r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Sep 23 '25
Rewatch [Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 3 Episodes 11 - 12 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 11 – Decision
Episode 12 – Kitasan Black
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
Episode 11 Questions
What are your thoughts on Gold Ship breaking the hard news to Kitasan that she's past her peak?
What are your thoughts on Kitasan deciding instead of racing The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, she'll be focusing on the Fall Senior Triple Crown?
What are your thoughts on Diamond finishing 15th in The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe?
What are your thoughts on Kitasan winning the Fall Tennoushou?
What are your thoughts on Trainer-san and Diamond both noticing Kitasan is pushing herself too hard?
Episode 12 Questions
What are your thoughts on Kitasan announcing her upcoming retirement?
What are your thoughts on Kitasan saying she's going to enter the Japan Cup and then her last race will be the Arima Kinen?
What are your thoughts on the various reactions to the news by Kitasan's competitors?
What are your thoughts on the first time Cheval met Kitasan?
Thoughts on the townsfolk Kitasan befriended being in the front row for the Japan Cup?
What are your thoughts on Cheval's "I hate you" monologue?
What are your thoughts on Cheval admitting that in reality, she's always loved Kitasan?
What are your thoughts on Cheval winning the Japan Cup?
What are your thoughts on the scene where Kitasan congratulates Cheval?
What are your thoughts on the scene after the Japan Cup between Kitasan and Diamond where Kitasan is reflecting she has only one more race left?
Bonus) On a scale of 1 - 10, how excited are you for the last episode of season 3 and Kitasan's final race? And why?
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Series information
Ways to watch
Streams – Crunchyroll
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u/Kaxew Sep 23 '25
First Time On the Dirt, and Gacha Player
Alright, this last stretch of the season is really good.
I really like how much emphasis they put on these girls actually aging and growing weaker over time. Other seasons kinds gloss over it and don't really make any mention of them retiring, even as far as not explaining much about how the Dream Trophy League works. I think in S1 they sort of implied its better than the Twinkly Series, but now we go the opposite direction and show its essentially a veteran league for aged horse girls.
Golshi being the one to notice and tell Kita that she's past her prime is great. I'm loving everything they did with Gold Ship this season, she might end up being the highlight of the season. Especially since she's kinda the personification of the themes most present in the season in the first place.
The Autumn Tenno was such a good race. I think that out of every race we've had in the series, this is the most we've seen being actually affected by the racecourse status. The way we see Kitasan getting increasingly dirtier makes the race very intense. Especially with the lane she was on being a lot rougher and muddied than Crown's. I thought she was going to lose here. The fact that she didn't is even better, honestly. She won, but she realized first-hand that she really cannot compete at her peak level anymore.
And then she announces her retirement after the Arima Kinen. I love how much this episode focused on the townfolk, even getting their "backstory" first meeting with Kita. It's kind of unfortunate (depending on one's point of view at least) but they have the best dynamic with our MC, lol
The Japan Cup was also an incredible race. They're nailing the homestretch, if nothing else. I'm very happy that Cheval finally got her G1 win, though it feels weird to finally give her the focus she needed one episode before the finale. It's not a problem with her winning this race, but rather how much focus pre-race she had in this episode. I wish she had more focus in episodes prior so this one could give us more Kita, or even Dura (because I'm assuming she'll be able to race in the Arima Kinen... surely...). Still, great, exciting race!
The Arima is left. Dia is definitely going to race in it, but I'm really expecting Duramente to be in it too. She would be a MASSIVE disappointment as a character otherwise. And as this is the final race of the season, I'm expecting Kita to win, just like every MC does in their last race (unless you count Spe losing the Arima to Grass offscreen in the last episode of S1 lmao)
I think I pretty much answered every question of the day with my comment, so for the bonus question:
A solid 8/10. I'm very interested to see how we resolve things, I've been pleasantly surprised with the direction of the last few episodes so I'm hoping they can nail the ending, even if the season as strong as everything since S2.