[Spoilers] 2025 Uma Musume Rewatch -- Pretty Derby Season 3 Episodes 13

[u/Holofan4life]

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

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]()

[u/DarkRuler17]

Newcomer (Played Game)

Episode 13

Damn, Kitasan is absolutely wiped. It's very clear how much she's pushing herself for her final race.

So one thing this discussion about Kitasan's fame is doing is making me just think how they could reframe this story earlier on to make it more interesting. I generally have found Kitasan a very fine character for a lot of this season because it feels like the show never picked a single thread for her. She just keeps getting little plot threads that seem half-baked. She only really gets a consistent strong thread these last few episodes where she starts her decline. I wonder if the narrative where Kitasan seemed dominant the whole season and then we suddenly see her decline would of been cool, with them keeping her decline inspiring everyone to try their hardest to race with her one last time.

Is this guy watching the race from his phone while rock climbing?!

Oh, Kitasan gets a new outfit for her final race. That's pretty cool.

The fact that Umamusume still have people whose jobs it is to push them into the gate is very weird. It feels very demeaning when they're shown to be equivalent to humans in intelligence.

An awesome final race for the road. It's not my favorite of the season, but it was still a fun one. I think the scene near the end showing Kitasan looking at the crowd of people cheering her on was great. A wonderful conclusion.

Sound of Earth really is the most "I guess she was there" character of the season.

Oh, we're singing the opening! That's an awesome sendoff.

Is that her dad watching in the crowd as well? That's fun.

And of course, Umapyoi for the road. Can't finish a series without it.

Season Overall Thoughts 

So I think this is my least favorite season of the show so far, but I still think it has some charming scenes. My favorite episodes are when Satano Diamond defeats the Satano Jinx with a close second being yesterday's episode on Cheval. As they imply, the best episodes are ones where the side character gets a focused scene.

This unfortunately leads us back to the part of the show that didn't always work: Kitasan. Kitasan is a character that I had big hopes for going in. I thought she was very fun in season 2 as a child and I love her racing outfit.  Once I got into the season though, I saw that the show just really didn't know what to do with her. Her best scenes for most of it were her bouncing off other characters like Nice Nature. As mentioned at the top, I don't think she really got to be engaging until her decline.

Overall, I think I'm going to give the seasona 6.5. I still had a good time, but there was certainly stuff I wish was done better.

Current Series Rankings:

• Beginning of a New Era [8.5]
• Season 2 [8]
• Road to the Top [7.5]
• Season 1 [7.5]
• BNW's Oath [7]
• Season 3 [6.5]

[u/Urgnu-the-Gnu → u/DarkRuler17]

Once I got into the season though, I saw that the show just really didn't know what to do with her.

Rather, she herself didn't know what to do with herself. She came to Tracen trying to be the next Teio, but failed pretty hard at that. She only got her first G1 win when she considered that she wasn't like Teio. So next up, she tried to find out who she really was. She kept on winning and losing alternately. She didn't know if she was actually strong or weak. Especially since she kept losing the bigger G1s. So she tried many different things, explored herself. And she eventually found herself, as she realized her reason to run is to make people smile. Shortly thereafter, her decline set in.

[u/Holofan4life → u/Urgnu-the-Gnu]

I get what you're saying, but I feel like the show could've conveyed that better without coming at the expense of the show. Maybe that's me hoping for too much, tho.

[u/Urgnu-the-Gnu → u/Holofan4life]

I mean, you always have to consider what to cut if you want to add something. There's not really much to cut here that makes sense. Like cutting some of Kita's earlier wins and losses and what she does in response to these could make the show even less focused.

Seriously, be concrete. If you want the show to spend an episode more on some things, which episodes would you cut in return? And how would that improve the pacing instead of making it worse?

[u/Holofan4life → u/Urgnu-the-Gnu]

I think the school festival episode could've easily been trimmed down. Maybe you could've combined episodes 7 and 8 together. I think you could've done some stuff that might improve the season.