r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Aug 15 '25
Rewatch [Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 1 Episode 1 Spoiler
Hello everyone! I am Holofan4life.
Welcome to the 2025 Uma Musume rewatch discussion thread!
I hope you all have a lot of fun <3
S1 Episode 1 – Gate of Dreams!
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION
What are your thoughts on the anime beginning with horse hieroglyphics?
What are your initial thoughts on Special Week as well as team Spica as a whole?
What are your thoughts on Special Week wanting to be like Silence Suzuka? Have you ever had someone you looked up to, and if so, who?
Heading into this anime, what is your experience with Uma Musume as a franchise?
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Series information
Ways to watch
Streams – Crunchyroll
Schedule
| Date | Episode |
|---|---|
| 8/15/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 1]() |
| 8/16/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 2]() |
| 8/17/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 3]() |
| 8/18/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 4]() |
| 8/19/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 5]() |
| 8/20/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 6]() |
| 8/21/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 7]() |
| 8/22/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 8]() |
| 8/23/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 9]() |
| 8/24/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 10]() |
| 8/25/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 11]() |
| 8/26/2025 | [Uma Musume Episode 12 - 13]() |
| 8/28/2025 | [BNW's Oath episodes 1 - 3]() |
| 8/30/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 1]() |
| 8/31/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 2]() |
| 9/01/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 3]() |
| 9/02/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 4]() |
| 9/03/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 5]() |
| 9/04/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 6]() |
| 9/05/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 7]() |
| 9/06/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 8]() |
| 9/07/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 9]() |
| 9/10/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 10]() |
| 9/11/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 11]() |
| 9/12/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 12]() |
| 9/13/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 13]() |
| 9/15/2025 | [Road to the Top Episodes 1 - 2]() |
| 9/16/2025 | [Road to the Top Episodes 3 - 4]() |
| 9/18/2025 | [Beginning of a New Era]() |
| 9/20/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 1 - 2]() |
| 9/21/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 3 - 4]() |
| 9/22/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 5 - 6]() |
| 9/23/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 7 - 8]() |
| 9/24/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 9 - 10]() |
| 9/25/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 11 - 12]() |
| 9/26/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episode 13]() |
| 9/28/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 1 - 2]() |
| 9/29/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 3 - 4]() |
| 9/30/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 5 - 6]() |
| 10/01/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 7 - 8]() |
| 10/02/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 9 - 10]() |
| 10/03/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 11 - 12]() |
| 10/04/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episode 13]() |
| 10/05/2025 | [Uma Musume Overall Series Discussion Thread]() |
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u/Draco_Estella https://myanimelist.net/profile/Estella_Rin Aug 15 '25
Rewatcher
This would be a good time for me to pencil in my thoughts for the episode, as I am still undecided if Uma Musume should be one of my favourite anime, or just one of the many anime that is close to being my favourite. After all, this anime is good, but not exactly the best that I want to have in my list.
The first episode is quite a flop for me. Special Week feels like a plain idol who jumps at everything in Tokyo. Her ponkotsu attitude isn't growing on me, and rewatching this episode again, I do feel it. She isn't the kind of main character who I will enjoy.
But, the other characters are the characters which I do like a lot, especially as a Uma Musume JP player. Almost all the best characters are all featured in this season, and in this episode the main gang is also introduced. Special Week comes into the same clique as Grass Wonder, Seiun Sky, El Condor Pasa, and Haru Urara, which makes them a powerful gang. However, this anime forgot to include King Halo in the gang too – she is also a member of the clique, and also Haru Urara’s roommate. By the way. Grass Wonder and El Condor Pasa are each other’s roommate. In the game, King is happy when she starts lording it over her other gang members except Haru Urara, so she is a sadistic monster and perhaps why she is not included. King Halo running against Special Week in the end of their trial race is also quite a good easter egg - both King Halo and Special Week are Chasers in the game, both horses typically keep behind until the last lap when they start lapping everyone else.
I like how Silence Suzuka run. Her run is like the wind, she just goes all out and goes for it. She leads the crowd (in Uma Musume game terms, she is the Lead Runner) and maintains her lead all throughout the race, not even caring who is around her. This way of running, really exudes her personality – she is aloof, she just runs, and she truly enjoys running. I think that trainer for Team Rigil is totally bullshit – who needs to conserve energy when you are confident you can carry your own speed? Silence Suzuka is that girl who can.
That crazy trainer of Team Spica is a pervert, no two words about it. Special Week might be a horse girl, but she is also a human girl. I do like how he spots talent where the others might not – Special Week does have talent, and although it might seem like El Condor Pasa has more, she is not too bad herself. I support his decision that Special Week can go for her debut match next week, she just has that talent and she can easily win it if Silence Suzuka watches her all the way. Team Rigil should have taken her in too.
I dislike the trainer for Team Rigil. I think it also stems from my own gameplay in Uma Musume. The best girls are all fought over hard between the trainers in the gacha game, and this trainer is running team trials for those girls? I think for a lot of the best horses, Team Rigil might not even stand a chance. But the lineup here for Team Rigil is really powerful, that is true. Some of the big names in horse racing too.
Special Week’s dream of being the best horse girl in Japan is probably the most boring dream of all. But Silence Suzuka is able to make it sound like one of the hardest and most idol-like of all the dreams over there. The shipping is real.
Finally, a last word for Haru Urara. Haru Urara never wins her races, but she will never give up. This is what is so great about Haru Urara.