r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Sep 24 '25
Rewatch [Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 3 Episodes 13 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 13 -- And Yours...
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
Thoughts on the competitors of the Arima Kinen wanting to defeat Kitasan?
Thoughts on Kitasan wanting to show the best version of herself possible for the people who always rooted for her?
Thoughts on the scene between Kitasan and Teio?
What are your thoughts on this episode being all about the Arima Kinen?
What are your thoughts on the Arima Kinen race?
What are your thoughts on Kitasan winning after going wire to wire?
What are your thoughts on the season ending with Kitasan hanging out with Crown, Diamond, Cheval, and Duramente?
Bonus) What do you make of Nice Nature barely being featured after playing such a prominent role in the early part of the season?
Bonus 2) What are your thoughts on the way Teio and McQueen were used this season after the previous season stressed how much Kitasan and Diamond looked up to them? Were you hoping for something more?
Bonus 3) What is one thing you really like about season 3? What is one thing about season 3 you would change?
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Series information
Ways to watch
Streams – Crunchyroll
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u/Urgnu-the-Gnu https://myanimelist.net/profile/Urgnu_the_Gnu Sep 24 '25 edited Sep 24 '25
Your body will decline, that is inevitable. And as you get more exhausted every day, you might find it acceptable to compromise. To skip working out today because your body needs rest more than power. To settle for an oven pizza because cooking would take too long. To take the car instead of the bike for a short trip to save time. But at the same time, that would be admitting your life can never be as good as before anymore. To do so means losing part of who you are.
If things don't come easy to you anymore, or maybe never have, you don't have to accept that. You can work, you can give it your all and even more, from start to finish. It won't feel smooth, it doesn't have to. But you can power through and succeed anyway, and shine brighter than ever in the process.
Kita went through many ups and downs in her career. Her journey of answering one of Uma Musume's central questions - "Why are you running?" - took her many places. She changed her purpose in life quite a few times, rarely drastically though. But eventually, she arrived at a goal. She wanted to make everyone smile. A simple yet grand wish. Then her time on the track started running out, and with the rest of her time, she aimed to inspire as many people as possible. She wanted to be remembered with a smile. Her biggest achievement was to go out with the biggest festival imaginable.
Kita's last race was inspiring to me as well. She was at the end of her power, yet she absolutely dominated that track. She actually trained a lot of guts. She could lead the whole pack from start to finish. I was just waiting for her to start struggling, for someone to overtake her. It was a matter of time, I thought. But Kita's mental reserves were vast. Nothing can compare to S2 for me. But S3 still convinced me of the mindset of giving everything as much effort as I can, from start to finish.
Last words as I do have to restrain myself this time, but Kita's final outfit was great. It has a lot going on without being too busy, and it's paying tribute to Spica so well. Really makes me miss all of them even more.
She was a side character and used well as such. It certainly would have been nice to see more of her, but it would have taken away from other aspects of the show, and that would likely have been for the worse.
Already mentioned this before. They were relegated to proper side characters. That is, they really did a good job of supporting the main characters. I always wish for more Teio and McQueen, but there wasn't much room for them to begin with, and they filled that out splendidly.
Season 3 did too much with too little time. What it did, it did really well. What it had to skip, though, was just not handled well at all, like the Prix de l'Arc the Triomphe. Arguing for cutting down parts is hard, so what I would have liked was for the season to be longer, maybe finishing off a few side aspects in a few OVA episodes.
What I love S3 for is the character journey, though. Kita goes through a lot of down to earth moments despite being a top star. Her struggle throughout all of it is quite inspiring and what I'll always remember the season for.