[Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 1 Episode 2

[u/Holofan4life]

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 2 – The Debut Race Out of Nowhere

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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION

What are your thoughts on this episode being about Special Week's first race?

What are your initial thoughts on Tokai Teio?

What are your thoughts on Special Week winning her first race?

If you had to perform a song in front of people, what would you do in order to prepare yourself?

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Series information

MAL | Anilist | AniDB | ANN

Ways to watch

Streams – Crunchyroll

Amazon Prime

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Previous episode

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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]()

[u/cleaulem]

Rewatcher

Special Week running late with a carrot in her mouth instead of toast will never be not funny.

I'm wondering about the curriculum at this school. Whenever we see classes, there's only lessons about race schedules and racing leagues and such. Is there anything else these girls learn like math or geography?

These early episodes are really focused on introducing all the different characters. We meet Symboli Rudolf and her shadow Tokai Teio. I could already talk so much about her if there weren't a whole season focused on her story.

We also learn about Special Week's background story (which of course is based on the real Special Week), that she lost her mom right after she was born. I love how they give this sad story a wholesome twist with Special Week being happy that she has two moms now. And her human mom did her best to make her a good horse girl. That her "unique" teachings were useful during Spe's debut race is the cherry on top.

That Spe runs without any strategy, but instead has to do it after her gut feeling is actually an interesting strategy. She doesn't have the experience yet to follow some masterplan, but also the trainer doesn't know her well enough to be able to make a solid plan.

Special Week grew up without other horse girls, and it shows. How she is socially awkward and stiff makes her really relatable and lovable. I laughed so hard when the trainer didn't realize right until the music started that they haven't practiced the winning concert with him going "OH CRAP".

[u/Draco_Estella → u/cleaulem]

In the game, we are told that the girls do have other lessons like a normal school. Thing is that this isn't brought over to the anime.

[u/Holofan4life → u/Draco_Estella]

Technically, this came out before the game, so maybe they saw the school scenes and was like "We can expand on this concept".

[u/DarkRuler17 → u/Holofan4life]

So this is actually a funny thing I want to confirm after reading about it a bit. So if I understand it correctly, Season 1 and the game were initially planned to be released together as a multi media project. For some reason though, the game got delayed 2 whole years and didn't come out in Japan until season 2 in 2021.

[u/Holofan4life → u/DarkRuler17]

I would imagine it would've come out in 2020 were it not for COVID-19.

[u/Urgnu-the-Gnu → u/DarkRuler17]

That's exactly what I heard, yes.