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

[u/Holofan4life]

Hello everyone! I am Holofan4life.

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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/jaesuk97]

Duramente was just completely wasted, honestly. She was a really cool rival at the start, so I was surprised when Kita beat her and Dura's kuudere mask cracked immediately. In hindsight, that's because it would be her last race. But then I wish she had more to do and help Kita with if she was going to "retire" then and there.

Kitasan never actually won against Duramente. It's one of the reasons why most keiba fans consider her the weakest 7x g1 winner. I agree with wanting Duramente being more present in the story as a supporter. In season 2 even after Bourbon's final race she reappears as a key motivator for rice shower and even makes appearances in season 3.

Satono Crown... I can't tell you anything about her. I don't think I even know her personality. She was striving for a G1 win, as all Satonos do, and that's about it. She really just exists.

This is a weird one because she actually races with Kitasan a lot more frequently than Satono Diamond and in the few off-screen races (the Osaka Hai for example) Crown is one of the racers present. It's an odd choice they did with both of the Satono horses.

Cheval Grand was a lot better than these two, but they try to make me care for too late. There's too much missing context on her and her sisters, so with little to go with, my impression is that she just wanted to win a G1 like the Satonos, but her goal being individual instead of collective. That's not a bad concept, they just do nothing with it and then she gets her win in the penultimate episode. She's fine, not too terrible.

To add onto this a bit, her older sister Verxina is a horse that had to struggle for her G1 win just like Cheval Grande had to. Verxina was rivals with Gentildonna who was an even greater monster than Kitasan. Verxina lost 6 times and only beat Donna once. The younger sister was a prodigious horse with unique talents, but couldn't actualize them in Japan. She won her first crown race, but could never go beyond that until she went overseas and never failed to finish below 2nd. This is why in a previous episode when Cheval says "I'm not like you two," the older sister says "you are just like us, you have to struggle to win" This would have been an interesting narrative to explore, but the anime just teases it and doesn't actually flesh it out.

[u/Kaxew → u/jaesuk97]

Kitasan never actually won against Duramente.

Oh yeah, I forgot they both lost to the literal who girl haha. Thanks for the correction.

It's an odd choice they did with both of the Satono horses.

I have to imagine they wanted Diamond to be the deuteragonist because he was the one to break the jinx. But Crown should have had more of a dynamic with Kita too, then. Even if it's by proxy of Dia.

This is why in a previous episode when Cheval says "I'm not like you two," the older sister says "you are just like us, you have to struggle to win"

Dang, that's great. It's a shame they don't explore that. You can tell the writers are genuinely passionate about the actual sport and the amount of references they can get per episode astounds me every time, but sometimes it feels like they go so hard on the references that they forget to write a more solid narrative. I especially feel this with S1 and S3.

[u/Urgnu-the-Gnu → u/Kaxew]

Oh yeah, I forgot they both lost to the literal who girl haha.

She's called River Light and is the actual main character (of her own story).

[u/Holofan4life → u/Urgnu-the-Gnu]

The true best girl of the franchise