(CR) Uma Musume Pretty Derby

[Magewolf]

Originally Posted by Mistyclear

^ So most modern horses are his descendants? Secretariat being one of them.

Secretariat was a male line descendant of Eclipse. Actually it is hard to find a champion Thoroughbred that is not descended from Eclipse.

[videoman190]

Originally Posted by Mistyclear

^ Greatest ever huh....thought that was Man’O’War.... followed by Secretariat....times change I guess.

And also American Pharoah who won the Triple Crown.

[Kismet-chan]

I watched the first two episodes. Aside from the cringey forced "comedy" of Trainer fucking Special Week over by not telling her how to handle crucial things like paddock presentation and the winning concert (which I assume was partially written in such a way to conserve time)... Despite what I said when this was first announced, I don't think that what I watched was terrible.

All of the horse girls' designs are very cute/fun to look at and I like seeing them interact. Silence Suzuka's personally is really sweet and charming, something I didn't expect from how she was presented in promos, so that was a pleasant surprise.

I might give it a couple more episodes to see if I want to stick with it or not.

[Liddo-kun]

Watched episode 1:

Surprisingly better than what I've expected. Liked both the race and idol parts. Although this somehow starts with the generic formula of sports animes where a promising beginner starts to build up the way to becoming famous... I'd still watch this.

7/10 for first ep.

[Stark700]

Episode 3 is out and well...it looks like Speical Week still needs to improve.

Taking a loss is part of the learning process.

[ramlaen]

They are really packing in the horse race trivia, it's too bad it will go over most of the audiences head.

[Haak]

Episode 3

Meh. I watched the first two episodes purely for the novelty lol factor and the fact that the comedy was actually kinda funny at times but now that the comedy has devolved in running gags and the novelty has worn off, I'm going to just go ahead and drop it now.

DNF.

[Mistyclear]

So Air Groove appeared...for a small period of time. Grass Wonder is injured, just like the original one was....they sure made her look timid though. Looks like their following exactly how Special Week faired throughout his racing career.

[Kazu-kun]

It's a shame they're not showing Silence Suzuka's races. And her career is so short too. What a waste.

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

It's a shame they're not showing Silence Suzuka's races. And her career is so short too. What a waste.

I wonder why Suzuka joined Spica.

Lol'd at how long they kept showing Special Week's fat belly during the celebration. I honestly thought her skirt was gonna come undone during the race. And Gold Ship has to be my second favorite horse. Her training exercises are unorthodox to say the least.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

I wonder why Suzuka joined Spica.

Because Hana didn't allow her to run her way. Suzuka likes to take the lead and keep it all throughout, just like the real-life Silence Suzuka. Hana wanted her to hold back and go all out only at the end. A sound strategy but that's not Silence Suzuka.

They should show more of her races though. It's a waste having her in the show and not display her awesome racing prowess.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by ramlaen

They are really packing in the horse race trivia, it's too bad it will go over most of the audiences head.

Well... there's Grass Wonder's injury, which kept the original out for most of his third-year season. There's Special Week gaining weight, which really happened. There's Seiun Sky needing extra handlers to be herded into the starting gate. There's Gold Ship being... well... weird. And, I believe, the wins and losses are all accurate as well. There's probably more stuff that I missed: most of this I picked up from other conversations elsewhere, or research I've done since the previous episodes.

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

Because Hana didn't allow her to run her way. Suzuka likes to take the lead and keep it all through out, just like the real-life Silence Suzuka. Hana wanted her to hold back and go all out only at the end. A sound strategy but that's not Silence Suzuka.

They should show her races more though. It's a waste having her in the show and not display her awesome racing prowess.

That's amazing. To seize the lead, hold it throughout the whole race, and then still be able to pull away that far in the final stretch... That's a real ace there. Having that career cut short was a tragedy.

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

Spoiler for Episode 3 Comments/Feedback:

Their win their races but a train wreck follows, funny headlines there, and here I thought Special Week was the only one that failed during the performance, at least Suzuka impresses on the stage.

That was a really good win for Special Week, I thought Seuin Sky was just going to hold on at the end there.

Bringing in Teio to help out was a really good call by the manager, it was only a brief scene but the performance looked solid, glad she joined the team, she will be a great addition.

Special Week got really fat from eating that food.

She really should have mentioned about the dressed not being right, I knew it would affect her a lot.

He is a good trainer, being there at the end and giving her encouragement.

[HandofFate]

Not a fan of the singing idol aspect, wish it just concentrated on the racing

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by HandofFate

Not a fan of the singing idol aspect, wish it just concentrated on the racing

Not the fun of racing. It is not the most entertaining thing to watch. I wish there were more singing and character interactions instead.

[Vaans]

Spe-chan's first Big Win and her first Big Loss in the 3rd episode.

Maybe because she ate too much and made her skirt hard causing her to lose 'horespower'

But a loss is much needed. The Idol parts are ridiculous.

[Mistyclear]

Originally Posted by Vaans

Spe-chan's first Big Win and her first Big Loss in the 3rd episode.

Maybe because she ate too much and made her skirt hard causing her to lose 'horespower'

But a loss is much needed. The Idol parts are ridiculous.

Saw her loss coming from a mile away...though I’ll admit I was surprised she won big and lost big all in the same episode.

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

I was getting into a discussion elsewhere about how and why Special Week was eligible for trying to get a Triple Crown, but Silent Suzuka wasn't. This was not explained in the anime at all, and likely on purpose.

Silent Suzuka was born in May, late for race horses, which means he missed most of the major races as a 3 year old and only started racing when he was 4. This means he is automatically disqualified for the Triple Crown as the Derby is for 3 year olds only.

One has to wonder how this translates to the fictitious setting. But the fact is Silent Suzuka was never in contention and they kept that part canon. Horse ages are likely not translated to horse girl ages, but chances are the anime studio doesn't want anyone to think too hard about it.

[Kazu-kun]

I like that they try to follow the real life events but I hope they explain this stuff in the show. It's not cool having to go read some wiki to understand what's going on in my cute horse chick anime.


On a side note. Since they are following real life, I wonder when we're gonna get the anime version of Mainichi Oukan and Takarazuka Kinen 1998. They already introduced El Condor Pasa and this episode showed Air Groove. So everything is ready for these big showdowns. I hope they won't skip them.

[blakstealth]

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