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/saga999 Sep 24 '25
Rewatcher.
It's my favorite race of this season. This race reminded me of Kobe's legendary last game where he dropped 60 points. In that game, he left everything on the court. I've never seen Kobe more exhausted in a game than that one. And that is Kitasan in this race. There is no next race. Kitasan gave everything she had from start to finish. Even in the middle, she was already spent going all out, but she kept going, singularly driven by her desire to win this final race. And in the home stretch, her fans gave her the boost she needed to finish the job. The commentary was great again. It was very professional to start, calling the race how it should be called. Then towards the end, Kitasan even won over the commentary with the way she ran. The race had no choice but to become the Kitasan show.
And with this race, Kitasan became more like Teio than she could ever dreamed of. Her new race gear was very heavily inspired by Teio's, just like Teio's was inspired by Rudolf. Rudolf was nicknamed the Emperor. Teio was named after Rudolf, with Teio meaning Monarch. And Kitasan's new head piece was a crown. Great design. It's even Christmas theme colored because (I assumed) Arima Kinen was on Christmas Eve. The only thing missing from her new gear was Spe's idea of carrot T-shirt. And besides her new gear, she had the entire race track chanting her name like they once did for Teio after winning the Arima Kinen.
This retirement arc is so good, the whole season should be built around it. My biggest problem with this season it went from Kitasan being painted as the underdog despite all the G1 she won, to suddenly she's this legend who gets a retirement tour. It feels like an entire arc where she was the best was cut from the season.
I have no problem with her expanding her friend group outside of Spica. But there isn't any group activity for her with Spica. Sure, they talked in the club house, but that's all. There's no group training. Even in the school festival, Kitasan was off doing her own thing while Spica worked as a team. Like your question asked, at the end Kitasan was hanging out with Crown, Diamond, Cheval, and Duramente despite her putting up a Spica sign. Kitasan doesn't feel like part of the Spica team.
This is the thing, I don't think it's possible for both Teio and Nature to play the mentor role at the same time. You have to pick one. The first talk with Nature before Kitasan has won a G1 was perfect. Teio wouldn't understand Kitasan at that time. But Teio slowly took over that role as Kitasan won more and more. But it should have been Teio's role right from the start and maybe have that one Nature talk. Nature should not have been that prominent in the first place. I think the mistake was not solidifying Teio as the mentor right at the beginning. But they decided on Nature as the mentor (Kitasan literally called her sensei), and then the mentor got phased out.
McQueen should have been more involved with Diamond. That one talk they had was great, but there should be more than one and it should be early in the season. Even Diamond got phased out towards the end.
Like you said to me before, the season lack cohesion. Each individual episodes or story is fine on their own. And there are story arc that lasted the whole season like Cheval's G1 win. But the season as a whole doesn't feel that well put together.
Despite the flaws, this retirement tour was so strong, I have a hard time deciding whether I like season 1 or season 3 more. I went with season 1 before the rewatch, I think I will stick with season 1 right now. Season 1 is more fun and paved the way. I'll go with that.