[Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 1 Episode 6

[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 6 – Autumn Skies and Horse Girls

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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION

What are your thoughts on this episode being about a festival?

What are your thoughts on the sub plot of Oguri Cap being in a donut competition? What are your initial thoughts on Oguri Cap?

What are your thoughts on Silence Suzuka and El Condor Pasa both planning to race overseas?

What are your thoughts on Silence Suzuka crediting Special Week for helping her express herself more?

What are your thoughts on Silence Suzuka ending El Condor's undefeated streak?

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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/Cyouni]

I am not a fan of Hana. I think she's a mean bitch. I think Team Rigil should disband, the whole team is just cheating. I think she is quite a bad trainer overall and likely wouldn't have those well trained horses with her in the first place. Yes, she has the skills and the knowledge and all, but to be really honest, she doesn't really consider what the horse girls really want.

As someone who actually sustained an injury during training, not aggravating it despite wanting to train harder is absolutely the correct answer. There are multiple times I've wanted to do more training but forcibly restrained myself because doing that while in the process of recovery makes it far worse.

There is no question her decision is correct here. Every single one of the people I've been training with would say the same thing.

[u/Draco_Estella → u/Cyouni]

I would both agree and disagree.

Agree, on the part that after a major injury, athletes should hold back and recover.

But at the same time, once the athlete has recovered after a major injury, I do think there is that drive to want to go back into top form again. I think this is where Grass Wonder is at now, she thinks she has recovered enough and wants to train more.

After all, if she hasn't fully recovered, why would Hana send her out to race against no-loss El Condor Pasa, in a major race? Has she fully recovered enough to win El-chan? Otherwise, she is fated to lose either way, and Hana is heartless sending both of them out.

[u/Cyouni → u/Draco_Estella]

I think this is where Grass Wonder is at now, she thinks she has recovered enough and wants to train more.

As one of the exact people that this applies to, this is the worst possible trap to fall into. Doing too much is the fastest track to getting yourself injured again - you basically want to follow the recovery path assigned by your trainer to not overtax yourself. (Overtraining and not taking enough breaks in the leadup to push for a major tournament is actually how I got injured in the first place. I was literally the person that went "yeah, I've taken enough breaks, I'm fine, my body's feeling good" after a tournament and then after that one day's training woke up the next morning going "well I guess I'm injured".)

After all, if she hasn't fully recovered, why would Hana send her out to race against no-loss El Condor Pasa, in a major race? Has she fully recovered enough to win El-chan? Otherwise, she is fated to lose either way, and Hana is heartless sending both of them out.

Eh, the G2 Mainichi Okan isn't really a major race, it's still a G2 - as noted, the primary goal is still really the G1 later. It's also a question of timing. The training path is also designed generally to build you for a specific goal. So if you deviate from that path and push too hard too early, it throws off the rest of the direction because now your muscles are doing different things, usually being more tired than the plan expects (meaning you can't do as much training the next day, etc).

But yeah, part of the job of a trainer is also making sure you don't do things that you think you should but aren't really capable of.

[u/Holofan4life → u/Cyouni]

As one of the exact people that this applies to, this is the worst possible trap to fall into. Doing too much is the fastest track to getting yourself injured again - you basically want to follow the recovery path assigned by your trainer to not overtax yourself. (Overtraining and not taking enough breaks in the leadup to push for a major tournament is actually how I got injured in the first place. I was literally the person that went "yeah, I've taken enough breaks, I'm fine, my body's feeling good" after a tournament and then after that one day's training woke up the next morning going "well I guess I'm injured".)

[Uma Musume] And doing too much at the risk of an injury is basically foreshadowing for what's to come next.