Uma Musume: Pretty Derby S2 Episode 9 REACTION
Added 2025-07-18 16:00:13 +0000 UTCWhat just happened... Never in a million years did I see that coming.
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It really is insane that they manage to break your heart every time she gets injured... and yet it still hurts all the more every time. It would be so easy for it to just feel repetitive... but the subtle lead-up in this one is just... so heartbreaking. When you compare this to the last time she "Image Trained" herself against McQueen... she IMAGINED herself WINNING. She imagined passing McQueen... This time she can only imagine McQueen out-pacing her. Leaving her behind.... McQueen really is being so strong for Teio. But Man it's rough seeing her efforts only serve to break Teio more, in this moment.
Undeath Ghost
2026-01-01 03:33:28 +0000 UTCThus why this seasons theme is all about Perseverance. (Examples are only up to this episode) Teio = Persevering Despite repeated failures of her dreams and repeated injury. McQueen = Perseverance despite her closest competition and rival constantly falling out of races. Rice Shower = Perseverance despite her entire audience hating her for her accomplishments. Being viewed the villain for getting the same accomplishments as any other Uma. there are many other examples even from the minor characters in this season - one of my favorites being Twin Turbo. Though some of them are hard to elaborate on without spoilers both for this season and the next.
Undeath Ghost
2026-01-01 01:16:39 +0000 UTCWe finally here baby. That smile and the line "Wow, she's so fast..." will ruin me 10 times out of 10. Even in my memory I'll just start crying LMFAO
good stuff
2025-07-18 20:17:25 +0000 UTCYeah, after episode 8 I was like, alright, we got out of the big despair moment, we have 5 episodes left, that's enough time for Teio to get some massive wins in, get some hype races at the end and end off on a happy note. I've never been this genuinely shocked at a plot point in a show before. And the thing that makes her leg snapping again feel even worse is that, while I don't think anyone watching the show actually expected this to happen, it doesn't come out of nowhere. People keep telling Teio she's pushing herself too hard, after her first fracture her doctor says exactly how bad it is, and we all just kind of got blinded by how hype Teio is. After she recovers from her first fracture you think she's unstoppable. When it happens again, and the depression hits, and she finds the resolve to keep going, you think she's invincible. And then it happens again, and you realize she's already spent half her career recovering from injuries and now there's another half year or so of that, and if this can happen during practice, what is there even left to do? Like... what do you do at this point? By now there's enough evidence that her leg isn't going to suddenly get better, every time she runs from now on it's going to be a risk. Do you recover for another six months and hope your leg snaps at the end of a race and not during practice? It's just so fucked
FriedRice
2025-07-18 17:52:10 +0000 UTC
