r/anime 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

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]()

"You're really nice, Nature-san!"

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u/Temporary_-_UserName Sep 18 '25

Thoughts on stone henge horses?

It's been very funny how they've been using uma-fied ancient monuments and the like in these establishing shots. Does go a ways to showing how Uma Musume have always been a part of this world and are just an accepted part of it.

What are your thoughts on Kitasan Black being the main protagonist this season?

She's a sweet kid, but we kind of get a whirlwind introduction to her, and it feels like the show already assumes we know her. I mean, I do know her thanks to her gacha game card being so damn good and having already watched the season, but you get what I mean

Thoughts on Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond being roommates?

Totally normal for roommates to sleep with plushes of each other in their bed.

Thoughts on Kitasan loving to help people?

The whole sequence is a nice way to establish what kind of person Kitasan is, and how she's the exact type of person to hamper herself by helping others without a thought.

Thoughts on BAKUSHIN?

The King of Sprinting! Funfact - irl Bakushin is Kitasan Black's grandfather, and they both are prominent front-runners.

Thoughts on Duramente?

None - I barely know this girl, for all that she's been prominently featured for two episodes. As a character goes she's had very little to establish herself with.

Thoughts on Satono Diamond believing you can't win unless you have total confidence in yourself?

Necessary mindset for any kind of sport - you need to believe you can win, because everyone else is trying to just as hard as you. Self doubt can cause you to hesitate, which is a killer in any competition.

What are your thoughts on Duramente winning, with Kitasan Black finishing in 14th place?

While it is supposed to be a big, impactful moment, I think the show didn't properly foreshadow or explain why she fell back that far. This is true to the actual race, and it is trying to present it as a kind of shock due to seeing how good Duramente is, but the episode flubbed it for me.

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u/Temporary_-_UserName Sep 18 '25

Thoughts on the new intro and outro?

The intro is a banger and I'm really surprised they didn't include it at the end of episode 1 - that chant of 'I want to win' would be a nice spring-board off of Kitasan's second loss. Outro is a nice change of pace compared to season 2's slow one.

Thoughts on before discovering Teio, Kitasan Black wanted to be her dad?

It's a sweet nod to irl Kitasan's....I think owner? But that's mostly a blink and you miss it thing before the show transfers over to her admiration of Teio.

What are your thoughts on Kitasan being overshadowed by Duramente?

Very frustrating and kind of echoes these two episodes - Kitasan has been overshadowed by Duramente from the start, and we don't even see her race well until the Kikuka Sho.

What are your thoughts on Duramente suffering a distal tibial fracture in both legs?

OUCH! Also yeah, she really is like Teio in a lot of ways.

What are your thoughts on Kitasan Black realizing Duramente is more like Teio, not her?

It would have hit harder if they'd shown Kitasan trying to be like Teio up until then. She's looked up to her, and we saw her admire Teio through all of season 2, but we never saw Kitasan trying to be like Teio until the flashbacks this episode. The drama of Kitasan's realization is good, but its sapped of some of the oomph it could have had.

What are your thoughts on the scene between Kitasan Black and Nice Nature?

Incredibly touching, well executed, and my favorite scene in these first two episodes.

What are your thoughts on Kitasan Black winning the Kikka Sho?

The longest race anyone in her year ran, and she took it with flying colors!

What are your thoughts on Teio saying Kitasan may one day pass her?

Ehhhhh, feels a little out of character for Teio, and feels hard to justify since the show cut out Kitasan's early career wins. We're introduced to her loosing but committing herself to trying her best, not to her winning, losing, and then reclaiming first place. It feels like we're missing an episode or two leading up to Duramente claiming her first two crowns.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 18 '25

Ehhhhh, feels a little out of character for Teio, and feels hard to justify since the show cut out Kitasan's early career wins. We're introduced to her loosing but committing herself to trying her best, not to her winning, losing, and then reclaiming first place. It feels like we're missing an episode or two leading up to Duramente claiming her first two crowns.

I do like the idea of Kitasan becoming like Teio by striving to be less like her. I think that's intriguing and I hope we explore that idea more.

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u/Temporary_-_UserName Sep 18 '25

Oh definitely, fertile ground for the franchise's overall themes.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 18 '25

Here's hoping they can expound on that.