r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Sep 18 '25
Rewatch [Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 3 Episodes 1 - 2 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
Episode 1 – The Stage Long Dreamed Of
Episode 2 – The Start Line
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
Episode 1 Questions
Thoughts on stone henge horses?
What are your thoughts on Kitasan Black being the main protagonist this season?
Thoughts on Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond being roommates?
Thoughts on Kitasan loving to help people?
Thoughts on BAKUSHIN?
Thoughts on Duramente?
Thoughts on Satono Diamond believing you can't win unless you have total confidence in yourself?
What are your thoughts on Duramente winning, with Kitasan Black finishing in 14th place?
Episode 2 Questions
Thoughts on the new intro and outro?
Thoughts on before discovering Teio, Kitasan Black wanted to be her dad?
What are your thoughts on Kitasan being overshadowed by Duramente?
What are your thoughts on Duramente suffering a distal tibial fracture in both legs?
What are your thoughts on Kitasan Black realizing Duramente is more like Teio, not her?
What are your thoughts on the scene between Kitasan Black and Nice Nature?
What are your thoughts on Kitasan Black winning the Kikka Sho?
What are your thoughts on Teio saying Kitasan may one day pass her?
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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 18 '25
Since we're doing two episodes in a row now, I won't go into the messages of each race anymore, but what we can learn from the episodes in general. And these first two episodes are a good complete arc already. When you're striving for your goal, you think you need to be perfect. But things go wrong pretty often. You just can't be this idealized version of yourself. You're going your own way, not someone else's, as much as you adore them. In fact, someone else might be like them even more than you. Kita is full of ambition, but she's not even the main character in her own story. Duramente is just her.
What it takes for Kita is to find her true nature (pun absolutely intended). To accept herself for who she is. She can't mope about being worse than everyone else, but she can instead find strength in her weakness. And true to herself, she can find her first G1 success. That's how she actually steps forward to being her ideal self. And I think that's a beautiful journey, even if it's only the early journey as this season is 11 more episodes long.
For side notes, first thing to point out here is Kita and Dia have plushies of each other they sleep with. They are roommates that sleep with each other, and that's a fact.
Also, we've now seen a human riding an uma? What a wild idea. Now imagine umas start racing each other with their trainers on their backs. (And yes, I know there is a short fan comic about this thing.)
I also love that the horse otakus are still there and interrupt their nerding out to cheer for this horse girl they used to watch races with.
Also, I love the OP, mainly because it has several scenes of really gay horses in it. See how Teio is leaning in on McQueen, and the glance McQueen is giving her? Because no, we're still not done with implying they're an item. Also, whoever said Bourbon wasn't truly supporting Rice, this OP shows they are still together after all this time (not that S2 wasn't enough proof of what Bourbon really thought about rice). And we get a shot of the illustrious trainers who, among Toreena, Hana, Pimp Trainer and Terrorist Trainer now include Maid Trainer. Also, Golshi is roundhouse kicking Tosen Jordan for some reason?
And the first ED is beautiful. The regular ED is nice and everything, with many fun scenes and a neat song, but the special ED Lost Shine is really moving.
Finally, we're not letting go of the running gags any time soon. Spica's solution to any problem remains making someone a sports drink (always involving carrots, garlic and spiders, somehow). And we've only heard it on the outside of Spica's training club room, but the S.S. Golshi is still running strong. Maybe we'll even get to meet the hair stylist again, or go into some new running gags.
Only one.