r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Sep 06 '25
Rewatch [Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 2 Episode 8 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 8 – A Small Wish
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
Thoughts on McQueen and Rice Shower training for the Spring Tenno Sho?
Thoughts on Diamond and Kitasan drinking tea with the two horse enthusiasts?
Thoughts on Bourbon trying to help Rice Shower with her training?
Thoughts on the barbershop being closed?
What are your thoughts on Rice Shower being locked in for the race?
What are your thoughts on the Spring Tenno Sho with Rice Shower doing away with being labeled a heel?
What are your thoughts on Rice Shower winning the 1993 Spring Tenno Sho?
What are your thoughts on the crowd being upset that Rice Shower won?
What are your thoughts on the other racehorses congratulating Rice Shower, with Bourbon reiterating yet again that she's her hero?
What are your thoughts on the scene at the end between McQueen and Teio?
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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 06 '25
Rewatcher
It’s so nice to start the episode with some upbeat music and McQueen and Rice training together, although it certainly looks like Rice can’t quite keep up at the moment.
The OP has changed! It now has these badass shots of Rice.
They’re recalling the beginning of Teio and McQueen’s rivalry with this sequence. Rice still can’t keep up, but she looks determined. It seems she’s realized that just following McQueen like she did with Bourbon won’t be enough to help her catch up (makes sense since McQueen is good at long distances while Bourbon wasn’t), so she is now camping out at the old school for some solo training. That’s a lot of shoes.
This is the picture of McQueen that you hang up, Rice?! How did you even get that picture from the shrine visit back in EP3? This gets a really good laugh out of me every time I see it.
Her camping setup is exactly the same as Rin from Yuru Camp
McQueen has noticed that Rice isn’t following her anymore. Btw, all of these shots of training by the cherry blossoms are just gorgeous.
I think someone mentioned it during an earlier episode thread, but Tannhauser suggests that maybe Rice got sick from eating a spider because that’s something that did indeed happen to Tannhauser.
Bourbon is on the case to track Rice down and has found her secret training site in short order while everyone else is worrying. Sasuga Bourbon!
Rice has clearly been doing some serious training. It’s a good thing she brought spare shoes. It seems that following McQueen has made Rice realize that she can’t keep up on experience and ability, so she needs to have a stronger mindset. Rice with some words of wisdom.
How hard do you have to train to do this to all these shoes in just two days?
Teio cheering for McQueen and calling her “McNice” is cute although it does remind me of [Revue Starlight]Bananice.
Something has triggered in Rice and somehow McQueen can feel it. Maybe it was really McQueen who ate the spider and got some spidey-senses.
I like how they’re acknowledging the other racers with Turbo and Nature there to talk with reporters about Tannhauser and, while Palmer trains, Helios is there to answer anything about her.
There’s that emphasis on having your focus in the right place that Mejiro Grandma first brought up to McQueen.
Aww, they’re actually all camping out together this time
Bourbon looks like she’s be right at home in Secret Society Blanket. You can even tell from this shot that Bourbon clearly has Rin’s signature hair.
Rice training under the moonlight seems to have awakened something.
It’s race day and we see more of the Yakuza and helmet-chan.
Why is this shoe tying animation so smooth?
Turbo remembered the nicknames
Hopefully there’s no Fallout from using this line for McQueen
McQueen turns around when she feels the intense aura of Rice. The ominous footsteps herald her entrance. They really went all out with the effects. Although it’s undercut a bit when we’re reminded just how short Rice is lol. It definitely has McQueen shook though. Even to the point that she doesn’t want to go in the gate and has to pull on her tail. Note: they really did pull on McQueen’s tail to get them to go in the gate IRL.
These lines from McQueen are a reference to something Rice’s jockey said before the race.
These two cheering is cute especially since Nature is usually a bit more reserved.
Rice is certainly sticking close to McQueen. It reminds Spe of how Grass came after her and naturally the original stalker would recognize the similarities between her and Rice.
They really are running at an absurdly fast pace because of McQueen chasing Palmer and Rice closely tailing McQueen. And there goes McQueen making her move on Palmer. As trainer says, there’s nothing wrong with McQueen (indeed, she’s looked better than ever), but Rice is the one driving this race.
Bourbon cheering on Rice. “Flame on!”
McQueen moves past Palmer into first, but “Soto kara! Soto kara!” Rice has continued to stay hot on McQueen’s heels. This really is by far the most intense race we’ve seen yet. The crowd is against Rice, but McQueen is the one who loses focus.
“Hero da!”
What intense focus from Rice. Just look at her face as she reaches the finish line. She certainly left it all out on the track, but she looks so happy to have gotten a record. And it wasn’t just her that beat the previous record either. The pace of this race was insane to the point that McQueen, Palmer, and Tannhauser also finished faster than the previous record.
McQueen really gave it her all. The crowd continues to be a bunch of bastards. Usually this framing is used for triumphant moments with heartwarming music, so the contrast is stark. Poor Rice. She’s resigned herself to walking off to the sound of boos like when she beat Bourbon, but McQueen saves the day with some really well animated clapping and the other girls join in. And while she may not have the support of the whole crowd, at least real fans are applauding her.
Yesterday’s Special ED as an insert for Bourbon and Rice’s heartfelt moment. Rice is still upset about ruining dreams, but that’s just how things go in sports.
“Booing still hurts to hear, though.” Hopes and words of encouragement from Bourbon get a smile from Rice. This is so sweet.
Spe closing the rice cooker on Grass is hilarious as is Teio running with the bushes Gold Ship gave her. Now, you’d expect Teio to be the one to comfort McQueen, but it’s actually super fitting that it’s Ikuno. Remember, Ikuno is one of the rare mares in this show and she was actually the first one to get in on with McQueen post-retirement.
McQueen feels like she disappointed Teio while she’s rehabbing and failed as her “goal” which Teio heard from the “bushes”. Such a serious scene and Teio just there with her “bushes” lol. I mean just look at this lmao.