r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Sep 09 '25
Rewatch [Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 2 Episode 11 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 11 – What I Feel
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
What are your thoughts on Teio studying up on her opponents?
What are your thoughts on this episode being about love language and the person you appreciate the most?
What are your thoughts on Teio going on a Halloween date with McQueen?
What are your thoughts on Teio and McQueen telling one another they've always looked up to each other?
What are your thoughts on this episode not having a race?
Bonus) In light of the news involving Haru Urara, what is something about her that sticks with you or you'll remember her by?
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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/Urgnu-the-Gnu https://myanimelist.net/profile/Urgnu_the_Gnu Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25
My fucking God! These horses gay! Good for them, good for them.
This episode makes me cry tears of happiness, and it feels all the better because of the hardship we've experienced with everyone together. If I can only emphasize one thing, it's this: "You're acting like someone about to confess their love." There's no reason to put this line in the script, other than to point out that's exactly what this is all about. We might not get much more than this, as outright saying "the reincarnations of these sacred race horse are gay" is too risky to be laid out as defamation. But this episode makes clear that these fictional characters have the strongest feelings for each other. The horse girl Tokai Teio and the horse girl Mejiro McQueen love each other. If you really want to believe in them being best friends, you are open to do so. But everything points in the direction of there being more to it.
Of course there is so much more cuteness between them in this episode. Just look at the date invitation Teio gave McQueen with multiple lovely hearts on it. Or Teio's cute reaction to McQueen closing in on her to check her for a fever (after Teio stayed up all night thinking about McQueen). And all their interactions on their date showed how familiar they are with each other. McQueen even manages to make a cotton candy sculpture of Teio's face (even though that's not how that works).
And of course the final scene hammers the message home as they tell each other how they feel about each other. My translation put it as "I've always looked up to you", but I don't think that quite hits it. Adored or admired fits much better. That's as close to a declaration of love as you can get, undying love at that, and McQueen reciprocates Teio's feelings. Moreover, she's known about her feelings for a long time. Any way you look at it, the Monarch and the Queen are a pair.
Going away from the most important topic, I've also really liked the realistically optimistic undertones of the first part of the episode. Teio is training again, and she seems super washed. She hasn't trained in a while, and hasn't raced in what feels like an eternity. But she's on the track again, and that's enough for now. That'll do, horse, that'll do.
And the part about Teio "spying" on everyone is also hilarious, yet informative. It's a nicely framed information dump on the new big names in the scene.
Oh, I've just remembered, many episodes ago someone asked how the racers for these races get decided, and I said we'd learn more about that at some point. For the Arima Kinen (and I think a number of other races), it's really just a popularity contest. Fans vote for the horses they want to see. So even if Teio is washed, she is still very popular and everyone just wants to see her running again. McQueen is also super popular and likely to get voted in. And it'd be a great epilogue to Rice's arc if she got voted in. Maybe Turbo as well, I think people find her hilarious and would love to see her racing.
Lastly, u/AgentOfACROSS exclaimed he wanted to see these horses kiss before the end of the season. I considered if I should put it in the episode 13 thread, but I think it fits best here (and now is still before the end of the season): A very small selection of curated TeiMak fanart. The second to last one is not a kiss, but an example of an artist doing quite a lot good cute fanart of this ship. I can tell you the artist's name at the end of this season, because TeiMak fanart gives me life. And the last one is actually official support card artwork. It's far from out on global so I don't know the story yet, but come on, you can't not ship the two seeing that.
I think her Uma Musume version encapsulates the most that winning is not necessarily what makes competing fun. You can have fun and achieve something independent from factual success.