Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2018): Final Thoughts

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Umamusume

Source: CrunchyRoll.

As I noted in my Spring update, Umamusume: Pretty Derby was proving to be a competently executed show.

I asked the question then of whether Umamusume would have a decent story to tell in leading up to the promised race between Special Week and Silence Suzuka.

Anime Update: Spring 2018

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Amanchu!, ARIA, Card Captor Sakura, Clear Card, Crossing Time, Fate Franchise, hinamatsuri, Isekai Izakaya, Kakuriyo, Katana Maidens, My Hero Academia, Today's Menu for Emiya Family, Toji no Miko, Umamusume, Yotsuiro Biyori

It’s been a while since I’ve written about anime so here’s a quick check in with what I’m currently watching in the Spring 2018 season. This is more or less in the order they were added to my queue on CrunchyRoll[1].

Fairly long post after the cut.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby (2018): First and Probably Only Thoughts

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Kancolle, Kantai Collection, Umamusume

The Spring 2018 season is upon us and the first less than inspiring premiere is Umamusume: Pretty Derby, which is basically built around the Moe Anthropomorphisms of racing horses. Complete with gender flipping (the original Special Week was a stallion).

There is, according to the prologue, an awareness that the Horse Girls are reincarnations of horses from another world. This presumably explains their names, although how they know what horses they’re the reincarnations of isn’t explained.