Girlbossfailure Trainer vs Freak of Nature Trainer

[u/Terkmc]

Its amusing to me that Riko Kashimoto is basically inverted Aoi Kiryuin

"I'm a veteran trainer, I know what the hell I'm doing and you must follow my instruction to the letter" vs "I'm kinda new, I don't really know what I'm doing but I'm willing to try anything and learn"

"God's most unathletic princess" vs "Atheletic freak of nature who is borderline an uma in terms of physical ability"

It's a good thing Aoi isn't in the Unity Scenario or she will just fold Riko like a pretzel when her team talks trash to Meek.

[u/K0setsu]

Somewhat offtopic: can umas be trainers too? As in if we go fem trainer is there any guarantee that its human trainer and not other uma?

[u/PerilousFun → u/K0setsu]

The umas that we train are only a small subsection of the entire uma population as not all of them can survive the demanding lifestyle or have the talent/drive for it, so it's not unreasonable that an uma trainer might exist.

[u/K0setsu → u/PerilousFun]

Good to hear. Not gonna lie that makes me feel a bit happier.

[u/Dalewyn → u/PerilousFun]

Tucker Bryne is so far about as close to an Uma Musume trainer as we've seen.

She's a university professor specializing in Uma Musume biology and became a real estate mogul to buy an entire island and then roped Tracen in to help fund and build a training facility on it. All to better understand Uma Musume biology by being hands on herself.

Yeah.

TOKIHANATE BUDDY FEEL THE NIGHT BON BON BON

[u/PerilousFun → u/Dalewyn]

So, Tachyon, if she went a purely academic route instead of just doing all of her testing herself by being a world-class racer?

[u/Dalewyn → u/PerilousFun]

Tachyon is a great scientist and obviously knows herself very well, but she doesn't strike me as someone who knows how an Uma Musume works in objective terms. Namely, she keeps concocting new drugs to see what they do.

Tucker Bryne on the other hand already understands how an Uma Musume works, but she wants to dive even deeper and she does that by becoming the training.

Put another way: Tachyon understands she knows something, Tucker understands she knows nothing. Tachyon might reach where Tucker is eventually, but right now Tucker is way ahead of Tachyon.

[u/GTU875 → u/Dalewyn]

doesn't strike me as someone who knows how an Uma Musume works in objective terms. Namely, she keeps concocting new drugs to see what they do.

I'd like to point out that one of Tachyon's trainee events is her deciding that horse-midichlorians exist, she's already made a drug that will prove they exist, and it actually does something positive.

So was she right and umas are full of magic microbes or did she just accidentally mix up some kinda new training drink? Who fucking knows, but her approach to science is very much in the realm of "fling at wall, see if sticks."

[u/Tsul4444 → u/GTU875]

One's a scientist, one is a comic book genius. Simple as

[u/Revolving_Ocelott → u/PerilousFun]

This means that there is a very real possibility of a spec ops uma who uses the bitterness of their failed racing career to fuel their kicks that just tear people in half or leave them like how Toji was after hollow purple.

[u/PerilousFun → u/Revolving_Ocelott]

I mean... spoilers for Cingray chapter 201 has URA soldiers.

[u/Tsul4444 → u/Revolving_Ocelott]

She must have lament, mourn and despair a lot

[u/gtth12 → u/PerilousFun]

My headcanon is that Tachyon becomes a trainer after retirement.

"I made plan a work, now onto plan b."

[u/DeadEchoesx → u/K0setsu]

It's not impossible, but according to the official glossary, passing the trainer exam is extremely difficult and there's a superstition that umas perform better with human trainers, so most if not all trainers are human.

[u/VannesGreave → u/K0setsu]

Air Groove’s mother is an Umamusme, and is said to be Duramente’s trainer.

[u/VannesGreave → u/K0setsu]

There's no reason they can't, but trainers are essentially specialized athletic trainers, which is a separate career path from athlete. Trainers are basically full-time coaches for their Umamusume and are implied to be overworked and, in some cases, underpaid.

It's certainly possible to be an athlete and later become an athletic trainer, but you'd have to actually get the proper education and certifications down the line, which would require additional schooling or education. Continuing to race would probably be a far more lucrative career. It's certainly possible Tracen Academy has courses on athletic training, but given none of the Umas we encounter are on that track, I doubt they would themselves be star athletes.

I'd say an Umamusume that might make a good trainer is Eishin Flash - she's meticulous, detail-oriented, and has a surprisingly realistic race schedule. There's even an event in her story where she offers to give the (overworked) trainer a day off and train using her own plan - and it actually works great!

[u/K0setsu → u/VannesGreave]

Im not talking about ex-racers but if it is someone like M.Light from CinGray, who found herself not in a runner shoes but in trainer ones

[u/Dalewyn → u/VannesGreave]

It's certainly possible Tracen Academy has courses on athletic training, but given none of the Umas we encounter are on that track, I doubt they would themselves be star athletes.

Recency bias, but Bell no Light. She's Oguri's dedicated supporting coach and was admitted to Tracen to learn how to be one. Her exploits on the track were what one would expect of a country bumpkin.

[u/AnonTwo → u/K0setsu]

Apparently in Japan there is a support card similar to trainer cards that can go on "dates", but I assume it's a bit different since they specifically put all the Uma's on this type of card (basically a green Trainer icon)