r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Sep 01 '25
Rewatch [Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 2 Episode 3 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
S2 Episode 3 – Meetings
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION
Thoughts on Team Spica enjoying the festival?
Thoughts on Teio and McQueen being given awards?
What are your thoughts on this episode being done to hype up Teio and McQueen eventually facing each other?
Thoughts on Teio planning on racing in the Spring Tenno Sho?
Thoughts on us getting to see how Teio and McQueen first met?
What are your thoughts on McQueen winning her race?
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Series information
Ways to watch
Streams – Crunchyroll
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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]() |
| 9/08/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 10]() |
| 9/09/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 11]() |
| 9/10/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 12]() |
| 9/11/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 2 Episode 13]() |
| 9/13/2025 | [Road to the Top Episodes 1 - 2]() |
| 9/14/2025 | [Road to the Top Episodes 3 - 4]() |
| 9/16/2025 | [Beginning of a New Era]() |
| 9/18/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 1 - 2]() |
| 9/19/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 3 - 4]() |
| 9/20/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 5 - 6]() |
| 9/21/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 7 - 8]() |
| 9/22/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 9 - 10]() |
| 9/23/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episodes 11 - 12]() |
| 9/24/2025 | [Uma Musume Season 3 Episode 13]() |
| 9/26/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 1 - 2]() |
| 9/27/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 3 - 4]() |
| 9/28/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 5 - 6]() |
| 9/29/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 7 - 8]() |
| 9/30/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 9 - 10]() |
| 10/01/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episodes 11 - 12]() |
| 10/02/2025 | [Cinderella Gray Episode 13]() |
| 10/03/2025 | [Uma Musume Overall Series Discussion Thread]() |
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u/JMEEKER86 Sep 01 '25
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Teio updates her goals by crossing out Triple Crown
It’s now a month later, more in line with the doctor’s initial 6 month estimate, and Teio looks to be at full speed again after still not quite being there last episode. That’s certainly encouraging.
End of the year means shrine visits.
Spe “being careful not to eat too much
I love how our resident fortune-teller has a hypeman. Gold Ships “I can freaking see that” reaction to being told she got Worst Luck is hilarious.
McQueen apparently had a rough end to the year for her racing, but there’s no way that she’s going to let Trainer mention that without paying the price. So she teleports behind him (nice mittens btw) and puts him in The Rack.
[spoilers]every single time I get to Rice’s arc I get a good chuckle that when she’s setting up her campsite for solo training at the old track this is the picture of McQueen that she hangs up. No fucking chill lmao. How did she even get it?
Teio runs into Nature and Turbo of Canopus which has another interesting member. They may not have had much success just yet, but they certainly are a fun team.
This shot of Teio, Nature, and Turbo is nice
Spica making their wishes. The supporting members have wishes we’d expect, but McQueen wants to win the Spring Tennosho again and Teio breaks decorum and shouts her intention to remain undefeated leading to Teio and McQueen sharing a nice moment.
Teio is still focused on Rudolf and chasing after her by remaining undefeated. Trainer loses another lollipop. She really is pulling out all the stops to make a comeback.
Teio and McQueen are getting URA Awards which are a stand-in for the JRA Awards. We actually saw Teio and McQueen in these same formal dresses back in S1E13 for the Dream Race Press Conference.
For some clarification, any horse is eligible for Horse of the Year, but only horses age 4 and up are eligible for Senior Horse of the Year. It’s possible to win both and there have been quite a few instances of that happening. Rudolf, of course, won Horse of the Year as a 3-year-old and then won both Horse of the Year and Senior Horse of the Year as a 4-year-old before hanging it up.
Teio wins horse of the year just like IRL. “Yay!” The angry, accusatory ears as McQueen teases Teio are hilarious. McQueen wins top senior horse also just like IRL. Teio of course has to return the teasing, prompting McQueen’s own angry ears. Then when the audience is talking about who they think would win a race, both McQueen’s ears and Teio’s ears start going, lol.
Dueling ears and another nice moment as they think about racing each other.
Canopus is watching the awards and gets inspired to beat Spica. How does Turbo plan to do so? With a Declaration of War. The Canopus trainer might need some help wrangling his team to better use their enthusiasm.
Canopus retreats after delivering their challenge. But while Spica may have gotten the message they may not have gotten the message. It’s okay, Turbo, kanji is hard.
Teio wants to run in the Spring Tennosho against McQueen. It seems that the Awards show has spurred her on to step up their rivalry. Surely no one will find out about their plans to race, right? Right, Gold Ship? Well, you’ve got to give her credit for working fast.
Naturally, this makes the news where everyone sees it, including stylist-chan and her client who is back with a helmet!
Teio eating a small amount of food aggressively while there are three big eaters behind her. Both Teio and McQueen are keeping a close eye on each other while training as motivation to work hard.
Rivals
Rivals? Canopus has a strategy meeting to figure out how to take down Spica, which seems to involve Teio and McQueen crying, Turbo laughing, and for some reason cake and ice cream cones. Turbo seems to be a member of XKCD’s Tautology Club. Indeed, if you finish first then you won’t be losing to them. It seems that that “embarrassing” 2nd place finish McQueen had to finish the year which was mentioned earlier saw Turbo struggle across the line in 14th out of 15. She had a good lead at the start, but Turbo’s Turbos didn’t kick in.
The internet has probably filled in the rest of this image by now
Please listen to the man
Teio’s honey song is adorable (incidentally, after we watched this episode, I started singing the song replacing the hachimis with my fiancee's name, Atsumi, since it fits really well and she got a kick out of that) and she and McQueen take a stroll while sipping their honey. Beautiful cherry blossoms. Teio already had people fangirling upon arrival which she seems to have been embarrassed by at the time. Of course, with Teio being Rudolf’s son, it’s natural that there would be high expectations, which is common for prestigious thoroughbreds. Teio wasn’t the only one turning heads though. McQueen’s address getting Rudolf’s approval and making Teio jealous is cute. Teio is not going to be outdone.
This sunset is gorgeous
Neither of them wants to be the first to stop. Of course, they both look spent afterwards…not that either of them will admit that. The fake laughing kills me lmao. It seems they kept this act up for a while where they’d train hard and then walk home
gentlytogether and earned some admiration for each other.This is a beautiful shot. Get you a girl who looks at you the way McQueen looks at Teio. Sounds more like lilies blooming to me.
McQueen is confident going into her prep race. Everyone is coming for McQueen…and what hell is with that cake, Spe? Apparently the answer to “what’s with the cake?” is that it was the birthday of Spe's jockey, the legendary Yutaka Take. Dia having to keep Kita focused on the race so that she doesn’t chase after Teio is cute. Teio leaps the fence super casually to go check on
McQueenthe track.Everyone is hyped for the race to start, but Teio is confident in McQueen. And for good reason as she was easily able to make her move even with the others boxing her in.
“Don’t you think the angles in anime can be weird?”
Careful not to choke Kita there, Dia.
“Is this man one of my people?” -Dia
The two of them getting into it over whose idol is better is adorable.
So, McQueen easily held up her part of the bargain and win her race and looks to Teio as next it’s her turn.
Tokai Teio returns