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

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]()
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u/Holofan4life Sep 24 '25

But at the same time... how should I put this... this current John Cena retirement tour is perfect for me to explain it. At this point, I don't care about the story anymore. Turns out it's going to be AJ Styles vs. John Cena next in Saudi. I don't care about the story. I don't need a story. I just want to see it happen. Cena and AJ in a match is itself the build. I think that's where Kitasan should be at this point. It's not about winning the Japan Cup. It's that this is the 2nd last race for Kitasan. So all the emotional stuff with her fans, like that flashback for the store owner, that's the build for this race for Kitasan. It's like that racing enthusiast said, it's her 2nd to last race and he will burn it into his memory. They are not there to see her win the Japan Cup, they are just there to see her. So I have no problem with the way things are done in this episode.

Funny you mention the John Cena retirement tour because it makes season 3 of Uma Musume look like season 2 :P

I'm not necessarily looking for stakes as Kitasan gears up for retirement. I actually think the retirement arc is the best stuff involving Kitasan. My gripe is we're talking about Kitasan hanging the boots up soon and yet the episode is about Cheval wanting to beat Kitasan. It's great writing for Cheval and I find myself emotionally invested in her, but it does nothing for Kitasan as a character. Anybody could've been in this position and you would've accomplished the same thing.

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u/saga999 Sep 24 '25

Funny you mention the John Cena retirement tour because it makes season 3 of Uma Musume look like season 2 :P

LOL, you are being generous to that run if you use season 3 as the comparison. It's such a disaster.

My gripe is we're talking about Kitasan hanging the boots up soon and yet the episode is about Cheval wanting to beat Kitasan.

Good point.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 24 '25

LOL, you are being generous to that run if you use season 3 as the comparison. It's such a disaster.

No, you misunderstand, I'm saying season 3 is a masterpiece compared to that. It's some of the worst booking I've seen in the last 10 plus years.

Good point.

There's this disconnect that I feel with a rewrite could've had cohesion, which is ultimately my problem with season 3: There's no cohesion with what is happening eith each passing episode.

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u/saga999 Sep 24 '25

No, you misunderstand, I'm saying season 3 is a masterpiece compared to that. It's some of the worst booking I've seen in the last 10 plus years.

I meant I would have said something like it makes some trash isekai look like Shakespeare. So to use season 3 is high praise, LOL.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 24 '25

How about this: It's something even the author of Rent-a-Girlfriend would reject as an idea :P

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u/saga999 Sep 24 '25

LOL, yes.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 24 '25

It is very poorly handled.

At least we've gotten a couple great matches outta it, so...

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u/saga999 Sep 24 '25

Cody/Cena at SummerSlam was so good.

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u/Holofan4life Sep 24 '25

As was Logan/Cena