Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3 Episode 5 Discussion (2024)

Stark700

She truly wants to prove to herself and everyone around the world. And th, I think she can still improve herself even more.

Serafos

I really like the rivalry between her and Duramente.

Wow. River Light really surprised everyone! It was cute how happy she became. ^_^ Congratulations!

AkeZZZ

Embient

Unrelated to the episode: I searched around for a drawing of Kitasan to set as my pfp but they all just kinda blend with all the warm colors when I size them down to the size of a profile picture. But looking at drawings of her was fun, I found some really good ones.

Aversa

IzanaSolos

After winning the Emperor's Prize (Spring) and gradually gaining confidence, Kitasan hears the news that Duramente will also be racing in the next Takarazuka Kinen. Her hard-earned confidence is shaken. Encouraged by members of Spica, Kitasan regains a positive outlook. However, she unexpectedly comes face-to-face with Duramente.

Hm, so Sasaki held great admiration for Cheval's mother, Halwa Sweet, a horse born without a tail but known for its impressive running abilities. Consequently, Sasaki went on to acquire all of her offspring. Additionally, he has a penchant for naming his horses with the letter V incorporated somewhere in their names, inspired by his fondness for the letter, as it represents the initial letter in the word "victory".

This preference also extends to Cheval, who sports a hat adorned with the letter V.

Uguu_Tsukimiya

BlichoBoy

Twin Turbo having a raincoat, but deciding not to put the hood.

A dark horse won. Literally and figuratively.

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Ashhk

Revvie-chan

Xanek

Funny that the minor character won (and was still cheering on during the whole race ending)

https://twitter.com/uma_musu_anime/status/1719739845525012971

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otakuweek

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Jonas-K

FMmatron

One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron

TheColonel76

And I really liked Duramente’s brief villain arc, I really wish it could have gone on longer but her losing alongside Kitasan was enough to have them settle their differences, it’s probably hard to ignore Kitasan’s glowing personality for too long too lol. And speaking of the two of them losing, I had a feeling something was gonna come out of left field because I noticed they focused on River Light earlier on in the race, and she ended up coming out on top lol, I love that stuff like that can happen, just someone you completely wouldn’t expect because you’re so focused on the main characters, that’s just horse racing for you too.

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Mistralist

system5

Ashhk said:
I like Kitasan and Duramente's relationship in the end, meanwhile River Light really won the race xD

leonardobarba

(blasting a laugh from Kitasan Black's reaction)

Mene, mene, tekel, parsin

StallionXD

MEET THE NEXT BEST UMA THAT WILL NEVER BE IN THE GAME BECAUSE "RIVER LIGHT" DIDN'T EVEN EXIST (the real name of the horse was Marialite but I guess they didn't get the right to use it)
She was really damn cute, so I'm ok with this.

LightningC04

Meta_Yoshi

Duramente finally made her return and it was certainly interesting to see her and Kitasan Black have a conversation since the pair didn't bring their umbrellas. Still, despite Duramente not knowing who Kitasan Black was, Kitasan did use this time to showcase herself to Dursmente, showing her newfound determination from her training and recent victory to beat her in the upcoming race.

As for the main race itself, Duramente didn't seem to be at her best and was pushing beyond her limit and pain barrier in her crushing drive to win. While she did beat Kitasan Black, the pair lost to an unknown, River Light. I do admit that seeing River Light cheering in the background while Kitasan and Duramente were talking to each other post-race was very cute. =)

Still, at least this race did end with Kitasan and Duramente acknowledging each other as friends and rivals. Duramente even smiled herself for the very first time, which I'm glad to see.

All in all, this was a great episode, both for close action as well as satisfying character development.

BestMillimeter18

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FragmantLemon

but ayyy looks like it's the start of both friendship formed from mutual loss

Collins89

StallionXD

It's cool to know I'm not the only one doing this, but be careful because it can spoil the results of every race lol
I try to only look at the name of the races and then at the position and winner, mostly after seeing said race in the anime.

btw, what a classic Hakase-nyan gif you have there, I like you too!

Collins89

ok thx for the site I'll use it from now on. but yeah you have to be right, I saw the same race finishing position as the show and was like dang you couldn't write better plots!

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KANLen09

The fated challenger and winner meeting on a rainy day, and Kitasan started a conversation with Duramente, which as indeed per the interview, all th Japanese Derby races were stepping stones to her to enter Europe's prestigious race. But the cheek for the latter to forget Kitasan's name, the enrage transferred to the training for the Takarazuka Kinen, where both the festival girl, the monster, and Satono Diamond's twin sister Satono Crown return to the racecourse once more to prove their stances. And this time...the winner went to a nobody that was neither Kitansan nor Duramente, who's fighting her own shortcomings and has now acknowledged the former for being a strong competitor.

Here's to both the festival girl and monster, that their race together next time will be a fierce one.

MegamiRem

shadowbringer616

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amlg

Nothing Written Here But Us Anime Bunnies *boing boing boing*

lasodamos