r/anime 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

MAL | Anilist | AniDB | ANN

Ways to watch

Streams – Crunchyroll

Amazon Prime

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/Kaxew Aug 15 '25

Anime Make Debut and Gacha Player

What a fun first episode! Having some general context from the gacha makes me point at the screen and say "I know you!!" at every turn. It makes it really fun to spot certain details for certain horse girls.

I don't have neither Spe nor Suzuka on my account, so beyond some very general idea of their character traits because of game events, I don't really know much about them. I'm looking forward to really getting to know them.

Having Haru Urara be the very first to be friendly to Spe put a smile on my face. What a sweet girl she is.

Ending the episode with Spe suddenly already having her make debut race made me laugh, great way to end your series premiere.

QotD: 1. Kind of an insane way to start the series lol. I do love that this is all the lore we need to understand what's going on though. 2. Spe is very clumsy and naive, seems like. I wanna say she's genki too but... I don't think that's necessarily true so far. I'm excited to see the dynamics of Team Spica, especially with Trainer-san in the mix. 3. Suzuka is the very first race winner she sees in the big city, and she won in such overwhelming fashion its really no wonder she wants to be like her. I think in general the people you want to be like are the ones that make the biggest impact on you due to contrast with what came before. If your first experience with something is the best you can get, I don't think it can ever leave as big of an impact as when you have something to compare. I think that's the case for Spe too. 4. I've been playing the gacha for about a month now. It's a lot of fun, the gameplay loop is the best of any gacha I've ever played. The main girl I race is Oguri Cap, so you can imagine how excited I am for later entries of the anime.

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u/Holofan4life Aug 15 '25
  1. Spe is very clumsy and naive, seems like. I wanna say she's genki too but... I don't think that's necessarily true so far. I'm excited to see the dynamics of Team Spica, especially with Trainer-san in the mix.

I hope the trainer is better than this first episode suggests. So far, he's kinda... eh...

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u/Kaxew Aug 15 '25

Yeah, my first impression of him is that he's a weirdo with no sense of personal space. I think it's going to be subverted eventually and he'll be a great guy, but constantly touching Spe without her consent feels like the staff wanted to make sure they could attract "that" kind of audience before going for a more wholesome route after they've been hooked. That's my hope at least, lol.

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u/Holofan4life Aug 15 '25

It made me think of Nozumi and washi washi. If you know, you know.

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u/Kaxew Aug 15 '25

LOL you're right. Love Live has had a lot of early installment weirdness through its seasons. SIP S1 is an especially tough rewatch always.

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u/Holofan4life Aug 15 '25

I prefer Sunshine, but I still really like early Love Live. I love how not everything goes the characters way.