Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2 Episode 1 Discussion

@TheColonel76 What movie? You better try the game soon and make sure to add me while you're at it lol.

Glad to see fatty back in the second cour though I'm bit surprised to see that this only have 10 episodes. This episodes is certainly takes its time slow to seo up for their upcoming rivalry in the races. Most of them are aiming so they could face their rival again or taking revenge but for Oguri she wants to fight Tamamo Cross again without any care of the distance. It's good to know that she's not just "no thoughts head empty", other umas are surprised with how high her aim on the Japan Cup lol. Watch out for yet another good pairing between Ardan and Chiyono O there. Mommy freak is lurking around passing by to greet us. Oguri better unlocked her potential level 3 Gourmand real quick if she wants to have a chance against Super Creek in the stamina game.

@t_tobago so not even Arima Kinen this season :(

@WaterMage I haven't read the manga, but thie opening visuals barely focussed on the foreign rivals. Unless they change it later in the relevant episodes, this means Japan Cup arc isn't that long. Both OP and ED exclusively show Tama and Ogurin. So, personally I think they might just adapt Arima Kinen 1988.

oguri didnt eat anything this episode, im worried about her

The 2nd half of Cinderella Gray coming back after Spring's impressive showing, Oguri Cap's objective is not slowing down from hereon, towards the Japan Cup!

10-FEET's OP is already leaps better than Alexandros's OP in Part 1.

From the outset, Fujimasa March facing her fears head-on, as such with the minor character of Yamano Southern, though with all of her qualms and jealousy, just could not compare to the passion that she had while sparring with Oguri Cap in Part 1, as her eternal rival.

On the other hand, Oguri Cap is ready to face the Japan Cup arc, though she's not quite there yet with the loaddown from Sakura Chiyono O on the races available to participate in. Alas, Dicta Striker thinking she can put one over Oguri Cap in participating in the lower races, the latter is already aiming higher thanks to her loss to Tamamo Cross.

The field resistance with Yaeno Muteki, after witnessing Oguri Cap and Tamamo Cross's intense race, in preparation for the Kikka-sho race ahead, it's all hands-on deck for her to take the Double Crown.

The 2nd Cour is going for the races alright!

Decent start for this season, glad we saw more of March, hope she comes into the big league soon, rest of the episode was just teases upon teases, gotta say the animation felt a bit weak compared to s1, i don't remember that much cgi in the races, i guess they're keeping the budget for the big races


Also opening is fine but not as iconic as the first one sadly.

Where can i watch it?

With the first half of the episode being an adaptation of a side story chapter, I wonder if the production team decided later on to add it into the season, which might explain why it wasn't as polished as usual? I haven't seen anyone else talking about it, but that first half was significantly worse looking than the Tracen Academy scenes in the second half. Lots more still frames and the like, and that race was in that section, too. They always used CGI in the races, especially during the earlier parts of them, but I'd agree this particular race was somewhat below average.

MAAAN, THE OPENING SUCKS, IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DOWNGRADES I'VE SEEN IN A WHILE 😭

I can't believe they actually adapted "Gaiden: The mermaid left behind", that's awesome! It's short and kind of boring but I really appreciate that.

I like Dicta Striker, she is actually pretty chill.
And I love these girls even more than teams like Spica, that's because we can see these girls actually want to surpass each other (since they actually had races together), and they hang out chatting in their classroom, the gym and stuff, not necessarily during training sessions, they feel more close to each other than the girls from the main anime timeline.

@StallionXD No the opening wasn't THAT bad, it was mostly the running part near the end that looked a bit off. The directing for the opening wasn't quite as good though, the first season had a better designed and paced opening. The song on the other hand, well that's up to you whether you like it.


I think they're just pressed for time right now, a single season break likely wasn't quite enough to finish up production to the standard they would've liked. So we're seeing "minor" adjustments made here and there to save on time. They're really smart about how they're doing it though so it's not really affecting the quality much.