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Teio questioning her existence through these L's is peak Uma writing

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Lexie

Daitaku Helios mentioned, W yuri horse

Knight

Rice Shower arc Let's go!!! My baby girl is here!!

Tristan Allen

Not much to say about the Osaka Hai, so I'll mention that back in 1992 it was still graded as a G2 race. In modern times it is a G1 and the first race in the Spring Triple Crown. Umausume uses the most recent classifications for races, so it's a G1 in the anime. Golshi was polishing a set of mahjong tiles. Mahjong is a very old Chinese board game played in a manner very similar to western card games, with tiles split into three suits of 1-9 as well as a number of special tiles. In fact, I have heard that traditional western playing cards were inspired by mahjong which was brought to England during the Age of Discovery. Idk how true that is though. Yeah, Bourbon calling her trainer Master looks a little bad, especially when he looks like a pimp. In fact, back in February CyGames changed all instances of Master in her dialogue in the global version with the normal Trainer, as well as editing the word written on a chocolate in her Valentines ult cutscene, which came out at the same time. A lot of fans were upset at this and other forms of censorship in the global version of the game. We meet the two nerds, who's technical explanations are a fun way to squeeze in exposition without throwing off the pacing. A lot of sports anime have similar characters, allowing viewers who aren't fans of the sport to learn the technical details over time. They also make my job here a little easier. Spring Tenno Sho. Superstition tends to play a big roll in gambling, and Japanese horse racing is no exception. While McQueen's broken horseshoe was not an actual issue since it was spotted and repaired before the race, to a lot of spectators that was a bad omen that McQueen would lose or worse break his hoof/leg. But superstition is just that, and McQueen won by a significant amount, while Teio burned out and fell into 5th place. Mejiro Palmer was even further gassed, ending in 7th. Still it's impressive Palmer was able to run at full tilt for about 4/5ths of this two mile long race before losing steam. In doing so, she probably also threw off the pace of many other runners who might have performed better at a slower pace, perhaps including Teio herself. It's sad that no one in the Mejiro House cheered for Palmer as she ran her hardest and instead saved all their cheers for McQueen. It was like that irl though, no one from the Mejiro Ranch had any faith in Palmer, and even his trainer didn't bother showing up for the race. Twitch chat explained why Teio lost, but I will bring up the Mejiro matriarch's lesson with the tortoise and the hare. McQueen learned from that that she needed to keep her eye on victory above all else, but Teio continued to care more about beating McQueen than actually winning the race, even though that was her goal in other to remain undefeated. Having a rival is huge, but if that rival is putting everything on the line for victory and part of you is content to just have fun against your rival, then you'll be at a disadvantage against them. Maybe if she hadn't been watching McQueen the whole race she could have got into a better position or paced herself better? But that has nothing to do with the irl record.

Tristan Allen

And then we get more Palmer as she wins the Takarazuka Kinen! While it's true that McQueen would probably have beaten Palmer again if it weren't for the injury it doesn't take away from an impressive G1 victory. Once again however, despite Palmer's decent placing in the Tenno Sho and winning a G3 in May, the Mejiro Ranch had little interest in Palmer's career and his groom ended up being the one to receive the trophy since neither trainer nor anyone else from the farm had come to watch the race. And in the background Mihono Bourbon wins her second crown. She seems unstoppable, but Rice Shower is in her shadow, securing 2nd. A massive improvement from the Satsuki Sho, where she only got 8th. Since I didn't mention it before, Matikanetanausser got 7th in the Satsuki Sho, and 4th in the Derby. And suddenly we transition from June to November and it is once again time for the Kikuka Sho. In a huge upset Rice Shower breaks ahead of Mihono Bourbon and steals the chrysanthemum crown! The crowd was outraged. The general shock portrayed in the anime does not suffice. After the disappointment of Teio's injury the previous year fans were hooked on yet another horse with the chops to win a legendary undefeated triple crown, and they were not pleased that a horse with a middling record stole that dream (and a lot of betting money) away from them. Rice Shower was dubbed the Black Assassin. And it's Arima Kinen time again! But before that, let's talk about the Japan Cup. Back in the later half of S1 I talked about how there was a string of three victories Spe-chan won, including the Tenno Sho, that were skipped without mention. This was done to facilitate the narrative of Spe-chan being in a slump while in irl that really wasn't the case. They did the same thing with the 1992 Japan Cup too. Teio won the Japan Cup, and it was just as significant of a victory as when Spe-chan did the same in S1. Perhaps even moreso. Foreign horses had been winning the Japan Cup for years, fostering a feeling that Japanese horses just weren't as good as western ones. Teio broke that string of losses. It was a huge deal, and one of Tokai Teio's greatest victories. And it was completely removed from the anime. Now, it's easy to see why they did it. Winning a era-defining Japan Cup against fierce foreign competition was the finale arc of S1 already, and like with cutting out Spe-chan's win at the Tenno Sho, narratively a huge victory would have gone against the narrative the director was pushing, that Tokai Teio is feeling lost and without purpose. Still, while it was a huge accomplishment for Special Week, the victory at the 1999 Spring Tenno Sho was "just" one of the five G1s that he won. For Tokai Teio though, the Japan Cup was a monumental victory that encouraged fans to continue to compare him to his sire, Symbpli Rudolph, who iirc was the last Japanese horse to win the Japan Cup before Teio did. But as egregious as a lot of people think the omission was, it went against the anime's narrative, and thus was cut. As such, we are back in Nakayama on New Years Eve for the Arima Kinen. Mejiro Palmer once again shows up his/her stable/family with another incredible breakaway G1 victory! Her buddy Daitaku Helios didn't have the stamina to keep up however, and fell all the way back into 12th place by the end, barely being passed by Teio who was trapped in the back all race and wasn't able to start her spurt on time. There were a lot of other familiar faces in this race. Nice Nature placed 3rd in the grand prix for the second time in a row, Ikuno Dictus got 7th, and the younger Rice Shower was right behind in 8th. And now Teio has suffered her third injury. It's not uncommon for horses to retire from one serious injury, but Teio is still going strong despite the repeated incidents, especially after a little bath time with McQueen. These episodes are so much more dense than the ones in S1, whew!