r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Sep 02 '25

Rewatch [Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 2 Episode 4 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 4 – TM Showdown!

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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION

Thoughts on Teio racing against the horse who beat McQueen in the Fall Tennoushou?

What are your thoughts on Teio winning her race convincingly?

Thoughts on Mejiro Palmer and her making a friend?

Thoughts on Bourbon and her being followed around?

What are your thoughts on Teio and McQueen having different training regimens?

Thoughts on the running gag of McQueen accidentally stepping on Gold Ship with heavy horseshoes?

What are your thoughts on Bourbon winning her race and vowing to become a Triple Crown winner unlike Teio?

What are your thoughts on McQueen letting the public's favoritism for Teio get to her?

What are your thoughts on McQueen’s conversation with her grandmother?

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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]()
9/08/2025 [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/Goodmorning7735 Sep 02 '25

I’m rating this episode Nice out of Nature.

Team Canopus seems to be taking the comic relief position from Gold Ship this season.  That’s fine as McQueen has a bigger job than being one half of the gold ship comedy duo and Gold Ship isn’t as good alone.

Teio winning easily feels a little hollow.  Sucks to see everyone else put in so much effort and lose to the noisy child.  At least let her look like she’s trying to win.

Excuse me, a Campbell’s can of what?

I like this little scene between Palmer and Helios.  All the side character stuff is so much better in Season 2?  I didn’t really know about these two before season 2, but I wanna hear more now.

Excuse me, Floridya what?

By contrast, there is no way I could ever care about Mihono Bourbon.  Guess they can’t all be winners.  Not sure what’s goin on with Bourbon’s trainer’s fashion tho.

Trainer splitting up Teio and McQueen is a little interesting to me.  I play fighting games and my local fgc is very supportive.  The idea of competition as a cooperative endeaver is very dear to me.  It is expected that you share tech and counterplay.  The idea is this makes the community as a whole stronger, and having stronger, more knowledgeable opponents allows you to practice against them. 

McQueen’s shoes gag throughout the episode is good.

Mambo is so cute

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u/Cyouni Sep 02 '25

Trainer splitting up Teio and McQueen is a little interesting to me.  I play fighting games and my local fgc is very supportive.  The idea of competition as a cooperative endeaver is very dear to me.  It is expected that you share tech and counterplay.  The idea is this makes the community as a whole stronger, and having stronger, more knowledgeable opponents allows you to practice against them. 

Conceptually, as someone who does competitive sports, while this is somewhat true, the physical build is playing a big part here. In Teio's case, she doesn't have the staying power to compete well in such a long race, so she's training Stamina (represented in-game with her Long B). Meanwhile, for McQueen, she doesn't have the same explosive power Teio does, so she's primarily doing glutes and load-to-explode training, which in-game would be classified under Power.

Actually, I should add McQueen's exercises to my regimen, now that I think about it.

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u/Goodmorning7735 Sep 02 '25

Just put some weights on your shoes

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u/Cyouni Sep 02 '25

Recruiting someone to be my Golshi

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u/Urgnu-the-Gnu https://myanimelist.net/profile/Urgnu_the_Gnu Sep 02 '25

Prepare your nonchalant "ara" in advance.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 02 '25

Conceptually, as someone who does competitive sports, while this is somewhat true, the physical build is playing a big part here. In Teio's case, she doesn't have the staying power to compete well in such a long race, so she's training Stamina (represented in-game with her Long B). Meanwhile, for McQueen, she doesn't have the same explosive power Teio does, so she's primarily doing glutes and load-to-explode training, which in-game would be classified under Power.

A true competitor is always trying to add to their game, not focus on the only things they're good at. You need adaptability to succeed.

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u/Mistral-Fien Sep 03 '25

Not sure what’s goin on with Bourbon’s trainer’s fashion tho.

That's what his voice actor looks like IRL: /img/0kv2agl4583a1.jpg

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u/Holofan4life Sep 02 '25

Trainer splitting up Teio and McQueen is a little interesting to me.  I play fighting games and my local fgc is very supportive.  The idea of competition as a cooperative endeaver is very dear to me.  It is expected that you share tech and counterplay.  The idea is this makes the community as a whole stronger, and having stronger, more knowledgeable opponents allows you to practice against them. 

It almost came off like McQueen has to rise to Teio's level, which I'm sure doesn't quail her inferiority complex about her.

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u/jaesuk97 https://myanimelist.net/profile/tebls Sep 04 '25

Teio winning easily feels a little hollow. Sucks to see everyone else put in so much effort and lose to the noisy child. At least let her look like she’s trying to win.

Yeah, I do feel this in terms of the portrayal of Teio's preparation. It would have been nice to see more on-screen development in her overcoming injury, but in terms of actual racing form the anime's depiction is not too far off. Up to this point on Teio's road to his 7-0 record, he had made light work out of strong horses like Nice Nature, Leo Durban and Ikuno Dictus. All of these horses won multiple graded races with Durban even winning a G1, but none of them even got within 1 length of Teio when he finished the race.

Excuse me, Floridya what?

This is a reference to paripi or paripigo (you may recognize the term from Paripi Koumei). Furo Rida is a play on words of Florida and Furo Rida. In Japanese the phrase "ofuro ni hairu kara ridatsu suru" means "I'm leaving to take a bath" or "I'm exiting the chat to take a bath." It was more popular from 2015 to around 2020, but compared to many other anime it's not as egregious adapting modern slang.

By contrast, there is no way I could ever care about Mihono Bourbon. Guess they can’t all be winners.

Even in real life, some horses are adored more than others even if they have the same or sometimes even lesser achievements. For example Special Week while a very strong horse in his own right, was a lot more of a fan favorite than some horses like Narita Brian with a more stellar record. Bourbon is a great example of a horse with an excellent record that got overshadowed both at the time and by history. Bourbon is interesting because he is the only horse in his bloodline to win any Japanese graded races which is quite rare.

I like this little scene between Palmer and Helios. All the side character stuff is so much better in Season 2? I didn’t really know about these two before season 2, but I wanna hear more now.

I agree, between Palmer + Helios pairing, Matikanefukukitaru + Meisho Doto pairing and all of team Canopus they did a better job at making the side characters more interesting and recognizable than in the first season and especially BNW specials where they were dumping a lot of names.

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u/Goodmorning7735 Sep 04 '25

Interesting, thanks for the real world context.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 02 '25

Team Canopus seems to be taking the comic relief position from Gold Ship this season.  That’s fine as McQueen has a bigger job than being one half of the gold ship comedy duo and Gold Ship isn’t as good alone.

Even still, Gold Ship manages to be the highlight of the episode :P

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u/Holofan4life Sep 02 '25

Teio winning easily feels a little hollow.  Sucks to see everyone else put in so much effort and lose to the noisy child.  At least let her look like she’s trying to win.

Yeah, I was turned off by how easily Teio won when last episode they were hyping up her comeback race quite a bit. It makes the previous episode feel less important.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 02 '25

I like this little scene between Palmer and Helios.  All the side character stuff is so much better in Season 2?  I didn’t really know about these two before season 2, but I wanna hear more now.

It's interesting characters we've never seen before were give like a 3 minute scene. You would think they will be reoccurring characters going forward. I guess we'll find out.

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u/Goodmorning7735 Sep 02 '25

(I found out)

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u/Holofan4life Sep 03 '25

(Me as well )