous and badass btw just saying) Inari also has the beast inside her and the potential of unlocking the zone which we clearly saw in the race. But shes still learning and has a long way to go. Coming back to our main cast. Mutekis party was fun. Creek and Dicta had a nice talk of after race regrets and being able to move on from it to do better next time. Life of being an uma. Oguri sleeping in after all that fatigue from the race. Belno mothering her as usual. Kitahara going back to his training mode because he wants to catch up to oguri and be a trainer worthy of her. Oguri was clearly glad hearing that.  I really hope in future uma musume seasons, they show oguri & kitahara in races. That would be awesome. Musaka also tells oguri to be ready for new challenges since shes currently at the top, hungry challengers will be ready. Inari being the new on on the horizon. We see another race for Inari one where she almost unlocks her zone and also has a beast mode like oguri which can spiral out of control but her trainer keeps it in check for her. Her speech was nice and clearly shes indebted to her hometown and the folks, her desire to represent them and herself is admirable. Also i love her design especially the mask on her hair and the belt around the waist iirc those are called obi. really cool and aesthetically pretty. Then we come to belno and Oguris little moment, which is my favorite. I really love their relationship.  I cannot repeat how many times but ill say it again, belno has always been my personal favorite. Shes always there supporting from the backlines but the biggest pillar for oguri. Her happiness on seeing oguri reach the top and her efforts paying off is just chefs kiss. Almost made me tear up. I hope uma musume makes her playable in the game or atleast gives her a cameo. She deserves it <3 Oguri then describing her journey to her mama in the letter and thanking her for giving the love, support & the joy for racing. She will continue her journey with her mama watching over her. Really Wholesome. Finally Tamamo visiting her old man, he was all smiles and the "okaeri" just hit so hard for tama.  Shes so happy to see him awake and welcoming her back. What a way to end of the episode and the season. Amazing season of racing, aura, hype , emotional moments. UMAZING!! |
Laplace_kun said: @LeonLanford what do you mean by 1 rival? S1 literally had at least 3 rivals, S2 has multiple characters of focus with no clear rivals, S3 has at least three rivals. RTTT has 1 MC and 2 rivals. SJNT has no rival at all despite trying to set up one. In Oguri's case the rival is Tamamo Cross. I don't count March as a rival, she's stuck on the Kasamatsu just like the previous trainer lol. Now that Tamamo is retired without reason, Inari One is set as the next rival. I don't know what the abbreviations but from what I watched it's always the same formula. I was glad when Dicta actually stepped up as another rival but Oguri doesn't even see her as rival and she was bleeding the whole match which makes the match as Oguri vs Tamamo again. gi2 said: The 2 cour has finally come to an end, The 2 cour that I enjoyed the most was EP 18 (Obey Your Master) and EP22 (Oguri finally awakening). The other EPS are just constantly introducing characters and training, it's quite boring （Even worse, I have no feelings for new characters at all, I just think they are tools） .. It can be foreseen that the 3 cour will also be like this. SO，I'm not very interested in whether the 3 cour will come or not A monotonous performance. Closing the period now is the best decision I've watched since the first anime, sadly it will always be like that. I just found out recently that the races outcome is already decided because it's based on real life races, no wonder they can't be creative with the story. |
LeonLanford said: Laplace_kun said: @LeonLanford what do you mean by 1 rival? S1 literally had at least 3 rivals, S2 has multiple characters of focus with no clear rivals, S3 has at least three rivals. RTTT has 1 MC and 2 rivals. SJNT has no rival at all despite trying to set up one. In Oguri's case the rival is Tamamo Cross. I don't count March as a rival, she's stuck on the Kasamatsu just like the previous trainer lol. Now that Tamamo is retired without reason, Inari One is set as the next rival. I don't know what the abbreviations but from what I watched it's always the same formula. I was glad when Dicta actually stepped up as another rival but Oguri doesn't even see her as rival and she was bleeding the whole match which makes the match as Oguri vs Tamamo again. gi2 said: The 2 cour has finally come to an end, The 2 cour that I enjoyed the most was EP 18 (Obey Your Master) and EP22 (Oguri finally awakening). The other EPS are just constantly introducing characters and training, it's quite boring （Even worse, I have no feelings for new characters at all, I just think they are tools） .. It can be foreseen that the 3 cour will also be like this. SO，I'm not very interested in whether the 3 cour will come or not A monotonous performance. Closing the period now is the best decision I've watched since the first anime, sadly it will always be like that. I just found out recently that the races outcome is already decided because it's based on real life races, no wonder they can't be creative with the story. you literally said "as usual", which is false. All those "abbreviations" are literally the other Uma Musume anime which does not follow whatever you are saying. Have you actually seen the last episode? What made you think Inari One is the only rival? |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| ^ loool wonder when and if we'll be getting more uma musume. it's okay if it takes a long ass time though because ngl am kind of burnt out from it all. i think after 3 seasons, 2 movies, and this oguri-cap spin-off(?), any new entry after all this has to be given some new unique and fresh directing or it'll become too stale. None of it was bad, it was all just, the same. Just like how all 3 avatar movies are basically the same. The 3 seasons were carbon copies, the movies were the same just more rushed and with way better animation, but I think Cinderella Gray here did put in effort to improve on the formula. Ah whatever I'm talking out of my ass here. If it ain't broke don't fix it I suppose. Anyway, this was solid, 7/10, once again. Only real gripe is that this part did feel much more like Tamamo Cross's story, since we finished her career here, rather than Oguri Cap's. Who, if this is it for her story anime-wise, it's a somewhat-nice send-off with her win of the huge G1 race of the Arima Kinen, but personally am not feeling much closure to it. But that can just be a nitpick. What we got suffices enough, I suppose. Also the Japan Cup was by far the better race in this cour. |
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LeonLanford said:
In Oguri's case the rival is Tamamo Cross. I don't count March as a rival, she's stuck on the Kasamatsu just like the previous trainer lol. Now that Tamamo is retired without reason, Inari One is set as the next rival.
I don't know what the abbreviations but from what I watched it's always the same formula. I was glad when Dicta actually stepped up as another rival but Oguri doesn't even see her as rival and she was bleeding the whole match which makes the match as Oguri vs Tamamo again.
I've watched since the first anime, sadly it will always be like that. I just found out recently that the races outcome is already decided because it's based on real life races, no wonder they can't be creative with the story.
Laplace_kun said:
@LeonLanford what do you mean by 1 rival?
S1 literally had at least 3 rivals, S2 has multiple characters of focus with no clear rivals, S3 has at least three rivals.
RTTT has 1 MC and 2 rivals. SJNT has no rival at all despite trying to set up one.
@LeonLanford what do you mean by 1 rival?
S1 literally had at least 3 rivals, S2 has multiple characters of focus with no clear rivals, S3 has at least three rivals.
RTTT has 1 MC and 2 rivals. SJNT has no rival at all despite trying to set up one.
In Oguri's case the rival is Tamamo Cross. I don't count March as a rival, she's stuck on the Kasamatsu just like the previous trainer lol. Now that Tamamo is retired without reason, Inari One is set as the next rival.
I don't know what the abbreviations but from what I watched it's always the same formula. I was glad when Dicta actually stepped up as another rival but Oguri doesn't even see her as rival and she was bleeding the whole match which makes the match as Oguri vs Tamamo again.
gi2 said:
The 2 cour has finally come to an end,
The 2 cour that I enjoyed the most was EP 18 (Obey Your Master) and EP22 (Oguri finally awakening).
The other EPS are just constantly introducing characters and training, it's quite boring
（Even worse, I have no feelings for new characters at all, I just think they are tools）
..
It can be foreseen that the 3 cour will also be like this.
SO，I'm not very interested in whether the 3 cour will come or not
A monotonous performance.
Closing the period now is the best decision
The 2 cour has finally come to an end,
The 2 cour that I enjoyed the most was EP 18 (Obey Your Master) and EP22 (Oguri finally awakening).
The other EPS are just constantly introducing characters and training, it's quite boring
（Even worse, I have no feelings for new characters at all, I just think they are tools）
..
It can be foreseen that the 3 cour will also be like this.
SO，I'm not very interested in whether the 3 cour will come or not
A monotonous performance.
Closing the period now is the best decision
I've watched since the first anime, sadly it will always be like that. I just found out recently that the races outcome is already decided because it's based on real life races, no wonder they can't be creative with the story.
you literally said "as usual", which is false. All those "abbreviations" are literally the other Uma Musume anime which does not follow whatever you are saying.
Have you actually seen the last episode? What made you think Inari One is the only rival?
| @Laplace_kun There are several people saying that not just me, just look at the poster above this reply who said they are carbon copies. Inari obviously is the rival, she even has one special introduction episode. |
LeonLanford said: @Laplace_kun There are several people saying that not just me, just look at the poster above this reply who said they are carbon copies. Inari obviously is the rival, she even has one special introduction episode. I have that person blocked, and if they are blocked, they have said something objectively stupid before, so I won't bother looking. Inari One is a new character, so obviously she would be the highlight of the episode. Even Creek has a whole episode to herself. But where in the episode was it proclaimed she'd be the sole rival? Have you filtered out other montages or moments in the episode? Did you never really register the moment of Oguri unlocking her zone thinking of surpassing herself and not Tamamo? You have no counterpoints, and the statements are mostly false. So either stop replying with lies or say something that actually happened. |
Laplace_kunDec 23, 2025 9:50 PM
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
LeonLanford said: @Laplace_kun There are several people saying that not just me, just look at the poster above this reply who said they are carbon copies. Inari obviously is the rival, she even has one special introduction episode. Also replying to you regarding "carbon copies" Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Road to The Top Beginning of a New Era |
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Beautiful and wholesome finale
Really going to miss the adorable cuties Oguri Cap and Belno's Light I hope we won't have to wait too long for another season.
Really going to miss the adorable cuties Oguri Cap and Belno's Light I hope we won't have to wait too long for another season.
| @Reecey91 Fr, Belno was such a great character, her and Kitahara pretty much carry this show for me. Nothing against Oguri btw, I love her too, but I don't think she could've made the show this good on her own. March & Cross helped provide a lot of excellent character development for Oguri too. |
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Raarz said: It's like they misspaced the season and only had enough content left for half an episode so just threw in half an episode about a new character... Funny enough, Inari One (Festival) was one of the Umas on my list for potentially pulling in game due her being the next Uma that will have Encroaching Shadow but after seeing her in the Anime I don't really like her that much and am gonna pass on her. Funny enough, you shouldn't be using Cinderella Gray characters as an advertisement for Pretty Derby in the first place...  |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| Extremely disappointing. This season felt like it's only purpose was to produce meme worthy images for X. Still better than the majority for the slop this season |
| INARI WIFEY ❤️❤️❤️ She's finally here ❤️ Gotta wait for the next season for more peak ❤️ |
Sorry if my english is bad (っ˘▽˘)っ~~~ Btw, cry about it.  |
Peak story telling hopefully we get a season 2 Part 2 is technically classified as season 2 by MAL standards, LOL. But this whole arc is basically made for Oguri. "Cinderella Gray" Meaning the next "arc" would have a different "UMA MC" and a different series title. Also, "story telling" is technically already pre-written, all Uma stories are almost 1:1 based off of Real Life horse racing and each of the horses's races and progression. (meaning every arc/ season of Uma anime technically doesn't have spoilers, as they're already written long ago) |
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MatijaCale said: Anyone know how much % of the manga was adapted so far? Or roughly how many more seasons can we expect? 37% afaik from internet. 2 more seasons are more than enough. |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
| What is this new episode even, instead of properly closing the arc they start introducing new characters? Seriously? |
*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧May the winds of change transform you entirely.*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ |
| Conclusion of the White Lightning Arc and introduction to Inari One hailing from Ooi who’s win in the Tokyo Daishoten prompts her to move on to the Chuou circuit much like how Oguri left Kasamatsu. A great cap to the season and arc as Maruzensky points out to Mr. CB she is excited for the new era. |
| They killed everything that made the series fun in the beginning and turned it into the most generic shounenslop imaginable. The horses will be dropping kamehamehas soon. Depressing. |
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