Uma Musume: Pretty Derby S2 Episode 8 REACTION
Added 2025-07-13 16:26:01 +0000 UTCHOLY Rice Shower is so hype, what a character! All the dialogue from McQueen and Bourbon was also fantastic.
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Yeah I think selling her story relies on her being an unknown for sure. Honestly, we did get quite a bit of foreshadowing that she would be a huge threat. She's been stalking Bourbon since Bourbon was introduced as a top competitor, early in the season. We just didn't get her name... she was just "The sneaky Uma who's stalking Bourbon" until Bourbon lost to her. I still think one of the coolest things about Rice Shower's story here is that it's centered around her trauma around winning these big races... while most Uma's stories are centered around the stress/anxiety/fear of loss. Rice's story is centered around the FEAR OF WINNING... which carries this strange confidence that she is CERTAIN that if she puts in the effort she WILL win. Then this gets called out by McQueen last episode when she, overconfidently, is insulted by the fact that Rice Shower is convinced she'll win without even putting herself in the race. ... But the coolest thing of all. Is that she WASN'T JUST TALK. At the end of the day, McQueen pulled on her connections to MAKE Rice Shower race... and then she DID win. And it wasn't like it was close. She wooped McQueen's ass. Truly a badass. Not to mention the early foreshadowing of something that is formally named later in the anime's releases!
Undeath Ghost
2026-01-01 01:07:54 +0000 UTCI feel like rice had to "come out of nowhere" for lore accuracy? Part of the reason she was hated irl was because she spoiled the legacies of of horses that people invested time in, without doing much else. The spoiler. I think maybe people were supposed to be suspicious of her before the "big reveal".
crazizzle85
2025-08-06 23:13:14 +0000 UTCThere are less than two months until the Takarazuka Kinen.
虚蛸
2025-07-14 13:55:28 +0000 UTCI would kill for my daughter, Rice.
DChip
2025-07-14 08:16:45 +0000 UTC
